Dan McKinley
@mcfunley.com
(20 minutes into an unscripted ramble in front of 5000 people carrying signs who are mad as hell and getting sunburned)
You know what would really get their attention, is if we didn’t pay taxes this year
You know what would really get their attention, is if we didn’t pay taxes this year
January 11, 2026 at 12:23 AM
(20 minutes into an unscripted ramble in front of 5000 people carrying signs who are mad as hell and getting sunburned)
You know what would really get their attention, is if we didn’t pay taxes this year
You know what would really get their attention, is if we didn’t pay taxes this year
More like auto foggy memories
January 10, 2026 at 11:24 PM
More like auto foggy memories
I‘m assuming you have tried Lee King’s. That’s gotta be the most honest pricing in the game
January 10, 2026 at 11:20 PM
I‘m assuming you have tried Lee King’s. That’s gotta be the most honest pricing in the game
All you need is a deli slicer and a dream
January 10, 2026 at 11:17 PM
All you need is a deli slicer and a dream
Don’t think I understand why every DTLA protest detonates its own momentum by having the PTA deliver remarks for an hour or whatever
January 10, 2026 at 11:08 PM
Don’t think I understand why every DTLA protest detonates its own momentum by having the PTA deliver remarks for an hour or whatever
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The stone is rolled away; lo, He is risen
if ever signs and wonders were, here is one
atop the Cristo Rei, I survey Lisbon
as Elizabeth Holmes is forcefem castration kinkposting from prison
if ever signs and wonders were, here is one
atop the Cristo Rei, I survey Lisbon
as Elizabeth Holmes is forcefem castration kinkposting from prison
elizabeth holmes is forcefem castration kinkposting from prison
January 10, 2026 at 3:32 AM
The stone is rolled away; lo, He is risen
if ever signs and wonders were, here is one
atop the Cristo Rei, I survey Lisbon
as Elizabeth Holmes is forcefem castration kinkposting from prison
if ever signs and wonders were, here is one
atop the Cristo Rei, I survey Lisbon
as Elizabeth Holmes is forcefem castration kinkposting from prison
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This Is How You Get JARHEAD Sequels
YouTube video by Folding Ideas
youtu.be
January 9, 2026 at 11:36 PM
Assumptions:
- You'd put this money in the stock market instead (~7% annual discount on future premiums)
- The price of health care in the US outpaces inflation (5%/yr)
Ignoring:
- Tax differences or other COL factors
- Denied claims, copays, etc
- You'd put this money in the stock market instead (~7% annual discount on future premiums)
- The price of health care in the US outpaces inflation (5%/yr)
Ignoring:
- Tax differences or other COL factors
- Denied claims, copays, etc
January 9, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Assumptions:
- You'd put this money in the stock market instead (~7% annual discount on future premiums)
- The price of health care in the US outpaces inflation (5%/yr)
Ignoring:
- Tax differences or other COL factors
- Denied claims, copays, etc
- You'd put this money in the stock market instead (~7% annual discount on future premiums)
- The price of health care in the US outpaces inflation (5%/yr)
Ignoring:
- Tax differences or other COL factors
- Denied claims, copays, etc
But at age 60, you are still getting screwed! This is surprising even to me.
January 9, 2026 at 7:36 PM
But at age 60, you are still getting screwed! This is surprising even to me.
A dominant factor is going to be health care: we pay much more for it and the quality is worse. The answer varies by age. A $100K check at age 65 or older is a windfall, since even in America you won't pay that much in premiums before you qualify for Medicare.
January 9, 2026 at 7:36 PM
A dominant factor is going to be health care: we pay much more for it and the quality is worse. The answer varies by age. A $100K check at age 65 or older is a windfall, since even in America you won't pay that much in premiums before you qualify for Medicare.
After seeing this I was curious: morality aside, what should a rational consumer accept to join a dysfunctional fascist empire?
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
January 9, 2026 at 7:36 PM
After seeing this I was curious: morality aside, what should a rational consumer accept to join a dysfunctional fascist empire?
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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Bari Weiss' Substack squad The Free Press is riding with ICE today in Minneapolis. Possible he's with them. Wouldn't identity himself. Anyone recognize this guy?
A team of content creators, not wearing any kind of uniform jumped out of the car and filmed the arrests.
January 9, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Bari Weiss' Substack squad The Free Press is riding with ICE today in Minneapolis. Possible he's with them. Wouldn't identity himself. Anyone recognize this guy?
