Daniel McLaury
@danielmclaury.bsky.social
from the Kentucky New Era, December 3, 1875.
I have so many questions.
I have so many questions.
October 22, 2025 at 5:40 AM
from the Kentucky New Era, December 3, 1875.
I have so many questions.
I have so many questions.
Actually, while it was still the "G. & C. Merriam Company" then, they'd apparently started printing "A Merriam-Webster dictionary" on the covers by then, so maybe it still works?
(Merriam had *long* been in the business of printing Webster's dictionaries, but was losing the copyright at the time.)
(Merriam had *long* been in the business of printing Webster's dictionaries, but was losing the copyright at the time.)
October 7, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Actually, while it was still the "G. & C. Merriam Company" then, they'd apparently started printing "A Merriam-Webster dictionary" on the covers by then, so maybe it still works?
(Merriam had *long* been in the business of printing Webster's dictionaries, but was losing the copyright at the time.)
(Merriam had *long* been in the business of printing Webster's dictionaries, but was losing the copyright at the time.)
Go home, evaluation engine; you're drunk.
September 24, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Go home, evaluation engine; you're drunk.
Here is what that guy looked like, for context:
September 17, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Here is what that guy looked like, for context:
Excerpt from Thomas Shadwell's 1688 play "The Squire of Alsatia." (Shadwell succeeded Dryden as Poet Laureate.)
![Excerpt from a play, reading:
Betty: "How now! What have you to say to my Friend, my Dear?"
[ Sir William and Lolpoop start, and stand amaz'd at one ano∣ther; and after a great pause, Sir William falls upon Lolpoop, beats the Whore, beats Roger, strikes at his Brother, and lays about him like a mad man; the Rabble get all about him. ]
Sir Will: "Sirrah, Rogue, Dog, Villain! Whore! and you Rogue, Rogue! Confound the World! Oh that the World were all on fire!"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:o47qceef75jcoybpeo5jy2ug/bafkreig7t3gkh5xi6atzwlx77c25uu3ytrozqos5zvbt6kipylufwmrg5q@jpeg)
September 14, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Excerpt from Thomas Shadwell's 1688 play "The Squire of Alsatia." (Shadwell succeeded Dryden as Poet Laureate.)
An old photo from the Facebook days
August 18, 2025 at 8:55 PM
An old photo from the Facebook days
#phishing trick I haven't seen before: an email, legitimately from service@paypal.com, containing a phishing message from a 3rd party.
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![Screenshot of email, legitimately sent from service@paypal.com, reading
"You have an invite from PayPal USDT. You have successfully authorized a payment of $896.98 USD. If this transaction was not initiated by you, please Contact PayPal at [phone number redacted] immediately to stop the payment. We are committed to protecting you from fraud."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:o47qceef75jcoybpeo5jy2ug/bafkreidbqezqaxkcxtev4odnyb6doq5gnrqnhmocum6q54joea66zv2ln4@jpeg)
August 18, 2025 at 6:08 PM
#phishing trick I haven't seen before: an email, legitimately from service@paypal.com, containing a phishing message from a 3rd party.
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(Not a spoiler; this is recent but not today's)
There's only one word in the entire English language that fits here, and ~20 years ago you'd have had a strong case it wasn't even an *English* word.
There's only one word in the entire English language that fits here, and ~20 years ago you'd have had a strong case it wasn't even an *English* word.
August 15, 2025 at 1:39 PM
(Not a spoiler; this is recent but not today's)
There's only one word in the entire English language that fits here, and ~20 years ago you'd have had a strong case it wasn't even an *English* word.
There's only one word in the entire English language that fits here, and ~20 years ago you'd have had a strong case it wasn't even an *English* word.
Yeah I can explain it
August 13, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Yeah I can explain it
White had tons of great options here. Fortunately, this wasn't one of them.
August 11, 2025 at 3:40 AM
White had tons of great options here. Fortunately, this wasn't one of them.
Whoever said a "broken" clock is right twice a day was misremembering the actual saying. Likely this became more common as the sort of clocks that you had to manually keep running faded from memory.
July 29, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Whoever said a "broken" clock is right twice a day was misremembering the actual saying. Likely this became more common as the sort of clocks that you had to manually keep running faded from memory.
Maybe not the smartest ad to run when Jeffrey Epstein is dominating the news cycle?
July 18, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Maybe not the smartest ad to run when Jeffrey Epstein is dominating the news cycle?
Not a cell phone in sight. Just people enjoying their lives.
July 7, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Not a cell phone in sight. Just people enjoying their lives.
New friend Peach made at the dog park. Not sure of the breed, couldn't find owner to ask.
June 17, 2025 at 1:42 PM
New friend Peach made at the dog park. Not sure of the breed, couldn't find owner to ask.
Exercise: make this into an actual puzzle (black to move)
June 12, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Exercise: make this into an actual puzzle (black to move)
June 8, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Wake up, babe, new six move checkmate just dropped
June 7, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Wake up, babe, new six move checkmate just dropped
Who did what now?
May 8, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Who did what now?