Dan McDonough
@danluvsbeer.bsky.social
You merely adopted the snark. I was born in it, molded by it.
F: Philly
M: DC
K: Providence
Bikes, art, music, food, booze.
F: Philly
M: DC
K: Providence
Bikes, art, music, food, booze.
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Also, FUCK the Lincoln Project.
January 9, 2026 at 2:44 AM
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Found one perfect golden chanterelle (Cantharellus californicus) on my street today. This is the officially state mushroom of California, I helped get this signed into law my testifying before the California state senate.
#chanterelle #mushroom #california
#chanterelle #mushroom #california
January 8, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Found one perfect golden chanterelle (Cantharellus californicus) on my street today. This is the officially state mushroom of California, I helped get this signed into law my testifying before the California state senate.
#chanterelle #mushroom #california
#chanterelle #mushroom #california
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"Immigration enforcement."
"The Department of Homeland Security plans to pause operations in Chicago — where Gregory Bovino, a Border Patrol official, has led controversial arrest efforts — to support the immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota."
Trump Administration Deploying More Border Patrol Agents to Minnesota
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 8:40 PM
"Immigration enforcement."
"Fraud" here, meaning, "people who disagree with us politically."
Vance: "We are creating a new Assistant Attorney General position who will have nationwide jurisdiction over the issue of fraud…That person's efforts will start and focus primarily on Minnesota, but it is going to be a nationwide effort."
January 8, 2026 at 7:18 PM
"Fraud" here, meaning, "people who disagree with us politically."
Continually amazes me how many Americans allow themselves to be spoon-fed an alternate reality, and how deeply injurious said spoon-feeding has been to our society.
Comer: "Tim Walz was having a terrible day from our hearing ... and then you had the ICE shooting. And Walz, like a well seasoned politician, tries to take advantage of a terrible situation. He effectively has declared war on ICE to pivot away national attention from his reckless administration."
January 8, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Continually amazes me how many Americans allow themselves to be spoon-fed an alternate reality, and how deeply injurious said spoon-feeding has been to our society.
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Hard to believe this pioneer in hyperscaling nonconsensual deepfake porn and neo-Nazi propaganda wouldn’t be more careful not to hurt anyone
"Wer'e too close to the debris": A stunning data viz showing how SpaceX rockets put passenger planes at risk, by @heathervogell.bsky.social and Agnel Philip w/ graphics by @lucaswaldron.bsky.social
“We’re Too Close to the Debris”: How SpaceX Rockets Put Passenger Planes at Risk
The FAA predicted Elon Musk’s Starship would cause “minor or minimal” disruption. Then the rockets exploded twice in three months over busy airspace. Flight data reveals how many planes scrambled to p...
www.propublica.org
January 8, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Hard to believe this pioneer in hyperscaling nonconsensual deepfake porn and neo-Nazi propaganda wouldn’t be more careful not to hurt anyone
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#MBTpubroll is returning today. We're kicking off the new year at new-to-us bar Nice & Easy in noma starting at 5:30pm, then biking up the MBT to classic fave Lost Generation from there. Everyone is welcome, you can join/leave at anytime, come one come all come pub roll into 2026 🚲🍻
January 8, 2026 at 5:01 PM
#MBTpubroll is returning today. We're kicking off the new year at new-to-us bar Nice & Easy in noma starting at 5:30pm, then biking up the MBT to classic fave Lost Generation from there. Everyone is welcome, you can join/leave at anytime, come one come all come pub roll into 2026 🚲🍻
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Black people five years ago: you know, they can kill anyone they want to out there
Everybody today: hot damn, did you know they can kill anyone they want to out there?
Everybody today: hot damn, did you know they can kill anyone they want to out there?
January 8, 2026 at 12:46 AM
Black people five years ago: you know, they can kill anyone they want to out there
Everybody today: hot damn, did you know they can kill anyone they want to out there?
Everybody today: hot damn, did you know they can kill anyone they want to out there?
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Most people don’t want to live like this, no matter who they voted for.
January 7, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Most people don’t want to live like this, no matter who they voted for.
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@noturtlesoup17.bsky.social is on her way to Minneapolis where she'll be filing reports for us (and generally being a bad ass)
January 7, 2026 at 11:13 PM
@noturtlesoup17.bsky.social is on her way to Minneapolis where she'll be filing reports for us (and generally being a bad ass)
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We have to demand that Trump’s federal agents are held accountable for killing Americans just like we do when state and local . . . . fuck
January 7, 2026 at 6:12 PM
We have to demand that Trump’s federal agents are held accountable for killing Americans just like we do when state and local . . . . fuck
People do not realize how big a blow shutting down 18F was.
