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Remember, it's okay to turn off the news for a bit.

Bee Having A Pee. Photographer Mark Parrott managed to capture the unusual image while photographing a swarm in his back garden in Grimsby, England.

In a society that profits from your self-doubt, liking yourself is a rebellious act!

Here's a good article on the RMS latest: https://www.wired.com/story/richard-stallman-and-the-fall-of-the-clueless-nerd/

Clients who want everyone to haul ass while also sitting on everything are mind boggling to me.

"You're moving on this right?"

No, because you didn't answer my previous 15 emails. What am I supposed to move on?!

Dr Hannah Fry has joined calls for a Hippocratic oath for tech & maths specialists.

"The issue has become urgent now that researchers are building systems that gather and sell personal data, exploit human frailties, and take on life-or-death decisions."

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/aug/16/mathematicians-need-doctor-style-hippocratic-oath-says-academic-hannah-fry

For every gross dude you tolerate, there's almost certainly several people who are pushed out of that space you created for him

The more influential the gross dude, the more people will emulate him and help to push out even more people

And it's mostly women who get pushed out

So for the likes of RMS and Torvalds, the damage they have done to the field of Computer Science may be incalculable

Good riddance

It is hard to think of a greater stamp of authenticity than the US government filing a lawsuit claiming your book is so truthful that it was literally against the law to write.

Sexual harassment was wrong in the 50s. It was wrong in the 80s. It is wrong today.

There is no statute of limitations on social interactions.

The Internet is helping people come together to claim their power and hold those *in* power accountable.

I hope that this is only the beginning.

And I hope that racism gets the same treatment.