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Siri, show me conservative “men” whom the court won’t allow within 50 feet of a school.

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“He’ll be fine.” Unless the NYC indoor cat is like mine, with long neglected hunting skills & a distaste for even chasing the occasional spider, a debilitating addiction to Churo treats, & firm ideas of what is/isn’t acceptable dry food for His Lordship.

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I've found myself infuriated down to my bone marrow about the Cornell 7, especially the part where only 2 were expelled & NONE have faced any criminal liability for their actions. That's another school my daughter won't be attending. Jesus fuck!

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I just closed an email to my managers, regarding planning ahead for staffing tomorrow, with a line from Hill Street Blues: “let’s get the IROPs (interruptions to regular ops) before they get us.” Yes, I’m old, turn that shit music down. A chef who’s my age replied with, “and be careful out there.”

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One of my managers told me they’ve been overhearing what the team says about me. I told him I have enough friends, & I’m not here to make more. I am also not “the new boss who wants to fire everyone & start over,” which I heard through my office door, but certain actions do have consequences.

Dan Kim (김명준) @danielmkim.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

New Sheriff In Town

ALT: New Sheriff In Town

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I hate that I was proven right in autumn 2016 when I said, before that soul crushing election, let’s not get overconfident with these poll numbers. But at the risk of repeating myself, yeah, let’s not get overconfident AGAIN.

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Dan Kim (김명준) @danielmkim.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Every time I drive home from work, I think of that scene in Airplane when an air traffic controller staring at an Atari video game says about Stryker, “He’s all over the place. What an asshole.” Except I’m judging all the drivers on the Belt Parkway for whom lane markers are but suggestions.

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Dan Kim (김명준) @danielmkim.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Louis Satterfield, who provided the groove for Fontella Bass’s “Rescue Me.” Fun fact 1: Maurice White, his future band mate & lead singer in EWF, played drums on that track. Fun fact 2: whenever Fontella hums in the song, it’s because she forgot the lyrics.

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Dan Kim (김명준) @danielmkim.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Not bad for 10 minutes on a small home wok after a 10 hour day. Guinness not included in the total time.

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Dan Kim (김명준) @danielmkim.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I was today years old when I learned that the Sundowner in Chief is willing to abase both his office & his nation by literally rolling out the red carpet for Xi, the new proud owner of $300M of F-35 parts.

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Dan Kim (김명준) @danielmkim.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

2 major inspections in 2 days. I earned tonight’s whiskey.

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Dan Kim (김명준) @danielmkim.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Home from work & opening a news app to see what that orange twat said at UNGA.. Jesus H tap dancing Christ. Susan Collins got away with WHAT? Anyway, who else is going all in on Fat Bear Week as a needed distraction?

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Dan Kim (김명준) @danielmkim.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Before the day ends, we can’t forget that it’s a holiday, & those of us who celebrate should all light a candle for the late great Maurice White.

Earth, Wind & Fire - September (Do You Remember)

ALT: Earth, Wind & Fire - September (Do You Remember)

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Dan Kim (김명준) @danielmkim.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

✔️ work a full day with distractions like region-wide ground stops & His Orangeness flying into town for UNGA. ✔️ replace the tower in my toilet tank ✔️ cook dinner for myself while ignoring the entreating & pleading from my asshole roommate, when I know damn well his automatic feeder works. #adulting

Goodie, still very put out that I would not give him a chicken thigh while I made dinner.

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Dan Kim (김명준) @danielmkim.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

We now go live to Dan, who’s feeling some kind of way after shifting a dozen WhatsApp chats to his new work phone.

Elm Declares Freedom in Fire

ALT: Elm Declares Freedom in Fire

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Dan Kim (김명준) @danielmkim.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The last time a paranoid despot militarized his capital city, he faced mass protests for stealing the election. A large portion of his own military, including the minister of defense & army vice chief of staff, defected to the opposition. Before long, he & all of his wife’s shoes fled into exile.

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I accidentally got the non dairy ice cream sandwiches at Trader Joe’s because I wanted to get ahead of all the families with carts in the checkout line earlier. Miss Kim was cracking up & asked if I’d gone vegan on her.

Ryan Reynolds: Goddammit!

ALT: Ryan Reynolds: Goddammit!

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Tell the 22 - not 18 as the Secretary of Single Malt attests- Gold Star families to their fades that it isn’t a war, it’s a Special Military Operation like your Boss Vlad calls his war that isn’t a war. Fucking mendacious ghouls.

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Hegseth will soon mandate formations proving the existence of moening wood, because nothing so becalms a right winger than a hard dong in the wee hours.

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Dan Kim (김명준) @danielmkim.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Kosovo, acting out the Fredo scene: “I can handle things! I’m smart!”

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Dear all the middle aged white men with dad bods I’m sharing a TSA line with in ATL: how much longer are you going to rock a high fade or high regulation haircut, along with Oakleys or issued eye pro, & a unit ball cap? Those days are long behind us, friends. Come up with something new. XXOO, Dan

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Dan Kim (김명준) @danielmkim.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Grateful for the opportunity to come to Atlanta for this seminar & learn with some amazingly talented people. Also grateful that, at least until next month, I won’t lose up to 3 hours of sleep per night because of a bed that’s way too soft.

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Dan Kim (김명준) @danielmkim.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

In other words, war crimes are more important than tracking & hitting actual anti-American groups like Al Shabab or potentially JNM.

