Dan Lien
@danclien.bsky.social
Shaving digital yaks for fun. Functional programming, distributed systems, infrastructure (he/him)
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Some of y'all know @peruvianidol.com from #designsystems stuff. Mike's doing a 24-hour stream raising money a children's hospital. He's ~$1500 away from his goal. It'd be cool if you could help out and pitch in a few bucks.
www.extra-life.org/participants...
www.extra-life.org/participants...
Extra Life | Change Kids' Health, Change the Future
I'm raising funds with #EXTRALIFE for kids treated at my Children's Miracle Network Hospitals! I need your help to reach my fundraising goal. Please donate today to change kids' health.
www.extra-life.org
November 8, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Some of y'all know @peruvianidol.com from #designsystems stuff. Mike's doing a 24-hour stream raising money a children's hospital. He's ~$1500 away from his goal. It'd be cool if you could help out and pitch in a few bucks.
www.extra-life.org/participants...
www.extra-life.org/participants...
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TRANSITION CO-CHAIR LINA KHAN!?!?!??!
November 5, 2025 at 4:38 PM
TRANSITION CO-CHAIR LINA KHAN!?!?!??!
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I feel like I say this every year but I really need people to hear it. Halloween is the best American holiday. Just kids outside welcomed into their world, marching around together, showing off their costumes to the elderly, parents meeting parents, neighbors catching up with neighbors.
November 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I feel like I say this every year but I really need people to hear it. Halloween is the best American holiday. Just kids outside welcomed into their world, marching around together, showing off their costumes to the elderly, parents meeting parents, neighbors catching up with neighbors.
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Please understand that although I probably would like THING you have recommended for me, I can only start a new THING when the committee of brain goblins approve it. I am not on the committee, I do not get a vote
October 16, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Please understand that although I probably would like THING you have recommended for me, I can only start a new THING when the committee of brain goblins approve it. I am not on the committee, I do not get a vote
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Boss, we’ve got a problem. Users don’t want this stuff! They keep wanting to turn it off, even when we keep turning it back on!
Boss: I have an idea
Boss: I have an idea
October 12, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Boss, we’ve got a problem. Users don’t want this stuff! They keep wanting to turn it off, even when we keep turning it back on!
Boss: I have an idea
Boss: I have an idea
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in 2011, the president of antifa hired me to give fashion consultancy to the organization. i recommended everyone wear navy suits with tan shoes, dress sneakers, and golf polos with slim chinos. if you arrested everyone today wearing these things, you'd destroy antifa
October 11, 2025 at 4:58 AM
in 2011, the president of antifa hired me to give fashion consultancy to the organization. i recommended everyone wear navy suits with tan shoes, dress sneakers, and golf polos with slim chinos. if you arrested everyone today wearing these things, you'd destroy antifa
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sky says trans rights
October 9, 2025 at 11:46 PM
sky says trans rights
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When parakeets cosplay
October 9, 2025 at 4:10 PM
When parakeets cosplay
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Health Experts Recommend Standing Up At Desk, Leaving Office, Never Coming Back https://theonion.com/health-experts-recommend-standing-up-at-desk-leaving-o-1819577456/
October 7, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Health Experts Recommend Standing Up At Desk, Leaving Office, Never Coming Back https://theonion.com/health-experts-recommend-standing-up-at-desk-leaving-o-1819577456/
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Organising gets the goods.
Now here's hoping they reinstate the employees they fired for protesting their original wrong-headed decision.
Now here's hoping they reinstate the employees they fired for protesting their original wrong-headed decision.
Microsoft will no longer allow Israel to use its cloud services to enable its mass surveillance of occupied Palestinians – "the first known case of a US technology company withdrawing services provided to the Israeli military since the beginning of its war on Gaza"
Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its technology in mass surveillance of Palestinians
Exclusive: Tech firm ends military unit’s access to AI and data services after Guardian reveals secret spy project
www.theguardian.com
September 25, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Organising gets the goods.
Now here's hoping they reinstate the employees they fired for protesting their original wrong-headed decision.
Now here's hoping they reinstate the employees they fired for protesting their original wrong-headed decision.
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I said for years that the only way to permanently reduce migration to the United States was to destroy the vision that the world had of this country as the land of opportunity.
That wasn't a goddam suggestion!
That wasn't a goddam suggestion!
"'My main takeaway is that America is not a safe place to work,' Mr. Park said. 'I don’t think I would go there again to work.'" www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/w...
South Koreans Describe Fear and Anger After Georgia ICE Raid
Some of the workers arrested this month at a Hyundai-LG factory said that although they had entered the United States under murky circumstances, they had always planned to return home.
www.nytimes.com
September 25, 2025 at 12:46 PM
I said for years that the only way to permanently reduce migration to the United States was to destroy the vision that the world had of this country as the land of opportunity.
That wasn't a goddam suggestion!
That wasn't a goddam suggestion!
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The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
September 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
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Microsoft will no longer allow Israel to use its cloud services to enable its mass surveillance of occupied Palestinians – "the first known case of a US technology company withdrawing services provided to the Israeli military since the beginning of its war on Gaza"
Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its technology in mass surveillance of Palestinians
Exclusive: Tech firm ends military unit’s access to AI and data services after Guardian reveals secret spy project
www.theguardian.com
September 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Microsoft will no longer allow Israel to use its cloud services to enable its mass surveillance of occupied Palestinians – "the first known case of a US technology company withdrawing services provided to the Israeli military since the beginning of its war on Gaza"
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my mom took tylenol when she was pregnant with me and now I post on a niche microblogging site everyday :/
September 23, 2025 at 3:27 AM
my mom took tylenol when she was pregnant with me and now I post on a niche microblogging site everyday :/
Brain still feels broken post-COVID 😵💫
September 23, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Brain still feels broken post-COVID 😵💫
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trans people just want to be able to live their lives and cis people are like "due to this we need to do mandatory genital inspections to children playing sports". im sorry but the problem is cis people
September 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
trans people just want to be able to live their lives and cis people are like "due to this we need to do mandatory genital inspections to children playing sports". im sorry but the problem is cis people
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If someone’s not mourning the death of Robert Redford in a manner that’s consistent with your views, make sure you set up a database, call their employer, and get them fired.
September 16, 2025 at 7:22 PM
If someone’s not mourning the death of Robert Redford in a manner that’s consistent with your views, make sure you set up a database, call their employer, and get them fired.
Weird, iPadOS 26 has killed 3D game performance on my M1 iPad Air (What the Car?).
May be worth holding off upgrading for a bit.
May be worth holding off upgrading for a bit.
September 16, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Weird, iPadOS 26 has killed 3D game performance on my M1 iPad Air (What the Car?).
May be worth holding off upgrading for a bit.
May be worth holding off upgrading for a bit.
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THIS IS NOT A DRILL
September 15, 2025 at 3:47 PM
THIS IS NOT A DRILL
I thought I didn't like Metroidvania games. I might be a bit traumatized by endlessly getting lost in Metroid on the NES as a kid.
Giving Hollow Knight a shot, and it's been surprisingly fun.
Giving Hollow Knight a shot, and it's been surprisingly fun.
September 6, 2025 at 1:38 AM
I thought I didn't like Metroidvania games. I might be a bit traumatized by endlessly getting lost in Metroid on the NES as a kid.
Giving Hollow Knight a shot, and it's been surprisingly fun.
Giving Hollow Knight a shot, and it's been surprisingly fun.
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being trans is not a negative outcome and neither is being autistic
September 5, 2025 at 11:07 PM
being trans is not a negative outcome and neither is being autistic