C.V. Danes
@cv-danes.com
Old. Opinionated. Humanist.
Bigotry is not a valid alternate viewpoint.
Common decency is not a bargaining chip.
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Bigotry is not a valid alternate viewpoint.
Common decency is not a bargaining chip.
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Since it's that time of the year, if you live in the Northeast, saying:
"I don't need winter tires. I just drive slow."
Is logically equivalently to saying:
"I don't need winter boots. I just walk slow."
There's a reason all season tires are called no season tires.
"I don't need winter tires. I just drive slow."
Is logically equivalently to saying:
"I don't need winter boots. I just walk slow."
There's a reason all season tires are called no season tires.
December 1, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Since it's that time of the year, if you live in the Northeast, saying:
"I don't need winter tires. I just drive slow."
Is logically equivalently to saying:
"I don't need winter boots. I just walk slow."
There's a reason all season tires are called no season tires.
"I don't need winter tires. I just drive slow."
Is logically equivalently to saying:
"I don't need winter boots. I just walk slow."
There's a reason all season tires are called no season tires.
Filed under "I was so fed up with men telling me what they thought I wanted to hear that I had dinner with a chatbot literally programmed to tell me what I want to hear."
It started as a one-off dinner with a chatbot — a night of shrimp, sarcasm — then veered into something unsettlingly human.
I went on a date with my AI dream guy. Then I cried over shrimp
It started as a one-off dinner with a chatbot — a night of shrimp, sarcasm — then veered into something unsettlingly human.
n.pr
December 1, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Filed under "I was so fed up with men telling me what they thought I wanted to hear that I had dinner with a chatbot literally programmed to tell me what I want to hear."
A reminder that no matter what the Trumpers tell you, the only reason to vote for the overt white supremacist running on a Nazi platform was because he's a white supremacist running on a Nazi platform.
Never forget these people, and never forgive them.
Never forget these people, and never forgive them.
Not even a year and they've committed war crimes, while Trump keeps freeing hardened criminals from prison.
Everyone who voted for this abomination is responsible.
Everyone who voted for this abomination is responsible.
December 1, 2025 at 1:20 PM
A reminder that no matter what the Trumpers tell you, the only reason to vote for the overt white supremacist running on a Nazi platform was because he's a white supremacist running on a Nazi platform.
Never forget these people, and never forgive them.
Never forget these people, and never forgive them.
Looking at all the steps and restrictions on setting up family sharing on Steam for me and my wife, and maybe I just go on eBay and see if I can buy an old Arari and some old games instead.
November 30, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Looking at all the steps and restrictions on setting up family sharing on Steam for me and my wife, and maybe I just go on eBay and see if I can buy an old Arari and some old games instead.
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Hey @erinbiba.bsky.social I hope this finds you
November 29, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Hey @erinbiba.bsky.social I hope this finds you
Me: Uh, Amazon, I have absolutely no idea where this picture was taken, but it is not my house.
Amazon: Did you search around your neighborhood for the package? Maybe it's somewhere on your street?
Me: How about you just go back to wherever this is, collect it, and do your job?
Amazon: Did you search around your neighborhood for the package? Maybe it's somewhere on your street?
Me: How about you just go back to wherever this is, collect it, and do your job?
November 29, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Me: Uh, Amazon, I have absolutely no idea where this picture was taken, but it is not my house.
Amazon: Did you search around your neighborhood for the package? Maybe it's somewhere on your street?
Me: How about you just go back to wherever this is, collect it, and do your job?
Amazon: Did you search around your neighborhood for the package? Maybe it's somewhere on your street?
Me: How about you just go back to wherever this is, collect it, and do your job?
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To give you an idea of how "AI" has fucked up the holiday season, their insane demand for RAM chips that's barely even being used has caused a production drought for every other application.
Meaning right now you can buy a cheap PC, yank the RAM, and sell it on eBay for twice what the PC costs.
Meaning right now you can buy a cheap PC, yank the RAM, and sell it on eBay for twice what the PC costs.
November 28, 2025 at 7:30 PM
To give you an idea of how "AI" has fucked up the holiday season, their insane demand for RAM chips that's barely even being used has caused a production drought for every other application.
Meaning right now you can buy a cheap PC, yank the RAM, and sell it on eBay for twice what the PC costs.
Meaning right now you can buy a cheap PC, yank the RAM, and sell it on eBay for twice what the PC costs.
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Saving this post cos the dunks are great reading & will give me life when we have to endure yet another instance of AI boosterism/cheerleading at work
Is this platform still massively against AI or has it moved more towards acceptance?
November 26, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Saving this post cos the dunks are great reading & will give me life when we have to endure yet another instance of AI boosterism/cheerleading at work
I just want to thank the people using AI to cheat during remote interviews for making in-person technical interviews a requirement now. Great job on making remote interviews useless now. Hope you have traveling on site for interviews in your budget! Great job!
