Daniel Quinn

@danielquinn
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#Treehugging #dotcommunist #hacker #atheist #Canadian expat trying to save the world in my free time. 🇨🇦 🇪🇺🌹

For the #Python nerds, I'm the guy who wrote Paperless, Aletheia, mt103, mpan, Majel, and django-cool-urls.

Politics🌳 🌹 🇺🇳 🇨🇦 🇪🇺 🇬🇧
InterestsEnvironmentalism, socialism, and Free software
Websitehttps://danielquinn.org/
GitLabhttps://gitlab.com/danielquinn
Daniel Quinn3h ago

RE: https://cosocial.ca/@uxMark/116313717436057773

I left the NDP when Mulcair started dragging the party to the right. I then joined the Greens and supported them ever since. Avi's leadership just might bring me back.

Daniel Quinn4h ago
Ketan Joshi9h ago
Pretty wild how so many governments around the world staring down another fossil fuel crisis are like "Sorry this is no time to reduce fossil fuel use, don't you know we're in a CRISIS"
Daniel Quinn6h ago
Mx. Riley8h ago

I'm seeing openness to age verification laws within some left of center organizing spaces 😱

Folks, we gotta talk to our people to kill this harmful policy. Regulate dangerous big tech practices, not people!

LGBTQ+ kids in hostile environments suffer when they can't access community online.

Age verification also facilitates excluding representation of marginalized folks. Also, it is at odds with the right to repair — shouldn't we own our devices, and not the other way around?

Daniel Quinn7h ago

Congratulations to @avilewis for his decisive victory! I look forward to hearing more socialist voices in Canadian politics!

Avi Lewis wins NDP leadership race in decisive first-ballot victory
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/livestory/federal-ndp-announces-leader-9.7146267

First-ballot victory - Avi Lewis wins NDP leadership race in decisive first-ballot victory

Lewis's win was a decisive first-ballot victory, winning 56 per cent of the vote. By comparison, former leader Jagmeet Singh won 53 per cent in 2017.

CBC
Daniel Quinn12h ago
Eniko Fox2d ago

the idea that the web ecosystem isn't "open" anymore because of complexity is ridiculous. anyone can still write basic html and javascript and get a site working. you don't have to use flexbox. you could just use nested tables. nobody gives a shit

the web ecosystem isn't open anymore because 5 planet spanning companies richer than god monopolize it now and you can't fix that by buying into the AI slop those very companies are peddling

https://www.techdirt.com/2026/03/25/ai-might-be-our-best-shot-at-taking-back-the-open-web/

AI Might Be Our Best Shot At Taking Back The Open Web

I remember, pretty clearly, my excitement over the early World Wide Web. I had been on the internet for a year or two at that point, mostly using IRC, Usenet, and Gopher (along with email, naturall…

Techdirt
Daniel Quinn12h ago
Fabian Giesen15h ago

FUN FACT: the "nano" prefix ultimately descends from Ancient Greek "nanos", which means "dwarf".

Consequently, translating "nanotechnology" as "dwarven machinery" is arguably defensible.

Daniel Quinn12h ago
PirjaPaa13h ago
If the #NoKings protests were to be captured in 1 single image, I would pick this:
Daniel Quinn15h ago

This is deeply fucked up:
https://www.joe.co.uk/news/school-uses-ai-to-remove-200-books-from-its-library-takes-out-orwells-1984-527457

Remember kids, the US doesn't have a monopoly on institutional stupid. The UK works very hard to keep up to the US record.

School uses AI to remove 200 books from its library - takes out Orwell's 1984 - JOE.co.uk

A school in Greater Manchester has used AI to remove around 200 books from its library which included a graphic version of Orwell's '1984'.

Joe.co.uk
Daniel Quinn1d ago
TC Won't Give In To Lies1d ago

Don't ever believe the hype about Trump feuding with Musk, or any other billionaire.

Oligarchs are always willing to work together. Their rise is based on exchanged favors (and corruption, tax avoidance and exploitation)
#ThisIsAmericaNow

Trump and Modi Had a Call About the Iran War. Elon Musk Joined Them. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/us/politics/musk-joins-call-with-trump-modi.html

Elon Musk Joins in Phone Call Between Donald Trump and Narendra Modi

Mr. Musk’s participation was notable because it is rare for a private citizen to be on a call between heads of state. It also suggests that Mr. Musk is back on better terms with the president.

The New York Times
Daniel Quinn1d ago
Nanaimo & Area News1d ago

CHEK News Victoria | Nestlé says 413,793 KitKat candy bars stolen en route from Italy to Poland

#CHEK #BCNews #VINews

Nestlé says 413,793 KitKat candy bars stolen en route from Italy to Poland

Swiss food giant Nestlé says about 12 tons, or 413,793 candy bars, of its KitKat chocolate brand were stolen after leaving its production site in Italy earlier this week for Poland.

CHEK