Dan McKinley
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The surprise at the end of Cabel's talk was a personal highlight of 12 years of running XOXO, a secret quietly hiding on stage for the entire festival. Nobody knew what was coming but @cabel.panic.com, @andymcmillan.com, me, and venue/event staff. It was a surprise even to all the other speakers.
over a year ago, i gave a talk at the xoxo conference about a mural, a mcdonald’s, and a man. (but it was also secretly about life, and legacy, and meaning.)
finally, i’m blogging the full story, with behind-the-scenes details, and a video of the talk.
enjoy. cabel.com/wes-cook-and...
finally, i’m blogging the full story, with behind-the-scenes details, and a video of the talk.
enjoy. cabel.com/wes-cook-and...
Wes Cook and the Centralia McDonald's Mural
A personal story about discovering a mural in a McDonald's, an unknown artist named Wes Cook, saving the mural, and a conference talk about the whole thing.
cabel.com
February 11, 2026 at 8:13 PM
The surprise at the end of Cabel's talk was a personal highlight of 12 years of running XOXO, a secret quietly hiding on stage for the entire festival. Nobody knew what was coming but @cabel.panic.com, @andymcmillan.com, me, and venue/event staff. It was a surprise even to all the other speakers.
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Blogged: The Code has _always_ been the easy part - laughingmeme.org/2026/02/09/c...
Code has always been the easy part
When I joined Etsy the team was two years into a rewrite chasing a more elegant architecture (actually two distinct incompatible elegant architectures), and hadn’t shipped a customer facing feature in...
laughingmeme.org
February 11, 2026 at 12:31 AM
Blogged: The Code has _always_ been the easy part - laughingmeme.org/2026/02/09/c...
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Hey, my name is in the Epstein files! I've told the story before, but should probably re-up.
TLDR: never met the guy, never took (or asked for) any money from him, never visited the island. I was invited to the island, and said no.
It's not that hard to just say no.
TLDR: never met the guy, never took (or asked for) any money from him, never visited the island. I was invited to the island, and said no.
It's not that hard to just say no.
February 9, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Hey, my name is in the Epstein files! I've told the story before, but should probably re-up.
TLDR: never met the guy, never took (or asked for) any money from him, never visited the island. I was invited to the island, and said no.
It's not that hard to just say no.
TLDR: never met the guy, never took (or asked for) any money from him, never visited the island. I was invited to the island, and said no.
It's not that hard to just say no.
This is all very interesting but I was hoping for more content about its appearance in 1988’s The Naked Gun
Glendale's beautiful Brand Library opened to the public 70 years ago today (www.instagram.com/p/DUbWs5GCdI...). Leslie C. Brand gifted his estate, named El Miradero, to Glendale & required that it be used as a public library & park.
#Glendale Public Library photos: calisphere.org/collections/...
#Glendale Public Library photos: calisphere.org/collections/...
February 7, 2026 at 3:44 AM
This is all very interesting but I was hoping for more content about its appearance in 1988’s The Naked Gun
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I think "woke" was at least partly identified with "irritating" and the way we're rectifying that in Woke 2 is by being scary instead
February 6, 2026 at 2:52 AM
I think "woke" was at least partly identified with "irritating" and the way we're rectifying that in Woke 2 is by being scary instead
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one thing the trump era has made clear, i think, is that the american people themselves are far more committed to the values of our founding documents than our elites
February 4, 2026 at 4:07 AM
one thing the trump era has made clear, i think, is that the american people themselves are far more committed to the values of our founding documents than our elites
Also more or less the content of a hunters’ safety course delivered to twelve year olds
Three rules in FBI firearm training:
1. Always point your weapon downrange
2. Do not point your weapon at anything you do not intend to shoot
3. Don’t put your finger on the trigger unless you intend to shoot
Guns are not for threatening compliance for unarmed people doing things you don’t like
1. Always point your weapon downrange
2. Do not point your weapon at anything you do not intend to shoot
3. Don’t put your finger on the trigger unless you intend to shoot
Guns are not for threatening compliance for unarmed people doing things you don’t like
happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.
