Dan Davis
@bindlestiff.bsky.social
A linguist and software architect for many years, now I create custom guitars and, occasionally, Maloof-style rocking chairs.
LLMs are NOT AI, are addictive, and are worse than useless.
LLMs are NOT AI, are addictive, and are worse than useless.
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“All Congresses and Parliaments have a kindly feeling for idiots, and a compassion for them, on account of personal experience and heredity.”
—Mark Twain's Autobiography
—Mark Twain's Autobiography
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An FBI agent conducted an initial review of the Renee Good killing and determined sufficient grounds existed to open a civil rights probe into the actions of the ICE officer who shot her. Justice Department says no inquiry is warranted. @perrystein.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
FBI opened probe on Minneapolis shooting; none exists now, Justice Dept. says
After the death of Renée Good in Minneapolis, FBI agents launched a civil rights probe into the shooting. The Justice Department says no such case now exists.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 19, 2026 at 6:59 PM
An FBI agent conducted an initial review of the Renee Good killing and determined sufficient grounds existed to open a civil rights probe into the actions of the ICE officer who shot her. Justice Department says no inquiry is warranted. @perrystein.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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He should be at the "Finish your pudding, Mr. Trump, let's get you to your room, it's nap time" phase of life. But instead he's at the "Finish your sociopathic rambling, Mr. President, let's get you to the situation room, it's nap time" phase of life.
January 19, 2026 at 4:15 AM
He should be at the "Finish your pudding, Mr. Trump, let's get you to your room, it's nap time" phase of life. But instead he's at the "Finish your sociopathic rambling, Mr. President, let's get you to the situation room, it's nap time" phase of life.
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New — I wrote about ChongLy Scott Thao, the elderly Hmong American wrongly arrested and forced out of his home by ICE in his underwear during the punishing Minnesota winter, what witnesses saw, and DHS's racist claim that he fit the description of another Asian man they were looking for.
My story:
My story:
Behind the disturbing image of ICE snatching a half-naked, elderly Hmong American from his home
DHS has claimed without evidence that they were looking for someone else when they took ChongLy Scott Thao.
www.thehandbasket.co
January 20, 2026 at 12:29 AM
New — I wrote about ChongLy Scott Thao, the elderly Hmong American wrongly arrested and forced out of his home by ICE in his underwear during the punishing Minnesota winter, what witnesses saw, and DHS's racist claim that he fit the description of another Asian man they were looking for.
My story:
My story:
“All Congresses and Parliaments have a kindly feeling for idiots, and a compassion for them, on account of personal experience and heredity.”
—Mark Twain's Autobiography
—Mark Twain's Autobiography
January 19, 2026 at 11:28 PM
“All Congresses and Parliaments have a kindly feeling for idiots, and a compassion for them, on account of personal experience and heredity.”
—Mark Twain's Autobiography
—Mark Twain's Autobiography
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people.com/nj-girl-foun...
"6 years old... walking by herself on the street, crying, crying out for her dad, asking, 'Where's Papi? Where's Papi?'..."
"6 years old... walking by herself on the street, crying, crying out for her dad, asking, 'Where's Papi? Where's Papi?'..."
January 19, 2026 at 11:05 PM
people.com/nj-girl-foun...
"6 years old... walking by herself on the street, crying, crying out for her dad, asking, 'Where's Papi? Where's Papi?'..."
"6 years old... walking by herself on the street, crying, crying out for her dad, asking, 'Where's Papi? Where's Papi?'..."
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Footage shows Danish troops arriving in Greenland as part of a new military deployment. Among the personnel who landed on the island is Major General Peter H. Boysen, Chief of the Danish Army Command. #Greenland
January 19, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Footage shows Danish troops arriving in Greenland as part of a new military deployment. Among the personnel who landed on the island is Major General Peter H. Boysen, Chief of the Danish Army Command. #Greenland
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We are watching one of the wildest things a nation-state has ever done: A superpower is committing suicide because the GOP Congress is too cowardly to stand up to the Mad King.
This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.
This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.
Footage shows Danish troops arriving in Greenland as part of a new military deployment. Among the personnel who landed on the island is Major General Peter H. Boysen, Chief of the Danish Army Command. #Greenland
January 19, 2026 at 10:59 PM
We are watching one of the wildest things a nation-state has ever done: A superpower is committing suicide because the GOP Congress is too cowardly to stand up to the Mad King.
This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.
This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.
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In a country with an actual free press, the photo of that poor old man would be the cover of every single paper with a headline that reads ENOUGH.
January 19, 2026 at 5:47 AM
In a country with an actual free press, the photo of that poor old man would be the cover of every single paper with a headline that reads ENOUGH.
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This is 100% correct and the EU should do it immediately.
