Solomon
@serub.in
Software security doer, photographer, bicycler. he / him
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18F was doing exactly the type of work that DOGE claims to want – yet we were eliminated shortly after midnight. Read our letter to the American people:
18f.org
18f.org
We're not done yet | 18F
18f.org
March 1, 2025 at 11:38 PM
18F was doing exactly the type of work that DOGE claims to want – yet we were eliminated shortly after midnight. Read our letter to the American people:
18f.org
18f.org
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Whenever it was noted that my friend Jes made good $ as a programmer he’d say:
“That’s because I do work that is highly valued by our society.”
Not all work is equally valued—even if it’s hard physically, creatively, in some other way.
That doesn’t mean it’s not valuable or important or “real.”
“That’s because I do work that is highly valued by our society.”
Not all work is equally valued—even if it’s hard physically, creatively, in some other way.
That doesn’t mean it’s not valuable or important or “real.”
I hate the mentality of telling people that the work they rely on to survive is “not a real job.” Creative work is simultaneously undervalued and everywhere. It brightens our lives but isn’t considered worth paying for. Because a “real” job needs to be too miserable or pointless to romanticise.
One day I'll wrap my head around the resentment people feel toward writers and artists. I think it's complex and there's no one reason it persists. I do think a lot of people hold art in their heads as a thing they'd RATHER be doing than their current jobs.
July 16, 2023 at 4:17 PM
Whenever it was noted that my friend Jes made good $ as a programmer he’d say:
“That’s because I do work that is highly valued by our society.”
Not all work is equally valued—even if it’s hard physically, creatively, in some other way.
That doesn’t mean it’s not valuable or important or “real.”
“That’s because I do work that is highly valued by our society.”
Not all work is equally valued—even if it’s hard physically, creatively, in some other way.
That doesn’t mean it’s not valuable or important or “real.”
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I wrote about being tossed about on cosmic gravitational waves, for @washingtonpost.com: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/06/gravitational-waves-new-view-universe/
Opinion | I’m a physicist. Last week’s gravitational waves announcement sent me reeling.
Hum from gravitational waves gives a completely new and audacious view of the universe.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 6, 2023 at 6:21 PM
I wrote about being tossed about on cosmic gravitational waves, for @washingtonpost.com: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/06/gravitational-waves-new-view-universe/
After three years of wearing the same glasses, I'm so excited to get new lenses purely because the coatings on my current pair have worn off, and I just see fingerprints. Only fingerprints.
July 5, 2023 at 2:51 PM
After three years of wearing the same glasses, I'm so excited to get new lenses purely because the coatings on my current pair have worn off, and I just see fingerprints. Only fingerprints.
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Someone on Mastodon described Bsky as "a bunch of people hanging around in the parking lot after the mall has closed" and I thought it was A) accurate and B) pretty great actually
June 12, 2023 at 6:16 PM
Someone on Mastodon described Bsky as "a bunch of people hanging around in the parking lot after the mall has closed" and I thought it was A) accurate and B) pretty great actually
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Trump is accused of violating seven federal laws but faces 37 separate charges, because each classified document he is accused of holding on to illegally is charged in a separate count.
His alleged efforts to hide classified information from federal investigators is charged in several ways.
His alleged efforts to hide classified information from federal investigators is charged in several ways.
June 9, 2023 at 8:05 PM
Trump is accused of violating seven federal laws but faces 37 separate charges, because each classified document he is accused of holding on to illegally is charged in a separate count.
His alleged efforts to hide classified information from federal investigators is charged in several ways.
His alleged efforts to hide classified information from federal investigators is charged in several ways.
There's something odd about interacting with large twitter personalities on bluesky because it's so small. It's much easier to have direct interactions with people because there are less impressions overall and a user base that seems more engaged
June 9, 2023 at 11:16 PM
There's something odd about interacting with large twitter personalities on bluesky because it's so small. It's much easier to have direct interactions with people because there are less impressions overall and a user base that seems more engaged