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Marco Abis
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Recovering Tech entrepreneur - Runner 🏃 OSS & SDGs 🌱
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What do you do when your media org is captured? You start your own.

Introducing....The Nerve!!! @thenerve-news.bsky.social

We're all-female, journalist-owned & launching next week.

Please help us build a truly independent, progressive new media!👊👊👊
Former Observer big-hitters inc @carolecadwalla.bsky.social launch new title The Nerve with redundancy payouts

After Observer sale: "We decided to launch a title that the journalists themselves would own, that would be truly independent"
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Former Observer big-hitters launch new title with redundancy payouts
Five former Observer journalists including Carole Cadwalladr have launched their own culture publication using their redundancy money.
pressgazette.co.uk
September 26, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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As you may have seen in last night's video, MY NEW BOOK IS HERE!

This practical handbook is packed with real-world advice and actionable insights, distilling decades of software engineering experience.

Early readers have found it a valuable complement to my other books... 1/2
April 24, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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Yesterday I told the story of an apparent request from a Trump-run government agency that Amazon de-list my book. As a result, in the last 16 hours, the book has shot to number 6 across all of Amazon out of millions of books. I am absolutely stunned.
April 11, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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It is a sad day for the legal industry. Paul Weiss, didn't just bend a knee, it set a new standard for shameful capitulation. This is a stain on the firm, every one of its partners, and the entire legal profession.
March 20, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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Another great post by @lizdye.bsky.social in @atrupar.com ’s newsletter Public Notice.
Various lawsuits against DOGE seeking info through the Freedom of Information Act are making headway.
👇🏿👇🏼👇🏽👇🏻👇🏾

Turns out DOGE can't beat FOIA by shouting NOT AN AGENCY open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...
Turns out DOGE can't beat FOIA by shouting NOT AN AGENCY
Judge tells Musk to cough it up!
open.substack.com
March 12, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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Good morning S&P 500
March 10, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Complete batshit lunacy on the president's Truth Social account. Yes, he really posted this.
February 26, 2025 at 5:11 AM
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#Project2025 Tracker documents rapid implementation of authoritarian Christian government - boingboing.net/2025/02/24/p... welcome to the Republic of Gilead...
Project 2025 Tracker documents rapid implementation of authoritarian Christian government
We've been sounding alarm bells about The Heritage Foundation's Project 2025—what the Center for Progressive Reform calls "the conservative movement's blueprint for weakening our government and buildi...
boingboing.net
February 24, 2025 at 1:50 PM
"Don’t be fooled by pundits who dismiss the controversy as inside-the-Beltway navel-gazing. The matter remains a crucial test for the free press in the U.S. Bow to the demands of the president and news organizations will signal that Trump suddenly can control the flow of information..."
February 17, 2025 at 9:54 AM
my early professional life was Turbo C++ 3.0 and then Delphi, C++Builder and even Kylix 👴
February 14, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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“How would President Trump go about forcing some of those millions of Palestinians into Egypt and Jordan?”

@vicderbyshire.bsky.social challenges Victoria Coates, Trump’s Deputy National Security Advisor 2019-20, on the President doubling down on plans to take control of Gaza.

#Newsnight
February 12, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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Modern-Day Oracles or Bullshit Machines?

Jevin West (@jevinwest.bsky.social) and I have spent the last eight months developing the course on large language models (LLMs) that we think every college freshman needs to take.

thebullshitmachines.com
INTRODUCTION
thebullshitmachines.com
February 4, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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"No way to prevent this" say users of only language where this regularly happens

https://xeiaso.net/shitposts/no-way-to-prevent-this/CVE-2025-0725/
"No way to prevent this" say users of only language where this regularly happens
The newest post on Xe Iaso's blog
xeiaso.net
February 5, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Oracle justified its JavaScript trademark by claiming Node.js — now it wants that ignored
#FreeJavaScript

deno.com/blog/deno-v-...
Oracle justified its JavaScript trademark with Node.js—now it wants that ignored
Oracle filed a motion to dismiss in response to Deno’s petition to cancel its “JavaScript” trademark. But instead of addressing the real issue—that JavaScript is an open standard with multiple indepen...
deno.com
February 4, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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I've wondered how to do Multi-Tenancy for a long time, this is a fantastic write-up on how to implement it in #ElixirLang www.erraticbits.ca/post/2024/ph...
Multi tenancy Example for Phoenix
www.erraticbits.ca
January 29, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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Call for Proposals is open for Goatmire Elixir & NervesConf EU. Until the end of April!

But get in early. We'll be making decisions in rolling rounds so there are more slots open earlier. First-timers very welcome.

https://goatmire.com/#speakers
#elixirlang
Goatmire Elixir & NervesConf EU
goatmire.com
January 21, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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My take on 2025: What's going to happen with AI-powered software creation? Smaller teams for MVPs, AI pair programming to become the norm. And protocols and open standards, please!

www.lucagrulla.com/posts/AI-pow...
AI-Powered Software Creation: Trends and Strategies for 2025
With LLMs revolutionizing software, here’s a look at emerging trends and strategies to succeed in the AI-powered era.
www.lucagrulla.com
January 6, 2025 at 2:34 PM
🏥 The Italian health data system is broken 🧑‍⚕️

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
January 6, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Bobiverse Book 5 is out! wasn't expecting this so even better
January 2, 2025 at 10:13 AM
"By dissolving the Top Management Group and introducing specialized teams, we fostered distributed decision-making and collaborative problem-solving."

@teamtopologies.com

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Reorganizing for Success: Capra Consulting’s Journey Applying Team Topologies Beyond IT Roles — Team Topologies - Organizing for fast flow of value
Capra Consulting , a Norwegian IT consultancy, underwent a reorganization to address challenges in communication and decision-making brought about by growth. At 50 employees and a hierarchical organi...
teamtopologies.com
December 27, 2024 at 6:43 AM