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Dan Seitz @dseitz.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Literally a British plumber did it with a longtail. A longtail without a motor!

The increasingly famous photo of a British plumber biking to a job with his materials and ladder strapped to a long-tail cargo bike. It's not even an e-bike.

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Dan Seitz @dseitz.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Phishing test in real life.

An abandoned flash drive at Boston's South Station.

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Dan Seitz @dseitz.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Having looked up the Batman cap I feel like you're glossing over some important failures of ideas and design here.

A photo of a scally cap with black and grey alternating squares. One square in the front is leather.

The lining of the officially licensed Batman scally cap, featuring Batman from a wide range of eras drawn by artists who have objected to this kind of stuff for decades in some cases. Except Jim Lee, he's getting his check.

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Dan Seitz @dseitz.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I'm screenshotting both to Not Start Fights on the internet and this could well be a joke, the problem being that there are absolutely people who believe this, and they're always going to believe this of Books They Personally Don't Like.

Somebody who I hope is joking insisting that LLMs could never replace romance novels but could replace the authors of Dungeon Crawler Carl and 'Pride and Prejudice and Zombies'

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Dan Seitz @dseitz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I support reform of the American healthcare system for many good and just and decent reasons, but also bluntly when it happens, people like this are going to see their costs fucking skyrocket, they're gonna wail like banshees about it, it's gonna be fuckin' great.

A post whining that unlike YOUR country they have free health care in OUR country.

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Dan Seitz @dseitz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A) You keep getting passed because you have to stop at stop lights, it has nothing to do with the cyclists at all. B) Stop telling us you can't drive and either go back to driver's ed or get a bike.

A post that says "I agree. How many times should I have to pass the same cyclist on my commute to work? I try to give people grace on the stupid moves we all make as we are driving. The jerks on bicycles who don't follow the rules are the one thing that cause me to have a touch of road rage."

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Dan Seitz @dseitz.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I'm going to become the Joker except my theme is the forcible teaching of media history and theory. Like within my lifetime the vast majority of people got their news from three television networks and, if they were lucky, two or three newspapers. You think those weren't "controlled?"

The algo era really should be understood as a permanently manipulated form of "discourse" where your responses are genuine but arise from manufactured conditions, we are usually reacting to something somebody paid for us to react to and your attention matters for more than what you say.

This is why I am slowly going insane on this website.

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Dan Seitz @dseitz.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Tired, still have some stuff to do, time for the hard stuff.

A screenshot of YouTube Music, playing the Pump Panel remix of "Confusion" from the Blade soundtrack.

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Dan Seitz @dseitz.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Sticking to my resolution of not picking fights, this entire paragraph bluntly reads a lot like "Instead of resorting to flawed self-treatment methods or taking their feelings out on others, younger people are seeking help directly."

We have not seen notable increases in young people with bipolar or psychotic disorders. This is not a general worsening of all mental health conditions, but specifically a problem with anxiety and depression. We are also not seeing worse behaviour: prevalence of smoking, drug-taking, and criminality have all fallen substantially over the same period. As a recent Department for Health review puts it: “the current pattern is more one of rising internalising distress - anxiety, low mood, worry and social strain - than of generalised behavioural deterioration.”

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Dan Seitz @dseitz.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Also a great excuse to bring these back.

A selection of Richard Nixon campaign buttons with phrases like "We Like Dick!" "You Can't Lick Our Dick!" etc.

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Dan Seitz @dseitz.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I've been on TikTok for a while and it's literally cute animals, stand-up comedians, people riding bikes, local progressive candidates, nothing genuinely objectionable or even weird. If you're getting served weird shit it's probably because the people you follow on the platform are shit.

yeah so we need to talk about how "screentime is bad for kids" is not really true, but "short form video on algorithm-based platforms is bad for everyone" IS true

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Dan Seitz @dseitz.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

...The whole problem with data centers is people think they have no value. "Not freezing to death" is a much easier pitch than "helping your annoying coworker be more annoying."

A post whining that if we can't accommodate data centers how will we electrify residential heating.

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Dan Seitz @dseitz.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

The institutional arrogance of economists is truly incredible. "Have you passed an economics course?" asks the guy who didn't even read the article.

What share of architecture programs require students to pass an economics class to graduate?

