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Dan Turner

@ddt.bsky.social
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Same ddt. Working in service design for govtech. Bikes, books, cats. But I get out. All content here is personal. If you know how it works, you are not the user. If your mother says she loves you, find a second source.

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Dan Turner @ddt.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
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Dan Turner @ddt.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I did some work for one of those years ago, here, hope this helps
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Dan Turner @ddt.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
oh hell no
An email ad for an X-formerly-Twitter credit card, with the text:

"
X
Money that pays you back
Earn up to 3% cashback on eligible purchases with the 𝕏 Card and up to 6.00% APY on balances in qualifying US states."
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Dan Turner @ddt.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Academics, how’re you doing?
A white billboard with black text, “The lit review, minus the busywork.”
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Dan Turner @ddt.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Jesus, I missed that. Prior ads:
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Dan Turner @ddt.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Ooh, Steve Blank enters the chat.
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Dan Turner @ddt.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Come on, Theo. Pulling for you, buddy.
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Dan Turner @ddt.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I mean, these are mostly not good helpful “my startup will be” ideas.
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Dan Turner @ddt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Kind of loving the concept being IA Presenter.
A block of white text on a grey background. The bolded title is "Presentation Tips" and the body text is "How to tell your story without boring the audience to death."
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Dan Turner @ddt.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I’m actually kind of excited
A frontal photo of a California General Election voter information guide 
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Dan Turner @ddt.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
And I've got your back
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Dan Turner @ddt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A Tale of Two Tacomas
Two pickup trucks parked on a small street with autumn trees above. In front is a modern Toyota Tacoma in grey. It has two rows of seats and giant wheels. It towers over the 1990s Toyota Tacoma parked behind it, also in grey.
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Dan Turner @ddt.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Remembered I owe @ethanmarcotte.com a photo of my kittens.
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Dan Turner @ddt.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Of course, this is from the writer who gave us Venom Horse discoursing on Baudrillard.
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Dan Turner @ddt.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
This piece of work that purports to link trans care to authoritarianism does not seem to avoid its own gender ideology. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
‘Gender ideology was measured by statements such as: “People should be supported in expressing their transgender identity,” and “Parents should support their children’s transgender exploration.”’
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Dan Turner @ddt.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
What gif pops up first when you type in your name? Me: I don't get it.
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Dan Turner @ddt.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
To report an issue in Apple Maps, long-press to create a pin, then tap on More to file a report. Say, if the name is wrong.
The Report an issue screens in Apple Maps, with “Name is wrong” and Lake Ontario in name of place
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Dan Turner @ddt.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Philly bike race fans rule escapecollective.com/philade/
Two people in street clothes behind a security fence, holding cardboard signs. One sign says, "I can make you a Manayunk" with a photo of Tim Curry from Rocky Horror; the other sign says, "I wall always love you" with a photo of Dolly Parton. They are standing at the side of the Manayunk Wall climb.
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Dan Turner @ddt.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
What's your favorite Bible verse? Wrong answers only.
Pearl from Steven Universe, with the caption "Starting Pearl as Repressed Nerd"
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Dan Turner @ddt.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Frick says godspeed and asks if she’s pulling this off.
A grey tabby kitten belly-down on a red comforter, all her legs and tail ready for action. She has on a yellow and black tiger stripe onesie.
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Dan Turner @ddt.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Now this was a smart house. I hope you have guardrails in place.
Movie poster for the Japanese file House. The main image is of a large, orange face of a cat, kind of snarling.
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Dan Turner @ddt.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
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Dan Turner @ddt.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
This equivalence is undeniably evil, but some tech (and non-tech) news publications have worked hard to earn it. www.theverge.com/tech/975173/...
“Creators are an important part of our community and how people get information and learn about our products today,” OpenAI spokesperson Edie Campbell-Urban said in an email. “We welcome healthy debate as AI becomes more prevalent, and we value creators who choose to engage with us, attend our events, ask tough questions, and learn alongside everyone else. We’ll continue to value them, just as we do traditional media and other marketing partners.” with the phrase "traditional media and other marketing partners" highlighted.
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Dan Turner @ddt.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
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Dan Turner @ddt.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Some copy editor is now hiding in a closet. Or there's some financial turn of phrase that's... not very good.
A Yahoo Finance headline: "SoFi is revving up consumer lending. Investors are tapping the breaks"
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Dan Turner @ddt.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Just arrived but too tired to start reading
A paperback book titled “What Tech Calls Governing”. The cover is a blue background with a black graphic of a chainsaw blade.
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Dan Turner @ddt.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Well, this is new. Figma wanted me to update it, and I clicked the button, and now trying to launch it gives me this (the “OK” button is inactive).
A macOS modal with 'The application "Figma.app" is not open anymore.'

