Daniel Norman
@danielnorman.net
🤝 Serial startupist
✳️ Habitual user of symbols
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🦀 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
This is rude. You don’t know me or how I conduct myself
August 25, 2025 at 3:16 AM
This is rude. You don’t know me or how I conduct myself
“Centrists”: The easiest way to win is to WANT to lose, and then guarantee it by dissatisfying everyone.
Checkmate vertebrates 🐒
Checkmate vertebrates 🐒
August 24, 2025 at 6:46 PM
“Centrists”: The easiest way to win is to WANT to lose, and then guarantee it by dissatisfying everyone.
Checkmate vertebrates 🐒
Checkmate vertebrates 🐒
Reason #1 to primary-challenge invertebrate Democrat incumbents:
*Prosecuting actual law breaking*
Screw this “look forward not backward” “we go high” pearl-clutching milquetoastery.
*Prosecuting actual law breaking*
Screw this “look forward not backward” “we go high” pearl-clutching milquetoastery.
August 24, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Reason #1 to primary-challenge invertebrate Democrat incumbents:
*Prosecuting actual law breaking*
Screw this “look forward not backward” “we go high” pearl-clutching milquetoastery.
*Prosecuting actual law breaking*
Screw this “look forward not backward” “we go high” pearl-clutching milquetoastery.
Unfortunately it’s all just in-group signaling. Whether that is vice or virtue depends on the in-group. Either way it’s self reinforcing and quiesces thought, which is precisely our problem today.
Moral courage is what we need, which may involve aspects of signaling, but it’s not quite the same
Moral courage is what we need, which may involve aspects of signaling, but it’s not quite the same
August 24, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Unfortunately it’s all just in-group signaling. Whether that is vice or virtue depends on the in-group. Either way it’s self reinforcing and quiesces thought, which is precisely our problem today.
Moral courage is what we need, which may involve aspects of signaling, but it’s not quite the same
Moral courage is what we need, which may involve aspects of signaling, but it’s not quite the same
They’re invertebrates, taking middle of every road - there’s no policy conviction beyond straddling their dwindling base, and @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social may be the worst of them.
He can’t even take a position between being quiet and talking so he does both at the same time
He can’t even take a position between being quiet and talking so he does both at the same time
August 24, 2025 at 4:08 PM
They’re invertebrates, taking middle of every road - there’s no policy conviction beyond straddling their dwindling base, and @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social may be the worst of them.
He can’t even take a position between being quiet and talking so he does both at the same time
He can’t even take a position between being quiet and talking so he does both at the same time
NOBODY KNEW IT BEFORE ME, I FIGURED IT OUT. I SAID: OHH THIS DONALD GUY, HES BAD NEWS, AND HES GOING TO DO VERY BAD THINGS TO OUR COUNTRY. THEY DIDN’T BELIEVE ME BUT I’M A STABLE GENIUS WIZARD… LIKE THIS VOLDEMORT GUY. HES SO MISUNDERSTOOD!! AND I SAID ME TOO, ITS SO TRUE. HELLO NOBEL PEACE PRIZE?
August 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
NOBODY KNEW IT BEFORE ME, I FIGURED IT OUT. I SAID: OHH THIS DONALD GUY, HES BAD NEWS, AND HES GOING TO DO VERY BAD THINGS TO OUR COUNTRY. THEY DIDN’T BELIEVE ME BUT I’M A STABLE GENIUS WIZARD… LIKE THIS VOLDEMORT GUY. HES SO MISUNDERSTOOD!! AND I SAID ME TOO, ITS SO TRUE. HELLO NOBEL PEACE PRIZE?
Continuing to feel good every day about canceling my subscription @washingtonpost.com
August 22, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Continuing to feel good every day about canceling my subscription @washingtonpost.com
As a people, we have much more in common than not, and it’s our responsibility to reject charlatans of *every stripe* who profess to have our interests at heart, yet hold a finger on the scale for themselves
This is on us - all of us
and it’s on us to right the ship
This is on us - all of us
and it’s on us to right the ship
August 17, 2025 at 7:19 PM
As a people, we have much more in common than not, and it’s our responsibility to reject charlatans of *every stripe* who profess to have our interests at heart, yet hold a finger on the scale for themselves
This is on us - all of us
and it’s on us to right the ship
This is on us - all of us
and it’s on us to right the ship
A robust polity focuses not on enshrining canonical thought and kneecapping dissent but rather on discourse:
Disagreeing agreeably, and tolerance, excepting the intolerant
Disagreeing agreeably, and tolerance, excepting the intolerant
August 17, 2025 at 7:19 PM
A robust polity focuses not on enshrining canonical thought and kneecapping dissent but rather on discourse:
Disagreeing agreeably, and tolerance, excepting the intolerant
Disagreeing agreeably, and tolerance, excepting the intolerant
Dems are vastly more constrained by their willful fecklessness than their present seat count.
