Dan Magaha
@dgackey.bsky.social
THEN: I used to make vidyagames.
NOW: Certified Powerpoint Engineer™️, professional curmudgeon
NOW: Certified Powerpoint Engineer™️, professional curmudgeon
I remember my father telling me when I was a boy that everyone has a boss, or someone you answer to. Everyone.
Thinking I had him stumped, I said "What about the President?"
"The President answers to the people, because we're a democracy" he answered.
That was a satisfying answer. For a time.
Thinking I had him stumped, I said "What about the President?"
"The President answers to the people, because we're a democracy" he answered.
That was a satisfying answer. For a time.
“You are not entitled to a response from us, or anyone, ever,” is what a US Education Department spokesperson wrote to one of our reporters, @megomatz.bsky.social, after she repeatedly tried to get comment from the department and its officials. My column on the condemnation of good journalism.
Our Reporters Reached Out for Comment. They Were Accused of Stalking and Intimidation.
Our journalists reach out to people they’re writing about to ensure fairness. But in this environment, they’ve found their efforts to do so are more likely to be vilified than appreciated.
www.propublica.org
December 29, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I remember my father telling me when I was a boy that everyone has a boss, or someone you answer to. Everyone.
Thinking I had him stumped, I said "What about the President?"
"The President answers to the people, because we're a democracy" he answered.
That was a satisfying answer. For a time.
Thinking I had him stumped, I said "What about the President?"
"The President answers to the people, because we're a democracy" he answered.
That was a satisfying answer. For a time.
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Christmas night: "But Santa, you've hardly touched your Zardoz cookies."
December 14, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Christmas night: "But Santa, you've hardly touched your Zardoz cookies."
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SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
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EXCLUSIVE: We found that Instacart is using AI algorithms to charge customers different prices for the same items.
It's not just online. It's in physical grocery stores too.
Our months-long investigation with @consumerreports.org and @groundwork.bsky.social found it could cost families $1200/year.
It's not just online. It's in physical grocery stores too.
Our months-long investigation with @consumerreports.org and @groundwork.bsky.social found it could cost families $1200/year.
We Had 400 People Shop For Groceries. What We Found Will Shock You.
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
www.youtube.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:37 PM
EXCLUSIVE: We found that Instacart is using AI algorithms to charge customers different prices for the same items.
It's not just online. It's in physical grocery stores too.
Our months-long investigation with @consumerreports.org and @groundwork.bsky.social found it could cost families $1200/year.
It's not just online. It's in physical grocery stores too.
Our months-long investigation with @consumerreports.org and @groundwork.bsky.social found it could cost families $1200/year.
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
December 8, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
"Marvel Cosmic Invasion" on Steam is incredible. I've been waiting most of my adult life for a game like this -- Guardian Heroes meets the original Data East Captain America brawler.
Can't wait for my kids to come home from college and put this on the living room TV. Well done @tributegames.com!
Can't wait for my kids to come home from college and put this on the living room TV. Well done @tributegames.com!
December 8, 2025 at 3:31 AM
"Marvel Cosmic Invasion" on Steam is incredible. I've been waiting most of my adult life for a game like this -- Guardian Heroes meets the original Data East Captain America brawler.
Can't wait for my kids to come home from college and put this on the living room TV. Well done @tributegames.com!
Can't wait for my kids to come home from college and put this on the living room TV. Well done @tributegames.com!
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Play it, Steve!
Thanks for so much great music, as a writer, performer, and producer. We were lucky to have you.
Thanks for so much great music, as a writer, performer, and producer. We were lucky to have you.
Steve Cropper, who co-wrote classics including "(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay" and "In the Midnight Hour" during his years playing guitar at the legendary Stax Records in Memphis, has died. He was 84. n.pr/48zf0gD
Steve Cropper, guitarist and member of Stax Records' Booker T and the M.G.'s, dies
Steve Cropper, who co-wrote classics including "(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay" and "In the Midnight Hour" during his years playing guitar at the legendary Stax Records in Memphis, has died. He was 84.
n.pr
December 4, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Play it, Steve!
Thanks for so much great music, as a writer, performer, and producer. We were lucky to have you.
Thanks for so much great music, as a writer, performer, and producer. We were lucky to have you.
The cross-section of memeography present in this thread is incredible.
they're adding a fifth loko
November 25, 2025 at 5:24 AM
The cross-section of memeography present in this thread is incredible.
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I asked grok who was the better role model for humanity, Jesus Christ or Elon Musk. GUESS WHAT.
November 20, 2025 at 8:34 PM
I asked grok who was the better role model for humanity, Jesus Christ or Elon Musk. GUESS WHAT.
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finally, finally, i know what the little blue plastic gear thing in the socket set is for. youtu.be/Ra9HGz2tOn4
Ratchet Spin Disk (How To Use It)
YouTube video by Bill Of All Trades
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 3:49 AM
finally, finally, i know what the little blue plastic gear thing in the socket set is for. youtu.be/Ra9HGz2tOn4
The second dose of Shingrix is no joke. Probably should have planned a lighter weekend 🥴
November 15, 2025 at 1:44 PM
The second dose of Shingrix is no joke. Probably should have planned a lighter weekend 🥴
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Schrodinger's immigrant: driving down our wages with their cheap labor, and also buying up all of our houses.
November 14, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Schrodinger's immigrant: driving down our wages with their cheap labor, and also buying up all of our houses.
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NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
November 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
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OK this is amazing.