Lord help me, the National Design Studio is back on their bullshit. realfood.gov This website weighs in at 16 (*six.* *teen.*) MB. The full game of the original DOOM was 12MB. 1/
America's New Dietary Guidelines
The Dietary Guidelines for Americans reset U.S. nutrition policy by restoring science, common sense, and real food as the foundation of national health.
realfood.gov
January 7, 2026 at 7:06 PM
People do not realize how big a blow shutting down 18F was.
Danish officials:
January 7, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Danish officials:
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It’s a moral crime that we have the technology and the means to greatly reduce child poverty in this country and we just…. don’t. open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
What have we learned about child poverty in America?
Members of a National Academy of Sciences committee share insights
open.substack.com
January 7, 2026 at 5:49 PM
It’s a moral crime that we have the technology and the means to greatly reduce child poverty in this country and we just…. don’t. open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
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Life hack: post in such a way that you never get Louvred.
January 7, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Life hack: post in such a way that you never get Louvred.
This is gonna get really ugly, really soon. 😬
ICE agents stopped by protesters after the shooting an observer in Minneapolis, according to witnesse. ICE deployed pepper spray and tear gas.
January 7, 2026 at 5:39 PM
This is gonna get really ugly, really soon. 😬
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It's the most obvious thing in the world that immigration is fantastic and should be celebrated. Immigration is so awesome that New Yorkers make better pizza than Italians do.
“We are locked into a battle we did not seek and our timidity is keeping us on the defensive. It isn’t working. Our pessimism is self-fullfiling.” www.liberalcurrents.com/we-need-to-g...
We Need to Get Off The Defensive About Immigration
Free movement is a fantastic thing, and we should say it.
www.liberalcurrents.com
January 7, 2026 at 1:24 PM
It's the most obvious thing in the world that immigration is fantastic and should be celebrated. Immigration is so awesome that New Yorkers make better pizza than Italians do.
I'm reading THE BEST TAKES on bike lanes and streateries on the Cleveland Park listserv today.
a little girl is sitting on a couch eating a candy bar and making a funny face .
Alt: a young girl rolling her eyes and making a dismissive hand gesture with the caption "WHATEVER"
media.tenor.com
January 7, 2026 at 4:55 PM
I'm reading THE BEST TAKES on bike lanes and streateries on the Cleveland Park listserv today.
West Virginia must be a bitch to clean.
We’re not a state, but we are a plate…
(If we take back Arlington, we could just use any square baking dish as our state plate)
(If we take back Arlington, we could just use any square baking dish as our state plate)
January 7, 2026 at 4:05 PM
West Virginia must be a bitch to clean.
These fucking idiots. I mean, (gestures at everything) *this* would be bad enough if they weren't also some of the biggest absolute morons on the planet.
Lol how can you tell this administration is lying to you? Because oil hasn't been shipped in actual barrels in over a century
www.cnn.com/2026/01/06/b...
www.cnn.com/2026/01/06/b...
January 7, 2026 at 4:03 PM
These fucking idiots. I mean, (gestures at everything) *this* would be bad enough if they weren't also some of the biggest absolute morons on the planet.
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Anyone not actively involved in impeaching and no other activity should just resign. There is no government until he is gone. Pretending otherwise props up him, not government.
The number of ways this is unconstitutional lunacy
is…a lot
is…a lot
January 7, 2026 at 9:47 AM
Anyone not actively involved in impeaching and no other activity should just resign. There is no government until he is gone. Pretending otherwise props up him, not government.
So... yeah, The Atlantic, I get it, but there's also this:
“Listen, what’s going on here is, beggars can’t be choosers,” Rodriguez told me. “And no one but Trump has taken an interest in our crisis.”
“Listen, what’s going on here is, beggars can’t be choosers,” Rodriguez told me. “And no one but Trump has taken an interest in our crisis.”
The Venezuelan Opposition’s Desperate Gamble
The activists who courted U.S. intervention are now being sidelined.
www.theatlantic.com
January 7, 2026 at 2:09 AM
So... yeah, The Atlantic, I get it, but there's also this:
“Listen, what’s going on here is, beggars can’t be choosers,” Rodriguez told me. “And no one but Trump has taken an interest in our crisis.”
“Listen, what’s going on here is, beggars can’t be choosers,” Rodriguez told me. “And no one but Trump has taken an interest in our crisis.”