I ask because this story profiles the architect who just persuaded the ICC to ban windowless bedrooms in its model building code. It offers zero consideration of how this will affect building costs or rents

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Dan Seitz @dseitz.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

That chuck has been out for a while.

An ad for the video game Killer Instinct featuring a pile of ground chuck with the tagline Chuck Just Got Killer Instinct.

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Dan Seitz @dseitz.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Part of the reason I'm convinced Canada's going to have Prime Minister Doug Ford in a couple of years is this whole "I'm not like other girls" shit I keep seeing posted on here, which is just thudding ignorant nationalism with a fancy intellectual sheen.

This touches on a take of mine that gets me closest to this meme, insofar as I believe that the idea of Canada represents the greatest ideological threat to Americans' cultural sense of self because Canadians proved you didn't need to embrace rebellion, chaos and war to build a prosperous democracy

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Dan Seitz @dseitz.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I know most people aren't familiar with the challenges of getting a robot to do literally anything in the physical realm, but... it's pretty hard! The tech behind AVs is undeniably impressive, the fruits of decades of research! It just isn't gonna solve the problems we hope it will!

A post that claims redesigning roads and updating phone software is "not easier than letting the computer drive."

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Dan Seitz @dseitz.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I'm genuinely tired of hearing this excuse. First of all, it's reductive: People who make bad, stupid, or cruel decisions are PEOPLE, and people make decisions based on a complex mix of factors. Secondly, motives don't matter with your actions, outcomes do.

A post stating "If you ever wonder why people make bad choices, whether its addictive behaviours or voting against their best interests or believing outrageous lies, look at their financial stress level. The more precarious you are, the worse your decisions. It's just how humans are."

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Dan Seitz @dseitz.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Fine I will just leave on my Nimbus then!

A Nimbus Road Unicycle with the brake lever places at the front of the seat, so it looks like you're grabbing your crotch whenever you stop.

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Dan Seitz @dseitz.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I was going to go with this one but I assume you don't want "Return to Innocence" stuck in your head for a week.

A man with his arms outstretched, getting his nards blasted by infrared energy.

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Dan Seitz @dseitz.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Part of the reason that we have such endless repeated Discourse on Bluesky is that nobody fuckin' learns. E-bikes aren't e-motos and the requirements for a vehicle that's probably never even going to kiss 25mph are absurd.

A post stating that "the principles of safe operation of an e-bike is gonna have a fair amount of overlap with those of safe operation of a motorcycle."

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Dan Seitz @dseitz.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Sincerely, I am begging academics, learn how these things work and change over time. The Billboard of 2026 is not the same thing, nowhere close, to 2006.

A post whining that NUH UH COUNTRY MUSIC IS MORE POPULAR THAN EVER and posting the Billboard Top 5.

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Dan Seitz @dseitz.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

For most people this would turn them into the Joker. Me, I turn into Foghorn Leghorn: I SAY I SAY ARE YOU CRACKED IN THE HEAD not the smartest fellers over there at the International Energy Agency you know.

"World oil demand is forecast to decline by 1.6 mb/d in 2026, 510 kb/d more than our estimate in last month’s Report, as the ongoing closure of the Strait of Hormuz and elevated fuel prices continue to weigh on oil consumption. Annual contractions will nevertheless ease from 4.9 mb/d in 2Q26 to 2.8 mb/d in 3Q26, before returning to growth in the final quarter. Global oil demand is projected to expand by 2.4 mb/d in 2027."

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Dan Seitz @dseitz.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

There's a lot of cart-before-the-horse stuff on this site but this post has gotta be the all-time champion. Yeah, man, no, these are people with mental health problems who happen to play Stardew Valley, they're not terminally soft or something, stop being a dipshit.

Cozy games have become real lotus-eater shit to the type of person who have decided they would rather stop living life in any capacity than accept being challenged or having to do their own laundry while romanticizing their own pitiful self-destruction as softness away from a cruel world.

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Dan Seitz @dseitz.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Pairs well with my favorite mug.

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Dan Seitz @dseitz.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

One of the problems with the whole Reading Discourse, whether it's complaining about "romantasy" or complaining about "literary men," is in the end it's just snobs whining people don't appreciate their being snobs anymore.

A guy whining he doesn't know who a bunch of authors are, except Stephen King "who's only a little better than a pulp writer." Kev if you're reading this, sorry.

