Daryl MacDonald
@mrdarylmac.bsky.social
Just another guy on the Internet.
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The reason the Right are so invested in the myth that the arts have no value isn’t because the arts don’t generate wealth (they do); it’s that studying the arts teaches people to imagine better ways of judging the value of an idea than by counting how much money it makes…
October 8, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The reason the Right are so invested in the myth that the arts have no value isn’t because the arts don’t generate wealth (they do); it’s that studying the arts teaches people to imagine better ways of judging the value of an idea than by counting how much money it makes…
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hideo kojima: my next game is about a guy who delivers packages
video game executive: cool. sounds very normal
kojima: [lightning strikes in the distance] i assure you it is not
video game executive: cool. sounds very normal
kojima: [lightning strikes in the distance] i assure you it is not
June 27, 2025 at 6:16 PM
hideo kojima: my next game is about a guy who delivers packages
video game executive: cool. sounds very normal
kojima: [lightning strikes in the distance] i assure you it is not
video game executive: cool. sounds very normal
kojima: [lightning strikes in the distance] i assure you it is not
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Writing a book or movie is not a herculean undertaking. It's chipping away just a little bit at a time. 500 words here, 1000 words there, 300 after that. It's moving bit by bit scene by scene. You can prep almost every word in advance or just sit down and start typing. It's just putting in the time.
June 24, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Writing a book or movie is not a herculean undertaking. It's chipping away just a little bit at a time. 500 words here, 1000 words there, 300 after that. It's moving bit by bit scene by scene. You can prep almost every word in advance or just sit down and start typing. It's just putting in the time.
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Getting words on the page is easy. You sit down, you type. Bam! Words.
It's finding the RIGHT words that can be hard. That's the trick of it. The secret is that sometimes the right words don't appear until after you write the wrong ones. So write the wrong ones. You'll find the right ones in there.
It's finding the RIGHT words that can be hard. That's the trick of it. The secret is that sometimes the right words don't appear until after you write the wrong ones. So write the wrong ones. You'll find the right ones in there.
June 22, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Getting words on the page is easy. You sit down, you type. Bam! Words.
It's finding the RIGHT words that can be hard. That's the trick of it. The secret is that sometimes the right words don't appear until after you write the wrong ones. So write the wrong ones. You'll find the right ones in there.
It's finding the RIGHT words that can be hard. That's the trick of it. The secret is that sometimes the right words don't appear until after you write the wrong ones. So write the wrong ones. You'll find the right ones in there.
As a therapist this is pretty much all I do.
i would be a great therapist i'd just be telling people "it is what it is" and "you gotta lock in" and "yeah it do be like that" and all my patients would become so normal
April 20, 2025 at 6:16 PM
As a therapist this is pretty much all I do.
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i’m no media analyst, but in all fiction, the person gloatingly chuffing on a stogie from their yacht is never the good guy
April 17, 2025 at 8:06 PM
i’m no media analyst, but in all fiction, the person gloatingly chuffing on a stogie from their yacht is never the good guy
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My favorite thing about Elon Musk is that he proves money can't buy happiness. Or class, intelligence, friendship, love, purpose, grace, a sense of humor, a clue, taste, likability, expertise, empathy, enlightenment, compassion, respect, morals or whatever is the opposite of profound creepiness
March 24, 2025 at 5:36 AM
My favorite thing about Elon Musk is that he proves money can't buy happiness. Or class, intelligence, friendship, love, purpose, grace, a sense of humor, a clue, taste, likability, expertise, empathy, enlightenment, compassion, respect, morals or whatever is the opposite of profound creepiness
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I built a Playstacean!
March 21, 2025 at 11:51 PM
I built a Playstacean!
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I'm the guy who designed the 'Please Wait' buttons at pedestrian crossings, and let me tell you – angrily pressing the button over and over again *does* make the lights change faster. I designed it that way on purpose to reward impatient geniuses.
March 9, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I'm the guy who designed the 'Please Wait' buttons at pedestrian crossings, and let me tell you – angrily pressing the button over and over again *does* make the lights change faster. I designed it that way on purpose to reward impatient geniuses.
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wealth can buy you the presidency and the most global influence ever witnessed in history but it’s clear that wealth, no matter how much you accumulate, cannot ever make you funny
January 23, 2025 at 4:40 PM
wealth can buy you the presidency and the most global influence ever witnessed in history but it’s clear that wealth, no matter how much you accumulate, cannot ever make you funny
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This is how you do it...
January 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
This is how you do it...
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For all the doubters, how are these not the same?
January 21, 2025 at 2:15 PM
For all the doubters, how are these not the same?
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This is a beautiful tribute.
January 16, 2025 at 9:01 PM
This is a beautiful tribute.
This is getting silly now. Thought this was place was different from the Bird app.
