No wall in Big Bend. It's a magnificent place. We spent holidays with our kids and friends there. My first rafting trip was with Bruce there. We took friends from around the world to show them the rugged beauty in Big Bend. Please sign the petition. c.org/jRJk2BbQXG

ExMex 2025 videos are rolling out! We’re starting today with the keynotes. Note: due to a small technical hiccup, live coding portions weren’t captured. More releases coming soon. Watch here → exmexconf.com#videos #ExMexConf #ElixirLang

Getting on stage @exmexconf.bsky.social to share these stories was such an honor and a delight. Thank you Nathan Hessler for the opportunity!! youtu.be/q0tzXAzZ9PM?...

Such encouraging co workers. 😂

Hey Elixir Friends! This is a FABULOUS conference - please go apply to be a speaker! sessionize.com/goatmire-eli... #ElixirLang

Happy Birthday @redrapids.bsky.social!

What is the point of the existence of poison ivy??

Level up on April 22nd: Full-day ElixirConf EU workshops. OTP patterns, RAG systems, LLM apps, BEAM internals, AI + Elixir. Limited spots. @whatyouhi.de @redrapids.bsky.social Reserve: www.elixirconf.eu#training

🎉 Code BEAM Lite Vancouver agenda is LIVE! 🇨🇦 Keynote: @rvirding.bsky.social & @expede.wtf on Erlang's lessons for local-first systems 10 speakers including @whatyouhi.de , @redrapids.bsky.social Hayleigh Thompson & more March 23 | Limited tickets 🎟️ codebeamvancouver.com#schedule

In the concentration camp universe, this is what's known as a filtration camp. A government preemptively takes a whole class of people to interrogate and detain extrajudicially in order to inflict duress on them while arbitrarily assessing their (supposed) culpability.

You see = and think assignment. In Elixir, it’s pattern matching. You describe the shape you’re willing to accept. If it fits, names bind. If it doesn’t, the match fails — and that failure selects the path. New post: grox.io/blog/16-patt... #ElixirLang

Goodness. Grateful for Anthropic's stand on this. Offloading any life/death stuff from humans to machines seems like a bad bad deal.

Since October, federal courts have ruled more than 4,400 times that ICE is illegally jailing immigrants. Now the agency wants to spend $38B to turn warehouses across the country into detention camps. Remember that some of Trump's biggest supporters are private prison companies running these camps.

We are very excited to be in Vancouver for #codeBEAM! Bruce’s @groxio.bsky.social AI course has been one of the most fun for me to edit because of the way he manages the agent. Join him in person in Vancouver for a MasterClass and come away with better skills and understanding!

They are all good boys but we’ll let yeti have the win today @maggietate.bsky.social

Commentary: A slate of bills in the Tennessee General Assembly is reshaping how immigration enforcement functions in Tennessee, largely without a single comprehensive public debate about authority, responsibility or risk, writes Brandon Burley, a retired detective and criminal justice educator.

Republicans are still trying to pass the SAVE Act—a bill that would make it harder to vote and disenfranchise millions of Americans. Join @redistrictingaction.org and tell your member of Congress to vote no: act.redistrictingaction.org/a/natl-saveact-cte

When this book was written, ChatGPT did not exist Currently Away Bruce and @maggietate.bsky.social a.co/d/01y9PKYm

This is extraordinary! The Trump administration’s push for mass deportations has resulted in more cases, known as habeas petitions, filed in federal court in the last year than under ***the last three administrations combined***, including Trump’s first term. w/ @texastribune.org

Otay Mesa "Detention Center" (prison camp) in San Diego, CA: lataco.com/captive-loti...

Some great info here :) thewhitepages.net/p/seven-reas...

hexdocs.pm/ash_postgres... Very nifty little #AshFramework extension just released 🤯 #ElixirLang

Inviting Your Meetup to the Carolina Code Conference blog.carolina.codes/p/inviting-y...

Snowy day in Chattanooga!

Made new friends in the neighborhood. Had them over for dinner last night. Laughed and shared stories for hours. It was life giving. Neighboring is the good work of the year.

This should be a resounding NO from everyone in the USA.

