Dan Jones shared a month ago
3081. PhD Timeline
3081. PhD Timeline
title text: Rümeysa Öztürk was grabbed off the street in my town one month ago.
(https://xkcd.com/3081)
(https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3081)
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Single panel comic. Title: US Ph.D. program timeline A vertical series of 7 tick marks with the first labeled enrollment. Shortly after the first mark there is a series of actions with arrows between them. On the side there is also a bar showing coursework that starts shortly after enrollment and ends anywhere from after the second tick mark to after the 4th with research starting anywhere from after the second tick mark to after the fourth and continuing indefinitely. The actions are between 1 & 2 Meet with advisor at the start of 2 research proposal at the start of 3 qualifying exams in the middle of 3 propose dissertation from 4 to 5 research and write dissertation from 5 to 6 is says submit dissertation and at the start of 6 it says defend dissertation, however both of these are scribbled out in red ink a red arrow after the research and write dissertation action goes to "get grabbed off the sidewalk outside your home by masked government agents" which has a second red arrow to "be whisked out of the state before a judge has time to intervene" a last red arrow just leads to a series of question marks
This is apparently Trump's version of diplomacy: talking to other world leaders like you're an angry kid on the playground on fake Twitter.
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Screenshot from Truth Social showing a post by @realdonaldtrump, which reads "I am not happy with the Russian strikes on KYIV. Not necessary, and very bad timing. Vladimir, STOP! 5000 soldiers a week are dying. Lets get the Peace Deal DONE!". It shows that the post was made April 24, 2025 @ 7:24 AM. The post has 6.84K "Retruths", 34k likes, and 3023 replies. Donald Trump's avatar is his face with the American flag superimposed on it, and next to his name is a red check mark.
Happy Shakespeare's Death Day, to those who celebrate.
If you'd like to celebrate, consider doing a small performance of your favorite death scene from one of his plays for your family and friends.
Dan Jones shared a month ago
Huh. I wonder how sighted people like it.
If you get it, boost it.
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Lavar Burton yes/no meme. The text boxes for both images is, in reality, blank with no text at all. If you want to enjoy the meme, you have to read it here. Top image, Lavar rejecting the idea: Text in Meme Bottom image, Lavar thinking it's a good idea: Meme in AltText
Dan Jones shared a month ago
“With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censored, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably.”
—Captain Jean-Luc Picard, quoting Judge Aaron Satie
(From Star Trek: The Next Generation, season 4, episode 21, “The Drumhead”)
Dan Jones shared a month ago
Hi all. I'm hating to be writing this post, but here we are.
A little while ago, I was laid off from my SRE job at a government contractor.
If anyone is looking for an SRE with:
- #Linux experience (a lot)
- #BSD experience (some)
- Plan 9 and Haiku experience (a little)
- Experience with a large #Ansible codebase
- Experience managing thousands of servers
- Experience with bare metal and VM management
and who isn't afraid of code - I'm your person!
I'd be especially interested in roles around #climate action or with a socially conscious #coop if anyone from those communities is looking.
Boosts welcome!
Dan Jones shared a month ago
It seems like a lot of people I see here need a 🫂 or few lately.
If you're feeling like you might hurt yourself, please consider a helpline or even DMing me as an alternative (see profile for contact options). I may not be able to respond *immediately*, but I will read it and I will respond.
Yes, I'm just some queerdo on the internet, but sometimes that's enough to get through a hard patch. How do I know? Because if it wasn't for the kindness of some of the people on this site, I wouldn't be here today. (thank you 💕)
You can call a peer-run warm-line for your state here: https://warmline.org/warmdir.html
If it's critical, you can go to https://988lifeline.org/ or call tel:988, but beware of the risk of possible emergency services involvement.
If you're not in the US, here's a list of crisis lines by country: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_suicide_crisis_lines
#SuicidePrevention #ItGetsBetter #YouAreNotAlone #BoostWelcome #Boost
Dan Jones shared a month agoTime for another round of #HireAlice! I've had some prospects, but I'm running out of unemployment benefits and need something soon.
