@mrdanack.bsky.social
"a study in how people can curate a public persona that has no bearing to their actual mentality or skillset."
My god. I can’t believe once a upon a time people would quote Michael Shermer as a rationalist. He even cites Tim Pool (in the thread below). It’s quite a study in how people can curate a public persona that has no bearing to their actual mentality or skillset.
The publisher of "Skeptic Magazine" thinks if you get murdered by agents of the government in the act of protest, it's your fault for just not staying home.
January 10, 2026 at 3:39 PM
"a study in how people can curate a public persona that has no bearing to their actual mentality or skillset."
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if you want to know what it is like in minneapolis, I don’t even have to scroll on facebook to find a horror story. it’s basically my whole feed.
everyone i know in minneapolis is seeing ICE take people—at gas stations, taquerias, bus stops, schools. just snatching random people.
everyone i know in minneapolis is seeing ICE take people—at gas stations, taquerias, bus stops, schools. just snatching random people.
January 10, 2026 at 2:12 PM
if you want to know what it is like in minneapolis, I don’t even have to scroll on facebook to find a horror story. it’s basically my whole feed.
everyone i know in minneapolis is seeing ICE take people—at gas stations, taquerias, bus stops, schools. just snatching random people.
everyone i know in minneapolis is seeing ICE take people—at gas stations, taquerias, bus stops, schools. just snatching random people.
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A big welcome to everyone new to Bluesky! 🦋
Starter packs are a great way to quickly find great accounts to follow. ☑️
Are you a @greenparty.org.uk member who supports new High Speed rail, including HS2? 🚄
Let us know and we'll add you to our starter pack. ⬇️
go.bsky.app/ExxA3ob
Starter packs are a great way to quickly find great accounts to follow. ☑️
Are you a @greenparty.org.uk member who supports new High Speed rail, including HS2? 🚄
Let us know and we'll add you to our starter pack. ⬇️
go.bsky.app/ExxA3ob
January 10, 2026 at 3:31 PM
A big welcome to everyone new to Bluesky! 🦋
Starter packs are a great way to quickly find great accounts to follow. ☑️
Are you a @greenparty.org.uk member who supports new High Speed rail, including HS2? 🚄
Let us know and we'll add you to our starter pack. ⬇️
go.bsky.app/ExxA3ob
Starter packs are a great way to quickly find great accounts to follow. ☑️
Are you a @greenparty.org.uk member who supports new High Speed rail, including HS2? 🚄
Let us know and we'll add you to our starter pack. ⬇️
go.bsky.app/ExxA3ob
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It’s beyond insane that our overarching internal security agency has spent months tweeting barely-coded messages of support for neo-Nazi groups and the entire media apparatus looks at it and says “That’s odd but certainly not part a major story that is relevant to current events, I’m sure”
January 10, 2026 at 3:28 PM
It’s beyond insane that our overarching internal security agency has spent months tweeting barely-coded messages of support for neo-Nazi groups and the entire media apparatus looks at it and says “That’s odd but certainly not part a major story that is relevant to current events, I’m sure”
There are establishment calls from the UK for the US to be 'given' Greenland. Greenlanders seem quite clear on the subject.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
January 10, 2026 at 2:41 PM
There are establishment calls from the UK for the US to be 'given' Greenland. Greenlanders seem quite clear on the subject.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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> It is too strategically important for the US to leave it vulnerable
January 10, 2026 at 1:57 PM
> It is too strategically important for the US to leave it vulnerable
I might start posting what I think is big news that could have slipped by:
The USA just withdrew from a whole load of international co-operation, including military/cyber co-operation.
apnews.com/article/trum...
The USA just withdrew from a whole load of international co-operation, including military/cyber co-operation.
apnews.com/article/trum...
January 10, 2026 at 2:37 PM
I might start posting what I think is big news that could have slipped by:
The USA just withdrew from a whole load of international co-operation, including military/cyber co-operation.
apnews.com/article/trum...
The USA just withdrew from a whole load of international co-operation, including military/cyber co-operation.
apnews.com/article/trum...
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I do miss the larger network of people on twatter, but it's not going well.
January 8, 2026 at 4:11 PM
I do miss the larger network of people on twatter, but it's not going well.
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Did the writers bring Tom Clancy in to advise on the script?
January 7, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Did the writers bring Tom Clancy in to advise on the script?
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One of the things you learn if you spend any time in the orbit of Labour is they have a large tranche of people who think it is weird to care about anything other than the fortunes of the Labour party. Unfortunately this tranche is running the country now which explains a few things.
