David Allen (Manitou Falls, Wisconsin)
@dc411en.bsky.social
Cyclist & XC skier ❄️🚴♂️ | Strava enthusiast 📊 | Married, dog parent to Morphy 🐾 | Booker Prize fiction reader 📚 | Life Member VFW — MM2(SS)-Nuke USS Bremerton SSN-698 | Liberal
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
The designer of the new Grand Ballroom at the White House is a young architect named Howard Roark.
I'm secretly hoping the general contractor decides to alter the design in some small, petty way.
I'm secretly hoping the general contractor decides to alter the design in some small, petty way.
October 23, 2025 at 7:14 PM
The designer of the new Grand Ballroom at the White House is a young architect named Howard Roark.
I'm secretly hoping the general contractor decides to alter the design in some small, petty way.
I'm secretly hoping the general contractor decides to alter the design in some small, petty way.
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The conditions that have led to what’s happening in the US today exist in democracies around the world.
They are an inevitable outcome of our collective failure to adapt to fundamental changes in the information ecosystem on which our democracies were originally built.
They are an inevitable outcome of our collective failure to adapt to fundamental changes in the information ecosystem on which our democracies were originally built.
June 7, 2025 at 8:39 PM
The conditions that have led to what’s happening in the US today exist in democracies around the world.
They are an inevitable outcome of our collective failure to adapt to fundamental changes in the information ecosystem on which our democracies were originally built.
They are an inevitable outcome of our collective failure to adapt to fundamental changes in the information ecosystem on which our democracies were originally built.
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Extremist murders by ideology, 2013 to 2022. www.pbump.net/o/reassessin...
September 13, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Extremist murders by ideology, 2013 to 2022. www.pbump.net/o/reassessin...
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The Minnesota assassin supported Donald Trump and had a kill list consisting entirely of Democrats and reproductive rights advocates. But it's unclear what his political motivations might be.
June 15, 2025 at 8:05 PM
The Minnesota assassin supported Donald Trump and had a kill list consisting entirely of Democrats and reproductive rights advocates. But it's unclear what his political motivations might be.
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I’m not blogging at all this month (revising the book manuscript), but if I wasn’t on blogging-hiatus, here’s what I’d be writing:
(1) An awful lot of centrist pundit-types built their careers in the ‘10s around writing takes that perform well on algorithmic media.
(1) An awful lot of centrist pundit-types built their careers in the ‘10s around writing takes that perform well on algorithmic media.
Shorter Josh Barro: “and another thing: I’m not mad. Please don’t put in the newspaper that I got mad.”
Yeah, as someone who's watching both sites, Barro is vastly overstating his point, and the more evident outcome has been center-left "intellectuals" palling around with Richard Hanania
June 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I’m not blogging at all this month (revising the book manuscript), but if I wasn’t on blogging-hiatus, here’s what I’d be writing:
(1) An awful lot of centrist pundit-types built their careers in the ‘10s around writing takes that perform well on algorithmic media.
(1) An awful lot of centrist pundit-types built their careers in the ‘10s around writing takes that perform well on algorithmic media.
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Bellingcat CEO @eliothiggins.bsky.social:
June 9, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Bellingcat CEO @eliothiggins.bsky.social:
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I ran an experiment, simultaneously posting articles on Bluesky and X, and then testing to see how many people actually clicked and read them. The numbers on Bluesky are higher, both because the X algorithm downranks journalism, and because Bluesky attracts readers, not just shitposters.
June 9, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I ran an experiment, simultaneously posting articles on Bluesky and X, and then testing to see how many people actually clicked and read them. The numbers on Bluesky are higher, both because the X algorithm downranks journalism, and because Bluesky attracts readers, not just shitposters.
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A new study details the evolutionary change of Anna's Hummingbirds, finding their beaks have grown longer and more tapered to get the most from common feeders.
Backyard feeders changed the shape of hummingbird beaks, scientists say
A new study details the evolutionary change of Anna's Hummingbirds, finding their beaks have grown longer and more tapered to get the most from common feeders.
www.npr.org
May 23, 2025 at 11:50 PM
A new study details the evolutionary change of Anna's Hummingbirds, finding their beaks have grown longer and more tapered to get the most from common feeders.
