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Daniel Riehs @riehs.design · 07/08/2026

“Overarching pillars are already architecturally incoherent, but simultaneously overarching and undergirding is mind-bendingly perverse.” youtu.be/ORgKY9AlybA?...

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How to Detect AI Slop

YouTube video by languagejones

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Daniel Riehs @riehs.design · 01/08/2026

I haven’t seen a Spider-Man movie since Spider-Man 3, but I could have sworn there was already multiple films called “Spider-Man Brand New Day”

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Daniel Riehs @riehs.design · 21/06/2026

I ran a new 10K personal best at the Boston 10K this morning - 52:23!

Route for the Boston 10K.
Distance: 6.30 mi
Time: 52 min
Avg. Pace: 8’19”/mi

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Daniel Riehs @riehs.design · 19/04/2026

I ran the Newport Rhode Races Marathon yesterday in 4:33:31, beating my marathon personal best by 26 seconds! It’s raining in Boston now, but it should be good weather for watching the Boston Marathon tomorrow.

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Daniel Riehs @riehs.design · 07/04/2026

“Ain't no rule says a dog can't play basketball” www.cnn.com/2026/04/07/p...

“There’s nothing in the military’s 1,200-page Law of War Manual about whether it’s legal to end a civilization”

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Daniel Riehs @riehs.design · 22/02/2026

Terminal F at the Philly airport has a specially-designated cornhole area, but no one’s playing.

Cornhole boards and bean bags sitting unused at the PHL airport.

The cornhole lounge in Terminal F at the Philadelphia International Airport.

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Daniel Riehs @riehs.design · 22/12/2025

I’m at the airport ordering a burger from a touch screen kiosk. It just asked me to enter my “info” so I can be notified when my food is ready. I think it was looking for my name.

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Daniel Riehs @riehs.design · 25/10/2025

New 5K personal best at the Welles Crowther Red Bandana Run today - I finished in 23:44!

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Daniel Riehs @riehs.design · 21/10/2025

One fun side effect of the AI boom is the increased popularity of the word “ouroboros”.

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Daniel Riehs @riehs.design · 15/10/2025

Halfway through #inktober with “Ragged” today. I’ve just been posting them on instagram.com/driehs this year.

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holiday syndrome haver @silaslee.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

at the combination my chemical romance rilo kiley boston

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

"The United States paid nothing for these Shares" is an interesting way of describing "the U.S. released $8.9B in CHIPS funding intended for Intel in exchange for $8.9B in stock." Perhaps Congress could've demanded shares for CHIPS money, but POTUS adding this ad hoc is simply unconstitutional.

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Daniel Riehs @riehs.design · 13/08/2025

Wordle 1,516 4/6 ⬛⬛🟨⬛🟩 ⬛⬛🟩🟨🟩 ⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I got today’s puzzle in four, but someone really needs to sell the NYT a new batch of words!

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Daniel Riehs @riehs.design · 11/07/2025

At a conference this week, and one of the keynote speakers was a university president without higher ed experience who was brought in to make “big, controversial changes”…

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Daniel Riehs @riehs.design · 22/06/2025

I ignored the BAA’s advice and ran a personal best 10K in the heat this morning - 53:40!

Route for the Boston 10K.
Distance: 6.3 mi
Time: 54 min
Avg. Pace: 8’32”/mi

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Denis Faivre | Innovation @ablivio.com · 18/05/2025

Scott Hilburn.

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Daniel Riehs @riehs.design · 22/04/2025

I wonder how many cardinals are emailing the Vatican asking about a hybrid option for the conclave.

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Christopher Berry @cjpberry.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

The free, open, Internet pre-enclosure was wondrous. It still is. In pockets. It would be great if more people came out and created on the open web. It’s a fantastic medium!

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Daniel Riehs @riehs.design · 19/04/2025

HomestarRunner wants to take us back to the days “when the whole internet wasn’t just on four websites on people’s phones.” youtu.be/2z7kVH9xePM

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Back to a Website

YouTube video by homestarrunnerdotcom

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Daniel Riehs @riehs.design · 14/04/2025

Back in Boston after yesterday’s Jersey City Marathon. I finished the race in 4:33:57! It was a fun first marathon, and now I can strategize getting the time under four hours…

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Daniel Riehs @riehs.design · 09/04/2025

Feels like the Switch 2 is trying really hard to be this generation’s Switch 2.

