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Daniel J. Willis

@bayareadata.press
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Data Journalist, @edsource.org | Music Journalist, @riffmagazine.com | Co-Vice Chair, @edsourceguild.bsky.social | SeeDisclaimer.com | linktr.ee/bayareadata | danny@bayareadata.press | 510-585-4944

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Daniel J. Willis @bayareadata.press · 2h
Oh my god what. They're trying to cripple the post office while also turning it into a rolling snitch?
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Onion Inc Union @onionunion.bsky.social · 3h
The Onion Union has four months until our contract expires. Here are some tips to unionize your workplace.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 6h
36 minutes before the hearing started.
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Dan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 16h
When you have no concept of how people engage with music
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I am not joking when I say this.
Spotify, Apple Music, and streaming in general is over.
Al music is now very, very good. You just don't know yet because all Al music circulating today is from ~2-3 generations ago.
Suno v6 pro et al has solved infinite personalized music.
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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 16h
“I’m not owned” I yell as i slowly shrink into a corncob. “i’m not owned!”
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Daniel J. Willis @bayareadata.press · 15h
These mouth-breathing puddles of garbage juice genuinely think AI does its own thinking rather than putting words in an order that sounds like a poorly-educated person on first glance. Amazing.
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Daniel J. Willis @bayareadata.press · 15h
I’m sorry, he’s FIVE YEARS younger than me? Dude looks like if Carl from Aqua Teen had an older brother on the sex offender registry.
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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 19h
“was the one who got famous for being a loser the same one who was a helen keller truther because she confused helen keller with anne frank” is the kind of question that will be researched for years
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Kory Stamper @korystamper.bsky.social · 20h
Girl, you don't have the range.
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Daniel J. Willis @bayareadata.press · 20h
I went down an all-time rabbit hole today and it turned out to be pretty much completely irrelevant to the actual story so I’m telling you people instead. (This is a thread but I’m letting the automatic numbering do its thing rather than add the 1/ stuff.)
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Daniel J. Willis @bayareadata.press · 22h
If the White Sox don’t win it all it proves that Martin Luther was right.
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Daniel J. Willis @bayareadata.press · 23h
I genuinely don’t understand what In-N-Out gains from making threats and getting the photos taken down. Obviously they lose free publicity, and doing it makes them look like joyless jerks, but what’s the upside?
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Daniel J. Willis @bayareadata.press · 23h
I propose that if an unattended phone has an audible alarm going off for at least three minutes anyone nearby should be allowed to throw it in the direction of their choosing.
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Daniel J. Willis @bayareadata.press · 23h
Anyway if I was Eric Schmitt's election opponent I'd run an ad that was just the exchange from this morning with the words "IF SCHMITT DOESN'T KNOW THE ATLANTA HAWKS FROM THE IOWA HAWKEYES HE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND US"
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Daniel J. Willis @bayareadata.press · 29/09/2026
The only thing sadder than his average completion going for 11 feet is that his average attempt is about 14 feet. The biggest cousin who plays all-time QB on Thanksgiving has got a stronger arm than America's least popular serial rapist.
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Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
the whole 'i dont like AI but THIS i can get behind' when its a story about someone pounding a trex or a minotaur is such a bad take. camp is art. real legitimate art. honestly kind of astonished to see anti-AI folks just ignoring their stated values because someones AI erotica cover made them laugh
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Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
i love how strongly anti-AI young buckaroos are, and the creative community is, and basically anyone who knows anything about it. but dang i wish folks brought that kind of fight to the world of erotica. such a sneaky reveal of how those who CLAIM to care actually dont see erotica as 'real art'
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Lars • Iskotaa @lars.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
@penny-arcade.com is predicting the dystopian future well before it gets here.
A panel from Penny Arcade where an executive type, you know the type, says "I have invented a new Everquest II peripheral - The visa crucible. Seriously, listen up. Okay, kids run mom's credit card through the Machine and the amount of money they pay directly equals the damage they deal.  Each swipe of the card a slash of the sword! It's so pure I think I'm going to cry."
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Daniel J. Willis @bayareadata.press · 29/09/2026
1) It is artificial. 2) You can't sign an executive order to change the English language. 3) Why is anyone playing along with this. 4) Reality gives me a headache. 5) Four is an unsatisfying number of items for a list.
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Daniel J. Willis @bayareadata.press · 29/09/2026
Weird that someone with no TV experience gutting a show’s staff and replacing them with Ross Douthat, who not only also has no TV experience but is also an opinion columnist rather than a reporter, would affect viewership. Should’ve done more focus groups I guess.
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Daniel J. Willis @bayareadata.press · 29/09/2026
Does Marc Novicoff think only affluent people need daycare while poor people can afford to have a parent stay home and make ends meet on a single income?
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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
There's a shit-ton of actual anti-Semitism in the world today, but Netanyahu's fraudulent misuse of the term devalues it dangerously. Hamas is anti-Semitic and murderous. Netanyahu is a cynical, murderous shitheel. Mamdani is an American politician with a perverse impulse to tell blunt truths.