The OK button is greyed out and does not respond to clicks.
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Dan Turner @ddt.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
What if -- hear me out -- we built education in a way that admitting you didn't know something was seen as a virtue, not an embarrassment? www.ft.com/content/0070...
He says that swapping out a human teacher for an AI one is a fundamental advantage because it builds knowledge in a “non-judgmental way”. Children are instructed according to their ability and can ask a question as many times as they want, saving them the embarrassment of admitting they do not know something to the whole classroom, he says.
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Dan Turner @ddt.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
What would @dieworkwear.bsky.social think of the cut of this tux?
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Dan Turner @ddt.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Pascal's Happy Wager
A two-by-two table. The columns are "You are kind" and "You are unkind". The rows as "They are kind" and "They are unkind."

If both parties are kind: Bingo! More people are happy, more productive interactions.

If they are kind and you aren't: They feel worse, are less likely to collaborate and share. And how do you feel about it?

If they are unkind and you are kind: Roll a D20 to win them over. Maybe you will! Would being unkind to them make you feel better?

If both are unkind: Any good outcomes from that? Did anyone get what they wanted? Or feel good about who they are?
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Dan Turner @ddt.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
A screen from MUTHR from the movie Alien. Green text on a black screen reads, "PRIORITY ONE
INSURE RETURN OF ORGANISM FOR ANALYSIS
ALL OTHER CONSIDERATIONS SECONDARY
CREW EXPENDABLE"
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Dan Turner @ddt.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
I tried, but couldn't get a contract.
The Verve record logo. It's a stylized "Verve" in the center of a circle, with the words "Verve record club" around it. The letters are a pale yellow, on a light brown background.
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Dan Turner @ddt.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Not sure I want to engage
The back of a grey Mazda car with the California license plate “LBESTOD”
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Dan Turner @ddt.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Prior art suggesting a) yes, the dracula and the wolfman can be friends 2) they have to displace the Spear of Longinus first
A black-and-white old movie still with a cheap wolfman and Dracula both making faces sort of at the cameraAn image of the Moon with a twin-bladed spear (the Spear of Longinus fron Neon Genesis Evangelion) sticking straight up from it.
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Dan Turner @ddt.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Frick is not usually one to chase the sun but it found her.
A small grey tabby cat with some fringe highlights dozed in a tan, soft chair. She is on her right side with her belly facing us, hind legs splayed out, and her smushed up against an arm of the chair.
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Dan Turner @ddt.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
I mean, look at this first-person, handheld wandering. (Not coming down on the journalist, on the situation.)
A screen grab of a YouTube video of wandering around a mostly darkened, mostly abandoned Mall with a few lights here and there. Very Lynchian.
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Dan Turner @ddt.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Happy 4th
A blue sign on a chain link fence. Spray painted is NO GUNS
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Dan Turner @ddt.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Still getting my my home decor settled
A white brick fireplace mantel with two art pieces, one a black and white print of “La beaute est dans larue” (a theme of the 1968 Paris student uprising) and a print of a face with “we are punks”, flanked by two small, framed photos.
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Dan Turner @ddt.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
I'm not sure why, in an honest world, this would be flagged as "bad news for crypto". Shouldn't sentencing of a convicted fraudster be seen as helping move the industry to a bit of legitimacy? (I'm not that naive, btw.)
A heading "Chinese exile once linked to Trump strategist gets 30-year sentence in $1 billion fraud", with a "Negative" mark on it.
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Dan Turner @ddt.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
The techbro percentage? I feel you.
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Dan Turner @ddt.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Whitney, after his zoomies.
A creamsicle kitten (white paws and chest and belly, orange tabby stripes elsewhere) is conked out on his side, facing the camera, but almost entirely asleep.
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Dan Turner @ddt.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
I'm feeling a bit chuffed, though the techbro levels worry me.
78% Woke
53% Techbro
52% Hopepilled
80% Davos
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Dan Turner @ddt.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
A photo of a road on a steep hill, with a cartoon blue kitten straining to ride up the hill on a tricycle.
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Dan Turner @ddt.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
What the fresh hell is this. I mean, it looks like a hack.
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Dan Turner @ddt.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Former journalist who was around during the US dot-com boom here. We can be charitable with this statement, but I did see plenty of journalists co-opted by money, to the point they lost their critical thinking and objectivity.
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Dan Turner @ddt.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
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Dan Turner @ddt.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Thanks @theebikinikill.bsky.social and thanks for supporting a great cause (and getting me to, too).
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Dan Turner @ddt.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
@annaleen.bsky.social @monteiro.bsky.social
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Dan Turner @ddt.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
New addition to the household
A framed poster. A white background with the words”La beauté” up top and “est dans larue” in black brushstrokes. In between is a black illustration of a woman throwing a paving stone.
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Dan Turner @ddt.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
FBI Arrests CIA Official With $40 Million In Gold Bars In His Home Me:
Captain Cold, one of Flash's villains, stands and shrugs after Flash drops him off on a random street. Captain Cold says, to nobody, "Damn it. Didn't even get a single gold bar."
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