The TTC pre-pandemic served 3.2 million riders every weekday in a city of 2.9 million. This city doesn't belong to drivers, it's just historically been run by and for drivers, and they've gotten a bit comfortable thinking that makes them the "normal citizens".
"Little in common with normal citizens". Good to know that the 43% of people in the greater Toronto metropolitan area (including me!) who use a method of transportation other than driving aren't "normal". Would be fascinated to know what other demographics make someone "normal".
You have elected an outlier then who has little in common with normal citizens. We did the same, it was a nightmare because outliers assume the majority (eg drivers) is the enemy and end up antagonizing everyone except their little in-group of fanatics.
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Under-the-radar bit about last night: Toronto just elected a mayor without a driver's license. In a city that's had its past decade shaped by driver culture, that elected Rob Ford based off his moaning about the "war on cars", this is a truly seismic shift.
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“A lot of men are happy to support and mentor a woman who is in a junior, less-powerful position. Yet, …. willingness to support and advocate generally diminishes for women as they achieve parity or seniority…”
This is the kind of simulation I've thought about making in a hundred situations! Really glad to see it here. People's naive intuitions about how these "small" biases play out at scale are usually massive underestimates (& as noted this hypothetical is itself an underestimate)
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When you direct a question/comment to an established community member, you often rob others of the opportunity to engage... and level up! (Do *you* feel comfortable jumping in and answering when a Q has been asked directly to Big Peep X?)
Plus, takes longer to get an answer?? 😅
When you post a question on an OSS community Discord, do it without mentioning folks or roles (should be disabled for roles), or sending DMs. Let whoever has the time and energy to get involved. Help forums scale if questions are directed to the community, and if everyone helps.
When you post a question on an OSS community Discord, do it without mentioning folks or roles (should be disabled for roles), or sending DMs. Let whoever has the time and energy to get involved. Help forums scale if questions are directed to the community, and if everyone helps.
The leader of the Conservative Party: "the CBC doesn't provide anything that people can't get from the marketplace"
Canada's largest private TV broadcaster (net worth $41-billion): "hey is it cool if we stop doing The News"
There's not enough developer advocates actually developing.
A DA isn't supposed to just be writing blog posts. They're supposed to be using their "thingy" to build stuff... like the developers they need to advocate for.
if you are in devrel or you have a non software engineer role, how do you keep your dev skills sharp?
i wrote about this years ago but i would love to hear what tips or insights others might have
"People often speak dismissively of pull requests that fix a typo or a broken link." @sarah11918 challenges this view and chats with @klintron about the underappreciated impact of non-code contributions. https://github.blog/2023-06-21-bridging-code-and-community/…
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Perfect for i.e. onboarding new people onto a repository or giving in-depth feedback to students on their code. twitter.com/perborgen/stat…