Dan On the Beach
@danod.bsky.social
Satori surfer, diver, photographer, physicist; science, energy, water, nature; cybersecurity for space. Student of philosophy of the porch. Work in progress.
What I really wanna do when I grow up is be a writer.
Good waves, blue skies, offshore breezes
What I really wanna do when I grow up is be a writer.
Good waves, blue skies, offshore breezes
Re-read “Ur-Fascism” by Umberto Eco, which is another big picture view of the time and movement we are now in. He even provides a checklist one can use to assess a fascist moment, and we check all the boxes.
theanarchistlibrary.org/library/umbe...
theanarchistlibrary.org/library/umbe...
January 18, 2026 at 1:12 AM
Re-read “Ur-Fascism” by Umberto Eco, which is another big picture view of the time and movement we are now in. He even provides a checklist one can use to assess a fascist moment, and we check all the boxes.
theanarchistlibrary.org/library/umbe...
theanarchistlibrary.org/library/umbe...
Fiber-laying ship, Cork, Sept 2025
January 1, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Fiber-laying ship, Cork, Sept 2025
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The solstice officially passed here half an hour ago.
The Oak King has slain the Holly King and we return to the light.
Merry Soltice to you all ☀️ 💛
The Oak King has slain the Holly King and we return to the light.
Merry Soltice to you all ☀️ 💛
December 21, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The solstice officially passed here half an hour ago.
The Oak King has slain the Holly King and we return to the light.
Merry Soltice to you all ☀️ 💛
The Oak King has slain the Holly King and we return to the light.
Merry Soltice to you all ☀️ 💛
My best little buddy is no longer in pain; but I am going to miss him so much.
December 9, 2025 at 9:32 PM
My best little buddy is no longer in pain; but I am going to miss him so much.
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Still Life with Basket and Six Oranges - 1888
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14428
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14428
December 9, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Still Life with Basket and Six Oranges - 1888
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14428
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14428
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Our nation is being run by Putin's chew toy.
March 4, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Our nation is being run by Putin's chew toy.
After seeing HoD I listened to Annie Jacobsen narrate her book “Nuclear War” and now I am concerned.
"House of Dynamite", high tension from beginning to end, see it in a theater if you can. Do not take the kids.
December 3, 2025 at 4:19 PM
After seeing HoD I listened to Annie Jacobsen narrate her book “Nuclear War” and now I am concerned.
Went to the United States Post Office to send a letter overseas to Europe. The international stamp was $1.70, and I paid in coin. But the USPS refused the Sacagawea $1 coin -US money - because it was inconvenient. It was rather disappointing.
December 2, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Went to the United States Post Office to send a letter overseas to Europe. The international stamp was $1.70, and I paid in coin. But the USPS refused the Sacagawea $1 coin -US money - because it was inconvenient. It was rather disappointing.
Got an automated email notification that my Microsoft Office 365 subscription is to renew in 1 month - at 30% increase. And they haven't provided updates for Catalina in about 2 years.
But *somebody* has to pay for those new hyperAI data centers, amirite?
Q: do I get to visit the data center?
But *somebody* has to pay for those new hyperAI data centers, amirite?
Q: do I get to visit the data center?
November 28, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Got an automated email notification that my Microsoft Office 365 subscription is to renew in 1 month - at 30% increase. And they haven't provided updates for Catalina in about 2 years.
But *somebody* has to pay for those new hyperAI data centers, amirite?
Q: do I get to visit the data center?
But *somebody* has to pay for those new hyperAI data centers, amirite?
Q: do I get to visit the data center?
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Prine wrote “Angel” — the story of a middle-aged woman stuck in a sad domestic purgatory — when he was in his early 20s. Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/a...
5 Years After His Death, John Prine Gets a Cinematic Send-Off
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Prine wrote “Angel” — the story of a middle-aged woman stuck in a sad domestic purgatory — when he was in his early 20s. Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/a...
Movie mini-review: "Auction", a French film (subtitled in English) about an Egon Schiele painting lost in 1939 that ends up with a young working class French man who wants nothing to do with it. Goes to the heirs, upper class New Yorkers, who want him to get a share. www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeqB...
Auction - Official Trailer
YouTube video by Menemsha Films
www.youtube.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Movie mini-review: "Auction", a French film (subtitled in English) about an Egon Schiele painting lost in 1939 that ends up with a young working class French man who wants nothing to do with it. Goes to the heirs, upper class New Yorkers, who want him to get a share. www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeqB...
"House of Dynamite", high tension from beginning to end, see it in a theater if you can. Do not take the kids.
November 3, 2025 at 1:13 AM
"House of Dynamite", high tension from beginning to end, see it in a theater if you can. Do not take the kids.
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Starting Monday LinkedIn will begin using data from your profiles/posts to train AI. If you live in EU/EEA/Switzerland/Canada/Hong Kong your data is subject to being used this way, but you can opt out. Go to Settings/Privacy/Data for Generative AI Improvement and toggle the switch to off
Update to our Terms and data use | LinkedIn Help
Update to our Terms and data use
www.linkedin.com
October 30, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Starting Monday LinkedIn will begin using data from your profiles/posts to train AI. If you live in EU/EEA/Switzerland/Canada/Hong Kong your data is subject to being used this way, but you can opt out. Go to Settings/Privacy/Data for Generative AI Improvement and toggle the switch to off
Might be a good night to watch “Margin Call”…
October 12, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Might be a good night to watch “Margin Call”…
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Security firm Synthient has launched a free-to-use and searchable online database of known proxy IPs
synthient.com/blog/synthie...
synthient.com/blog/synthie...
Synthient
Synthient detects and blocks bad actors from your platform. Get access to the latest in threat intelligence and bot detection.
synthient.com
September 14, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Security firm Synthient has launched a free-to-use and searchable online database of known proxy IPs
synthient.com/blog/synthie...
synthient.com/blog/synthie...
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If I were the democratic leadership, or their donors, I would be setting up shadow everything. Shadow congress. Shadow CDC. The overwhelming message being: here is where you come for facts. Here is what science really says. Here is what polling really says.
Why aren’t they doing this?
Why aren’t they doing this?
August 28, 2025 at 6:05 AM
If I were the democratic leadership, or their donors, I would be setting up shadow everything. Shadow congress. Shadow CDC. The overwhelming message being: here is where you come for facts. Here is what science really says. Here is what polling really says.
Why aren’t they doing this?
Why aren’t they doing this?
In an Italian restaurant with Eddie Merckx on the wall and Filipino wait staff speaking English and Italian so I must be in… Dublin!
September 2, 2025 at 5:27 PM
In an Italian restaurant with Eddie Merckx on the wall and Filipino wait staff speaking English and Italian so I must be in… Dublin!