Mo
@mollster55.bsky.social
She/her | Afakasi Samoan | People > Profit | Plant-Based | Chaotic Neutral? Software Engineer + Tutor + Pianist + Designer Here for value-driven community. Posts about code (100Devs), games & anime. Reposts about civic care, tech ethics & sustainability.
Well, would you look at that. Congressional Republicans have announced an "investigation" today of 19 environmental organizations, including us. We won't back down to their bullying and threats.
Committee Investigates Radical Environmental Groups Profiting From Taxpayer Dollars
naturalresources.house.gov
When I went to the grocery store today, we parked on the street and we saw a coyote. He passed to the other side of the street until I called to him then he came really close. He was scared, but kept following us until we got to the parking lot. Nextdoor ppl hate coyotes, but not me!💓
We now know harmful “forever chemicals” are likely in the bodies of most people on Earth. Decades ago, 3M knew that these chemicals had seeped into the public’s blood, but they kept that a secret. One 3M scientist helped reporter Sharon Lerner understand how they kept it quiet for so long:
How the Planet-Altering Disaster of “Forever Chemicals” Was Kept Secret
propublica.org
Nitter, an open-source front-end for browsing X posts without an account, is back online after receiving a cease-and-desist letter from X Corp. The project's GitHub repository is accessible again, with more instances now available. alternativeto.net/news/2026/9...
Back from CYC! now I can get back to posting. After I sleep more. 🥱
Welp. This is so cool. One of those posts you wish you'd written, but you're so glad it exists runjs.app/blog/music-t...
Music theory for programmers
I can't play an instrument, so I worked out music theory in JavaScript instead. Twelve notes, scales and chords, derived from scratch with code you can hear.
runjs.app
Your periodic reminder that it's important to comment your code
The two hardest problems in Computer Science are 1. Human communication 2. Getting people in tech to believe that human communication is important
Since Google is being an arsehat yet again here is a link to alternatives. cyberinsider.com/google-alter...
Alternatives to Google Products — Regain Privacy in 2026
This Google alternatives guide gives you alternatives to every Google product, including Gmail, search, Youtube, and more.
cyberinsider.com
The only practical use for Windows in my opinion is there are certain programs that refuse to run on any other operating system. The whole OS has devolved into a surveillance system.
My latest for @wired.com: I tried exercising my data access rights over 100 times and almost lost my sanity during the process. www.wired.com/story/i-dema...
I Asked 100 Companies for My Data. I Got Deletion Notices Instead
California residents have a legal right to access the data that companies collect about them. Actually exercising that right is a burdensome nightmare.
wired.com
❌missed my bus to the meetup I was going to ✔️csrf implemented for SG! ✔️coffee chat yesterday with @ghiblimagic.bsky.social ✔️another coffee chat today ✔️cyc prep (linktree, qr code, company research, using bobgpt to craft some convo starters, potential karaoke songs?!) #100devs
Really hope these guys are banned here.
I Tracked Down the Company Ruining Fruit
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
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EFF’s @nicoleozer.bsky.social: “We are obviously living through incredibly consequential political times in terms of rights & justice & democracy– how technology is built, how it's used. It is not a niche issue anymore. ...It’s really fundamental to our rights, our livelihoods, literally our lives.”
The Future of Surveillance and Privacy in the Age of AI | Nicole Ozer
YouTube video by Decipher
youtu.be
✔️impromptu coffee chat with my banki bunch buddy Shaishav (more like a lunch hang hehe) ✔️spent time on a cover letter for an application ✔️climate hour of action virtual meetup ✔️trying to get into a climate leadership course, waiting for approval to miss the first week for CYC 😁 #100devs
✔️loading skeletons ✔️manifest and icons for PWA ✔️meta tags for better sharing experience ✔️coffee chat with my bud @chrizz.bsky.social ✔️attended a WLAC zoom about their climate center job resources... tempted to enroll in a free course if they will let me skip the first week for CYC
✔️layouts quirks gone, no weird cut offs on SG ✔️ready to hit the ground running with skeletons tomorrow ✔️attended a AI and climate webinar by OnePointFive. Would love it if all of these info sessions weren't a sales tactic for their cohorts... buddy I need a job FIRST 🙃
🚗☀️ Solar panels are moving beyond rooftops. Chinese automotive glass manufacturer Fuyao Glass says it now has mass-production capabilities for vehicle-integrated solar roofs, with PV cells built directly into laminated car glass.
Chinese automotive glass giant announces vehicle-integrated solar roof - pv magazine Global
Fuyao Glass has confirmed mass-production capabilities for solar sunroof glass, with photovoltaic cells embedded in laminated automotive glass to power auxiliary vehicle loads. While reports have link...
pv-magazine.com
✔️made a page/logo for my self-employment on linkedin ✔️ #100devs huddle ✔️mobile layout cleanup remaining items done, made a list for some other wonky desktop things ✔️watched a bit about making a PWA and chrome extensions in the scrimba AI course ✔️watched more of anthropic's learning materials
✔️started filling out some worksheets for a virtual climate hour of action www.climatechangemakers.org/campaign-ebra not much project work today, I've been kinda out of it
Action Pack: Clean Energy Blueprint — Climate Changemakers
climatechangemakers.org
✔️fixed ios body scrolling with overlay. hated it. but its done ✔️fixed menu closing issue ✔️fixed some overflow from the material ui components I had recently added getting close to the point to have a few more testers #100devs
for fellow freaks who want to render sheet music by writing plain text inside of markdown inside of Astro, well, I made something for you! astro-lilypond converts text to SVG and works in markdown or with a <LilyPond> component. zero client-side JS. 🎶 docs and install: lilypond.ky.fyi
Astro LilyPond
Render LilyPond music notation to images with Astro.
lilypond.ky.fyi