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Dan Kim (김명준) @danielmkim.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Why did I immediately think of Tina & Jeff when I received an email telling me I have a week left to complete the new company’s cyber security module?

The thankfully defunct avatars of Jeff & Tina from US Army cyber security training

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Dan Kim (김명준) @danielmkim.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Here I am, in my hotel room, spit shining my shoes for tomorrow & a little pissed off that I scuffed the previous shine today. You can take the boy out of the Army but…

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Dan Kim (김명준) @danielmkim.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Ponce City Market is probably the best mandofun I have ever been forced to attend. Not too shabby, Atlanta. I think we all needed this after a full day spent on such invigorating topics like contracts & procurement. In case you’re wondering, I’m waiting for the fried chicken plate at Hop’s.

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Dan Kim (김명준) @danielmkim.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Really enjoying the diverse - both ethnically & in perspectives - group of senior leaders at this seminar. We’re led by our company’s director of training, a Black woman, & one of my peers from Boston jokes that he’s the token gay white guy. I made the right career decision.

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Dan Kim (김명준) @danielmkim.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I don’t travel often for business, but enough to know that a certain subset of business travelers in the South always stands out: the dude bro. He’s white, either goatee or beard, anywhere from 30 to 60, wears a t-shirt under his company logo polo, & either 511 cargo or golf pants with Merrells.

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Tomahawks with ICM would make short work of this Technical Troupe … oh, wait, we’re almost out of those.

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Trump calls on Ukraine to halt strikes on Russian diesel, saying attacks are causing a shortage

Every time I start to think the dementia patient in chief is too stupid to be an SVR asset, he says something that argues the opposite. This statement could have been drafted in the Lubyanka. Bottom line, Ivan is hurting, & that brings me joy. apnews.com/article/russ...

apnews.com

U.S. President Donald Trump has called on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to halt strikes on Russian diesel, saying attacks are causing a global shortage.

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My staff is slowly learning some of my more family friendly “Dan-isms,” as @drjchernov.bsky.social calls my verbal tics. - Dan, we’re 86’d on A & B - Then use C, which is similar & serves the same purpose. Say it with me: we improvise, we adapt, & we overcome.

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One thing about the new gig that I love is that I’ve spent more quality time with my kids the last few weeks than any similar stretch of my career thus far. Dinner with Junior to discuss what colleges he might apply to, at @drjchernov.bsky.social’s & my favorite Korean bbq spot.

I can’t get him to give me a real smile for a photo anymore 😫

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One of these days, it will take me less than an hour and a half to drive the 25 miles from my mom’s place in Jersey to northern Queens with moderate to heavy traffic. Today was not that day.

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Let me preface this by proclaiming that I truly do love my mother & daughter. Except when they outvote me & want me to drive them to Olive Garden, or all places, in the middle of the capital of Italian American cuisine.

I will always regret not stopping to piss on the Trump golf course sign in July, as we drove to & from the Cliffs of Moher. In my defense, I was driving on the wrong side of the road, shifting gears with the wrong hand, and hypervigilant to not pull a Matthew Broderick on those narrow roads.

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1 last thing & I’ll STFU about 9/11. We’ve forgotten all of the hard lessons learned that day. Alliances matter. Diplomacy & multilateralism, not isolationism, will prevent future 9/11’s. Fed agencies sharing intel matters. A unified system of emergency management can/will prevent needless deaths.

Forrest Gump: That's All I Have To Say

ALT: Forrest Gump: That's All I Have To Say

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I’ve loved the haka ever since my unit trained with a Kiwi battalion 30+ years ago & they greeted us with a war haka that roughly translated to “go away& GFYS.” But watching NZ firefighters performing the haka for FDNY today… well, it suddenly got really dusty in my apartment.

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In the midst of all the maudlin remembrances, including my own, that was a good first day of school. I now have a high school freshman & senior.

Left: Miss Kim & her new glasses
Right: Junior, already a senior acting like he can’t be bothered

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This is a good time to be thankful that I drive an old manual transmission Honda that gets 40 miles per gallon on the freeway.

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FIFY: the incontinent dementia patient in chief couldn’t give 2 shits about more American service members being killed in his war of choice, so long as he can campaign on said war, which makes him look like the opposite of the stable genius he claims to be.

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Dan Kim (김명준) @danielmkim.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I kind of wish I were working tomorrow instead of being off, but the unit general managers’ schedule shook out that way. I’d promised myself this anniversary would be like any other, but whoo boy was I ever wrong. Here’s to us & those like us. I’ll see you in Fiddlers Green, gents.

Lifting a glass of Tully & water to men with whom I served 25 years ago tomorrow. “NY’s Best.”

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Someone should form a coalition to expel the Houthis from the Baab Al Mandeb … oh, wait, we can’t do that … our military is tired, overextended, & black on precision munitions, & the putative commander in chief has pissed away our both moral authority & leadership in the world.

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Dan Kim (김명준) @danielmkim.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Really enjoying watching a young chef flexing his creative muscles. Delicata squash roasted with honey with arugula, candied pecans, & raisin vinaigrette.

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Dan Kim (김명준) @danielmkim.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

My new stress is writing detailed menu descriptions for people who aren't of a culinary bent, which means I have to explain what I consider to be basic ingredients like piquillo pepper, harissa, bechamel, & demiglace. I looked at my chef like, "are you for f'ng real?"