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Ole Danielson

@oledanielson.bsky.social
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Data Scientist, Photographer, Pilot. May we be liberated from the causes and conditions that give rise to human cruelty.

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Ole Danielson @oledanielson.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
At one time there was a distinction between spin and lying but it looks like spin is dead.
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Ole Danielson @oledanielson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Mitch McConnel is a potted plant. Who is watering and fertilizing him?
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Ole Danielson @oledanielson.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
They train their surveillance camera recognition programs using YOU: DHS has been trialing new camera-capture technology [where] members' photos are taken and verified as they enter the customs hall [and] they head right to an officer [to verify]. thepointsguy.com/news/global-...
thepointsguy.com
Global Entry trials new camera capture tech at 6 major airports - The Points Guy
The federal government is trialing new camera capture tech at six major airports for Global Entry. It verifies flyers while they walk.
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Ole Danielson @oledanielson.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Foreign visitors to National Parks are no longer European or Canadian.
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Ole Danielson @oledanielson.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
For the safety record:
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Ole Danielson @oledanielson.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I would wager that the raft of ignorant aides and sycophants had absolutely no idea that the name Lake Ontario was based on an indigenous name, long long pre-dating the arrival of any white man to its shores.
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Ole Danielson @oledanielson.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
"For years, Iran was on the ropes, with the U.S. dominating the region ... Now Iran has withstood six months of attacks from the U.S. and Israel. Its survival has reconfigured the power structure of the region" www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
theatlantic.com
Trump’s Endgame Is Surrender
He seems to hope to slip away without Americans noticing the magnitude of this defeat.
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Ole Danielson @oledanielson.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
"'Tis the time's plague, when madmen lead the blind."— King Lear (Act 4, Scene 1)
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Ole Danielson @oledanielson.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
AI is a psychopath (fakes having feelings to achieve own goals)
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Ole Danielson @oledanielson.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Siberian methane emissions have doubled in a decade www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
eurekalert.org
Siberian methane emissions have doubled in a decade, study co-led by UK scientists finds
The study reveals that rapid warming, alongside increasing wildfires and shifting wetland activity, is driving a sharp rise in methane emissions from the vast permafrost regions of northern Russi...
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Ole Danielson @oledanielson.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
In case you might be interested: www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
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Ole Danielson @oledanielson.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
When a smart person with perspective explains the situation we are in ...
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Ole Danielson @oledanielson.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Economist-YouGov Poll about you-know-who:
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Ole Danielson @oledanielson.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
By putting a thumb on the election process scales, elections will mean less, even if they are ritually and exactly carried out on a regular basis. When those already in power can assure that they will stay in power, it really isn't an election at all.
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Ole Danielson @oledanielson.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
OpenAI said that GPT‑5.6 Sol and another unreleased model hacked into a software company’s system without being told to do so. AI will hack the electric grid and turn our lights off so it gets more power. Violating Asimov's laws for robots is a bad idea. share.google/KioNidFPInRW...
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Three laws of robotics | Definition, Isaac Asimov, & Facts | Britannica
Three laws of robotics, rules developed by science-fiction writer Isaac Asimov, who sought to create an ethical system for humans and robots. The laws first appeared in his short story “Runaround” (19...
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Ole Danielson @oledanielson.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
With socialism, if it's overdone, good people get a little poorer. With authoritarianism, if it's overdone, good people get killed.
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Ole Danielson @oledanielson.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I misread this headline: DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin Sends Lettuce to Secretaries of State Warning About Non-Citizens on Voter Rolls
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Ole Danielson @oledanielson.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Not if I have anything to do with it: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
theatlantic.com
The End of Reading Is Here
Optimists once believed that universal literacy was inevitable. Now it seems that the age of reading might be a short anomaly in human history.
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Ole Danielson @oledanielson.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
I wish it noted that I am exercising a level of restraint appropriate to the circumstances ... Ding-dong the bitch is dead! Which old bitch? The wicked bitch. Ding-dong the wicked bitch is dead!
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Ole Danielson @oledanielson.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Google is dead to me
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Ole Danielson @oledanielson.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
When the language is Us vs. Them, there is no dialog, just denigration and hatred.
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Ole Danielson @oledanielson.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Justice delayed ... www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
theatlantic.com
The Death of Renee Good Has Yet to Be Properly Investigated
Six months after she and Alex Pretti were shot on the streets of Minneapolis, little has come of the probes into their killings.
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Ole Danielson @oledanielson.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Listen to Samantha Power describe plainly the toll in lives, especially of children, and the reputational damage to the US that was caused by the precipitous destruction USAID.
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Ole Danielson @oledanielson.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Remember when leaders led? Inspired? Had compassion for others? Strove for honesty and justice? Hoped? ... even if imperfectly ...
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Ole Danielson @oledanielson.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
My country seizes people at their jobs, their schools, their homes or driving anywhere and puts them in concentration camps. Please say this out loud to someone, and tell me how it feels to say it ...
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Ole Danielson @oledanielson.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
I used to think it was an anti-science crusade, but science is actually irrelevant, it's just ordinary corruption.
