Some members of the US Senate, including some Dems, are buying into a baseless, lie-filled right-wing smear campaign.

This is not just about Adeel Mangi, though.

If it works, it will demonstrate that extremists can lie, bully, and win - and steal judicial vacancies.

Just since I haven’t mentioned it in a while, I’m on Bluesky as anildash.com, on mastodon as [email protected] and always on my blog at anildash.com too. I’m very active in all those places, and have spent 99% less time here in the last 6+ months.

Council members shouldn't celebrate NYPD trying to kill our neighbors, unless they say that because they truly believe that all New Yorkers are equal, in which case we will of course share a 'bravo' to anyone who drives an SUV into Vickie Paladino.

As participants of The Musical Web (class taught by Chloe Alexandra Thompson & Tommy Martinez tommy martinez) dig deeper into more advanced synthesis and composition strategies- we decided to reflect back on our first assignment using the html <audio> tag.

My yearly reminder to no longer recommend or read any tech books from Uncle Bob aka Robert C. Martin (ie: Clean Code or Clean Architecture).

FWIW, folks are making me proud in the responses though 💜

We’re proud to announce that Fastly is named a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Edge Development Platforms, Q4 2023!

Fastly #Compute earned a 5/5 score in 22 criteria, including #innovation , pricing flexibility/transparency, #security features and more.
fastly.us/3T57q7v

“Mike Johnson, the new speaker of the House, voiced support for revisiting Supreme Court decisions that struck down restrictions on the use of contraception, barred bans on gay sex and legalized same sex marriages, according to a CNN review of his prior public statements.”

Upgrading a platform where every creator is a coder who can have complete control of their code is a tricky process. That’s why we’re asking for your help! 🙏

blog.glitch.com/post/rebuildin…

📣We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join our Compute Platform team! This team builds the core service that runs all Fastly compute all while designing and implementing platform features.

Apply now and help make the internet better! #hiring
fastly.us/3FY1WUb

Fastly is at #WebSummit this week! If you're joining us, be sure to drop in for a panel with Simon Wistow, Fastly co-founder, on the technologies allowing us to return to a less complex web framework.

📅 Wednesday, Nov 15 ⏰ 12:30 PM 🔗fastly.us/49tljSy

This is happening in the year 2023

This sweet, sweet child. Murdered with no accountability.

Remember the next time someone lifts up an officer’s conviction as a sign that things have changed: More often, it ends like this.

Because Black lives still don’t matter to a system that kills us.

When most people need to scale, they go to Kubernetes. But if you’re the team behind @Kubernetes and need to improve your scaling and efficiency, you turn to Fastly.

Check out the full story to learn how we helped them speed up, save money + stabilize: fastly.us/49mClSk

Kubernetes at the speed of Fastly fastly.com/blog/kubernete…

I interrupted a cop playing on his phone and asked him to move his vehicle out of the crosswalk.

He responded with the most dumbfounded face, looked around, and then said he wasn't blocking the crosswalk.

You be the judge. Is he blocking pedestrians?

The #RapidReset DDoS attack did not affect Fastly traffic. Want to know why?

Learn how we are able to detect novel attacks - including Rapid Reset - and mitigate them quickly and effectively for Fastly customers: fastly.us/3QtRYju

'Not even for one moment does Melissa DeRosa linger on the possibility that so many people were coming forward with stories about her former boss’s abuse because he abused people.' nymag.com/intelligencer/…

I have been informed that I am being replaced as the Editor in Chief of eLife - the journal for retweeting a The Onion piece that calls out indifference to the lives of Palestinian civilians.

As part of EFF's investigation of mass surveillance along the U.S.-Mexico Border we've been driving the border to look for/confirm the location of surveillance towers. Now, we're releasing the most comprehensive public map of surveillance infrastructure.

eff.org/deeplinks/2023…

Episode 2 of “The Story of Diamonds and Pearls” podcast is out now. Today we dig into Prince’s formative years in North Minneapolis—and meet an important figure from his early life, Cari.

Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pri…

Spotify: spotify.link/U1msjSRD1Db