Two people already on my team at work have called in sick this morning. "Not feeling well". What could possibly be happening that makes two different people in different parts of the country both "not feel well" this morning. 
US Politics
US Politics
Oh crap. I just realized our president-elect is a convicted felon, and has to go to court in a few weeks to be sentenced for his crimes.
I was going to watch last week's Saturday Night Live today, but after yesterday's results, I don't think I can watch anything with any political commentary today.
Dan Jones shared 7 months ago
Dan Jones shared 7 months ago
If you are feeling out of sorts, try a grounding exercise. There are some suggestions here: http://www.drcordes.com/blog/2014/11/24/easy-grounding-exercises-to-calm-the-nervous-system
Dan Jones shared 7 months ago
Two things to prop up right now:
https://www.aclu.org - They’ll do their best to make sure this dumpster fire doesn’t turn into a wildfire.
https://www.thetrevorproject.org - They’ll be fielding a lot of calls, texts, and chats in the next few days and beyond.
And, if you need something, try the best self-care app I’ve ever used: https://finchcare.com
Dan Jones shared 7 months ago
Woke up in the dawn of the mirror Universe.
That's a shame.
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Mirror universe Spock.
Dan Jones shared 7 months ago
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As the Silver Surfer is blown backward by large explosive debris, he says, “AGAIN the madmen strike! AGAIN the force of HATE prevails!”
So many of these races are neck and neck between Jill Stein and Chase Oliver for third place.
I'm looking for CMS recommendations, including possibly a headless CMS with a statically built site (I'm actually leaning in that direction).
In the past, I would normally just use #WordPress, but with the latest #WordPressDrama, I'm honestly concerned about its future.
The project I'm working on is for my Church. It's not for a single congregation, though. It's a regional thing serving ten congregations across the South Houston, Texas region. Not a huge amount of traffic, but not inconsequential.
Here are some basic requirements. I need it to support multiple users, with role based access. I need some amount of extensibility, as I plan to build out more features over time, including notifications of new content being pushed out to various destinations (SMS, mobile push, etc.). I haven't discussed with the church leaders what the budget is, but I imagine minimizing costs would also be a need. Localization will also be a concern. Seven of the congregations are English-speaking, two are Spanish, and one is Mandarin. So being able to have some content available in all three languages would be beneficial.
Any customization will be built by me, so, a language I'm familiar with, or can reasonably easily learn would be good. So, PHP, go, or node are the best options.
The site will host a few different things. It will serve as a directory of resources for folks with various needs. It will also serve as a hub for announcements.
Right now, I'm looking at a Directus headless CMS, hosted probably on AWS or DigitalOcean, and probably an Eleventy generated site, probably hosted on Netlify or Vercel. But, I'm certainly not married to the idea. And I still haven't completely ruled out just using WordPress, or perhaps even ClassicPress.
It's been so long since I've set up a content-driven site (aside from my own personal sites, which just use hugo), that I'm not sure what the best options are nowadays. Suggestions for hosting are also appreciated.
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Whenever I have to hold my kids' candy bucket, I exact a two candy fine. #Halloween #TrickOrTreat
Dan Jones shared 7 months ago
future computers?
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cover of April 1981 Byte magazine with an absurd wrist watch computer
Dan Jones shared 7 months ago
You are perhaps a tulip fancier?
Dan Jones shared 7 months ago
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Tweet from @ObviousrebelM: If you encounter a guy dressed as a girl "as a joke" this Halloween offer them transition info and be welcoming because if it's an exploring trans girl it will be helpful and if it's a shitty cis dude, he will be furious. It's win/win.
Dan Jones shared 7 months ago
The Harris rally is set to begin and this place is packed to the brim.
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Photo by Stephen Michael on October 25, 2024. May be an image of crowd and text.
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Photo by Stephen Michael on October 25, 2024. May be an image of 1 person, crowd, concert and stadium.
Dan Jones shared 7 months agoA campaign official tells me over 30,000 people are here in Houston for the @KamalaHarris rally, her largest rally yet.
RE: https://www.threads.net/@stephenreports/post/DBkaG9Pxz6D
I really want to watch new episodes of Star Trek on Paramount+, to support the show and ensure Paramount gets good viewing numbers.
But it is the most unstable streaming app on my TV. I can't watch a single episode of anything without the episode just randomly quitting, and sometimes the entire app crashing, often within seconds of an episode starting. Sometimes, I have to go back in and continue the episode three or four times to watch an entire episode.
This is definitely one of the reasons people pirate shows they want to watch. Paramount should just leave the streaming to Netflix and Hulu and license their shows to stream on one of those.
Dan Jones shared 7 months ago
"Let me tell you what's gonna help us move on: I get elected president of the United States" -- Hallie Jackson asks Kamala Harris if she would considering pardoning Trump but Harris isn't having any of that nonsense
Dan Jones shared 7 months ago
If' you're interested in following the US presidential elections and supporting the Kamala Harris campaign, there is a group set up for it at:
To see the group's posts in your timeline, just follow the account.
To post to the group, make sure you're following the account and then mention the account in your post.
(If you're seeing too many posts from the group, try putting it in its own timeline using Mastodon's Lists feature.)