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If you were moved (or shaken) by Jon Stewart’s interview with @mariaressa.bsky.social on the Daily Show please read her powerful book “How to Stand Up to a Dictator”. If you prefer audio books, I suggest you switch to Libro.fm and avoid Bezos/Amazon/Audible. libro.fm/audiobooks/9...

Here's what canceling Disney+ looks like.

I stand with PBS. I stand with NPR. I stand with Stephen Colbert. I stand with Jimmy Kimmel. I stand with the First Amendment. PERIOD.* *Also #ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files

David Letterman is right: you can't appease a tyrant.

Wrapped up my conference season for this year with #goatmire Elixir. Had too much fun telling a story one last time, and had even more fun watching some of the most unusual and memorable talks I've ever seen. Photo credits: @petterbos.bsky.social

Always love seeing @gigcityelixir.bsky.social Tshirts in the wild! #elixirlang #goatmire

On my way to #goatmire DUS-CPH… Looking to meet many Elixir and Erlang folks

Wow… cnascorecard.org/cna/cna-deta...

As Carl Schmitt explained in his fascist handbook, a crisis must be created where none exists in order to collapse democratic institutions and hasten the transition towards totalitarian dictatorship

Beautiful!

If you’ve wondered how you could help pull America out of fascism learning about Stetson Kennedy might give you ideas: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stetson...

This is super cool! Nice work!

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A group of global civil society organizations have placed the US on a watchlist for urgent concern over the health of its civic society, alongside Turkey, Serbia, El Salvador, Indonesia and Kenya.

🍿👨‍💻 Watched a technical talk, Waterpark: Transforming Healthcare with Distributed Actors by @bryan-hunter.bsky.social, with lunch after seeing it recommended by @sasajuric.bsky.social. #ElixirLang www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdBm...

Finally got to watch @bryan-hunter.bsky.social's Waterpark talk. It's a great demo of how BEAM and Elixir can help build systems with zero downtime, while significantly reducing technical complexity. Curious about what makes Elixir special? This is the talk to see! www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdBm...

If you are planning to go to Goatmire Elixir. There are limited tickets and if we get any kind of rush towards the end they are likely to sell out. This is not me trying to give you a sense of false urgency. We have about 40 tickets left and we can't expand. #elixirlang https://goatmire.com

I will also say that when the AI bubble bursts, I don't think the tech industry is ready for how many people are going to take genuine pleasure in it, even with the economic chaos that will follow. Never in my life have I seen such outright disdain for both tech and its executives

MEMPHIS COUNCILWOMAN JERRI GREEN: “With Tennessee having one of the highest poverty rates, this bill serves to only deepen the wealth gap for working families… 250,000 Tennesseans could lose health coverage…” @MarshaBlackburn @SenatorHagerty www.tennessean.com/story/opinio...

We’ve bombed Iran. And dismantled our joint terrorism task force. And sent a third of the FBI to help ICE. And gutted the National Security Council. And a drunk guy is in charge at the pentagon. And our intelligence allies probably won’t share intel with us. Because people couldn’t vote for a woman.

This seems relevant …

Elixir was created by a Brazilian who now lives in Poland, in a style inspired by a Japanese language designer. Erlang was created in Sweden by Joe Armstrong (born in England), Robert Virding (born in India, raised in Australia) and Mike Williams (from South Wales) 🇧🇷🇵🇱🇯🇵🇸🇪🇵🇱🇮🇳🇦🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 #ElixirLang

🚀 Excited to announce the “Elixir Outreach” stipend program! @dashbit.bsky.social, Oban & the EEF will fund community members presenting #Elixirlang & #Erlang to other ecosystems and communities, while respecting our joint values. Learn more: elixir-lang.org/blog/2025/06...

“This combustible mixture of ignorance and power, sooner or later, is going to blow up in our faces”

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Just imagine the NYT or WaPo saying it plainly—Trump’s birthday parade was a meager spectacle for an infantile, would-be tyrant, and the protests everywhere else were celebrations of a country we still wish to see governed under the Constitution. Impossible. Those quisling editors merit our hatred.

Psst @nytimes.com, fixed that flaccid headline for you: “An estimated 11 million Americans at 2,000 protests across all 50 states voiced their disgust for President Trump’s $40M military birthday parade, ICE raids, and the nation’s alarming slide into fascism”

We’re honored to report that over 11 million showed up for today’s No Kings protest, and totals are still coming in. Just… wow. WOW 😮! There’s nothing more to say.

Best image of the day:

KILMAR HEARING UPDATE: Lunch break. -Prosecution portrayed KAG as a human smuggler who smuggled kids, had gang ties, etc -DEFENSE then pointed out almost all witnesses had something to gain/are related, interviews were not recorded.

If this is how this administration responds to a Senator with a question, you can only imagine what they're doing to farmworkers, to cooks, and to day laborers throughout California and across the country. We will hold this administration accountable.

Tragically, the outrageous assault of Sen. Padilla today is becoming normal behavior for a Trump administration which is moving us toward authoritarianism. The American people do not like petty tyrants. We defeated King George in 1776. We will defeat King Donald.

Saturday will be an important day. “The right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” Use it or lose it. (and bring your friends!) www.nokings.org

Why is ICE arresting employees but not employers? DOJ policy is to charge the most culpable people. The employers would seem to qualify.

JULIETTE KAYYEM: “Active duty Marines for this, Hegseth? I mean, we were just reporting on it. There's music. The traffic is moving. Most people in L.A. probably don't even know this is going on.”

The Los Angeles Police Department has stated that demonstrations in the city have remained peaceful. Let that sink in.

Without those conditions being met and without state consent, Trump’s move amounts to a clear violation of constitutional limits and federal law.

This maneuver also clashes with the Militia Clause in the U.S. Constitution (Article I, Section 8, Clause 15), which gives Congress, not the president, the power to call forth the militia under specific conditions like insurrection or invasion.

something that is constitutionally dubious and violates the Posse Comitatus Act, which bars federal troops from engaging in domestic law enforcement without proper authorization.

“Curtis Yarvin’s Plot Against America” www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

The guy in charge of “information security” at Meta is the guy that cam up with the idea of installing Trojan horses on teenager phones so they could siphon all your data unencrypted.

It’s Taco Tuesday.

Am gathering references for important Elixir talks and texts. If I make the thing I hope to or not I think your responses will be helpful to those interested. I'm thinking of José announcing it was "finished. The Soul talk by Sasa. Quinn's history of Erlang. What impressed you? #elixirlang

Reading yet another post asserting all you need is a human doing careful continuous supervision of the automation and it’s gonna be perfectly fine, as I grind my own teeth into dust while 40+ years of research and industry reports flash through my mind like war footage in a ptsd movie scene

The Trump administration has quietly spread Palantir’s technology through U.S. agencies, paving the way to easily compile data on Americans. The company has received more than $113 million in federal government spending since President Trump took office. nyti.ms/4dJfR0o

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Reading "Mutual Aid" by Peter Kropotkin. The highlighted section keeps bumping around in my head: > In this three-cornered contest, between the two classes of revolted individuals and the supporters of what existed, lies the real tragedy of history. www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4341

Special thanks to the kind people who took the initiative to let a speaker know that they enjoyed their talk. It really means the world. #ndcoslo