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Courtney Milan@courtneymilan.com · last mo.

It's all "ooooh we need a meritocracy" until the wrong people have merit and then it's like "oooh we need to protect us." Trans kids deserve a chance play in sports because EVERYONE deserves a chance to play in sports and nobody should lose that chance because they're disfavored by bigots.

eva (^_^)/@eva.computer · 9mo ago

the Python Software Foundation is foregoing a large NSF grant that would have been contingent on their agreeing to terminate their diversity and inclusion initiatives and given the feds the ability to cripple them financially for refusing to comply support them here: www.python.org/psf/donations/

Monday, October 27, 2025 The PSF has withdrawn a $1.5 million proposal to US government grant program In January 2025, the PSF submitted a proposal to the US government National Science Foundation under the Safety, Security, and Privacy of Open Source Ecosystems program to address structural vulnerabilities in Python and PyPl. It was the PSF's first time applying for government funding, and navigating the intensive process was a steep learning curve for our small team to climb. Seth Larson, PSF Security Developer in Residence, serving as Principal Investigator (PI) with Loren Crary, PSF Deputy Executive Director, as co-Pl, led the multi-round proposal writing process as well as the months-long vetting process. We invested our time and effort because we felt the PS's work is a strong fit for the program and that the benefit to the community if our proposal were accepted was considerable.We were honored when, after many months of work, our proposal was recommended for funding, particularly as only 36% of new NSF grant applicants are successful on their first attempt. We became concerned, however, when we were presented with the terms and conditions we would be required to agree to if we accepted the grant. These terms included affirming the statement that we "do not, and will not during the term of this financial assistance award, operate any programs that advance or promote DEl, or discriminatory equity ideology in violation of Federal anti-discrimination laws." This restriction would apply not only to the security work directly funded by the grant, but to any and all activity of the PSF as a whole. Further, violation of this term gave the NSF the right to "claw back" previously approved and transferred funds. This would create a situation where money we'd already spent could be taken back, which would be an enormous, open-ended financial risk.In the end, however, the PSF simply can't agree to a statement that we won't operate any programs that "advance or promote" diversity, equity, and inclusion, as it would be a betrayal of our mission and our community. We're disappointed to have been put in the position where we had to make this decision, because we believe our proposed project would offer invaluable advances to the Python and greater open source community, protecting millions of PyPl users from attempted supply-chain attacks. The proposed project would create new tools for automated proactive review of all packages uploaded to PyPl, rather than the current process of reactive-only review. These novel tools would rely on capability analysis, designed based on a dataset of known malware. Beyond just protecting PyPl users, the outputs of this work could be transferable for all open source software package registries, such as NPM and Crates.io, improving security across multiple open source ecosystems.
Python Software Foundation@python.org · 9mo ago

TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-... 🧵

Sean@seancd.dev · last yr.

Happy birthday to Alan Turing: father of Computer Science and gay icon. And also, to Sonic the Hedgehog.

˗ˏˋuıʍʇdəəɹɔˎˊ˗👑King of the Reply Guys🗨️@creeptwin.bsky.social · last yr.

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Mother Jones@motherjones.com · last yr.

The federal government plans to eliminate services for LGBTQ youth who call 988, the national suicide and crisis hotline, according to a Health and Human Services budget draft leaked last week.

Elizabeth Warren@warren.senate.gov · last yr.

I won’t share RFK Jr.’s lies about autism. It’s disgusting and dangerous. If he had a shred of decency, he would apologize and resign. Autistic people contribute every day to our nation’s greatness. To every kid with autism, I’m in this fight all the way for you.

Cathy Henkenberns@cahenk.bsky.social · last yr.

I support the rights of people to choose books that are appropriate for their families. No level of government should dictate the reading materials available to citizens of the United States. action.everylibrary.org/nationalaccess via @everylibrary.bsky.social

EMAIL YOUR REPS: Don't Ban Books in the United States

Proposed censorship measures in several states could deny your right to read some books in our Nation's libraries and lead to librarians facing criminal charges for the books on the shelves.

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Helen Hou-Sandí@helen.blog · last yr.

Guess whatttttt I'm hiring engineers for my team (accessibility engineering) and one of my immediate peers is also hiring for Primer, our design system! We are looking for earlier-in-career folks as Software Engineer IIs, to best complement and round out our teams. githubinc.jibeapply.com/jobs/3987

Software Engineer II in United States | GitHub, Inc.

GitHub, Inc. is hiring a Software Engineer II in United States. Review all of the job details and apply today!

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Anna Spysz@annaspies.dev · 2y ago

Is anyone out there collecting a list of #techjobs posted by non-profits/503c tech companies that are hiring? Basically like the many remote-first job boards out there, but for companies that aren't financially driven to be evil?