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Dan McDonough @danluvsbeer.bsky.social · 7h

Yeah, like $20M/NCAA trans athlete is going to be spent this election cycle just on ads abusing them for existing.

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Dan McDonough @danluvsbeer.bsky.social · 7h

So they want him in office until 2030?

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Dan McDonough @danluvsbeer.bsky.social · 7h

Systèm Internationale has its fans.

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Dan McDonough @danluvsbeer.bsky.social · 8h

When I was a developer I objected to the use of the term "Software Engineer" because engineering as a profession requires evaluations and certifications that simply aren't present in the software development world. Then I learned that it was Margaret Hamilton who first coined it and thought, ok.

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Dan McDonough @danluvsbeer.bsky.social · 19h

I feel like we ranted about it for a hot second in 2016 and then just banished it from our collective memory.

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Dan McDonough @danluvsbeer.bsky.social · 19h

Oooh, going for the deep cuts.

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Dan McDonough @danluvsbeer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

It’s the worst kind of anthropomorphizing. Birds aren’t mammals. What would be an exceedingly unpleasant experience for a human is not the same for a bird. I guarantee you that gavaging or no, any bird that winds up in a dish at Le Dip lived a far happier life than one destined for Roamin’ Rooster.

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Dan McDonough @danluvsbeer.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The dumbest thing about the bent up arm signal is that it was originally conceived of for cars, because only the left arm could be visible outside of the driver's window. Bikes don't have windows!

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DrLostCauses @acpacek.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I and others have made the observation that if you are not a current or former DC resident it's difficult to fathom the emotional toll the physical destruction of our city has been going through. And the ever present thought that even worse is to come.

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Dan McDonough @danluvsbeer.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Baseboards take up a lot of room! If you're in a small space, you'll lose valuable real estate.

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Dan McDonough @danluvsbeer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I was in France with a buddy and we walked past an audio shop with some Wilsons in the window and he said he wanted to think about a system for his apartment and I said, well, those speakers run about $70K each...

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Dan McDonough @danluvsbeer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The Biden hate is fascinating to me. I mean, he actually got a lot of stuff done! I wasn't happy that he ran for reelection and would've preferred a real primary but I don't know that a different candidate would've done much for the Dems in '24 anyway. But he did a good job.

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Dan McDonough @danluvsbeer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The thing that's absolutely nucking futs about this is that something like one in two humans didn't survive until their fifteenth birthday, prior to widespread vaccination. One of the greatest things we've ever accomplished as a species and whackadoodles want to claw it back.

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Texas Pediatricians Face Paxton Investigations for Vaccinating Children (Gift Article)

Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general and Republican Senate candidate, has alleged a sprawling profit-driven conspiracy. Pediatricians say the accusations are an attempt at intimidation.

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Dan McDonough @danluvsbeer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

(John Fogarty voice) "Stuck around Saint Petersburg When I saw it was a time for a change."

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Dan McDonough @danluvsbeer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Tangential, but every time I hear this song I start hearing this melody, but with the lyrics to "Sympathy for the Devil" in my head.

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 05/10/2026

The SPEAKER implies. The LISTENER infers. The DUDE abides.

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Dan McDonough @danluvsbeer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I’ve, uh, never been to Olive Garden so I’m kind of spitballing here.

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Dan McDonough @danluvsbeer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Woohoo! It’s a carafe of the house red and two pastas at Olive Garden, Meredith!

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Dan McDonough @danluvsbeer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It's not too late to accept jeebus into your heart, Phil.

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Dan McDonough @danluvsbeer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

(Consults actuarial tables, considers taking up smoking)

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Dan McDonough @danluvsbeer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Man, dudes like this ruin six year-olds. It used to be that you saw a kid with a backwards ball cap on and you thought it was cute. Now you think, "that kid's a douche."

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Dan McDonough @danluvsbeer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

When I encounter these triangulating types who, when presented with facts, come out with a hesitant, “I don’t know about that…” I say, “Well, I do. And I’m telling you.” It really shocks people.

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Dan McDonough @danluvsbeer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I played this song for my kids once and my son said, “wait, did he just rhyme ‘ya’ with ‘ya?’”

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Dan McDonough @danluvsbeer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

We really don't... I suspect we could come up with something better.

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Dan McDonough @danluvsbeer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Not for bmx though! Ask me how I found that out!

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Dan McDonough @danluvsbeer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Yeah I tried a few, and I buy the good stuff, but it only worked with the A to C.

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Dan McDonough @danluvsbeer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I bought a lezyne light recently that charges with usb-c and it took me quite some time to realize it only works with a usb-a to c cable.

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Dan McDonough @danluvsbeer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I just want bike lights that use the same charger as my phone and my laptop, man.

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Dan McDonough @danluvsbeer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Great you think you’re capable of modeling a crude version of the internal calculator, absent having ever peed in the grass under a full moon while the insect sounds are on the verge of hurting your ears, three months after your mom died, but just the calculator part? Okay, have fun.

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Dan McDonough @danluvsbeer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

while sharing a car with its mother-in-law, or fret about a weird spot on its skin, or look into its small, small child’s eyes, and feel incomprehensible hormonal surges, whoops I mean maternal instincts, or any of the external factors which distract our internal calculators.

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Dan McDonough @danluvsbeer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Look, AI isn’t conscious. Consciousness comes from thinking while having a body. AI, at best, can think. But consciousness is thinking plus (physically) feeling. AI doesn’t get hungry, or sweat through its shirt, or have an unwanted crush on a coworker, or have to hold in a fart…

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Dan McDonough @danluvsbeer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Sometimes just vibes. We know we want to get from Boston to New York. It’s south and west of where we are. There will be signs. This led to some spectacular fuckups, but basically you pointed yourself in the general direction and it usually worked.

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Dan McDonough @danluvsbeer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Wow. We would never do anything like that in this country except maybe put a radical Christian nationalist who had previously been barred from serving at a presidential inauguration after being reported as an insider threat in charge of the whole damn military.

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Dan McDonough @danluvsbeer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Probably just on people's c-list and didn't get gotten to, would be my guess.

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Dan McDonough @danluvsbeer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I'm not really sure about that. And sure, the actual aesthetics of the thing are definitely Trumpian, but the need has been discussed for decades. The slope of the lawn, the potential for sod to get kicked up into sensitive spots, that sort of thing.

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Dan McDonough @danluvsbeer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Yeah, no. FIL flew Marine One back in the day. That’s always been a safety issue.

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Dan McDonough @danluvsbeer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Yeah, sure, someone! But I've worked in digital marketing for 20 years, so not exactly relevant.

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Dan McDonough @danluvsbeer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I keep getting one for some kind of masters in disaster preparedness? "You already know what it takes to protect civilians." I mean I was in the military but, Air Force intel, and about 35 years ago. No idea.

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Dan McDonough @danluvsbeer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

And I like my apartment! I want owning a chunk of a building to be a thing. But it’s challenging.

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