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Dan Neil @danneil.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

In today's news, everything is bad and expected to get worse. Stay tuned for more.

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Dan Neil @danneil.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

What if we took this timeline and moved it somewhere else

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Dan Neil @danneil.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Idk how many of you like long-form, political content, but this guy is pretty solid youtu.be/iup3Ef6K6SE?...

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The Untold Reality of Political Violence

YouTube video by DarkMatter2525

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Dan Neil @danneil.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

And the story I watched on screen were two different things. I kept hearing about how Walter White was some badass, but he mostly just cries, whines, and acts pathetic whenever anything doesn't go his way. Plus, he's a terrible liar. My wife would've sussed the truth from him on day 1, no doubt.

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Dan Neil @danneil.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Unpopular Opinion: Breaking Bad is crazy overrated. Maybe it's because I watched it years after it came out so I absorbed too much of it from cultural context (for example, the way people talked about Skyler White, I thought she'd be straight up villainous) that the story represented by others

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Dan Neil @danneil.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

The training of LLMs on pirated, copyrighted material proves one thing to me: in our society, if you steal from one person, you're a thief; but if you steal from billions, you're a billionaire.

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Dan Neil @danneil.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Nothing wrong with being a casual viewer, that's all I am too. My wife is more anime obsessed. She's both the devil and angel on my shoulders, and they're both recommending too much anime for a single human to watch in a lifetime

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Dan Neil @danneil.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

On that note, I started re-reading LOTR a few months ago and was shocked at how confident the story was in itself to take its time. It didn't demand your attention like modern storytelling. It was content to tell the story it wanted to tell the way it wanted to tell it. Sadly, it would be DOA today.

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Dan Neil @danneil.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

It's so cozy and warm, and so many of the characters are like chicken soup for the soul. I can't wait for season 2! I've been trying to find other shows with a vibe like this, do you have any recommendations?

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Dan Neil @danneil.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Tell my cat Pixie that she is perfect (she knows but likes to hear it)

An extremely cute and fluffy black cat sitting atop a pile of books, looking expectantly for pets

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Dan Neil @danneil.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Idk why but this feels so on brand for Ultron that it makes me chuckle every time I see it

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Dan Neil @danneil.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

They're so focused on you because they're afraid of you. Keep up the good work! I don’t live in Texas, but I support you from over here in AZ.

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Dan Neil @danneil.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

that's the main thing you connect to in a story, and that's okay. Not every story has to be life changing, or have some deep wisdom to impart, or even be all that memorable, to be an enjoyable experience. I don't know, man. Thanks for coming to my TED talk. Like what media you like unapologetically.

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Dan Neil @danneil.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

films like Spiderman 3, The Rise of Skywalker, or Man of Steel? I honestly think all 3 are flawed but overall good movies, and i could talk about why, but ultimately I'm realizing I don't have to justify liking a piece of media or disliking it. The vibes of a story are super important, and sometimes

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Dan Neil @danneil.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

That they're imperfect or highly flawed. My favorite Star Wars movie from the prequels is The Phantom Menace. Is it a good movie? Who cares, I enjoy the hell out of it. Spiderman 3 is my favorite from the Raimi trilogy. On that same note, it's also okay to like things for no reason. Why do I enjoy

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Dan Neil @danneil.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

It is okay to like things that aren't good, and it's okay to dislike things that aren't bad. We try to justify our likes/dislikes (I must have good taste, so everything I like is good and things I dont like is bad) so our taste is 'correct.' I think it's okay to like things while acknowledging

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Dan Neil @danneil.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

becoming a parody of John Wick style action heroes).

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Dan Neil @danneil.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Finally getting back into Anime and I'm really enjoying the more low key, slice of life stories much more than the big epic dramas. Apothecary Diaries and Frieren are so awesome, and I'm getting into Sakamoto Days too (though that one seems to have left its slice of life elements behind in favor of

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Dan Neil @danneil.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Macklemore is alright, but listening to his music, sometimes I wish he was a little Mackleless

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Dan Neil @danneil.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

@damiengwalter.com I watched your video on Modernity and whether Science Fiction can tell a better story, and I have some thoughts I would love to share if you have the time, from the perspective of a Science fiction writer still trying to make a name for themselves.