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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The kicker is you can tell it would never even dawn on this Republican senator or his staff that a man might want to go to a women’s sporting event. But protect women’s sports or something!
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Daniel J. Willis @bayareadata.press · 29/09/2026
Cishet white man here: It’s so fun. It’s SUPER fun. Misogyny, racism, bigotry against people for their sexuality or gender identity. Looking some idiot in the eye and telling him what he just said was messed up is incredible. There’s this look of confusion and internal panic over being judged.
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Daniel J. Willis @bayareadata.press · 29/09/2026
WHY IS THIS WHAT THEY’RE SPENDING ONE OF THEIR SIX WORK SAYS PER YEAR ON
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Daniel J. Willis @bayareadata.press · 29/09/2026
WHY WOULD I KNOW I WAS ALLERGIC TO FOUNDAYO, COMMERCIAL, IF YOU’RE TRYING TO CONVINCE ME TO TRY FOUNDAYO
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Bill Mudron @mudron.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Daniel J. Willis @bayareadata.press · 28/09/2026
Tim Robinson in a hot dog costume meme.
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Daniel J. Willis @bayareadata.press · 28/09/2026
Dude is reinforcing every stereotype of kickers not really being part of the team, because a lack of team chemistry tanks otherwise talented men’s teams ALL THE TIME.
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Daniel J. Willis @bayareadata.press · 28/09/2026
They’re just stealing @nytpitchbot.bsky.social headlines now.
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Daniel J. Willis @bayareadata.press · 28/09/2026
“Now watch the shoe.” -football in 2026
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Daniel J. Willis @bayareadata.press · 28/09/2026
It makes me irrationally happy that the Rams aren’t very good.
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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 28/09/2026
Once you see Sean McVay’s Kash Patel eyes, you really cannot unsee them
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Daniel J. Willis @bayareadata.press · 27/09/2026
Do I have standing to sue over my tax money being spent on that black and white campaign ad, and if so does anyone want to represent me pro bono because I can’t actually afford a lawyer?
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
There’s a “pro-data center party” taking place in D.C. right now, with a generative AI photo booth, AI themed cocktails
People standing near the bar The generative AI Photo Booth A speaker talking about AI A DJ performs
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Steve Berman @basportsguy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Kinda surprised Fox gave this dude with the Trent Williams double-bird T-shirt so much airtime lol
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Daniel J. Willis @bayareadata.press · 27/09/2026
DEE-BO CLAP CLAP DEE-BO CLAP CLAP DEE-BO CLAP CLAP
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Daniel J. Willis @bayareadata.press · 27/09/2026
Weird that an authoritarian country with rising anti-government sentiment would spend a bunch of resources to incentivize daily use of facial recognition.
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Daniel J. Willis @bayareadata.press · 27/09/2026
MOVIE RECOMMENDATION: Buffet Infinity. It’s cosmic horror told through the medium of old low-budget local TV ads. Never seen anything like it and will probably never see anything like it again.
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Daniel J. Willis @bayareadata.press · 27/09/2026
Please be aware that if you have children, someone has complained about being tired or having to get up early, and you replied with “Oh, YOU’RE tired and/or have to get up early? That’s nothing! I have children!” the person you said it to wanted to throw you out a 10th story window.
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Daniel J. Willis @bayareadata.press · 27/09/2026
The latest episode of Traitors reminded me of when I was a young boy. My father took me into the city to see a marching band. He said, "Son, when you grow up, would you be the savior of the broken, the beaten, and the damned?"
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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Omg. Best ever
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
once again the actual "story" behind Tilly Norwood is how the company's PR firm continues to get these stories placed in ostensibly legit outlets over and over despite zero demonstration of the supposed phenomenon being written about ("AI movie star Tilly Norwood") being real
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Casey Drottar @caseydrottar.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
My goodness, what an incredible moment. After Justin Verlander secured the final out of his career, Tigers manager A.J. Hinch came out of the dugout...to summon Verlander's daughter out to embrace her dad on the mound.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 26/09/2026
Alberta’s self-image as world’s only rat-free region shattered by discovery of rat
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Alberta’s self-image as world’s only rat-free region shattered by discovery of rat
Province’s rat patrol called in to investigate as town of Bowden announces discovery of dead vermin
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Daniel J. Willis @bayareadata.press · 26/09/2026
You know what my problem with the metric system is? The units are the wrong size for day to day use. Liters and centimeters are too small for example, meters and degrees celsius are too big. Yeah, they’re relative to something fixed, but I’d rather they be relative to things I want to measure.
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Daniel J. Willis @bayareadata.press · 25/09/2026
Someone tell them about Arabic numerals.
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Daniel J. Willis @bayareadata.press · 25/09/2026
This is not newsworthy.
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Daniel J. Willis @bayareadata.press · 25/09/2026
Protip for SMS scammers: If you want to get someone to tap a link by pretending to be an automated message from a payday loan place, spell the company’s name correctly.
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Daniel J. Willis @bayareadata.press · 25/09/2026
@ashmcgonigal.com Bad news. Your new rap name is Pastor of Muppets.
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