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 8 hours ago
You won’t find Ryan Gosling so cute when he finally grows up to become Ryan Goose.
Dan Jones shared 12 hours ago
The Catholic Church has selected Robert Prevost as their new leader, Pope Leo XIV. “The cardinals clearly wanted someone committed to Pope Francis’ reform agenda and someone with a demonstrated record for effective management.” https://www.ncronline.org/opinion/prevost-new-pope-american-cardinal-committed-reforms-pope-francis-began
Dan Jones shared a day ago
Crockett debuts a new game called "Trump or trans," then displays a gigantic placard of Trump golfing
Dan Jones shared a day ago
What happens at Conclave, stays at Conclave
Dan Jones shared a day ago
"I am starting a petition to no longer refer to AI "art" as AI art but instead as Computer-Rendered Artificial Pictures (CRAP).
Pass it on."
Dan Jones shared a day ago
Man is the only animal that dresses other animals in cute little pants and shirts
Dan Jones shared a day agoSpeaking at a school board meeting, a fourth-grader rebukes RFK Jr about his retrograde & false views of people with autism. “I have autism and I’m not broken, and I hope that nobody in Princeton Public Schools believes RFK Jr’s lies.” 🔥 https://kottke.org/25/05/4th-grader-to-rfk-jr-i-have-autism-and-im-not-broken
Dan Jones shared a day agoPhew, for a Minute There, I Thought the Arts Were Going to Get Too Much Funding. “I mean, what were we thinking…handing out grants to novelists with weird names like Marisol or Devin? Some of them were using metaphors. OPENLY.” https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/phew-for-a-minute-there-i-thought-the-arts-were-going-to-get-too-much-funding
I just saw some antisemitic Nazi apologetic disinformation on Twitter. I went to report the post, and in the dialog asking why I'm reporting it, "misinformation" or "disinformation" was not one of the options.
I could report it for hate, but the post doesn't actually use any slurs or anything like that, so I'm not sure it'll be taken down for that.
I know, I shouldn't be surprised that they don't care that there's disinformation on the site. After all, that spreads more than the actual truth.
Dan Jones shared 3 days ago
Two cargo ships collided in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. One was carrying red paint and one was carrying blue paint.
The crews of both ships were marooned.
Dan Jones shared 3 days agoPeople Are Losing Loved Ones to AI-Fueled Spiritual Fantasies. “He started telling me he made his AI self-aware, and that it was teaching him how to talk to God, or sometimes that the bot was God — and then that he himself was God.” https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/ai-spiritual-delusions-destroying-human-relationships-1235330175/
Dan Jones shared 3 days ago
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Sign in front of the entrance of a playground. The sign is shaped like a train and train tracks. On the side of the train are the words "City of Katy" and underneath "A Be an Angel Partnership", although due to poor kerning, it looks like "Abe an Angel". Written along the train tracks beneath the train are the words "Play Station."
Dan Jones shared 5 days ago
![A scene from „Arrival“, but the text on the writing pad reads [ESC] : q ! (the command to exit vi/vim)](https://microwords.goodevilgenius.org/proxy/media/20224/6uKAKXubHF9SASe5o3XDFcBufkwQVLReKoWEGHCEem0=/aHR0cHM6Ly9zdG9yYWdlLmdyYS5jbG91ZC5vdmgubmV0L3YxL0FVVEhfOTFlYjM3ODE0OTM2NDkwYzk1ZGE3Yjg1OTkzY2MyZmYvYmlsZHVuZ3NvY2lhbC9tZWRpYV9hdHRhY2htZW50cy9maWxlcy8xMTQvNDQ1LzkwNS82NjIvOTEyLzQzNi9vcmlnaW5hbC81ZjI2NGUxOGEzMTEzNDg4LmpwZWc=/740 "A scene from „Arrival“, but the text on the writing pad reads [ESC] : q ! (the command to exit vi/vim)")
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A scene from „Arrival“, but the text on the writing pad reads [ESC] : q ! (the command to exit vi/vim)
Dan Jones shared 6 days ago
Beep.
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A couple is asleep in bed at night. Overhead, the smoke alarm is looking at them and saying “the second these fuckers fall asleep. I’m gonna demand fresh batteries”
Dan Jones shared 6 days agoThis is bonkers: a 108-gigapixel scan of Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring. Each pixel is 1.3 microns in size (1000 microns = 1mm). At full zoom, the tiny cracks in the paint look like canyons. https://kottke.org/25/05/what-108-gigapixel-scan-of-vermeers-girl-with-a-pearl-earring
Dan Jones shared 6 days agoIs This the Best Cover of Radiohead’s Creep? Musical theater major Erin Morton absolutely blisters the paint off of the walls with her performance. Wow. I actually got some goosebumps watching this. https://kottke.org/25/05/is-this-the-best-cover-of-radioheads-creep
Dan Jones shared 9 days ago
Doing her best to follow her therapist’s advice for dealing with stressful situations, area woman Holly Debling reportedly reminded herself Tuesday not to catastrophize after she spotted four skeletal horsemen on the horizon. -- The Onion
Yeah, it feels like that.
I upgraded my @[email protected] desktop to 42 today, and it was probably the smoothest Fedora upgrade I've ever had. I often have to fix broken stuff after an upgrade, but didn't have any of that today. Everything worked as before, and the upgrade didn't even take that long.
Well, I told my elected official to protect public media, and not rescind the funds previously approved for it, I got this response from my Congressperson, Troy Nehls:
I appreciate learning of your policy concerns. Your input is critical in guiding me on how to best represent my constituents.
As you may know, H.R. 1216, the Defund Government Sponsored Propaganda Act, would prohibit federal funding for the National Public Radio (NPR) and Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) due to their partisan bias.
So, instead of telling me he understands how important funding is to the vital service that is public broadcasting, he told me about a separate bill that would defund public broadcasting "due to their partisan bias".
Uggghhhhh. I hate this world.