Category: Advocate
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Were You Born That Way?
[Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Forty] Deborah Siegel, gender scholar and mother of boy/girl twins, brings to life key research about the gendering of childhood in the earliest years of life. Taking us through a personal journey peppered with blunders and epiphanies, she challenges us to move beyond pink and blue and learn something…
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Outreachy Internships Available
[Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Eight] Grant for Humanitarian Open Source Communities Deadline: 01 March 2021 at 1600 UTC Outreachy is a paid, remote internship program. Internships last three months. Interns and mentors work completely remotely. Outreachy’s goal is to improve diversity in open source. Past interns are 92% women, 64% people of color, and…
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That Feeling You’re Feeling Is Shock
[Dutch Lock Down Day Two Hundred Ninety Five] Or surprise or trauma or depression or disappointment or rage or pity. Me, too. And that’s okay. But first the news: Random sampling shows up to 5% of Dutch Covid cases are ‘British’ variant Netherlands to get another 11.5 million doses of Pfizer Covid vaccine Dutch government…
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Brr It’s Cold In Here
[Dutch Lock Down Day Two Hundred Sixty Six] Yesterday it was three degrees. Today it’s one. ONE. And it FEELS even colder. But first the news: New coronavirus infections spike at nearly 8,800, well above weekly average Non-EU citizens must present negative Covid tests at Dutch borders from Tuesday Coronavirus Christmas bonus for supermarket workers…
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Reminder: This Is A Safe Space
[Dutch Lock Down Day Two Hundred Sixty Five] I haven’t streamed on Wednesday mornings in four weeks. Maybe more. And I just realized it might be because of a tweet I took rather personally even though it wasn’t meant personally or maliciously whatsoever nor even meant as a slight against me. But I totally took…
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QnA With Rain: OpenShift
[Dutch Lock Down Day Two Hundred Fifty Nine] Q: You do meditation things every day. How do you do this? Do you have an app that leads through it? A: Headspace. I love it. Q: Awesome. Let’s say I want an ‘openshift for complete dummies’. Got a suggestion? A: There’s no openshift for complete dummies,…
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The Dancing Engineer who loves #OpenSource and #Ouvert
[Dutch Lock Down Day Two Hundred Thirty Seven] I have done almost NOTHING in preparation for today’s Life Coach session and also I’m supposed to be live streaming something open source right now, but I’m also freaking the fuck out and so I’m just gonna talk about this month’s theme instead, mmkay? But first the…
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Oke, But Seriously, You’ve Voted, Right?
[Dutch Lock Down Day Two Hundred Twenty Seven] Yes, like, three weeks ago or so? I should probably do that thing where I make sure it actually went through, eh? But first the news: ha ha j/k it’s Sunday This weekend I’m doing GISH and, if I’m honest, I can’t even.
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Wanna See The Skellington?
[Dutch Lock Down Day Two Hundred Twenty Five] Yesterday I spoke at Software Circus dressed as a skeleton and today, well, I’m a rock star. My hair is still floofed / spiked and that black make up around my eyes ain’t goin’ NOWHERE. Wanna see? But first the news: Dutch coronavirus app is sending out…
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I Totally Get Paid To Be A Skellington Today
[Dutch Lock Down Day Two Hundred Twenty Four] I’m ludicrously chuffed to speak at Software Circus today, although, I’ll admit, even if I weren’t speaking, I’d still dress up to watch. Cause #CostumeContest And while I already wrote about this in New Mic Who DIS I completely forgot to add an actual link to the…
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New Mic Who DIS
[Dutch Lock Down Day Two Hundred Eighteen] I’m giving a talk next week with Software Circus and I could not be more SQUEEE. I saw them back in June when they did an Alice in Wonderland theme and it was just BRILLIANT. I think every sentence in this post is going to end with all…