The USA will break if a bunch of entitled Americans suddenly can’t book get-aways in Paris.
The USA will break if a bunch of entitled Americans suddenly can’t book get-aways in Paris.
90 day suspension of US tourist visas and this is all over
January 19, 2026 at 5:50 AM
This is 100% correct and the EU should do it immediately.
The USA will break if a bunch of entitled Americans suddenly can’t book get-aways in Paris.
The USA will break if a bunch of entitled Americans suddenly can’t book get-aways in Paris.
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this Greenland shit is fucking insane. it’s fucking insane. the fact that anyone is humoring him is fucking insane. the biggest problem in the world today is that nobody is taking the president seriously for the fucking psychopath he is. this isn’t all some fucking joke
![NEW: @potus letter to @jonasgahrstore links @NobelPrize to Greenland, reiterates threats, and is forwarded by the NSC staff to multiple European ambassadors in Washington. I obtained the text from multiple officials:
Dear Ambassador:
President Trump has asked that the following message, shared with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, be forwarded to your [named head of government/state]
“Dear Jonas: Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America. Denmark cannot protect that land from Russia or China, and why do they have a “right of ownership” anyway? There are no written documents, it’s only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago, but we had boats landing there, also. I have done more for NATO than any other person since its founding, and now, NATO should do something for the United States. The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland. Thank you! President DJT”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hbpefio3f5csc44msmbgioxz/bafkreie7itpptx3xbxhpsnlaqmwk752h7pcrion5ija2apksljtax2adx4@jpeg)
January 19, 2026 at 5:53 AM
this Greenland shit is fucking insane. it’s fucking insane. the fact that anyone is humoring him is fucking insane. the biggest problem in the world today is that nobody is taking the president seriously for the fucking psychopath he is. this isn’t all some fucking joke
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Hmong man detained by ICE today in St. Paul, Minnesota.
(Photo via Reuters)
(Photo via Reuters)
January 19, 2026 at 12:33 AM
Hmong man detained by ICE today in St. Paul, Minnesota.
(Photo via Reuters)
(Photo via Reuters)
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no fair remembering one week ago
January 19, 2026 at 8:38 AM
no fair remembering one week ago
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I really don't think the people doing politics, and this ranges from the level of Senators and governors down to like the people following elections on social media, understand that the country that existed a year ago simply does not exist anymore. It is not coming
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
January 19, 2026 at 9:14 AM
I really don't think the people doing politics, and this ranges from the level of Senators and governors down to like the people following elections on social media, understand that the country that existed a year ago simply does not exist anymore. It is not coming
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
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this is what it has come to for Mexican restaurants in the Twin Cities
January 19, 2026 at 2:12 AM
this is what it has come to for Mexican restaurants in the Twin Cities
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ICE ended up returning the man, Saly, after realizing he’s a fucking US citizen with no criminal record, per his sister-in-law. These fucking animals.
January 19, 2026 at 5:41 AM
ICE ended up returning the man, Saly, after realizing he’s a fucking US citizen with no criminal record, per his sister-in-law. These fucking animals.
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Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre confirmed he received this message from Trump:
![NEW: President Trump letter to Jonas Gahr Store links Nobel Prize to Greenland, reiterates threats, and is forwarded by the NSC staff to multiple European ambassadors in Washington. I obtained the text from multiple officials:
Dear Ambassador:
President Trump has asked that the following message, shared with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, be forwarded to your [named head of government/state]
“Dear Jonas: Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America. Denmark cannot protect that land from Russia or China, and why do they have a “right of ownership” anyway? There are no written documents, it’s only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago, but we had boats landing there, also. I have done more for NATO than any other person since its founding, and now, NATO should do something for the United States. The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland. Thank you! President DJT”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jmte4w4x7ukciit6lci6ziau/bafkreihiddkacymmesu2re4n4nmlra6p5u5zepo3donk3p7zqs3l6xi654@jpeg)
January 19, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre confirmed he received this message from Trump:
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Christ. We all suspected this. But the narcissistic cockalorum actually put his “if you don’t give me the Peace Prize I’ll start waging wars” threat in writing.
The petulant pillock is literally ready to kill people because he didn’t get his Special Prize.
The petulant pillock is literally ready to kill people because he didn’t get his Special Prize.
January 19, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Christ. We all suspected this. But the narcissistic cockalorum actually put his “if you don’t give me the Peace Prize I’ll start waging wars” threat in writing.
The petulant pillock is literally ready to kill people because he didn’t get his Special Prize.
The petulant pillock is literally ready to kill people because he didn’t get his Special Prize.
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Prior to Trump, I always thought someone could do a cutting satire of US politics with a show about a president who loses his mind while in office, and the lengths to which his party will go to justify and defend his increasingly insane pronouncements.