January 16, 2025 at 9:23 PM
This is getting silly now. Thought this was place was different from the Bird app.
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I hate every single possible thing about this, and I'm heartbroken about all of it.
www.vulture.com/article/neil...
www.vulture.com/article/neil...
There Is No Safe Word
How the best-selling fantasy author Neil Gaiman hid the darkest parts of himself for decades.
www.vulture.com
January 13, 2025 at 11:35 AM
I hate every single possible thing about this, and I'm heartbroken about all of it.
www.vulture.com/article/neil...
www.vulture.com/article/neil...
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This is a novella.
But if you read it you’ll understand everything you need to know about what Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and Mark Zuckerberg are doing right now. I’m a biographer of the first two men, and have chronicled here exactly how and why the third is following their lead.
Again—a long read.
But if you read it you’ll understand everything you need to know about what Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and Mark Zuckerberg are doing right now. I’m a biographer of the first two men, and have chronicled here exactly how and why the third is following their lead.
Again—a long read.
The War Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg Are Fighting Isn’t the One You Think It Is
A lonely extremist of dogmatic antisocial views has falsely sold himself for decades as a principled capitalist. His biographer explains why Musk’s mask came off—and why Zuckerberg is following suit.
sethabramson.substack.com
January 12, 2025 at 12:34 AM
This is a novella.
But if you read it you’ll understand everything you need to know about what Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and Mark Zuckerberg are doing right now. I’m a biographer of the first two men, and have chronicled here exactly how and why the third is following their lead.
Again—a long read.
But if you read it you’ll understand everything you need to know about what Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and Mark Zuckerberg are doing right now. I’m a biographer of the first two men, and have chronicled here exactly how and why the third is following their lead.
Again—a long read.
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A new era of free speech is upon us
January 10, 2025 at 7:04 AM
A new era of free speech is upon us
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please stop suggesting I solve my problem by changing my behavior. I do not want to do that
January 5, 2025 at 6:48 PM
please stop suggesting I solve my problem by changing my behavior. I do not want to do that
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Inside one box, you put the Ship of Theseus.
Inside the other, the Trolley Problem.
Then you quantize the contents of each to be in a super-position.
Give the boxes to two groups of Prisoners and then give them the following Dilemma : Whichever box has a living cat in it, the other Prisoners die
Inside the other, the Trolley Problem.
Then you quantize the contents of each to be in a super-position.
Give the boxes to two groups of Prisoners and then give them the following Dilemma : Whichever box has a living cat in it, the other Prisoners die
January 9, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Inside one box, you put the Ship of Theseus.
Inside the other, the Trolley Problem.
Then you quantize the contents of each to be in a super-position.
Give the boxes to two groups of Prisoners and then give them the following Dilemma : Whichever box has a living cat in it, the other Prisoners die
Inside the other, the Trolley Problem.
Then you quantize the contents of each to be in a super-position.
Give the boxes to two groups of Prisoners and then give them the following Dilemma : Whichever box has a living cat in it, the other Prisoners die
I would kill to have the same unbridled enthusiasm for anything that my wife does for our new window cleaning appliance.
January 6, 2025 at 9:18 AM
I would kill to have the same unbridled enthusiasm for anything that my wife does for our new window cleaning appliance.
I'm not saying my wife is melodramatic, but I accidentally poured her the wrong type of tea this evening and she responded by singing Close Every Door from Joseph & the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat.
January 5, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I'm not saying my wife is melodramatic, but I accidentally poured her the wrong type of tea this evening and she responded by singing Close Every Door from Joseph & the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat.
My top 5 movies of the year (after lengthy consideration) are as follows.
1) Anora
2) The Iron Claw
3) The Holdovers
4) Monkey Man
5) The Count of Monte Cristo
How about you?
1) Anora
2) The Iron Claw
3) The Holdovers
4) Monkey Man
5) The Count of Monte Cristo
How about you?
January 5, 2025 at 10:09 AM
My top 5 movies of the year (after lengthy consideration) are as follows.
1) Anora
2) The Iron Claw
3) The Holdovers
4) Monkey Man
5) The Count of Monte Cristo
How about you?
1) Anora
2) The Iron Claw
3) The Holdovers
4) Monkey Man
5) The Count of Monte Cristo
How about you?
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just saw an “we overstocked! help us!” sale where it was 10% off. insulting. that’s an email signup / first order discount. if we’re going to play make-believe about an existential inventory crisis, it’s gonna cost you at least 25%. and that’s me being generous
January 4, 2025 at 8:59 PM
just saw an “we overstocked! help us!” sale where it was 10% off. insulting. that’s an email signup / first order discount. if we’re going to play make-believe about an existential inventory crisis, it’s gonna cost you at least 25%. and that’s me being generous