Dan Hallock
@danhallock.bsky.social
they/them or he/him
Parent, progressive, out of fucks to give about decorum if you don’t support intersectionality. Proponent of childless cat ladies. WA.
Parent, progressive, out of fucks to give about decorum if you don’t support intersectionality. Proponent of childless cat ladies. WA.
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Little robot comic I made for an anthology with friends last summer 🤖❤️🩹
July 3, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Little robot comic I made for an anthology with friends last summer 🤖❤️🩹
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MSNBC Grandmas in Skechers seamlessly reclaiming the frog from 4chan Nazis in about six weeks has gotta be the political upset of the century.
October 18, 2025 at 5:52 PM
MSNBC Grandmas in Skechers seamlessly reclaiming the frog from 4chan Nazis in about six weeks has gotta be the political upset of the century.
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OK guys, post your best signs from today for entry into my Top 15 No Kings Sign Contest.
October 18, 2025 at 7:34 PM
OK guys, post your best signs from today for entry into my Top 15 No Kings Sign Contest.
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Trans rights are not the rights of a tiny minority, trans rights are everyone’s rights to self-determination, control of our bodies, and a society where opportunity and aesthetics are not restricted by sex assigned at birth
You should support and defend trans people because trans people are people
You should support and defend trans people because trans people are people
September 17, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Trans rights are not the rights of a tiny minority, trans rights are everyone’s rights to self-determination, control of our bodies, and a society where opportunity and aesthetics are not restricted by sex assigned at birth
You should support and defend trans people because trans people are people
You should support and defend trans people because trans people are people
Unmarked vans, 50 masked agents who won't identify themselves. Arresting regular people at work, members of the community, people with families, with no allegation of criminal record.
Fuck Trump, and fuck you if you voted for him.
Fuck Trump, and fuck you if you voted for him.
Update: 37 workers arrested at Mt. Baker Roofing in ICE raid Wednesday | Cascadia Daily News
Worker says agents had a 'list and pictures' of those who were undocumented; those detained were taken away in buses
www.cascadiadaily.com
April 3, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Unmarked vans, 50 masked agents who won't identify themselves. Arresting regular people at work, members of the community, people with families, with no allegation of criminal record.
Fuck Trump, and fuck you if you voted for him.
Fuck Trump, and fuck you if you voted for him.
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I think the word democracy still conveys that value system.
When we say we're fighting for democracy, we're fighting for those ideals that were the bedrock of America.
But frankly, we haven't lived up to them.
They are still the goal though.
When we say we're fighting for democracy, we're fighting for those ideals that were the bedrock of America.
But frankly, we haven't lived up to them.
They are still the goal though.
April 3, 2025 at 3:44 AM
I think the word democracy still conveys that value system.
When we say we're fighting for democracy, we're fighting for those ideals that were the bedrock of America.
But frankly, we haven't lived up to them.
They are still the goal though.
When we say we're fighting for democracy, we're fighting for those ideals that were the bedrock of America.
But frankly, we haven't lived up to them.
They are still the goal though.
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11/ The tariffs aren’t economic policy. They are political weapons.
But as long as we see this clearly, we can stop him. Public mobilization is working. Today, a few Republicans joined Democrats to vote against one set of tariffs.
The people still have the power.
But as long as we see this clearly, we can stop him. Public mobilization is working. Today, a few Republicans joined Democrats to vote against one set of tariffs.
The people still have the power.
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
11/ The tariffs aren’t economic policy. They are political weapons.
But as long as we see this clearly, we can stop him. Public mobilization is working. Today, a few Republicans joined Democrats to vote against one set of tariffs.
The people still have the power.
But as long as we see this clearly, we can stop him. Public mobilization is working. Today, a few Republicans joined Democrats to vote against one set of tariffs.
The people still have the power.
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7/ But the private sector also plays a rule to protect democracy. Independent industry has power.
The tariffs are Trump’s tool to erode that independence. Now, one by one, every industry or company will need to pledge loyalty to Trump in order to get sanctions relief.
The tariffs are Trump’s tool to erode that independence. Now, one by one, every industry or company will need to pledge loyalty to Trump in order to get sanctions relief.
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
7/ But the private sector also plays a rule to protect democracy. Independent industry has power.