We’re living in that show.
We’re living in that show.
Christ. We all suspected this. But the narcissistic cockalorum actually put his “if you don’t give me the Peace Prize I’ll start waging wars” threat in writing.
The petulant pillock is literally ready to kill people because he didn’t get his Special Prize.
The petulant pillock is literally ready to kill people because he didn’t get his Special Prize.
mad king moment
from the PBS Newshour correspondent
from the PBS Newshour correspondent
January 19, 2026 at 12:34 PM
Prior to Trump, I always thought someone could do a cutting satire of US politics with a show about a president who loses his mind while in office, and the lengths to which his party will go to justify and defend his increasingly insane pronouncements.
We’re living in that show.
We’re living in that show.
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“With a single letter to Norwegian PM Jonas Gahr Støre, though, Trump has thrown out all pretence of caring about anything other than himself – or that he understands the very basics of how the Nobel is awarded, what it’s awarded for, or even how international relations are supposed to work.”
Trump's letter to Norway proves it: he's lost his mind over the Nobel Peace Prize
The US President is governing America like a mad king. The question is what the world is going to do about that
inews.co.uk
January 19, 2026 at 12:27 PM
“With a single letter to Norwegian PM Jonas Gahr Støre, though, Trump has thrown out all pretence of caring about anything other than himself – or that he understands the very basics of how the Nobel is awarded, what it’s awarded for, or even how international relations are supposed to work.”
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He's demanding control over a sovereign nation because they didn't give him THE NOBEL PRIZE. Why the actual fuck do we have a 25th Amendment?
January 19, 2026 at 6:04 AM
He's demanding control over a sovereign nation because they didn't give him THE NOBEL PRIZE. Why the actual fuck do we have a 25th Amendment?
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US politicians just seem to bedrock believe that americans care about absolutely nothing except their own selfish interests, and that appealing to their sense of decency ever in any way is a losing proposition and you should never do it.
January 19, 2026 at 6:25 AM
US politicians just seem to bedrock believe that americans care about absolutely nothing except their own selfish interests, and that appealing to their sense of decency ever in any way is a losing proposition and you should never do it.
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Jfc. This isn’t it.
We forged these alliances in blood. Now, the capricious, power-mad fascist in the White House is threatening to unravel them and ignite the worst international crisis since the Nazi invasion of Poland.
If the U.S. invades a NATO ally, the entire world is on fire.
We forged these alliances in blood. Now, the capricious, power-mad fascist in the White House is threatening to unravel them and ignite the worst international crisis since the Nazi invasion of Poland.
If the U.S. invades a NATO ally, the entire world is on fire.
i feel like Americans don't get the level of eye-rolling this is getting from Europe
January 19, 2026 at 6:26 AM
Jfc. This isn’t it.
We forged these alliances in blood. Now, the capricious, power-mad fascist in the White House is threatening to unravel them and ignite the worst international crisis since the Nazi invasion of Poland.
If the U.S. invades a NATO ally, the entire world is on fire.
We forged these alliances in blood. Now, the capricious, power-mad fascist in the White House is threatening to unravel them and ignite the worst international crisis since the Nazi invasion of Poland.
If the U.S. invades a NATO ally, the entire world is on fire.
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Extraordinary article from the Secretary General of the Council of Europe. But I’m going to say this again, where are the Democrats saying that any illegal or forced annexation of Greenland will be reversed as soon as they take power. Why aren’t they making this clear www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...
Opinion | I’m the Secretary General of the Council of Europe. This Is Something I Thought I’d Never Have to Write.
www.nytimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 6:39 AM
Extraordinary article from the Secretary General of the Council of Europe. But I’m going to say this again, where are the Democrats saying that any illegal or forced annexation of Greenland will be reversed as soon as they take power. Why aren’t they making this clear www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...
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“Give me a Nobel Peace Prize or I’m gonna invade sovereign territory and completely demolish age-old alliances” is fucking insane babble.
The man needs to be removed from office. He’s completely unfit. It is so dark that the GOP Congress won’t do shit.
The whole party needs to be unraveled.
The man needs to be removed from office. He’s completely unfit. It is so dark that the GOP Congress won’t do shit.
The whole party needs to be unraveled.
January 19, 2026 at 7:06 AM
“Give me a Nobel Peace Prize or I’m gonna invade sovereign territory and completely demolish age-old alliances” is fucking insane babble.
The man needs to be removed from office. He’s completely unfit. It is so dark that the GOP Congress won’t do shit.
The whole party needs to be unraveled.
The man needs to be removed from office. He’s completely unfit. It is so dark that the GOP Congress won’t do shit.
The whole party needs to be unraveled.