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Julien Deswaef

@xuv.be

Computational artist | Experience Designer | Interface Developer | 🐝 Mastodon: https://m.xuv.be/@julien (he/him)

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Julien Deswaef@xuv.be · 11mo ago

Tuesday 16 sep, we’ll host a #ResponsibleTech meetup in @thoughtworks.com #Barcelona offices at 6:30pm. I’m co-organizer of it with people from the @alltechishuman.bsky.social community of Barcelona. Meetup is open to all. Register on our events page: luma.com/q8fo337y #ATIHx

All Tech Is Human community in BCN: presentations & speed networking · Luma

ATIHx Barcelona is hosting an informal gathering to discuss how we can collectively affect, inform, and improve the Responsible Tech ecosystem Join us to…

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AEMET@aemet.es · last yr.

El pasado lunes, día 3, Jerez de la Frontera (aeropuerto) batió el récord de lluvia acumulada en 24 para un mes de marzo, con 71.1 mm. → El récord anterior era reciente (del año pasado), con 61 mm. La estación registra datos desde 1946.

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Adam Bonica@adambonica.bsky.social · last yr.

The DOGE firings have nothing to do with “efficiency” or “cutting waste.” They’re a direct push to weaken federal agencies perceived as liberal. This was evident from the start, and now the data confirms it: targeted agencies overwhelmingly those seen as more left-leaning. 🧵⬇️

Scatterplot titled “Empirical Evidence of Ideological Targeting in Federal Layoffs: Agencies seen as liberal are significantly more likely to face DOGE layoffs.” • The x-axis represents Perceived Ideological Leaning of federal agencies, ranging from -2 (Most Liberal) to +2 (Most Conservative), based on survey responses from over 1,500 federal executives. • The y-axis shows Agency Size (Number of Staff) on a logarithmic scale from 1,000 to 1,000,000. Each point represents a federal agency: • Red dots indicate agencies that experienced DOGE layoffs. • Gray dots indicate agencies with no layoffs. Key Observations: • Liberal-leaning agencies (left side of the plot) are disproportionately represented among red dots, indicating higher layoff rates. • Notable targeted agencies include: • HHS (Health & Human Services) • EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) • NIH (National Institutes of Health) • CFPB (Consumer Financial Protection Bureau) • Dept. of Education • USAID (U.S. Agency for International Development) • The National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE), despite its conservative leaning (+1 on the scale), is an exception among targeted agencies. • A notable outlier: the Department of Veterans Affairs (moderately conservative) also faced layoffs despite its size. Takeaway: The figure visually demonstrates that DOGE layoffs disproportionately targeted liberal-leaning agencies, supporting claims of ideological bias. The pattern reveals that layoffs were not driven by agency size or budget alone but were strongly associated with perceived ideology. Source: Richardson, Clinton, & Lewis (2018). Elite Perceptions of Agency Ideology and Workforce Skill. The Journal of Politics, 80(1).
Pop Tart@poptartfae.eurosky.social · last yr.

We shouldn't be letting these tech kids design web forms. They don't know what it's like to have to scroll through all the years to get to your birth year. Just let me type it, please. We have integer validation form inputs!

David Dufresne@davduf.net · 2y ago

Adieu, bel oiseau twitter que j’ai tant aimé. Lettre à ce réseau social qui m'a tout donné, tout pris --- et que je salue, une dernière fois, avant de le quitter. davduf.net/adieu-bel-oi...

Adieu, bel oiseau twitter que j'ai tant aimé – davduf.net

Lettre à ce réseau social qui m'a tout donné, tout pris --- et que je salue, une dernière fois, avant de le quitter. Mon cher oiseau bleu, On s'est tant aimés, tellement fréquentés, combien de nuits…

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Emily Hunt@emily.space · 2y ago

Day 2 of SK8plotlib development completed 💪🛹👩‍💻 Today I did a complete rewrite of the physics engine - it is now MUCH more stable, supports user input, and can rotate the board to match the line below it! All you need to do is pass a matplotlib figure to sk8plot() - it sets itself up automatically!