John Brownlee

Developer on the FoundationDB team at Apple. Retweets are endorsements; quote tweets are not

[Chris Hein @christopherhein]

So exciting to see some of the @Apple fam talking at @KubeCon_ EU next week @JackKleeman @ParisInBmore @derekmcgowan @MarcusSorensen6 & myself 🎉🎉🎉

More details about each talk in 🧵…

[Jenny Lay-Flurrie @jennylayfluffy]

Folks. Sign language is more than hands. More than fingers. More than hand shapes. It’s body, face, position...

A glove will never ‘translate’ sign language in a way that is beneficial to the deaf.

Fellow nerds, when designing, remember this: “nothing about us, without us.”

[Tatiana Mac @TatianaTMac]

Intelligence as an entire construction is rooted in ableism, classism, and racism.

I’m not going to support this framework of people being smart or intelligent anymore. I’m going to choose to be more specific with my assessments of people’s words and actions (and not character).

[John Brownlee @brownleej]

@devonbl LOL then I’m sorry for contributing to the Hamilton discourse tonight

[Holden @holdenberry]

Is my life a joke to you

[b-boy bouiebaisse @jbouie]

would unironically support replacing every statue of stonewall jackson with a statue of dave grohl, one of our greatest virginians

[🖤devon🖤 @devonbl]

when I have a meeting with only ics and no managers I feel like i'm organizing a revolution. I'm always like "you have the power comrades. rise up with me against authority!"

[Paul 💐 @sailorbluto]

me trying to convince people i’m goth

[vessence @faporizer]

unbelievable

[John Brownlee @brownleej]

Glad to see this change: https://t.co/mSYZLFwt9t

[John Brownlee @brownleej]

This is stronger evidence than I’ve ever seen for the pro-gun side. Even people who generally support gun control seem to accept at face value the argument from police that having guns makes them safer.

[Amanda Taub @amandataub]

😂😂

[John Brownlee @brownleej]

Finally a concrete example of cancel culture.

[Isaac Fitzgerald @IsaacFitzgerald]

Cops, which has been on television for 33 seasons since 1989, has been cancelled. https://t.co/KN893fpWiq

[bijan @bijanstephen]

ok baby names dot com go off

[John Brownlee @brownleej]

If they’re not willing to provide badges or their agency, they’re not law enforcement anymore. They’re vigilantes.

[Garrett Haake @GarrettHaake]

Back outside the White House. Today the perimeter has been pushed back another half block. Federal law enforcement of some kind, but they won’t identify themselves, and all insignias and name plates have been removed.

[John Brownlee @brownleej]

Big companies absolutely can pay a single salary regardless of location. They don’t do it because it’s not in their interest, not because it’s infeasible.

[Christina Warren @film_girl]

I understand why salary ranges exist and I'm not advocating for a singular salary irrespective of location, especially at big companies. If a place can do it, fine -- but big companies absolutely cannot. What I am saying is the meme that everyone will move to Ohio now is a lie.