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Dan the Man

@texanhombre.bsky.social

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Howdy, y’all! Sci-fi, racing, and history nerd with no budget.

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Dan the Man @texanhombre.bsky.social · Dec 2

Making this my pinned so folks know it’s me.

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Dan the Man @texanhombre.bsky.social · 4h

We’re going to have to go after the officers who followed that command, too.

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CCVagina @concealcarryvagina.bsky.social · 16h

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Robin Bastard @robbacrab.bsky.social · 10h

#WednesdayWisdom

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Dan the Man @texanhombre.bsky.social · 1d

Damn.

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Stef Schrader @hoonofthe.day · 1d

this may be the best description of theftbot-generated slop I've ever read

via this great rant: www.nplusonemag.com/issue-51/the...

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But a still graver scandal of AI — like its hydra-head sibling, cryptocurrency — is the technology’s colossal wastefulness. The untold billions firehosed by investors into its development; the water-guzzling data centers draining the parched exurbs of Phoenix and Dallas; the yeti-size carbon footprint of the sector as a whole — and for what? A cankerous glut of racist memes and cardboard essays. Not only is the ratio of AI’s resource rapacity to its productive utility indefensibly and irremediably skewed, AI-made material is itself a waste product: flimsy, shoddy, disposable, a single-use plastic of the mind.

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Dan the Man @texanhombre.bsky.social · 1d

Cereal. Pick something else.

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 1d

Tony Gilroy, showrunner of Andor, has a message.

Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 1d

WE HAVE FRIENDS EVERYWHERE! nokings.org

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 1d

RIP the legendary Drew Struzan (1947-2025) 😩

Even though we were expecting the news any day now, it makes me very sad. What an artist.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d

It's hard to help Americans left behind because so much of US identity is rooted in individualism. The average American conservative holds all three positions at once:

— Virtue signals about supporting US manufacturing
— Against raising the minimum wage
— Buys foreign imports because they're cheap

HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "I'm willing to pay more for quality products if they are made in America, by Americans, who are paid a decent income." The tweet shows Norman Rockwell's "Freedom of Speech" painting, which is often used to show the tweeter is expressing a brave opinion.

HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "MINIMUM WAGE JOBS WERE NOT MEANT TO BE A CAREER. Why does no one understand this? Entry level jobs are STEPPING STONES to better jobs. No one wants to work towards that though."

HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "Buy $5 gloves instead of $50 ones. Trust me." The tweet shows a box of "Gorilla Grip" gloves.

The label on Gorilla Grip gloves show they're made in China.

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Hart Cunningham @hpsc24.bsky.social · 4d

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Dan the Man @texanhombre.bsky.social · 4d

Oh yeah. We need to hang out. 🍻

Dan the Man @texanhombre.bsky.social · 4d

Reds are among my favorite. 🤤

a man in a suit and tie is sitting at a desk

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is sitting at a desk

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 4d

Man I'm not sure that they've thought this through.

Missing paychecks to the military historically has... not gone well for the head of state.

CNN @cnn.com · 4d

Top Republicans in Congress will take a massive gamble on shutdown politics in the coming days: GOP leaders will not step in to prevent missed paychecks to the military.

GOP leaders steadfast in shutdown stance despite rising pressure inside party | CNN Politics

Top Republicans in Congress will take a massive gamble on shutdown politics in the coming days: GOP leaders will not step in to prevent missed paychecks to the military.

www.cnn.com

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Dan the Man @texanhombre.bsky.social · 4d

“It seems somebody wrote a file using hundreds of letters to spell out the word BOOBS over the entire screen. And it’s on all the disks.”

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Dan the Man @texanhombre.bsky.social · 4d

WANT

Dan the Man @texanhombre.bsky.social · 4d

And kills people on boats for no reason.

Dan the Man @texanhombre.bsky.social · 4d

I follow the best people.

Rhiannon Archer @splendentsweven.bsky.social · 5d

Weird Al

Emily, a Two-Shoes-Gooder @rebelmusicteach.bsky.social · 9d

I also need to know: I am fairly middle-of-the-road on Taylor Swift but someone I know called her the Greatest Living Lyricist. She is not.

Who is yours? Either the greatest or your favorite?

Dan the Man @texanhombre.bsky.social · 4d

This is correct.

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Dan-yell Eekan: Eerie Elvenweed Era @danielaegan.bsky.social · 6d

Is anyone reading this a teacher or works in a school for younger children? If you are and also willing to help me with a scene I’m writing that takes place in an elementary school, please let me know. Thank you!!!

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Dan the Man @texanhombre.bsky.social · 6d

Errrr…

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Dan the Man @texanhombre.bsky.social · 6d

And slap them in the reddest towns.

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gin. @showupforthis.bsky.social · 6d

Hey if you have a middle schooler in your life a fun thing to do in lieu of saying "so-and-so ate that up" is to just confidently state "so-and-so gobbled that down!" and then just watch their face, just watch what happens immediately and involuntarily to their facial expressions.

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Dan the Man @texanhombre.bsky.social · 7d

“Zardoz”. What results when you have a big-concept dystopian, sci-fi idea in the 70s and spend the entire budget on bags of cocaine.

But it did give us this epic image of Sean Connery.

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Dan the Man @texanhombre.bsky.social · 7d

A fan? Yes.

Favorite color? Not purple. It’s cool, but not my favorite. Maroon also works. 😂

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Diane Duane @diane.dianeduane.com · 7d

There's no reason #YoungWizards can't go trick-or-treating. But the results may be unexpected... At #Ebooks Direct, as the Spooky Season gets going: NOT ON MY PATCH. ebooks.direct/products/not...

Background: A pumpkin that seems to have... unusual eyes. Foreground captioning: "Too much candy corn. Too many zombies. And Ultimate Evil with a pumpkin spice latte. ...Tag along on a Young Wizards Halloween. Now at Ebooks Direct."

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