Dan Simpson
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I don’t know man, I just don’t know.
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no, that was pre Twitter migration, we don’t call them skeets now. style guide says they’re called ejaculating into a spoon. so for example you don’t say “did you see that guy’s skeet” you say “did you see where that guy ejaculated into a spoon on Bluesky”
December 30, 2025 at 1:10 PM
no, that was pre Twitter migration, we don’t call them skeets now. style guide says they’re called ejaculating into a spoon. so for example you don’t say “did you see that guy’s skeet” you say “did you see where that guy ejaculated into a spoon on Bluesky”
I feel like if we want to learn from history, we need to acknowledge that we all tested the whole quote-tweeting-bad-shit-as-praxis thing back on Twitter and most of what that got us was X. Maybe in 2026 we try new things that maybe end in a better outcome than birthing X.
it was one of the worst parts of Twitter & there was an impulse to not do it back in Bluesky Before Times but now if you tell people "actually this sucks" they'll tell you it's praxis to quote-dunk trash takes & that shitting up the timeline is Good, Actually and "exposes bigots to sunlight" or w/e
Love you all, but I don't know about this trend of quote posting garbage takes to dunk on them. It ends up giving the OP all the attention in the world—and yeah, a lot of it is negative but you know what they say about all publicity being good publicity. This is what sub(posts) were invented for 👀😂
December 28, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I feel like if we want to learn from history, we need to acknowledge that we all tested the whole quote-tweeting-bad-shit-as-praxis thing back on Twitter and most of what that got us was X. Maybe in 2026 we try new things that maybe end in a better outcome than birthing X.
The only time when it’s ok to be sex negative is in regards to straight men in tech.
December 27, 2025 at 5:41 AM
The only time when it’s ok to be sex negative is in regards to straight men in tech.
Actively choosing not to have thoughts about Heater Rivalry on main beyond “wow it’s good while being a type of show that would ordinarily fail to be good”. Because thoughts on main is old me. New me is calm, sexy, fun.
December 27, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Actively choosing not to have thoughts about Heater Rivalry on main beyond “wow it’s good while being a type of show that would ordinarily fail to be good”. Because thoughts on main is old me. New me is calm, sexy, fun.
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2025 has been an incredible year for using computers to make things worse
December 24, 2025 at 10:17 PM
2025 has been an incredible year for using computers to make things worse
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"what is a nutcracker if not teeth? ... very 'A Marvel Christmas'" - @danpsimpson.bsky.social
December 24, 2025 at 4:41 AM
"what is a nutcracker if not teeth? ... very 'A Marvel Christmas'" - @danpsimpson.bsky.social
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Wake Up Dead Man was more Catholic than Conclave
December 21, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Wake Up Dead Man was more Catholic than Conclave
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Jesus Christ.
Large-Scale Brain Networks Track Gasoline Price Shifts https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.16.694768v1
December 20, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Jesus Christ.
If you’re in a situation where you can see Guy Branum do a show, you should see Guy Branum do a show.
December 20, 2025 at 5:21 AM
If you’re in a situation where you can see Guy Branum do a show, you should see Guy Branum do a show.
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When The Soft Pink Truth lets the violins take over
December 16, 2025 at 5:35 PM
When The Soft Pink Truth lets the violins take over
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Unfortunately the study of tech is the study of bussy.
December 18, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Unfortunately the study of tech is the study of bussy.
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people who are amazed by AI should learn about keyboard shortcuts
people who think coding agents are some kind of magic for automation could stand to learn a bit more about domain specific languages
December 18, 2025 at 10:37 AM
people who are amazed by AI should learn about keyboard shortcuts
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I know it's sacrilege in this economy, but when I was a computer scientist, both database courses and cyber security courses made it clear that the first principle was "do not save anything you do not need, and do not keep anything longer than you need it."
Pornhub: Hacker group threatens to leak list of premium users
Pornhub: Hacker group threatens to leak list of premium users
The online adult industry giant says data was stolen from a third-party company that provides some of its services.
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December 18, 2025 at 4:30 AM
I know it's sacrilege in this economy, but when I was a computer scientist, both database courses and cyber security courses made it clear that the first principle was "do not save anything you do not need, and do not keep anything longer than you need it."
A fun sudoku sudokupad.app/james-sincla...
Pillow Fort by James Sinclair (Sven's SudokuPad v0.592.1)
sudokupad.app
December 16, 2025 at 2:46 PM
A fun sudoku sudokupad.app/james-sincla...
For what it’s worth, I think the mistake is alway that thinking radicalisation and de-radicalisation are symmetric processes. Unfortunately platforms and rhetoric only work on the first.
IMO it's hard to combat the dangerousness of the right by participating in a platform where they aren't present.
I think the best way to explain the X vs Bluesky preference is whether a person thinks the left is more annoying than the right is dangerous.
The reason so many Noah Smiths end up on the X side of that equation is that while the left annoys them personally, the right mostly endangers other people.
The reason so many Noah Smiths end up on the X side of that equation is that while the left annoys them personally, the right mostly endangers other people.
December 16, 2025 at 6:05 AM
For what it’s worth, I think the mistake is alway that thinking radicalisation and de-radicalisation are symmetric processes. Unfortunately platforms and rhetoric only work on the first.
Is this what dying feels like?
December 15, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Is this what dying feels like?
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Rob Reiner was one of the key people behind the effort to go to court to overturn California's anti-marriage equality Proposition 8 when it passed in 2008.
Working with Chad Griffin, they founded the American Foundation for Equal Rights and got Ted Olson and David Boies to team up to fight Prop 8.
Working with Chad Griffin, they founded the American Foundation for Equal Rights and got Ted Olson and David Boies to team up to fight Prop 8.
December 15, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Rob Reiner was one of the key people behind the effort to go to court to overturn California's anti-marriage equality Proposition 8 when it passed in 2008.
Working with Chad Griffin, they founded the American Foundation for Equal Rights and got Ted Olson and David Boies to team up to fight Prop 8.
Working with Chad Griffin, they founded the American Foundation for Equal Rights and got Ted Olson and David Boies to team up to fight Prop 8.
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Happy Hanukkah everyone!
December 15, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Happy Hanukkah everyone!
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the line is actually "no JESUS for us meeses," an oblique reference to the fact that, as muppets are unable to take communion, they are forbidden from entering the kingdom of god
December 14, 2025 at 4:13 AM
the line is actually "no JESUS for us meeses," an oblique reference to the fact that, as muppets are unable to take communion, they are forbidden from entering the kingdom of god
This is actually a slutty ruffled miniskirt
December 14, 2025 at 4:30 AM
This is actually a slutty ruffled miniskirt
I cannot stress enough that this is true but also no one in Australia thinks the Australian health care system is in any way, sense, or form actually good.
December 12, 2025 at 5:50 AM
I cannot stress enough that this is true but also no one in Australia thinks the Australian health care system is in any way, sense, or form actually good.
Sometimes I look on arxiv and see a worse version of a paper I wrote as a PhD student in 2007 that wasn’t good enough to be published and I feel things.
December 12, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Sometimes I look on arxiv and see a worse version of a paper I wrote as a PhD student in 2007 that wasn’t good enough to be published and I feel things.
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Also, not infrequently I wish to forget the concept of letters. Retvrn to only seeing shapes with inscrutable meanings.
December 11, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Also, not infrequently I wish to forget the concept of letters. Retvrn to only seeing shapes with inscrutable meanings.