American readers: please take a minute or two to go to https://ssa.gov to download the statement of your lifetime contributions and anticipated monthly payments upon retirement. You know, just in case it’s needed later on. (Defeatist cynicism will be met with an eyeroll and silence, if not a mute/block.)
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We’ve reached the “legal residents with views and opinions the regime doesn’t like are arrested and disappeared” stage. Just in case you were wondering.
AP News
Immigration agents arrest Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University protests
A prominent Palestinian activist who helped lead last spring's protests at Columbia University has been arrested by federal immigration agents.
As someone who studied the post-WWII order in pursuit of his History degree, I can’t even begin to describe my reaction to today’s events at the White House. Stunned is part of it. Horrified is another part. Words truly do fail me in the face of such utter, craven betrayal.
Hey folks, got a #fedihired call on behalf of a US-based friend. She’s an editorial strategist, an author and technical writer, and someone with a lot of content strategy, content marketing, and related experience. Would make a great devrel as well, in my opinion. If you’ve got something she’d be a fit for, ping her over at https://www.linkedin.com/in/amberwalters-editorial-strategist/ or reply here with links and I’ll make sure she sees them. Thanks for any help, fedigang!
⌨️ I blogged about what I’d like to see come to #CSS in 2025. Some of my wishes are repeats from past years, but it was nice to see how many past wishes have (or are about to) come true!
CSS Wish List 2025
Back in 2023, I belatedly jumped on the bandwagon of people posting their CSS wish lists for the coming year.  This year I’m doing all that agai...
Happy arbitrary Gregorian boundary condition.
Looks like the “Ad blockers violate YouTube’s Terms of Service” interstitial cards just came back. We’ll see how long this round holds up.