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Dan Bongard @danbongard.bsky.social · 12h

Also, who cares if the President's spouse is educated or not? It isn't a government job.

Dan Bongard @danbongard.bsky.social · 18h

How did Mike Tyson manage to get everyone to forget he's a rapist? I feel like that's something people ought to remember.

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Dan Bongard @danbongard.bsky.social · 18h

That's what I loved about it. I was prepped for the idea of a computer destroying the world, and then the computer basically concludes "actually nuclear war is a terrible idea for rational reasons". It is a fun twist on the "omg we let our technology get out of control" trope.

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Dan Bongard @danbongard.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Don't forget about the little people now that you've hit the big time.

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Dan Bongard @danbongard.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

One of the things I always liked about this movie is that the computer independently concludes that nuclear war is stupid. It doesn't learn that from humans. It concludes it based on objective analysis of the possible outcomes.

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Dan Bongard @danbongard.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The people who respond to "this isn't who we are" with "well akshully back in the 1930s you _____" need a refresher course in the concept of verb tense.

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Dan Bongard @danbongard.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

All kidding aside, why would this be important to people? Are we assuming the existence of voters who are OK with all the horrors of the past 20 months, but who would consider Elon Musk's involvement a step too far? Are we missing our chance at the "racism yay, Musk boo" vote?

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Dan Bongard @danbongard.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

If only SCOTUS hadn't overturned the ban, all zero of the people killed by bump-stock weapons since the Vegas massacre would still be alive today. If saving zero lives isn't enough reason to throw out the Legislative Branch, I can't imagine what could be. 🙄

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Dan Bongard @danbongard.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

You realize you're complaining that the Supreme Court *didn't* let Donald Trump enact his own law without bothering to involve Congress, right?

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Dan Bongard @danbongard.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Never mind Oklahoma City, there are school shootings worse than Ft. Hood.

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Dan Bongard @danbongard.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I'm not sure if you're illiterate or just enjoy being a prick online, but either way I don't see any value in engaging with you.

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Dan Bongard @danbongard.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Is this the literature equivalent of negging or something?

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Dan Bongard @danbongard.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Ancestry does not matter. Culture and character are not hereditary. Rubio is just an asshole from Miami.

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Dan Bongard @danbongard.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I don't think this is crazy. It took us thousands of years to accept that animals were conscious creatures who should not be mistreated. Best to err on the side of caution.

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Dan Bongard @danbongard.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The writing for this season has gotten really heavy-handed.

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Dan Bongard @danbongard.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

It is pretty simple. You brag about your ancestors -- you must, since you think "everybody" does it. Most people don't do that. You just think your behavior is typical.

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Dan Bongard @danbongard.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Don't say "everybody" when you're just talking about yourself.

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Dan Bongard @danbongard.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I guess I am in the minority on this, but in my opinion people who support capital punishment should *have* to watch the person die. Murdering people out of public view seems worse to me.

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Dan Bongard @danbongard.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I don't know but I find it kind of annoying. Now people assume my love for spicy food is performative.

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Dan Bongard @danbongard.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

There's definitely nothing problematic about using a single example from Twitter to indict an entire gender. 🙄

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Dan Bongard @danbongard.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

There are plenty of reasons to loathe Johnson without endorsing the idea of blood guilt.

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Dan Bongard @danbongard.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I've heard people rationalize taking other peoples' property a hell of a lot more often than I've heard any man rationalize rape. Hell, we make whole film series where the protagonists are thieves and the victim is portrayed as deserving it.

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Dan Bongard @danbongard.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Doesn't "high IQ" just mean "white" in Trump speak?

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Dan Bongard @danbongard.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I wouldn't say it is "entirely up to me" to keep my house from being robbed, but "lock my doors" is still a smarter plan for avoiding it than "lecture everyone I meet about how theft is wrong".

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Dan Bongard @danbongard.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I reject the idea that SA happens because rapists are confused and uneducated.

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Dan Bongard @danbongard.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I'm not sure how to dumb it down for you any further than I already did.

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Dan Bongard @danbongard.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Filing a lawsuit costs less than a week's groceries. "Poor people" can not only threaten to sue, but *actually* sue.

