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Dan McDonald

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... I'm also "danmcd", but kebe.com is my domain. */ Dad&Husband, BEAGLE-DAD, #illumos core team, early IPv6 & IPsec guy. Alum of Michigan, Arizona, Sun, etc. he/him/../../../etc/shadow My other socials can be found here: https://kebe.com/~danmcd

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Dan McDonald @kebe.com · May 26

THANK YOU for using the word cryptocurrency. We old-timers appreciate it because:

Jules from Pulp Fiction (portrayed by Samuel L. Jackson) pointing a gun. The menacing, and relevant, text I added here is, "CRYPTO IS CRYPTOGRAPHY, MOTHERFUCKER!"

Dan McDonald @kebe.com · 3h

Larry the lawnmower threatening to buy Conde Nast?

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Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 3h

JFC read the article man there’s like the most minimal friction but y’all just wanna fucking whine

www.cnn.com/2025/11/03/p...

Why Tuesday’s elections could give Democrats two paths to coming back from Trump | CNN Politics

Only a party going through the Democrats’ identity and existential crises could, nine months into Donald Trump’s second presidency, have Zohran Mamdani and Abigail Spanberger as its front-runners in t...

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Dan McDonald @kebe.com · 3h

HARDISON: I've brute forced all 7-to-10-character passwords. They CAN'T using the stock video surveillance software.

PARKER reaches over HARDISON, types in "Louvre", gets feed.

HARDISON: REALLY?!?

ELLIOT: DAMMIT HARDISON!

HARDISON: WOULD YOU FORGET YOUR KEVLAR VEST, ELLIOT? THAT'S WHAT THEY DID!

Perry Areolar @perryodontal.bsky.social · 5h

the password to the louvre surveillance server was "louvre"

www.thesocialpost.it/2025/11/02/f...

according to the liberation newspaper, documents dating back to a 2014 inspection by the French National Agency for the Security of Computer Systems reported a staggering detail: "the password of the louvre's video surveillance server was simply " louvre. "

Dan McDonald @kebe.com · 4h

Godzilla, rush chairman, damned glad to meet you!

a cartoon character is shaking hands with a giant monster

Alt: Jet Jaguar (from prior post in thread) shaking hands with Godzilla.

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Dan McDonald @kebe.com · 4h

Excuse me sir, is this the Kaiju house?

a man in a superhero costume is standing in the middle of a field .

Alt: Jet Jaguar, a robot from one of the 1970s Godzilla movies, walking toward us.

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Phineas @phineas.bsky.social · 8h

New awareness campaign

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Dan McDonald @kebe.com · 18h

My favorite political writer was an ex-GOPer who tried to sort out what to do after 2012. All of his recommendations were completely ignored by the dixiecrat-metastazised GOP. He quit the party when Trump got the nomination, and wrote this in November 2016:

www.politicalorphans.com/socialism-fo...

Socialism for white people

Election 2016 has prompted a wave of head-scratching on the left. Why would economically struggling blue collar voters reject a party that offers to expand public safety net programs? The answer is…

www.politicalorphans.com

Dan McDonald @kebe.com · 18h

Of course you did. You'd hear no end of it otherwise! :)

For reference:

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Dan McDonald @kebe.com · Dec 25

Maisie Christmas everyone!

#dogsky #dogssky

Maisie the Beagle under a Christmas tree. She used to be on Twitter but left when Elon took over. Unlike Dan, she hasn't replaced Twitter, and doesn't post much in her old age anyway.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 8d

Folks, Jordan Wood is running for the U.S. Senate in Maine in 2026.
He’s a Democrat. He’s 36 years old. He’s a progressive.

His campaign emphasizes anti-corruption, standing up against corporations and wealth, and pro-democracy reform.

Check him out…
@jordanwood.bsky.social

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Dan McDonald @kebe.com · 1d

Mamdani?

Dan McDonald @kebe.com · 1d

<checks replies for duplicates... not yet?>

This is the ONLY kind of fox news I ever wanna see, read, or hear about.

