Reza Rahman ☮
@reza-rahman.bsky.social
Java technologist, leader, author, speaker. Past key member of Oracle’s and Microsoft’s Java teams. Jakarta EE Ambassador. Anti-racist. This account is squarely mine as are the views here.
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Reza Rahman ☮
@reza-rahman.bsky.social
· Aug 24
Hi folks, I have thought about this a lot, and I don’t think things like Bluesky are really working out unfortunately. So I will be discontinuing using this account and focusing on Twitter and LinkedIn instead. I appreciate your support as always.
Hi folks, I have thought about this a lot, and I don’t think things like Bluesky are really working out unfortunately. So I will be discontinuing using this account and focusing on Twitter and LinkedIn instead. I appreciate your support as always.
August 24, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Hi folks, I have thought about this a lot, and I don’t think things like Bluesky are really working out unfortunately. So I will be discontinuing using this account and focusing on Twitter and LinkedIn instead. I appreciate your support as always.
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Today is a day of national and international shame.
This famine could have been prevented, if only our government treated Palestinians as human beings whose lives were worth saving.
How can food be blocked yet arms still flow?
This famine could have been prevented, if only our government treated Palestinians as human beings whose lives were worth saving.
How can food be blocked yet arms still flow?
August 22, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Today is a day of national and international shame.
This famine could have been prevented, if only our government treated Palestinians as human beings whose lives were worth saving.
How can food be blocked yet arms still flow?
This famine could have been prevented, if only our government treated Palestinians as human beings whose lives were worth saving.
How can food be blocked yet arms still flow?
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The UN says the famine in Gaza is “entirely man-made” and “could be halted & reversed.”
Trump is supposedly a “tough guy.”
Well, it’s time for him to have the guts to stand up to Netanyahu and stop sending billions in U.S. tax dollars to Israel to starve children.
Trump is supposedly a “tough guy.”
Well, it’s time for him to have the guts to stand up to Netanyahu and stop sending billions in U.S. tax dollars to Israel to starve children.
At least half a million people in Gaza City and the surrounding territory are officially suffering from famine, a global group of experts announced, nearly two years into an unrelenting war in which Israel has blocked most food and other aid from entering the Gaza Strip. nyti.ms/4fOZPmP
August 22, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The UN says the famine in Gaza is “entirely man-made” and “could be halted & reversed.”
Trump is supposedly a “tough guy.”
Well, it’s time for him to have the guts to stand up to Netanyahu and stop sending billions in U.S. tax dollars to Israel to starve children.
Trump is supposedly a “tough guy.”
Well, it’s time for him to have the guts to stand up to Netanyahu and stop sending billions in U.S. tax dollars to Israel to starve children.
Famine has now been confirmed in Gaza according to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) scale. Truly heartbreaking. www.wfp.org/news/famine-...
August 22, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Famine has now been confirmed in Gaza according to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) scale. Truly heartbreaking. www.wfp.org/news/famine-...
Great to see Micronaut 4.9 added support for the newly minted Jakarta Data! micronaut-projects.github.io/micronaut-da...
August 14, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Great to see Micronaut 4.9 added support for the newly minted Jakarta Data! micronaut-projects.github.io/micronaut-da...
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Australia to join the list of counties recognizing Palestine.
The list is more than 75% of the world.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The list is more than 75% of the world.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Australia to recognise Palestinian state in September
It follows similar moves by the UK, France and Canada.
www.bbc.com
August 11, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Australia to join the list of counties recognizing Palestine.
The list is more than 75% of the world.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The list is more than 75% of the world.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Happy Rakhi! 💛
August 9, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Happy Rakhi! 💛
Do you know Jakarta EE 11 adds support for Virtual Threads? Hantsy Bai has the details. itnext.io/virtual-thre...
August 7, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Do you know Jakarta EE 11 adds support for Virtual Threads? Hantsy Bai has the details. itnext.io/virtual-thre...
Amongst a chaotic and unprecedented job search, life still goes on. The first time I have done job interviews while on vacation with my family.
July 31, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Amongst a chaotic and unprecedented job search, life still goes on. The first time I have done job interviews while on vacation with my family.
