Dan J Blain
@danjblain.dev
Science, art, math, physics, sincerity, honesty, courage, love. Capitalizing the word Truth means you're a sad loser.
· Evolution is factual · Vaccination works · Earth is a globe · Science, bitch
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· Evolution is factual · Vaccination works · Earth is a globe · Science, bitch
MY BRO'S TWITCH - https://www.twitch.tv/tetsuorocks
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Dan J Blain
@danjblain.dev
· Mar 17
a pixel art of a man hanging from a rope holding a suitcase
Alt: GIF from one of "The Secret of Monkey Island" series games. Wanna-be pirate protagonist Guybrush Threepwood is hanging from a rope and holding a chest, presumably a treasure chest, down a hole of doom. How will he get out of this one?!
media.tenor.com
When the path is unclear, and the consequences of a poor choice are severe, I just remember to ask myself: WWGTD?
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It's so weird how things happen, and social media just.. knows.
STOP BEING CREEPY, SOCIAL MEDIA
STOP BEING CREEPY, SOCIAL MEDIA
December 15, 2025 at 4:42 AM
It's so weird how things happen, and social media just.. knows.
STOP BEING CREEPY, SOCIAL MEDIA
STOP BEING CREEPY, SOCIAL MEDIA
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I shouldn’t have to share this article as much as I do. Sending condolences to all friends and family and loved ones from the Brown Shooting today.
www.newsweek.com/2025/07/18/f...
www.newsweek.com/2025/07/18/f...
Why Flavor Flav says the US must ban firearms now | Opinion
The lack of U.S. gun laws has created a violence epidemic unlike anywhere else on Earth. This is domestic errorism
www.newsweek.com
December 14, 2025 at 4:24 AM
I shouldn’t have to share this article as much as I do. Sending condolences to all friends and family and loved ones from the Brown Shooting today.
www.newsweek.com/2025/07/18/f...
www.newsweek.com/2025/07/18/f...
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Built an orbit simulation tool with only vanilla JS and the Canvas API
Try it out: caidan.dev/portfolio/or...
Try it out: caidan.dev/portfolio/or...
December 13, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Built an orbit simulation tool with only vanilla JS and the Canvas API
Try it out: caidan.dev/portfolio/or...
Try it out: caidan.dev/portfolio/or...
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I just sent my son to his room for saying Jim Morrison was a terrible musician.
Sorry but we do not slam The Doors in this house.
Sorry but we do not slam The Doors in this house.
December 9, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I just sent my son to his room for saying Jim Morrison was a terrible musician.
Sorry but we do not slam The Doors in this house.
Sorry but we do not slam The Doors in this house.
Has anyone else noticed how much the musical group American Authors' song "The Best Day of My Life" sounds like the Fraggle Rock theme song?
Coincidence?
Coincidence?
a cartoon character with glasses and a mustache is standing in front of a television .
Alt: A teacher of Dashiel Parr from The Incredibles movie by Brad Bird. He has glasses and a mustache and is standing in front of a television showing a CCTV recording of his classroom, yelling "I THINK NOT!"
media.tenor.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Has anyone else noticed how much the musical group American Authors' song "The Best Day of My Life" sounds like the Fraggle Rock theme song?
Coincidence?
Coincidence?
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Every day is a good day to ask.
December 8, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Every day is a good day to ask.
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December 8, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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I'm one of those ancient peoples, whose lived long enough to remember that pop cans used to have tiny mouths, then they introduced wide mouths like this new big thing (which it was), then the small mouth cans just disappeared and were forgotten forever.
open.spotify.com/track/7fDkNH...
open.spotify.com/track/7fDkNH...
a person is holding a red soda can with a silver lid
Alt: Animated closed up of a person holding and opening a red soda can with a silver lid. You can almost hear the "kssshhhht". I miss her but I'm not allowed to talk about it anymore and aching sucks.
media.tenor.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:30 AM
I'm one of those ancient peoples, whose lived long enough to remember that pop cans used to have tiny mouths, then they introduced wide mouths like this new big thing (which it was), then the small mouth cans just disappeared and were forgotten forever.
open.spotify.com/track/7fDkNH...
open.spotify.com/track/7fDkNH...
Well, I COULD tell you about the Golden Ratio in mathematics, but I would have to charge you a small fee.
December 1, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Well, I COULD tell you about the Golden Ratio in mathematics, but I would have to charge you a small fee.
I'm seeing a bunch of AI-hate and CEO-hate on BlueSky lately, and all I can think is: I am among my people. 😎
November 29, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I'm seeing a bunch of AI-hate and CEO-hate on BlueSky lately, and all I can think is: I am among my people. 😎
How to Watch YouTube Videos:
1) Open the video
2) Start listening
3) Comment a question or assertion, based upon the video title and your assumptions of what the video is going to be about
4) Listen longer
5) Hear the answer to your question or why your assertion is wrong
6) Delete comment
7) Upvote
1) Open the video
2) Start listening
3) Comment a question or assertion, based upon the video title and your assumptions of what the video is going to be about
4) Listen longer
5) Hear the answer to your question or why your assertion is wrong
6) Delete comment
7) Upvote
November 24, 2025 at 4:31 AM
How to Watch YouTube Videos:
1) Open the video
2) Start listening
3) Comment a question or assertion, based upon the video title and your assumptions of what the video is going to be about
4) Listen longer
5) Hear the answer to your question or why your assertion is wrong
6) Delete comment
7) Upvote
1) Open the video
2) Start listening
3) Comment a question or assertion, based upon the video title and your assumptions of what the video is going to be about
4) Listen longer
5) Hear the answer to your question or why your assertion is wrong
6) Delete comment
7) Upvote
Ever since 1993, I've been unable to say "Damn!" without doing it in the style of Richard Attenborough's John Hammond in Jurassic Park.
