Dustin @dustin@linernotes.club

Cool e-book project on public domain works:

https://standardebooks.org/

#ebooks #publicdomain

We went to the mall today to get Secret Santa gifts for some children in our family, and some of my wife’s coworkers.

She suggested we go into Spencer’s, which... history will note I did not object to.

Last time I was in there it was all thinly veiled “heh heh sex, right?” I am here to tell you they have dropped that veil. And also added a fuckton of weed shit. Which... gotta appeal to the youths, I guess.

Aleister Crowly's Ouija board looks like it was made by da share z0ne

FELIZ NAVIDONT GO BREAKING MY HEART

Ladies and gentlemen, this is mambo number 5.1.23

RELEASE NOTES:

—fixed bug on “Jessica” line
—added Radio Disney version
—various bug fixes and refinements

(15.7 mb)

Aussiemandias:

“Gander at me works, mate, and crikey!!”

Idk how Australian works sorry

Crisis On Infinite Instances

The 2009 Sydney dust storm looks like Blade Runner.

Apropos of nothing: regular reminder, especially for people in IT/Eng: you don't make it anywhere by working 80 hours a week and being available 24/7.

Your org will thank you for your dedication, expect it from everyone else on your team, and call it "normal" from then on, not reward you. Not in any real tangible way anyway. I've seen it a dozen times in my so many years in the industry.

Overworking like this leads to the org expecting your co-workers do the same, and masks understaffing issues that lead to not having proof you need to demand additional hires to shoulder the load. You're doing yourself no favor and harming everyone else.

If you can't get your workload done in a normal work week that is a management problem. Make it a management problem as much as you can.

You are entitled to, and absolutely should, unplug when you go home for the day. If your org discourages this, that is a problem.

Demand security of your own personal time. If your job requires on-call, demand a clear on-call procedure and clear escalation policy that outlines WHEN and WHY you can be contacted off-hours. Push back on its necessity if you can and finally enforce it if it's comfortable.

If your org uses Slack or similar, set your quiet hours. If you have a separate work device or software, shut it off off the clock.

I can't stress any of this enough.

PS: Unionize, damnit!

Frontperson and the Plural Nouns