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Good Dan @gooddan410.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Can we all agree that Burning Heart is the best song on the album

Good Dan @gooddan410.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

We briefly lost faith in our relationship because we could not agree on a way to keep the diapers organized in our son’s room

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Good Dan @gooddan410.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Today I learned you can have an Ikea meltdown with your partner just through online shopping. You don’t necessarily need to go to the store!

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Good Dan @gooddan410.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

At the very least the number of students at Berkeley has risen ~20% over the last decade, so I don’t think you’re right. www.collegetuitioncompare.com/trends/unive...

collegetuitioncompare.com

UC Berkeley Enrollment Trends

Discover How Student Population Changed by Race, Attending Status, and Online Enrollment Over The Past 10 Years at UC Berkeley.

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Good Dan @gooddan410.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

As a non-Californian, it’s so hard for me to follow California housing policy. Can this drop be attributed to any legislation or increase in housing supply?

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Good Dan @gooddan410.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

But is this only state and local spending? A lot of transit funding comes from feds through formula funds

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Good Dan @gooddan410.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

If only a state agency had proposed and then committed to building this…

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Good Dan @gooddan410.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Ugh I posted a comment on an Ask Reddit thread that asked “What did you learn from COVID-19?” It was taking off and someone gave me an award, and then the moderators deleted the thread. I’m reposting it here because I was proud of what I wrote

Deleted Reddit thread which originally asked “What did you learn from COVID-19?”
My response:

I learned a lot about how poorly people understand what our government is supposed to do for us and how people react when governments fail. I think the Trump admin response to COVID was a catastrophe, yet we as a society have not held him accountable for how badly he fucked up.

Pandemics, when they first start, spread by exponential growth curves. That means that every decision you make in the early weeks and months after a new pathogen is discovered has huge consequences.

And the Trump administration made every bad choice. There was no cooperation with China and the WHO. There were no tests, no equipment, no effort to track the disease and contain the spread. In fact, they actively worked AGAINST testing, which Trump said he didn’t like.

Response continued:

That meant Covid spread unchecked and all of us had to deal with it as individuals. We were hopeless in the face of their incompetence. Whatever governors, local public health officials, and mayors did in the absence of coordinated federal action was never going make that much of a difference in a global pandemic.

Any other administration we might have elected in 2016 would have at least tried to learn from past pandemics. They would have looked at the pandemic preparedness handbook that Obama left them. They would consider why something like SARS or the Swine Flu didn’t explode like COVID did. And they would have taken some of those actions. While that may not have stopped the pandemic, it may have slowed it down. It may have been more localized. It may have saved lives. Maybe we could have actually tested enough to keep life open in some cities where rates were low enough.

But no, instead, we ignored or forgave Trump’s incompetence and directed our anger at all the other actors downstream of him. And we elected him to fail us once again. It’s a disgrace.

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Good Dan @gooddan410.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I did not say the polls missed. I said the polls made Dems overly optimistic. In each election I listed, The Discourse went in assuming it’d be a democratic victory based on the polls. And each time it was either much closer than expected, or the Dems lost

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Good Dan @gooddan410.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I will be a Polling Pessimist until proven otherwise. The polls made Dems overly optimistic in 2016, 2018, 2020, and 2024, and it’s confusing to me that we don’t remember that. I think Dems are favored in the midterms but it will probably not be as good as everyone thinks

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Good Dan @gooddan410.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Update: a little trauma builds character

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Good Dan @gooddan410.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Should I pretend to my son that the Halloween decorations are real (real ghosts, real spiders, etc) or is that gonna traumatize him

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Good Dan @gooddan410.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This is so upsetting! I’m so sorry this happened to you and I hope you continue getting the support you need

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Good Dan @gooddan410.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Here’s where my current ballot stands. These are not in any order, and man did I have to make some difficult choices. Some runner ups that I did not include: -Succession -Curb Your Enthusiasm -Downton Abbey -The Crown -Abbott Elementary

My top shows: The Good Place, Better Call Saul, Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones, Band of Brothers, The Wire, Arrested Development, Parks and Recreation, 30 Rock, and Veep

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Good Dan @gooddan410.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Nooooooo not Lennon TAYLOR Lautner

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Good Dan @gooddan410.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I live near this park (which I love) and definitely think it needs bathrooms. Sign if you do too!

