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- Building a successful mechanical engineering career through Oregon State: Wyatt Weaver’s journey by Steve Frandzel. My friend Wyatt is inspiring and rigorous in achieving his goals. He’s incredibly kind too, on top of all of his work and side projects.
- A graphical explainer for ranked-choice voting by Reuters. How ranched choice voting works. I remember reading about this method in high school and I’m glad to hear that some states have actually implemented it!
- SimpleBits type foundry. Really cool fonts with a simple license and actually attainable prices. Hubano and Cartridge look awesome.
- The Long Game: Clea Kolster’s Mission to Solve Climate Change on Good Work with Barrett Brooks podcast. This episode got me excited about engineering, specifically about energy generation and storage. Everything we do requires energy. Could it come from fission or converting waste biomass?
- On feeling connected by Henrik Karlsson. Karlsson describes giving as “an act of potency.” I’ve been thinking about better language for “serving” or “giving” that doesn’t sound so zero-sum. When I do things for others, it gives me life and meaning—positive sum. I don’t quite know how to convey that succinctly yet. “Potency” is close but not quite right.
- Nature’s many attempts to evolve a Nostr by Gordon Brander. Walks through different network architectures from traditional centralized ones to federation to peer-to-peer to Relay—a fundamentally different one being explored by Nostr. Users own their keys (like peer-to-peer) while still being able to scale (like centralized servers).
- Can you run the UK economy? by the Financial Times. You’re the chancellor and you need to create a fiscal plan that doesn’t tank the economy. Citizens did not particularly like my tax plan.
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Who am I?
My name is Westley Winks. I try to live my life with integrity by committing to these core values, even when it's uncomfortable:
- Learning humbly. Pursuing and practicing new skills and knowledge that serve my goals, my interests, and other people. Doing it humbly means embracing a beginner's mindset, admitting when I am wrong or don't know, and understanding that I can always learn something from others.
- Serving compassionately and reliably. Helping others, supporting them and nurturing their growth when and how they need it. Doing it compassionately means leading with empathy, taking care of myself, and remaining other-focused rather than transactional. Being reliable is continually building trust with myself and others that I will do what I say I'm going to do.
- Connecting authentically. Investing in meaningful relationships while participating in and adding value to important things that are larger than myself. Being authentic means choosing truth over performance, not sacrificing my values or identity to fit in, and being my true self in any engagement with myself or others.
Colophon
- Alessandro Muraro - design inspiration
- Bridgetown - static site generator
- SCSS - styling
- Open Props - CSS variables
- Netlify - hosting
