Daniel McLaury
@danielmclaury.bsky.social
There are two equally-good moves here. Find the funnier one. (White to move.)
January 19, 2026 at 3:48 AM
There are two equally-good moves here. Find the funnier one. (White to move.)
My wife wouldn't let me send this surreal, #twinpeaks inspired Christmas card to our friends and family, so I'm sharing it with you all instead.
December 16, 2025 at 2:59 PM
My wife wouldn't let me send this surreal, #twinpeaks inspired Christmas card to our friends and family, so I'm sharing it with you all instead.
You're supposed to say "it is."
December 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
You're supposed to say "it is."
Merry Christmas from Peach, who I fear I've inadvertently made into a mall rat.
November 24, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Merry Christmas from Peach, who I fear I've inadvertently made into a mall rat.
from the Kentucky New Era, December 3, 1875.
I have so many questions.
I have so many questions.
October 22, 2025 at 5:40 AM
from the Kentucky New Era, December 3, 1875.
I have so many questions.
I have so many questions.
Actually, while it was still the "G. & C. Merriam Company" then, they'd apparently started printing "A Merriam-Webster dictionary" on the covers by then, so maybe it still works?
(Merriam had *long* been in the business of printing Webster's dictionaries, but was losing the copyright at the time.)
(Merriam had *long* been in the business of printing Webster's dictionaries, but was losing the copyright at the time.)
October 7, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Actually, while it was still the "G. & C. Merriam Company" then, they'd apparently started printing "A Merriam-Webster dictionary" on the covers by then, so maybe it still works?
(Merriam had *long* been in the business of printing Webster's dictionaries, but was losing the copyright at the time.)
(Merriam had *long* been in the business of printing Webster's dictionaries, but was losing the copyright at the time.)
Go home, evaluation engine; you're drunk.
September 24, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Go home, evaluation engine; you're drunk.
Here is what that guy looked like, for context:
September 17, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Here is what that guy looked like, for context:
Excerpt from Thomas Shadwell's 1688 play "The Squire of Alsatia." (Shadwell succeeded Dryden as Poet Laureate.)
![Excerpt from a play, reading:
Betty: "How now! What have you to say to my Friend, my Dear?"
[ Sir William and Lolpoop start, and stand amaz'd at one ano∣ther; and after a great pause, Sir William falls upon Lolpoop, beats the Whore, beats Roger, strikes at his Brother, and lays about him like a mad man; the Rabble get all about him. ]
Sir Will: "Sirrah, Rogue, Dog, Villain! Whore! and you Rogue, Rogue! Confound the World! Oh that the World were all on fire!"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:o47qceef75jcoybpeo5jy2ug/bafkreig7t3gkh5xi6atzwlx77c25uu3ytrozqos5zvbt6kipylufwmrg5q@jpeg)
September 14, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Excerpt from Thomas Shadwell's 1688 play "The Squire of Alsatia." (Shadwell succeeded Dryden as Poet Laureate.)
An old photo from the Facebook days
August 18, 2025 at 8:55 PM
An old photo from the Facebook days
#phishing trick I haven't seen before: an email, legitimately from [email protected], containing a phishing message from a 3rd party.
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![Screenshot of email, legitimately sent from service@paypal.com, reading
"You have an invite from PayPal USDT. You have successfully authorized a payment of $896.98 USD. If this transaction was not initiated by you, please Contact PayPal at [phone number redacted] immediately to stop the payment. We are committed to protecting you from fraud."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:o47qceef75jcoybpeo5jy2ug/bafkreidbqezqaxkcxtev4odnyb6doq5gnrqnhmocum6q54joea66zv2ln4@jpeg)
August 18, 2025 at 6:08 PM
#phishing trick I haven't seen before: an email, legitimately from [email protected], containing a phishing message from a 3rd party.
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(Not a spoiler; this is recent but not today's)
There's only one word in the entire English language that fits here, and ~20 years ago you'd have had a strong case it wasn't even an *English* word.
There's only one word in the entire English language that fits here, and ~20 years ago you'd have had a strong case it wasn't even an *English* word.
August 15, 2025 at 1:39 PM
(Not a spoiler; this is recent but not today's)
There's only one word in the entire English language that fits here, and ~20 years ago you'd have had a strong case it wasn't even an *English* word.
There's only one word in the entire English language that fits here, and ~20 years ago you'd have had a strong case it wasn't even an *English* word.
Yeah I can explain it
August 13, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Yeah I can explain it
White had tons of great options here. Fortunately, this wasn't one of them.
August 11, 2025 at 3:40 AM
White had tons of great options here. Fortunately, this wasn't one of them.
Whoever said a "broken" clock is right twice a day was misremembering the actual saying. Likely this became more common as the sort of clocks that you had to manually keep running faded from memory.
July 29, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Whoever said a "broken" clock is right twice a day was misremembering the actual saying. Likely this became more common as the sort of clocks that you had to manually keep running faded from memory.
Maybe not the smartest ad to run when Jeffrey Epstein is dominating the news cycle?
July 18, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Maybe not the smartest ad to run when Jeffrey Epstein is dominating the news cycle?