Dan McDonough
@danluvsbeer.bsky.social
DC/Providence, depending. Music, art, bikes, good food, tasty booze.
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Uh... stay home and don't buy anything?
How to avoid buyer’s remorse this Black Friday
A neuroeconomist’s advice for making better shopping decisions this season – plus, shopping experts on the best early steals
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Uh... stay home and don't buy anything?
It really speaks volumes about how separate my former wine sales/still wine geek life and my DC life are, that I didn’t know about this months ahead of time.
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Berry Bros. & Rudd USA - Berry Bros & Rudd
Established in 1698, Berry Bros. & Rudd brings over 325 years of fine wine expertise to the United States. Build your collection with access to rare wines, exclusive spirits, and unrivalled personal s...
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November 26, 2025 at 12:49 AM
It really speaks volumes about how separate my former wine sales/still wine geek life and my DC life are, that I didn’t know about this months ahead of time.
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us.bbr.com
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Bye bye bowser, you won't be missed. At least I never have to worry about accidentally having to see you on a bus or metro car.
November 26, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Bye bye bowser, you won't be missed. At least I never have to worry about accidentally having to see you on a bus or metro car.
They're really having a hard time coming up with an excuse for this particular game device with each new installment, aren't they?
November 25, 2025 at 8:42 PM
They're really having a hard time coming up with an excuse for this particular game device with each new installment, aren't they?
Charlotte, though?
Also all but two of these are driving cities and you could get little argument from me that Boston is a driving city pretending to be a transit city.
Conclusion: Americans are weird. Or perhaps they're normal and I'm weird! Who can say?
Also all but two of these are driving cities and you could get little argument from me that Boston is a driving city pretending to be a transit city.
Conclusion: Americans are weird. Or perhaps they're normal and I'm weird! Who can say?
Bluesky: “Obviously the housing crisis is the only reason anyone would choose to live outside of NYC”
Actual Americans: “Vegas, baby!”
Actual Americans: “Vegas, baby!”
November 25, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Charlotte, though?
Also all but two of these are driving cities and you could get little argument from me that Boston is a driving city pretending to be a transit city.
Conclusion: Americans are weird. Or perhaps they're normal and I'm weird! Who can say?
Also all but two of these are driving cities and you could get little argument from me that Boston is a driving city pretending to be a transit city.
Conclusion: Americans are weird. Or perhaps they're normal and I'm weird! Who can say?
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Universal is finally (FINALLY!) putting the complete discography of Let's Active on digital music apps this week. I spoke to frontman Mitch Easter about how it came together, and what fans can expect from his set of songs from the band this weekend in Winston-Salem, NC.
A Second Disc Interview: Let's Revisit Let's Active with Mitch Easter - The Second Disc
"Making records is a really good idea," Mitch Easter says, partway through a chat with The Second Disc. He's, of course, absolutely correct, and he would know. The Winston-Salem, North Carolina native...
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November 25, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Universal is finally (FINALLY!) putting the complete discography of Let's Active on digital music apps this week. I spoke to frontman Mitch Easter about how it came together, and what fans can expect from his set of songs from the band this weekend in Winston-Salem, NC.
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The best thing I learned from Macaulay Culkin at last night’s Home Alone screening is that his 4yo son loves the movie, thinks of himself as Kevin, and has no idea that that’s his dad. Culkin is attempting to hide that fact for as long as possible
a young boy is smiling and says `` i made my family disappear '' .
ALT: a young boy is smiling and says `` i made my family disappear '' .
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November 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The best thing I learned from Macaulay Culkin at last night’s Home Alone screening is that his 4yo son loves the movie, thinks of himself as Kevin, and has no idea that that’s his dad. Culkin is attempting to hide that fact for as long as possible
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One of the stranger aspects of writing nonfiction is that some reviews of your *book* will actually be reviews of its *subject*
CLIMATE CHANGE: ONE STAR
CLIMATE CHANGE: ONE STAR
November 25, 2025 at 3:10 PM
One of the stranger aspects of writing nonfiction is that some reviews of your *book* will actually be reviews of its *subject*
CLIMATE CHANGE: ONE STAR
CLIMATE CHANGE: ONE STAR
Should I tell the sales associate or the physical therapist I'd need to see afterward?
when trying on pants, do this in the store. then tell the sales associate "the menswear guy told me to do this."
IG mr.funkys0ul
IG mr.funkys0ul
November 25, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Should I tell the sales associate or the physical therapist I'd need to see afterward?
