Jons Mostovojs @jonn@social.doma.dev

This is one of the most useful tools I have built:

https://history.nix-packages.com

Working with multiple versions of whatever software you need for your legacy app is a breeze.

You want some specific version of #php #nodejs #golang or whatever else without it polluting your system? You're just one `nix-shell` command away!

#nix #nixos

"The Authoritarian Regime Survival Guide"

https://verfassungsblog.de/the-authoritarian-regime-survival-guide/

"And above all, be strong, fight, endure, and remember you’re on the good side of history.

"EVERY authoritarian, totalitarian and fascist regime in history eventually failed, thanks to the PEOPLE.

"– With love, your Eastern European friends"

Boosts appreciated!

it's absolutely the time for the european union to stop seeing the united states as an ally, and start seeing it as an adversary, if not an enemy.

Fun fact: 2 of the 3 richest people in the world were once crap PHP programmers

📝 Home needs no theme

https://dolzhenko.me/blog/2025/01/home-needs-no-theme/

#blog #blogging #indieweb

[uneasy music plays]

'I wish it need not have happened in my time,' said Frodo.

'So do I,' said Gandalf, 'and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.'

The cases are multiplying across Europe: Young men with pro-russian views instructed on Telegram to carry out sabotage attacks.

Western security officials point to the russian special services.

‘Make a Molotov Cocktail’: How Europeans Are Recruited Through Telegram to Commit Sabotage, Arson, and Murder

For this story, journalists went undercover to reveal how the recruitment works.

A OCCRP investigation 📎

https://www.occrp.org/en/investigation/make-a-molotov-cocktail-how-europeans-are-recruited-through-telegram-to-commit-sabotage-arson-and-murder

⚡Russian actor who starred in propaganda films lands Oscar nomination.

Russian actor Yura Borisov, who has previously starred in Russian propaganda films and illegally visited Russian-occupied Crimea, has received an Academy Award nomination for his role in the film "Anora."

🔗 https://kyivindependent.com/russian-actor-who-starred-in-propaganda-films-lands-oscar-nomination/

@jonn really wish i knew. he's such a vile man, traditionally british would hate him. but it just feels like much of what we took for granted about society is now open to question.

The US Government has issued an executive order demanding employees snitch on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility initiatives by emailing: DEIAtruth@opm.gov

Just in case you wanted an email address for paywalls, mailing lists etc.

I think I've just bombed an interview where I've been expected to produce a data model for a famous toy problem and 3LoC / minute.

I have some options lined up, but I would like to get more into the pipeline. Can #FediHire hashtag help me find a #Rust engineer position? 👀

P.S.
I can't reasonably toot it without plugging #ZeroHR.io for technical skill assessment. It's like in a different universe from normal hiring practices in IT.

https://zerohr.io