@julielerman Majored in Russian and Soviet Studies. No degree. Never even took a CS class. Started coding around age 10. Now 27 years into my software career and love it!
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John Bennett
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John Bennett
@jtbennett
No longer here. Mastodon @[email protected] Bluesky https://t.co/A4MOmzf85q
Providence, RI Katılım Mart 2008
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Hello friends! It’s time again to raise your hand if your career in software was not preceded with a comp sci degree! I’ll go first: BA in history. Bonus points (and so much respect) if you did this without the benefit of a college degree!
Tae’lur Alexis@TaelurAlexis
@theavalkyrie (Sorry I had to rewrite my comment). Someone quote tweeted me & made a thread painting ppl w/o CS degrees as inept coders who cause nothing but problems on the job & called us idiots. Like it’s fine to state your opinion ofc but to be disrespectful was childish
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Giving blood at RIBC is easy, fast, and critically needed! Appointments start on time, parking is right outside the door, staff is friendly and awesome. Please do it! RIBC.org
RI Blood Center issues urgent appeal for donations
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Without revealing your age, what's the first video game you remember playing?
Ru 🌸@bubbleteaPhD
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@monicalent +1 that understanding SEO is very important for devs, and critical for content folks and site owners. I still tend to think of SEO consulting services as scammy. Your excellent thread shows why: all the info about how to do it well is readily available for free.
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Lots of developers I've talked to think SEO is nothing more than a "marketing scam".
But done right, SEO isn't just a systematic way to grow traffic your blog or side project — it can improve UX & accessibility at the same time.
Here's 5 ways to improve SEO, UX, a11y, at once:
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Twitter has banned his account.
@msnbc Will you pull his company's ads?
Do you need another recent example of someone who leveraged a lot of TV exposure to create a platform to harm our democracy?
nytimes.com/2021/01/26/bus…
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Hey @msnbc @maddow @chrislhayes @JoyAnnReid: Many, many ad breaks end with a spot from @MyPillowUSA, whose CEO continues to lie about election and give dangerous advice to POTUS.
Please stop accepting ads from them.
(I'm a regular viewer & former employee of NBC News Digital.)
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@MSNBC Please have the courage to do the same.
twitter.com/jtbennett/stat…
John Bennett@jtbennett
Hey @msnbc @maddow @chrislhayes @JoyAnnReid: Many, many ad breaks end with a spot from @MyPillowUSA, whose CEO continues to lie about election and give dangerous advice to POTUS. Please stop accepting ads from them. (I'm a regular viewer & former employee of NBC News Digital.)
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MyPillow CEO and ardent Trump supporter Mike Lindell said Monday his products have been dropped by major retailers like Bed Bath & Beyond and Kohl's after his repeated false claims of voter fraud in the presidential election. on.msnbc.com/3pcu8st
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John Bennett retweetledi
There’s an Amanda Gorman at every HS you call underperforming, inner city, and/or the G word.
Honor. Black. Students. Art.
#InaugurationDay
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Fellow constituents of @RepCicilline, here's the letter I wrote him this morning. You can send a copy by sending "sign PPWPLA" to @resistbot
Open Letters@openletterbot
🖋 Sign “Continue effort for accountability for coup attempt” and I’ll deliver a copy to your officials: twitter.com/messages/compo… 📨 No. 1 is from John to @RepCicilline #RI01 #RIpolitics
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If you incited people to try to overthrow the government, you don't get to be in Congress. Sorry, that's just how it works.
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China has arrested most activists for democracy in Hong Kong. Pretty good week for Putin to roll into Estonia. Or maybe the continuing incursion into US gov systems is enough?
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If you don't impeach and remove a President for staging a coup, what's the point of impeachment.
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John Bennett retweetledi
BREAKING: We are calling for Pence and the cabinet to invoke the 25th amendment to remove Trump from office.
We are calling for the House to impeach.
We are calling for the Senate to convict.
We are calling for Trump to be criminally prosecuted.
citizen.org/news/public-ci…
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3 (updated). "Expel" instead of "Censure".
4. Remove the president after articles of impeachment.
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Hey @davidcicilline @SenJackReed @SenWhitehouse @JimLangevin
Relieved you are all safe. Now:
1. Certify the electoral college count.
2. Pass articles of impeachment against the president for inciting sedition.
3. Censure reps/sens who objected to electoral college count.
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This is a coup d’etat attempted by the President of the United States.
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John Bennett retweetledi
The House should immediately pass new articles of impeachment against the President by the end of today for inciting insurrection against the United States Congress.
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