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Daniel Riehs @riehs.design · 04/04/2025

“In a press release, Subway said the new dish is ‘freshly prepared’ using nacho cheese-flavored Doritos chips…” www.cnn.com/2025/04/03/f...

cnn.com

Subway hopes new $5 footlong nachos will attract budget-conscious customers | CNN Business

Subway is adding nachos to its menu, but with an unusual twist.

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Daniel Riehs @riehs.design · 18/03/2025

I had a great time at the Eastern States 20 Miler on Sunday, but now I’m totally knocked out with runner’s flu. The human body is confusing…

20 mile run along the east coast of New England from Kittery, ME, to Hampton Beach, NH.

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Daniel Riehs @riehs.design · 14/03/2025

It’s important that the Democrats don’t use the filibuster or it might go away, and then they won’t be able to use the filibuster.

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Daniel Riehs @riehs.design · 13/03/2025

I’m holding my breath as I furiously diagram this sentence…

Senate Democrats decline to back bill to avert US government shutdown

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Daniel Riehs @riehs.design · 10/03/2025

I enjoyed today’s challenge on the Carrot Weather app!

New Mission Available
Find the Gulf of Mexico

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Daniel Riehs @riehs.design · 09/03/2025

Great 19 mile run today! I’m making good progress for the Eastern States 20 Miler next Sunday and the Jersey City Marathon next month.

19.01 mi Outdoor Run

Total Time: 3:19:02
Avg Pace: 10'28"/mi
Elevation Gain: 267ft

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Daniel Riehs @riehs.design · 05/03/2025

I miss the days when tweeting during a #SOTU just involved making ironic references to Bush’s hydrogen car plans.

@riehs - 1/24/12
Lightweight vests that can stop any bullet? Sounds likes Bush's hydrogen cars. #SOTU

@riehs - 1/25/11
This #SOTU has officially become Bush's hydrogen car speech.

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Daniel Riehs @riehs.design · 01/03/2025

Happy first day of meteorological spring (or fall) to those who celebrate!

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Daniel Riehs @riehs.design · 11/02/2025

The computers are trying to get us to fight against ourselves.

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Daniel Riehs @riehs.design · 10/02/2025

Boston College friends! You have until March 7 to check out the Faculty & Staff Art Show in Carney 203. I have a few drawings in the show, and it’s a great peak into the arts at BC.

The Faculty & Staff Art Show 2025

Presented by Gallery 203

Gallery 203 is proud to showcase the recent work of Boston College faculty, featuring a dynamic selection of art across a range of disciplines. The exhibition includes thirteen artists and twenty works of art, representing departments such as Studio Art, Film, Global Health and the Common Good, Nursing, and Institutional Research and Planning. The featured works encompass a variety of mediums, including painting, printmaking, ceramics, video installations, and drawing.

Boston College employs more than 3,500 individuals, including scholars, teachers, administrators, and staff, who are dedicated to supporting students and advancing the University's mission. The Faculty and Staff Show features a few of these individuals and their work. This exhibition highlights the contributions of a few of these faculty members, celebrating the depth of their expertise and the creativity they bring to both their teaching and their artistic practice.

The diverse themes explored by these artists reflect the richness of the faculty's academic and personal backgrounds. Topics range from cross-cultural dialogue and policymaking to health inequities, environmental relationships, individual identity, and gender dynamics. Together, these works offer a unique overview of the wide-ranging scholarship at Boston College, illustrating the ways in which faculty inspire and challenge students and the Boston College community.

Special thanks to Sammy Chong and the Art Club for collaborating with Gallery 203 on this exhibition!

Four ink drawings by Daniel Riehs:

Dream, 2022
Angel, 2022
Scarf: 2022
Build, 2022
Ink on paper
7 inches x 9 inches

“Daniel Riehs is an Associate Director of Institutional Research and Planning (IR&P) at Boston College. Since 2006, he has played key roles in the creation of a modern business intelligence infrastructure at Boston College. Dan also uses design thinking to collaborate with Boston College faculty and staff to tackle University challenges. He has roceived an MBA from Boston College and a certificate in Design Thinking from Cornell University. Outside of his work at the IR&P, Dan enjoys drawing.”

Carney 203 Art Gallery at Boston College.

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Daniel Riehs @riehs.design · 10/02/2025

Gordon Ramsey should have been in the “salty” commercial, and Michael Shannon should have been used as the “famous person who’s not as famous as Pete Davidson.”