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Dan Seitz @dseitz.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Similarly, there's not a ton of evidence anybody particularly cares about how "gendered" a book is. If anything you can argue a lot of romantasy isn't gendered. This is the cover of "A Court of Thorns and Roses" and it's pretty standard.

The cover of "A Court of Thorns and Roses."

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Dan Seitz @dseitz.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

This but with more conspiracy theories.

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Dan Seitz @dseitz.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Like... this isn't wrong, but Dave, buddy, pal, what you're saying here is that you're a dinosaur!

Add up every hour Americans spend watching television, and a combined Paramount-Warner would account for less than 20 percent of all watch time — competing every day against Netflix, Amazon, Apple, which are all companies whose resources dwarf ours. Include YouTube’s user-generated content in that math and our share would drop to around 13 percent. A combined company would account for just 18 percent of the domestic box office over the past 12 months and only 22 percent on average over the past two years. Those are not the numbers of a company that can dictate what audiences watch or what writers get paid.

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Dan Seitz @dseitz.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

No, they aren't. They will say these things, and then they will just vote for whoever the party puts up, regardless of what that person believes. Their actions matter, their mouth noises don't, and I'm sick of the whining otherwise.

A screenshot of a post stating "Your average Republican is pro-IVF, skeptical of six week heartbeat bills, against deporting productive, law-abiding immigrants, and for gay marriage."

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Dan Seitz @dseitz.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Following my own rules: The problem is where this is pursued, for God's sake. It is wildly concerning to me that people seem to have forgotten why we coined the term Reply Guy more than a decade ago on fucking Twitter. Get the fuck out of people's replies!

"Matt Darling pushes a lot of Stancil buttons -- in that I like them both and find them infuriating enough to follow either of them -- but "are there numbers to back up this claim?" is a powerful question that should not be reacted to in as hostile a manner as people frequently do"

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Dan Seitz @dseitz.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

I don't expect anyone on the internet to know my personal family situation, because that's insane to expect, so it's not this person's fault this felt like a punch to the dick. But man, this was a real punch to the dick.

A post about pop culture that says "I'm actively hostile to found family and friendship at this point."

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Dan Seitz @dseitz.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

If your neighbors voted to have my neighbors dragged into a concentration camp, you genuinely do not get to whine like this. If nothing else rural voters who went for Chump need to understand that their large moist boy has landed them in some VERY deep shit with their fellow citizens.

A screenshotted post:

"I'm so tired of people who know nothing about the 'rural voters' they so willingly blame all political problems on, as they turn a blind eye to the fact that cities have the most population and power, and then wish us pain and destruction in the process. This fut is why Dems will keep losing."

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Dan Seitz @dseitz.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Here's the turnoff in question.

The crossing on the Minuteman Bike Path at Water Street.

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Dan Seitz @dseitz.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Best guess from Google Maps is the bridge over Mill St, so the only access that makes sense is that he turned onto the path trying to get onto Russell. But that area looks like this:

A screenshot of the crossing on Water Street in Arlington MA as part of the Minuteman Bike Path.

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Dan Seitz @dseitz.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Most appropriately titled Bond movie considering how few people have bothered to see it.

Liz Lemon preparing to high five herself, which frankly is more praise than this joke deserves.

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Dan Seitz @dseitz.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

(deleted to rewrite for accuracy) Take Valve's word for it: The most popular GPU is a five year old one and half its users are playing at 1080p. store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/Ste...

A screenshot of Valve's hardware survey as of May 2026

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Dan Seitz @dseitz.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

So I'm looking for gym shorts with zipper pockets and uh thanks but that doesn't send the right message for me personally.

An eight-pack of men's shorts. In the second row, second from left, is a pair of shorts with "VERS" across the butt in pink lettering.

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Dan Seitz @dseitz.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Racked up 12mi on a charity ride for Bike MS today, a stunt where cyclists try to rack up over 6600 miles, how many miles it is cross country, doing laps around a block on Kendall Square. Felt good to get out early and ride!

Some doofus standing in front of a Dunkin Donuts while adults in the background run a charity event.

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Dan Seitz @dseitz.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

I know it's not a surprise LinkedIn loves the taste of boot, but trying to recruit people to be debt collectors by touting how little the job pays "BUT YOU CAN WORK REMOTE" really is a new low.