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Good Dan @gooddan410.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Wait a sec, the new Carly is a double album????

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Good Dan @gooddan410.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Congratulations!! How wonderful for you and your family

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Good Dan @gooddan410.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Look, I agree that we have reason to hope. But the polls were over-optimistic towards democrats in 2016, 2018, 2020, and 2024. In each of those elections, the country proved itself more conservative than the polls predicted. Have we not at least learned to be cautious?

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Good Dan @gooddan410.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Really wanna mute all these over-optimistic election predictions based on the polls

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Star:Line Chicago @starlinechicago.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Happy Metra board meeting day, and the drama has already begun: the suburban appointees are pushing back against the proposed amendment to eliminate Metra's bylaw that requires alternating between Cook/Collar chairpersonship

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Good Dan @gooddan410.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Oh no, I have to start thinking about what to do with my son when the weather is cold and wet. Oh no no no please no I’m not ready

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Good Dan @gooddan410.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Can I just borrow someone’s Switch 2 and OoT remake for like 2 months in 2027? I’ll make it worth your while

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Good Dan @gooddan410.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Can you please delete your inaccurate post? You’re a researcher, surely you respect accurate informatio

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Good Dan @gooddan410.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

This article documents a freight rail yard. That is not the same as Amtrak’s facility. Apples to oranges comparison

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Good Dan @gooddan410.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Also who in the unholy fuck says “the devil is beating his wife” when it rains while the sun is shining???

QUESTION 51 OF 60
What do you call it when rain falls while the sun is shining?

sunshower

the wolf is giving birth

the devil is beating his wife

monkey's wedding

fox's wedding

pineapple rain

liquid sun

I have no term or expression for this

other

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Good Dan @gooddan410.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Oh my goodness is this because of @itsarghh.bsky.social or because of my mother

A dialect map saying my dialect is most like someone from Connecticut

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Good Dan @gooddan410.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Every train is a gay train if you believe it’s a gay train

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Good Dan @gooddan410.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I think my favorite trend of 2026 so far is people giving Bob the Drag Queen shit for not being in drag

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Good Dan @gooddan410.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Parenting isn’t one big thing as much as it’s a million little things. And those little things are relentless

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Good Dan @gooddan410.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

AND THIS IS MASTERPIECE CLASSIC

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Good Dan @gooddan410.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Might have to watch Steel Magnolias again

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Good Dan @gooddan410.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

What is this “average looking” nonsense in the alt text

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Good Dan @gooddan410.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

“Discover” and it’s h*le

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Good Dan @gooddan410.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

“For You” and it’s a d*ck p*c

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Good Dan @gooddan410.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

It’s the other way (Natalie is Trump’s Smithers) but oh my god what an observation

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Good Dan @gooddan410.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

My 8 month old son when I’m trying to put lotion on his face:

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Good Dan @gooddan410.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Also “We are all dogs locked in god’s hot car” goes HARD

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Good Dan @gooddan410.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Biblically accurate breakfast burrito

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Good Dan @gooddan410.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

How and when will the IL senate approve these appointments? NITA starts in a week

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Good Dan @gooddan410.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Is this like the Price is Right? Then I’m gonna say 1 (I think others are over estimating)

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Good Dan @gooddan410.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Rare beach day today, thanks to my in-laws

Me at Hollywood Beach in Chicago in sunglasses with the sun glistening on my skin

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Good Dan @gooddan410.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Last week I went to Marketdays looking for a shirt that would let people know that, when I’m with my son, I’m not a regular dad, I’m a gay dad. This is what I came back with. What do you think

Me in a pink shirt that says “Daddy” with “Market Days” in smaller font below.

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