Dan Jones shared 2 months ago
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Dan Jones shared 2 months ago
Hey guys look I found the Epstein List!
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Dan Jones shared 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months ago
Dan Jones shared 2 months 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 2 months ago
Shoplifting professional grade fireworks—also known as the three-finger discount.
Dan Jones shared 2 months ago
[In delivery room]
Betsy Ross: *panting* PULL THIS NATION OUTTA ME!
Let us celebrate the birth of our nation by blowing up a small part of it.
Dan Jones shared 2 months ago
Slice of Life is a feature-length documentary about former Pizza Huts that have been transformed into everything from bars to churches to candy stores. “When things continue to transform, beauty can come from it, good things can come out of it.” https://kottke.org/25/07/slice-of-life
Dan Jones shared 2 months agoEditorial Template for Every Time the United States Goes to War. “President [GUY WHO HAS COMMITTED MULTIPLE WAR CRIMES], a [REPUBLICAN / DEMOCRAT], sidestepped his [COMPLICIT / COWARDLY / TOTALLY INEPT] Congress…” https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/editorial-template-for-every-time-the-united-states-goes-to-war
Dan Jones shared 2 months agoIf you want to sit in this chair, you have to be able to solve a Rubik’s Cube because the chair is a Rubik’s Cube. https://kottke.org/25/07/wanna-sit-down-you-gotta-solve-the-rubiks-cube-chair
Dan Jones shared 2 months agoScammers are using AI tools to sell spectacular-looking but non-existent plant species that resemble butterflies, Hubble photos, or psychedelic Jurassic Park flora. https://www.bobsmarket.com/blog/dont-get-fooled-the-rise-of-ai-generated-plant-scams
I just learned that a hole drilled in a wooden barrel (to provide access to the contents) is called a bunghole.
And now, I can't stop laughing.
I know, I'm a child: a big ole' man child.
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Animation from Beavis and Butthead showing Beavis with his T-shirt pulled over his head, as he says, "I am the Great Cornholio. I need TP for my bunghole!"
Dan Jones shared 2 months ago
A key part of the New York City mayoral races was Ranked Choice Voting.
I'm not seeing many news articles mention this yet (correct me if I'm wrong though!).
Ranked choice let's us vote first for who we actually want.... and then put in backup votes for "good enough" candidates and allows us to compromise and find common ground.
It destroys the concepts of "lesser of two evils" and "throwing away your vote".
I hope we see Ranked Choice voting everywhere.
Dan Jones shared 2 months agoLast Week Tonight’s John Oliver on AI slop. “Do you hear us, cabbage Hulk? Stay the hell away from John’s cabbage wife.” ??!? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWpg1RmzAbc
