“With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censored, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably.”

—Captain Jean-Luc Picard, quoting Judge Aaron Satie

(From Star Trek: The Next Generation, season 4, episode 21, “The Drumhead”)

#StarTrek

Hi all. I'm hating to be writing this post, but here we are.

A little while ago, I was laid off from my SRE job at a government contractor.

If anyone is looking for an SRE with:

- #Linux experience (a lot)
- #BSD experience (some)
- Plan 9 and Haiku experience (a little)
- Experience with a large #Ansible codebase
- Experience managing thousands of servers
- Experience with bare metal and VM management

and who isn't afraid of code - I'm your person!

I'd be especially interested in roles around #climate action or with a socially conscious #coop if anyone from those communities is looking.

Boosts welcome!

#FediHire

It seems like a lot of people I see here need a 🫂 or few lately.

If you're feeling like you might hurt yourself, please consider a helpline or even DMing me as an alternative (see profile for contact options). I may not be able to respond *immediately*, but I will read it and I will respond.

Yes, I'm just some queerdo on the internet, but sometimes that's enough to get through a hard patch. How do I know? Because if it wasn't for the kindness of some of the people on this site, I wouldn't be here today. (thank you 💕)

You can call a peer-run warm-line for your state here: https://warmline.org/warmdir.html

If it's critical, you can go to https://988lifeline.org/ or call tel:988, but beware of the risk of possible emergency services involvement.

If you're not in the US, here's a list of crisis lines by country: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_suicide_crisis_lines

#SuicidePrevention #ItGetsBetter #YouAreNotAlone #BoostWelcome #Boost

Time for another round of #HireAlice! I've had some prospects, but I'm running out of unemployment benefits and need something soon.

With a lot of (big) tech companies slashing DEI and removing trans/queer-inclusive wording from their policies, the pool of companies I'm willing to work for has become a lot smaller lately.

So, if you're a hiring manager (or can put me in touch with one) for any senior data positions, please let me know.

Thank you all so much

Link to post with what I offer and what I'm looking for:
https://lgbtqia.space/@alice/113993183937247251

#FediHire #GetFediHired #LookingForWork #LFW #MutualAid

- const tantinople;
+ int stanbul;

I've got a quick favour to ask. If you're reading this post on Mastodon (or the Fediverse), please click share.

How come?

I recently moved across to my own self-hosted single-user server (using GoToSocial.org). For a bunch of reasons, including visibility across the Fedi, it would really help out.

#Fediverse #FediHelp #gotosocial #mastohelp

lol, no

#StarTrek

In my day the only baby we wanted to go back in time to smother was baby Hitler.

Today in 1995, 30 years ago: in Oklahoma City (United States), Timothy McVeigh detonates a powerful explosive in the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, resulting in 168 deaths, 19 of them children; Oklahoma City bombing.

#OnThisDay

The Evil Scientist's Notes for the Press Conference (Tom Gauld)

Autism isn’t an epidemic. It's not a disease. It’s a natural variation in how people think — which, frankly, is a relief in a world where a lot of people don't think at all.

🧵 THREAD: A federal whistleblower just dropped one of the most disturbing cybersecurity disclosures I’ve ever read.

He's saying DOGE came in, data went out, and Russians started attempting logins with new valid DOGE passwords

Media's coverage wasn't detailed enough so I dug into his testimony:

Today in 1904, 121 years ago: after the incorporation into the Union of the territories of Arizona, New Mexico and Oklahoma, the United States already has 48 states.

#OnThisDay

In case you missed it, Bluesky is apparently caving to an authoritarian government:

➡️ https://mas.to/@osma/114346166890552471

This is why the Fediverse is so important: each Fedi server is totally independent, servers communicate directly with each other, anyone can set up a server anywhere.

Bluesky posts all flow through Bluesky's own corporate relay which is impossible to bypass, making censorship easy.

No one controls the Fediverse

🦋 Bluesky is controlled by a US-based for-profit corporation

You know who's going through a lot right now?
Literally everyone.
Just be kind.