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Hello internet friends, it's rough out there so I found y'all some tech jobs that have positive (or at least, less evil) impacts on the world. Here's a thread of what I've found for you this week ⬇️

TIL: MySQL is named after cofounder Monty Widenius's daughter My

https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/history.html
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1qc2c8m/til_mysql_is_named_after_cofounder_monty/

It’s time I crank up the search for new work to 11, because wow I really need it.

Bottom line: you bring me aboard your web publishing or software team because there are many fires vying for your attention and I figure out which ones to put out first.

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#FediHire #GetFediHired

I scream, you scream, we all scream for that's just the way things are now.

Trump Supporter Has Few Backup Scapegoats Ready To Go In Case Crackdown On Immigrants Doesn’t Fix Everything https://theonion.com/trump-supporter-has-few-backup-scapegoats-ready-to-go-i-1819579570/

TIL That U.S. President James Garfield's great-great-grandson Richard Garfield invented Magic: The Gathering

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Garfield
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1qc3bfq/til_that_us_president_james_garfields/

Kristi Noem On Renée Good Murder: ‘We Will Find The Immigrant Who Did This’

Sometimes, when a mommy and a daddy love each other very much, nine months later they realize that neither of them ever emptied the cooler after the last party and now it’s full of mold.

Animal Fact #25: Most bobcats are not named bob.

#DadJoke #DadJokes

So, big boy gets out of his truck, runs at a protestor, falls on his butt, and decides maybe he should just get back in his truck.

What we need is a loony tunes compilation of these guys falling on their asses and otherwise making fools of themselves. The thing authoritarianism hates the most is being laughed at. They want to terrorize us, they want us cowed and afraid. Bugger that for a lark!

Laugh hard, laugh long, and let’s find more. Humiliate them at every opportunity.

#ice #minneapolis #protest

https://www.reddit.com/r/minnesota/comments/1qa6epb/ice_cant_handle_ice/

Good morning

TIL in 1859 a massive geomagnetic storm hit Earth. A geomagnetic storm of this magnitude occurring today has the potential to cause widespread electrical disruptions, blackouts, and damage to the electric power grid.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrington_Event
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1qaaaa6/til_in_1859_a_massive_geomagnetic_storm_hit_earth/

Don’t take media recommendations from people whose primary association of ‘Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)’ is the last season of ‘Seinfeld’.

TIL of Edward Bernays, Freud's nephew. He got Americans to use Dixie cups, eat bacon, and add an egg to cake mix. He got women smoking then convinced designers to make dresses to match Lucky Strikes so they would sell. Then he created support for the United Fruit Company's overthrow of Guatemala.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Bernays
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1q9m2tm/til_of_edward_bernays_freuds_nephew_he_got/

Amazing #LittleFreeLibrary in my #neighborhood

Typical. The woke mob, coming for Jonathan Ross just for shooting an unarmed woman in the face.