Random Dan
@dancatalano.bsky.social
Writer • Musician • Bon Vivant
Band link: https://the-edukators.bandcamp.com
“The big trouble with dumb bastards is that they are too dumb to believe there is such a thing as being smart.” - Kurt Vonnegut, The Sirens of Titan
Band link: https://the-edukators.bandcamp.com
“The big trouble with dumb bastards is that they are too dumb to believe there is such a thing as being smart.” - Kurt Vonnegut, The Sirens of Titan
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I try not to get apoplectic about every single thing, but this partial guest list for Jamal Khashoggi's murderer's state dinner is making me bust a blood vessel.
Cristiano Ronaldo
Gianni Infantino
Elon Musk
Tim Cook
David Ellison
Jensen Huang
Mike Wirth
Stephen Schwarzman
Mary Barra
Bill Ford Jr.
Cristiano Ronaldo
Gianni Infantino
Elon Musk
Tim Cook
David Ellison
Jensen Huang
Mike Wirth
Stephen Schwarzman
Mary Barra
Bill Ford Jr.
November 19, 2025 at 3:28 AM
I try not to get apoplectic about every single thing, but this partial guest list for Jamal Khashoggi's murderer's state dinner is making me bust a blood vessel.
Cristiano Ronaldo
Gianni Infantino
Elon Musk
Tim Cook
David Ellison
Jensen Huang
Mike Wirth
Stephen Schwarzman
Mary Barra
Bill Ford Jr.
Cristiano Ronaldo
Gianni Infantino
Elon Musk
Tim Cook
David Ellison
Jensen Huang
Mike Wirth
Stephen Schwarzman
Mary Barra
Bill Ford Jr.
Looks like things got a little spicy at Mikey's daily lickspittle olympics today!
November 19, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Looks like things got a little spicy at Mikey's daily lickspittle olympics today!
Scenes from a Sunday spent biking around NYC.
November 18, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Scenes from a Sunday spent biking around NYC.
This is a great ad for the special US House election in TN 07 — a +10 Trump district that the GOP is panicking over (and pouring huge amounts of money into). This is the exact type of district Trump is hoping will save his bacon next November. Good luck with that, loser!
November 17, 2025 at 8:46 PM
This is a great ad for the special US House election in TN 07 — a +10 Trump district that the GOP is panicking over (and pouring huge amounts of money into). This is the exact type of district Trump is hoping will save his bacon next November. Good luck with that, loser!
Something that I'm sure all artists experience at some point is finding themselves in a creative partnership with someone who thinks that they're a genius, when they decidedly are not. This can be extremely annoying when you actually 𝘢𝘳𝘦 a genius.
November 17, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Something that I'm sure all artists experience at some point is finding themselves in a creative partnership with someone who thinks that they're a genius, when they decidedly are not. This can be extremely annoying when you actually 𝘢𝘳𝘦 a genius.
World’s smallest toast, or largest pat of butter?
November 15, 2025 at 9:34 PM
World’s smallest toast, or largest pat of butter?
Sometimes you ask somebody for a sanity check & find out that you’re actually insane.
November 15, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Sometimes you ask somebody for a sanity check & find out that you’re actually insane.
Sometimes you start messing around with an idea pegged to the death of the penny, but you end up with nothing but a renewed appreciation of just how damn good Rob Lowe was in The West Wing.
November 14, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Sometimes you start messing around with an idea pegged to the death of the penny, but you end up with nothing but a renewed appreciation of just how damn good Rob Lowe was in The West Wing.
Hey, you know what Jeffrey Epstein doesn’t do in any of those 23,000 emails & documents? Exhibit any sort of suicidal ideation, mention any regrets or depressive episodes, or in any way display behavior that would indicate that he was thinking about killing himself. I wonder why?
November 13, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Hey, you know what Jeffrey Epstein doesn’t do in any of those 23,000 emails & documents? Exhibit any sort of suicidal ideation, mention any regrets or depressive episodes, or in any way display behavior that would indicate that he was thinking about killing himself. I wonder why?