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Dan Neil @danneil.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Andor Season 3: Re-Andor

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Dan Neil @danneil.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Andor Season 2 was pretty good, but i am disappointed there was no Glup Shitto cameo.

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Dan Neil @danneil.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Sometimes I feel like I'm a bad person. Not morally, like I'm bad at being a person.

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Dan Neil @danneil.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Everything is marketing speak now and it drives me crazy. I'm not a brand, I'm a person.

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Dan Neil @danneil.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Our culture is eating itself. Hence the plethora of reboots, remakes, retellings, and sequels. Not sure how to break the death spiral.

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Dan Neil @danneil.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

There are two political parties in America: The Capitalist Party (D) and the Hyper-Capitalist Party (R). Currently, the Hyper-Capitalist Party is mad that the Capitalist Party isn't Capitalist enough.

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Dan Neil @danneil.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Part of my personal growth is believing myself and my opinions matter. So I'm gonna try to express myself more online and project what I think more. So if you suddenly see a lot of my stuff that's why

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Dan Neil @danneil.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

I kinda want to move to another country. The US of A has been going downhill for a long time but Trump and his cronies have accelerated the downfall with their anti-humanist policies

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Dan Neil @danneil.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Trump supporters should get paid extra for how much labor they do moving goalposts

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Dan Neil @danneil.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Hey, I know everyone is excited, but if we could all hold off on buying my books until tomorrow that would be dope

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Dan Neil @danneil.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Let's send Trump, Putin, and Netanyahu as well! No breathing masks allowed.

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Dan Neil @danneil.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

I don't want to live on this planet anymore

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Dan Neil @danneil.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Lamar Jackson should have been MVP, those stats are insane

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Dan Neil @danneil.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Sometimes I wonder if a therapist could help me sort some stuff out and then I remember that they're expensive, that I don't have insurance, and that I don't like talking about myself all that much

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Dan Neil @danneil.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Arguing with Republicans is like arguing with children. Seeing them say that's not a nazi salute is the intellectual equivalent of saying, "I'm not touching you, I'm not touching you." How do you win and argument against a person who isn't basing their beliefs in reality?

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Dan Neil @danneil.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

It has come to my attention that I have a bunch of new followers. Hi, everyone!

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Dan Neil @danneil.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

I'll throw my hat in the ring. My story is The Starlight Lancer by Dan Neil. The chapters are available for free on my website. I like to think of my writing as 'Hopepunk' or 'Grimhope' that never loses sight of hope no matter how bleak things get.

A young woman with a black mark around her eye and a glowing sword in the foreground, with a shadowy, monstrous entity in the background

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Dan Neil @danneil.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

4. Not entirely sure what this one means so let's push forward, but if someone lets me know what should go here in the comments I'll put it there

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Dan Neil @danneil.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

3. My hobbies include pickleball, (sometimes) tennis, hiking/camping when I can, and listening to music. My MC (Zaina Quin) spent most of her free time, when she had it, watching serial dramas on TV and helping around her father's farm.

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Dan Neil @danneil.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Formative reads in my life.

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Dan Neil @danneil.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

2. (I've got some catching up to do, so sorry for the spam) Right now I'm reading The Lord of the Rings again, and I'll follow that with the Silmarillion. As far as books I recommend, "Cry, the Beloved Country" by Alan Paton, "Peace Like a River" by Leif Enger, and "We" by Yevgeny Zamyatin were all

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Dan Neil @danneil.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

I don't normally do things like this, but I'm bored and procrastinating so here goes. My name is Dan Neil, my current WIP is Anti-Heretic, the seventh book in my science fiction series of novellas, The Starlight Lancer. I post the chapters online once a week!

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Dan Neil @danneil.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

And I wonder, when the soul of humanity sleeps And all minds empty to fill with miasmatic dreams I wonder, does anyone dream of me?

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Dan Neil @danneil.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

What a time to be alive, am I right?

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G.M. Nair - Author Ordinaire @gmnair.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Why call it Hooters when you could've gone with Breastaurant

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Dan Neil @danneil.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

I'm at work so I had to skim, but I've got most of these in the Nova Rim!

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