February 3, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Also more or less the content of a hunters’ safety course delivered to twelve year olds
You can just not make a byzantine means tested mess of everything if you aren’t negotiating yourself down trying to win a single bipartisan vote you won’t get, it turns out
A lot of people are choosing to miss the point here which is not “Every problem is super easy to solve and democrats refuse to do it” but that when there *is* a simple solution they will insist it’s much more complicated and the simple solution is impossible.
Dem leadership: changing this is a difficult process, you fool. You rube. You utter infant. Give us between $5 and $50
Mamdani, wiping grease off his hands: So it turns out there's a switch on this machine that puts it into either orphan-shredding mode or free school lunch mode. Just had to flip it
Mamdani, wiping grease off his hands: So it turns out there's a switch on this machine that puts it into either orphan-shredding mode or free school lunch mode. Just had to flip it
February 3, 2026 at 6:02 AM
You can just not make a byzantine means tested mess of everything if you aren’t negotiating yourself down trying to win a single bipartisan vote you won’t get, it turns out
if anything this is not thinking big enough, and a *real* visionary should file a plan to bore a datacenter a mile under the ice on Enceladus
February 3, 2026 at 1:02 AM
if anything this is not thinking big enough, and a *real* visionary should file a plan to bore a datacenter a mile under the ice on Enceladus
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Video of his remarks where he says, verbatim, that one of his jobs as leader is to funnel more aid to Israel
75% of Democratic voters oppose sending Israel more military aid, as do 66% of independents and 60% of Americans overall according to recent polling
75% of Democratic voters oppose sending Israel more military aid, as do 66% of independents and 60% of Americans overall according to recent polling
February 1, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Video of his remarks where he says, verbatim, that one of his jobs as leader is to funnel more aid to Israel
75% of Democratic voters oppose sending Israel more military aid, as do 66% of independents and 60% of Americans overall according to recent polling
75% of Democratic voters oppose sending Israel more military aid, as do 66% of independents and 60% of Americans overall according to recent polling
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Okay! This has already inspired a bunch of DMs, so I made a page on the website. If you have 50,000+ Skymiles and would be willing to book flights to get someone home, please fill this out.
Donate Your Skymiles — Stand With Minnesota
Donate your Delta Skymiles to get people home from Texas
www.standwithminnesota.com
February 1, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Okay! This has already inspired a bunch of DMs, so I made a page on the website. If you have 50,000+ Skymiles and would be willing to book flights to get someone home, please fill this out.
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Thinking about whoever said that by accepting a meal from people and then arresting them ICE agents broke a cultural taboo that was invented by, like, the first humans to set up a tent
February 1, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Thinking about whoever said that by accepting a meal from people and then arresting them ICE agents broke a cultural taboo that was invented by, like, the first humans to set up a tent
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Jarrell Miller getting his fucking toupee punched off is boxing legacy holy fuck lmao
February 1, 2026 at 2:06 AM
Jarrell Miller getting his fucking toupee punched off is boxing legacy holy fuck lmao
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Reading research about the legitimacy of policing is fascinating.
“The argument that the threat or use of force leads to compliance is central to most policing models…Research [shows] attempts at promoting resident ‘self-control’ via coercion results in active defiance & resistance.”
“The argument that the threat or use of force leads to compliance is central to most policing models…Research [shows] attempts at promoting resident ‘self-control’ via coercion results in active defiance & resistance.”
January 31, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Reading research about the legitimacy of policing is fascinating.
“The argument that the threat or use of force leads to compliance is central to most policing models…Research [shows] attempts at promoting resident ‘self-control’ via coercion results in active defiance & resistance.”
“The argument that the threat or use of force leads to compliance is central to most policing models…Research [shows] attempts at promoting resident ‘self-control’ via coercion results in active defiance & resistance.”
