..and the boat captain said; "Of course I'll take you out on my boat to see the sharks Donald, you're my Chum", and Mr Trump was never heard from again...

I listened to Jon Stewart interview Michael Lewis about his new book the other day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79_n1FKZwHo

In the book, it extolls the amazing government workers who are currently demonized by the right wing media. It's yet another reason to be angry about DOGE and the cuts.

Then I saw this story about how they made these trading cards in Japan.

https://www.tokyoweekender.com/entertainment/middle-aged-man-trading-cards-go-viral-in-japan/

... and it occurred to me that someone should make a trading card game for all the government workers in the US. The "faceless bureaucrats" who do the thankless hard work and never get any real recognition. It might help humanize government workers to a public which apparently has no idea what government does.

I, for one, would love a Arthur A. Allen trading card.

https://servicetoamericamedals.org/honorees/arthur-a-allen/

I'm a bit fuzzy on what a good game mechanic would be in order to highlight things like engineering acumen or systems design. Guess I'll leave that to a game designer.

Do you think Trump's dick is orange too? Like one of those tiny Cheetos you get at the bottom of the bag?

You'll know Lemmy has really caught on when search results for "Lemmy" are more about it than the Motorhead guy.

https://lemmy.world/post/27866070

Who is more loathsome in Rock music? Moressey or Van Morison. They are fantastic songwriters but awful people.

Prioritizing views about issues, over tribes (political, social, religious, or ideological) fosters critical thinking & progress. Tribal loyalty can create echo chambers, stifling debate & turning opposition into enemies rather than opportunities for growth. #showerthoughts

I’ve always wondered what would happen if you adjusted the colour of the the Simpsons so that their yellow skin was “white” — what would the rest of the frame look like? Or does the question not even make sense (I have zero clue about colour theory or design). #TheSimpsons #showerthoughts

It is deeply bad that a moderator can remove any post or reply.

https://sh.itjust.works/post/35435711

Sure, men run the patriarchy and make more money than me for doing the exact same job, but they will never get to experience lying in a bathtub while pregnant and watching knees and elbows ripple underneath the skin of your round belly. It’s the strangest and most amazing experience. You’re like, fuck yeah I made another human. I am goddess and creator. Worship me!
Anyway, just something I think about sometimes when I take a bath (even though my son is a teenager now).
#showerthoughts

In terms of current architecture, at least, Mastodon seems closer to democracy, while Bluesky is closer to oligarchy.

You either die as a spambot or become an icon in the Fediverse.

Just a shower thought from this morning about Nicole (and Batman, because I'm always thinking about Batman, and shut up, you're obsessed!)

I just realized that the poem clue from Dan Brown's "The Da Vinci Code" ("In London lies a knight...") is iambic pentameter, and thus (roughly) singable to Brahms' first Hungarian Dance #showerthoughts

Here's some food for thought.

Those running the system are 'adults' acting like 'children'.

Just like in #BluesClues or #SesameStreet or the many other shows where adults are interacting with a fictional world.

Makes you wonder.

Or they're just shows for children.

#ShowerThoughts

If the prime cassingle years of 1985-1992 were the exact same years as the rise and fall of hair metal ballads, why didn't I have any hair metal ballads on cassingle?

You'd think I'd at least have had a Warrant cassingle, or Bon Jovi, or Skid Row, or something.

i think the only appropriate response to someone offering you coffee is: YES. immediately. no questions asked. #coffeelover #showerthoughts

Okay:

Universal Basic Cybersecurity. *

For every organisation, the people through the government provide the means (not money but tools, knowledge and information) to have basic information security in place.

This as a response to the “Security Poverty Line” and the abysmal state of information security, especially (but certainly not exclusively) amongst the SMEs.

*) you can probably guess why I don’t pitch it as “Universal Basic Informationsecurity”. Also, just “Security” doesn’t work, because that is (rightly) used in the discourse around UBI. If it is confused with Universal Background Checks, that’s just a happy little coincidence.

#ShowerThoughts #UniversalBasicCyberSecurity #UBC #SecurityPovertyLine #infosec #CyberSecurity
#UBI

Unregulated capitalism promotes mediocrity #showerthoughts #latestagecapitalism

Looking at how things are happening in the US from a far - the soonest they realised the "King" does not give a shit ass about their Constitution - the better chance they have of salvaging their country. #showerthoughts

The best part of marriage is always having someone to scratch between your shoulder blades for you.

https://lemmy.world/post/26939054