Sven Slootweg @joepie91@pixie.town

I was a bit shocked. They weren't even offering a great rate. But still.

There's no way I'd sign a non-compete when I run a freelance business working with many direct competitors. They'd have to lock in a long-term contract with very high pay for me to even consider that.

No thanks.

Had a possible new client there who sent me their NDA so we could talk more in detail on the project before signing contracts. But it included, no joke, conflict of interest and non-compete clauses for up to a year... for an NDA!

They wouldn't remove them, so I walked.

Always read every agreement.

if any programmers want to know what chronic pain or sensory issues feel like, set your compiler to "treat all warnings as errors" and to be as pedantic as possible.

anyway, empathy is an ideology according to capitalism instead of essential
all because it couldn't be commodified until charities came along

but is that commodified empathy, or commodified guilt?

netflix and chill
jellyfin and fuck

"[M]ost people don’t know what Pride is about. The anguish, and the hurt, and the reason why Pride started in the first place—it was an anti-cop event. Look, yes—I know there are trans police officers. You have Black people who are police officers, and women police officers. All that’s cute, but guess what: It’s blue first, your other allegiances second. Once you get on that blue, child, it goes straight through to your brain, dyes your brain blue, and you’re no longer whoever the fuck you were before. So no, they don’t need to be there. That’s where their loyalty lies. So stay the fuck away from me."

—Miss Major

["Miss Major Speaks: Conversations with a Black Trans Revolutionary" by Toshio Meronek]

#queer #trans #anarchism #pride #activism #policing #LGBTIQA #PrideProtest #FirstPrideWasARiot #MarshaPJohnson #MissMajor #AbolishPolice #AbolishPrisons #Abolition #CommunityNotCops #NoJusticeNoPeace #NoCopsAtPride

July is Queer Wrath Month, but it is also Disability Pride Month, and this month marks a special pride flag that many of us might not realize we get to fly.

Disabilities come in all forms, but the one that affects me most is an invisible one up in my brain: ADHD.

Executive Dysfunction, short term memory issues, and auditory processing disorder, are among the most pronounced symptoms that impact my ability to function at a normal level.

Image source:
https://www.afterschoolnetwork.org/post/july-disability-pride-month

They said they wanted a fairytale wedding, but when I show up and place a curse on their firstborn, suddenly I’m an asshole!

Music festivals are now so important for that they don’t show intermediate stops when the trains goes along a music festival…

As I keep trying to gently point out: successful, useful software spends most of its time being maintained. Maintaining something you don't understand is really hard to do well.

I am struggling to be kind when tech folks are speaking positively of vibe coding something and planning to put it into production but neither they nor any of the people expected to support it know anything about how the code is structured or works.

1873
hoezo 1873
Als een van de laatste Europese landen schafte Nederland in 1863 de slavernij alsnog officieel af. Het staatstoezicht’ dat daarop volgde duurde tot 1873 en gold voor vrijwel alle tot slaaf gemaakten. Hoewel op papier ze vrij waren moest er nog 10 jaar gedwongen onbetaald op de plantages doorgewerkt worden. De tien jaar regel gold overigens alleen voor Suriname.

Perez Loy Apakanaike 1954-2019
Is de bedenker van deze button, hij heeft er zijn levenswerk van gemaakt om het jaar 1873 bekendheid te geven!

#1873 #Perezloy #afschaffingslavernij #anticommercieleactiebeweging #button #acab #brandalism #ketikoti #diadiabolishom #emancipationday

Deposit, drink, return: Lisbon is the first European capital with a citywide reusable cup scheme
https://www.euronews.com/green/2025/07/03/deposit-drink-return-lisbon-is-the-first-european-capital-with-a-citywide-reusable-cup-sch?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Green news @green-news-euronewsgreen

Het park ligt naast het nieuwe migratiemuseum. De stakers gaan proberen het museum een spandoek aan te bieden waarop ze hun namen hebben geschreven. Want met deze staking schrijven ze geschiedenis, en over een tijdje zal dat spandoek een museumwaardig stuk zijn. https://www.doorbraak.eu/4-juli-rotterdam-rotterdam-actie-van-stakende-poolse-uitzenders-van-ah-distributiecentra/

Er zullen in Nederland weinig van dit soort #Viltrox-lenzen zijn verkocht maar toch, een gewaarschuwd mens telt voor twee. Ook #Tamron waarschuwt voor de update van #Nikon.

https://nikonrumors.com/2025/07/02/viltrox-also-warns-dont-update-nikon-cameras-firmware-with-third-party-lenses-attached.aspx/

Het gevolg kan zijn dat je je lens ‘bricked’ en dus onbruikbaar maakt.

IT FUCKEN WIMDY

Tactical scissors