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Heather Burns

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Not here anymore. 💬 on Signal, dafties.

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ICYMI, no I am not part of a grandiose open source conspiracy which someone apparently hallucinated in a k-hole

I've now blogged about what it was like to lose yet another day of my life to the stochastic harassment of a project I left five years ago. heatherburns.tech/2025/01/12/ano…



Yes, that was me. This was so long ago I'm laughing at it. But I'm bemused to see the rest of the world just learning what some of us have been dealing with for over six years. thenational.scot/news/25354060.…


The "worst day at work" award goes to X's director of European gov't affairs, who not only performed disastrously in a Parliamentary hearing on the abuse and threats sent to MPs on this site, but then had to be told by MPs that her boss had just quit. parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/77…


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Not just the Ghorman... redd.it/1l63ti1

rPrequelMemes's tweet image. Not just the Ghorman... redd.it/1l63ti1

Someone messaged me "hopefully he'll leave you alone now that he has a new target", and yay? I wouldn't wish it on anybody.


Ancient proverb; live your life in a way so that the people you’ve failed to lead do not have to depersonalise you into the phrase “single point of failure”.


What a contrast in language and authority between the authentic leadership shown in this post, which is centred in the community and the task ahead, and the vapid therapy-speak of the two A8C WP executive directors, which has always been centred in their unelected power.

This was my talk tonight. TL;DR WordPress was not built by just one person. WordPress belongs to all of us.



*Boop*

The Empire being stripped of competent people in their ranks (Dedra, Partagaz, Galen Erso, among others) and left only with bootlickers & sycophants in the end. Totalitarianism doesn't even allow initiatives. They just want dimwits who follow orders. That's THE POINT in #Andor

balsemcap_lang's tweet image. The Empire being stripped of competent people in their ranks (Dedra, Partagaz, Galen Erso, among others) and left only with bootlickers & sycophants in the end.

Totalitarianism doesn't even allow initiatives. They just want dimwits who follow orders. That's THE POINT in #Andor


Today I lost a few hours dealing with a Karen demanding to speak to my manager, and all I can say is holy crap woman do you know what sort of a body count I’ve had in 2025 on this app alone


I can't speak for US corporate governance law, but I can tell you that in the UK, one of the people mentioned in this post would be facing a prison sentence. Perhaps her day will come. delta.blog/please-reconsi…


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