Joshua Erdman

“Can I bring my baby to the interview?” The message came in at 11 PM: “Hi, I have an interview with you tomorrow at 2 PM. My childcare fell through. Can I bring my 8-month-old? I understand if you need to reschedule.” Old me would have rescheduled. Unprofessional. Distraction. Red flag. New me replied: “Absolutely. See you tomorrow.” She showed up with her baby on her hip. She apologized three times before even sitting down. Ten minutes in, the baby started crying. She tried to soothe him while answering questions. She apologized again. I stopped the interview and said: “Hey. You’re managing a fussy baby, answering complex questions, and staying calm under pressure. That’s literally the job. Handling chaos while staying professional. You’re already proving you can do it.” Her eyes filled with tears. We hired her. She’s been with us for a year now. The most reliable team member we have. Why? Because when you’re used to handling a screaming infant at 3 AM and still showing up to work the next day, workplace stress feels like nothing. Working parents, especially mothers, are some of the most organized, efficient, and resilient people you’ll ever hire. Yet we lose them because our hiring processes are built for people with zero caregiving responsibilities. If your interview process can’t accommodate a parent facing a childcare issue, you’re not filtering for professionalism. You’re filtering for privilege.

🎉 SR-1 is now open 🎉 After being closed for 3 years, SR-1 south of Big Sur is now open.

What an amazing show! Godspeed Nasa crew @SpaceX @NASA

Dragon and Crew-11 are on track to reenter Earth’s atmosphere and splash down off the coast of San Diego, California at ~12:41 a.m. PT

@CFS_energy The plasma is over 100 million degree Centigrade and just 2 feet away from the plasma, the superconducting electromagnet is chilled to almost negative 250 degrees centigrade. There is no other place in the known universe where such a temperature extreme exists!

I had an amazing conversation with Alex and Teasha from @CFS_energy at CES 2026. Fusion energy is no longer SciFi! They break ground this year. This picture shows me with a cross section of a superconducting electromagnet for a Fusion Reactor. #fusionenergy #ces2026 #cleantech

@CFS_energy The electromagnet is used in a toroidal shape using powerful magnetic forces to contain the plasma for the fusion reaction (about where my face is). Surrounding the plasma is where molten salt is circulated to collect the heat and convert to steam to power a turbine.

Such a fun way of explaining calories in, calories out 👇

A woman experienced being captured when she came to photograph a school of sardines.

Not sure if you knew but BBC World News named SpaceX’s Starship booster catch one of the top science highlights of 2024

Sound on.

Matthew 17:20

Get married. Have children. Build a legacy. Pass down your values. Pursue the eternal. Seek true joy. - Charlie Kirk

One more reminder that Slack is a terrible choice for communities, and extort even nonprofits. Even when it’s one teaching teens to code, for free. Hack Club is moving to Mattermost. They really have no choice. Just a poor taste how Slack demands $50K in a week, no real notice

@sqs @hackclub @iFixit

Slack is threatening to shut off a big nonprofit teen coding community @hackclub (which is amazing and which I’ve helped for years) with just 3 days to migrate off. This would strand thousands of of the world’s smartest future coders. They are asking for $50k (a surprise 60x nonprofit price increase) but won’t even give assurances of more time or future service if that’s paid. Anyone who can help? Feels like a mistaken decision on their part by someone who isn’t seeing the whole picture.