Mostly Grey former ginger with a preference for Rust. Leads wg-rustup, sorry about the mess. He/Him or They/Their Now @kinnison@fosstodon.org too

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We are calling for RMS to be removed from all leadership positions in the FOSS community, including the FSF and GNU, and for the FSF board to resign. Join us. rms-open-letter.github.io/
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πŸŽ‰ We can finally announce that Crystal 1.0 is out! πŸŽ‰ We are deeply thankful for the more than 450 people that made this possible and to all of our donors and sponsors that support the hard work that went into it! crystal-lang.org/2021/03/22/…
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➑️ APRIL 12 ➑️ APRIL 12 ➑️ APRIL 12 We hope this day is when we'll be reopening. Read all about it in the latest board minutes - available on GitHub github.com/HACManchester/boa… As always, this date depends on *geatures broadly*. But we're hopeful.
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Lots of FUD about Rust async/await on the internet today. Does async/await in Rust suck? In some ways, yes it does! But I’m not worried. I think it can be great. 1/n
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I'll tell you why: Age 8: Computer camp. Instructor told my mom not to bring me back. He said I would distract the boys. Age 12: Computer aided drafting class. My partner was a guy who did nothing, but I wanted to use the computer so was happy to do everything. He got a
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β€œThe NHS will last as long as there’s folk with faith left to fight for it” -Nye Bevin NHS staff will not let our beloved NHS be privatised and handed over to the US. RT if you stand with us πŸ’™ theguardian.com/society/2021…
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The year is 2030. You're a software engineer at a company, writing tests for your program.
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Your front-row seat to my Mars landing is here. Watch how we did it. #CountdownToMars
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If folks want to contribute to a core Rust tool, `rustup` has some issues that they'd like help on! The maintainers are great and fun to work with. github.com/rust-lang/rustup/…
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retweet if you are ok with CEOs getting paid less if that means no child slave labor
Retweet if you’d be willing to spend a couple more bucks for chocolate if that meant not using child slaves (I know this is a huge ask)
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#OtD 11 Feb 1987 Mark Ashton, leading member of Lesbians & Gays Support the Miners, died aged just 26. @LGSMpride raised huge amounts of money for Welsh miners during the strike of 1984-5 and brought together the LGBT & workers movts. More in our pod: workingclasshistory.com/2019…
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Mark Ashton lost his life to AIDS 34 years ago today. He was 26 years old. Always loved, never forgotten, forever an inspiration. #LGBTHM21
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Replying to @codethink
My thoughts exactly. At what point does a 'noble goal' become a badge-monetisation scheme? That said, there are some excellent goals expressed here...
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C++ programmers now finally able to read linker errors in one line old.reddit.com/r/programmerhumor…
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Please RT: Outreachy internships are remote, paid ($6,000 stipend), and last three months. Outreachy supports diversity in free and open source software! Initial applications for the @outreachy May to August 2021 internships are due on 🚨Feb 22 at 4pm UTC: outreachy.org/apply/
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We stand against discriminationπŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ
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