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Dan Hamlin @handamlin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Um, yeah when, exactly, is Krissy taking away your devices? I went through my own version if this earlier this year, and I think I'm good on the updates for a bit. (best of luck with the whole thing, though).

Dan Hamlin @handamlin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I don't get to vote in this race (I'm up in Burbank), but as a former LAUSD high school English teacher, I definitely recommend that those who can vote for the candidate who knows the difference between whose and who's. The most important issue? No. But we've got to start somewhere.

Dan Hamlin @handamlin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Dad jokes. One of the few genuine, unalloyed benefits of aging.

Dan Hamlin @handamlin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Most people don't file a claim in any particular year. When you're healthy, going to the doctor is annoying. When something goes wrong, going to the doctor is essesntial. And that is exactly when this bunch of grifters wants to take away your ability to go to the doctor.

Dan Hamlin @handamlin.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Ok, but, to be fair, he's pretty much written about everything of relevance (often before most of us knew it was going to be relevant).

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Dan Hamlin @handamlin.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

And this right here is, I believe, part of why you're so damn funny: smart + informed + intellectually curious = distinctively insightful viewpoints = humor that catches people off guard but feels self-evident once they hear it.

James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

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Flock cameras have no place in Texas. They can piece together an exact map of your behavior — the places you went and how long you were there. Flock calls this “pattern-of-life” mapping. Texans call it something else: government overreach.

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Dan Hamlin @handamlin.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

And Peter Parker--who is, in fact, Spider-Man--is the only photographer crafty enough to regularly get them?

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Dan Hamlin @handamlin.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Why don't they get that you (grudgingly) accept centrists where it's the best you can do (Manchin-WV) but go for the most progressive candidate elsewhere? Different candidates in different electorates give the broader public a chance to see DSA in action and find out they're not so scary after all.

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Pops @pops131.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Mitch McConnell has consistently demonstrated questionable integrity. He is often referred to as "Moscow Mitch."

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Dan Hamlin @handamlin.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Well shit, when even Harry Turtledove can't dream up a worse hypothetical timeline, you know your good and truly fucked. Now where did I leave that bourbon?

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Well, even if I didn't know how they each turned out, I know which of these guys I'd have been willing to hang out with.

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MingTheMerciless @mingthemercyless.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Wow. That's one of those pieces of advice that sorta makes one stop and say, "how obvious; why didn't I already think of that?"

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It seems the USA's 'manifest destiny' is to elect the very worst people among them and destroy the democracy they swore to defend.

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Exactly what I was about to post

Yeah, good luck restarting the Cold War with this guy as the face of the new Evil Empire

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Which of his books had the bit about the people voting for the lizards who oppress them because if they don't vote, the wrong lizards might get in?

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Evey social media thread is a good place for a Bill Hicks meme. Every. Single. One.

To say nothing of running for president of that club, and then claiming--for years--that the election for president of the club was stolen from you, and then trying to kick everyone out of the club who you're afraid won't vote for you...

Dan Hamlin @handamlin.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Someone should write a book about how badly these idiots would have fucked everything up if the had somehow managed to win. Oh, wait...

Eoghan Sweeney @eoghan.eurosky.social · 28/06/2026

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I don't want to hear another word about how much white European visitors are enjoying ranch dressing while team officials, Africa's top referee, and now one of the world's most celebrated fans are turned away from the World Cup. The USA is an utterly unfit host — it's as simple as that

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DR Congo superfan denied US visa to support team at World Cup

Michel Kuka Mboladinga is iconic for his motionless tribute at DRC games, but a US World Cup repeat has been denied.

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And this is why you still by physical media. Nobody actually sells you an online movie, just the right to watch a movie for as long as they own the rights to stream it.

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No apology necessary: sarcasm in print is hard to pull off. Oh, sure, folks like Scalzi make it look easy but a lot of the time it just doesn't land.

Yeah, that's sort of the point I was trying (and perhaps failing?) to make sarcastically. As for skinhead punks, in the immortal words of Jello Biafra, "Nazi punks fuck off."

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Wait, I thought being punk rock just means doing things that are offensive? Is that not right?

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Late to the party here, so I gotta go a little obscure: Nick Frost in Hot Fuzz

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Apparently, ICE agents get very upset with people for posting: "BREAKING: The ICE agent who shot and killed Renee Good in broad daylight has been identified as Jonathan Ross by the Minnesota Star Tribune. I think today is a great day for Jonathan to be indicted!”

Dan Hamlin @handamlin.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Seriously. Mamdani: One of the most popular Democrats in the country right now. Jeffries: Not so much.

Dan Hamlin @handamlin.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Um, they know how many immigrants and children of immigrants are on that team, right? Aw who am I kidding--of course they don't! Unshakably willful ignorance has always been the superpower of fascists.

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Dan Hamlin @handamlin.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

And, to a slightly lesser degree, Obama, Barack.

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Dan Hamlin @handamlin.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Did my PhD studies in the History and Philosophy of Science... doesn't really feel like I need to say anything else on this thread to make my (supporting) point.

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Dan Hamlin @handamlin.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Definitely showing my age (and what part of the country I grew up in) with this one, but:Slapshot

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Dan Hamlin @handamlin.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Um, obviously that was supposed to be "power trio." Fuck you, autocorrect.

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Dan Hamlin @handamlin.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

The ultimate power trip: Rush.

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Dan Hamlin @handamlin.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Shit. Trump seems determined to make me turn vegan, or at least vegetarian. Between his first-term voluntary pork inspections and this, he's about to put me off meat. I know, there are bigger issues, but can't I at least drown my sorrows about THOSE issues with a nice brisket or some carnitas?!

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Dan Hamlin @handamlin.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

This. Even when he gives details (as he did in an interview with Ezra Klein) they're entirely dependent upon everything going EXACTLY as he plans, with no allowance for the inherent messiness of politics. Wannabe technocrats all act like real governance works like playing SimCity on easy.

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Dan Hamlin @handamlin.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

I do believe that the formal name for that is the Transitive Property of Assholery.

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Dan Hamlin @handamlin.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

I'm ex-army, live in SoCal, and have been voting for Democrats since Mondale. So, um, there seems to be a flaw or two in this person's reasoning.

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Dan Hamlin @handamlin.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

She's clearly out of your league.