Category: Dancing Engineer
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Hacktoberfest Unboxing!
[Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Forty One] Tomorrow morning!0930 GMT+1 Central European Time!On YouTube and Twitch and Twitter and Facebook! I’mma unbox my Hacktoberfest thank you package !! ! But first the news: Coronavirus cases increased by 19% in last week, vaccines starting to work Amsterdam losing popularity in pandemic Coronavirus press conference: Some…
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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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Let Me Clarify – I’ll BE Okay, I Swear
[Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Twenty Two] Something something something personal stuff vague posting something. But first the news: Ministers working on plans to extend the curfew, encourage more home working Coronavirus average dips below 4,000; Over 450K vaccinated Health council: Businesses can refuse entry to unvaccinated people I’m not okay right now. I’ll…
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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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You Shall Not Pass!
[Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Five] In case you missed yesterday’s updated post, I tested NEGATIVE for COVID. Go, me? But just taking the test yesterday meant that my fever went away – I started feeling better already last night, so I wasn’t surprised when I woke up this morning feeling fine. But first…
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There’s Too Many Kids In This Tub
[Dutch Lock Down Day Two Hundred Ninety Nine] There’s too many elbows to scrubI just washed a behind that I’m sure wasn’t mineThere’s too many kids in this tub. Shel Silverstein But first the news: Coronavirus in the Netherlands: what you need to know (January 12) 79% of Dutch support lockdown extension; 82% will get…
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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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I Need A Minute To Process
[Dutch Lock Down Day Two Hundred Ninety Four] Please hold.
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Protesters Storm United States Capitol
[Dutch Lock Down Day Two Hundred Ninety Three] I am absolutely terrified for my friends and family in the United States right now. This violence will not be limited to the US Capitol. This will not end tonight. Please stay safe.
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The Dancing Engineer Who Loves #Adagio and #Apps
[Dutch Lock Down Day Two Hundred Ninety] A new month brings a new theme and I’ve chosen Applications and Adagio as my passions for January 2021. Or, as I prefer to write it, #Adagio and #Apps. But first the news: Dutch border police bar 10 British nationals from entering the Netherlands Dutch family doctors also…
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Welcome To Twenty Twenty One
[Dutch Lock Down Day Two Hundred Eighty Eight] Sit down, put your seatbelt on, and don’t touch anything. Let’s take this one day at a time, shall we? Sure, it may seem like this year is the answer to life, the universe, and everything, but let’s think of it more like Happy Fun Ball, okay?…