I just want to live in a country where the leader can’t enrich themselves with our tax dollars, the government does what the people want, and the wealthy have to follow the laws.
You know, like a democracy.
Posts by Jon McLaren
The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
Why do you appreciate unions?
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
The world needs to see Ross Bryants shakespearean channeling of the original bard doing vicious mockery, Zach and Jess breaking out into song for bardic inspiration.
@dimension20.bsky.social @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social @samreich.bsky.social can we get a one shot with Zach Reino, Jess McKenna, and Ross Bryant? Maybe title it "Oops All Bards"?
❌ mobile first
✅ container first
stumbled on this pretty one while testing!
try it gradient.style#layers=%5B%7...
I think the key is having the animations be stepped but all player controls and camera be normal and without a framerate change.
We were warned by Washington, Lincoln and others. Now we must oppose this authoritarian regime, firmly voice our commitment to the Constitution and rule of law—and assert what it means to be American.
www.americaamerica.news/p/its-villai...
I'll be there!
Making sure JS devs aren't installing packages for features that are now 1 line of CSS
nerdy.dev/css-at-casca...
I’ve been positing this every year for sixteen years. Happy Easter.
Today at the CSS Working Group "face to face" meeting…
Powerful tools for defining corner shapes. (Beyond the simple rounded corders you can do today with `border-radius`.)
Unbelievable turnout in this ruby red district for the Darrell Issa empty chair town hall!
I think you could concentrate longer than 2 hours as long as the method of teaching changes and continues to re-engage.
a lecture may hold folks for 30 mins, mix it up and start involving people in the conversation and you buy more time. Do a real world demonstration of something and you buy more.
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The genre of Farming Sim makes sense but it's interesting that a core mechanic of the genre has been Getting Married. the two things you do as a farmer is make corn and put a ring on it
To probationary federal employees who have been terminated:
Democracy Forward has filed a first-of-its-kind class-wide complaint with the Office of Special Counsel. If civil servants want to join in the complaint, you can email info@civilservicestrong.org
“After Auschwitz, the human condition is not the same, nothing will ever be the same. Here, heaven and earth are on fire.”
—Elie Wiesel
I was interviewed at CES this morning. We mentioned that consumers will decide whether they want to be on a platform that is “unfiltered free speech “ or “ moderated”. I mentioned that I loved @bsky.app , and spontaneously people started clapping 🔥.
A street is orange from flames and you can see the high winds in the palm trees. Sparks fly down the street
A fire truck is engulfed in parks and flames are seen on the hill. The entire photo is red and orange from the fire
A fireman with a hose runs across the front of a house in flames in the background
The inside of a house is a ball of flames. The only visible thing inside is a burning Christmas tree
These extraordinary photos of the LA fires have been shared widely on social media, often without crediting the photographer.
These are all the work of Ethan Swope, an LA-based photojournalist working for AP.
You can follow his remarkable reporting here👇
www.instagram.com/ethanswopeph...
I support #Deno in this. I also support the web dev community comically referring to #WASM as "Orykle" until the trial ends.
Silly behavior begets a silly response.
Reminder…Self care is going to be critical to our survival.
Please look after yourselves mentally, and physically.
Let’s also not forget to look after one another. 💙
The 70% problem - hard truths about AI-Assisted Coding
✍️ "Hard truths about AI-assisted coding" tips & tricks in my latest article: bit.ly/ai-assisted
While AI-Assisted coding can get you 70% of the way there (great for prototypes or MVPs), the final 30% requires significant human intervention for quality and maintainability.
Jon McLaren wearing a new hat that says "404", while dressed up to go out in the cold, standing in front of a Christmas tree with blue lights on.
It’s Cyber Monday, got myself a new hat. Holiday spammers beware, with this hat, I can’t be found.
#webdev #error404 #404NotFound