I've been using this account as my primary for about a week now, and I'm think I'm settled on using it for the foreseeable future, so I guess it's time to do another #introduction post.
I'm a dad of four kids, and a web developer. I have a college degree in #Theater (or #Theatre) and had aspirations of being an actor. I kind of fell into web development as a career. It was a hobby back in high school, and I just needed to pay some bills after college, so I ended up doing this.
I always have aspirations to do other things, but for now, I'm pretty happy spending most of my time as a dad and husband.
Some day, I'd like to get back into #acting, or maybe do some #VoiceActing. I also enjoy #writing and will, from time to time, post some #MicroFiction, usually from somebody's #WritingPrompt.
I love #StarTrek, and usually watch at least one episode nearly every day. I like all #SciFi really, though, as well as #fantasy. I used to read a lot, but find I don't have as much time or mental capacity for it as I used to. I also enjoy watching #anime, and have really been enjoying the new episodes of #Bleach lately.
Feel free to follow me if you think we have similar interests, and I may follow you back, if I think likewise. 
#WebDev #PHP #BackEnd #Laravel #introductions #Parenting #DadLife 
Dan Jones shared 19 hours ago
“It’s hard to find the words today. Our country’s federal government — including the very agency in charge of protecting our mental health — cut a literal lifeline that has provided 1.5 million #LGBTQ+ youth with suicide prevention services. It is unfathomable. This administration has made a dangerous decision to play politics with real young people’s lives.”
Dan Jones shared 20 hours ago
Finding of a recent survey of 90,000+ trans Americans: “trans people who go back to living as their sex assigned at birth do so because of transphobia, not because of doubts about gender or transition”. https://www.them.us/story/trans-americans-transition-survey-transphobia
Me: trying to watch the new episodes of #StrangeNewWorlds while I'm working.
My coworkers: Could you pair with me to help me with this issue?
Me: 
Isn't it annoying when people don't follow the carefully rehearsed conversation you had with them in your head before you actually initiated the conversation?
Spoilers for Ironheart series finale
Spoilers for Ironheart series finale
Uhhh. So, is Ironheart going to become the next Ghost Rider? Didn't Johnny Blaze become Ghost Rider by making a deal with Mephisto?
Iron Ghost would be kind of cool. Any chance we'll get a cameo from Nicholas Cage in an upcoming film?
Dan Jones shared 4 days ago
Sometimes y’all, there is the perfect meme.
Edit: I've been informed that this is an excerpt from @hyratel 's Tumbler, which is here: https://www.tumblr.com/hyratel/780243434044784640/my-granddad-had-a-wand-of-iron-filigree-that-gave
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A picture of a conversation thread: mug-of-beans: "The old magic persists thanks to it's unfathomable power." No, the old magic persists because the new magic can't run the legacy spells I need to do my job, and keeps trying to install spirits I don't want or need onto my orb. aqueerkettleofish: Look, if the new magic didn't have a personality construct that kept trying to tell me which spells to use, maybe I wouldn't still be using the oid magic. wizard-council-bureaucrat: Yes it had a deep blood cost, but at least it was a one time sacrifice and not this monthly bloodletting nonsense new age magic has wizard-archivist-official: The old magic is robust enough to survive a decade of use and it's compatible with every wand, staff, scroll, and charm in our collection. The new magic stops working after three days and every spell uses proprietary runes. Our preferences, as an archiving institution, should be pretty clear. charlesoberonn: You try to get guidance for the new magic and the king's sorcerers maybe will answer you in a few days with an unhelpful suggestion to buy the newest orb. You need guidance for the old magic and a dozen retired middle-aged wizards will pop up to explain it to you rune by rune if necessary.
Dan Jones shared 4 days ago
A Spectre in the Eastern Veil
Credits: Ken Crawford, Rancho Del Sol Observatory
#nature #space #astrophotography
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A Spectre in the Eastern Veil
Dan Jones shared 5 days ago
YOLO should really be used as a caution, like "Wear your seatbelt, dumbass. YOLO!"
Dan Jones shared 5 days ago
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Dan Jones shared 5 days ago
Hey guys look I found the Epstein List!
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Maybe some Democrat probably idk
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Dan Jones shared 5 days agoIf you are using undocumented immigrants' tax records to find and kidnap them, then it was never about them paying taxes.
