Daniel Roberts
@drobertsimg.bsky.social
FKA IronMikeGallego. I once wrote a few things you might’ve read but then I had kids. Cancer-hater. Gold Star Family. Recovering A’s fan. Combat sports wunderkind. Anti-Stratfordian. Lawyer.
https://deadspin.com/the-trouble-with-floyd-mayweather-1605217498
https://deadspin.com/the-trouble-with-floyd-mayweather-1605217498
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Daniel Roberts
@drobertsimg.bsky.social
· Jul 15
Apologies in advance for what might look like a rambling diatribe going nowhere. But the one thing I know really well - better than almost anyone else - is boxing. And there’s a really valuable lesson from boxing that the Democratic Party needs to learn in a hurry.
Let’s start with the boxing bit.
Let’s start with the boxing bit.
Everyone says malls are dead, so why is it impossible to find parking at one?
February 1, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Everyone says malls are dead, so why is it impossible to find parking at one?
Yes! Yes, it is!
If today ends with Liv, Drew, Gunther and Roman going over, is that the least inspired possible ending of an WWE PLE in history?
January 31, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Yes! Yes, it is!
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They used "anti-semitism" as a pretext to deport foreign-born students and chill free speech, and their deportation chief -- the one with the nonstandard Hugo Boss-style greatcoat -- was spouting anti-semitic insults at a US attorney
Bovino Is Said to Have Mocked Prosecutor’s Jewish Faith on Call With Lawyers www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/u...
Bovino Is Said to Have Mocked Prosecutor’s Jewish Faith on Call With Lawyers
www.nytimes.com
January 31, 2026 at 5:02 PM
They used "anti-semitism" as a pretext to deport foreign-born students and chill free speech, and their deportation chief -- the one with the nonstandard Hugo Boss-style greatcoat -- was spouting anti-semitic insults at a US attorney
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Neighbor: how's it going man
Me:
Me:
January 31, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Neighbor: how's it going man
Me:
Me:
Watching the Royal Rumble on a Saturday afternoon because that’s how low I’ve fallen.
January 31, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Watching the Royal Rumble on a Saturday afternoon because that’s how low I’ve fallen.
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Melania’s first screening in Times Square draws four people, at least three of them professional critics. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
January 30, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Melania’s first screening in Times Square draws four people, at least three of them professional critics. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
AI is incredible.
January 29, 2026 at 5:39 PM
AI is incredible.
@philplait.bsky.social when I saw this morning’s “Europa’s Ice is Pretty Thick” headline, I initially read it as “Europe,” and was hoping it meant that there was some new finding that climate change isn’t as bad as we thought. Alas.
January 29, 2026 at 3:55 PM
@philplait.bsky.social when I saw this morning’s “Europa’s Ice is Pretty Thick” headline, I initially read it as “Europe,” and was hoping it meant that there was some new finding that climate change isn’t as bad as we thought. Alas.
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Dan McQuade, 1983–2026: defector.com/dan-mcquade-...
Dan McQuade, 1983–2026 | Defector
Dan McQuade, our friend and colleague, died this week at the age of 43. He is survived by his wife and young son. At the end of 2024, Dan was diagnosed with neuroendocrine cancer. The news of his…
defector.com
January 29, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Dan McQuade, 1983–2026: defector.com/dan-mcquade-...
Evergreen.
COL. JESSUP: You want answers?
SCHUMER: I think I’m entitled!
COL. JESSUP: You want answers?
SCHUMER: I WANT THE TRUTH!!
COL. JESSUP: You can’t handled the truth!
SCHUMER (defiantly): No further questions, you honor.
SCHUMER: I think I’m entitled!
COL. JESSUP: You want answers?
SCHUMER: I WANT THE TRUTH!!
COL. JESSUP: You can’t handled the truth!
SCHUMER (defiantly): No further questions, you honor.
[if Chuck Schumer replaced Liam Neeson in Taken]
CHUCK SCHUMER: [on phone] I don’t know who you are or what you want, but I will find you and I will help you kill my daughter
CHUCK SCHUMER: [on phone] I don’t know who you are or what you want, but I will find you and I will help you kill my daughter
January 28, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Evergreen.
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Also, uh, we have more than 100,000 people registered for this ICE watch training tonight. Largest training of it type in history by a long shot. Please join if you've not be trained yet, and share to friends/fam/neighbors!
I recorded this week's newsletter in case you want to watch instead of read. Are we pro or anti Gadsden flag hat? On the one hand, I like reclaiming it. On the other hand, it's hard for me to shake my visceral response to it from the Tea Party days. ezralevin.substack.com/p/how-to-mak...
How to make political violence backfire
Watch now | Indivisible's weekly newsletter with analysis and action
ezralevin.substack.com
January 26, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Also, uh, we have more than 100,000 people registered for this ICE watch training tonight. Largest training of it type in history by a long shot. Please join if you've not be trained yet, and share to friends/fam/neighbors!
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Dear Facebook:
I was talking about Molly Ivins.
