Nick Jackson

While everyone deserves a voice, not everyone has earned a microphone.
US news junkie. I also (re)tweet about advertising, film & TV, HIV, WWW, WFH & Lady Gaga

[Chasing Ennui @rwlesq]

Katie Miller has a master's degree and a career. It appears that she has consistently worked since she was 20. She can open a bank account, own property, and have a credit card in her name. She has access to no-fault divorce and would be entitled to child support for her baby if she and Stephen Miller divorce. She has laws protecting her against physical abuse and rape by her spouse. She had access to birth control and abortion, meaning that having a baby was a choice.

She is very much not living the life that the "propaganda. . . convinced" women was oppressive. She is living the life that feminism made possible.

Of course, she knows this. She's just a liar.

[Nick Jackson @nickjackson]

If you ever get to pick a punishment for someone you dislike I can recommend "picking up tiny sharp pieces of glass that are drenched in soap" 🙂‍↔️

[bunnie @CuriousBunnie12]

can you just be normal and say “I love my baby” or something

[Nick Jackson @nickjackson]

@wafflehouserfc Fisher Price phone.

[Justin Poehnelt @JPoehnelt]

Two months ago I was fired by Google for creating the Google Workspace CLI. It went viral, hit #1 on Hacker News, gained thousands of GitHub stars and many thousands of actual users in just a couple days.

It was an incredible, confusing journey, from directors and leaders asking what they could learn from the tool to getting grilled by legal about why the Google logo and brand colors are on the Google Workspace GitHub code repositories.

I think the cause was that Workspace and certain leaders (and projects) were afraid of being disrupted. But the fear wasn't specific to my CLI, it was a broader fear in what agents meant for Workspace. Either way, the irony of my termination was the announcement at Google Cloud Next two days before I was fired that an official Workspace CLI was coming.

I want this out there because it is easier for me to explain my story and it is an experience I want to fully own. It's also part of my healing.

Nearly 7 years at Google was an incredible opportunity for me and I was fortunate to have wonderful teammates and a manager that fully supported me through these last few months. Thank you.

[John Collison @collision]

We're launching Intercept, a new philanthropic initiative to fight respiratory viruses like colds and flus. https://t.co/ETkOVI9Xgh

[Doinkadect Klomberbatch @Doinkadect]

Is this the first time the UK’s been looking for a new Prime Minister, James Bond and Doctor Who at the same time

[Ronan @Ronanchamberss]

Starmer probably joining Anthropic

[Barrett Adair @barrettadair]

Your mothers’ and grandmothers’ lives do not revolve around your existence. They have experiences from before you existed that they wouldn’t trade for an extra ten years with you, and there’s nothing wrong with that. Go have your own diva

[Nick Jackson @nickjackson]

@AMG133 Denounce rights for women, LQBTQ+ people, maybe some light war crimes.

[Nick Jackson @nickjackson]

@tomfgoodwin They're too long, too repetitive (as in, asking people the same questions we've heard them answer already). How many podcast episodes do podcast hosts manage to listen to in a week?

[Nick Jackson @nickjackson]

If the $300 Billion payment from the US to Iran happens, it should be funded from a national fuel levy.

[Nick Jackson @nickjackson]

@THR It finished fine, I wouldn't want another season.

[Fav ⛧ @Favwontmiss]

ADHD advice is like, "Break the task into smaller parts"

Awesome. Now I have 47 tiny enemies

[BBC News (UK) @BBCNews]

Cervical cancer deaths fall to zero in young women given vaccine https://t.co/JM73OorKHT

[Nick Jackson @nickjackson]

@CiroDeSiena Randburg, Joburg and R3.24 per unit (including VAT, excluding monthly R200 service fee)

[Nick Jackson @nickjackson]

Oh goodie, my kettle's app now has an AI assistant.

[Arnaud Bertrand @RnaudBertrand]

Unreal: the symbolism of Trump signing a surrender agreement at Versailles in which the US agrees to pay massive reparations is just too perfect.

I wouldn't be surprised if Macron weaponized Trump's complete ignorance of history and told him something like: "Mr. President, Versailles is where the most consequential deal of the 20th century was signed. Yours deserves the same stage."

Either that or Macron stumbled into the perfect historical parallel through sheer obliviousness - which, knowing him, is actually even more likely.

[Hend Amry @LibyaLiberty]

And just like that, I’m a runner now.

[Nick Jackson @nickjackson]

@Dexerto Okay but will the other 999 wait for me to finish before starting on the tiramisu?