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Reposted Jacky Alciné (@jalcine@todon.eu)
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I don't know how to convince more workers in tech that we need unions. We sorely do and I'm hoping that the strikes are showing why. That's why I can't wait for @beep@follow.ethanmarcotte.com's book about tech unions at https://abookapart.com/products/you-deserve-a-tech-union to come out. It's cheaper than an O'Reilly subscription and will put you into what will make the industry and the industries we touch so much better.

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Listened to Legal consequences of generated content with Damien Riehl, VP of Litigation Workflow & Analytics Content at vLex (Practical AI #232)
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As a technologist, coder, and lawyer, few people are better equipped to discuss the legal and practical consequences of generative AI than Damien Riehl. He demonstrated this a couple years ago by generating, writing to disk, and then releasing every possible musical melody. Damien joins us to answer our many questions ...

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Listened to Quitting (And Then Rejoining) Stack Overflow - CoRecursive Podcast by Adam Gordon Bell 
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Today, we meet Ben Dumke-von der Ehe, one of the early developers on the Stack Overflow team. He was on the front lines as the platform transformed how programmers worked. And he embodies the spirit of Stack Overflow: Its transparency, playfulness, and even some of its struggles to be as welcoming and friendly as it should be. But you'll see... […]

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A couple of weeks I able to attend #LeadDevLondon thanks to a ticket gifted to me by the organisers, and I've finally gotten around to writing up the excellent conference 👏🏼🎉

There's some really great stuff in there, and I learned a load.

You can read more on the blog

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Listened to Types will win in the end with Jake Zimmerman, Stripe working on Sorbet (Changelog Interviews #548)
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This week we’re talking about type checking with Jake Zimmerman. Jake is one of the leads at Stripe working on Sorbet — an open source project that does Type checking in Ruby and runs over Stripe’s entire Ruby codebase. As of May of 2022 Stripe’s codebase was over 15 million lines of code spread across 150,000 files. I...

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Listened to Gophers Say! GopherCon EU 2023 (Go Time #284)
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Our award winning worthy survey game show is back, this time Mat Ryer hosts it live on stage at GopherCon Europe 2023! Elena Grahovac joins forces with Björn Rabenstein to battle it out with Alice Merrick & Mohammed S. Al Sahaf. Let’s see who can better guess what the GopherCon Europe gophers had to say!

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Listened to How to Quit Social Media with James Acaster (Live at Soho Theatre) | Nobody Panic
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Listen to How to Quit Social Media with James Acaster (Live at Soho Theatre) from Nobody Panic. Comedian and Ghostbuster James Acaster tells Stevie and Tessa how to quit social media in about ten seconds before having a nice chat about Twitter in general. Don't expect a huge amount of tips but certainly expect a rollicking good laugh. Subscribe to the Nobody Panic Patreon at patreon.com/nobodypanicWant to support Nobody Panic? You can make a one-off donation at https://supporter.acast.com/nobodypanicRecorded by Soho Theatre and edited by Aniya Das for Plosive.Photos by Marco Vittur, jingle by David Dobson.

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Listened to Oracle smacks IBM over RHEL, a Slack clone in 5 lines of Bash, 13 ways to think about joins, llama.cpp learns web chat & Meta will pay to remove Python's GIL (Changelog News #52)
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Oracle smacks IBM for their handling of RHEL, the folks at The Dam share a Slack clone in 5 lines of Bash, Justin Jaffray writes up 13 ways to think about joins, llama.cpp learns web chat thanks to a contribution by Tobi Lütke & Meta is willing to pay 3 engineers to remove Python’s GIL.

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Reposted Kit 📚 (@skeletonpup@library.love)
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Attached: 1 image Today I discovered that not only is July #Disability Pride Month but also that we have a flag. It is so well done and extremely meaningful. It was created by Ann Magill, a disabled writer. The entire thing will not fit into the thumbnail but if you open the image, it will tell you what each color and flag feature stands for. It is also in the alt text if you are unable to open it. #disabled #accessibility #cerebralpalsy #adhd #autism #OCD #PTSD #bipolar #depression #invisibleillness (& more!)

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Listened to 379 - Alcoholic Pickle
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My Favorite Murder is the hit true crime comedy podcast hosted by Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark. Since its inception in early 2016, the show has broken download records and sparked an enthusiastic, interactive 'Murderino' fan base who come out in droves for their sold-out worldwide tours.

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Listened to DUBBED: 104 - Garden Party
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My Favorite Murder is the hit true crime comedy podcast hosted by Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark. Since its inception in early 2016, the show has broken download records and sparked an enthusiastic, interactive 'Murderino' fan base who come out in droves for their sold-out worldwide tours.