Daniel P. Shannon
@daniel.sh
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Not gay as in happy, queer as in mincing and villainous • Engineer, architect, technical lead • Formerly at Vox Media and Bauer Media, currently for hire • https://daniel.sh
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Happy start of the week to blank paper and a supply of ink.
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Thanks for following.
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They didn't deserve you.
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Settling in for another episode of 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑀𝑜𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑆ℎ𝑜𝑤.
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helldude.bsky.social
mencius moldbug is thinking of fleeing the country because he thinks the trump administration's chaotic half-assing of dismantling liberal democracy is going to bite them all in the ass
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partnardy.bsky.social
(toaster fails to toast my bread properly) I’m not mad at you because I’m not racist
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My type: "There are ten thousand of this man and I want them all."
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I'm actually more surprised when I'm not desperately attracted to the bartender/waiter/assistant/trainer extra with no lines and a fungible hotness.
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#TeamTilly
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Only social and aesthetic benefit of machine learning is shattering the myth of actor personhood.
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“Dudes rock” vs. “remain vigilant against your unconscious allegiance to male homosociality, also conscript all fathers into service as laborers and sex workers, raising children as wards of a state that has purged itself of emotional attachment to wang,” how come my one never trends.
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Men are like 𝐶𝑎𝑡𝑠, I assumed we were all in earnest agreement in sincerely dunking on what a waste they were, then suddenly they release a new, uglier one it's all anyone can talk about.
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The only lifecycle the industry has figured out is: work your ass off creating something people love; compromise quality scratching and clawing at monopoly scale; lose money; sell ads. Why not pass Go and collect $200.
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There’s a pizza joint near me called Sal’s. Correct. They send a tiny man in checkered chef’s pants to deliver it. Correct. Sometimes instead of buzzing he swings my front door open and yells “PIZZA.” Correct.
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(This isn't not the plot of 3x11 "MILF Island," for that matter.)
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leavittalone.bsky.social
The A plot would mirror the B plot: Liz has to do something unethical for personal gain and trying to do the Right Thing backfires horribly. The C plot is Jenna is jealous of a horse.
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I initially read this as a joke about 3x11 "MILF Island" because I can no longer remember which things are things.
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Lots to work with here but just for starters if you have to parenthetically sound out your trademark-symbol'd witticism you have already failed at "gay" and "intelligence."
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jasonkoebler.bsky.social
Spent many (many!) hours pulling legal explanations and apologies from lawyers who were caught using AI that hallucinated in which they explained to a judge why they used AI. The explanations are astonishing and extremely good:

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18 Lawyers Caught Using AI Explain Why They Did It
Lawyers blame IT, family emergencies, their own poor judgment, their assistants, illness, and more.
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freedom.press
Abusing FCC authority to pressure media outlets into censorship or bribes is plainly unconstitutional. But it turns out, it's also incredibly unpopular, even with the president's own supporters!

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/p...
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What's a good cult these days.
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"Wrong kind of loner" blues.
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Fantasizing about being more of a joiner so I could find myself a conspiracy movement or a jaunty manifesto to get me through.
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Attachment boundary trauma insecure bond self-. I want to take their hands in mine and tearfully reassure them, "you can just hate one another."
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Press-on nails. Sanitary substitute for small bones in augury. Choking hazard. Chain mail slash unsubtle comment on the spiritual consequences of losing your humanness in the pursuit of technological mastery in an early Thunderdome battle.
PCWorld: “7 clever ways to use your old USB flash drives”