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Dan @captainmcdan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

@deserterblog.bsky.social these things are South African (who are a people who know how to eat!) and they're amazing, especially the chilli and coriander. Definitely my new favourite crisps.

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Dan @captainmcdan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I feel much the same about my email app which, after a recent update, now congratulates me for reading emails. "You're on a streak. Well done!"

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Dan @captainmcdan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Well I held a symbolic referendum to rename Piddington to Racist-Nimbyton and it was carried by a majority of 100% - so there.

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Dan @captainmcdan.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

But HOW do these weirdos think their chatbot is going to destroy humanity? What is the mechanism?

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Dan @captainmcdan.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

apart from everything else, why can't any of these people just have a normal name?

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Dan @captainmcdan.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Where I'm going at the weekend is forecast to be 18 or 19 c. and I honestly don't remember what that's like. What did I used to wear?

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Dan @captainmcdan.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

We're a constitutional monarchy dipshit

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Dan @captainmcdan.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

The Waitrose Scotch Egg sandwich is a strong return to form for Waitrose sandwiches.

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Dan @captainmcdan.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Headline writers also affected!

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Dan @captainmcdan.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

No shops in victoria station selling eclipse glasses (not even out of stock, just nothing) and I get the sense we've lost a sort of unseen infrastructure.

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Dan @captainmcdan.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

If you're vertical drinking you haven't had enough

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Dan @captainmcdan.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

One of the top ten or twenty guns* (*US Navy only)

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Dan @captainmcdan.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Coming soon, the raunchy, X-rated thriller "There once was a lady called Jude."

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Dan @captainmcdan.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

We are in Whitby the same time as a steampunk festival and it is striking that there are no young steampunks. 90% over 50 at a guess. Thing is I am sure steampunk wasn't a thing when they (and I) were young. They must have all come to steampunk as adults.

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Dan @captainmcdan.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

There's nothing I can do. Now I'm only falling apart (sniff)

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Dan @captainmcdan.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Am often put off by just the sheer length of TV shows other people love. E.g. The Wire sounds great, but 60 episodes!

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Kathryn VanArendonk @kvanaren.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

my husband is doing fantasy baseball for the first time. he does not follow baseball. his team is run entirely by our 10yo neighbor, who gets a split of his winnings if she helps my husband defeat the rest of the league. they’re in 1st place! but now, a problem: today she left for sleepaway camp

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Dan @captainmcdan.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

At Clapham Junction @ 11:30 and there are lots of young ladies in sparkly formal gowns but no young men in suits. What gives?

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Graphic design is my passion.

A sign that has two concentric rings of text but it's laid out in a confusing way so it looks like the first sentence is "it's against the law to keep alcohol out of the hands of youth" and the second sentence is "supply alcohol to minors."

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aeoliansquee.bsky.social @aeoliansquee.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Another afternoon of transcribing early modern recipes; and already a reminder of how very lucky we are to have non-millipede-based healthcare in the 21st century

A page from an early modern recipe book calling for 'A good quantity of Millipedes'

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Dan @captainmcdan.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

I am a European who was, well, very impressed at least, when I had proper Mexican food for the first time (in Austin), but that's because I'd only had tex-mex before and had no idea what to expect. Sadly the names of everything was in Spanish and I've no idea what we ate.

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Dan @captainmcdan.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

♫♪♪ Last night I dreamt of Man-der-lay Just like I'd never gone, it all went wrong Young girl as shy as a violet It all seems like yesterday, not far away Terrible, miss Danvers' stare Her presence almost everywhere That is what I couldn't bare His first wife Rebecca.

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Dan @captainmcdan.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

looks like he's plotting to take over the world

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Dan @captainmcdan.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Cheering myself up by looking at the weather forecast for the weekend

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Dan @captainmcdan.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

I like to imagine the Portuguese going "this is nice used sparingly on grilled chicken" and the Indians, laughing, "we will not be using this sparingly."

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Dan @captainmcdan.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

A peacock faces off against its natural enemy, another peacock.

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Dan @captainmcdan.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

I DO NOT LIKE HIM, KEIR I AM I DO NOT LIKE ANDY BURNHAM I DO NOT LIKE HIM SPOUTING FORTH I DO NOT LIKE HIM IN THE NORTH

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Dan @captainmcdan.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Paranoid - Black Sabbath The Ship Song - Nick Cave The Killing Floor - Howling Wolf Gimme Shelter - Rolling Stones Screamager - Therapy Downtown Train - Tom Waits Dancing in the Dark - Bruce Springsteen Poncho and Lefty - Townes Van Zandt Dublin Blues - Guy Clarke Whiskey in the Jar - (trad)

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Dan @captainmcdan.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

All these years I've been using multiple mathematical operators like a loser

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Dan @captainmcdan.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Went to the Constable Vs Turner exhibition. After going behind in the early rounds, Constable won a comfortable 8-3 on 'dogs'. Turner took 'naked ladies' 7-0. In a nail biting decider Turner took the exhibition on 'biggest rock' despite several rocks being disallowed for being made up.

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Marc Morris @marcmorris.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Just try to think of it as a child you've fathered with a mistress.

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Dan @captainmcdan.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

@warmovietheatre.com If you are REALLY quick, you can still listen to Solo Behind The Curtain, Robert Vaughn playing himself in a drama about his adventures filming Bridge at Remargen, on BBC Sounds before it disappears early tomorrow morning. It's very good.

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Dan @captainmcdan.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

We skipped the light fandango and went straight to the heavy fandango. Big. Mistake.

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Dan @captainmcdan.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

An online phone number verification thing just refused to accept the number it had sent me because (I am certain - it said it had insufficient digits) it started with a zero - and the software engineer part of me died a little.

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Dan @captainmcdan.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

♫♫♫ Strait of Hormuz Where oil rolls in on the sea If I could, I'd make it flow freely Strait of Hormuz ♫♫♫

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Dan @captainmcdan.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

dreadful conundrum for the Irish rugby fan now

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Mr. Juice Box @toxicjuicebox.com · 04/03/2026

Good morning! Yes, this is he

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Dan @captainmcdan.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Increasingly thinking about AI in the context that a bunch of companies, with no real driving purpose behind them that they had not already achieved, had a phenomenally vast pile of cash, and sooner or later they were going to find something to spend it on.

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Dan @captainmcdan.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

I want Scotland to be good. I really do. I want everyone to be good. But do they have to only be good against us?

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Dan @captainmcdan.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Fantastic episode, and one I was nervous about because I love Last Of The Mohicans more than is appropriate and wasn't sure I would cope it if they were mean about it.

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Dan @captainmcdan.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

I dreamed I saw unknown Kadath When Nayarlotep, he conquered death but you don't really worship old ones, do you? You rage and weep, you fear to sleep his city rising from the deep the cultist priest awakening Cthulhu Oh Cthulhu, Oh Cthulhu Oh Cthulhu, Oh Cthulhu

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

The US granted visas to Jews but only allowed 30,000 in from Germany a year. You had to wait for your number to come up. Meet Robert Smallbones. An unassuming British diplomat who 'hacked' this system so effectively (saving 48 THOUSAND Jews) the UK government kept his scheme secret for decades /1 🧵

old couple (Robert and his wife Inga), dressed in smart clothes. both look unassuming and like they could be anybodies' grandparents.

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Dan @captainmcdan.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Me approaching the not moving escalator: 'Well this escalator definitely isn't moving, no need to break my stride.' My feet on reaching the not moving escalator: 'What the Hell! Aaaah!'

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