With a lot of (big) tech companies slashing DEI and removing trans/queer-inclusive wording from their policies, the pool of companies I'm willing to work for has become a lot smaller lately.
So, if you're a hiring manager (or can put me in touch with one) for any senior data positions, please let me know.
Thank you all so much 
Link to post with what I offer and what I'm looking for:
https://lgbtqia.space/@alice/113993183937247251
Dan Jones shared a month ago
- const tantinople;
+ int stanbul;
Dan Jones shared a month ago
I've got a quick favour to ask. If you're reading this post on Mastodon (or the Fediverse), please click share.
How come?
I recently moved across to my own self-hosted single-user server (using GoToSocial.org). For a bunch of reasons, including visibility across the Fedi, it would really help out.
#Fediverse #FediHelp #gotosocial #mastohelp
Dan Jones shared a month ago
lol, no
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Screenshot from editor where GitHub Copilot suggests naming a variable "Maxerals" after the first one in the struct was named "Minerals"
Dan Jones shared a month ago
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Star Trek Discovery scene. We're on the street w/Tilly and a green alien fella sitting behind her. Green guy looks like Ron Howard's brother who's in all of his movies, and Tilly is half bent over talking into a handheld communicator. Closed caption reads, "First of all, um, so, I'm very high."
Dan Jones shared a month ago
In my day the only baby we wanted to go back in time to smother was baby Hitler.
I think I've figured out why RFK Jr has such a poorly informed perception of autism and autistic people: why he thinks autism "destroys families" and why autistic people will "never hold a job" or "use a toilet unassisted".
The problem is that he only knows one autistic person. And he's seen how that person is unable to fit into society and how that person destroys lives.
But he doesn't realize that Elon Musk's problems actually have nothing at all to do with his autism. And most autistic people don't actually have the same devastating impact on others that Elon has. Elon Musk is just a terrible person, and that's completely unrelated to his autism.
I mean, if I thought all autistic people were like Elon Musk, I'd be desperately searching for a cure too.
Thankfully, I've known some wonderful autistic people who are interesting and curious and enrich the lives of those around them.
Maybe if Bobby met some autistic people who weren't Elon Musk, he'd change his tune.
#AutismAwarenessMonth #ScrewRFKJr #ScrewElonMusk #DumpTrump #ImpeachTrump
Dan Jones shared 2 months ago
Today in 1995, 30 years ago: in Oklahoma City (United States), Timothy McVeigh detonates a powerful explosive in the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, resulting in 168 deaths, 19 of them children; Oklahoma City bombing.
Dan Jones shared 2 months ago
The Evil Scientist's Notes for the Press Conference (Tom Gauld)
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Say Laboratory not Lair Say Assistants not Henchmen and Goons Say Game-Changing Technology not Doomsday Machine Say General Public not Helpless Victims Say Challenge Entrenched Hierarchied not Bring The World to It's Knees
Dan Jones shared 2 months ago
Autism isn’t an epidemic. It's not a disease. It’s a natural variation in how people think — which, frankly, is a relief in a world where a lot of people don't think at all.
Dan Jones shared 2 months ago
🧵 THREAD: A federal whistleblower just dropped one of the most disturbing cybersecurity disclosures I’ve ever read.
He's saying DOGE came in, data went out, and Russians started attempting logins with new valid DOGE passwords
Media's coverage wasn't detailed enough so I dug into his testimony:
Dan Jones shared 2 months ago
Uspol
Uspol
I hate this timeline...
Dan Jones shared 2 months ago
Just spoke with my CDC sources. They were in tears.
Budgets cut. RFJK has ordered them not to publicize bird flu symptoms in exposed workers. Not to test them. Not to speak.
They know people are getting sick. And they’re being forced to stay silent.
Public health is dying.