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Daniel Keys Moran

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Born at 318 parts per million carbon dioxide. On 2025/02/14 it was 427.44 ppm. "He tasks me; he heaps me; I see in him outrageous strength, with an inscrutable malice […] 🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://mstdn.social/@fatsam, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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Daniel Keys Moran @fatsam.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 2m

No big gap between these people and those using the bone saws.

Dave Chappelle, Kevin Hart, Bill Burr, Gabriel Iglesias, Aziz Ansari, Louis C.K., Andrew Schulz, Pete Davidson, Tom Segura, Chris Tucker, Whitney Cummings, Wayne Brady, Aries Spears, Jack Whitehall, Sugar Sammy, Mo Amer, Ali Siddiq […]

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Daniel Keys Moran @fatsam.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 14h

"A burning sensation, Doc."

In the first panel a man is talking to his doctor. The doctor says "You have gondorrhea.

In the second panel the man says, "What?"

In the third panel the man crotch catches on fire.

In the fourth panel, through the window, we see one of the beacons for Gondor lighting in the distance.

Daniel Keys Moran @fatsam.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 17h

Ladies and gentleman, those of you in between and out the other side, I give you the motherfucking White House.

PORTLAND: Fake News Ignores Antifa Violence, Residents' Pleas for Help

The White House

October 8, 2025

For years, an Antifa-led hellfire has turned Portland into a wasteland of firebombs, beatings, and brazen attacks on federal officers and property - yet the Fake News remains in shameful denial about the Radical Left's reign of terror.

Daniel Keys Moran @fatsam.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 17h

He hasn't responded yet.

Daniel Keys Moran @fatsam.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 17h

An aggressive headhunter emailed & texted me yesterday. I wrote back that I was retired and much more expensive than he expected.

Signed:

Captain His Grace The Duke of Los Angeles Daniel Moran
Abroad
Nazi Slayer by Appt Only

Additional Services Available

Daniel Keys Moran @fatsam.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 18h

The Turkish journalist Ersin Celik told local news outlets that Israeli forces “dragged little Greta by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag.” He added, “They publicly humiliated her and targeted her specifically because […]

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8 Oct 2023.

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Hamas's attack upon Israel is probably the best thing that could happen for Netenyahu, much as 9/11 was an absolute gift to Republicans. I'm afraid Israel is permanently lost to the fascists.

Daniel Keys Moran @fatsam.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 19h

Or, "He could have put the red 7 on the black 8, but he left it in the pickup pile! Why would he do that? Some clever piece of strategy unfolding here Bob!"

"Could be a mistake, Bruce."

"You don't know when you're in the presence of a master, Bob. Would you tell Leonardo how to hold his brush? […]

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Daniel Keys Moran @fatsam.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 19h

I have survived into my 60s without losing my childlike sense of imagination.

Do you have an announcer? Someone who does the play by play for your life? I do. You'd think it would be Chick Hearn, but no, it's some snobby British guy who is a Big Fan of Dan.

Occasionally there is another […]

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Bruce Sterling @bruces @bruces.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23h

Tech and computer science schools. The USA used to have some pretty good ones.

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Daniel Keys Moran @fatsam.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 23h

Science confirms that people like working from home. I suppose that's of some value? Not that the fascists running most American businesses will note it, except to be pleased that they are causing people harm. This is most of what drives fascists […]

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Daniel Keys Moran @fatsam.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

I'm going to be in Manhattan from the morning of Oct 21 through the evening of Oct 23, this year. Most of my time is likely to be booked, but if you're in NY those dates and would like to get coffee and possibly sign books, drop me a line.

Daniel Keys Moran @fatsam.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

Some days I think conservatives aren't really serious about protecting the Second Amendment.

Daniel Keys Moran @fatsam.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

"The Mulford Act was a 1967 California bill that prohibited public carrying of loaded firearms without a permit. Named after Republican assemblyman Don Mulford and signed into law by governor of California Ronald Reagan, the bill was crafted with the goal of disarming members of the Black […]

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Daniel Keys Moran @fatsam.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 3d

@LilPecan and I apologize if I was unclear. "After you, Gaston."

Daniel Keys Moran @fatsam.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 3d

@LilPecan no no, you and I are on the same page.

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Piggleston Pecanpants @lilpecan.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 3d

Today I saw someone toot, in dismay, people are posting their everyday life to Mastodon when they could simply buy a diary for $1.99. I can't stop thinking about this.
What if this is all they have? What if they're isolated with or without people in their life? What if the only kind word they […]

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Daniel Keys Moran @fatsam.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 3d

@LilPecan Jesus Christ, let people enjoy themselves. No one has to read the trivia of your life if they don't want to. But plenty of people get socialization they would not have otherwise. I write about myself. Absolutely no intention to stop either.

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Daniel Keys Moran @fatsam.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 3d

Fair play, fair play, I learned a *lot* from Jesuits.

Some small part of it they even intended to teach me.

Daniel Keys Moran @fatsam.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 4d

@matociquala

Apparently she's on Mastodon, albeit mostly posts on bsky.

Daniel Keys Moran @fatsam.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 4d

Challenge: "Name 20 female authors you admire"

Day 2: Elizabeth Bear. First ran across her back in 2014, with a short story "Covenant." Only read shorts by her for several years, all bangers. Then ran across her "New Amsterdam" series -- boy, that lady can […]

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Author photo of science fiction writer Elizabeth Bear.

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Daniel Keys Moran @fatsam.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 4d

It's literally a numerical problem that made me an atheist, all those years ago. "God seems like a bully," I told my Jesuit teachers. "Infinite punishment for finite wrongdoing?"

They gave me detention.

Daniel Keys Moran @fatsam.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 4d

(Which is half self interest itself -- those people are discounted. At the same salary, the POC employees are more competent than the white ones, on average.)

It's messy stuff and doing the right thing won't get you any plaudits anywhere. But you should still do the right thing as best you […]

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Daniel Keys Moran @fatsam.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 4d

I raised three white sons. My boys had a ~35 year head jump on me on learning the importance of decentering yourself. It's a hard lesson, and in some areas -- your own life and ambitions -- you shouldn't decenter yourself. But you should be aware of the social circumstances you live in -- I've […]

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Daniel Keys Moran @fatsam.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 4d

Carol Connelly: OK, we all have these terrible stories to get over, and you --

Melvin Udall: It’s not true. Some have great stories, pretty stories that take place at lakes with boats and friends and noodle salad. Just no one in this car.

Daniel Keys Moran @fatsam.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 4d

Ronald J Bass, "The Perfect Thief"

"My father never understood two things, Paul. What you really can't do. And what you really can."

He nodded slowly, thoughtfully.

"If you really want to own your own life," I said, "you do your fighting in those very marginal moments that reality gives you. Those small ... rare ... chances. You have to hunt frantically for a wall that *can* be moved, and then fling yourself with all your strength. Again and again and again and again. And again. And again. Until you've moved it an inch or a foot or a thousand miles ... just as far as that one will go. And then you have a little more space ... you can be ... a little more free. It's not the result, it's the process ... that makes you alive."