Who are you? (biography/background)
I am Carlos Ospina,
I've been working with Drupal for over a decade, spending nearly ten years as a Technical Account Manager at Acquia where I helped organizations solve complex implementation challenges.
Drupal.org username: camoa
Why are you running for a board seat at the Drupal Association? (mission/motivation)
I'm running because I believe Drupal needs board leadership that understands how to build sustainable communities globally, especially in regions that haven't had representation before.
I've spent years working within the Drupal community in both Latin America and the United States. I helped organize DrupalCon Latin America back in 2015, and honestly, I want to bring more opportunities like that to LATAM and other regions that get overlooked.
Who are you? (biography/background)
I am Alexander Varwijk (Kingdutch on Drupal.org), born north of Amsterdam and currently living in the Dutch city of Enschede, near the German border. My programming journey began at a young age after seeing how an au-pair used Perl to maintain a Drum & Bass fan website. My first creation was a simple terminal calculator in Perl, but I quickly discovered the magic of building websites, starting with Dreamweaver before adding interactivity using PHP 4.4.
“The president remained steadfast in his novel interpretation of constitutional law.”
“Faced with the choice between clinging to the letter of the law and marching to the beat of his own legal drum, the president chose the latter.”
“The president’s solutions-focused approach to legal roadblocks necessitated thinking outside the constitutional box.”
“Perhaps unaware that he had sailed beyond the Constitution’s horizons, the president found himself drifting further and further from legal terra firma.”
“The president followed the Constitution the way a jazz pianist might follow a standard chart—treating its chords as suggestions upon which to solo as he saw fit.”
“In a feat of legal engineering, the president stressed the Constitution’s support structures past what experts considered their maximum load.”
“The president, tiptoeing precipitously down the sidelines of legality, inadvertently ran the constitutional football out of bounds.”
“As a tailor might stitch together a suit from pieces of textile, so too did the president fashion himself a bespoke garment from the supple threads of the nation’s legal fabric.”
The Transaction Record Analysis Center database logs millions of wire transfers sent to or from Mexico and U.S. border states.
The post The Intercept Sues for Records About Arizona’s Financial Surveillance Dragnet appeared first on The Intercept.
Allegations of long-running misconduct plague ICE’s Houston deportation hub.
The post Weapons Violations, Misconduct, and Whistleblower Retaliation at ICE appeared first on The Intercept.
This year, Pride Month arrives at an especially dire moment for the LGBTQ+ community. Under the second Trump administration, homophobic vitriol and violence are on the rise. On Elon Musk’s X platform, a “deepfake” video of Donald Trump canceling Pride Month has gone viral. And even as Pride celebrations continue as planned (in many places without as many corporate contributions), the attacks against LGBTQ+ people, especially transgender people, seem to be on steroids. After all, since taking office a second time, Trump has issued executive orders that ban transgender women in sports and transgender troops in the military, while limiting federal recognition to two genders. And his executive actions are only the spear tip of a significantly larger legislative attempt... Read more
Source: The War on Trans People appeared first on TomDispatch.com.
My boyfriend and I met at a party hosted by a friend of a friend of mine and a friend of a friend of his. This is an anthropological event, an epochal miracle.
He seemed like the kind of guy who would be on my Hinge Standouts (chiseled scruffy jaw, lean, “Greatest strength: Making reservations”), so I approached him.
It was difficult to figure him out—was he in a relationship? Gay? Moderate? A smoker? Didn’t want kids? Looking for something short-term? Without being able to consult a profile, I didn’t even know how tall he was. After the party, he asked me to get a drink.
When we met the following week at a wine bar in Williamsburg, I certainly walked in feeling above everyone else. The place was swarming with online first daters who approached each other hesitantly, inspecting angles to see if their faces matched their profile, and giving awkward hugs. We didn’t need that. We met at a party.
I knew right away that something was off, but with a magical, real-life meet cute, I was willing to put nearly anything aside.
‘Everybody has a little more control than they think.’ A neuroscientist explains how we can become architects of our emotions
- Video by The Well
From traits like extraversion to specific habits, there are many ways a couple can match. New research tests whether it helps
- by Phuong Linh L Nguyen & Moin Syed
- by Rebecca Batley
250 years ago, a theologist looked under a microscope and discovered the “most peculiar” creature
The post The Water Bear—from First Look to Facebook appeared first on Nautilus.
My evening under the influence of metaphysics
The post You Can Achieve the Ideal Version of Yourself appeared first on Nautilus.
Scientists are getting better at predicting marine heatwaves. But is it enough to save ecosystems and vulnerable species?
The post Our Boiling Seas appeared first on Nautilus.
In a paper submitted directly to the Trump administration, OpenAI outlines a Cold Warrior exhortation to divide the world into camps.
The post OpenAI’s Pitch to Trump: Rank the World on U.S. Tech Interests appeared first on The Intercept.