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The Netanyahu government’s extermination of Gaza intensifies. Malnutrition is rampant, children are starving to death, people are shot while waiting for meager food rations — and US weapons allow it to happen.
Trump and Congress must act NOW. Stop the slaughter. Feed the people.
Trump and Congress must act NOW. Stop the slaughter. Feed the people.
July 25, 2025 at 8:24 PM
The Netanyahu government’s extermination of Gaza intensifies. Malnutrition is rampant, children are starving to death, people are shot while waiting for meager food rations — and US weapons allow it to happen.
Trump and Congress must act NOW. Stop the slaughter. Feed the people.
Trump and Congress must act NOW. Stop the slaughter. Feed the people.
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Former U.S. Green Beret Anthony Aguilar says he routinely witnessed Israeli forces (IDF) firing artillery tank rounds and mortar rounds into crowds of unarmed, starving Palestinians at GHF aid sites in Gaza.
“I witnessed war crimes,” the GHF security contractor told the BBC.
“I witnessed war crimes,” the GHF security contractor told the BBC.
July 26, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Former U.S. Green Beret Anthony Aguilar says he routinely witnessed Israeli forces (IDF) firing artillery tank rounds and mortar rounds into crowds of unarmed, starving Palestinians at GHF aid sites in Gaza.
“I witnessed war crimes,” the GHF security contractor told the BBC.
“I witnessed war crimes,” the GHF security contractor told the BBC.
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I am sick of the tired platitude that for an ally like Israel we must not disagree publicly or in the media.
Not when there is mass starvation.
This is the time for every American to speak up publicly.
PM Netanyahu, let in the food, medicine & aid.
We must not be complicit.
Not when there is mass starvation.
This is the time for every American to speak up publicly.
PM Netanyahu, let in the food, medicine & aid.
We must not be complicit.
July 25, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I am sick of the tired platitude that for an ally like Israel we must not disagree publicly or in the media.
Not when there is mass starvation.
This is the time for every American to speak up publicly.
PM Netanyahu, let in the food, medicine & aid.
We must not be complicit.
Not when there is mass starvation.
This is the time for every American to speak up publicly.
PM Netanyahu, let in the food, medicine & aid.
We must not be complicit.
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More than 100 aid agencies and rights groups, including Save the Children and Doctors Without Borders, warned on Wednesday that “mass starvation” was spreading across Gaza, adding to growing calls for Israel to lift restrictions on humanitarian aid to the enclave.
Aid Agencies and Rights Groups Warn of ‘Mass Starvation’ in Gaza
More than 100 organizations blamed Israel’s siege of the territory, adding to growing calls for aid restrictions to be eased and the war to end.
trib.al
July 23, 2025 at 11:25 AM
More than 100 aid agencies and rights groups, including Save the Children and Doctors Without Borders, warned on Wednesday that “mass starvation” was spreading across Gaza, adding to growing calls for Israel to lift restrictions on humanitarian aid to the enclave.
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One of the most important set of changes in Jakarta EE 11 is Java SE Records support across specifications like Persistence/JPA, Validation, and Expression Language/EL. Hantsy Bai covers the changes with examples. itnext.io/java-record-...
July 21, 2025 at 3:43 PM
One of the most important set of changes in Jakarta EE 11 is Java SE Records support across specifications like Persistence/JPA, Validation, and Expression Language/EL. Hantsy Bai covers the changes with examples. itnext.io/java-record-...
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Sayfollah "Saif" Musallet was a 20-year-old American visiting family in the West Bank for the summer. He was beaten to death by Israeli settlers.
The U.S. must immediately launch a full, independent investigation and demand accountability for his death.
The U.S. must immediately launch a full, independent investigation and demand accountability for his death.
Activist Jonathan Pollak was injured in the same West Bank protest where U.S. Citizen Sayfollah Musallet was killed by Israeli settlers on Friday.
Israeli soldiers and law enforcement at no point attempted to detain those "who had just been involved in killing someone," he says.
Israeli soldiers and law enforcement at no point attempted to detain those "who had just been involved in killing someone," he says.
July 16, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Sayfollah "Saif" Musallet was a 20-year-old American visiting family in the West Bank for the summer. He was beaten to death by Israeli settlers.
