William D. Jones
@cr1901.bsky.social
At some point, the hard disk platter became my secondary drink coaster. But I still use it :)!
Reposted by William D. Jones
Reposted by William D. Jones
Hearing from more people after this went out.
"We're all pissed. This was a lot of unnecessary stress on people and their families for nothing. And if I win the lottery tonight I absolutely will spend millions to hire people to follow these 8 Dems around for a year and make their lives miserable."
"We're all pissed. This was a lot of unnecessary stress on people and their families for nothing. And if I win the lottery tonight I absolutely will spend millions to hire people to follow these 8 Dems around for a year and make their lives miserable."
I heard from a bunch of federal employees last night and this morning. They aren't happy.
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something. All this for a fucking meaningless vote."
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something. All this for a fucking meaningless vote."
'A Slap in the Face': Federal Employees Feel Betrayed by Democrats' Shutdown Cave
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something."
www.gravityisgone.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Hearing from more people after this went out.
"We're all pissed. This was a lot of unnecessary stress on people and their families for nothing. And if I win the lottery tonight I absolutely will spend millions to hire people to follow these 8 Dems around for a year and make their lives miserable."
"We're all pissed. This was a lot of unnecessary stress on people and their families for nothing. And if I win the lottery tonight I absolutely will spend millions to hire people to follow these 8 Dems around for a year and make their lives miserable."
Reposted by William D. Jones
SS Edmund Fitzgerald was built on sinking land
Sagging in the middle could trace back to her keel being laid down and (poorly) welded together on top of sinking marsh land. They had to keep shimming it up with whatever scrap they could find to keep her level. youtu.be/EiNqRO2o360?...
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
SS Edmund Fitzgerald was built on sinking land
Reposted by William D. Jones
Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
Reposted by William D. Jones
Did you know that before Sega bought the rights, Columns was a demo bundled with HP's UNIX?
I have it running on a 68030 based HP 9000. But it's doing it by booting over the network from a PA-RISC machine, and they share the same root filesystem. How?! Well.
thejpster.org.uk/blog/blog-20...
I have it running on a 68030 based HP 9000. But it's doing it by booting over the network from a PA-RISC machine, and they share the same root filesystem. How?! Well.
thejpster.org.uk/blog/blog-20...
JP's Website
thejpster.org.uk
November 9, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Did you know that before Sega bought the rights, Columns was a demo bundled with HP's UNIX?
I have it running on a 68030 based HP 9000. But it's doing it by booting over the network from a PA-RISC machine, and they share the same root filesystem. How?! Well.
thejpster.org.uk/blog/blog-20...
I have it running on a 68030 based HP 9000. But it's doing it by booting over the network from a PA-RISC machine, and they share the same root filesystem. How?! Well.
thejpster.org.uk/blog/blog-20...
Reposted by William D. Jones
God, a thousand times this.
That's the thing with dopamine being tied to task initiation - there's a set of gears that won't - CAN'T - engage in my brain, but none of my problems are with analysis.
I can be fully aware of all the necessary steps, and stressing about starting, and just... not.
That's the thing with dopamine being tied to task initiation - there's a set of gears that won't - CAN'T - engage in my brain, but none of my problems are with analysis.
I can be fully aware of all the necessary steps, and stressing about starting, and just... not.
November 7, 2025 at 5:56 PM
God, a thousand times this.
That's the thing with dopamine being tied to task initiation - there's a set of gears that won't - CAN'T - engage in my brain, but none of my problems are with analysis.
I can be fully aware of all the necessary steps, and stressing about starting, and just... not.
That's the thing with dopamine being tied to task initiation - there's a set of gears that won't - CAN'T - engage in my brain, but none of my problems are with analysis.
I can be fully aware of all the necessary steps, and stressing about starting, and just... not.
Reposted by William D. Jones
The diagram for what Palantir does is like if Richard Scarry got super paranoid and did an Apocalypse picture book
November 7, 2025 at 8:14 PM
The diagram for what Palantir does is like if Richard Scarry got super paranoid and did an Apocalypse picture book
Reposted by William D. Jones
Reposted by William D. Jones
“0% woke shit”
a black man with a physical disability leads an environmental terrorist cell trying to save the planet from mega-billionaires and you play as a cross dressing twink femdomed by two different women ending and the final boss against the gayest angel of all time
a black man with a physical disability leads an environmental terrorist cell trying to save the planet from mega-billionaires and you play as a cross dressing twink femdomed by two different women ending and the final boss against the gayest angel of all time
November 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
“0% woke shit”
a black man with a physical disability leads an environmental terrorist cell trying to save the planet from mega-billionaires and you play as a cross dressing twink femdomed by two different women ending and the final boss against the gayest angel of all time
a black man with a physical disability leads an environmental terrorist cell trying to save the planet from mega-billionaires and you play as a cross dressing twink femdomed by two different women ending and the final boss against the gayest angel of all time
Reposted by William D. Jones
am I gonna keep reposting this cute Cloud in a dress from last year ?
you bet I will
you bet I will
November 7, 2025 at 5:00 PM
am I gonna keep reposting this cute Cloud in a dress from last year ?
you bet I will
you bet I will
Reposted by William D. Jones
The loud part out loud
Trump on ending the filibuster: "If we do it, we will never lose the midterms and we will never lose a general election ... it would be impossible to lose an election."
November 7, 2025 at 6:43 PM
The loud part out loud
Reposted by William D. Jones
It's over: I've already depicted you as the seething broad gauge train, and myself as the smug narrow gauge!