The tariffs are Trump’s tool to erode that independence. Now, one by one, every industry or company will need to pledge loyalty to Trump in order to get sanctions relief.
The tariffs are Trump’s tool to erode that independence. Now, one by one, every industry or company will need to pledge loyalty to Trump in order to get sanctions relief.
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Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
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‘Cybertruck Man’
a cartoon in defiance of Musk
#political #cartoonist #cybertruck #elon #musk #democracy #tiananmen
a cartoon in defiance of Musk
#political #cartoonist #cybertruck #elon #musk #democracy #tiananmen
February 14, 2025 at 7:25 PM
‘Cybertruck Man’
a cartoon in defiance of Musk
#political #cartoonist #cybertruck #elon #musk #democracy #tiananmen
a cartoon in defiance of Musk
#political #cartoonist #cybertruck #elon #musk #democracy #tiananmen
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i mean, in my entire life, the democrats have had a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate for exactly 8 months total (between Al Franken being seated in July 09 and Scott Brown taking Ted Kennedy's seat in Feb 2010) and they used it to pass the largest expansion of the welfare state since the 60s
"What are we supposed to do, we don't control Congress"
"What are we supposed to do, we don't have a supermajority"
"What are we supposed to do, our supermajority has moderate democrats"
"What are we supposed to do, we don't have a supermajority"
"What are we supposed to do, our supermajority has moderate democrats"
February 10, 2025 at 7:25 PM
i mean, in my entire life, the democrats have had a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate for exactly 8 months total (between Al Franken being seated in July 09 and Scott Brown taking Ted Kennedy's seat in Feb 2010) and they used it to pass the largest expansion of the welfare state since the 60s
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I got death threats in 2014 for a blog about how we shouldn’t slut shame Jennifer Lawrence. Fucking grow up and govern.
Gillibrand on WNYC today said one reason they're all falling in line is that they get death threats.
cassidy changing his tune after what he said on the senate floor is what has upgraded my position from "they are being bribed" or "they are worried about primary challenges" to "they are worried about being murdered"
February 11, 2025 at 5:00 AM
I got death threats in 2014 for a blog about how we shouldn’t slut shame Jennifer Lawrence. Fucking grow up and govern.
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I was previously told by Republicans that the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan was one of history’s greatest scandals. But the chaotic withdrawal of *all* USAID from the whole globe?! Crickets.
Via Robbie Gramer at Politico, in a legal filing a USAID employee details trying to leave Kinshasa, Congo with their family and leaving their possessions behidn amid panic created by Trump and Musk's sudden shutdown of the agency
February 13, 2025 at 1:43 AM
I was previously told by Republicans that the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan was one of history’s greatest scandals. But the chaotic withdrawal of *all* USAID from the whole globe?! Crickets.
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Trump illegally firing the youngest, fittest US Forest Service firefighters after a few weeks of bullshit about how the LA fires were caused by government incompetence is quite a thing.
February 14, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Trump illegally firing the youngest, fittest US Forest Service firefighters after a few weeks of bullshit about how the LA fires were caused by government incompetence is quite a thing.
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I would not characterize this as “a major diplomatic breakthrough.”
I would instead call it human trafficking. www.cbsnews.com/news/us-depo...
I would instead call it human trafficking. www.cbsnews.com/news/us-depo...
February 14, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I would not characterize this as “a major diplomatic breakthrough.”
I would instead call it human trafficking. www.cbsnews.com/news/us-depo...
I would instead call it human trafficking. www.cbsnews.com/news/us-depo...
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Missouri's AG Andrew Bailey is suing Starbucks, arguing that its workforce is too "female" and "non-white" and as a result Missouri consumers “pay higher prices and wait longer for goods and services" because its workforce is "less qualified"
This is a brazenly racist and sexist lawsuit.
This is a brazenly racist and sexist lawsuit.
February 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Missouri's AG Andrew Bailey is suing Starbucks, arguing that its workforce is too "female" and "non-white" and as a result Missouri consumers “pay higher prices and wait longer for goods and services" because its workforce is "less qualified"
This is a brazenly racist and sexist lawsuit.
This is a brazenly racist and sexist lawsuit.
