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Dan Ott
@danott.dev
Maintainer
@VirtualCoffeeIO

JS and front-end dev and design for over 15 years
#ADHD person
Proud Clevelander
He/him

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Ollie continues his found art series: Really Big Stick
April 14, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Has the wink emoji literally ever _not_ been creepy?

Like - IRL winks can be not creepy in the right circumstances. But something about 😉 just has a sense of....menace? malice? I'm not sure exactly what it is, but there are no words you can put near 😉 to make it be un-creepy.
March 27, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Post a photo you took with no context to bring some zen to the timeline.
March 11, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Reposted by Dan Ott
Last time, I was tired. This time, I'm angry.

Let's start by acknowledging that the kinds of people they're trying to erase have been and always will be integral to advances in programming and web development.

dev.to/abbeyperini/...
We've Been Here Since the Beginning: 2025 Edition
This is a submission for the WeCoded Challenge: Echoes of Experience Last time, I was tired. This...
dev.to
March 7, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Iceberg party looks lit
March 4, 2025 at 1:36 PM
You love to see it
February 28, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Reposted by Dan Ott
Happy #BlackHistoryMonth !

Feb 22:

Q: Relax! Racism is a boomer problem! As old people die off, the younger generation takes over! Young people are less racist! Right?

A: No. People do not become more "conservative" as they get older. That's a lie.

Read the whole linked thread.
mekka okereke :verified: (@mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io)
Attached: 2 images I'm going to keep sharing this info until it sinks in. Young voters do not get significantly more or less politically activated. Voter suppression gets more or less effective. Bal...
hachyderm.io
February 22, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Reposted by Dan Ott
Been hanging with community for 2+ years, @virtualcoffee.io has been a place to learn, build and maintain a tech community. Here is a good starter pack :
go.bsky.app/JSiLLei
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go.bsky.app
February 16, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Reposted by Dan Ott
The infrastructure of the Internet would run longer without electricity than without trans folks tbh
If the US blocks access to HRT, ADHD drugs, and SSRIs, I cannot begin to describe to you how much all of the tech sector will screech to a halt. The internet is built and maintained by trans people, people with chronic depression, and the neurodivergent.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
RFK Jr. is already taking aim at antidepressants
The new HHS secretary has made baseless claims that the drugs are addictive and cause violent behavior.
www.motherjones.com
February 16, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Just realized this could mean "you did a dumb thing" or "it was dumb that you got in trouble" 😂

My answer for the latter would be I got busted for buying candy cigarettes in 4th grade on a field trip to the West Side Market in Cleveland 🚭
February 12, 2025 at 2:35 PM
In second grade (so this would be like 1989ish) I brought my pocket knife to school to show my friends. It had a fork and spoon on it - it was really cool. I then proceeded to lose it on the playground during recess.
February 12, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Caught a coyote running across the ice this morning at Edgewater Park 😃
February 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
February 9, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Finally forcing myself to stop tweaking and officially launch my new site - https://danott.dev

It's been 10 years since I last redesigned the site. You can read about the updates here: https://danott.dev/thoughts/new-site-danott-dev
August 2, 2023 at 2:08 PM
The Compressed podcast with Amy Dutton and @jamesqquick.bsky.social has become one of my favorite tech pods (other than the @virtualcoffee.io podcast obviously)

Their recent no-guest Q&A was really great! I always worry those will end up being self indulgent or self referential but nope!
May 13, 2023 at 9:18 PM
Bluesky seems pretty cool but this is just….
May 13, 2023 at 9:14 PM
Found some great gems looking through my old tweets:
May 9, 2023 at 12:59 PM
So, this is Bluesky.
May 9, 2023 at 12:54 PM