The only superb owl I need today is one that can help me with my mouse problem. #SuperbOwlSunday
I happened to read some articles from a couple years ago, forecasting Trump's 2024 presidential bid, and completely missing the mark.
And it occurred to me that a lot of these political forecasters are just completely failing when it comes to Trump (at least, that's been my impression).
And something popped into my head. The character of The Mule from Asimov's Foundation series completely eluded Hari Seldon's psychohistory forecasting. He was an individual so far out of the norm that someone like him couldn't be predicted and accounted for, to devastating consequences.
I certainly don't think Trump is a genius telepath like The Mule, but he certainly seems to be trying to set himself up as a dictator, like The Mule, and he seems to be having much more success at his attempt than most people thought possible.
It's a scary time, and we don't have R. Daneel Olivaw pulling strings in the background to get us back on track.
Dan Jones shared a month ago
Allow yourself to celebrate even the smallest of victories in the face of adversity. Don't snuff out a light because it is not bright enough. Nurture it, and fight to make it grow until the shadows retreat. Even the greatest beacons may be lit with the smallest spark.
My wife just put on Scorsese's film The Irishman.
I'd never seen it before, and wasn't really watching, just sitting with her playing on my phone while she watched it.
But, I look up at the screen for a moment, see this CGI young Joe Pesci, and I'm filled with a deep sense of ick. Like, all the icks.
I let out an audible, ewwwww. My wife asks me what's wrong. I'm like, "this CGI de-aging. The Uncanny Valley. Yuck."
She looked at me like she had no idea what I was talking about.
Do some people just not see Uncanny Valley? I couldn't explain it, besides just ick.
#UncannyValley #TheIrishman #Scorsese #RobertDeniro #JoePesci #ick
Dan Jones shared a month ago
98GiB of CDC datasets have been uploaded to Internet Archive, before they were taken down from CDC's website to comply with Trump's executive order:
https://archive.org/details/20250128-cdc-datasets
This means that the @internetarchive will quickly become a target for the fascists currently running the US government.
Now would be a good time to start thinking how can we help protect it and help out.
Donating is the simplest thing we can do right this moment:
https://archive.org/donate
Dan Jones shared a month ago
Awesome! In the US, a nationwide protest is organized for Wednesday.
Boost this because Trump deserves it.
https://www.newsweek.com/50-states-anti-trump-protest-nationwide-february-5-details-2025300
Via @MontyRunner — thanks! ♥️
IMPORTANT UPDATE:
https://mastodon.social/@randahl/113945836475979928
This is the Superb Owl that I'll be watching on #SuperbOwlSunday
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A truly superb owl, silver and gray, staring ahead with its wings flapping high
Can someone explain to me when the Republican Party switched from being about small government to supporting authoritarian rule?
I'm not crazy, am I? Those are two fully incompatible ideologies, right? Like, 200 executive orders in a single day, and dozens every day for the following week doesn't exactly scream small government to me. It screams massive government overreach, from my perspective.
Am I misunderstanding something?
And when did it happen? Did Reagan do it? Did he start it and it happened gradually? If I were a student in a world history class in Europe in 2090, how would that teacher explain this?
#HelpMeUnderstand #AskFedi #AskMastodon #USPol #USHistory #USGovernment
Dan Jones shared a month ago
Day three of Trump's term and the largest push for surveillance capitalism yet has been made: Project Stargate will be a $500.000.000.000 (500 billion USD) data center used for running a multitude of AIs with the purpose of spying on you.
Larry Ellison, the world's second richest man and CEO of Oracle, one of the main partners of Stargate, said:
“Citizens will be on their best behavior, because we're constantly recording and reporting everything that's going on [...]. We're using A.I. to monitor the video.”
— Larry Ellison, CEO of Oracle on how the company's A.I. systems will be used for in the future [Source: Business Insider]
This is who is in power now. This is the vision they have.
Dan Jones shared 2 months ago
Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your resume?
Applicant: Gap?
*interviewer pulls at the gap and makes the hole bigger to reveal a tunnel leading to the prison’s sewage system*
Dan Jones shared 2 months agoInterviewer: Can you explain this gap in your resume?
Jesus: That was when I carried you.