October 16, 2025 at 1:02 PM
It's over: I've already depicted you as the seething broad gauge train, and myself as the smug narrow gauge!
Reposted by William D. Jones
They've changed it back again now, but changing a quote is a huge red flag. The BBC are repeatedly demonstrating that there are ideologues directly interfering with the meaning of stories they report relating to trans people, and this should be a far bigger deal than it is
In this piece, admitting the BBC has broken its impartiality rules re. trans people, the BBC further breaks its impartiality rules by changing a quote saying "trans identity" to "trans ideology".
Martine Croxall broke rules over 'pregnant people' facial expression, BBC says
The BBC newsreader was reading out a news bulletin about research on groups most at risk in UK heatwaves.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
They've changed it back again now, but changing a quote is a huge red flag. The BBC are repeatedly demonstrating that there are ideologues directly interfering with the meaning of stories they report relating to trans people, and this should be a far bigger deal than it is
Reposted by William D. Jones
The jury in the Sandwich Guy trial — aka 12 Hangry Men — is in deliberations.
November 5, 2025 at 9:19 PM
The jury in the Sandwich Guy trial — aka 12 Hangry Men — is in deliberations.
Reposted by William D. Jones
EVERY SINGLE ONE IS FUNNY
November 6, 2025 at 2:32 AM
EVERY SINGLE ONE IS FUNNY
Reposted by William D. Jones
guys I’m sorry but have you looked through Getty images for yesterday 💀
November 6, 2025 at 2:21 AM
guys I’m sorry but have you looked through Getty images for yesterday 💀
Reposted by William D. Jones
Notable inventions of 1925:
- First greyscale video transmission for television
- First synchronized transmission of both video and sound
- Field effect transistor (jfet and mosfet)
Notable inventions of 2025:
- Another fucking iphone ( i think)
- First greyscale video transmission for television
- First synchronized transmission of both video and sound
- Field effect transistor (jfet and mosfet)
Notable inventions of 2025:
- Another fucking iphone ( i think)
November 5, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Notable inventions of 1925:
- First greyscale video transmission for television
- First synchronized transmission of both video and sound
- Field effect transistor (jfet and mosfet)
Notable inventions of 2025:
- Another fucking iphone ( i think)
- First greyscale video transmission for television
- First synchronized transmission of both video and sound
- Field effect transistor (jfet and mosfet)
Notable inventions of 2025:
- Another fucking iphone ( i think)
Reposted by William D. Jones
Been grappling with the paradox that any "liberatory" computing movement either dies a subculture or grows big enough that it becomes co-opted (through enclosure, commodification, and extraction) that it loses any sense of liberation.
November 4, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Been grappling with the paradox that any "liberatory" computing movement either dies a subculture or grows big enough that it becomes co-opted (through enclosure, commodification, and extraction) that it loses any sense of liberation.
Reposted by William D. Jones
turns out milking 9/11 for 25 years to justify insane bigotry doesn’t really work anymore
November 5, 2025 at 7:34 PM
turns out milking 9/11 for 25 years to justify insane bigotry doesn’t really work anymore
Reposted by William D. Jones
WOAH. Texas GOP Executive Director Jen Hall and another top party official just resigned. In her letter to party Chair Abraham George, Hall said she "cannot in good conscience continue to work this way" but doesn't elaborate. Hall and George are both longtime Tim Dunn allies. This is...interesting.
November 5, 2025 at 3:21 PM
WOAH. Texas GOP Executive Director Jen Hall and another top party official just resigned. In her letter to party Chair Abraham George, Hall said she "cannot in good conscience continue to work this way" but doesn't elaborate. Hall and George are both longtime Tim Dunn allies. This is...interesting.
Reposted by William D. Jones
in a welcome surprise, “we fucking hate taxes” apparently carrying the day in the tariffs case and it looks like they’re going down
I’m not used to this much good news in a row I don’t know what to do with my hands
I’m not used to this much good news in a row I don’t know what to do with my hands
Roberts now going at the solicitor general like a cat with a wounded mouse. Keeps telling him that tariffs are taxes on the American people. "Who pays the tariffs??" Says Trump's argument would neutralize separation of powers between the legislative and executive branches. Incredible stuff.
November 5, 2025 at 4:08 PM
in a welcome surprise, “we fucking hate taxes” apparently carrying the day in the tariffs case and it looks like they’re going down
I’m not used to this much good news in a row I don’t know what to do with my hands
I’m not used to this much good news in a row I don’t know what to do with my hands
Reposted by William D. Jones
im sorry but dershowitz did not actually say that
November 5, 2025 at 4:49 PM
im sorry but dershowitz did not actually say that
Reposted by William D. Jones
Suicidal for centrists to be begging for moderation when now would be a great time to pass some big, ambitious policies and remind people why Democrats are better than Republicans.
Universal swing in action: "What we saw last night was a directional shift toward Democrats in 99.8% of counties that held partisan elections." www.gelliottmorris.com/p/seven-data...
November 5, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Suicidal for centrists to be begging for moderation when now would be a great time to pass some big, ambitious policies and remind people why Democrats are better than Republicans.
Reposted by William D. Jones
This needs more attention: Zohran SPLIT the straights with Cuomo. ALL of his margin was from LGBTQ+ voters. Every Dem who ever said “we should abandon the transes” needs this shoved down their fucking throat with a ramrod.
November 5, 2025 at 5:39 AM
This needs more attention: Zohran SPLIT the straights with Cuomo. ALL of his margin was from LGBTQ+ voters. Every Dem who ever said “we should abandon the transes” needs this shoved down their fucking throat with a ramrod.