Remember when this used to be so unthinkable that it was amusing?
November 12, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Remember when this used to be so unthinkable that it was amusing?
Same as it ever was.
November 10, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Same as it ever was.
You know there’s a good story in here somewhere.
November 9, 2025 at 9:36 PM
You know there’s a good story in here somewhere.
Classic Nextdoor post (and also exhibit #1 in why I try not to think too hard about what my parents are doing on the internet).
November 9, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Classic Nextdoor post (and also exhibit #1 in why I try not to think too hard about what my parents are doing on the internet).
It's like honestly, you don't even want to know what's going on in the Trump White House right now.
November 7, 2025 at 3:51 AM
It's like honestly, you don't even want to know what's going on in the Trump White House right now.
Hey, look what I just spotted on I-95 South leaving New Jersey!
November 5, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Hey, look what I just spotted on I-95 South leaving New Jersey!
I’ll preface this by saying that I’m as far from a conspiracy theorist as you can get, & think that the conspiratorial mindset is one of the main things destroying civil society today.
Having said that, I’m still pretty sure that Dick Cheney had Flight 93 shot down over Pennsylvania.
Having said that, I’m still pretty sure that Dick Cheney had Flight 93 shot down over Pennsylvania.
November 4, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I’ll preface this by saying that I’m as far from a conspiracy theorist as you can get, & think that the conspiratorial mindset is one of the main things destroying civil society today.
Having said that, I’m still pretty sure that Dick Cheney had Flight 93 shot down over Pennsylvania.
Having said that, I’m still pretty sure that Dick Cheney had Flight 93 shot down over Pennsylvania.
This quote from the CEO of Coverd - an app that lets you "bet on your bills" - has to be the Citizen Kane of insufferable corporate-jargon bullshit.
November 3, 2025 at 12:12 AM
This quote from the CEO of Coverd - an app that lets you "bet on your bills" - has to be the Citizen Kane of insufferable corporate-jargon bullshit.
I realized that this is so much better with the actual Scanners audio layered underneath.
November 1, 2025 at 11:48 PM
I realized that this is so much better with the actual Scanners audio layered underneath.
Boy the Cuomo campaign is really stretching here. Either that, or I totally missed Mamdani’s pro-prostitution platform. I’m intrigued: tell me more!
November 1, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Boy the Cuomo campaign is really stretching here. Either that, or I totally missed Mamdani’s pro-prostitution platform. I’m intrigued: tell me more!
Happy Halloween, Bluesky! You know, I hate that I now live in a country where, after painstakingly creating a funny clip that pays tribute to my first favorite horror movie ever (Scanners, natch), I'm afraid that government goons may knock down my door for posting it. But whatever. YOLO, right?
October 31, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Happy Halloween, Bluesky! You know, I hate that I now live in a country where, after painstakingly creating a funny clip that pays tribute to my first favorite horror movie ever (Scanners, natch), I'm afraid that government goons may knock down my door for posting it. But whatever. YOLO, right?
From the “fish rots from the head” department: In an NPR story about people who pirate sports broadcasts (due to the outrageous price of streaming, natch) one interviewee quipped “Every system can be finessed - just ask the president.”
October 28, 2025 at 3:56 PM
From the “fish rots from the head” department: In an NPR story about people who pirate sports broadcasts (due to the outrageous price of streaming, natch) one interviewee quipped “Every system can be finessed - just ask the president.”
Ladies & gentlemen & all others who have a stake in this fight - the next mayor of New York City.
October 27, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Ladies & gentlemen & all others who have a stake in this fight - the next mayor of New York City.
A hero’s welcome.
October 27, 2025 at 12:39 AM
A hero’s welcome.
AOC bringing the fire tonight!
October 27, 2025 at 12:30 AM
AOC bringing the fire tonight!
AOC in the hizzouse!
October 26, 2025 at 11:55 PM
AOC in the hizzouse!