Jeremiah Lee @jeremiahlee@librem.one

Today is my half-birthday.

Stockholm is cold and dark in January, so I was planning to have a big outdoor party tonight instead, but I did not foresee a pandemic happening.

PSA: You don’t get to complain about things not going back to normal if you don’t do the bare minimum of wearing a mask. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-M2S4OJlq_g

I wish there were a software version of “Consumer Reports” that had in-depth problem statements and detailed evaluations of API gateways, service meshes, CI/CD tools, etc.

@markosaric @yarmo Similarly, I see 2–3× more visitors reported by Cloudflare than Plausible and just have to assume they're bots. Additionally, the data transfer aligns more with the number Plausible reports based on the size of image-heave pages.

My sexuality is such a threat that a campaign to fight it can propel someone to a presidential victory. Sad news from Polska. #LGBT https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/07/polands-rulers-manufactured-a-rainbow-plague/614113/

The best way for me to get the long list of lingering small tasks done is to know I should be writing a conference talk instead.

90% of the ads on YouTube when ad personalization is off are from Grammarly, a product I will never use.

PSA: Cream cheese does not belong in vegetarian sushi. or any sushi.

@markosaric Nice! Happy to be one.

@kev Same. Tried and subscribed a few months ago. Been very happy with it!

I just gave $10 to every non-incumbent woman and person of color running for Congress endorsed by Senator Warren.

The diversity and awesomeness of people running gives me hope for America.

#WarrenDemocrats

https://elizabethwarren.com/endorsements

Everyone is like “zomg Spotify is crashing at startup!” but you should know that Deezer is also crashing at startup.

The Facebook SDK for the second time in less than 3 months is causing many apps to crash at launch. Facebook, once again, considered harmful. #DeleteFacebook

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23790089

Insightful article on user name UX and technical considerations https://lord.io/blog/2020/usernames/

I dare someone to change the MDN docs list to `["my parents", "Ayn Rand", "God"]`.

https://www.dictionary.com/e/s/serial-comma/?prev=t#6

The new `Intl.ListFormat` in JS gets so much right.

1. Serial/Oxford/Harvard comma is used for American English (en-US)
2. `en` behavior is that of American English, not British English

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Intl/ListFormat

I wish I knew the carbon offset of maintaining house plants because I really want to justify a €30/month plant subscription. #NoOxygenFreeloaders