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Things I’ve learned serving on the board of the Python Software Foundation, by Simon. Relevant for anyone considering serving on the board of any tech non-profit, TBH.

The Odd Single, by Greg Knauss.


Yesterday the president defied a Supreme Court ruling to return a man who was mistakenly sent to a gulag in another country, celebrated the suffering of this innocent person, and spoke of sending Americans to foreign concentration camps.

This is the beginning of an American policy of state terror, and it has to be identified as such to be stopped.

Timothy Snyder (emphasis mine)

Disability, Eugenics, and the Value of Human Life, by Talia Lavin.

Gavin Newsom Is A Piece of Shit, by Noah Berlatsky.


Take a Look, It's in a Book, by Dan Sinker.

It’s Independent Bookstore Day, So Go Buy Some Gay Books, by Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya.


A street sign depicts pink flowers on a yellow background.
飯能市 (Hannō City)埼玉県Saitama Prefecture日本 (Japan)

Dotfiles Management with a Bare Git Repository, by Rob Hudson. Very clever.

Polishing your typography with line height units, by Jen, for the WebKit blog.


PROTECT THE DOLLS. £75 well spent. All proceeds go to Trans Lifeline.

Trans people have spent a decade being attacked in a moral panic, by Séamas O'Reilly.

Quand je lis les trans galé­rer pour leur vie admi­nis­tra­tive, les ques­tions de savoir si l’État gère le sexe ou le genre, les oppo­si­tions et conflits sur la défi­ni­tion d’une femme ou d’un homme… je me demande vrai­ment pourquoi l’État a encore un quel­conque droit de regard sur tout ça.

Éric Daspet, in Genre, sexe et état civil, via Karl

The Trump Administration Threat To Transgender Adult Care Is Growing At Lightning Speed, by Erin Reed; Trump Wants To Limit Healthcare for Trans Adults With ACA Plans, by Stef Rubino; HHS Launches Snitch Form to Report Gender Affirming Care Providers, by s. baum; and Read A.G. Bondi's memo purporting to implement Trump's anti-trans attacks, by Chris Geidner.

Also by Erin Reed:

Also by s. baum:


A cluster of cherry blossoms shine brightly on a sunny, clear day.
Cherry blossoms, Precita Park, San Francisco

On Pope Francis, by James Butler.