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Dr. Damien P. Williams! Look over here! … It's All For You! @wolvendamien.bsky.social · Apr 3

I've said it before and I'll say it over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and opver and over and over and over and over and ove and over and over and over and over and ovr and over and over andover and over and over and over and over and over and ovber again:

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Dan McDonald @kebe.com · 1d

Honestly, either one works in your example. 😀

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 1d

Every day it feels more and more like a zombie apocalypse over on LinkedIn, in which you start a conversation with someone who you hope is an ordinary person and then a couple of turns in discover that they have surrendered their brains to the "AI" mass delusion.

Comment on a linked in post, from user Kurtis Loken who presents themself as "Experienced Metrology Engineer | AI/ML real world experience | Patented Solutions | R&D | Mass Production"

Comment reads:

Emily M. Bender You are a linguist. LLMs have proven some theories disproved others about how language works. I would think that would be an amazing time to be a linguist.

Have you ever actually talked to an AI…I mean really talked to one? The Turing test has been passed. (Sonnet 4.5 has particularly impressed me when discussing ideas with it…definitely has passed my own Turing test.)

I would really love to see a conversation between yourself and it discussing your views. That would make a great podcast. Have these models explain to you why your idea to ban them may or may not be a good idea. These things probably have their own opinions on the topic if someone would listen to them. Maybe that’s you?

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Nick Davis @ntd.bsky.social · 1d

The split screen dual-pane interview is a staple of almost all (partisan) television media, yet its information-misinformation yield is so bad that it beggars belief why anyone would continue using it other than misinformation is entertainment and entertainment sells.

Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 1d

What are you doing? Just end the interview. He literally lied to your face about the geographic whereabouts of the president, which is as observable to you & us as the sunrise.

Don’t. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspaper.

Don’t. Platform. Lying. Liars. To. Performatively. Lie. On. Your. Teevee. Shows.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

TAPPER: Where is President Trump right now?

REP. BUDDY CARTER: He's in Asia. He's negotiating trade deals. He's negotiating world peace.

TAPPER: Well, he's at Mar-a-Lago technically right now.

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Dan McDonald @kebe.com · 1d

I'm pretty sure I have the issue of Asimov's with it.

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Dan McDonald @kebe.com · 1d

There's a great AH story by John Kessel, "The Franchise". A review of it is here:

www.blackgate.com/2018/09/24/b...

Birthday Reviews: John Kessel’s “The Franchise” – Black Gate

www.blackgate.com

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Dan McDonald @kebe.com · 1d

I'm more worried about Geddy Lee, but as another reply said about Levy, I'm sure he'll be fine.

Dan McDonald @kebe.com · 1d

Necessary, but not sufficient, to use the mathematical form.

Dan McDonald @kebe.com · 2d

If you see this, quote with a robot that isn't from "Star Wars", "Star Trek", "Doctor Who", or "Transformers".

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Adam Leventhal @ahl.bsky.social · 5d

On Monday, @bcantrill and I revisited an Oxide and Friends tradition: Books in the Box! We--and live listeners--share recommendations--worth a listen if you're looking for your next read!

Oxide and Friends 10/27/2025 -- Books in the Box V

YouTube video by Oxide Computer Company

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Dan McDonald @kebe.com · 3d

Congress is abdicating their duties because of the Epstein files.

Dan McDonald @kebe.com · 3d

Yes to all of the below.

Also, when Netflix, Apple, and Amazon look like "the good guys" or at least "less shitty" compared to who's not cited, you KNOW you're in trouble.

David Slack @slack2thefuture.bsky.social · 3d

If anyone’s interested in saving the US Entertainment Industry, here’s what we need:
- Anti-Trust Enforcement
- Bring Back Fin-Syn
- Trust Creative Execs Over Algorithms
- Ban David Zaslav

The Verge @theverge.com · 3d

Netflix is reportedly looking into a bid for Warner Bros. Discovery www.theverge.com/news/811462/...

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 3d

Probably a good day to reup this, from September.

archive.is/QadNL

A BoGlo story with headline, A DOJ lawyer accused Harvard of 'indifference to antisemitism.' As a Harvard undergrad he wrote a paper from Hitler's perspective.

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Dan McDonald @kebe.com · 3d

Actually got a hit on page one of google that might be pertinent, for people who might want more. This what you mean? Or something else?

scholarworks.umb.edu/cgi/viewcont...

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