November 25, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I just want to thank the people using AI to cheat during remote interviews for making in-person technical interviews a requirement now. Great job on making remote interviews useless now. Hope you have traveling on site for interviews in your budget! Great job!
One of my favorite things about Teams is how the little dots will go back and forth for five minutes as someone types in a response like they're writing a book, and then the response will be:
"Yes."
"Yes."
November 25, 2025 at 1:13 PM
One of my favorite things about Teams is how the little dots will go back and forth for five minutes as someone types in a response like they're writing a book, and then the response will be:
"Yes."
"Yes."
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This is not the way, and @cnygren.bsky.social and I lay out in detail why it isn’t in this essay here. static1.squarespace.com/static/55577...
November 24, 2025 at 1:16 PM
This is not the way, and @cnygren.bsky.social and I lay out in detail why it isn’t in this essay here. static1.squarespace.com/static/55577...
This right here.
In case the Democratic Party needed any more proof that the future of the party is Mamdani and they can either get the fuck on board or get the fuck out of the way
November 21, 2025 at 9:48 PM
This right here.
This right here.
It seems the pay is great but I don’t think there’s enough money in the world to make it worth having your entire identity be “whiny loser bigot”
November 20, 2025 at 2:26 PM
This right here.
This right here.
Black folk aren't as concerned about Trump the individual as white folk are. We're not.🤷🏿♂️
Because a lot of white folk in the US view Trump as the problem. They think he changed how white people think.
No.
Black folk know that the racism was always there. Trump just let them take the mask off.
Because a lot of white folk in the US view Trump as the problem. They think he changed how white people think.
No.
Black folk know that the racism was always there. Trump just let them take the mask off.
November 20, 2025 at 12:54 PM
This right here.
For those looking to de-Copilot their Windows 11.
My new favorite kind of meme is "here are detailed instructions on how to turn off AI". 🔨
November 20, 2025 at 12:37 PM
For those looking to de-Copilot their Windows 11.
Good words.
November 19, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Good words.
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Update: I reordered the item, it arrived at the local shipment center, and after several delays it still couldn't make it the last 10 miles to my house. So I canceled it again and ordered it from a competitor. This is an item Amazon makes and sells, that I had to go elsewhere to get.
Epic fail.
Epic fail.
I've been dealing with Amazon over a shipment issue, and it really is something how customer service, especially with companies that pride themselves as being tech based, has become purely transactional.
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November 14, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Update: I reordered the item, it arrived at the local shipment center, and after several delays it still couldn't make it the last 10 miles to my house. So I canceled it again and ordered it from a competitor. This is an item Amazon makes and sells, that I had to go elsewhere to get.
Epic fail.
Epic fail.
I was walking in to work today from the parking garage and witnessed two guys across the street almost come to blows, and I don't think it can be overstated just how triggering that kind of public violence is.
November 14, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I was walking in to work today from the parking garage and witnessed two guys across the street almost come to blows, and I don't think it can be overstated just how triggering that kind of public violence is.
This right here.
If your company has work that can be done from home but requires people to come in, that's a failure of leadership, not proximity.
November 13, 2025 at 5:32 PM
This right here.
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What we consider serious must be redefined. 'Women's issues', like sexual abuse, are not actually considered serious. If they were, the world would be unrecognizable. Even though 'women's issues' are often the subtext of war, economies, politics and other subjects that are treated with gravity.
It all would have been much easier if, as would have happened if we were remotely a serious country, it all ended with the Access Hollywood interview.
November 13, 2025 at 1:33 PM
What we consider serious must be redefined. 'Women's issues', like sexual abuse, are not actually considered serious. If they were, the world would be unrecognizable. Even though 'women's issues' are often the subtext of war, economies, politics and other subjects that are treated with gravity.
I've been dealing with Amazon over a shipment issue, and it really is something how customer service, especially with companies that pride themselves as being tech based, has become purely transactional.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I've been dealing with Amazon over a shipment issue, and it really is something how customer service, especially with companies that pride themselves as being tech based, has become purely transactional.
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This right here. I register as a Dem in NY but vote WFP. If I register as WFP then I can't vote in the Dem primary.
Hey, a lot of people are talking about changing affiliation from Democratic to Independent.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
November 10, 2025 at 3:52 PM
This right here. I register as a Dem in NY but vote WFP. If I register as WFP then I can't vote in the Dem primary.
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Lots of hard, shitty lessons being learned from this presidency. And one of the many I hope you're learning is, white supremacy is incompatible with reality, and cannot exist without historical revisionism.
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Lots of hard, shitty lessons being learned from this presidency. And one of the many I hope you're learning is, white supremacy is incompatible with reality, and cannot exist without historical revisionism.
Before John Wick there was Ghost Dog.
Just sayin'
Just sayin'
November 9, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Before John Wick there was Ghost Dog.
Just sayin'
Just sayin'