Hello Recompilers,
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Reading:
Rideshare drivers are caravaning over 600 miles in California to advocate for better working conditions. The drivers for Uber and Lyft are fighting for the bill AB5 which will offer workers the same basic labor protections most other jobs enjoy.
(Lauren Kaori Gurley for Motherboard)
All culture, including nerd culture, shapes the world. We need to think about how we’re shaping it. Journalist and TV writer Laurie Penny discusses how fan culture influences society.
(Laurie Penny for Wired)
Julia Evans and Katie Sylor-Miller wrote a zine, Oh Shit, Git!. It’s an illustrated guide that offers an excellent paper reference for git.
Listening:
We Will Remember Freedom: The House of Surrender by Laurie Penny
The second episode of my fiction podcast explores what consent culture and prison might look like in an antiauthoritarian, anticapitalist society.
Conference Talk of the Week:
This talk is part of our “Favorite Talks” YouTube Playlist. Check it out and subscribe! Building data pipelines in Python: Airflow vs scripts soup
Tania Allard speaks at PyCon 2019 about how to migrate your random series of scripts into a productive workflow.
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This newsletter compiled by Margaret Killjoy (@magpiekilljoy). Margaret is an author, activist, and musician based in Appalachia. Her most recent book series is the Danielle Cain novella series, which starts with The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion.
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