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Brian Marick@marick@mstdn.social

Software person (programming and testing). Involved in Agile from relatively early on. One of those grumpy old-timers who think it's lost its way.

I retired during Covid. As I’m “broke to harness,” I keep up what was part of my schtick: read widely and oddly, then explain outside-tech ideas to a mostly-techie audience. Instead of talks, my venues are a blog, a podcast (infrequent), and link-heavy Mastodon posts.

I like boosting other people’s posts. My leftish #uspol posts are so labeled.

podcast: https://podcast.oddly-influenced.dev/
blog: https://blog.oddly-influenced.dev/
github: https://github.com/marick
location: Champaign, Illinois ("downstate"), USA
Joined: 2026-08-05 23:47:51
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Brian Marick@marick@mstdn.social (2026-08-05 23:38:24)
Now there’s a headline that will cause company PR to take up day-drinking:

“The Diarrhea Lettuce Company Has Been Linked to Forced Labor”

“Put into context, the revelation is a horrifying twist in an already nauseating story of corporate greed and deregulation. Though the institution of slavery may have been formally abolished, its legacy lives on — fully embraced by the for-profit companies pumping our food supply full of parasites.”

https://futurism.com/science-energy/diarrhea-lettuce-taylor-farms-prison-labor