Darius Kazemi @darius@friend.camp

@aparrish I hope to enlist my fellow poets in projecting a different metaphor than the earthquake one https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/03/28/coronavirus-united-states-epicenter-new-york-152716 https://nickm.com/post/2020/03/against-epicenter/ the myth of a single "center" has contributed to police stopping cars with NY license plates in Rhode Island, when everyone needs to be taking measures to contain outbreaks, even if not in a current hot spot

GitHub acquired NPM to own the libs

activitypub/mastodon question! when I broadcast a status with an attachment from bookwyrm to here, the image shows up as "Not available", but if you click it, it links you to the image. is there something obvious I'm doing wrong? #mastodev

Hello.

It's my birthday today. Boost this!

From 9AM to 6PM today (3/27) if you make a donation of $10 or more to the Second Harvest food bank of Southern Louisiana to help feed children, seniors, and service industry workers affected by the pandemic using the link:

https://bit.ly/tenforten2020

And send me your donation receipt, I will make you a 10-song themed playlist on the streaming service of your choosing.

Every $10+ donation submitted within that time will get a playlist.

#tenforten2020

Yes.

"On Monday, workers say they will refuse to accept orders until Instacart provides hazard pay of an additional $5 an order, free safety gear (hand sanitizer, disinfectant wipes, and soap) to workers, and expands its paid sick leave to include workers with pre-existing conditions who have been advised by their doctors not to work at this time. Workers say the strike will last until Instacart agrees to these terms."

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/4agmvd/instacarts-gig-workers-are-planning-a-massive-nationwide-strike

I wish I was a little bit shorter
I wish I was a porter
I wish I had a girl with some bags, I'd transport 'er
I wish I had a client with some tight Samsonites like a luggage hoarder

Portland-area people: MultCo Health Dept has released some instructional/informational posters to the public for distribution and display. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1UpI3gJnUKjNyXyQ-yMIlHe1pTm81SokB

For folks who want something Patreon-esque but don't want to deal with Patreon and its various issues, this new alternative might be worth looking into: https://medium.com/@jessevondoom/introducing-substation-cd9612d04f82

It seems to be a middleware API that lets you handle your own payments and manage the communications/perks/levels yourself.

Right now I am not in a situation where I need/want to look into this further but others might want to.

#WFHLooks

At my in-the-basement desk, which is thankfully right by a window. My partner's and my rings are on a chain around my neck for hand-washing reasons.

Behind me is an old Tyler Stockdale print that reads "Sometimes Things Change".

Do they ever.

Required reading, right now. It took me about ~12 minutes to read it out loud, slowly, to my partner. Read it.

https://www.utilitarianism.com/nu/omelas.pdf

Walk away.

an actor 🤝 birds
being able to sing songs

one of my favorite patterns of the trump administration is trump almost doing something good by accident and then having the same shitheads who have been responsible for the last 40 years of american misery twist his arm until he agrees not to

[Lurking] is now available for viewing in the C-SPAN Video Library.

https://www.c-span.org/video/?470007-1/joanne-mcneil-discusses-lurking

SeriousEats on #covid19 and food safety: https://www.seriouseats.com/2020/03/food-safety-and-coronavirus-a-comprehensive-guide.html (basically transmission through most food is fairly unlikely especially if you follow the proper precautions while handling the packaging, and properly cook/heat your food before eating)

Fire 🤝 a heater
being able to heat a room