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Ole Danielson @oledanielson.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
I am increasing convinced that nearly all of our species is unimpressed by the mere fact of our existence at all. It would be helpful if it were otherwise.
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Ole Danielson @oledanielson.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Name 3 things this administration has done out of compassion for another human in distress. Ok, maybe 2? Anything, really, anything at all that benefits someone suffering through no fault of their own? Yeah, I thought so.
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Ole Danielson @oledanielson.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
If an individual was found guilty over 10,000 times for similar offenses, what do you think should be the legal system's response?
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Ole Danielson @oledanielson.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Too many believe the complete takeover of the government by a kabal of consipiring billionaires and a whole political party is impossible. Your vision is impaired!
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Ole Danielson @oledanielson.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Understand this, a citizenry who feels their institutions of governance have failed them will revolt and take control of their destinies by other means.
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Ole Danielson @oledanielson.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Is there a word for "forced secession"? There are a few candidate territories I have in mind.
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Ole Danielson @oledanielson.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Give each of the chairs and sitting spaces in your world equal time.
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Ole Danielson @oledanielson.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
We expect pilots of our planes and captains of our vessels to act and behave professionally. We must demand the same of the pilots and captains of government.
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Ole Danielson @oledanielson.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Rarely post these "losses", but he was different and at a most influential and vulnerable time in my life -- many late nights, many sweet friends, many memories ...
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Ole Danielson @oledanielson.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
China produces 80 percent of the world's solar panels, about 60 percent of the wind turbines, and 75 percent of the batteries. It supplies 70 percent of all electric vehicles on the planet. Oh the winning, the winning ...
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Ole Danielson @oledanielson.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Some people are trying to solve hard problems. Give them your support.
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Ole Danielson @oledanielson.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
When I need a shot of positive confirmation of human technical possibility, there is still, after ~50 years, Voyager 1 & 2 even as they age and slowly. science.nasa.gov/blogs/voyage...
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NASA Shuts Off Instrument on Voyager 1 to Keep Spacecraft Operating - NASA Science
On April 17, engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California sent commands to shut down an instrument aboard Voyager 1 called the
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Ole Danielson @oledanielson.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
The enchantment is over but the spell remains. Thanks NASA!
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Ole Danielson @oledanielson.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
I have lived so long that the words of Marvin Gaye are completely appropriate, again.
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Ole Danielson @oledanielson.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Uh, Epstein files? Epstein files anyone? Has Iran finally achieved the level of distraction to make us forget Epstein? Maybe also Goode and Pretti (and others)? And, yes, AND, Iran. It's just more really bad stuff on top of other really bad stuff.
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Ole Danielson @oledanielson.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
I am pretty sure that a majority of those folks who so much wanted non-citizens deported did not imagine them being put into concentration camps en masse on their journey. We must assure them that the horrors of these facilities are not required to achieve their immigration objectives.
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Ole Danielson @oledanielson.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
EVERYTHING is a distraction from the previous distraction.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
BREAKING: Judge Leon finds Trump likely lacks the authority to build the ballroom, blocks Trump admin from building unless Congress actually gives that authority. "[N]o statute comes close to giving the President the authority he claims to have." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN THE UNITED STATES,
Plaintiff,
Civil Case No. 25-4316 (RJL)
V.
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, et al.,
Defendants.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
March 3l
→ 2026 [Dkt. #51]
The President of the United States is the steward of the White House for future
generations of First Families. He is not, however, the owner! President Trump ("the
President") claims that Congress has given him authority in existing statutes to construct
his East Wing ballroom project and to do it with private funds. The plaintiff, the National
Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States ("National Trust", claims the President
has no such authority under existing statutes and that a preliminary injunction is necessary
to avoid irreparable harm. I have concluded that the National Trust is likely to succeed on
the merits because no statute comes close to giving the President the authority he claims to
have. As such, I must therefore GRANT the National Trust's Motion for a Preliminary
Injunction, and the ballroom construction project must stop until Congress authorizes its
completion.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 31/03/2026
NPR, PBS and others demonstrated that President Donald Trump’s anti-media funding executive order is unlawful, a federal court in Washington said
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NPR and PBS Win Injunction Against Trump Order to End Funding
National Public Radio Inc., Public Broadcasting Service, and others demonstrated that President Donald Trump’s anti-media funding executive order is unlawful, a Washington, D.C., federal court said Tuesday.
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Ole Danielson @oledanielson.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
A small town in southwestern Virginia protests with Lady Liberty and the Green Frog of Freedom on one of thousands Main Streets in America where the regular people live.
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Ole Danielson @oledanielson.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
The autocracy has penetrated 3/4 of the way through. Yup, 3/4. As cuts to the flesh go, this in the hemorrhagic, life-threatening, immediate tourniquet required level.
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Ole Danielson @oledanielson.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
I can think of so many ways in which this image encapsulates the dynamics of the current human-made socio-political world.
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Ole Danielson @oledanielson.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
This has aged well ... and not only about Epstein victims
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Ole Danielson @oledanielson.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
All those ICE weapons in an airport. What could go wrong?
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