Tucker Jones
@tuckerjones.bsky.social
Formerly in international development and in local government. Now in Bonn, Germany. Learning German, also following news from Europe and especially the Balkans in BCMS, Turkish, English.
The source code of the Mobile Fortify facial recognition app:
October 29, 2025 at 7:05 PM
The source code of the Mobile Fortify facial recognition app:
They released the facial recognition software source code.
October 29, 2025 at 7:03 PM
They released the facial recognition software source code.
Novi Sad, where I can casually bike for an hour/7 miles/11km and only have an elevation change of 20ft/6m
September 18, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Novi Sad, where I can casually bike for an hour/7 miles/11km and only have an elevation change of 20ft/6m
My bike ride yesterday evening
August 22, 2025 at 10:32 PM
My bike ride yesterday evening
I would estimate there were over 300 people at any one time at this Go-Go concert and protest rally
August 22, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I would estimate there were over 300 people at any one time at this Go-Go concert and protest rally
Crowd is only growing at 14th and U NW, Washington DC, in concert and rally against the occupation
August 21, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Crowd is only growing at 14th and U NW, Washington DC, in concert and rally against the occupation
Many West Virginia cities and communities have far more violent crime than Washington DC does.
West Virginia is not heaven (not even almost), and Washington DC is not hell. Both WV and DC have real problems to deal with. Sending in WV National Guard is not about solutions. It's about occupation.
West Virginia is not heaven (not even almost), and Washington DC is not hell. Both WV and DC have real problems to deal with. Sending in WV National Guard is not about solutions. It's about occupation.
August 16, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Many West Virginia cities and communities have far more violent crime than Washington DC does.
West Virginia is not heaven (not even almost), and Washington DC is not hell. Both WV and DC have real problems to deal with. Sending in WV National Guard is not about solutions. It's about occupation.
West Virginia is not heaven (not even almost), and Washington DC is not hell. Both WV and DC have real problems to deal with. Sending in WV National Guard is not about solutions. It's about occupation.
"So far the State Department has resettled 88 South Africans under the program" Oh come ON
July 25, 2025 at 9:18 PM
"So far the State Department has resettled 88 South Africans under the program" Oh come ON
I swear I follow the news out of countries that start with other letters of the alphabet too, not just M
June 30, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I swear I follow the news out of countries that start with other letters of the alphabet too, not just M
Finished the first of 3 weeks of Croatian classes at the University of Zagreb! It's great to be back in the region. If you're in Zagreb (or know someone I should meet here) over the next two weeks, let me know!
June 27, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Finished the first of 3 weeks of Croatian classes at the University of Zagreb! It's great to be back in the region. If you're in Zagreb (or know someone I should meet here) over the next two weeks, let me know!
We joined about a hundred people in Parkersburg, West Virginia for #NoKingsDay . Pro-democracy organizers in this Trump +40 county especially honored the service of veterans and federal workers.
June 14, 2025 at 11:53 PM
We joined about a hundred people in Parkersburg, West Virginia for #NoKingsDay . Pro-democracy organizers in this Trump +40 county especially honored the service of veterans and federal workers.
Mom's spaghetti (snapped back to reality)
May 30, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Mom's spaghetti (snapped back to reality)
A Tesla cyber truck with an apparently Nazi license plate is also a repeat speeder, putting my neighbors in danger.
Down with "Arian" supremacy and down with automobile supremacy.
Down with "Arian" supremacy and down with automobile supremacy.
May 19, 2025 at 12:13 AM
A Tesla cyber truck with an apparently Nazi license plate is also a repeat speeder, putting my neighbors in danger.
Down with "Arian" supremacy and down with automobile supremacy.
Down with "Arian" supremacy and down with automobile supremacy.
I think a fundamental aspect of freedom is freedom to move, to choose where you want to live, to choose whether and where to transplant yourself.
May 13, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I think a fundamental aspect of freedom is freedom to move, to choose where you want to live, to choose whether and where to transplant yourself.
I've seen reports of drivers claiming to be associated with Police Week intentionally hiding their license plates (e.g. www.reddit.com/r/washington...). Will MPD be enforcing laws against all violators in DC, including those who claim to be out of state police officers?
May 12, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I've seen reports of drivers claiming to be associated with Police Week intentionally hiding their license plates (e.g. www.reddit.com/r/washington...). Will MPD be enforcing laws against all violators in DC, including those who claim to be out of state police officers?
When someone's book about how vetocracy in New York, the Bay Area, and other Democrat governed areas of tens of millions doesn't adequately address the issues facing several hundred thousand people living in rural Montana
May 7, 2025 at 5:25 PM
When someone's book about how vetocracy in New York, the Bay Area, and other Democrat governed areas of tens of millions doesn't adequately address the issues facing several hundred thousand people living in rural Montana
Hi @cowtoolsdaily.bsky.social I saw this at the National Zoo in DC and thought of you
April 21, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Hi @cowtoolsdaily.bsky.social I saw this at the National Zoo in DC and thought of you
Here it was trotting up the creek bank away from me.
April 4, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Here it was trotting up the creek bank away from me.
A fascinating surprise on my ride through Rock Creek Park in Washington DC today - a coyote!
April 4, 2025 at 8:53 PM
A fascinating surprise on my ride through Rock Creek Park in Washington DC today - a coyote!
I recently moved within DC and now I live very close to the Smithsonian National Zoo. Some days I can hear the siamang gibbons' calls from my home.
(Video is from the gibbons up close, not from my place. But it illustrates the sound).
(Video is from the gibbons up close, not from my place. But it illustrates the sound).
March 14, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I recently moved within DC and now I live very close to the Smithsonian National Zoo. Some days I can hear the siamang gibbons' calls from my home.
(Video is from the gibbons up close, not from my place. But it illustrates the sound).
(Video is from the gibbons up close, not from my place. But it illustrates the sound).
Washington DC Mayor Muriel Bowser Presents: the end of Black lives mattering
March 4, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Washington DC Mayor Muriel Bowser Presents: the end of Black lives mattering
Odds that he thinks that "critical mineral reserves" are stored like this?
February 21, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Odds that he thinks that "critical mineral reserves" are stored like this?
How's this for ad hominem - "the people who disagree with me are literally not human"
February 19, 2025 at 9:58 PM
How's this for ad hominem - "the people who disagree with me are literally not human"
A sign of the times. Presumably geotargeted to the DC area, Germany advertising, well, Germany below my YouTube videos.
February 4, 2025 at 1:52 AM
A sign of the times. Presumably geotargeted to the DC area, Germany advertising, well, Germany below my YouTube videos.
Pretty sure that's not a department - that's a departed.
January 9, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Pretty sure that's not a department - that's a departed.