Credentials, Dan
@dancredentials.bsky.social
Professional librarian, armchair everything else. Birmingham apologist and cultural ambassador at large.
Co-host, co-founder, and co-creatrepreneur of @thrawnderdome.bsky.social
Co-host, co-founder, and co-creatrepreneur of @thrawnderdome.bsky.social
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A casino is a factory that's been optimized and streamlined by centuries of careful research to turn a raw material - your savings - into a finished product - their profits.
The fact that they have to let a few people leave with winnings is less of a feature and more of a marketing expense.
The fact that they have to let a few people leave with winnings is less of a feature and more of a marketing expense.
I had a grandmother whose gambling addiction did some serious damage to the family and every casino or sports book just looks like a slaughterhouse where we're the cattle, to me
January 18, 2026 at 8:59 PM
A casino is a factory that's been optimized and streamlined by centuries of careful research to turn a raw material - your savings - into a finished product - their profits.
The fact that they have to let a few people leave with winnings is less of a feature and more of a marketing expense.
The fact that they have to let a few people leave with winnings is less of a feature and more of a marketing expense.
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It’s ironic that they’re like “if we do ethnic cleansing we’ll have a high trust neighborly society” and then Minneapolis is literally doing high trust neighborly society and they’re like nooooo
Many Americans are terrible neighbors to each other, and that is why MN is striking everyone as extraordinary activism... when they are telling us that it is not. They're good neighbors!
It's no wonder that "being a shitty neighbor" is the hallmark of our domestic politics and our foreign policy.
It's no wonder that "being a shitty neighbor" is the hallmark of our domestic politics and our foreign policy.
January 18, 2026 at 6:24 PM
It’s ironic that they’re like “if we do ethnic cleansing we’ll have a high trust neighborly society” and then Minneapolis is literally doing high trust neighborly society and they’re like nooooo
"What if Buddy Holly had heard The Who" is the domninant mode in power pop for a good reason, but let us not overlook the incredible bops that were drawing more from classic soul:
youtu.be/V4qCybb83Ho?...
youtu.be/V4qCybb83Ho?...
I Never Thought It Would Happen
YouTube video by The Rubinoos - Topic
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January 18, 2026 at 6:25 PM
"What if Buddy Holly had heard The Who" is the domninant mode in power pop for a good reason, but let us not overlook the incredible bops that were drawing more from classic soul:
youtu.be/V4qCybb83Ho?...
youtu.be/V4qCybb83Ho?...
They're trying to pull off ten Spider-man: Turn Off the Darks at once, I shudder to think how the books look
January 18, 2026 at 5:26 PM
They're trying to pull off ten Spider-man: Turn Off the Darks at once, I shudder to think how the books look
With all due respect to Princess Peach's valiant efforts, I don't think ANYTHING can save a theater committed to producing a dozen elaborately staged, effects-heavy shows simultaneously.
January 18, 2026 at 5:25 PM
With all due respect to Princess Peach's valiant efforts, I don't think ANYTHING can save a theater committed to producing a dozen elaborately staged, effects-heavy shows simultaneously.
The real Yes head's choice
January 18, 2026 at 5:19 PM
The real Yes head's choice
Andor takes place on the Bricks Planet, very different from the Adobe Planet
January 18, 2026 at 2:28 AM
Andor takes place on the Bricks Planet, very different from the Adobe Planet
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God this is dumb. Locke's Carolina Constitution is p close to the rigidly hierarchical slave state MAGA wants; Edmund Burke thought "human rights" was silly French talk; William F. Buckley was a Confederate apologist, an America Firster who resented being ordered around by Jews during his army time,
January 17, 2026 at 4:31 PM
God this is dumb. Locke's Carolina Constitution is p close to the rigidly hierarchical slave state MAGA wants; Edmund Burke thought "human rights" was silly French talk; William F. Buckley was a Confederate apologist, an America Firster who resented being ordered around by Jews during his army time,
Shout out the local Piano Tuners #412, whose militancy demanded they engage in an illegal sympathy strike
January 17, 2026 at 4:27 AM
Shout out the local Piano Tuners #412, whose militancy demanded they engage in an illegal sympathy strike
Every paleo diet book I flip through is WOEFULLY devoid of grubs
January 17, 2026 at 2:29 AM
Every paleo diet book I flip through is WOEFULLY devoid of grubs
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I called the Herr's Product Quality Concerns line and reached a nice lady. She listened to my whole little saga.
She waited, then said, "I bet you believe they're made from real potatoes now!"
I may never recover.
She waited, then said, "I bet you believe they're made from real potatoes now!"
I may never recover.
Got my first bag of potato chips in months. Cracked it open. The first chip out of the bag was... soggy?
The second chip was almost fungal.
