Director of Engineering @litmusapp, interested in all things creative.
Joined January 2012
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Jordan MacDonald retweeted
Pierre Poilievre’s strategy of playing an anti-establishment friend of working people is compelling, effective & dangerous.
If this fake populist can con his way to power, the elite will have a field day.
Our @thebreachmedia video explains his playbook:
Jordan MacDonald retweeted
A 2008 relic of computer code that solves no problem; causes dire externalities; offers no consumer protections; and has no intrinsic value (except that another fool can be induced to pay more for it), is not a panacea for fiscal woes. It's a Ponzi scheme. cnbc.com/2022/04/30/warren-b…
Jordan MacDonald retweeted
Some statistics to start the year:
During 2021 Bitcoin consumed 134 TWh in total, which is comparable to the electrical energy consumed by a country like Argentina.
Related CO2 emissions were ~64 Mt; enough to negate the entire global net savings from deploying EVs.
Jordan MacDonald retweeted
Because I’m vaccinated & boosted & take precautions, I don’t fear the virus. What I DO fear is that I, or someone I love, might need emergency medical care for something else & can’t get it because hospitals are stuffed w/people who foolishly-& selfishly-refuse to be vaccinated!
Jordan MacDonald retweeted
The Omnicron variant is just another example of how COVID will be prolonged if rich nations and Big Pharma keep blocking vaccine distribution.
Jordan MacDonald retweeted
This is the most common question I'm answering in recent fireside chats...
Q. How do you handle/manage the stress of working in a hyper-growth company where there's always too much to do?"
A. It's a mindset change: problems upgrade but don't go away. Let me explain... 🧵
Jordan MacDonald retweeted
This is one hell of an ad from a Democrat running for Congress. The question is whether people will watch it and share it.
Jordan MacDonald retweeted
My story isn’t the only story, nor is it the central story of what happened on Jan 6th.
It is just one story of many of those whose lives were endangered at the Capitol by the lies, threats, and violence fanned by the cowardice of people who chose personal gain above democracy.
Jordan MacDonald retweeted
BREAKING: Prosecutors decline to charge white police officer who shot Jacob Blake, a Black man, in the back, leaving him paralyzed. The August shooting in Kenosha, Wisconsin sparked protests. apne.ws/R8NXAo9
Jordan MacDonald retweeted
Hotwire aka NEW MAGIC is finally here: An alternative approach to building modern web applications without using much JavaScript by sending HTML instead of JSON over the wire. This includes our brand-new Turbo framework and pairs with Stimulus 2.0 😍🎉🥂 hotwire.dev
Jordan MacDonald retweeted
Analysis: "Trickle-down" tax cuts make the rich richer but are of no value to overall economy, study finds wapo.st/3rozSRh
Jordan MacDonald retweeted
Here’s a very 2020 thing I just learned about myself: this picture of the 8-year-old, 3rd grade version of me has been a meme FOR YEARS!!!!!!!!!!!!
Like, there’s merch and everything. Internet is weird. thread 👇
Jordan MacDonald retweeted
➕ grandfathering/grandfathered in
colloquially, to permit to continue under expired rules; racist origins of Grandfather Clause, which placed literacy laws to disenfranchise Black voters, while allowing illiterate white voters
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