a man with glasses and a beard looks at the camera with a serious look on his face
Alt: Actor Richard Attenborough as John Hammond (glasses, blue eyes, gray white beard and hair, balding) looking severely at the camera, almost as if he just said "Damn!" in a manner that suggests his confidence is being shot from his losing control of a situation, to catastrophic results, which is indeed exactly the situation.
media.tenor.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Ever since 1993, I've been unable to say "Damn!" without doing it in the style of Richard Attenborough's John Hammond in Jurassic Park.
I love the song "Everyday Is Exactly The Same," (Nine Inch Nails,) because it sings like crying. 😭
November 23, 2025 at 1:40 AM
I love the song "Everyday Is Exactly The Same," (Nine Inch Nails,) because it sings like crying. 😭
If I had lazer deathray-vision, more like Gazerbeam than Cyclops, well over 99% of the time, I would just use it to zap irritating fruit flies and mosquitos.
November 20, 2025 at 3:54 AM
If I had lazer deathray-vision, more like Gazerbeam than Cyclops, well over 99% of the time, I would just use it to zap irritating fruit flies and mosquitos.
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Repost if you support Starbucks’ striking workers!!! #NoContractNoCoffee
November 14, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Repost if you support Starbucks’ striking workers!!! #NoContractNoCoffee
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Starbucks’ CEO makes 6,666x what the average @sbworkersunited.org barista does. It would take less than one day of sales to finalize a fair contract.
Baristas at Starbucks corporate stores nationwide are on strike to fight this corporate greed and get the fair contract they deserve.
Baristas at Starbucks corporate stores nationwide are on strike to fight this corporate greed and get the fair contract they deserve.
November 14, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Starbucks’ CEO makes 6,666x what the average @sbworkersunited.org barista does. It would take less than one day of sales to finalize a fair contract.
Baristas at Starbucks corporate stores nationwide are on strike to fight this corporate greed and get the fair contract they deserve.
Baristas at Starbucks corporate stores nationwide are on strike to fight this corporate greed and get the fair contract they deserve.
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at this point his is the moderate position
November 13, 2025 at 4:00 AM
at this point his is the moderate position
Millenials, and Pointilism artists, be like: dab dab dab dab dab dab dab..
November 12, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Millenials, and Pointilism artists, be like: dab dab dab dab dab dab dab..
My new favourite phrase is Spanish, and it's: ¿Por que no los dos?
November 10, 2025 at 3:24 AM
My new favourite phrase is Spanish, and it's: ¿Por que no los dos?
Is there any point in arguing online with science crackpots? It's SO TEMPTING. though. They're just so wrong.
November 10, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Is there any point in arguing online with science crackpots? It's SO TEMPTING. though. They're just so wrong.
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Just a reminder that Walmart scams more than $2 billion off the American taxpayer every single month because of SNAP. If you think mega corporations are not the true welfare queens, think again.
42 million hungry Americans are a product of a system where big biz grifts and GOP blame the poor.
42 million hungry Americans are a product of a system where big biz grifts and GOP blame the poor.
November 9, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Just a reminder that Walmart scams more than $2 billion off the American taxpayer every single month because of SNAP. If you think mega corporations are not the true welfare queens, think again.
42 million hungry Americans are a product of a system where big biz grifts and GOP blame the poor.
42 million hungry Americans are a product of a system where big biz grifts and GOP blame the poor.
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I can't remember what I'd planned to talk about re: Gravity today, but I know 'instrumental play' was on the list so that's where we'll start.
Well, it's where *I'll* start. *You* should start with this essay (not least because it'll buy me some time to come up with a thesis):
Well, it's where *I'll* start. *You* should start with this essay (not least because it'll buy me some time to come up with a thesis):
November 8, 2025 at 12:02 PM
I can't remember what I'd planned to talk about re: Gravity today, but I know 'instrumental play' was on the list so that's where we'll start.
Well, it's where *I'll* start. *You* should start with this essay (not least because it'll buy me some time to come up with a thesis):
Well, it's where *I'll* start. *You* should start with this essay (not least because it'll buy me some time to come up with a thesis):
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This is focused on video game design as far as I can tell, but there's loads of good wisdom in there for us RPG designers too.
(Most notably, on like line two, "some things we play are *better* than others".)
(Most notably, on like line two, "some things we play are *better* than others".)
Game design is simple, actually. Except when it isn't. Here are the 12 things you need to know.
Game design is simple, actually
So, let’s just walk through the whole thing, end to end. Here’s a twelve-step program for understanding game design. One: Fun There are a lot of things people call “fun.” But most of them are not useful for getting better at making games, which is usually why people read articles like this. The fun of a bit of confetti exploding in front of you, and the fun of excruciating pain and risk to life and limb as you free climb a cliff are just not usefully paired together.
www.raphkoster.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:54 PM
This is focused on video game design as far as I can tell, but there's loads of good wisdom in there for us RPG designers too.
(Most notably, on like line two, "some things we play are *better* than others".)
(Most notably, on like line two, "some things we play are *better* than others".)