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Senior SDET in Cypress Test Automation | FrontEnd Developer in React, JS, TS | Whovian & Browncoat
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For all they shout about DEI, if a woman or PoC did any of this chat leaking nonsense, they would cancel us forever. Where are the arguments about “competency” now?

I had legit completely forgotten this.

Measles continues to spread in the U.S. with more than 250 people infected — many unvaccinated school-age children. See where on our map tracking the virus here: nyti.ms/3Fp1am9

Take-back President is at it again. Delaying tariffs he said would be implemented immediately on Canada and Mexico for a month. He might like the title Whiplash President too much.

President Trump has directed federal agencies to examine ways to bypass endangered species protections and other environmental regulations to ramp up logging across 280 million acres of national forests and other public lands.

Amid the tumult of mass firings, the Trump administration’s dismissal of workers who maintain America’s nuclear weapons delivered perhaps the greatest shock. These are people with highly sensitive jobs, the Energy Department would later acknowledge, who should have never been fired.

Fabric chain Joann is going out of business and closing all 800 stores, marking the end of an 82-year-old company that was once the leading destination for DIY and crafts enthusiasts.

Federal workers are getting emails asking them to explain the work they did last week. Elon Musk says not responding "will be taken as a resignation."

"working to swiftly rectify the situation..." www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...

Justice Department fires multiple immigration judges amid case backlog

NSA to scrub "privilege" from sites/documents ["privilege escalation" refers to a hacker (NSA or otherwise) using any of a number of techniques to gain a higher level of access and ability to do things on a computer - ie. escalate from a normal user level to gain admin-level access/privileges]

All over the US government right now we hear rumors like this one, of the NSA forced to delete every doc in its internal systems that mentions privilege escalation attacks because the Grand Stupids In Charge won't allow the word "privilege" on any government server […]

What THE F$&! is Target doing to their system that is has to be down for SEVEN DAYS. I’m only a frontend and test automation engineer but ummm… SEVEN DAYS!!???

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/n...

A federal judge has restricted the Elon Musk-led government efficiency team from accessing a critical Treasury Department payment system. The order, issued early Saturday, halts access temporarily and demands the destruction of any downloaded information, saying there is risk of “irreparable harm.”

NEW: DOGE has built a "firewall" to separate the work of Elon Musk’s operatives from the 200 or so legacy workers employed by DOGE's predecessor agency—segregating the career civil servants. "They don't talk to us." "As far as I can tell, they’re hiding." by @makenakelly.bsky.social

Following a White House anti-DEI order, the National Cryptologic Museum covered up exhibits of women and people of color in its Hall of Honor. The NSA reversed course after former employees mobilized.

time.com/7212753/trum...

Federal health workers are expressing fear and alarm after a website called “DEI Watch List” published the photos, names and public information of a number of workers across health agencies, describing them as “targets.”

Filip Hric has released new course "99 Cypress.io Tips" filiphric.com/course/99-cy... and I review the first lesson in my new video 📺 Lesson 1 From "99 Cypress.io Tips" Course youtu.be/BdTbpmyNKW4

Senator Elizabeth Warren sent a letter on Monday to the Treasury secretary demanding answers for why the Dept. of Government Efficiency was granted access to the federal payments system, giving Elon Musk's team a powerful tool that could be used to track and potentially limit government spending.

After 17,800 shows and 82,150 gallons of paint, Blue Man Group is hanging up its bald caps at the Astor Place Theater in New York City for good on Sunday. nyti.ms/42BpN8x

Cypress v14 has been released, removes some old dependencies and features and officially supports all the latest browsers and component testing frameworks, see docs.cypress.io/app/referenc... for details

My family has daily text chat to make sure a wellness check is not needed for the eldest member. All quiet by 2pm EST, unusual. I ask, “Is everyone doing okay? Surviving?”. It’s now I realize the term “surviving if not thriving” no longer applies to ANYONE close to me. I have to REALLY think. 😟

Do you know how often I reference my own course materials? It's absurd. I am my own student.

CypressConf Day2! Day 1 was great, looking forward to all the talks today. My personal Cypress best practices and tools I like to use: kimbellcypress.notion.site/My-Cypress-B... #cypress #cypressconf

CypressConf 2024 today and tomorrow! cypress.registration.goldcast.io/events/d976c... #cypress #cypressconf