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USGS maps are filled with inaccuracies after an update changing Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America:
- Much of the Netherlands has flooded, including Amsterdam
- Part of Israel says "No Man's Land"
- The Pacific Ocean is pretty much everywhere
- England is split in half
- Much of the Netherlands has flooded, including Amsterdam
- Part of Israel says "No Man's Land"
- The Pacific Ocean is pretty much everywhere
- England is split in half
February 14, 2025 at 9:10 PM
USGS maps are filled with inaccuracies after an update changing Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America:
- Much of the Netherlands has flooded, including Amsterdam
- Part of Israel says "No Man's Land"
- The Pacific Ocean is pretty much everywhere
- England is split in half
- Much of the Netherlands has flooded, including Amsterdam
- Part of Israel says "No Man's Land"
- The Pacific Ocean is pretty much everywhere
- England is split in half
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Pretty telling that the comparison here is “someone scolding you via a video you saw on Facebook that you found annoying” and “complete disregard for legal protections and long standing peaceful cooperation between nations”. It’s actually pretty accurate to how conservatives view the world
"...if American democracy can survive 10 years of Greta Thunberg scolding you guys can survive a few months of Elon Musk," VP Vance tells the Munich Security Group.
February 14, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Pretty telling that the comparison here is “someone scolding you via a video you saw on Facebook that you found annoying” and “complete disregard for legal protections and long standing peaceful cooperation between nations”. It’s actually pretty accurate to how conservatives view the world
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We’re not going to split kids into “haves” and “have nots,” especially in the lunchroom.
We’re feeding our children - and saving families millions of dollars along the way.
It’s that simple.
We’re feeding our children - and saving families millions of dollars along the way.
It’s that simple.
Free school meals has saved MN families $267.8 million in its first year — including many who needed help, but just missed qualifying in the past.
As St. Paul teacher Mandi Jung points out, feeding kids is also just the right thing to do. Hungry students can’t learn. #mnleg #edmnvotes
As St. Paul teacher Mandi Jung points out, feeding kids is also just the right thing to do. Hungry students can’t learn. #mnleg #edmnvotes
February 12, 2025 at 7:38 PM
We’re not going to split kids into “haves” and “have nots,” especially in the lunchroom.
We’re feeding our children - and saving families millions of dollars along the way.
It’s that simple.
We’re feeding our children - and saving families millions of dollars along the way.
It’s that simple.
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BREAKING: France, Germany, Poland, Italy, Spain & UK sign a joint statement vowing to protect Ukraine’s sovereignty & demanding a role in the peace talks.
This is leadership.
It’s also unprecedented.
A western alliance is having to form against a new, twin & united threat: Trump & Putin.
This is leadership.
It’s also unprecedented.
A western alliance is having to form against a new, twin & united threat: Trump & Putin.
February 12, 2025 at 10:29 PM
BREAKING: France, Germany, Poland, Italy, Spain & UK sign a joint statement vowing to protect Ukraine’s sovereignty & demanding a role in the peace talks.
This is leadership.
It’s also unprecedented.
A western alliance is having to form against a new, twin & united threat: Trump & Putin.
This is leadership.
It’s also unprecedented.
A western alliance is having to form against a new, twin & united threat: Trump & Putin.
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Like you, I am joining Blue Sky because this community believes that even in these dark days, the sky’s the limit. We’re not cowering to tyranny. Onward.
February 12, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Like you, I am joining Blue Sky because this community believes that even in these dark days, the sky’s the limit. We’re not cowering to tyranny. Onward.
Do I think they're going to fix it? Not really. Was it cathartic? Yeah.
Text of my report below:
Text of my report below:
February 12, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Do I think they're going to fix it? Not really. Was it cathartic? Yeah.
Text of my report below:
Text of my report below:
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Unquestionably, major policy changes, edicts and directives handed down by the new Trump administration will upend lives. But I've also been struck by the widespread efforts to erase/whitewash history. Stick with me for a pretty shocking series of events from just the past few weeks.
February 8, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Unquestionably, major policy changes, edicts and directives handed down by the new Trump administration will upend lives. But I've also been struck by the widespread efforts to erase/whitewash history. Stick with me for a pretty shocking series of events from just the past few weeks.