@danjleonard.bsky.social
Digital workplaces. Working smarter with automations & Gen-AI. Gen X & ADHD.
Father to a tweenage child, Husband to a Dutch wife. And I will complete my todo list in this life or, more likely, the next.
Father to a tweenage child, Husband to a Dutch wife. And I will complete my todo list in this life or, more likely, the next.
Have you heard about the Dutch 🇳🇱 tradition of giving cheese at a wedding? No?
Neither had I.
But back before our wedding, my future mother-in-law told me she was getting us (or so I thought) a cheese for the ceremony. I was immediately charmed. (1/5)
Neither had I.
But back before our wedding, my future mother-in-law told me she was getting us (or so I thought) a cheese for the ceremony. I was immediately charmed. (1/5)
November 27, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Have you heard about the Dutch 🇳🇱 tradition of giving cheese at a wedding? No?
Neither had I.
But back before our wedding, my future mother-in-law told me she was getting us (or so I thought) a cheese for the ceremony. I was immediately charmed. (1/5)
Neither had I.
But back before our wedding, my future mother-in-law told me she was getting us (or so I thought) a cheese for the ceremony. I was immediately charmed. (1/5)
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If you were ever thinking about unhooking yourself from US tech…
Silicon Valley’s alliance with Donald Trump was a mask off moment and showed the world we can’t depend on US tech companies.
For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!
For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!
Getting off US tech: a guide
I’m in the process of dropping US tech services. Here’s how I did it, and options you should consider.
www.disconnect.blog
July 19, 2025 at 7:45 PM
If you were ever thinking about unhooking yourself from US tech…
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How does the right tear down progressive societies? It starts with a joke | George Monbiot
How does the right tear down progressive societies? It starts with a joke | George Monbiot
Whether it’s bloodshed at Glastonbury or starving people on benefits, their ‘irony poisoning’ seeps obscene ideas into the range of the possible, says Guasrdian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
July 10, 2025 at 6:03 AM
How does the right tear down progressive societies? It starts with a joke | George Monbiot
Yojimbo on the big screen at the Eye film museum in Amsterdam was definitely worth it. Funny than I recall.
a black and white photo of a samurai holding a sword in his hand .
Alt: A black and white image of Toshiro Mifune as the Ronin from ‘Yojimbo’ the 1961 movie by director Akira Kurosawa.
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July 7, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Yojimbo on the big screen at the Eye film museum in Amsterdam was definitely worth it. Funny than I recall.
Finally some good news:
The end of the Universe could come much sooner than expected | BBC Sky at Night Magazine
The end of the Universe comes sooner than expected, but fortunately it still takes a very long time, says Heino Falcke, black hole expert.
www.skyatnightmagazine.com
July 3, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Finally some good news:
Just watched ‘The Amateur’ which could have been called ‘Nerd Bourne’ or ‘Teckie Taken’. I think the pacing of the trailer is not the same as the movie. The movie is a lot slower. The plot had a few too many holes (for a spy/thriller). It felt like a movie trying to do a few too many things. 1/4
May 15, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Just watched ‘The Amateur’ which could have been called ‘Nerd Bourne’ or ‘Teckie Taken’. I think the pacing of the trailer is not the same as the movie. The movie is a lot slower. The plot had a few too many holes (for a spy/thriller). It felt like a movie trying to do a few too many things. 1/4
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Is AI a good thing?
May 6, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Is AI a good thing?
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"No, no, great job, you disintegrated the first-ever pedestrian-only planet. You drove a million miles just to ruin a perfectly lovely living space."
Way to Go, You Just Blew Up Our Death Star, the Largest Walkable Community in the Galaxy
No, no, great job, you disintegrated our Death Star, the first-ever pedestrian-only planet. You drove a million miles just to ruin a perfectly love...
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May 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
"No, no, great job, you disintegrated the first-ever pedestrian-only planet. You drove a million miles just to ruin a perfectly lovely living space."
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An important talk given by the heroic journalist Carole Cadwalladr — who exposed the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica scandal, and was brutally persecuted by tech broligarchs:
“We are already living inside the architecture of totalitarianism. … Privacy is power. … Data rights are human rights.”
“We are already living inside the architecture of totalitarianism. … Privacy is power. … Data rights are human rights.”