If you are showing up at their place of employment, then it was never about them not working.
If you are showing up at courthouses, then it was never about getting them to "do it the right way".
If you are kidnapping women and children, then it was never about criminals.
If you're refusing to give them due process, then it was never about the Constitution.
If you are building concentration camps in Florida to keep them here in cages, then it was never about the border.
If you're spending billions to do this, then it was never about the economy.
And if you're doing all this in the name of a 34 time convicted felon, then it was never about following the law.
Dan Jones shared 6 days ago
Today in 1962, 63 years ago: at the Marquee Club (London) the band The Rolling Stones played for the first time in public.
Dan Jones shared 6 days ago
3114. Building a Fire
3114. Building a Fire
title text: That was quicker than usual! The cabin's sprinkler system often makes it really hard to keep anything lit.
(https://xkcd.com/3114)
(https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3114)
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4 panel comic. 1. There is a tent in the background. No hair is watch short hair set up a fire pit and asks "Can you show me how to build a campfire?" Short hair responds "Sure! We'll use the log cabin method. First we build a square cabin out of sticks." 2. Short hair has built a little cube of sticks and says "Next, we'll add interior walls, doors, and some cabin furniture made from twigs." No hair replies "This is very elaborate." 3. Short hair now has a little peaked roof on the cabin and is running some wire to it. Short hair said "Now, we'll add some rudimentary plumbing and electrical wiring, 50 amps, nothing fancy". No hair says "It kind of seems like you're just building a cabin." Short hair blurts out "I just...oops" as little lightning bolts appear around the wire. 5. The cabin is now on fire. Short hair says "I think my wiring wasn't up to code. No hair yells "AAAAA!" And short hair finishes saying "...and that's how you build a fire!"
Dan Jones shared 7 days ago
Dan Jones shared 7 days ago
OMG
I just learned about https://deathgenerator.com by @foone
How did I **just** find out this exists? Why have you all been hiding this from me?
Look at the wonderfulness you can create
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A screenshot from an 8-bit video game based on the 90s Nickelodeon show Doug. The character Skeeter, colored teal, looks at the viewer with a wide-eyed expression. A text box at the bottom reads, "Yes, Olivia Benson is included in ACAB." The background suggests a record store.
Last night, I watched this new #anime, With You and the Rain (a.k.a., Ame to Kimi to, or 雨と君と).
It's a simple premise. A woman sees a tanuki sitting by the side of the road in the rain with a sign that says "Please take me home." She thinks it's an abandoned dog, as she apparently doesn't know what a tanuki looks like.
The story is very cute, and very cozy, and I really liked the first episode, but the premise is kind of far-fetched. Not only does she not realize this animal is not a dog, but when she takes it to the veterinarian to have it checked out, the vet doesn't tell her, "By the way, that's not a dog. It's a tanuki." The vet is just like, "Oh, that's an interesting doggy you've got there."
Now, we don't have tanuki where I live. The closest we have is a fox. And, I'm pretty sure that if I picked up a fox on the side of the road, took it to a vet, and said, "Can you check out this dog I found?", the vet would tell me, "That's a fox. Not a dog."
But, I will suspend disbelief, because it's a very cute and enjoyable show so far.
As a person with a heart condition who experiences arrhythmia, anytime someone in a rom-com said their heart "skipped a beat", I want to tell them to see a cardiologist.
I don't hate the USA. I love it, actually. I don't love its current state. I don't love the wannabe tyrant trying to destroy everything that's good about it. But I love the ideals, a place for all people to pursue their dreams, regardless of who they are, where they come from.
But, I don't love the way we celebrate Independence Day. I don't like that I sit in a crowded park (or parking lot) for fifteen minutes of entertainment, and then have to fight the crowds just to get home. I don't like that the street I live on (and even my own driveway) is covered in detritus because of the fireworks my neighbors shoot off. I don't like how I have to carefully watch my dogs to make sure they don't run off in fear and get hurt. I don't think any of the stress and frustration is worth the ooohs and aaahhs.
I do like neighborhood parades with kids riding their bikes with little American flags attached. I do like hearing "Have a Happy Fourth of July."
Can we do more wholesome celebrations that nearly everybody enjoys to celebrate the birth of our nation, instead of blowing up a part of it?
Dan Jones shared 14 days ago
Shoplifting professional grade fireworks—also known as the three-finger discount.