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Daniel Riehs @riehs.design · 08/02/2025

Great long run today. I wish the water fountains along the route weren’t all turned off during the winter. Seems like we should have the technology to figure that out…

Map of an outdoor running workout along the Charles River in Boston. Distance: 15.07mi, Time: 2hr 39min, Avg. Pace: 10’32”/mi.

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SwiftOnSecurity @swiftonsecurity.com · 02/02/2025

NEW: 17-year-old DOGE spokesman announces investigation into "girl math"

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Daniel Riehs @riehs.design · 01/02/2025

“Decades foster togetherness, but generations alienate us from each other.” youtu.be/qo_EHY5jEX4

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What Happened to Decades?

YouTube video by Adam Conover

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Daniel Riehs @riehs.design · 23/01/2025

This is the natural evolution of “cleaning your apartment instead of writing a paper that’s due tomorrow.” arstechnica.com/uncategorize...

arstechnica.com

George R.R. Martin has co-authored a physics paper

“I couldn’t help but wonder if a simple underlying model might tidy up the canon.”…

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Daniel Riehs @riehs.design · 06/01/2025

“By striving for absolute control, we lose the magic of the unexpected.” youtu.be/9rNRcEdRKCc

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The World Record Paradox

YouTube video by STUCUBE

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Daniel Riehs @riehs.design · 05/01/2025

As someone who’s been wandering around Chestnut Hill for the past 20 years, it’s interesting for me to see a new perspective. (Never cross Hammond Pond Parkway on foot!) www.mindthemoss.com/p/perambulat...

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Perambulate the rich

This year, take a walk around a gilded village. Literally!

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Daniel Riehs @riehs.design · 24/12/2024

Multi-part gifts should always be packaged so the recipient discovers the parts in a logical order organically. Never tell the recipient they must open one gift before another! #ChristmasPrescriptivism

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Daniel Riehs @riehs.design · 24/12/2024

Went to Rose Tree Park last night with my parents. We got there at “just the right time” before it got crowded. #delcofortheholidays

Christmas lights at Rose Tree Park in Upper Providence Township, PA.

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Daniel Riehs @riehs.design · 21/12/2024

“We are people… We live on a planet in space!” youtu.be/-NI6lxgHaN8

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Fine, I'll Talk About the Drones...

YouTube video by vlogbrothers

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Daniel Riehs @riehs.design · 21/12/2024

I somehow missed Green Day’s new album this year, but I remember getting multiple notifications about their Keurig promotion. ultimateclassicrock.com/biggest-sell...

A screenshot of a tweet from Daniel Riehs dated 8/20/24. The tweet reads, “I feel like Green Day is losing focus with this latest promotion.” Below the text is an image of a “Green Day American Idiot Limited Edition 20th Anniversary Keurig Coffee Kit.”

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Daniel Riehs @riehs.design · 12/12/2024

I’m excited about the new Human-Centered Design Lab that kicked off last night in Cambridge. This is a new professional organization you may want to keep an eye on, and there’s a February event already on the calendar. www.eventbrite.com/e/foundation...

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Daniel Riehs @riehs.design · 12/12/2024

You want to see some utter nonsense? At first, it looks like it’s going to be 53 degrees tomorrow. But that high of 53 is at midnight, and it only gets colder from there!

Thursday: low of 26 degrees, high of 53 degrees.

A weather forecast timeline showing temperature changes and weather conditions from 12 AM to 6 AM. The temperature at 12 AM is 53 degrees, and the temperature at 6 AM is 35 degrees.

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Daniel Riehs @riehs.design · 08/12/2024

Here’s an interesting user experience story. I’ve walked past this sign several times in the past few days, and every time I thought to myself, “It’s so annoying that they carelessly blocked the sidewalk with that road sign.”

An orange and white sign blocking the sidewalk under an overpass:

“SIDEWALK CLOSED

MEMORIAL DR. EB DEWOLFE BOATHOUSE DETOUR

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Daniel Riehs @riehs.design · 08/12/2024

Ran the Cambridge Winter Classic 5K this morning, and finished with a 5K personal best of 24:04!

Map of the race route in Cambridge. Distance: 3.11 mi, Time: 24 min, Avg. Pace: 7’47”/mi.

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Moniza Hossain @monizahossain.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

“I have too many books” -judgemental -boring -implies impulse-control issues “The books... they have me.” - mysterious - occult - implies you are at the mercy of a library of books that have gained sentience and are holding you hostage #readingcommunity

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Daniel Riehs @riehs.design · 05/12/2024

I’m just about to hear Philippe Ciais discuss “Risks of destabilization of the carbon cycle” at BC.

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