Developer Diary, Day of the Dead

Newsletter Reminder Social Media Codidact Mini-Server, Part 38 Clearer Licensing, Part 2 Entropy Arbitrage, the Posts Library Updates Next In most of the Mexican-influenced world, today people celebrate (the latter half) of the Day of the Dead, dedicated to remembering family and friends who have died. While I strongly recommend against aping the aesthetic—that slides quickly into the most harmful kinds of misappropriation every single time—it does feel like one of the holidays that every culture should have1, but somehow doesn’t. We can all do far worse than taking a beat to privately pay tribute to the people who we’ve lost. I would also like to draw attention to the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists, a mouthful, but at the moment, the United States (among other countries) currently has political and corporate leadership more than happy to endanger journalists who threaten their corrupt practices. At the moment, investigations of murders of journalists…