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Dan Ness @danodano.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Earthquake alert showed up on my watch before showing up on the USGS site. Near Indio Hills, CA, estimated at 5.1. earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...

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Dan Ness @danodano.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Facts matter, as do the dedicated people who make decisions based on facts, not fear nor favor

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Dan Ness @danodano.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Comics have impact and lasting value! I just realized I’ve been carrying around this classic by @betsystreeter.bsky.social since June 2009. Anyone with stats on Christmas gift books can prove this to still be true.

Comic of bookshop with two sections. The section entitled “self-improvement” has no shoppers in front. The crowd is by the shelves marked “Telling other people how to improve themselves”

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Dan Ness @danodano.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Are we there yet? The 90/90 rule applies to Ukrainian peace agreements and “vibe coding” AI Slop “The first 90% of the code accounts for the first 90% of the development time. The remaining 10% of the code accounts for the other 90% of the development time.” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninety%...

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Ninety–ninety rule - Wikipedia

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Dan Ness @danodano.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

In the next frame, we see the cat has removed the sign…

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Dan Ness @danodano.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

TIL there is a basement in The Alamo! Also, there wasn’t one when PW made the Big Adventure movie. Truth is sometimes stranger than fiction, and in this case the fiction came true, just as the fortune teller described!

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Dan Ness @danodano.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

The poet Piet Hein offered a gem on what’s enough, but he didn’t specifically mention time or money. Maybe this episode will uncover some truths. “Of drink and victuals And suchlike stuff A bit too little Is just enough.”

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Dan Ness @danodano.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

This is why it’s so fun and inspiring to be around creatives: authenticity !

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Dan Ness @danodano.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Looks like Christmas is over! 😢 Rock doves gobbling up a gingerbread house near the San Diego Harbor. 🪶 #birds

Looks like Christmas is over! 😢 Rock doves gobbling up a gingerbread house near the San Diego Harbor. The house didn’t stand a chance with this ferocious pack of birds! 🦅

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Spocko @spocko.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

"Pop-Tarts, a balanced part of this good breakfast!"

Kellogg's strawberry Pop-Tarts box next to a Kellogg's brown sugar cinnamon frosted Pop-Tart with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on it

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Dan Ness @danodano.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Scored! I am the happy recipient of a signed (!) edition from @tomgauld.bsky.social Hilarity is mine! It’s a copy of Revenge of the Librarians, revealing what’s behind the doors of Samuel Beckett’s Advent calendar.

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🏳️‍⚧️screaming queer cryptid👁️🔥🎨 @nintala-scribble.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Have some funky abstract kaleidoscopes ! Esp this bright gay snowflake xD ko-fi.com/i/IF1F71QULRW and also throw me tips to support my art!! ✨❄️🌈✨ #abstractart #eyestrain #art #artsky #disabledartist #humanart #handdrawn #artadventcalendar #weirdart #trippyart #mandala

a digital psychedelic abstract rainbow , white and black art. a drawing made with the symmetrical ruler to split into a snow flake like pattern. Main design is white branching out from the center. A gradient of a rainbow in a hatching gride patten slightly fill the canvas behind the snowflake. some extra small bursts of glowing stars are at the end of the design in the canvas corners.

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Dan Ness @danodano.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Let’s hope that SOME headline writers will finally get a byline

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Dan Ness @danodano.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

Call it “we care about you” or “we know you’re smart” and maybe, just maybe, more people will head your your direction Listen to customers

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Dan Ness @danodano.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

“Uncertainty about the economic outlook remains elevated.” If anything, the FRB has been able to be a beacon of stability during foggy times.

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Dan Ness @danodano.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Something up (or down?) with Apple News+. This October 30, 2015 article appeared today - December 9, 2025. Yes, that’s an article more than 10 years old!

October 30, 2015 article from Fortune that appeared today December 9, 2025. Yes, that’s more than 10 years old!

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Dan Ness @danodano.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

This bluebird of happiness appeared in front me as a reminder of why I had an early walk. Is it the Christmas Bluebird of Happiness? 🪶

A Western Bluebird nestled in a pyracantha bush adorned with bright red berries. Some birds like these enjoy eating the berries, and sometimes the berries ferment which gets the birds tipsy.

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Dan Ness @danodano.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

This human has a way with words - will #sloptimization catch on as a hashtag as widely as the sadly ubiquitous #aiSlop?

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Dan Ness @danodano.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

An AI remake by Grok would cast bankers in a more favorable light, no doubt

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Dan Ness @danodano.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Last night coyotes convened in my backyard to offer that bright SuperMoon their Yelp reviews. Five stars! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Dan Ness @danodano.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

“Writers” may try to say they are “writing” when in fact they are slopping

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Dan Ness @danodano.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

No middle ground for rock and roll (survey sez)

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Dan Ness @danodano.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Staying at one spot can reveal how things change in front of us. Most of us are too busy to stay still for long and miss the impermanence and liveliness.

