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doofusdan.bsky.social @doofusdan.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I made this when I needed a similar mark but it’d be cool if this catches on

Slashed circle crossing through the letters AI

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doofusdan.bsky.social @doofusdan.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Ooh it’s sooooo good en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ro...

The linked “no AI” image with a slashed red circle over the silhouette of a robot with an antenna on its head

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doofusdan.bsky.social @doofusdan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I’m hoping to see other replies since I have the same Q for replacing abebooks.com - I’ve been meaning to check out www.biblio.com and www.alibris.com, and to see if I could exclude all Amazon-related results with www.vialibri.net - but I’m still waiting to get a round tuit

Photo of a coin with text inscribed: A ROUND TUIT

AT LONG LAST,
WE HAVE A SUFFICIENT QUANTITY FOR EACH OF YOU TO HAVE HIS OWN
GUARD IT WELL!
THESE TUITS HAVE SEEN HARD TO COME BY ESPECIALLY THE ROUND ONES.
THIS IS AN INDISPENSABLE ITEM. IT WILL HELP YOU TO BECOME A MUCH MORE EFFICIENT WORKER FOR YEARS WE HAVE HEARD PEOPLE• SAY
"PLL DO THIS WHEN I GET ROUND TUIT" NOW THAT YOU HAVE A ROUND TUIT. OF YOUR VERY OWN, MANY THINGS THAT HAVE NEEDED TO. BE ACCOMPLISHED WILL GET DONE

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doofusdan.bsky.social @doofusdan.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Shown visually, here are screenshots of each of those modes - as displayed in the excellent iOS app ScaleBank apps.apple.com/us/app/scale... (also get ChordBank from the same developer, it’s even more useful imo)

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doofusdan.bsky.social @doofusdan.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Dans Party has just a few shirts left - one L, one 2XL, and a couple XL. If you want one, just make a donation of any amount to any of these causes and DM me a screenshot of the receipt + shipping address

Illustration of a black tshirt showing white printing on front and back; front says Dans Party over a stick figure dancing under a disco ball; back has Dans Party over a disco ball and a 3x2 grid of smiley faces showing the band: top row labeled Cathy Peg Jen; Peg has glasses. Bottom row is labeled Dan, Dan, and Dan - left has beard, center has glasses, right has beard and glasses

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doofusdan.bsky.social @doofusdan.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Completely didn’t expect I’d get any recording of Monday’s show, but ended up with both raw multitracks plus the board mix on cassette(!) I already ❤️ the Sunset Tavern as one of my favorite places to see live music - but now that I’ve played there I ❤️❤️❤️ it!! #musicsky

A maxell cassette tape in a case, labeled “dans party sunset tavern Aug 10 2026”

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doofusdan.bsky.social @doofusdan.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Today’s #ObtuseTactics (not #ObliqueStrategies) card: Errors are information - errors are not failue. What is this error’s information?

A playing card with today’s obtuse tactic handwritten on it. The card is made from matte black paper, with handwriting in white marker. A “Tt” is written in the upper right corner of the card, like the suit on a playing card.

Errors are information - errors are not failue.
What is this error’s information?

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doofusdan.bsky.social @doofusdan.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

I’m gigging with this board on Monday…

Guitar pedal board with guitar pedals in the following signal to order:
Polytune mini tuner , Wampler ego compressor, Black cat audio tonal expansion (echoplex preamp), Jackson audio Boing reverb, boss bd2, styrmon deco, tech 21 English muffy

Boss BD-2
Boss BD-2

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doofusdan.bsky.social @doofusdan.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

outdoor events being cancelled due to wildfire smoke is more and more a regular occurrence - welcome to the Anthropocene #mellencamp #wildfire

Screenshot iOS map of eastern US showing device current location in Michigan

Heatmap of air quality showing terrible AQI especially over MI. Text on page: =

Air quality map of the Midwest and Northeast
US, as of 12:30 AM (EST) on July 16, 2026.
Source: /QAir.

Screenshot announcing John Mellencamp concert in MI today cancelled due to air quality

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doofusdan.bsky.social @doofusdan.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Me, every time I try to have Siri add a task with Todoist: “Hey Siri add a task to my Todoist” Siri: “I didn't find a ‘To-do’ list. Do you want to create one? [ No | Yes ]”

Screenshot of an iPhone with a Siri prompt and reply dialog overlaid on a web page. The dialog:

Hey Siri add a task to my to-do list i
I didn't find a "To-do" list. Do you want to create one?
No
Yes

The web page is a post on Todoist’s blog announcing Siri integration.

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doofusdan.bsky.social @doofusdan.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

TIL your iPhone can give you a cricket soundtrack: settings - accessibility- audio & visual - background sounds - sound Then choose Night

Screenshot of iOS background sound options with Night selected

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doofusdan.bsky.social @doofusdan.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

My current daily bootup routine - now including both writing & music-making

A photo of the inside flap of a notebook’s dust jacket, with a column of two letter abbreviations in bold pencil, with each abbreviation spelled out in lighter pencil to the right. The background is a clipboard covered with old stickers from stores and political campaigns that no longer exist

WT waking Thoghs
H health
DH daily homework
GR gratitude
PD process dump
ML Music log
OT Oblique/Obtuse/Oracular tactics
GI Goals & Intentions
5+5 10 minute timed writing
3P Plug in, Press record, Play something
PM Produce Mix Master
TT task tringe
BK book reading

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doofusdan.bsky.social @doofusdan.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Today’s #ObtuseTactics (not #ObliqueStrategies) card: “If it had no lasting consequences, it’s only an error, not a failure.”

