Dan Janssen

Systems Engineer in Portland Oregon, formerly of Anchorage AK

[Daniel Hannan @DanielJHannan]

Congress could stop this madness tomorrow. It could take back control of trade policy and cancel the tariffs. It could bring impeachment proceedings on the impeccable grounds that the president has plainly lost his mind. No one who is compos mentis writes as he just did to the Norwegian leader.

The Founders knew what they were doing when they gave Congress these powers. They were obsessed with the story of how the Roman Republic had ended. They were determined to prevent the rise of what they called “Caesarists”, meaning men who believed that their ambitions were bigger than the Constitution. They knew how difficult it was to remove such men once they were in office, surrounded by flatterers and sycophants.

There was a moment, following the assassination of Caligula, when the Roman Senate might have restored the Republic. Senators spoke movingly of “the mischiefs tyrannies have brought upon this commonwealth, discouraging virtue, depriving our leading men of their liberty, elevating flattery and slavish fear, and replacing the rule of law with the whims of those who govern”.

Had they acted decisively, they might have ended the imperial system. “It would be enough to live a single hour under our old laws,” declared one senator, “the laws that raised our nation to greatness”.

But when news came that a new emperor had been proclaimed, senators rushed to declare their loyalty to him. Rome returned to its dictatorial executive, its obsequious legislature and its bellicose foreign policy.

How many Congressmen today will make a stand for their old laws, the laws that raised their nation to greatness?

[Dan Janssen @ApathyDan]

@iShieldMaiden_ Please shoot

[Dan Janssen @ApathyDan]

@aka_niris That’s a pokemon right?

[Dan Janssen @ApathyDan]

@WillMuldoon Getting a useful summary can be the most annoying thing ever though, I have to make sure it uses exact excerpts. But having it cut out all of the aspects of a white paper that don't apply to what I'm doing just makes it so much easier to read the 20 page output instead of 300.

[Dan Janssen @ApathyDan]

@WillMuldoon Despite my common use case being "what is the name of this thing that's broken and I need to fix" I think my favorite use case is converting a massive PDF to markdown and then having it create a "summary"
I would say that Claud is just better than OpenAI and Meta though.

[Dan Janssen @ApathyDan]

@joegoroth I was going to try some just to do it, but then I saw it's Matcha. No thanks.

[Dan Janssen @ApathyDan]

@aiiygatorz @TooDiffizzle Does @TooDiffizzle even wear ties?

[Dan Janssen @ApathyDan]

@KassSmiley Okay, my mistake then sorry 😅

[#1 Dredgen Bael Defender @destiny_thememe]

@PaulTassi I dont wanna see +1 and +2 anymore make them shits +5 i cant do this anymore

[Seth Abramson @SethAbramson]

Hell yes. This whole effing tweet.

America is finally waking up to the fact that MAGAs never believed in anything at all. They've abandoned even their lone claimed principle—protecting children—solely so they can continue hurting their political enemies.

It's utterly grotesque.

[Julie Roginsky @julieroginsky]

Shreveport, which Johnson represents, has a total crime rate 144% higher than national average and 62% higher than Louisiana average. Its violent crime rate is 138% higher than the national rate and 44% above Louisiana's. Why isn't the military invading Johnson's district?

[Dan Janssen @ApathyDan]

@A_dmg04 Bulgogi tacos

[tippity @tippity]

I wonder what happened 18 years ago that would cause a sharp decline of birth rates across the board that we never really recovered from but the banks and large corporations did

[Dan Janssen @ApathyDan]

@joegoroth Did you break a toilet or shower?

[Gavin Newsom @GavinNewsom]

Do both, then.

[Igor Bobic @igorbobic]

So after RFK Jr. promised to reveal “cause” of autism next month, the CDC director was forced out and top CDC officials have resigned

[David Hogg 🟧 @davidhogg111]

The fact that even mentioning this is still controversial is a testament to how backward things are in our party. We need fresh faces, new ideas, and healthy competition. We can't credibly say democracy is in danger when so many members of Congress are failing to meet the moment, and we do nothing about it.

[Ellie likes data @ellim992]

The whistleblower report from SSA's Chief Data Officer is insane, everybody should read it.
Without any means of tracing access or use, "Big Balls" uploaded American's SSNs, DOB, health info, and more into an unauthorized cloud environment—and every American could need a new SSN.

[Dan Janssen @ApathyDan]

@r_reapyr @TStorm106 Even then, why are they adding another new currency? It could just use Strange Coins, or bright dust.

[Jonathan Reiner @JReinerMD]

This is how RFK Jr is going to kill vaccines in the US: After singlehandedly removing vaccines from CDC’s recommended list, he’s threatening manufacturers and vaccine administrators with a liability risk. This is malevolent stuff.