Dan Thorpe
@danisnotadj.bsky.social
Sound design // public health // weird sounds (mostly on the piano). “No respect for the culture of pianism”. Your queer dad.
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Every time I post something negative about Keir Starmer I get a waves of blocks from accounts with handles like shropshirelass and kendaldave
December 20, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Every time I post something negative about Keir Starmer I get a waves of blocks from accounts with handles like shropshirelass and kendaldave
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It’s a single-blind study in a country where hepB is highly prevalent, where some children will be given placebos and a painful death rather than a safe, effective vaccine.
Complaining this isn’t “America First” because American researchers aren’t getting the money is…. that’s not the problem here.
Complaining this isn’t “America First” because American researchers aren’t getting the money is…. that’s not the problem here.
CDC Gives Danish Researchers $1.6M to Study Hep B Vaccine Birth Dose in Africa
'I don't see that as America First,' one researcher says
www.medpagetoday.com
December 20, 2025 at 4:52 AM
It’s a single-blind study in a country where hepB is highly prevalent, where some children will be given placebos and a painful death rather than a safe, effective vaccine.
Complaining this isn’t “America First” because American researchers aren’t getting the money is…. that’s not the problem here.
Complaining this isn’t “America First” because American researchers aren’t getting the money is…. that’s not the problem here.
Lightly insane request, but — films with insanely homoerotic friendships with a woman “in-between” them? Think Point Break, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Lid, etc.
December 16, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Lightly insane request, but — films with insanely homoerotic friendships with a woman “in-between” them? Think Point Break, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Lid, etc.
Finally got around to watching Sinners, and genuinely... what a banger of a film. Hooting and hollering throughout the entire thing, strongly recommend if you're like me and somehow missed it in theatres.
December 16, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Finally got around to watching Sinners, and genuinely... what a banger of a film. Hooting and hollering throughout the entire thing, strongly recommend if you're like me and somehow missed it in theatres.
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linux desktop popularity has SURGED in 2025 according to the only source i pay attention to: pornhub insights
December 15, 2025 at 11:54 PM
linux desktop popularity has SURGED in 2025 according to the only source i pay attention to: pornhub insights
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Ford going the way of Toyota and betting the farm on ICE engines, enduring Trump Presidency.
Breaking: In a massive hit, Ford is writing down $19.5 billion in EV investments. It will also stop making the electric version of its F-150 pickup.
Ford Takes $19.5 Billion Charge to Write Down EV Investments
The sum is among the largest impairments taken by a company and marks the U.S. auto industry’s biggest reckoning to date that it can’t realize its electric-vehicle ambitions anytime soon.
on.wsj.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Ford going the way of Toyota and betting the farm on ICE engines, enduring Trump Presidency.
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Don’t miss the opportunity to cast your ballot for Worst Person in Tech!
Will Elon Musk and Peter Thiel find themselves facing off again this year, so will another asshole move into the top spot? You will decide.
Will Elon Musk and Peter Thiel find themselves facing off again this year, so will another asshole move into the top spot? You will decide.
🚨 THE BATTLE BEGINS 🚨
Your favorite year-end contest is back. It’s time to choose who will be this year’s Worst Person In Tech for 2025!
Each day of this week new matchups will drop until we choose the winner on Friday.
🗳️ Cast your ballot: twsu.forms.app/worst-person...
Your favorite year-end contest is back. It’s time to choose who will be this year’s Worst Person In Tech for 2025!
Each day of this week new matchups will drop until we choose the winner on Friday.
🗳️ Cast your ballot: twsu.forms.app/worst-person...
December 15, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Don’t miss the opportunity to cast your ballot for Worst Person in Tech!
Will Elon Musk and Peter Thiel find themselves facing off again this year, so will another asshole move into the top spot? You will decide.
Will Elon Musk and Peter Thiel find themselves facing off again this year, so will another asshole move into the top spot? You will decide.
