I was complaining about how we pay lip service to the pandemic, but nobody is creating space at work. A friend of mine said this. "We don't know how to turn capitalism off, both systemically and in our own brains. We don't know any different way. The machine must be fed." Whew.

Comforted to see Apoorva Mandavilli on the defensive. Guess I wasn't alone among other covid cautious and liberal listeners that felt her message on The New York Times The Daily with Michael Barbaro was a subliminal advertisement for the red pill.

wanted to initiate changes to data in a certain table when customer that owned the data made a certain kind of change. forgot to scope the query to the customer. updated the whole table across all customers. over and over again, every time any customer made any relevant change.

software technologists begrudging artists for getting paid by corporations co-opting their hard-won audience. this definition of integrity courtesy of one highly comped, very pure of heart, former builder of (“just a platform” for a) massively unprofitable race to the bottom

siri show me an example of a strawman argument

Vaccine impact in Israel: changing trends. Analysis thread with Amir Argoetti. From about a month and a half ago we are experiencing a new “Delta” burst. Cases are accumulating, and more and more severe patients are in the hospitals. x.com/AArgoetti/stat…

This is a huge change from CDC. CDC has changed their guidance to advise testing vaccinated people who are exposed to someone with #covid19 even if asymptomatic. Previously, it was that tests aren’t needed unless a vaccinated person is symptomatic. cdc.gov/coronavirus/20…

For months, I've made point that – as a fully vaxxed person – I still don't want to get Covid. Big reasons: 1) we aren't sure that breakthru Delta cases can't be transmitted; & 2) I'm not certain that a mild Delta breakthrough case can't lead to Long Covid. Yesterday... (1/2)

...per CDC: viral loads in Delta breakthrus=those in non-vaxxed pts. That means concern #1 is real. Today, NEJM Israeli study: 19% breakthru infctns led to symptoms 6 wks later; supports concern #2. nejm.org/doi/full/10.10… Upshot: vaxxed should mask indoors until ⬆vax, ⬇cases.

doordash workers are going on strike today (july 31st, 2021). they’re demanding tip transparency and a base pay of at least $4.25 per hour. don’t cross the picket line.

Covid (UC San Francisco) Chronicles, Day 504 To me, the most confusing time in the pandemic was May 2020, as we exited lockdown and nobody quite knew what they should & shouldn’t do (clean the mail? touch the dog?). But now is giving May 2020 a run for its money. (🧵1/25)

Just published NEJM Prevention of Covid for household contacts with exposure via a single subcutaneous injection: results of a randomized trial of combination monoclonal antibodies shows marked benefit nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

4,300,000 people have died of Coronavirus, and Facebook is serving up ads like this. Fuck you, Facebook.

It has come to my attention that not everyone knows this so I am once again tweeting: 24hrs after a traumatic event, or as soon as you are safe, play Tetris. It SIGNIFICANTLY reduces likelihood of intrusive memories: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

to be clear, what server behavior are you referring to that clients won’t duplicate? if you have more than one type of client - how does the loss of abstraction defend from duplication?

Did Twitter roll out Infinite Refresh in For You? I do not like it. And for the record, I’m one of those weird creeps who likes For You.

is it me or is the guitarist on jailhouse rock totally unable to swing?

the battery life of my apple devices is declining as september approaches

Brilliant ad. If you have a daughter and you are voting for Trump you are insane. Also I hope you will one day have to explain to her why you voted for a man who was found to have sexually assaulted a woman.