Daniel Norman
@danielnorman.net
🤝 Serial startupist
✳️ Habitual user of symbols
🔍 Exploring our shared graph
🦀 Rustacean
😴 lucid code dreams
🍃 All surfaces are imaginary
💁Human dignity
🏳️🌈He/him
📍San Diego
✳️ Habitual user of symbols
🔍 Exploring our shared graph
🦀 Rustacean
😴 lucid code dreams
🍃 All surfaces are imaginary
💁Human dignity
🏳️🌈He/him
📍San Diego
It would be a huge step forward for @radiofreetom.bsky.social to stop using all words
It would be a huge step forward for Democrats and for general clarity in political writing if these terms went away. These came mostly from academic hothouses.
August 24, 2025 at 5:50 PM
It would be a huge step forward for @radiofreetom.bsky.social to stop using all words
I suspect this take will prove prescient.
They’re neophytes who don’t understand soft power, and sooner or later it will be their undoing.
They’re neophytes who don’t understand soft power, and sooner or later it will be their undoing.
the white house thinks brute force is, no pun intended, a trump card. they don’t anticipate pushback and they don’t know how to handle it with anything other than escalation. the issue is that each escalation is itself a gamble. if protesters refuse to back down, you’ve lost face. (1/?)
June 8, 2025 at 5:04 AM
I suspect this take will prove prescient.
They’re neophytes who don’t understand soft power, and sooner or later it will be their undoing.
They’re neophytes who don’t understand soft power, and sooner or later it will be their undoing.
Finally help has arrived
June 5, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Finally help has arrived
This is just plain sociopathic.
It also does her no favors with voters.
Totally perplexing (watch to the end)
It also does her no favors with voters.
Totally perplexing (watch to the end)
June 1, 2025 at 9:12 PM
This is just plain sociopathic.
It also does her no favors with voters.
Totally perplexing (watch to the end)
It also does her no favors with voters.
Totally perplexing (watch to the end)
Had occasion to look back at the Papers We Love San Diego UTF8 talk by my colleague Marvin Humphrey from a few years back, and it remains the most thorough, clear (and fun!) presentation on character encoding I’ve seen youtu.be/mhvaeHoIE24?...
May 13, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Had occasion to look back at the Papers We Love San Diego UTF8 talk by my colleague Marvin Humphrey from a few years back, and it remains the most thorough, clear (and fun!) presentation on character encoding I’ve seen youtu.be/mhvaeHoIE24?...
It’s a movement
To Our Establishment Friends in the Democratic Party:
YouTube video by Bernie Sanders
youtu.be
April 30, 2025 at 5:53 AM
It’s a movement
🗣️ Announcing Ankurah 0.4.0 🌱
crates.io/crates/ankurah
Now with ∞% more causal history
github.com/ankurah/anku...
#rustlang
crates.io/crates/ankurah
Now with ∞% more causal history
github.com/ankurah/anku...
#rustlang
Big changes - Mainly about events by dnorman · Pull Request #91 · ankurah/ankurah
Event upgrades
* Event ids are now sha256 hashes of their content
* Ordering determinations based on event lineage traversal
* Metadata catalog to store key metadata
* System root creation and joi...
github.com
April 30, 2025 at 3:07 AM
🗣️ Announcing Ankurah 0.4.0 🌱
crates.io/crates/ankurah
Now with ∞% more causal history
github.com/ankurah/anku...
#rustlang
crates.io/crates/ankurah
Now with ∞% more causal history
github.com/ankurah/anku...
#rustlang
@governor.ca.gov don’t let the door hit your ass on the way out
Q: "How do you respond to Governor Newsom?"
Sen. Van Hollen: "I think Americans are tired of elected officials or politicians who are all finger to the wind...Anybody who can't stand up for the Constitution and the right of due process doesn't deserve to lead."
Sen. Van Hollen: "I think Americans are tired of elected officials or politicians who are all finger to the wind...Anybody who can't stand up for the Constitution and the right of due process doesn't deserve to lead."