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Beautiful Bizarre Magazine @beautifulbizarre.net · 03/12/2025

Many creatives often find it difficult to promote their own art but Inspired to Write has some wise words for those struggling to promote their art. Save these quotes for the next time you’re feeling hesitating about posting your work and remember, we LOVE to see your work! 😍 ✨ #art

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Dan Ness @danodano.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Enterprises realizing their risk exposure may be the nail in the coffin to stop half-baked chatbots before they can cause more harm

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nickarnett.bsky.social @nickarnett.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

France has launched an investigation into Musk’s Grok AI after reports of Holocaust denial content, raising alarms about tech accountability and historical truth.

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Dan Ness @danodano.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

San Diego has been out-normalizing for decades, and even has a delightfully diverse neighborhood named Normal Heights

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Dan Ness @danodano.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Great work today giving 1,000 complete Thanksgiving meals to San Diegans!

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B Jarosz @datageekb.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

"Limiting surveys to one follow-up visit would compound the impact, demographers say" Me. That demographer was me. 🙄

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Dan Ness @danodano.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

There’s a crass yet insightful question attributed to a naive advertising intern: “What if the dogs won’t eat the dog food?”

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Maranda 🖤 @whatevermaranda.com · 15/11/2025

Love this so much. 💜

Meme: a quirky hand-drawn cat beneath the script "AHEM - please don't give billionaires more of your money this holiday season - buy something cool and handmade from some fun weirdo instead & help them eat. Shop small, y'all."

Image credit: "Small businesses need your support more than ever 💗
By Sugarhouse Ceramic Co."

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Dan Ness @danodano.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Data Depot - the next big DIY chain?

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New_ Public @newpublic.org · 06/11/2025

We’ve got one of the most in-depth surveys on how Americans connect with neighbors online — what works, what doesn't, what they want instead. These are essential insights for anyone thinking about local communities. Join us 11/20 when @taliastroud.bsky.social & @eli.bsky.social share the data

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The Local Connection Crisis: New Data on What Communities Need · Zoom · Luma

Now we know what we've long suspected: People really use and rely on their local Facebook groups, Nextdoor neighborhoods, and WhatsApp group chats, but they…

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Rep. Scott Peters @repscottpeters.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

For 40 days, President Trump and Republicans refused to negotiate a bipartisan budget deal that prevents healthcare costs from skyrocketing. In CA50, 28,000 people face higher costs if we don't extend ACA tax credits. We cannot afford to wait, yet this deal does nothing to address this crisis. 1/3

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Senate reaches deal on ending the shutdown

Democrats are coalescing around a bipartisan agreement to fund the government.

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Rep. Scott Peters @repscottpeters.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

When Speaker Johnson finally brings the House back into session on this, I'm voting no. 3/3

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Dan Ness @danodano.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

It takes a lot of work by the US Census to gather and report statistics on racial identity. Many Americans who have Hispanic ancestors are hesitant to answer that it’s part of their past, and many also don’t even know their ancestry.

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Steph Tully @stephtully.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

But if we start using AI instead of humans, AI will be trained by AI and it’s likely to become a game of telephone in that it will degrade over time. We won’t be able to capture changes over time or learn new insights with any real accuracy.

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Dan Ness @danodano.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

It looks like Ohio lawmakers are trying to restrict civil union to be only between humans. Grok may be disappointed.

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Boum @boum.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

She's not wrong #comics #boumeries

A 4-panel comic. I'm at the supermarket with my 3yo daughter, who's holding a lollipop and sitting in the shopping cart. As we pass by the cake aisle, she points to the fridge and says "OH!! I WANNA BUY A CAKE!!" So I tell her, "No no no. You already have a lollipop in your hand, that's enough sweets for today." She looks at me and replies "But I have TWO hands."

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Dan Ness @danodano.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

It’s great to see progress in human-made creations

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Dan Ness @danodano.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

The same has been happening with commercial market research reports. Aggregators have been tapping into works licensed by corporates both to train their models as well as to resell the results. It’s thievery whether it’s consumer or commercial.

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Dan Ness @danodano.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Published authors may yet get some compensation for Anthropic’s theft. This article clarifies some key questions.

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Dan Ness @danodano.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

They called it a game, but some unsuspecting users didn’t notice it being swapped for a real calculator

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Dan Ness @danodano.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Maybe, although it’s fascinating to watch people react to the bizarro stuff on TV

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Dan Ness @danodano.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Christmas in August, at least among some retailers

In August, retail store aisles filled with Christmas merchandise

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Dan Ness @danodano.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

A can’t-miss approach for kings. Much cheaper than hiring statisticians and obviously more accurate! 😉 (Yes, this is about solid statistics being undermined re firing of Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer.) Evergreen cartoon by Hankin

Hankin cartoon showing a king that has shot arrows that have ended up being widely scattered across a wall. A serf is hastily painting targets around the arrowheads. (Who are we fooling?)
Shoot and then call whatever you hit the target.

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