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(weird guy trying to sneak in an amendment to Woke 2) this all sounds great, and what about if you make fun of chiropractors you get the death penalty
December 15, 2025 at 9:26 PM
(weird guy trying to sneak in an amendment to Woke 2) this all sounds great, and what about if you make fun of chiropractors you get the death penalty
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we can kill them all if we just work together and ✨believe💫
December 15, 2025 at 5:11 PM
we can kill them all if we just work together and ✨believe💫
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Solidarity to the Australian Jewish community. No one should die for practising their faith.
And respect to all those who engaged in big and small acts of heroism when it counted. You are the best of us.
And respect to all those who engaged in big and small acts of heroism when it counted. You are the best of us.
December 14, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Solidarity to the Australian Jewish community. No one should die for practising their faith.
And respect to all those who engaged in big and small acts of heroism when it counted. You are the best of us.
And respect to all those who engaged in big and small acts of heroism when it counted. You are the best of us.
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Cross and Stretch by resonantrepair
December 13, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Cross and Stretch by resonantrepair
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Did you know those over 55 can sell their house, buy a bigger, more expensive house, and use the ‘downsizer’ scheme to put $300k extra into their super
its called the ‘downsizer scheme’ but…you don’t have to actually downsize…FFS
Not sure that passes ‘the pub test’
thepoint.com.au/news/251213
its called the ‘downsizer scheme’ but…you don’t have to actually downsize…FFS
Not sure that passes ‘the pub test’
thepoint.com.au/news/251213
The rich get tax advice; the poor get lectures: super tax saga lays bare a skewed system
A new report on the amount of revenue expected to be raised by the changes to superannuation tax on balances over $3m highlights yet again how the tax system is weighted in favour of the rich and that...
thepoint.com.au
December 12, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Did you know those over 55 can sell their house, buy a bigger, more expensive house, and use the ‘downsizer’ scheme to put $300k extra into their super
its called the ‘downsizer scheme’ but…you don’t have to actually downsize…FFS
Not sure that passes ‘the pub test’
thepoint.com.au/news/251213
its called the ‘downsizer scheme’ but…you don’t have to actually downsize…FFS
Not sure that passes ‘the pub test’
thepoint.com.au/news/251213
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SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
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linked cdjs send a nearly identical 292 byte keepalive message (which has 215-220 0 bytes) with their model name and firmware version to each other like 8 times a second, even when totally idle, nothing playing. insecure attachment ass
December 10, 2025 at 6:39 PM
linked cdjs send a nearly identical 292 byte keepalive message (which has 215-220 0 bytes) with their model name and firmware version to each other like 8 times a second, even when totally idle, nothing playing. insecure attachment ass
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The Thing (1982, John Carpenter)
December 9, 2025 at 2:27 AM
The Thing (1982, John Carpenter)
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For any Dimension 20 nerds out there, we WILL be bringing the dome to Capitol Hill if I win.
December 9, 2025 at 4:52 AM
For any Dimension 20 nerds out there, we WILL be bringing the dome to Capitol Hill if I win.
Listening to an audio book version of Mark Fisher’s Postcapitalist Desire and, after being utterly entranced by Mattie Colqhoun’s beautiful introduction, got immediately misty eyed as the first lecture opened with Mark being unable to make the AV tech in the lecture hall work 😭😭😭
December 9, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Listening to an audio book version of Mark Fisher’s Postcapitalist Desire and, after being utterly entranced by Mattie Colqhoun’s beautiful introduction, got immediately misty eyed as the first lecture opened with Mark being unable to make the AV tech in the lecture hall work 😭😭😭
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Worth noting just how impressive it is that public opinion has so steadily turned against Israel in the United States considering the fact that news like this basically does not get covered in any of the legacy media publications.
🔴 Top Israeli Ministers Proudly Adorn a Global Symbol of Racial Terror
Israeli Nat'l Security Min. Itamar Ben-Gvir & allies were photographed wearing gold noose pins in public to signal support for executing Palestinian detainees. Also visible in the image is Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu...
