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I see a future in #jj-vcs: steveklabnik.com/writing/i-se...
I see a future in jj
Blog post: I see a future in jj by Steve Klabnik
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October 22, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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I love it when an open source maintainer comes back to a PR that was merged a little over _9 months ago_ (and fixed a bug that was troubling the entire ecosystem) to say "This was merged without a test case. I hope that's not a pattern."

Tests are important, but unbreaking users is more important.
December 11, 2023 at 3:24 PM
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a note to Washington Post readers: On Dec. 7, we ask you to respect our walkout by not crossing the picket line: For 24 hours, please do not engage with any Post content. That includes our print + online news stories, podcasts, videos, games and recipes.
A letter to our readers
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December 5, 2023 at 4:55 PM
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judedoyle.bsky.social
When engaging in Discourse, ask yourself: Did Les Feinberg hash this out in 1997?
I was heartened, for example, to see that transmen and transwomen had created a workshop at this cobference to deal with how to work with each other most sensitively. I have heard some non-trans people criticize transsexual women for taking up too much space or being too overbearing because they were socialized as males. It's one thing for transwomen to discuss issues of socialization as an internal discussion in a transsexual space. But it's a prejudiced and dangerous formulation for non-transsexuals to make. It's a fast and slippery slide from the rigidity of biological determinism to an equally narrow position of social determinism. And it too closely parallels transphobic attacks that charge: "Once a man, always a man; once a woman, always a woman."... When a man or a woman comes out as gay, lesbian or bisexual, they become part of those communities. No-one says "once a heterosexual, always a heterosexual." But just because an individual is drawn into the vortex of a movement, it doesn't mean that person will automatically be enlightened on every aspect of other peoples' oppressions -- particularly that which they do not directly experience. Each individual still needs to overcome the bigotry that has been instilled in us from an early age. A gay man does not necessarily see the need to fight sexism automatically; a white transperson doesn't automatically see the need to fight racism. But the progressive momentum inherent in movements offers a greater potential for individuals to gain an understanding of the struggles of others -- particularly in coalitions. The women's movement is right -- females are socialized very differently and unequally. But the trans movement reveals a more layered and complex socialization process. Does a masculine girl absorb social education about what it means to be a "girl" in the same way as a feminine girl? Does a feminine boy grow up identifying with, or fearing, the masculine boys learning to swagger and take up space? How does a transsexual child or adult absorb the messages of how a "real" man is supposed to act and relate? Tonight we are together -- some of us for the first time -- with others "like ourselves." And yet, we are not the same... We don't describe ourselves in the same ways, see ourselves in the same ways. We come from different cultures and backgrounds and experiences. Collectively we reside on a span of identities. And so if we really want that friendship and that understanding, we have to build it. All of us in this society are wounded. But we don't always know where each other's injuries are located. That means we may thoughtlessly hurt each other. Everyone who has ever been treated unjustly or been disrespected in this society is full of justified anger. I believe we need to take care not to unleash that rage on each other. -- Leslie Feinberg, "Trans Liberation," 1997
September 15, 2023 at 12:33 PM
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@katef.bsky.social While I was on vacation in Japan, I found a pop-up Moomin store in Shinjuku station and thought of you.
A picture of a blue signboard with text saying "Moomin Popup Store" with various Moomin and Moomin-adjacent artwork. There is also some Moomin-branded merchandise (something wooden wrapped in plastic packaging) visible in the lower left corner.
August 1, 2023 at 2:55 PM
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Today we went public with what we’ve been building at System Initiative! Come check it out: http://systeminit.com (it has a cat video!)
June 21, 2023 at 7:28 PM
helbling.dev
Hello, good to be here :) Let's see if I end up using it more than previous social media sites.
April 27, 2023 at 7:40 PM