Because OODA loops have come up a few times over the last couple of days. I want to say this: The military is full of excellent ideas and practices that can be used with a tiny amount of tweaking in civilian contexts. e.g. Mission Command: youtu.be/zyWyIVZA7K8

Prep done!

In the beginning was the command line...

Read it. EOM.

I have no live rounds or empty cases in my possesion. Sir!

Weekends don't get much better than this ❤️

0ne of the most humbling obits that I have ever read. A man of supreme courage, responsible for saving many lives, and who lived to 93. While sat atop an IRA mortar round in the snow, he felt it burning, so shoved snow down his pants to keep going! thetimes.com/article/a903255…

This is an original document revealing Ian Fleming's proposal to create an elite commando unit for Naval Intelligence, which subsequently evolved into the celebrated 30 Assault Unit—still active today @Commando_Ops. The document bears the signature 'F' for Fleming:

Turns out mixing dummies and Internet was not a good idea

After a few followers mentioned they thought this might be referring to manufacturing stamps I had a quick look. Many manufacturers stamp with arrows, ironsights or initials including TRN. This seems like something that anyone in law enforcement should know if they aren’t a podcaster? (H/t to @hissgoescobra and others for flagging this for me to look at!)

When Melissa Hortman was assassinated in June by a rightwing killer, sitting GOP senators made jokes. When Charlie Kirk was killed today (by an as yet unknown killer), Democrats unanimously condemned it, while the right actively stokes retaliation against the entire left.

well, they also pressured ScalaIO to cancel me and the justification Darja used was that I'm likely "clinically insane". It's plain and simple defamation with ample support of the CoC for exclusion. The odd part? @adamwarski and his company have no trouble with that, don't feel the need to cancel anyone, and continue with close ties to Scala Center. It's yet another Ox competitor getting conveniently banned so why fight it 🤷‍♂️

Why did this happen to @propensive? The short version is that Jon Pretty succeeded in angering the woke Scala bros -- principally the leaders of TL, but also various members of Scala Center and the scalac compiler team -- by attempting to play neutral in the many battles that followed the original LambdaConf "free speech" controversy. For one prominent example, Pretty refused to cancel me from Scala World, after Seth Tisue and Adriaan Moors made a coordinated attempt to cancel me from all Scala conferences. This marked a dramatic turn in the way the Scala Center related to Pretty and resulted in many individuals from TL officially promoting Pretty to a member of the outgroup. This was Pretty's original and fatal sin. For if he had not committed this particular sin, then everyone -- from the ringleader and original author of the Y letter -- to the initial set of signers, would have treated second-hand rumours of grumblings from a disgruntled ex-girlfriend the same way they treated a thousand other issues over the years. Instead, when Pretty became public enemy #2, then these second-hand rumours became the ember for a centrally coordinated effort to shape, even groom them into something that could be career-ending. If Pretty had made different decisions -- and here, I don't mean with Y and V, but with Scala politics -- then none of this would have happened. I suppose my involvement in this drama is at least partially why I have been so vocal about encouraging people to remove their signatures from the letter. I remember the exact moment when @djspiewak turned against Pretty. The three of us were sitting in a coffee shop, discussing Scala 3 and the future of Scala. Spiewak, who met with me only because Pretty was there (and organized Scala World, a coveted venue for Scala speakers), listened as Jon explained how we would each target different segments of the Scala 3 market. Jon would build an ecosystem rooted firmly in Scala 3, inspired by Python, and not purely functional -- so it didn't overlap with ZIO or TL. Spiewak was fine with that. But then Jon said that he would support my own effort to turn ZIO into the "Spring of Scala 3". Suddenly a look of abject disgust came over Spiewak's face, which he concealed only with some difficulty. From that moment onward, Spiewak's vote had already been cast. When Kit says, paraphrasing, "This could happen to me for choosing the wrong effect system," he's closer to the truth than most people could possibly imagine. The more history you understand, the more people in the community you know, the more horrifying the whole thing becomes. I could go on and on and tell more stories, some of which I was part of, and some of which I only know second hand. Stories that explain why everyone acted the way they did, why some have not removed their signatures and never will (they signed not because of compelling evidence or deep moral convictions, but to strike out at a perceived enemy). But I won't, at least not now. Because it's just too damn depressing, and what would be the point? Tragedies like this happens when little boys play like 'mean girls', only their egos are far bigger and their tactics far crueller. Justice and decency are casualties in a lustful quest for blood-soaked vengeance and retribution that knows no boundaries and ends only when one "side" or the other is utterly destroyed. Personal peace may come only if you accept that bitterness only poisons you (not the object of your bitterness), and if you deeply understand the meaning of, "'Vengeance is mine and I will repay,' says the Lord." There are some things in life that you cannot fix and that you must let go of, and this is one of those things. In any case, thanks to @kitlangton for all his magical educational and open-source contributions to the Scala community over the years and may his gifts enrich new ecosystems for many decades to come.

When two women accused me of a pattern of sexual harassment it was presented as another #​metoo case, and tagged #​believewomen. But believing women means believing those who dissent, too. In fact, four women said #meneither but nobody listened. Evidence: pretty.direct/women

RT @Care2much18: It wasn't immigrants killing women and girls in Epping. It was English men, predominantly abusive husbands and boyfriends…

I was accused of a "systematic pattern of behavior" in the Scala community, citing misleading statements from two women. One of the women wasn't even in the Scala community, and my relationships with them could hardly have been more dissimilar. Evidence: pretty.direct/pattern

The Scala Center (@scala_lang), @odersky, EPFL, and @typelevel should all make official statements welcoming Jon back, and signers should remove their signatures and apologize. If by some miracle these things actually happen, then everyone should forgive fully and move on.

I was cancelled in 2021 for something I didn't do. The impact this had on my life was devastating, but I've never had the courage to talk about it before. This is my story of the misery that cancellation brought to my career, my social life and my health. ↓↓↓