Already at least $1.4B richer since taking office, Trump is now suing the IRS for a jaw-dropping $10B over the leak of his tax returns. As he exploits the presidency for self-enrichment and retribution, millions are still struggling with the soaring cost of living. Priorities.

🥶 ❄️ ☃️ It has been COLD in the US this week. Saturday, Brimson Minnesota was -43˚F (-42˚C) So, until the end of the week, pretty much everything is -43% at the Bookshelf. Just use coupon code Brrr when you check out. Stay Warm. Only at pragprog.com ­

Don't offload your thinking!!! "The largest gap in scores between the two groups was on debugging questions, suggesting that the ability to understand when code is incorrect and why it fails may be a particular area of concern if AI impedes coding development." www.anthropic.com/research/AI-...

Our Digital Hate and Harms Team has just released a new microsite to document and share information about symbols used by hate groups from around the world. monitoring-glossary.bellingcat.com

The comments in the thread are great! Maybe we all need shirts with nautical flags.

"Empathy does not overwhelm our critical thinking or blind us to moral clarity. It opens our eyes to moral complexity. It’s not a sign of weakness; it’s a source of strength." - HRC www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

I gave a similar talk a few years ago at lambda days and it was super popular, I’m stoked now that lustre has come forward even more! I wanna see some gleam line in Vancouver 🙏🙏

Hey #ElixirLang folks - any of y'all in Málaga, Spain? Do you have any suggestions for some meetup/training space for prior to ElixirConf EU in April?

Make coffee, not war ☕️

I don’t want to hear anything from an elected official unless it’s a plan to defund the DHS and impeach Noem, Bovino, etc. No texts. No emails. No talk about the economy. Step up or step off.

January 20, 2026

This is awful. $50 million. ICE Regional transfer hub. Private contractors. I don’t want my tax dollars spent in this horror. Give us healthcare, education, art, science - support our flourishing not our destruction.

Some perspective: The S&P opened down -1.3% on Trump's Greenland saber-rattling. That's $750 billion of wealth destroyed -- roughly equal to estimates of the value of Greenland. And so ~in dollar terms~ his shenanigans have already cost the US one Greenland, and we've got nothing to show for it.

VEB tickets for ElixirConf EU 2026 drop in a few days - available for only 4 hours. Best prices. They always sell out. Join the waiting list: www.elixirconf.eu#newsletter

If you live in the Cities, an easy way to help immigrant families in hiding is: laundry! Laundromats are ICE magnets, so people without washers need help. The People’s Laundry will drop off laundry to your door to wash and dry and pick up a few days later: thepeopleslaundrympls.com/volunteer/

MUST READ thread before Monday night's forecasted G4 / SEVERE geomagnetic storm. Auroras could be seen as far south as the U.S.-Mexico border at times. Widespread mid-latitude displays are possible. Here's what you need to know to have a successful aurora chase tonight! 🧵 #heliophysics #aurora

@theweekendmsnow.bsky.social oh yall are bringing the laughter at the end of the show today. Thank you ❤️

Two days ago it was Elissa Slotkin. Last week it was Jerome Powell. Before that, Mark Kelly. Weaponizing the justice system against your opponents is an authoritarian tactic. The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her.

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Goatmire. What an incredible experience! Much love to @lawik.bsky.social and the team for bringing together one of the most diverse and meaningful conferences I've ever been to. All the talks were incredible but Flora's musical puppetry was a next level performance. Bravo! #elixirlang

You're Not Preparing. You Should Be. open.substack.com/pub/thepeopl...

I love going to these events - there is nothing like the in person energy. Expect great speakers and trainers (yes, I'm biased! @redrapids.bsky.social will be there!) Looking forward to being in Vancouver! #ElixirLang

I'm attending TIRRC Votes's event, “Hands Off Tennessee: TN Legislature Info Session” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/tirrcvotes/e...

I was thinking since Goatmire Elixir turned out pretty good I should maybe do another one. 30th of Sep - 2nd of Oct this year. We have a list to notify you about the progress and when tickets drop, getting on that list also helps indicate interest. www.goatmire.com #elixirlang #goatmire