Philly is *terrible* about this. I got so fed up with it that I just stashed a bike at my son's house so I have something to ride when I visit.
$10.69 for a 15-minute ride?
For visitors, public bikeshare often feels like a ripoff.
In CityLab, I explored why.
For visitors, public bikeshare often feels like a ripoff.
In CityLab, I explored why.
Bikeshare Shouldn’t Kick Tourists to the Curb
Barcelona’s bikeshare program excludes non-Spanish visitors. Other cities charge tourists much higher fees to rent two-wheelers. Which policy makes more sense?
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Philly is *terrible* about this. I got so fed up with it that I just stashed a bike at my son's house so I have something to ride when I visit.
Have they not seen how the vindictive prosecution thing is going so far?
BREAKING
The Defense Department says it may recall Senator Mark Kelly, a retired Navy Captain and astronaut, and refer him to court martial proceedings for appearing in a video where he urged service members not to follow unlawful orders.
The Defense Department says it may recall Senator Mark Kelly, a retired Navy Captain and astronaut, and refer him to court martial proceedings for appearing in a video where he urged service members not to follow unlawful orders.
November 24, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Have they not seen how the vindictive prosecution thing is going so far?
I only go into the Cleveland Park CVS to pick up prescriptions. That's it. I tried to buy some toilet paper there a few weeks back; it was locked up with no-one on the sales floor to unlock it for me. Walked to the Streets Market half a block away and bought toilet paper. 🤷
Treating Customers Like Criminals: The San Francisco Safeway Edition
In D.C., several of the Safeway grocery stores have been given nicknames. My local Safeway is, unfortunately, called the Soviet Safeway because, well, it kind of sucks. But San Francisco is really upping the Soviet Safeway game…
In D.C., several of the Safeway grocery stores have been given nicknames. My local Safeway is, unfortunately, called the Soviet Safeway because, well, it kind of sucks. But San Francisco is really upping the Soviet Safeway game…
Treating Customers Like Criminals: The San Francisco Safeway Edition
In D.C., several of the Safeway grocery stores have been given nicknames. My local Safeway is, unfortunately, called the Soviet Safeway because, well, it kind of sucks. But San Francisco is really upping the Soviet Safeway game (boldface mine): At the Safeway on San Francisco’s King Street, you now can’t leave the store unless you buy something. The Mission Bay grocery store recently installed new anti-theft measures at the entrance and exit.
mikethemadbiologist.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I only go into the Cleveland Park CVS to pick up prescriptions. That's it. I tried to buy some toilet paper there a few weeks back; it was locked up with no-one on the sales floor to unlock it for me. Walked to the Streets Market half a block away and bought toilet paper. 🤷
Only tangentially-related, but how many of these tools do you think actually wore masks during the peak part of the pandemic?
An ICE agent was caught removing a sign marking an ICE kidnapping in DC last week! Do we think he did it out of anger, embarrassment, or most appropriately shame? If you think what you’re doing is right, why are you trying to hide the evidence? 👀
November 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Only tangentially-related, but how many of these tools do you think actually wore masks during the peak part of the pandemic?
In 2008 the then-wife's parents decided I was personally responsible for the Black guy getting elected so we were on our own. Cut to 18 people gathered around a table belting out "Don't Look Back in Anger" at the top of our lungs at 3am. We called it the Thanksgiving of Misfit Toys.
Actually in the spirit of this conversation, what’s a decision you made about a past Thanksgiving holiday that really paid off? I think people often feel trapped by their lives. Sharing our experiences can liberate us from that sense of claustrophobia.
On the most recent episode of VIBE CHECK, we answer listener questions about Thanksgiving, most importantly “do you go celebrate with the family members you don’t even like?”
November 24, 2025 at 2:48 PM
In 2008 the then-wife's parents decided I was personally responsible for the Black guy getting elected so we were on our own. Cut to 18 people gathered around a table belting out "Don't Look Back in Anger" at the top of our lungs at 3am. We called it the Thanksgiving of Misfit Toys.
Boy I bet these guys are really great spouses and parents.
A @nytimes.com investigation has found that state prison guards have been credibly accused of engaging in such behavior — putting inmates in restraints and then assaulting them — far more often than was previously known.
Restrained, Beaten, Asphyxiated: New York Prison Guards’ Brutality Grows
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Boy I bet these guys are really great spouses and parents.
Hive mind: organizing my records. What the hell is this?
