SecondJon @SecondJon@qoto.org
- Current Life Chapter Title
- Something Smells Terrible
- More Seriously
- Fighting the long defeat
I'm interested in being just not civil, but excellent in interacting with others of different viewpoints in an online world where we can so viciously defend our echo chambers and be so dismissive of other perspectives.
I'm a #Dad of several from toddler to teen, #Husband, #Christian, #Anglican, Unaffiliated #conservatarian, Software #Developer, #Coloradan, Reader of paper #books, Card and BoardGamer, #tea drinker, solving problems and helping millions escape extreme poverty as a #Salesforce #Architect at an amazing nonprofit.
Joined Aug 2018
After the polarizing presidential election, with members of both major parties wanting their parties to move away from the left, Democrats are intent on chasing people away by partying over legalizing infanticide, eroding states rights, and hiking taxes.
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Facebook users continue to grow despite privacy scandals
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Woohoo! I was sad because I didn't make the cut for my own instance's profile directory. You have to have 10 followers. I had 7.
I scoured the list of people @SecondJon follows, followed a bunch of them and got a few follows back. Now I'm on the directory!
Thanks to @SecondJon for the list of fascinating folks to follow. Thanks to those who followed back.
And pardon the laziness that has me doing anything to get followers except ... well ... you know ... actually posting something interesting. ;)
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Surveillance across the board
I don't like the term "surveillance capitalism" that seems to be gaining usage. Google/Facebook and the rest of the privacy-smashing ad industry are only a part of the problem. State surveillance is a MUCH bigger problem.
You can protect yourself against tracking by the ad industry to a great degree by various blocking methods, and by and large they work.
You can not protect yourself against your own government putting up cameras everywhere, with an ever-increasing remit on what they can be used for.
Where I live every single politicial party(*) is pro ANPR cameras, with all the standard lies: they'll catch criminals on the run in their cars! Once they're deployed, it's just a minor decision to allow this or that organization access.
(*) Ok, except one party: the communists. They want the cameras, but employ half the population to watch displays 24/7 for suspicious behavior. Because of course.
You can protect yourself against tracking by the ad industry to a great degree by various blocking methods, and by and large they work.
You can not protect yourself against your own government putting up cameras everywhere, with an ever-increasing remit on what they can be used for.
Where I live every single politicial party(*) is pro ANPR cameras, with all the standard lies: they'll catch criminals on the run in their cars! Once they're deployed, it's just a minor decision to allow this or that organization access.
(*) Ok, except one party: the communists. They want the cameras, but employ half the population to watch displays 24/7 for suspicious behavior. Because of course.
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'Companion' comes from 'panis', the Latin word for bread. Originally, the word was used to describe someone with whom you shared a meal.
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Illustration by Dalgleish, 1953 http://danismm.tumblr.com/post/182419911929/illustration-by-dalgleish-1953
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WTF is wrong with Democrats
RT @KyleKashuv@twitter.com
The truth is out, and it is undeniable.
This is the Democratic Party’s position: you can kill your baby a minute before its born.
For a party that virtue-signals protecting the powerless, they have done the complete opposite to those most vulnerable.
Disgusting. https://twitter.com/vahousegop/status/1090346857925144576
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/KyleKashuv/status/1090423967175921664
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Roger Stone raid shows that CNN is no longer covering Robert Mueller. They're working with him
"Mueller is the single most powerful person in America, and yet nobody voted for him. He is a living rebuke to the principles of our democratic system. At the same time, our leaders tell us that we need Robert Mueller — an all-powerful, unelected prosecutor, accountable to no one — to protect us from threats to – brace yourselves here – democracy..."
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From now on, I’m calling the “have one fewer kid” carbon footprint advice “Thanos environmentalism”.
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I have to say, as much as I despise trump I have to give him credit for doing one very important thing. He has lowered taxes for everyone. While i may not agree with how he redistributes the money I absolutely agree with lowering taxes on all brackets.
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"Simply put: users need more protection from tracking....In support of this effort, today we are releasing an anti-tracking policy that outlines the tracking practices that #Firefox will block by default." https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2019/01/28/defining-the-tracking-practices-that-will-be-blocked-in-firefox/
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@SecondJon Be proud of yourself and your accomplishments, however silly.
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Perfectly sums up the lesson the vast majority of people on the left end of the political spectrum in english speaking countries desperately need to learn.
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Anyone interested, dont forget to list yourselves in the new user directory. You can opt-in by updating your user settings. It makes it easier for people to find and follow you.
Am currently the hash tag king on #qoto's directory. Not sure if that's good or bad.
Sadly I just saw that today was Child Labor Day and I didn't honor that by making my kids do lots of labor. Had them riding bikes with friends in the warm Denver weather between snow falls.
It is also Thomas Crapper Day, and... I guess I honored that by using that which he popularized. :/
Working on compartmentalizing stress this week. Lots of stress with work (work load and personalities) and parenting, hoping to be able to focus on taking care of myself better by time boxing when I focus on which stressors.
It's looking like the difficulties and pressures won't let up any time soon, and situations like likely get worse, so hoping this is a fine if growth with my own ability to manage multiple very stressful situations.
I've found historically that I often feel like I'm drowning in impossible situations, then defying my own expectations excel and do really well, and then I wish I didn't lose so much sleep so many nights. Hoping to continue to excel without losing sleep and skipping personal priorities due to (over) stressing.
@NPR Should we point out the assumption from this tweet from a member of the media? The assumption is that simply by being a member of the media like this tweeter is, means one always speaks the truth. Last time I heard NPR is was rumors and speculation with gleeful hope that Stone's arrest would advance their political goals rather than a focus on truth.
People don't g become saints because they get a government job instead of a corporate job, even in socialist governments like Venezuela. People don't become saints because they work in media taking a position of telling everyone what they should think. Those who are saints gather weekly to confess their hypocrisy.
We shouldn't turn off our discernment, it's always difficult to figure out what's "truth, propaganda or rumor ", the media is not inherently decent, honest, truthful, or reliable. We need to stop expecting a trustworthy news source and employ more critical thinking.
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Friend: Are you OK? You haven't posted on Instagram in ages
Me: I quit FB, Instagram, and Twitter.
Friend: Why'd you quit the internet?
Me: Actually I've *rejoined* the Internet.
Next time someone asked me why did I leave the internet, I'm gonna say I'm still very much on the Internet. When are *you* coming back?
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RT @FactsInYourFace@twitter.com
The first use of 'Once upon a time' in a story was in 1595
- Current Life Chapter Title
- Something Smells Terrible
- More Seriously
- Fighting the long defeat
I'm interested in being just not civil, but excellent in interacting with others of different viewpoints in an online world where we can so viciously defend our echo chambers and be so dismissive of other perspectives.
I'm a #Dad of several from toddler to teen, #Husband, #Christian, #Anglican, Unaffiliated #conservatarian, Software #Developer, #Coloradan, Reader of paper #books, Card and BoardGamer, #tea drinker, solving problems and helping millions escape extreme poverty as a #Salesforce #Architect at an amazing nonprofit.
Joined Aug 2018