Israeli Nat'l Security Min. Itamar Ben-Gvir & allies were photographed wearing gold noose pins in public to signal support for executing Palestinian detainees. Also visible in the image is Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu...
December 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Worth noting just how impressive it is that public opinion has so steadily turned against Israel in the United States considering the fact that news like this basically does not get covered in any of the legacy media publications.
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Good on Penn Jillette. Having to come to terms with your entire political identity and philosophy being wrong is not easy and most people could never do it.
December 7, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Good on Penn Jillette. Having to come to terms with your entire political identity and philosophy being wrong is not easy and most people could never do it.
Was off work sick for the last week, had my first day back today and didn’t have a chance to take my concerta from then until about 11am today…you’re not gonna need to do particularly sophisticated Timezone math to guess when/in what state I’m posting this
December 8, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Was off work sick for the last week, had my first day back today and didn’t have a chance to take my concerta from then until about 11am today…you’re not gonna need to do particularly sophisticated Timezone math to guess when/in what state I’m posting this
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Two weeks ago I said that there were likely millions of uninstalled Blackwell GPUs sitting in warehouses as there is neither the data center capacity nor the power to turn them on. Michael Burry is looking into it and it looks like he’s got evidence I’m right.
www.wheresyoured.at/the-haters-g...
www.wheresyoured.at/the-haters-g...
December 7, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Two weeks ago I said that there were likely millions of uninstalled Blackwell GPUs sitting in warehouses as there is neither the data center capacity nor the power to turn them on. Michael Burry is looking into it and it looks like he’s got evidence I’m right.
www.wheresyoured.at/the-haters-g...
www.wheresyoured.at/the-haters-g...
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The irony of a prime ministership whose theory of government is procedural and consultative being hostile when the public in a democracy tries to see what's going into the soup.
"Albanese government staffers – as well as senior Commonwealth public servants – privately fume at what they claim are abuses of laws and practices surrounding transparency by people whose sole aim is to embarrass the government."
Exclusive: PM’s office directs lobbyists to use encrypted, disappearing messages
Multiple sources confirm the Albanese government has pushed lobbyists and industry groups to use encrypted messages and verbal briefings when proposing policy ideas, to avoid FOI and disclosure requir...
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
December 5, 2025 at 10:02 PM
The irony of a prime ministership whose theory of government is procedural and consultative being hostile when the public in a democracy tries to see what's going into the soup.
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“Prevention is profitable too – but its returns flow to everyone through wellbeing, productivity and growth. It doesn’t enrich a small number of powerful stakeholders.”
"We built an illness system, not a health system. And we’re paying for it" by Luke Slawomirski #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
We built an illness system, not a health system. And we’re paying for it
Australia’s health system is beginning to resemble the US. We must change course
thepoint.com.au
December 4, 2025 at 11:18 PM
“Prevention is profitable too – but its returns flow to everyone through wellbeing, productivity and growth. It doesn’t enrich a small number of powerful stakeholders.”
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We finally have randomized, controlled clinical trial results from ambient AI scribes. But what do these RCTs actually tell us?
Look at the below chart. Time savings are often low, but doctors give the technology rave reviews, esp in anecdotes that people tend to believe more than data 👀 🧵
🖥️🩺
Look at the below chart. Time savings are often low, but doctors give the technology rave reviews, esp in anecdotes that people tend to believe more than data 👀 🧵
🖥️🩺
December 3, 2025 at 4:56 PM
We finally have randomized, controlled clinical trial results from ambient AI scribes. But what do these RCTs actually tell us?
Look at the below chart. Time savings are often low, but doctors give the technology rave reviews, esp in anecdotes that people tend to believe more than data 👀 🧵
🖥️🩺
Look at the below chart. Time savings are often low, but doctors give the technology rave reviews, esp in anecdotes that people tend to believe more than data 👀 🧵
🖥️🩺