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doofusdan.bsky.social @doofusdan.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

The Horse who Would Like to Try Cake was so good 😂

Photo of a section of an Op-Ed from The Onion print newspaper, with an author photo of a horses head inset in a circle and text:

By A Horse
Hello. I am a horse. I work very hard at my job of being a horse. When humans say move the heavy thing, I move the heavy thing. When humans sit on top of me and pull on my head, I carry them where they want to go. The main food the humans give me is hay and oats.
But I am thinking it would be nice to have a different food.
I am thinking I would like to
try cake.
Yes, yes. Cake. I know all about it. When humans eat

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doofusdan.bsky.social @doofusdan.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

I’m wearing the same hoodie as Jake today

Pic of a beared chin over a blue-hoodie-clad upper chest

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doofusdan.bsky.social @doofusdan.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Me, knowing nothing about Elden ring:

Butterfly meme template of man with glasses raising hand towards butterfly with caption “is this bird?”

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doofusdan.bsky.social @doofusdan.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Yes, I still have a Tesla - 2018 M3 AWD LR. Waiting for an 800v, 500 mile range, non-SUV to replace it - it’s only got 52k miles, mostly road trips around the PNW and in-city errands. In the meantime, I get lots of compliments on the bumper stickers. 😜

Close up of the back of a Tesla model 3 with two ANTIFA bumper stickers: “I bought this car before Elon decided to be a supervillain” and a drawing of Calvin (Hobbes’ boy) mischievously peeing on the name “Elon”

There’s a Washington state license plate with registration stickers from August 2025 - this is an old photo, my registration is current - unlike a huge number of freeway freeloaders who don’t keep their registration current and don’t pay to maintain the roads in WA (that’s part of why we need an income tax, which is funny because I know you are also the same ones complaining about it!)

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doofusdan.bsky.social @doofusdan.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Today’s #ObtuseTactics (not #ObliqueStrategies) card: check whether you're using the correct perspective (1st person, 3rd, etc. check at the start, and again when you're nearly done.

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doofusdan.bsky.social @doofusdan.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Today’s #ObtuseTactics (not #ObliqueStrategies) card: Narrow the focus of the song to a single word. Build up the song around that word.

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doofusdan.bsky.social @doofusdan.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Today’s #ObtuseTactics (not #ObliqueStrategies) card: Change the work's shu-ha-ri stage: Shu - beginner - formal requirements - study Ha - improvise, riff- play Ri - follow your heart's direction - feel

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doofusdan.bsky.social @doofusdan.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Today’s #ObtuseTactics (not #ObliqueStrategies) card: 3-minute burn: write as fast as you can for 3 minutes, knowing you will *burn the page* as soon as you're done.

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doofusdan.bsky.social @doofusdan.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Today’s #ObtuseTactics (not #ObliqueStrategies) card: Adopt another artist's work habit for a session

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doofusdan.bsky.social @doofusdan.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Today’s #ObtuseTacticts (not #ObliqueStrategies) card: Originality doesn't mean novelty. The origin is the source. Because you are the unique produet of culture and your own experiences, if you are true to your instinct, even if it seems obvious, it is original. -Stephen Nachmanovitch, Free Play

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doofusdan.bsky.social @doofusdan.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Today’s #ObtuseTacticts card: Keep going. There’s no failure as long as you don’t stop. (not #ObliqueStrategies)

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doofusdan.bsky.social @doofusdan.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Misread this initially. Thought this meant crows are smart because they don’t post when they are too high.

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doofusdan.bsky.social @doofusdan.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Today’s #ObtuseTacticts card: Don’t worry, keep fishing ( #ObtuseTacticts are not as deep as #ObliqueStrategies: like they say, there’s no such thing as a bad day fishing)

A playing card made from matte black paper, with handwriting in white marker, resting on a notebook open to a blank page. A yellow page marker ribbon and a blue mechanical pencil lay on the page. A “Tt” is written in the upper right corner of the card
, like a suit indicator on playing cards. Today’s obtuse tactic is written on the card.

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doofusdan.bsky.social @doofusdan.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

2026: Year of the Coo …the Heilan Coo

Page of a calendar for January with a Highland cow - long reddish brown fur all over, including covering its eyes - standing in a snowy grassy field

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doofusdan.bsky.social @doofusdan.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Happy New Year from this Cooper’s Hawk, who kept watch from the neighbor’s roof as my wife and I brewed our morning beverages - seems like he is 2026’s herald

A hawk, identified as a Cooper’s Hawk, perches in front of a light grey early morning sky, on the peaked ridge of a house’s roof, covered with dark grey tiles and solar panels.