Interviewer: *into intercom* Security.
Dan Jones shared 2 months ago
Changing your Browser User-Agent shouldn't make your browsing experience faster on certain sites, yet it does, particularly with YouTube. If you're not using Chromium based browsers, YouTube will load slower on average on purpose.
YouTube artificially slows your experience if you're using browsers not based on Chromium, and is noticeable on browsers like Firefox or Floorp, but if you spoof your User-Agent to Chromium or variant of Chromium, YouTube loads faster.
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At the arrivals area of an airport. A few people are milling about in the background. Some cars are seen outside through the glass doors, ready to pick up passengers. In the foreground is a man in his 30s, holding a sign with the name of the person he's waiting for. The sign reads, "Godot"
Dan Jones shared 2 months ago
![A dark-themed tweet from [@]davep.infosec.exc states: "BREAKING: Elon Musk is reportedly furious people keep calling Tesla vehicles 'swasticars.'" Below it says, "So don't do that." The hashtag #swasticars is at the bottom. A profile picture of a Yoda-like figure in a green robe is in the top left corner.](https://microwords.goodevilgenius.org/proxy/media/20188/VQLEfID6NbvPR6e0t00y1hl8V6b9NawrFVb_3O9W5gA=/aHR0cHM6Ly9ldTIuY29udGFib3N0b3JhZ2UuY29tLzYzNzFkN2QzYzcwNzQ1MWU5MTlmNmVmMDAxMWM0MGRkOmVyZXF1aWVtL2VyL3dlYnB1YmxpYy04ZTkwZjYxMS01ZThlLTRlNTAtOWZiOC0xMGUwODY3NzEwNGMud2VicA==/740 "A dark-themed tweet from [@]davep.infosec.exc states: \"BREAKING: Elon Musk is reportedly furious people keep calling Tesla vehicles 'swasticars.'\" Below it says, \"So don't do that.\" The hashtag #swasticars is at the bottom. A profile picture of a Yoda-like figure in a green robe is in the top left corner.")
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A dark-themed tweet from [@]davep.infosec.exc states: "BREAKING: Elon Musk is reportedly furious people keep calling Tesla vehicles 'swasticars.'" Below it says, "So don't do that." The hashtag #swasticars is at the bottom. A profile picture of a Yoda-like figure in a green robe is in the top left corner.
Dan Jones shared 2 months ago
Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
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A bird's-eye view of a former Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp showing a wide dirt pathway flanked by parallel rows of barbed-wire fences. Groups of visitors walk along the path, surrounded by the remnants of brick structures and barracks, now reduced to foundations. Green grass contrasts with the somber history of the site, as the path leads toward a guard tower in the distance.
Dan Jones shared 2 months ago
As of January, I was effectively laid off from my loved Developer Advocate job.
If anyone needs a Swiss army knife with excellent soft skills that work well in a team. That's me.
I would prefer Softwarearchitecture and DevRel again. Everything where I get to work with people would be nice.
If anyone can point me to something or could make an introduction, I would be deeply grateful!
Location: Remote, hybrid (Würzburg and/or train reachable)
Dan Jones shared 2 months ago
My classroom needs your help. Please boost if you can. As always, thank you!!
If you have any questions about my class, please do not hesitate to ask. If you don’t like Amazon, there are other ways to help listed in my profile. 💜
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Trump says he wants to 'clean out' Gaza and move Palestinians to Jordan and Egypt. Trump also confirmed he had instructed the military to resume shipments of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel, which had been paused over concerns about civilian casualties.
So, we finally get a cease-fire, and now that Trump is back in office, he wants to start the war back up again? 
Dan Jones shared 2 months ago
#linux user be like ....
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This Linux meme shows a little penguin sleeping peacefully in bed, cuddling a stack of money. The meme text reads, "How I sleep at night with all the subscriptions and licenses I don't have to pay for because I use Linux." This funny meme discusses how using open-source apps and the Linux operating system can save money by avoiding the costs associated with proprietary software licenses and monthly subscriptions.
I'm sure somebody's abuela thinks I've done something terrible and shouldn't be allowed near a tortilla, but a macaroni and cheese and pepperoni quesadilla is really good.