Eira May

Musk interviewing Trump is like Dr. Evil having a chat with Biff Tannen.

my theory about horror films (& fiction) is that the plot is just the clothesline upon which a succession of images is hung. you need to think that there is a (coherent) explanation for the nightmare but essentially, in life, there is not. endings of many novels, not just genre novels, are reversions to the norm. beginnings are usually much more forceful, like a gathering storm. that is why the abrupt ending to "The Sopranos" was a brilliant idea: when consciousness ends, that's it. no explanation is ever equal to what precedes it.

Journalists who write stories directly into the CMS

Kwame Ture: "You vote once in four years, and that’s your political responsibility? That’s the height of bourgeois propaganda, making the people politically irresponsible. Thinking their responsibility is limited to a one day vote. Politics is every day."

I worked in arts and lectures when everyone was enraptured by Hillbilly Elegy (speaking of pieces of shit), and man does it feel weird but also inevitable that this asshole to whom liberals turned for some kind of explanation post-2016 is now Trump's VP.

The phenomenon of ghost jobs, or companies posting jobs they don't intend to fill, is sadly becoming more common. We investigate the reasons behind ghost jobs, strategies to avoid them, and what to focus on instead to get ahead in your job search. stackoverflow.blog/2024/07/15/the…

In the next few days we’re going to be blitzed by messianic rhetoric coupled with calls for retaliation that run the gamut from veiled to overt. It’s going to be an incredibly dangerous time. Be safe. Be vigilant. And take care of yourselves.

Should go without saying at this point, but the facts will take a little time to come in. Much what you read over the next 24 hours in particular will be wrong, and many of the opinions you hear will be based on incorrect or significantly incomplete information.

Come, let me introduce you to the people that a re-elected President Trump woud likely consider putting on the Supreme Court, all of whom are unhinged freaks who make Sam Alito look like Stephen Breyer nytimes.com/2024/07/09/opi…

🎙️ @eiramaybe and @RThorDonovan sit down with Carol Lee, PhD, principal research scientist in the Developer Success Lab at @pluralsight, to chat about about her research into code review anxiety, how developers are coping, and the power of a workbook. stackoverflow.blog/2024/07/05/wha…

I know someone who wouldn’t let their kids read Harry Potter for religious reasons (endorsement of witchcraft etc) but then they found out JK Rowling was transphobic and now suddenly all their kids are reading Harry Potter lol

A single dev make less of a difference to the success or failure of a project than you might think, and that's a good thing! @eiramaybe breaks down the concept of the 10x developer and offers practical advice on how to establish a culture of learning. stackoverflow.blog/2024/06/19/the…

It's our favorite time of year - our annual Developer Survey is here! From your preferred programming languages, the new tech you want to explore, and much, much more, we're calling all who code to weigh in. Take the survey: stackoverflow.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6r…

We apologize for the jokes we’ve made about Sam Alito being the Supreme Court justice who most regrets not participating in January 6. We had no idea we were this right nytimes.com/2024/05/16/us/…

🎙️ @eiramaybe and @RThorDonovan talk with @ChrisFerdinandi, a front-end developer and ADHD advocate, about his diagnosis, the importance of accommodations for neurodivergent folks, and advice for devs looking for the best tactics for managing ADHD at work. stackoverflow.blog/2024/05/10/bet…

Come for the tech talk, stay for the corvids

Here in Washington, we’re keeping gender affirming care decisions between patients and their doctors. No politician should dictate those choices. I’m proud to see Seattle Children’s hospital standing up to Texas on this front. seattletimes.com/seattle-news/h…

I mean this sincerely, shut the fuck up

Can computers help paralyzed stroke patients communicate? We explore how the use of neural networks and predictive language models are making breakthroughs in the new field of neuroprothesis. stackoverflow.blog/2023/09/07/ai-…