I think “can AI replace our candidate“ is a pretty good litmus test cc. @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
Software engineers are losing their minds over Claude Code and agents.
Campaigns shouldn’t shrug. The story isn't “AI can code”, it's AI can do knowledge work, and campaigns are mostly knowledge work.
matthodges.com/posts/2026-0...
Campaigns shouldn’t shrug. The story isn't “AI can code”, it's AI can do knowledge work, and campaigns are mostly knowledge work.
matthodges.com/posts/2026-0...
Campaigns Are Knowledge Workers and the Tools Just Caught Up
Agentic AI can change campaign operations. The organizations that outlast November need to lead.
matthodges.com
January 8, 2026 at 3:50 PM
I think “can AI replace our candidate“ is a pretty good litmus test cc. @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
and presumably take away their universal health care
January 7, 2026 at 4:13 PM
and presumably take away their universal health care
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every NYT headline is like…They expected pee: poo greeted them instead
January 3, 2026 at 12:02 AM
every NYT headline is like…They expected pee: poo greeted them instead
In other news seeing a single TikTok of a product manager trying to give a narrative of what’s going on with LLM’s — earnestly, and in good faith, mind you — exposes my brain to enough fundamental misconceptions to ruin its entire day
January 6, 2026 at 11:03 PM
In other news seeing a single TikTok of a product manager trying to give a narrative of what’s going on with LLM’s — earnestly, and in good faith, mind you — exposes my brain to enough fundamental misconceptions to ruin its entire day
Yeah I mean an LLM is a sharp knife whose handle is also a sharp knife, and you can see the results of this in every attempt by the naive to hook them up to something
January 6, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Yeah I mean an LLM is a sharp knife whose handle is also a sharp knife, and you can see the results of this in every attempt by the naive to hook them up to something
Yeah “how will we verify / constrain what it’s doing“ is the whole ballgame. With an agent writing little changesets using tools you know you can just inspect. More than that, you need a sophisticated strategy.
January 6, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Yeah “how will we verify / constrain what it’s doing“ is the whole ballgame. With an agent writing little changesets using tools you know you can just inspect. More than that, you need a sophisticated strategy.
It reflects its author's revealed preferences in terms of complexity and verbosity I guess.
January 6, 2026 at 9:43 PM
It reflects its author's revealed preferences in terms of complexity and verbosity I guess.
Gas Town itself is seems like an example of that. What with the Winchester Mystery House architecture full of ghosts with intricately specified overlapping personalities, each papering over a different weird problem.
January 6, 2026 at 9:43 PM
Gas Town itself is seems like an example of that. What with the Winchester Mystery House architecture full of ghosts with intricately specified overlapping personalities, each papering over a different weird problem.
Anyway largely agreed with the original thread, to the extent that the promise is something like Gas Town.
I don't really see how that works unless there's some verification oracle available for a particular problem, and that's a rare scenario.
I don't really see how that works unless there's some verification oracle available for a particular problem, and that's a rare scenario.
January 6, 2026 at 9:43 PM
Anyway largely agreed with the original thread, to the extent that the promise is something like Gas Town.
I don't really see how that works unless there's some verification oracle available for a particular problem, and that's a rare scenario.
I don't really see how that works unless there's some verification oracle available for a particular problem, and that's a rare scenario.
I think it is orthogonal to the takes in the essay. What would be contrary to the essay would be trying to use ChatGPT to discover new physics, so that I can build a time machine, so that I can shoot myself before putting that title on it
January 6, 2026 at 9:36 PM
I think it is orthogonal to the takes in the essay. What would be contrary to the essay would be trying to use ChatGPT to discover new physics, so that I can build a time machine, so that I can shoot myself before putting that title on it
Some might say this is a dumb workaround for being lazy, but I would call such takes unrealistic. Cognitive capacity is a scarce resource. (I have not tried waking up at 4AM and putting my face in a bowl of icewater or whatever, this seems easier)
January 6, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Some might say this is a dumb workaround for being lazy, but I would call such takes unrealistic. Cognitive capacity is a scarce resource. (I have not tried waking up at 4AM and putting my face in a bowl of icewater or whatever, this seems easier)
The 40% case (not ever really needing to do anything boring) is a significant win for me because I get to space out and the work still gets done. Win-win!
January 6, 2026 at 9:29 PM
The 40% case (not ever really needing to do anything boring) is a significant win for me because I get to space out and the work still gets done. Win-win!