Evan Hahn @EvanHahn@bigshoulders.city

👋 #introductions

I'm a software developer living in a haunted mansion in Chicago. I'm originally from Silicon Valley, a fact that I am both proud and ashamed of.

My pronouns are he/him/his; my website is evanhahn.com; my musical taste is embarrassing.

"I’m here to prove that operating as a non-profit is viable, better for everyone involved, and should be the default way to do business." https://ziglang.org/news/announcing-zig-software-foundation.html

#nonprofits #capitalism #Zig #ZigLang

#BigTechLovesBigOil https://www.bigtechlovesbigoil.com/#techs-dirty-secret

"...what is really at work here is the default prejudice against bottom-up self-organization without a profit motive." https://write.as/eloquence/why-mastodon-and-the-fediverse-are-doomed-to-fail

"It’s easy to conflate having a strong sense of personal justice with understanding how to create an equitable environment for others, but in practice they’re not very interchangeable. You simply cannot succeed if you privilege conviction over research." https://lethain.com/stuff-learned-about-dei-2020/

#diversity #equity #inclusion #bias #prejudice #hiring

Edward Snowden: "Engineers like to believe that they’re like scientists, what they do is something that is pure, and they’re just trying to get the rocket up. Where the rocket comes down is not their department." https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/wxqx8q/snowden-tech-workers-are-complicit-in-how-their-companies-hurt-society

#EdwardSnowden #privacy #technology

"Markets, discrimination, and 'lowering the bar'" https://danluu.com/tech-discrimination/

#discrimination #TechIndustry #BigTech #FreeMarket

"Farewell to privacy: Lindsay Graham unveils a bill that would make encryption useless" https://www.salon.com/2020/06/25/farewell-to-privacy-lindsay-graham-unveils-a-bill-that-would-make-encryption-useless/

#privacy #security #encryption

"Facebook creates fact-checking exemption for climate deniers" https://heated.world/p/facebook-creates-fact-checking-exemption

#ClimateChange #Facebook #DeleteFacebook #misinformation

"Renewables surpass coal in US energy generation for first time in 130 years" https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jun/03/renewables-surpass-coal-us-energy-generation-130-years

#ClimateChange #coal #energy #GoodNews

"US states have spent the past 5 years trying to criminalize protest", especially related to oil and gas facilities https://grist.org/justice/states-criminalize-protest-george-floyd-philando-castile-enbridge-dapl/

#USPol #BlackLivesMatter #ClimateChange #protest #GeorgeFloyd

"White Americans turn out for Floyd protests, but will they work for change?" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-minneapolis-police-usa-white-analysis/white-americans-turn-out-for-floyd-protests-but-will-they-work-for-change-idUSKBN23I325

#BlackLivesMatter #BlackLivesMatters #GeorgeFloyd

"...the climate movement has never and will never be just about saving the environment. It’s about fighting inequality and injustice - the story of climate destruction is just as much one of racial injustice and oppression as it is about the actual environmental damage." https://forgethefuture.substack.com/p/tumultuous-times

#ClimateChange #ForgeTheFuture #GeorgeFloyd #protests #racism

"Why U.S. energy CEOs will get big payouts despite oil meltdown" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil-shale-executives-insight/why-u-s-energy-ceos-will-get-big-payouts-despite-oil-meltdown-idUSKBN2331IC

"Our work-from-home world is proving more job flexibility is possible" https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-coronavirus-remote-working-20200508-s3ehs5x4tzhw3ctxvta2v4hl3m-story.html

#WorkFromHome #WFH #remote #ChicagoTribune #disability #work

Really liked this data-focused report about how to reduce your personal carbon footprint. (Haven't fact-checked it myself, but it feels consistent with other things I've read.) https://founderspledge.com/stories/climate-and-lifestyle-report

#ClimateChange #carbon #lifestyle #data #FoundersPledge

"Complexity Has to Live Somewhere" https://ferd.ca/complexity-has-to-live-somewhere.html

#programming #software #complexity

Mastodon...it's good

"On Earth Day, calls grow to treat shock of coronavirus with 'green recovery'" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-earth-day-britain-negotiations/on-earth-day-calls-grow-to-treat-shock-of-coronavirus-with-green-recovery-idUSKCN22418D

#ClimateChange #COVID #EarthDay