The U.S. must immediately launch a full, independent investigation and demand accountability for his death.
The U.S. must immediately launch a full, independent investigation and demand accountability for his death.
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An Israeli strike hit a Catholic church in Gaza City on Thursday, killing three people and injuring at least six others, including the parish priest, according to church officials. nyti.ms/4f6godt
July 17, 2025 at 8:49 PM
An Israeli strike hit a Catholic church in Gaza City on Thursday, killing three people and injuring at least six others, including the parish priest, according to church officials. nyti.ms/4f6godt
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One of the most impactful set of changes in Jakarta EE 11 is in Persistence (formerly JPA) 3.2. Hantsy Bai covers the changes with working examples. itnext.io/an-introduct...
July 12, 2025 at 12:36 AM
One of the most impactful set of changes in Jakarta EE 11 is in Persistence (formerly JPA) 3.2. Hantsy Bai covers the changes with working examples. itnext.io/an-introduct...
Increasingly clear what some people are rushing headlong into is Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). The actual science hasn't changed much in years. What's changed is compute power and data volume. AGI is a pipe dream. Ability and profitability of LLMs now should be a clue.
July 11, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Increasingly clear what some people are rushing headlong into is Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). The actual science hasn't changed much in years. What's changed is compute power and data volume. AGI is a pipe dream. Ability and profitability of LLMs now should be a clue.
The likely first Muslim mayor of the most Jewish city in America. Kudos from a fellow desi. A reason to continue believing the country has a real future.
In the words of Nelson Mandela: it always seems impossible until it’s done.
My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it.
I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.
My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it.
I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.
June 25, 2025 at 11:50 AM
The likely first Muslim mayor of the most Jewish city in America. Kudos from a fellow desi. A reason to continue believing the country has a real future.
I give up. Was this all the most dangerous playground brawl in the world?
June 24, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I give up. Was this all the most dangerous playground brawl in the world?
More utter insanity. This is a high ranking Russian. So the net result of recklessness may be getting to one of the worst outcomes faster.
Medvedev: A number of countries are ready to directly supply Iran with their own nuclear warheads.
June 22, 2025 at 2:05 PM
More utter insanity. This is a high ranking Russian. So the net result of recklessness may be getting to one of the worst outcomes faster.
Horrifying. This madness needs to end now before it goes any further.
Trump announces attack on Iran. No congressional approval. At the hands of the self-proclaimed "anti-war" president.
June 22, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Horrifying. This madness needs to end now before it goes any further.
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Israel's Prime Minister may think no one will notice what he's doing in Gaza while he bombs Iran.
People face starvation. 55,000 killed. Aid workers and doctors turned away at the border. Shooting at innocent people desperate for food.
The world sees you, Benjamin Netanyahu.
People face starvation. 55,000 killed. Aid workers and doctors turned away at the border. Shooting at innocent people desperate for food.
The world sees you, Benjamin Netanyahu.
June 20, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Israel's Prime Minister may think no one will notice what he's doing in Gaza while he bombs Iran.
People face starvation. 55,000 killed. Aid workers and doctors turned away at the border. Shooting at innocent people desperate for food.
The world sees you, Benjamin Netanyahu.
People face starvation. 55,000 killed. Aid workers and doctors turned away at the border. Shooting at innocent people desperate for food.
The world sees you, Benjamin Netanyahu.
The world is upside down. Now I am amplifying Tucker Carlson. I am forced to ask myself, where are the so-called liberal journalists and Democrats?
Tucker Carlson and Ted Cruz go at it over the Islamic Republic and Iran.
I’ll be watching the full episode tomorrow.
I’ll be watching the full episode tomorrow.
June 18, 2025 at 3:17 AM
The world is upside down. Now I am amplifying Tucker Carlson. I am forced to ask myself, where are the so-called liberal journalists and Democrats?
Most understand just how reckless the current moment is. The question is whether the ruling class cares.
New poll result: “Do you think the US military should get involved in the conflict between Israel and Iran?”
Yes — 16%
No — 60%
Yes — 16%
No — 60%
June 17, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Most understand just how reckless the current moment is. The question is whether the ruling class cares.