Avdi Grimm

Head Gardener, @gracefuldotdev

Fediverse:

[Avdi Grimm @avdi]

It looks like Melon Husk is lighting this thing on fire even faster than expected, so a reminder that the canonical source for Avdi updates, thinky-thoughts, and one-on-one conversation has always been, and will always be SIGAVDI https://t.co/4u3PClPkkN

[Avdi Grimm @avdi]

@CircleCI are you having an auth outage? I can't login via Github (or get a reset email)

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@venikunche "Hey everyone I'm a sniveling little bully-boy, I'm so brave"

[Avdi Grimm @avdi]

@QueenMab87 The "taking our jobs" stuff is silly, but the fact is that H-1B is popular because it gives tech employers massive leverage over workers. Imagine knowing a life and relationships you've built here for years, could be stripped away if you don't do as you're told.

[Avdi Grimm @avdi]

@queerBengali As a very unlonely man who was once headed down that road, I guess I should try to figure out how to save them, because I can recognize how they are locked into a self-destructive behavior cycle. But god, they are SO tedious.

[Avdi Grimm @avdi]

@queerBengali OK this was funny because I saw it literally seconds after writing this

[neon peanut @Novaya_Tofana]

Re: the left needs more podcasters/influencers to combat the joe rogans and Andrew tates of the world

This is why that won't work

Dropout is a very left leaning company in both actions and policy. They supported the writers strike, their crew is still masking on set, and they

[@TheCoreyRichardson on Threads. Follow Me There. @vexedinthecity]

The people in my autism parenting groups who are just figuring out what gutting the Department of Education is going to do to their kids, after they voted for Trump. Whew, chile. It’s a whole lotta, “They can’t do that, right?” Nah, bro. They can and they’re gonna.

[Avdi Grimm @avdi]

@Wolfe321 T-Rowe Price. investment firm.

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@RadhaStirling @tacoistired https://t.co/NPfMijTMrQ

[Avdi Grimm @avdi]

Bonus, small chance Elon throws a hissy fit that his new toy didn't buy him an election, and he sells it at a loss and we get our silly bird site back

[Avdi Grimm @avdi]

I don't get much reach here anymore, but for all my white tech dudes in the US - this is the most important election of our lives. Only one choice will protect women, children, queer and trans folk, BIPOC, and democracy itself. GTFO there and vote.

[Molly White @molly0xFFF]

you know, he makes a great point

[Avdi Grimm @avdi]

@Pinboard Bunch of soccer hooligans wincing as they click "like" with their misshapen hands

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@queerBengali Folks need to understand the difference between being in the man's cabinet, and being in his party.

[Avdi Grimm @avdi]

@electrifying I don't get it, the guy clearly came up and yelled "Jason, I have a terrible addiction to incel social media on my phone, please help me!" and Jason did the stand-up thing.

Seems pretty cut and dried

[Patti 💙 Patriot4Democracy @olivier_patti]

To all the Dad's out there: your daughters future is in your hand. Your buddies don't need to know you who vote for.

#VoteEarlyForKamala

[Avdi Grimm @avdi]

@TeganCantEven @offbeatorbit Yeah. I mean I think in part it's that they themselves haven't seen a path to get reelected without kissing the ring. They might coronate a Trump 2.0, or decide to make something stick that will make their rabid base finally turn on him (Epstein?)

[Avdi Grimm @avdi]

And if you asked the millions of people who whom it's normalized, they'd never dream of calling it abuse.

This ad campaign might plant a seed for some of them.

[Avdi Grimm @avdi]

As a DV survivor I understand how people have been triggered by those "your husband will never know" ads. As someone raised among right-wing fundamentalists, I know that the abuse portrayed isn't just common, it is normalized and aspirational for millions of US families.

[Ron Filipkowski @RonFilipkowski]

Charlie Kirk is upset that Republican women may “undermine their husbands” and secretly vote for Harris while telling their husbands they voted for Trump, even though the husband “works his tail off to make sure that she can have a nice life.”

[Avdi Grimm @avdi]

Yes, there are abusers of every political stripe. But one thing I'm gathering from reactions is that there are folks who didn't grow up in that world who didn't know just HOW normalized this practice is in right-wing fundamentalism.