Dane Peterson

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IT and DevOps.

Generally located somewhere between 5,000 and 12,000 ft.

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TwitterPSUdain
LocationLongmont, Colorado
Did @onthemedia send me a weeping angel…? 😟
sorry to inform you the buny cannot join the meeting cause the headphones won't fit their ears
We got a little bag of mixed fruit German hard candies at the Cheese Importers, and I'm so glad they included my favorite flavor, Eye of Sauron.

GOP candidate Mark Robinson, who last month delivered a speech where he said that “some folks need killing,” was a speaker at the first day of the RNC today.

They are telling the rest of us to shut up and then openly mocking us.

https://americasvoice.org/blog/the-gops-n-c-gubernatorial-candidate-is-competing-for-the-most-extreme-republican-in-2024/

The GOP’s N.C. Gubernatorial Candidate Is Competing for the Most Extreme Republican in 2024  - America's Voice

Mark Robinson, the MAGA nominee for governor in North Carolina, may not have the national name recognition of convicted felon Donald Trump or mass deportation enthusiast Marco Rubio, but he is one of the most extreme Republican candidates of 2024 (and that’s saying something these days.) During a hate-laden speech on June 30 (yes, this… Continue »

America's Voice
Any Mainstream Media that amplifies Trump distancing himself from Trump's Project 2025 without noting he is lying, is functionally working for Trump.
A few photos from our hike on Saturday. Two of Dream Lake, one of Emerald Lake, and one of Longs Peak from along the trail.

From the NYT:

After only nine months with Starlink, the Marubo are already grappling with the same challenges that have racked American households for years: teenagers glued to phones; group chats full of gossip; addictive social networks; online strangers; violent video games; scams; misinformation; and minors watching pornography.

Modern society has dealt with these issues over decades as the internet continued its relentless march. The Marubo and other Indigenous tribes, who have resisted modernity for generations, are now confronting the internet’s potential and peril all at once, while debating what it will mean for their identity and culture.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/02/world/americas/starlink-internet-elon-musk-brazil-amazon.html?unlocked_article_code=1.xk0.Hfla.-EiybGI_dLU5&smid=nytcore-

Elon Musk’s Starlink Connects and Divides Brazil’s Marubo People

Elon Musk’s Starlink has connected an isolated tribe to the outside world — and divided it from within.

The New York Times

"Wanted to say, If they can pull this on a Hollywood celebrity what about "unknown" people, & I realised no need to imagine whats already happened, is happening" Adio-Adet Dinika on OpenAI using Scarlett Johansson's voice without consent or compensation.

That is their business model.

“US Big Tech companies are systemically abusing and exploiting African workers. In Kenya, these US companies are undermining the local labor laws, the country’s justice system and violating international labor standards. Our working conditions amount to modern day slavery.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/23/meta-kenya-contractors-ruto-biden/

Analysis | Tech firms’ Kenyan contractors lobby Biden for labor protections

Content moderators for U.S. tech giants call for better working conditions ahead of Kenyan President William Ruto’s state visit.

Washington Post

Everyone should read Project Over Zero's report on LGBTQ scapegoating - it's an analysis of how this tactic has been used in authoritarian campaigns around the world

https://www.projectoverzero.org/media-and-publications/decoding-lgbtq-scapegoating

Decoding LGBTQ Scapegoating — Over Zero

This report explores the connection between two escalating crises: the systematic targeting of LGBTQ communities and democratic backsliding worldwide.

Over Zero