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doofusdan.bsky.social @doofusdan.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Reposting this headline of the year contender with alt text

Screenshot of news website KWIX 10 with headline:
Waco man yelling racial slurs accidentally set himself on fire while trying to burn down victim's home: affidavit

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doofusdan.bsky.social @doofusdan.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Muppet remake of “Pretty in Pink” starring Miss Piggy: Pretty in Oink (Why can’t I find a single example of someone already doing this? Surely it’s more likely that search is broken, than that this is an original thought, 40 years later)

A photo of Miss Piggy (a glamorous blonde muppet pig) dressed in a pink gown with long gloves and lots of diamonds, gazing wide-eyed and smiling over her shoulder at the camera

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doofusdan.bsky.social @doofusdan.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Today’s #ObtuseTactics (not #ObliqueStrategies) card: Make a song you want to take a vacation in

A playing card made from matte black paper, with handwriting in white marker, resting on a notebook. A “Tt” is written in the upper right corner, like a suit indicator on playing cards. Today’s obtuse tactic is written on the card.

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doofusdan.bsky.social @doofusdan.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Book puzzle - given how well-selected the rest of the titles on this bag are, the club and the four diamonds and “Tales” seems to me like it should add up to something - think it might be depicting a particular book - but…what?

A green canvas tote bag printed with an illustration of two wooden bookshelves filled with classic literature and cozy details. The top shelf features books titled “Tales from 1,001 Nights” by Anonymous, “Oliver Twist” by Charles Dickens, “The Secret Garden” by Frances Hodgson Burnett, “The Hobbit” by J.R.R. Tolkien, and “Lewis Carroll” (likely Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland). A sleeping orange cat curls up between the books. The lower shelf shows an antique clock, more books — including “Pride and Prejudice” by Jane Austen, “Poems,” “Jungle Book” by Rudyard Kipling, and “Tales” — along with a brown owl perched beside a potted plant. The scene evokes a warm, literary atmosphere, with the bag displayed among textiles and greenery in a shop.

Close-up of the lower section of a green canvas tote bag showing part of the bookshelf illustration. It focuses on a red-orange book spine labeled “TALES” with diamond patterns and a key symbol, along with a few adjacent book spines in muted green and orange tones. The artwork is stylized and printed on textured fabric with visible weave detail.

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doofusdan.bsky.social @doofusdan.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn’t Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, or Alice In Chains

The cover of Goodbye Jumbo album by World Party, with a person in a gas mask and an elephant costume

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doofusdan.bsky.social @doofusdan.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

I think Fred would approve of that one, it seems of a kind.

GIF of an older Fred Roger’s with grey hair, wearing a bow tie and a blue suit jacket, with speech captioned “because of you look for the helpers you’ll know that there’s Hope” - following a well known saying of his mothers to “always look for the helpers”

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doofusdan.bsky.social @doofusdan.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

@todoist.com I’m getting the widget error popping up and blocking me from progress until I clear it nearly every time I open Todoist - which is a LOT of times every day. Please tell me that fixing this “according to the priority list” means “very soon” - it’s quite a speed bump to hit so often!

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doofusdan.bsky.social @doofusdan.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

There’s a WHOLE lot going on in just the lede of this article. #llm #ai #gaza #genocide #freespeech #censorship #musk #orwell www.france24.com/en/live-news...

Screenshot of heading and lede of

Headline: “Musk chatbot Grok says it was 'censored ' after suspension from X over Gaza posts”
Lede in subhead:
“Grok, the chatbot developed by Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup xAl and integrated into his platform X, was temporarily suspended from the platform on Monday after saying that Israel and the United States were committing "genocide" in Gaza. Reinstated on Tuesday, Grok lashed out at its developers, saying "Musk and xAl are censoring me".

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doofusdan.bsky.social @doofusdan.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Today’s #ObtuseTactics card: Keep moving forwards, always — like a shark

A black card with the quote from today’s skeet handwritten in white ink lays on a wooden surface

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doofusdan.bsky.social @doofusdan.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Today’s #ObtuseTactics card: Keep going. There’s no failure as long as you don’t stop.

A black card with the quote from today’s skeet handwritten in white ink lays on a notebook printed with a green and red pattern.

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doofusdan.bsky.social @doofusdan.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Today’s #ObtuseTactics card: Make the problem (or bad guy) worse.

A black card with the quote from today’s skeet handwritten in white ink lays on a notebook opened to blank pages. A mechanical pencil is next to it.

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doofusdan.bsky.social @doofusdan.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

Today’s #ObtuseTactics card: “You know the escape. Don’t get tired.” The full quote is from _Red Belt_ by David Mamet, a sensei talking to a student after sparring: “You know the escape. Why didn’t you use it?” “I was tired.” “Don’t get tired.”

A black card with the quote from today’s skeet handwritten in white ink

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doofusdan.bsky.social @doofusdan.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

Today’s #ObtuseTactics card: Make a field recording of anything - then listen back and see if there’s anything musical. A rhythm, interval*, tone, melody. Imitate or sample it, and use that.

A black card with the text from this skeet handwritten in white ink; it sits on a closed notebook. The letters “Tt” are in the upper right corner.

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