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So I have now read the Big Three Ayn Rand Books, atlas shrugged, the fountainhead, and anthem. And I have this to say: she’s bad at writing books, so bad, in fact, that I find her popularity genuinely strange
May 14, 2025 at 11:35 PM
So I have now read the Big Three Ayn Rand Books, atlas shrugged, the fountainhead, and anthem. And I have this to say: she’s bad at writing books, so bad, in fact, that I find her popularity genuinely strange
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Needless to say, despite what @jvl.bsky.social and @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social claim here, "The Bulwark Pope" is not a joke--but JVL and Sarah need to pretend it is for obvious deep state reasons.
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-bulwar...
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-bulwar...
The Bulwark Pope
IT'S A JOKE PEOPLE.
www.thebulwark.com
May 9, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Needless to say, despite what @jvl.bsky.social and @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social claim here, "The Bulwark Pope" is not a joke--but JVL and Sarah need to pretend it is for obvious deep state reasons.
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-bulwar...
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-bulwar...
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Are we ready for the Bulwark Pope?
May 8, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Are we ready for the Bulwark Pope?
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Rockalina was an adult eastern box turtle living in the wild when she was taken into a New York home in 1977. When a reptile rehabilitation center got a hold of her this February, they worried for her survival.
After nearly 50 years cooped up inside, Rockalina the turtle finds the great outdoors
Rockalina was an adult eastern box turtle living in the wild when she was taken into a New York home in 1977. When a reptile rehabilitation center got a hold of her this February, they worried for her...
www.npr.org
April 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Rockalina was an adult eastern box turtle living in the wild when she was taken into a New York home in 1977. When a reptile rehabilitation center got a hold of her this February, they worried for her survival.
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"No one, apparently, is willing to prevent a single man from destroying the world economy, wrecking financial markets, forcing this country and other countries into recession if that’s what he feels like doing when he gets up tomorrow morning"
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
This Is Why Dictatorships Fail
The authors of the Constitution separated powers for a reason.
www.theatlantic.com
April 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
"No one, apparently, is willing to prevent a single man from destroying the world economy, wrecking financial markets, forcing this country and other countries into recession if that’s what he feels like doing when he gets up tomorrow morning"
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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April 6, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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This is really unfair to everyone who just voted for him for the racism.
April 7, 2025 at 12:18 AM
This is really unfair to everyone who just voted for him for the racism.
Great headline.
Britain’s Drinking Water Inspectorate said the quality was ‘excellent’ after the TV star criticised the chemicals added to water to ensure it is safe to drink
Tap water is ‘terrible’ claims urine-drinking adventurer Bear Grylls
Britain’s Drinking Water Inspectorate said the quality was ‘excellent’ after the TV star criticised the chemicals added to water to ensure it is safe to drink
www.thetimes.com
April 6, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Great headline.
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"The Wisconsin Democrats were defending their narrow Supreme Court majority—but the spirit of their campaign wasn’t defensive. Nor did they over-think or over-analyze their task. They went on offense." And take note: it worked.
A Wakeup Call in Wisconsin
And a much needed one at that.
www.thebulwark.com
April 6, 2025 at 2:00 AM
"The Wisconsin Democrats were defending their narrow Supreme Court majority—but the spirit of their campaign wasn’t defensive. Nor did they over-think or over-analyze their task. They went on offense." And take note: it worked.
U.S. stocks face biggest two-day wipeout in history in wake of Trump tariffs
www.marketwatch.com
April 4, 2025 at 6:13 PM
U.S. stocks face biggest two-day wipeout in history in wake of Trump tariffs
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Futures down another 3.5% across the board. I don't know that Americans fully grasp what is going on.
April 4, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Futures down another 3.5% across the board. I don't know that Americans fully grasp what is going on.
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April 4, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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Where are the Russian tariffs?
April 3, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Where are the Russian tariffs?