This Is What a Digital Coup Looks Like | Carole Cadwalladr | TED
YouTube video by TED
www.youtube.com
April 11, 2025 at 4:43 PM
An important talk given by the heroic journalist Carole Cadwalladr — who exposed the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica scandal, and was brutally persecuted by tech broligarchs:
“We are already living inside the architecture of totalitarianism. … Privacy is power. … Data rights are human rights.”
“We are already living inside the architecture of totalitarianism. … Privacy is power. … Data rights are human rights.”
“As far back as I can remember” I’ve wanted to watch Goodfellas on the big screen. Today I finally will.
a man is screaming in a shower with a blue tiled wall behind him
Alt: The character Henry from Godfellas is screaming with joy in a shower. He slaps the tiled wall (that’s not a euphemism).
media.tenor.com
March 16, 2025 at 12:53 PM
“As far back as I can remember” I’ve wanted to watch Goodfellas on the big screen. Today I finally will.
Just watched Mickey 17. I liked it. Interesting story. A bit weird, but not too weird. Says something about being human and society. Good cast, Mark Ruffalo seems to be channeling someone 🤔🍊. Cant see them making a sequel?
a picture of a person in a cave with the caption mickey 17
Alt: A person shouts down to another person lying in a hole under the ice, “Mickey, what’s it like to die?”
media.tenor.com
March 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Just watched Mickey 17. I liked it. Interesting story. A bit weird, but not too weird. Says something about being human and society. Good cast, Mark Ruffalo seems to be channeling someone 🤔🍊. Cant see them making a sequel?
That #ADHD thing when you do a task which has been on the to do list for eons because you were over complicating it or made it too big in your head, but it ends up taking like, 10 minutes. That’s what I did today. (Actually did 3 things). No need to applaud folks. 😎
March 8, 2025 at 4:44 PM
That #ADHD thing when you do a task which has been on the to do list for eons because you were over complicating it or made it too big in your head, but it ends up taking like, 10 minutes. That’s what I did today. (Actually did 3 things). No need to applaud folks. 😎
I have no egrets.
March 4, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I have no egrets.
I blame the History channel. Some folks watched those WW2 and Nazi documentaries and figured they could do better.
February 27, 2025 at 10:40 AM
I blame the History channel. Some folks watched those WW2 and Nazi documentaries and figured they could do better.
The Netherlands looking like a Dutch landscape painting.
February 26, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The Netherlands looking like a Dutch landscape painting.
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Microsoft Teams bravely answers the question: what if the "hello fellow kids" meme was a piece of enterprise software
February 20, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Microsoft Teams bravely answers the question: what if the "hello fellow kids" meme was a piece of enterprise software
No notes. Totally agree.
I’ve worked in intranets, digital workplaces, and comms long enough to see the same cycles repeat, the same mistakes made, and the same bright ideas crash and burn.
So here are the hard truths. Are you ready? Let’s go. 🧵
So here are the hard truths. Are you ready? Let’s go. 🧵
February 20, 2025 at 10:08 PM
No notes. Totally agree.
🤖The future of AI? Depressed AI🤖 1/3
The more I think about it, the more I believe as AI advances we'll find we've basically created Marvin the Paranoid Android from Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy. All that spam AI is creating, copyright abuse, deepfakes etc. That's got to have an impact, right?
The more I think about it, the more I believe as AI advances we'll find we've basically created Marvin the Paranoid Android from Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy. All that spam AI is creating, copyright abuse, deepfakes etc. That's got to have an impact, right?
February 19, 2025 at 2:11 PM
🤖The future of AI? Depressed AI🤖 1/3
The more I think about it, the more I believe as AI advances we'll find we've basically created Marvin the Paranoid Android from Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy. All that spam AI is creating, copyright abuse, deepfakes etc. That's got to have an impact, right?
The more I think about it, the more I believe as AI advances we'll find we've basically created Marvin the Paranoid Android from Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy. All that spam AI is creating, copyright abuse, deepfakes etc. That's got to have an impact, right?
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Thanks for reaching out and speaking with me about these important changes, @venturebeat.com @michaelnunez.bsky.social. While much of the news has focused on the weapons prohibition, 1/
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Google drops AI weapons ban—what it means for the future of artificial intelligence
Google removes AI weapons ban from its ethical principles, sparking debate over Silicon Valley's approach to AI safety and raising concerns about responsible technology development in the military and...
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February 5, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Thanks for reaching out and speaking with me about these important changes, @venturebeat.com @michaelnunez.bsky.social. While much of the news has focused on the weapons prohibition, 1/
venturebeat.com/ai/google-dr...
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