The ostensible “reasonableness” of centrism is in my view ultimately a sham - a velvet authoritarianism Trojan horse, rationalized to comfort the comfortable and empower in the powerful
The ostensible “reasonableness” of centrism is in my view ultimately a sham - a velvet authoritarianism Trojan horse, rationalized to comfort the comfortable and empower in the powerful
August 17, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Dems are vastly more constrained by their willful fecklessness than their present seat count.
The ostensible “reasonableness” of centrism is in my view ultimately a sham - a velvet authoritarianism Trojan horse, rationalized to comfort the comfortable and empower in the powerful
The ostensible “reasonableness” of centrism is in my view ultimately a sham - a velvet authoritarianism Trojan horse, rationalized to comfort the comfortable and empower in the powerful
The day he truly earned his spot in Hell
June 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The day he truly earned his spot in Hell
Even if it’s not malicious compliance, the fact that theres no clear objective, and thus the administration needs to provide specifics is going to tend to bias things toward inaction
…and in turn loss of face for the admin, which is critical to deciding which way this tips
…and in turn loss of face for the admin, which is critical to deciding which way this tips
June 10, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Even if it’s not malicious compliance, the fact that theres no clear objective, and thus the administration needs to provide specifics is going to tend to bias things toward inaction
…and in turn loss of face for the admin, which is critical to deciding which way this tips
…and in turn loss of face for the admin, which is critical to deciding which way this tips
Unfortunately, avoiding the Cool Zone for too long is cringe.
So get that drip and go CLAP, Gav
So get that drip and go CLAP, Gav
June 10, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Unfortunately, avoiding the Cool Zone for too long is cringe.
So get that drip and go CLAP, Gav
So get that drip and go CLAP, Gav
Seems like a pretty weak argument to make under an RCV election
June 10, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Seems like a pretty weak argument to make under an RCV election
And then there’s the age and character of the man. Though quite similar in terms of narcissistic overconfidence to the man with the tiny mustache, there is nonetheless a huge difference in stamina
June 10, 2025 at 12:04 AM
And then there’s the age and character of the man. Though quite similar in terms of narcissistic overconfidence to the man with the tiny mustache, there is nonetheless a huge difference in stamina
Maybe this is just copium, but for all our problems, I feel like the character of the US is pretty different than Weimar.
The sheer geography for that matter. Plus the internet, economic ties, etc
The sheer geography for that matter. Plus the internet, economic ties, etc
June 10, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Maybe this is just copium, but for all our problems, I feel like the character of the US is pretty different than Weimar.
The sheer geography for that matter. Plus the internet, economic ties, etc
The sheer geography for that matter. Plus the internet, economic ties, etc
Due-process for all would be a lot better for the country than what typically happens in the history books, that’s for sure.
But you can’t really predict the behavior of crowds - and the admin sure seems to want to turn up the temperature in a hurry
But you can’t really predict the behavior of crowds - and the admin sure seems to want to turn up the temperature in a hurry
June 9, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Due-process for all would be a lot better for the country than what typically happens in the history books, that’s for sure.
But you can’t really predict the behavior of crowds - and the admin sure seems to want to turn up the temperature in a hurry
But you can’t really predict the behavior of crowds - and the admin sure seems to want to turn up the temperature in a hurry
Will be amusing when AI ends up creating *more* jobs overall due to slop cleanup
June 9, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Will be amusing when AI ends up creating *more* jobs overall due to slop cleanup
And they’ll have a real big surprised-Pikachu face when they get what all authoritarians get.
They do seem to be speed-running it though
They do seem to be speed-running it though
June 9, 2025 at 9:18 PM
And they’ll have a real big surprised-Pikachu face when they get what all authoritarians get.
They do seem to be speed-running it though
They do seem to be speed-running it though
Quite courageous and professional for him to disable replies after he got ratioed for his profoundly idiotic take
Is it just him that has brain worms? Or are there others on @theatlantic.com staff?
Is it just him that has brain worms? Or are there others on @theatlantic.com staff?
June 8, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Quite courageous and professional for him to disable replies after he got ratioed for his profoundly idiotic take
Is it just him that has brain worms? Or are there others on @theatlantic.com staff?
Is it just him that has brain worms? Or are there others on @theatlantic.com staff?
Not sure when, and not sure how, but if history is any guide, it’s probably going to go very poorly for him sooner or later.
Kinds of wild how fascists universally seem to think they’ll be the first ones in history to safely remain on top.
Narcissism is a hell of a drug
Kinds of wild how fascists universally seem to think they’ll be the first ones in history to safely remain on top.
Narcissism is a hell of a drug
June 8, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Not sure when, and not sure how, but if history is any guide, it’s probably going to go very poorly for him sooner or later.
Kinds of wild how fascists universally seem to think they’ll be the first ones in history to safely remain on top.
Narcissism is a hell of a drug
Kinds of wild how fascists universally seem to think they’ll be the first ones in history to safely remain on top.
Narcissism is a hell of a drug
(14% is not a crash, Their PE is like 140)
June 5, 2025 at 11:13 PM
(14% is not a crash, Their PE is like 140)
Autopooesis
The feculent frontier
The feculent frontier
June 5, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Autopooesis
The feculent frontier
The feculent frontier