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You know the anxiety you feel when you are committing a small crime, like you think you parked 13 feet away from a hydrant instead of the required 15 feet?
Man, these guys in the Epstein files have none that.
Man, these guys in the Epstein files have none that.
January 31, 2026 at 6:59 PM
You know the anxiety you feel when you are committing a small crime, like you think you parked 13 feet away from a hydrant instead of the required 15 feet?
Man, these guys in the Epstein files have none that.
Man, these guys in the Epstein files have none that.
Finally getting some scholarly attention
January 30, 2026 at 3:40 AM
Finally getting some scholarly attention
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square up on the dude, call him a fuckin' asshole on a live mic, back to work. absolute maximum respect
January 28, 2026 at 2:15 AM
square up on the dude, call him a fuckin' asshole on a live mic, back to work. absolute maximum respect
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Teddy Roosevelt in Milwaukee but cooler
REP. OMAR after being attacked with liquid: “We will continue! These fucking assholes are not gonna get away with this! Here is the reality people like this ugly man don’t understand — we are Minnesota Strong. We’ll stay resilient in the face of whatever they might throw at us.”
January 28, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Teddy Roosevelt in Milwaukee but cooler
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This woman has more courage than every member of the Democratic leadership caucuses in Washington combined. And there are tens of thousands of everyday people just like her who are finding courage to confront evil face to face while our "leaders" dither and argue over semantics.
CNN interviews the 'woman in the pink jacket,' aka Stella Carlson: www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/u...
‘We all have to be brave’: Meet the woman whose video of Alex Pretti’s killing contradicted the administration’s claims | CNN
Stella Carlson had no way of knowing Saturday that she would soon watch a man die — or that her video of that fatal incident would serve as a crucial counter to the Trump administration’s initial effo...
www.cnn.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:48 AM
This woman has more courage than every member of the Democratic leadership caucuses in Washington combined. And there are tens of thousands of everyday people just like her who are finding courage to confront evil face to face while our "leaders" dither and argue over semantics.
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Yeah, body cameras don't matter a damn unless you have Jonathan Ross and Alex Pretti's murderers sitting in front of a jury visibly shaking in fear of a life sentence.
Right now, ICE is just gonna destroy that footage if mildly inconvenient.
Right now, ICE is just gonna destroy that footage if mildly inconvenient.
Friends, I recommend you ALL get on the phones and or send emails first thing tomorrow telling @democrats.senate.gov NO FUNDING FOR ICE. NONE.
They are, per Chris Coons, planning to negotiate body cameras. This willl not change the violence, the invasions of our cities.
They are, per Chris Coons, planning to negotiate body cameras. This willl not change the violence, the invasions of our cities.
January 27, 2026 at 3:06 AM
Yeah, body cameras don't matter a damn unless you have Jonathan Ross and Alex Pretti's murderers sitting in front of a jury visibly shaking in fear of a life sentence.
Right now, ICE is just gonna destroy that footage if mildly inconvenient.
Right now, ICE is just gonna destroy that footage if mildly inconvenient.
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They're gonna call it Stancilgrad
January 27, 2026 at 2:46 AM
They're gonna call it Stancilgrad
Call your senators and demand revenge
January 26, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Call your senators and demand revenge
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stuff like ice is the entire reason palantir exists, I have genuinely no idea how you go to work there and go "this isn't what I signed up for"
Palantir employees are pressing company leadership over its work for ICE in internal company Slacks obtained by @wired.com
"In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this."
Scoop from @makenakelly.bsky.social
"In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this."
Scoop from @makenakelly.bsky.social
Palantir Defends Work With ICE to Staff Following Killing of Alex Pretti
“In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this,” one worker wrote on Slack.
www.wired.com
January 26, 2026 at 10:41 PM
stuff like ice is the entire reason palantir exists, I have genuinely no idea how you go to work there and go "this isn't what I signed up for"