Dan Yocum. Ugh, but 🐸.
@yocum137.bsky.social
Polymath. Linux. Physics. Astronomy. Airplanes. Music. Human rights for everyone. Not in that order.
Bad Takes R Us
Be Better. Do Better.
He/Him
Bad Takes R Us
Be Better. Do Better.
He/Him
Pinned
Trump tears down the East Wing of the White House?
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
Congress remains shutdown and Johnson won't swear in Grijalva.
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
ICE invades Chicago? (Fuck ICE!)
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
Stay focused. Ignore the distractions. Demand the Epstein files.
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
Congress remains shutdown and Johnson won't swear in Grijalva.
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
ICE invades Chicago? (Fuck ICE!)
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
Stay focused. Ignore the distractions. Demand the Epstein files.
Very strong “let them eat cake” vibes.
Soon to be followed by “RETVRN GUILLOTINE” people in the streets.
Soon to be followed by “RETVRN GUILLOTINE” people in the streets.
"If we just make it really hard to vote and disenfranchise people who don't vote for us, we would never lose an election again!"
November 23, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Very strong “let them eat cake” vibes.
Soon to be followed by “RETVRN GUILLOTINE” people in the streets.
Soon to be followed by “RETVRN GUILLOTINE” people in the streets.
Reposted by Dan Yocum. Ugh, but 🐸.
The lorry driver has shared that he however, would rather like a bottle of whisky. He is also willing to accept rum. He's accomodating like that.
September 4, 2024 at 4:47 PM
The lorry driver has shared that he however, would rather like a bottle of whisky. He is also willing to accept rum. He's accomodating like that.
Reposted by Dan Yocum. Ugh, but 🐸.
Lorry Driver wants them both to know that he too is married.
September 4, 2024 at 4:45 PM
Lorry Driver wants them both to know that he too is married.
It me.
November 23, 2025 at 5:00 AM
It me.
Reposted by Dan Yocum. Ugh, but 🐸.
What if this whole crusade's
A charade
And behind it all there's a price to be paid
For the blood
Which we dine
Justified in the name of the holy and the divine
Just how deep do you believe?
Will you bite the hand that feeds?
Will you chew until it bleeds?
Can you get up off your knees?
A charade
And behind it all there's a price to be paid
For the blood
Which we dine
Justified in the name of the holy and the divine
Just how deep do you believe?
Will you bite the hand that feeds?
Will you chew until it bleeds?
Can you get up off your knees?
November 23, 2025 at 2:24 AM
What if this whole crusade's
A charade
And behind it all there's a price to be paid
For the blood
Which we dine
Justified in the name of the holy and the divine
Just how deep do you believe?
Will you bite the hand that feeds?
Will you chew until it bleeds?
Can you get up off your knees?
A charade
And behind it all there's a price to be paid
For the blood
Which we dine
Justified in the name of the holy and the divine
Just how deep do you believe?
Will you bite the hand that feeds?
Will you chew until it bleeds?
Can you get up off your knees?
Reported and blocked.
😂
😂
November 23, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Reported and blocked.
😂
😂
Reposted by Dan Yocum. Ugh, but 🐸.
Girl, you gotta love your man
Girl, you gotta love your man
Take him by the hand
Make him understand
The world on you depends
Our life will never end
Gotta love your man, yeah
Girl, you gotta love your man
Take him by the hand
Make him understand
The world on you depends
Our life will never end
Gotta love your man, yeah
November 23, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Girl, you gotta love your man
Girl, you gotta love your man
Take him by the hand
Make him understand
The world on you depends
Our life will never end
Gotta love your man, yeah
Girl, you gotta love your man
Take him by the hand
Make him understand
The world on you depends
Our life will never end
Gotta love your man, yeah
Reposted by Dan Yocum. Ugh, but 🐸.
On this date: November 21, 1948. Lead Belly played at a private gathering at a Minneapolis home. The performance was recorded and later released.
Leadbelly - Lead Belly Private Party Minneapolis Minnesota '48 (Full Album) - YouTube
The full album for Lead Belly Private Party Minneapolis Minnesota '48 / Music by Leadbelly playlist Leadbelly - Lead Belly Private Party Minneapolis Minnesot...
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November 21, 2025 at 2:41 PM
On this date: November 21, 1948. Lead Belly played at a private gathering at a Minneapolis home. The performance was recorded and later released.
🧪
The universe we live in is clearly complex, but theoretical aspects of its geometry imply that a similar universe with similar traits could be essentially empty. Recent work offers a partial solution to this paradox.
Cosmic Paradox Reveals the Awful Consequence of an Observer-Free Universe | Quanta Magazine
Encouraged by successes in understanding black holes, theoretical physicists are applying what they’ve learned to whole universes. What they’re finding has them questioning fundamental assumptions…
www.quantamagazine.org
November 22, 2025 at 6:09 PM
🧪
Reposted by Dan Yocum. Ugh, but 🐸.
This is the cool thing about the Internet.
We find our communities... The people like us. The people who understand us. The people who we can empathize with.
It leads us down rabbit holes where we discover ourselves, and revel in the sense of self that we recognize in others.
We find our communities... The people like us. The people who understand us. The people who we can empathize with.
It leads us down rabbit holes where we discover ourselves, and revel in the sense of self that we recognize in others.
November 22, 2025 at 2:26 AM
This is the cool thing about the Internet.
We find our communities... The people like us. The people who understand us. The people who we can empathize with.
It leads us down rabbit holes where we discover ourselves, and revel in the sense of self that we recognize in others.