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Dan Bongard @danbongard.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Anderson v. Griswold was a civil case, not a criminal one.

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Dan Bongard @danbongard.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

There was a civil suit, not a trial. That's what SCOTUS overturned.

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Dan Bongard @danbongard.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I agree that she'd be facing much lesser charges if she had a more privileged background, but I can see why "lied in order to get access to our children" is the kind of thing that parents demand Extreme Justice for.

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Dan Bongard @danbongard.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I have always liked you Pratchett would occasionally throw a shamelessly bad pun into the mix alongside all the clever humor.

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Dan Bongard @danbongard.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Man. Now I want cheese. (don't worry, you're safe)

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Dan Bongard @danbongard.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Does Bugs lose anything ever? My Saturday morning Looney Tunes days are a distant memory, but the closest I can think of is him legging it after yelling "you'll be up to your armpits in Martians" at the audience.

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Dan Bongard @danbongard.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

May I have your permission to randomly quote that out of context?

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Dan Bongard @danbongard.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Random factoid: until recently, 1/256th of the internet (the 44.0.0.0/8 address block) was allocated to ham radio. Since 2019 it is only mostly-allocated to that.

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Dan Bongard @danbongard.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Honestly, if you're desperate to find *an* adult in the room, I can see initially settling on Bessent. He was just about the only Trump cabinet nominee who wasn't utterly unqualified for his position.

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Dan Bongard @danbongard.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

IMO that's backwards. You have to be rich to *defend* against lawsuits, not to file them. That's why patent-troll and copyright-troll legal firms are so successful; most defendants prefer to settle and save money.

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Dan Bongard @danbongard.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I would subscribe to Viacom42069 if the monthly fee was reasonable.

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Dan Bongard @danbongard.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Lindsey's videos have probably earned YouTube $400,000 or so over the years. Defending against just *one* copyright lawsuit would burn through much (possibly all) of that money, even assuming they won. That's why they err on the side of taking down videos. The US tort system is a mess.

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Dan Bongard @danbongard.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Escrow accounts can earn interest, depending on what the arrangement is and relevant state/local laws. *Mortgage* escrow accounts almost never allow that. Is YouTube's "escrow" even a true escrow account? Or just a promise that YouTube will pay out once the smoke clears?

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Dan Bongard @danbongard.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Had SCOTUS ruled the other way, Trump would still be President. He lost the states that had tried to remove him anyway. But we would now be living in a country where state governments could simply declare candidates to be "insurrectionists" and remove them; no conviction needed. Bye-bye blue wave.

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Dan Bongard @danbongard.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The Supreme Court's (9 to 0) ruling had no effect on the outcome of the election. The three states that had tried to remove Trump (Colorado, Maine, and Illinois) were ones he won anyway. As always, the blame lies with the voters who wanted this.

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Dan Bongard @danbongard.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

"Elliot Page can't find work" is a really weird thing to claim while The Odyssey is still in theaters.

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Dan Bongard @danbongard.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I understand students not thinking there is any value in being able to craft a well-written essay about Shakespeare. At the time I viewed it as just one more thing I needed to ace so I could study physics in college.

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Dan Bongard @danbongard.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Alabama is really committed to maintaining its spot at the bottom of American educational rankings.

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Dan Bongard @danbongard.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

It is worth noting that the whole "the Supreme Court gets to decide what is or isn't Constitutional" thing is just a tradition. The Constitution doesn't say that. I happen to think it has been a mostly *good* tradition, but if it stops working for us we don't need an amendment to end it.

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Dan Bongard @danbongard.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Most men are taught that. But just like with stealing, lying, cheating, etc., being taught the right thing doesn't always mean doing the right thing. The doors on my house have locks. It seemed more reliable than teaching everyone in my city that burglary is wrong.

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Dan Bongard @danbongard.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Eh... I'm all for women learning self-defense techniques, but size, weight, and reach count for a *lot* in unarmed fighting, and the average woman is going to be at a disadvantage in all three areas. I'd recommend target practice and firearms safety class, instead.

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