Trump’s Truth Social has its own AI search tool, which company debuted a month after Trump signed an exec order to end use of “Woke AI” in federal government.
Here's how it responds to questions about tariffs, who won 2020 election, Jan 6, etc:
www.thebulwark.com/p/pardon-the...
Trump’s Truth Social has its own AI search tool, which company debuted a month after Trump signed an exec order to end use of “Woke AI” in federal government.
Here's how it responds to questions about tariffs, who won 2020 election, Jan 6, etc:
www.thebulwark.com/p/pardon-the...
November 11, 2025 at 3:24 PM
OK this is amazing.
Trump’s Truth Social has its own AI search tool, which company debuted a month after Trump signed an exec order to end use of “Woke AI” in federal government.
Here's how it responds to questions about tariffs, who won 2020 election, Jan 6, etc:
www.thebulwark.com/p/pardon-the...
Trump’s Truth Social has its own AI search tool, which company debuted a month after Trump signed an exec order to end use of “Woke AI” in federal government.
Here's how it responds to questions about tariffs, who won 2020 election, Jan 6, etc:
www.thebulwark.com/p/pardon-the...
Best thing I've ever seen. Bring me back!
minitokyo3d.com
minitokyo3d.com
Mini Tokyo 3D
A real-time 3D digital map of Tokyo's public transport system. This data visualization was produced by Akihiko Kusanagi.
minitokyo3d.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Best thing I've ever seen. Bring me back!
minitokyo3d.com
minitokyo3d.com
After speaking with my sister, a school nurse, I am starting to think that, perhaps, outsourcing parenting to the "Skibidi Toilet" YouTube channel for an entire generation was a mistake.
November 7, 2025 at 6:21 PM
After speaking with my sister, a school nurse, I am starting to think that, perhaps, outsourcing parenting to the "Skibidi Toilet" YouTube channel for an entire generation was a mistake.
Such a simple, but effective, message. This shouldn't be complicated, folks. Better days are ahead.
Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
November 5, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Such a simple, but effective, message. This shouldn't be complicated, folks. Better days are ahead.
Despite the current anti-science fever in the US, there are still Really Good Things happening overseas in countries where research is prioritized. This will save a lot of lives.
November 4, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Despite the current anti-science fever in the US, there are still Really Good Things happening overseas in countries where research is prioritized. This will save a lot of lives.
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Let them eat half a cake!
Wow - in new filing Trump admin tells judge it intends to give eligible recipients 50% of the SNAP benefits they'd usually get for the month of November — with the massive caveat that it might take some states "a few weeks to up to several months" to disburse the reduced money
November 3, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Let them eat half a cake!
This is some outstanding prose.
Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
November 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
This is some outstanding prose.
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Oct 30th - Jack Torrance and his family arrived at The Overlook Hotel to look after the place over the winter.
📽️📅 The Shining (1980)
📽️📅 The Shining (1980)
October 30, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Oct 30th - Jack Torrance and his family arrived at The Overlook Hotel to look after the place over the winter.
📽️📅 The Shining (1980)
📽️📅 The Shining (1980)
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From a crewmember on yesterday's Teal 74 mission into now-Category 5 Hurricane #Melissa. As clear of an eye as you will see in the Atlantic basin.
October 27, 2025 at 4:11 PM
From a crewmember on yesterday's Teal 74 mission into now-Category 5 Hurricane #Melissa. As clear of an eye as you will see in the Atlantic basin.
The Google Skills UI and cloud VM lab set up is very slick. Did a quick Docker CLI refresher and am now going to jump into K8s. I can see myself doing a lot of training in this environment.
My 30+ years ago Unix admin classes in undergrad came back quickly. Still can't cope with vi, though.
My 30+ years ago Unix admin classes in undergrad came back quickly. Still can't cope with vi, though.
October 23, 2025 at 1:48 AM
The Google Skills UI and cloud VM lab set up is very slick. Did a quick Docker CLI refresher and am now going to jump into K8s. I can see myself doing a lot of training in this environment.
My 30+ years ago Unix admin classes in undergrad came back quickly. Still can't cope with vi, though.
My 30+ years ago Unix admin classes in undergrad came back quickly. Still can't cope with vi, though.
I have to confess, I take a great deal of pride at my spelling ability, but "diarrhea" is one of those words I've never been able to get right without computer assistance.
October 19, 2025 at 5:03 AM
I have to confess, I take a great deal of pride at my spelling ability, but "diarrhea" is one of those words I've never been able to get right without computer assistance.
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Tomonobu Itagaki dies at age 58
Tomonobu Itagaki, the former Tecmo director who created the Dead or Alive series, as well as the modern NINJA GAIDEN series in 2004, has passed away. He was 58 years old.
Tomonobu Itagaki, the former Tecmo director who created the Dead or Alive series, as well as the modern NINJA GAIDEN series in 2004, has passed away. He was 58 years old.
Tomonobu Itagaki dies at age 58
Tomonobu Itagaki, the former Tecmo director who created the Dead or Alive series, as well as the modern NINJA GAIDEN series in 2004, has passed away. He was 58 years old.
www.gematsu.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Tomonobu Itagaki dies at age 58
Tomonobu Itagaki, the former Tecmo director who created the Dead or Alive series, as well as the modern NINJA GAIDEN series in 2004, has passed away. He was 58 years old.
Tomonobu Itagaki, the former Tecmo director who created the Dead or Alive series, as well as the modern NINJA GAIDEN series in 2004, has passed away. He was 58 years old.