Baffled, I explored the bag and discovered AN ENTIRE POTATO. Unsliced, brined, like a wad of seasoning juice. It had survived, and now was juicing the chips.
The second chip was almost fungal.
Baffled, I explored the bag and discovered AN ENTIRE POTATO. Unsliced, brined, like a wad of seasoning juice. It had survived, and now was juicing the chips.
January 16, 2026 at 7:09 PM
I called the Herr's Product Quality Concerns line and reached a nice lady. She listened to my whole little saga.
She waited, then said, "I bet you believe they're made from real potatoes now!"
I may never recover.
She waited, then said, "I bet you believe they're made from real potatoes now!"
I may never recover.
Hey @orbgazer.bsky.social , have you gazed this orb
January 16, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Hey @orbgazer.bsky.social , have you gazed this orb
The entire Biden primary campaign in 2020 was “get a load of these crazy weirdos who are upset! Not me, man”
January 16, 2026 at 10:24 PM
The entire Biden primary campaign in 2020 was “get a load of these crazy weirdos who are upset! Not me, man”
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It's nice to get confirmation that these people are as clueless as we view them to be.
Also love the post-script about Bari just peacing out because, I would assume, the true nature of the project became too obvious for her to be involved and maintain her fake neutrality.
Also love the post-script about Bari just peacing out because, I would assume, the true nature of the project became too obvious for her to be involved and maintain her fake neutrality.
January 16, 2026 at 10:19 PM
It's nice to get confirmation that these people are as clueless as we view them to be.
Also love the post-script about Bari just peacing out because, I would assume, the true nature of the project became too obvious for her to be involved and maintain her fake neutrality.
Also love the post-script about Bari just peacing out because, I would assume, the true nature of the project became too obvious for her to be involved and maintain her fake neutrality.
Thank you, my man. If nothing else we can at least observe and diagnose
January 16, 2026 at 10:21 PM
Thank you, my man. If nothing else we can at least observe and diagnose
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@dancredentials.bsky.social for some reason I couldn't remember your user name and I scrolled back to find it because this made me think of you
Flags with extinct animals on them:
- California (California grizzly bear)
- Chernyshevsky District, Russia (Kulindadromeus)
- Doronogovi, Mongolia (sauropod)
- Srednekolymsk, Russia woolly (mammoth)
- California (California grizzly bear)
- Chernyshevsky District, Russia (Kulindadromeus)
- Doronogovi, Mongolia (sauropod)
- Srednekolymsk, Russia woolly (mammoth)
January 16, 2026 at 9:13 PM
@dancredentials.bsky.social for some reason I couldn't remember your user name and I scrolled back to find it because this made me think of you
That Mongolian sauropod emblem is GORGEOUS!
January 16, 2026 at 9:15 PM
That Mongolian sauropod emblem is GORGEOUS!
So this is being relentlessly pushed on me by the algorithm and with all due respect to any of my followers who enjoy it, this has the be most obnoxious bullshit in the universe right?
January 16, 2026 at 2:17 PM
So this is being relentlessly pushed on me by the algorithm and with all due respect to any of my followers who enjoy it, this has the be most obnoxious bullshit in the universe right?
A Short Man's Disease survivor. An inspiration.
January 16, 2026 at 4:08 AM
A Short Man's Disease survivor. An inspiration.
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my boss calls me into her office to let me know I'm getting three more PTO days a year + a big bonus for calling an ICE guy "petite feet feminine step" and getting a whole city block to sing along
January 16, 2026 at 3:44 AM
my boss calls me into her office to let me know I'm getting three more PTO days a year + a big bonus for calling an ICE guy "petite feet feminine step" and getting a whole city block to sing along
I’m incredibly proud of her. She’s so oriented by kindness and helping that it’s given her a powerful streak for justice
January 16, 2026 at 2:12 AM
I’m incredibly proud of her. She’s so oriented by kindness and helping that it’s given her a powerful streak for justice
My second grader’s class has been learning about MLK this week, and she just told me if she and her friends had been around at his assassination they would have attacked James Earl Ray and she’d have bitten his arm.
Real Clovis and his Franks at the crucifixion energy.
Real Clovis and his Franks at the crucifixion energy.
January 16, 2026 at 2:06 AM
My second grader’s class has been learning about MLK this week, and she just told me if she and her friends had been around at his assassination they would have attacked James Earl Ray and she’d have bitten his arm.
Real Clovis and his Franks at the crucifixion energy.
Real Clovis and his Franks at the crucifixion energy.
Also it’s a way to be in solidarity with Denmark in these uncertain times
January 15, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Also it’s a way to be in solidarity with Denmark in these uncertain times
I didn't know you had fallen off the wagon, man. I think its cool though.
January 15, 2026 at 11:31 PM
I didn't know you had fallen off the wagon, man. I think its cool though.