November 23, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Hive mind: organizing my records. What the hell is this?
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broke: "DOGE failed"
woke: "DOGE succeeded"
bespoke:"DOGE ruined the incredibly competent USDS service in ways that will be extremely hard to fix"
woke: "DOGE succeeded"
bespoke:"DOGE ruined the incredibly competent USDS service in ways that will be extremely hard to fix"
November 23, 2025 at 2:57 PM
broke: "DOGE failed"
woke: "DOGE succeeded"
bespoke:"DOGE ruined the incredibly competent USDS service in ways that will be extremely hard to fix"
woke: "DOGE succeeded"
bespoke:"DOGE ruined the incredibly competent USDS service in ways that will be extremely hard to fix"
I gotta stay off this site on Sundays because I can't stand the Sunday morning news show clips with these smarmy bastards lying through their teeth.
November 23, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I gotta stay off this site on Sundays because I can't stand the Sunday morning news show clips with these smarmy bastards lying through their teeth.
NGL whenever I see this painting I think the guy is standing up at a town hall to complain about the transgenders illegals.
Opinion by Max McCoy: In 1943 Norman Rockwell painted democracy’s portrait. An editor from Kansas helped make it possible. #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2025/11/23/i...
In 1943 Norman Rockwell painted democracy’s portrait. An editor from Kansas helped make it possible. • Kansas Reflector
When the Saturday Evening Post published an offensive antisemitic article in 1942, the furor threatened to sink the magazine. The Post's editor and much of the staff were sacked and a young former Kan...
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November 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
NGL whenever I see this painting I think the guy is standing up at a town hall to complain about the transgenders illegals.
It's interesting. Throughout history there must be a few other examples of this sort of thing--the river changes course and floods the city; the blight takes out the olive groves, what have ya--but it's really odd to see it happening to a world capital of almost 9 million people.
Amid a deepening ecological crisis and acute water shortage, Tehran can no longer remain the capital of Iran, the country’s president has said. www.scientificamerican.com/article/iran...
Iran’s Capital Is Moving. The Reason Is an Ecological Catastrophe
The decision to move Iran’s capital is partly driven by climate change, but experts say decades of human error and action are also to blame
www.scientificamerican.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:49 AM
It's interesting. Throughout history there must be a few other examples of this sort of thing--the river changes course and floods the city; the blight takes out the olive groves, what have ya--but it's really odd to see it happening to a world capital of almost 9 million people.
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redid my personal site post-layoff :)
my contact form is open! if you're looking to talk to or commission someone with expertise in covering and analyzing social movements, prison and police abolition, trans politics, climate organizing, cultural criticism... reach out! (my DMs are cursed rn, lol)
my contact form is open! if you're looking to talk to or commission someone with expertise in covering and analyzing social movements, prison and police abolition, trans politics, climate organizing, cultural criticism... reach out! (my DMs are cursed rn, lol)
Lex McMenamin
Lex McMenamin is a writer, editor, and organizer from Philadelphia, based in New York.
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November 22, 2025 at 5:43 PM
redid my personal site post-layoff :)
my contact form is open! if you're looking to talk to or commission someone with expertise in covering and analyzing social movements, prison and police abolition, trans politics, climate organizing, cultural criticism... reach out! (my DMs are cursed rn, lol)
my contact form is open! if you're looking to talk to or commission someone with expertise in covering and analyzing social movements, prison and police abolition, trans politics, climate organizing, cultural criticism... reach out! (my DMs are cursed rn, lol)
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Drivers are on their phones so often that I really think we should just include texting as part of the practical driving exam.
We’ve 100% lost the war on using phones while driving and it’s the worst.
November 21, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Drivers are on their phones so often that I really think we should just include texting as part of the practical driving exam.
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Laughing at Donald Trump saying he'd definitely feel comfortable living in Zohran Mamdani's New York on the same day that half the consultant brain-poisoned Democratic party voted to condemn socialism
November 21, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Laughing at Donald Trump saying he'd definitely feel comfortable living in Zohran Mamdani's New York on the same day that half the consultant brain-poisoned Democratic party voted to condemn socialism
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did you guys mean to send this to my dog or
November 21, 2025 at 8:14 PM
did you guys mean to send this to my dog or
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Boston Based Bikes Not Bombs sending Used Bikes to Ghana to be reused.
November 21, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Boston Based Bikes Not Bombs sending Used Bikes to Ghana to be reused.