I was talking about Molly Ivins.
January 25, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Dear Facebook:
I was talking about Molly Ivins.
I was talking about Molly Ivins.
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![Ben Terris
@bterris
X.com
"[My father] had one problem," Trump said. "
He started getting, what do they call it?" He pointed to his forehead and looked to his press secretary for the word that escaped him.
"Alzheimer's," Leavitt said.
"Like an Alzheimer's thing," Trump said. "Well, I don't have it."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:drfb2pdjlnsqkfgsoellcahm/bafkreiddfjrkrizv6r5szmevc7gl3bgwmcoub2i7ondb7cpnnqslhsjtvi@jpeg)
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Walz: "To Americans who are watching this, I've got a question for you: What side do you want to be on? The side of an all powerful federal govt that can kill, injury, menace, & kidnap its citizens off the streets? Or on the side of a nurse at the VA hospital who died bearing witness to such govt?"
January 25, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Walz: "To Americans who are watching this, I've got a question for you: What side do you want to be on? The side of an all powerful federal govt that can kill, injury, menace, & kidnap its citizens off the streets? Or on the side of a nurse at the VA hospital who died bearing witness to such govt?"
I recently paid my own way to travel to speak at a conference, even though engaging in thought leadership is part of my job description. I thought it was chintzy but it wasn’t worth going through a battle with corporate bureaucracy.
But asking a reporter to pay to travel to cover THEIR BEAT? Nutso.
But asking a reporter to pay to travel to cover THEIR BEAT? Nutso.
January 26, 2026 at 5:33 PM
I recently paid my own way to travel to speak at a conference, even though engaging in thought leadership is part of my job description. I thought it was chintzy but it wasn’t worth going through a battle with corporate bureaucracy.
But asking a reporter to pay to travel to cover THEIR BEAT? Nutso.
But asking a reporter to pay to travel to cover THEIR BEAT? Nutso.
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Penn and Teller on Vaccinations
YouTube video by UltraMiraculous
youtu.be
January 26, 2026 at 5:21 PM
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Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.
White. Hot. Rage.
White. Hot. Rage.
January 24, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.
White. Hot. Rage.
White. Hot. Rage.
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The (fitting) irony is that trying to abruptly turn the Titanic without thinking it through is actually what caused it to sink.
Vance on the economy:
"You don't turn the Titanic around overnight"
"You don't turn the Titanic around overnight"
January 22, 2026 at 7:24 PM
The (fitting) irony is that trying to abruptly turn the Titanic without thinking it through is actually what caused it to sink.
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Jesus. This is just devastating. The entire generative AI field is going to destroyed in court.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
AI’s Memorization Crisis
Large language models don’t “learn”—they copy. And that could change everything for the tech industry.
www.theatlantic.com
January 17, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Jesus. This is just devastating. The entire generative AI field is going to destroyed in court.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
Serious Sofia Coppola in Godfather 3 energy (terrible movie spoiler alert)
January 22, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Serious Sofia Coppola in Godfather 3 energy (terrible movie spoiler alert)
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(in a port-a-potty)
My Brain: Don’t look down. Don’t look down. Don’t look down. Don’t look down. Don’t look down. Don’t look down. Don’t look down. Don’t look down.
Me:
My Brain: Don’t look down. Don’t look down. Don’t look down. Don’t look down. Don’t look down. Don’t look down. Don’t look down. Don’t look down.
Me:
January 22, 2026 at 4:20 PM
(in a port-a-potty)
My Brain: Don’t look down. Don’t look down. Don’t look down. Don’t look down. Don’t look down. Don’t look down. Don’t look down. Don’t look down.
Me:
My Brain: Don’t look down. Don’t look down. Don’t look down. Don’t look down. Don’t look down. Don’t look down. Don’t look down. Don’t look down.
Me:
Jesus. This is just devastating. The entire generative AI field is going to destroyed in court.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
AI’s Memorization Crisis
Large language models don’t “learn”—they copy. And that could change everything for the tech industry.
www.theatlantic.com
January 17, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Jesus. This is just devastating. The entire generative AI field is going to destroyed in court.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
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“Do not engage in a winter campaign in bitterly cold areas. You will lose not just your army, but most likely your throne.” - literally every military historian ever
“GET IN THE CAR, LOSERS, WE’RE GONNA INVADE MINNESOTA IN LATE JANUARY” - the Trump administration
“GET IN THE CAR, LOSERS, WE’RE GONNA INVADE MINNESOTA IN LATE JANUARY” - the Trump administration
January 17, 2026 at 5:01 PM
“Do not engage in a winter campaign in bitterly cold areas. You will lose not just your army, but most likely your throne.” - literally every military historian ever
“GET IN THE CAR, LOSERS, WE’RE GONNA INVADE MINNESOTA IN LATE JANUARY” - the Trump administration
“GET IN THE CAR, LOSERS, WE’RE GONNA INVADE MINNESOTA IN LATE JANUARY” - the Trump administration