Reposted by BluDr. Amy Acton @amyactonoh.bsky.social · 11/08/2025I grew up in Youngstown, learning the hard way—through hunger and even homelessness—what it means to be tough. I'm going to fight for you, not for special interests. www.newsweek.com/amy-acton-vi... 36317
Blu @blugaze.bsky.social · 18/05/2025Started working on a general purpose job scheduler in Go, github.com/jacobmcgowan...github.comGitHub - jacobmcgowan/simple-scheduler: Simple service to schedule jobs to run at specific times or in intervalsSimple service to schedule jobs to run at specific times or in intervals - jacobmcgowan/simple-scheduler 020
Blu @blugaze.bsky.social · 20/04/2025To quickly add skin tone and hair color variations to my son's communication board, I wrote a tool edit an entire folder of SVG files, [svg-quick-edit](github.com/jacobmcgowan...) and a [script](gist.github.com/jacobmcgowan...) using that to generate variations of the Mulberry symbols.github.comGitHub - jacobmcgowan/svg-quick-edit: Quickly edits attributes for SVG filesQuickly edits attributes for SVG files. Contribute to jacobmcgowan/svg-quick-edit development by creating an account on GitHub. 120
Reposted by BluKate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 08/02/2025Scientists and journalists need to figure out right quick how to explain to the average person how a massive change in research indirects will impact the medical care they and their children get (eg at the local children’s hospital), the education their children will get, the price of tuition, etc. 9738091153
Reposted by BluRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/01/2025America is going to have to rethink our entire approach to technology. We may also have to rethink our approach to capitalism. Some thoughts on the DeepSeek debacle. robertreich.substack.com/p/american-c...robertreich.substack.comAmerican capitalism just got a black eyeThe story behind today’s stock market tank 1161959328
Reposted by BluElectronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 22/01/2025Examining government actions around content moderation is a good idea. But this week’s executive order on free speech lacks what is needed for an inquiry that would be in the public interest.eff.orgProtecting “Free Speech” Can’t Just Be About Targeting Political OpponentsThe White House executive order “restoring freedom of speech and ending federal censorship,” published Monday, misses the mark on truly protecting Americans’ First Amendment rights. The order calls fo... 312328
Reposted by Bluaslynn is just a ghoul 👻 @aslynnromano.com · 19/12/2024The Autism Campus Inclusion (ACI) program "helps empower autistic students to develop a community where we don’t have to fight alone and can work to make college more accessible for everyone, all at no cost to the participants." Example of how ASAN funds are spent, funded since 2018 for >10yrsautisticadvocacy.orgACI funded for the next 10 years, thanks to a generous donor! - Autistic Self Advocacy NetworkASAN is excited to announce the generous donation made by Nicole Cliffe to fund ASAN’s Autism Campus Inclusion (ACI) program over the next ten years. Every year at ACI, we bring autistic college stu... 1153
Blu @blugaze.bsky.social · 18/12/2024Since finding out that my son and I are autistic, I have felt very lucky that I fell in love with programming. Not only do I get to work in a field with many other people like us but I can also use my skills to help my son by fixing issues we find with open source tools like cboard.io. 020
