JARGONBUSTER thread #1
Last week I asked you what Covid-19 jargon you wanted busting. Thanks to Nicola Walters for helping sort over 200 requests. This thread will focus on MASKS AND AIR QUALITY. To come later (I’ll need help on these): immunology, testing, clinical care. 1/
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Here's how you can help:
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Send it to people who have recently recovered from COVID. This is a game of numbers. A small fraction of people who see this are eligible.
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HELLO WORLD
If you're watching the COVID-19 disaster unfold in India and are wondering what you can do to help. Here are some ways. (Thread)
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For a run-down on the #COVIDEmergency2021 in India right now please see this quote-tweeted 🧵 I’ll keep updating it with more info.
I’m posting mutual aid links in this tweet thread below. My network here is mostly Euro-Am based so anything you donate goes a v v long away 🙏🏽
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I don’t know if the world fully comprehends how dire the situation is in India right now. Not only are hospitals running out of oxygen cylinders, internal politics means that mutual help between states has broken down. An unmitigated humanitarian crisis #COVIDEmergency2021 twitter.com/BBCWorld/statu…
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Security experts at Microsoft wrote CodeQL queries to detect malware patterns — including the Solorigate attack that affected SolarWinds Orion. Here's how you can run those queries on your own codebases: github.co/3tq61bp
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The incredible takes stock of a year of Covid-19. This woman, both an academic and a leading journalist, has a rare understanding of the complex forces that are driving this pandemic.
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I’m going to be running a 4-week (Mon-Thurs, 5-7pm ET) virtual intensive bootcamp on Ruby, Rails, HTML, & JS starting March 1st. There won’t be a fee.
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Our team is hiring! Please apply if you are interested in build systems, CI/CD, & compute infra, and want to have an impact on software security:
boards.greenhouse.io/github/jobs/26 (Europe)
boards.greenhouse.io/github/jobs/26 (US East)
Please DM if you have questions and I’ll be happy to help!
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Want to work at @GitHub? Love DevOps? Want to help the world secure their software? Well, I've got a job for you! boards.greenhouse.io/github/jobs/26
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Finally got around to finishing this post, which has been bubbling for months now. In short, vision and innovation are not strategy and they are definitely not planning!
Make Boring Plans
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by "reopening" without protecting essential workers, threatens to repeat the same policies that have proven catastrophic across the country
our article sketches out these conditions + how to support workers. even as the university refuses to
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Join for a beginner-friendly workshop at #GitHubUniverse on December 11 10:30am PST. You'll learn to write queries in CodeQL to find use-after-free (UAF) vulnerabilities in open source C/C++ code github.co/2IFHk92
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Watching these project presentations made my day! Keep up the great work.
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Rumour has it that @karimhamdanali and @ifazk's students have done the most amazing #CodeQL-related projects for their static analysis course. So exciting to see folks out there build cool stuff with CodeQL! If anyone has any OSS repo links: stick them in a comment please!
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Please join me in supporting ’s #FoodBankChallenge: the goal is to donate 2 million meals by 22 Nov.
1. Find your local US food bank at feedingamerica.org/find-your-loca (I chose )
2. Donate what you can
3. Record your donation if you wish:
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This is for my friends outside the US that have a hard time processing just how racist and terrible the US justice system is, and why SCOTUS matters.
The US convicts a lot of innocent people. Most of them Black. Most of these folks can't prove their innocence, but some can.
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Converted my tweet thread into a blog post:
Tactical Challenges in Hiring Junior Engineers bit.ly/3k6kMvZ
I'm all for throwing the gates of tech WIDE open so more folks can get a foothold. Wishing it won't make it a reality - and tactical problems need to be addressed.
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Look forward to seeing you there! Join me in learning from Nico about subtle security bugs, and watch us attempt to detect them live.
(Image text: LiveQL - Finding non-intuitive string manipulation vulnerabilities in C code)
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LiveQL episode 1 with @OxfordMaths and @nicowaisman: Streaming starts in 1h on the GitHub twitch channel! 11am PT - 2pm ET - 8pm CET. Don't miss it. bit.ly/2BygH1P
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🙋🏿♂️Hello again new followers!
It's Juneteenth. You're probably learning about Tulsa. And Seneca Village. And eminent domain. And civil asset forfeiture. And re-evaluating why there is so little Black wealth. It can be a bit much.
Here's a practical tip that you can do today.
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Hey underrepresented folks in technical roles! Performance review season is upon us. I want to take a few moments to remind you about some practical tips that can help you be evaluated more fairly in this and future seasons.
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"Actions that require no sacrifice are meaningless." A letter from our CEO and Interim CEO / GM Mimi Fox Melton to the tech industry. fastcompany.com/90513871/dear-
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