April 20, 2025 at 4:14 PM
@governor.ca.gov don’t let the door hit your ass on the way out
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I can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article
April 16, 2025 at 2:30 AM
I can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article
Reposted by Daniel Norman
“BRING HIM HOME” 🔥
April 13, 2025 at 2:59 AM
“BRING HIM HOME” 🔥
April 12, 2025 at 3:17 AM
I’m sure no one in Trump world had prior knowledge 💁♂️
April 9, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I’m sure no one in Trump world had prior knowledge 💁♂️
Are we having fun? This is fun right? 🎢
April 9, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Are we having fun? This is fun right? 🎢
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[at the front of a bread line] uh yeah, uh. uh, i’ll have the uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. huh. i’ll uh, i’ll. oh you know what? here’s what i’ll do. i’ll get the uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
April 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
[at the front of a bread line] uh yeah, uh. uh, i’ll have the uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. huh. i’ll uh, i’ll. oh you know what? here’s what i’ll do. i’ll get the uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
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The skeleton key to understanding reactionary conservatism is quite simple: they are scared, all the time, of everything.
April 8, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The skeleton key to understanding reactionary conservatism is quite simple: they are scared, all the time, of everything.
Reposted by Daniel Norman
A triumph of justice and an emotional day for the families of his many, many victims. Finally!
Congratulations @mariaressa.bsky.social for your and your colleagues' bravery to hold the line.
There is a lesson to be learned here: Never give up hope.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Congratulations @mariaressa.bsky.social for your and your colleagues' bravery to hold the line.
There is a lesson to be learned here: Never give up hope.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Rodrigo Duterte in ICC custody after arrival in the Netherlands
Former Philippine president expected in court within days as daughter accuses Manila government of ‘kidnapping’
www.theguardian.com
March 12, 2025 at 11:57 PM
A triumph of justice and an emotional day for the families of his many, many victims. Finally!
Congratulations @mariaressa.bsky.social for your and your colleagues' bravery to hold the line.
There is a lesson to be learned here: Never give up hope.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Congratulations @mariaressa.bsky.social for your and your colleagues' bravery to hold the line.
There is a lesson to be learned here: Never give up hope.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Everything is computer. No egg. Only computer
March 13, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Everything is computer. No egg. Only computer
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Rep. John Larson (D-CT) in today’s Ways and Means Committee hearing. This is what we want! Do you hear us Democrats? No more of your DC decorum. Fight!
March 13, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Rep. John Larson (D-CT) in today’s Ways and Means Committee hearing. This is what we want! Do you hear us Democrats? No more of your DC decorum. Fight!
I’m going to frame this picture
February 28, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I’m going to frame this picture
Quick! Shut down WHO disease surveillance so we can be safe! #MagaTalkingPoints
A Deadly Unidentified Disease Has Emerged in the DRC
More than 50 people have died in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, most within 48 hours of the onset of symptoms. Initial analysis suggests neither Ebola nor Marburg is the cause.
www.wired.com
February 27, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Quick! Shut down WHO disease surveillance so we can be safe! #MagaTalkingPoints
Linguistic prescriptivism is a fundamentally political act
February 26, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Linguistic prescriptivism is a fundamentally political act
Courage is contagious
Kudos Governor Mills!
Kudos Governor Mills!
Gov. Mills: I’ll comply with the state and federal laws
Trump: We are the federal law. You better do it because you’re not going to get any federal funds.
Gov Mills: See you in court
Trump: We are the federal law. You better do it because you’re not going to get any federal funds.
Gov Mills: See you in court
February 21, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Courage is contagious
Kudos Governor Mills!
Kudos Governor Mills!
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Ex NFL player @chriswarcraft.bsky.social protesting the inclusion of a MAGA acronym in the Huntington Beach library plaque at last night’s council meeting. He was arrested and cited.
February 19, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Ex NFL player @chriswarcraft.bsky.social protesting the inclusion of a MAGA acronym in the Huntington Beach library plaque at last night’s council meeting. He was arrested and cited.