We find our communities... The people like us. The people who understand us. The people who we can empathize with.
It leads us down rabbit holes where we discover ourselves, and revel in the sense of self that we recognize in others.
What?
WHAT??
WHAT??
twitter briefly allowed people to see where each account was operated from. turns out, the official DHS account is run from Tel Aviv
From the LateStageCapitalism community on Reddit: twitter briefly allowed people to see where each account was operated from. turns out, the official DHS account is run from Tel Aviv
Explore this post and more from the LateStageCapitalism community
www.reddit.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:08 PM
What?
WHAT??
WHAT??
And I believe these are days of lasers in the jungle / Lasers in the jungle somewhere / Staccato signals of constant information / A loose affiliation of millionaires and billionaires and baby
"The Boy In The Bubble" by Paul Simon
Album: "Graceland"
Time: 10:30 am
Album: "Graceland"
Time: 10:30 am
November 22, 2025 at 4:59 PM
And I believe these are days of lasers in the jungle / Lasers in the jungle somewhere / Staccato signals of constant information / A loose affiliation of millionaires and billionaires and baby
First, I thought it was a Culture War.
Then, I realized it was a Class War.
Now, I’m thinking it’s merely a Decency War.
Then, I realized it was a Class War.
Now, I’m thinking it’s merely a Decency War.
November 22, 2025 at 3:50 PM
First, I thought it was a Culture War.
Then, I realized it was a Class War.
Now, I’m thinking it’s merely a Decency War.
Then, I realized it was a Class War.
Now, I’m thinking it’s merely a Decency War.
It me.
Two Pieces of Bread Expressing the Sentiment of Love
https://botfrens.com/collections/63/contents/20773
https://botfrens.com/collections/63/contents/20773
November 22, 2025 at 3:42 PM
It me.
Love the opening sentence of the Introduction in the paper:
“In Book X of The Republic, Plato excludes poets on the grounds that mimetic language can distort judgment and bring society to a collapse.”
“In Book X of The Republic, Plato excludes poets on the grounds that mimetic language can distort judgment and bring society to a collapse.”
Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
November 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Love the opening sentence of the Introduction in the paper:
“In Book X of The Republic, Plato excludes poets on the grounds that mimetic language can distort judgment and bring society to a collapse.”
“In Book X of The Republic, Plato excludes poets on the grounds that mimetic language can distort judgment and bring society to a collapse.”
Reposted by Dan Yocum. Ugh, but 🐸.
Andy Sturdevant writes at MinnPost: Train graffiti and its long, strange, thoroughly American lineage http://www.minnpost.com/stroll/2012/07/train-graffiti-and-its-long-strange-thoroughly-american-lineage
Train graffiti and its long, strange, thoroughly American...
Two disparate older styles — intimate, rural hobo marking...
www.minnpost.com
November 23, 2024 at 3:59 AM
Andy Sturdevant writes at MinnPost: Train graffiti and its long, strange, thoroughly American lineage http://www.minnpost.com/stroll/2012/07/train-graffiti-and-its-long-strange-thoroughly-american-lineage
I might need a theramin.
November 22, 2025 at 12:36 AM
I might need a theramin.
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Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)
November 22, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)
Reposted by Dan Yocum. Ugh, but 🐸.
"Waiting" by The Suburbs
Album: "Dream Hog"
Time: 6:06 pm
Album: "Dream Hog"
Time: 6:06 pm
November 22, 2025 at 12:06 AM
"Waiting" by The Suburbs
Album: "Dream Hog"
Time: 6:06 pm
Album: "Dream Hog"
Time: 6:06 pm
🛩️
And if you're only just coming to the amazing story of the California Clipper, we are genuinely so excited for you — it is, as we say here in The Up Front Towers, an absolute bloody ripper.
Start here: theupfront.media/the-long-way... #avgeek
Start here: theupfront.media/the-long-way... #avgeek
The Long Way Round: The remarkable journey of the California Clipper, Part 1
In 1941, the Japanese attacked Hawaii, leaving Pan Am flight 18602 trapped the wrong side of Pearl Harbor, To get home, its civilian crew would have to do something incredible: circumnavigate the worl...
theupfront.media
November 21, 2025 at 8:04 PM
🛩️
Jenny McCarthy must be soooo happy right now.
New from me: I talked to CDC staffers about the new vaccines and autism page. They said things like:
“The best way I can put it is it feels like we’re on a hijacked airplane.”
“I think people are starting to see that we can’t fulfill our mission here.”
“The best way I can put it is it feels like we’re on a hijacked airplane.”
“I think people are starting to see that we can’t fulfill our mission here.”
“Embarrassing” and “horrifying”: CDC workers describe the new vaccines and autism page
"The best way I can put it is it feels like we're on a hijacked airplane."
www.motherjones.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Jenny McCarthy must be soooo happy right now.
So much for “Shining City on the Hill” eh?
New from me: I talked to CDC staffers about the new vaccines and autism page. They said things like:
“The best way I can put it is it feels like we’re on a hijacked airplane.”
“I think people are starting to see that we can’t fulfill our mission here.”
“The best way I can put it is it feels like we’re on a hijacked airplane.”
“I think people are starting to see that we can’t fulfill our mission here.”
“Embarrassing” and “horrifying”: CDC workers describe the new vaccines and autism page
"The best way I can put it is it feels like we're on a hijacked airplane."
www.motherjones.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:03 PM
So much for “Shining City on the Hill” eh?
Reposted by Dan Yocum. Ugh, but 🐸.
Normalize asking what things mean
completely outside of politics, this is so charming
November 21, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Normalize asking what things mean