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Danny Elfanbaum @delfanbaum.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

As a part of trying to practice finishing things with some greater regularity, I have been writing posts again. This one is about "ventilated prose," and why I think it's worth considering as a tool and technique. www.bikesbooksandbullshit.com/2026/01/21/v...

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Ventilated Prose as a Tool for Writing

While I would refer you to theblog thatintroduced this term to me originally for a better history, the short versionis that in the 30’s Buckminster...

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Titanomachy RPG (they/them) | Super Saiyan Hayley Williams @titanomachyrpg.com · 13/01/2026

I just dropped this 40 minute video essay on YT. I don’t have any presence there so it would mean a lot if you would watch, subscribe, share, etc. Not counting any gameplay, I probably put 40-50 hours into just the editing

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i played 251 games in 2025. here's what i learned

YouTube video by Titanomachy RPG

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Darren Buck @bikepedantic.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

A proposal to allow 10 stories has Paul Toner crying ‘Manhattanization’! Bro have you ever been to Manhattan? www.cambridgeday.com/2025/12/09/i...

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Inman Square residents decry "Manhattanization" - Cambridge Day

New Porter Square proposals draw more muted response. An affordable housing lawsuit also drew debate at City Council meeting.

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Danny Elfanbaum @delfanbaum.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

The way I can tell if an app is native or a wrapped webapp is by how fast it drains my phone battery. I know startups need speed and the convenience of a "build once, deploy anywhere" solution, but also, like, some of us are cheap and have phones whose batteries've had a "Service" status for years.

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Ali Lanier @alilanier.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Very important news everyone

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Danny Elfanbaum @delfanbaum.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Two Page Tuesday at Charlie's Kitchen in Harvard Square tomorrow! Come join us for the reading at 7(ish) and stay for karaoke until our favorite bartender decides we've had enough and/or the Harvard Swimming Boys take over what remains of the night's queue.

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kate wehwalt @katewagner.wehwalt.net · 10/11/2025

bad time to need lots of healthcare

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Danny Elfanbaum @delfanbaum.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Thanks to Rock Salt Journal for publishing this story I wrote about a wheelbarrow. No white chickens, but guinea hens. www.rocksaltjournal.com/fall-2025#pa...

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Fall 2025 — Rock Salt Journal

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the lakeshore monk @thecorlew.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

what a joy, talking to @teoshannon.bsky.social for hours

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Danny Elfanbaum @delfanbaum.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

I love that I couldn’t get into a Boston Book Festival event because it was already at capacity. I cannot describe how much that pleases me.

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Danny Elfanbaum @delfanbaum.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

...they changed example.com. Minimally. But... what?!

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Example Domain

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Danny Elfanbaum @delfanbaum.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Yes, Two Page Tuesday doesn't even have an IG but the crowds are good and the work is good, as are the vibes and community. Folks really seem to like to gather together in person for art. (Also the next one is Oct 14 at The Banshee in DOT if you are local want to come check it out.)

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Danny Elfanbaum @delfanbaum.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

The caps lock key leads only to unnecessary yelling and overambitious SQL and should therefore be removed permanently.

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Danny Elfanbaum @delfanbaum.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

A few years ago there was this thing publishers were doing where they were top-binding certain novels/prose books like a reporter's notebook. Does anybody remember what that was called? Or have any articles about this handy?

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Danny Elfanbaum @delfanbaum.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

A cool thing about cleaning your house is that when you're done the cat will vomit in the living room to make sure you didn't miss that spot.

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Danny Elfanbaum @delfanbaum.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

I got tired of pasting the same stupid bio into Submittable so I made a little to-clipboard utility to make that a little faster. Also I needed a new Python project to pin to my GitHub for *reasons*. Please enjoy. github.com/delfanbaum/t... pypi.org/project/tmpl...

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GitHub - delfanbaum/tmplcl: Templates to your clipboard: because sometimes you *just* can't be bothered to type it again.

Templates to your clipboard: because sometimes you *just* can't be bothered to type it again. - delfanbaum/tmplcl

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Danny Elfanbaum @delfanbaum.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Sometimes things are not, in fact, what they say on the tin.

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Danny Elfanbaum @delfanbaum.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

You should listen to @escapecollective.bsky.social's Wheel Talk podcast because it's awesome and the TDFF is great this year (as it is every year), but especially for the audio diaries – such a pleasure!

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Vol. 1 Brooklyn @vol1brooklyn.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

"...one of the cool things about living in New England is the pretty immediate and physical access to history and these historical places, so the narrative really started to make sense to me once I decided to visit some of the sites I was learning about." www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/07/10/u...

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Utopias Everywhere: An Interview with Bob Sykora

I’ve been hearing about Bob Sykora, his work, and the things he gets up to for years. He was in the cohort that left the spring before I started an MFA at UMass Boston, and everyone spoke so …

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Danny Elfanbaum @delfanbaum.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Vauquelin is going to get a good contract next year.

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Kathleen Carr Foster @kathleencarrfoster.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Thanks @delfanbaum.bsky.social for creating such a great, low-key literary community!

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Danny Elfanbaum @delfanbaum.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

I like a Caleb Ewan redemption arc.

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Danny Elfanbaum @delfanbaum.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

In my "adding emojis to all meeting agendas because I'm bored to tears and it brings me joy" phase.

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Danny Elfanbaum @delfanbaum.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

The women's Classic Brugge-De Panne *thrilling*

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Danny Elfanbaum @delfanbaum.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Just got the notification that @bobsykora.bsky.social ‘s book has shipped and is on the way to my house. VERY exciting!

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Danny Elfanbaum @delfanbaum.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Turns out it's not that hard to replace a watch battery.

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Danny Elfanbaum @delfanbaum.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

New release of `asciidocr`, includes various fixes and a better path forward for docx generation (behind the docx feature): crates.io/crates/ascii... #asciidoc #rust #clitools #lightweightmarkup

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crates.io: Rust Package Registry

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Danny Elfanbaum @delfanbaum.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Unix piping is a very satisfying thing.

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Danny Elfanbaum @delfanbaum.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

I want a song that's like "Reinventing Axl Rose" but instead of a show it's about the Internet.

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Danny Elfanbaum @delfanbaum.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Ah yes: the bi-yearly "node.js streams make my brain hurt" week. Wonderful.

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Danny Elfanbaum @delfanbaum.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

If you add enough maple syrup to "adult" cereal it can, in fact, still taste like what cereal *should* taste like (which is to say: marshmallows).

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Danny Elfanbaum @delfanbaum.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Additionally, what great essays in THE AGE OF SUSPICION. Now I kind of want to reread FOR A NEW NOVEL for comparison.

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Danny Elfanbaum @delfanbaum.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Finally getting around to the Sabrina Carpenter Tiny Desk, and like, she's a country singer, right? I mean, I dig it.

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Danny Elfanbaum @delfanbaum.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Tonight! I have confirmed there will be French Fries!

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Danny Elfanbaum @delfanbaum.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Tomorrow! Poetry! Prose! Community! French Fries (probably)!

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Danny Elfanbaum @delfanbaum.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

And, also, you know, it's, still, amazingly, pretty (really really really) bad for the environment, too! Amazing!

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Danny Elfanbaum @delfanbaum.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

While holding one cat, the other jumped onto my back. They both got their claws stuck in my sweatshirt and were crying about it. I'm not entirely sure what resolution they were expecting from the situation. Anyway, they're now chasing each other up and down the stairs.

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

VLADIMIR: Well? Shall we log off? ESTRAGON: Yes, let's log off. They do not log off.

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