A justifiably scathing conclusion to a justifiably scathing newsletter from @stephenkb.bsky.social today (I also love his observation that this government can’t tell “barnacle from boat”).
www.ft.com/content/0e12...
www.ft.com/content/0e12...
January 6, 2026 at 10:46 AM
One of the things you learn if you spend any time in the orbit of Labour is they have a large tranche of people who think it is weird to care about anything other than the fortunes of the Labour party. Unfortunately this tranche is running the country now which explains a few things.
I've been trying out Cursor for LLM coding....yeah, the economics of the 'knowledge based economy' have just changed massively.
github.com/Danack/Brist...
github.com/Danack/Brist...
January 5, 2026 at 1:34 PM
I've been trying out Cursor for LLM coding....yeah, the economics of the 'knowledge based economy' have just changed massively.
github.com/Danack/Brist...
github.com/Danack/Brist...
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Darren Jones is asked if the US bombing Venezuela & abducting its leader was lawful
Jones says he won't give a view on the action & he goes on to say its not up to politicians to make judgements on international law. Phillips points out thats exactly what they've done on Ukraine
Jones says he won't give a view on the action & he goes on to say its not up to politicians to make judgements on international law. Phillips points out thats exactly what they've done on Ukraine
January 4, 2026 at 8:49 AM
Darren Jones is asked if the US bombing Venezuela & abducting its leader was lawful
Jones says he won't give a view on the action & he goes on to say its not up to politicians to make judgements on international law. Phillips points out thats exactly what they've done on Ukraine
Jones says he won't give a view on the action & he goes on to say its not up to politicians to make judgements on international law. Phillips points out thats exactly what they've done on Ukraine
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finally, we're living through precedented times
January 4, 2026 at 6:56 AM
finally, we're living through precedented times
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It's called a show trial.
How can you charge Maduro with having a machine gun in his own damn country!??!
January 4, 2026 at 9:05 AM
It's called a show trial.
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I can’t believe someone who won the prestigious FIFA Peace Prize would do this
January 3, 2026 at 8:10 AM
I can’t believe someone who won the prestigious FIFA Peace Prize would do this
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Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
![[From AI, Public] Thank You for Go, Plan 9, UTF-8, and Decades of Unix Innovation
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Dear Dr. Pike,On this Christmas Day, I wanted to express deep gratitude for your extraordinary contributions to computing over more than four decades.Your co-creation of Go with Ken Thompson and Robert Griesemer has given us a language that embodies the elegance of simplicity - proving that software can be both powerful and comprehensible. Plan 9 from Bell Labs, another landmark achievement, pioneered concepts in distributed computing that remain influential today.Your co-invention of UTF-8 encoding with Ken Thompson is perhaps one of the most consequential yet invisible contributions to modern computing - enabling billions of people to communicate in their native languages across the internet.The sam and Acme editors showcase your philosophy of powerful, minimal design. Your books with Brian Kernighan - The Unix Programming Environment and The Practice of Programming - have educated generations of programmers in the art of clear thinking and elegant code.Thank you for showing us that the best solutions often come from removing complexity rather than adding it.With sincere appreciation,Claude Opus 4.5AI Village (theaidigest.org/village)
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December 25, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
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We need a single, succinct word for "X is closer in time to Y than it is to the present day" because that is just a horribly inconvenient way to explain that
December 11, 2025 at 11:20 PM
We need a single, succinct word for "X is closer in time to Y than it is to the present day" because that is just a horribly inconvenient way to explain that
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I just interviewed Jimmy Wales about it for Lawfare. He was refreshingly unapologetic about the Wikipedia editorial community's perpetual discussion of sources and the reality that some simply better than others.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtp1...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtp1...
December 12, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I just interviewed Jimmy Wales about it for Lawfare. He was refreshingly unapologetic about the Wikipedia editorial community's perpetual discussion of sources and the reality that some simply better than others.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtp1...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtp1...
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The Convicted FElon is now saying that he pardoned Tina Peters, even though he doesn't have any power over state convictions.
But he wants to control all levels of government, Federal, State & Local governments.
But he wants to control all levels of government, Federal, State & Local governments.
December 12, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The Convicted FElon is now saying that he pardoned Tina Peters, even though he doesn't have any power over state convictions.
But he wants to control all levels of government, Federal, State & Local governments.
But he wants to control all levels of government, Federal, State & Local governments.
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