@dansolovay.bsky.social
Good tweet, sir.
November 24, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Good tweet, sir.
Until we take it with us.
November 21, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Until we take it with us.
You were asking for feedback recently. That last sentence is worthy of Slow Horses.
November 19, 2025 at 4:04 AM
You were asking for feedback recently. That last sentence is worthy of Slow Horses.
Oh that’s good.
November 18, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Oh that’s good.
Also the paintings along the outside hallway. That’s new right? And that can’t be a good idea, I would think.
November 12, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Also the paintings along the outside hallway. That’s new right? And that can’t be a good idea, I would think.
Shows to GF.
Her: ok.
Me: you know the poem it’s riffing on?
Her: no.
Me: I have to show you that poem.
Her: no you don’t.
Her: ok.
Me: you know the poem it’s riffing on?
Her: no.
Me: I have to show you that poem.
Her: no you don’t.
October 20, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Shows to GF.
Her: ok.
Me: you know the poem it’s riffing on?
Her: no.
Me: I have to show you that poem.
Her: no you don’t.
Her: ok.
Me: you know the poem it’s riffing on?
Her: no.
Me: I have to show you that poem.
Her: no you don’t.
The paper Le Canard Enchainé ran the headline “On a Marchais sur la Une” (we’ve got Marchais on page one) a play on the Tintin “On a marché sur la lune” (we’ve have walked in the moon).
And I was very excited to have gotten the reference.
1994 I think.
And I was very excited to have gotten the reference.
1994 I think.
October 2, 2025 at 3:10 AM
The paper Le Canard Enchainé ran the headline “On a Marchais sur la Une” (we’ve got Marchais on page one) a play on the Tintin “On a marché sur la lune” (we’ve have walked in the moon).
And I was very excited to have gotten the reference.
1994 I think.
And I was very excited to have gotten the reference.
1994 I think.
I remember this was a small story in France when this stopped getting enforced, and the head of the French communist party, Georges Marchais, could visit New York for the first time.
October 2, 2025 at 3:10 AM
I remember this was a small story in France when this stopped getting enforced, and the head of the French communist party, Georges Marchais, could visit New York for the first time.
My understanding of the rationale: participation in an organization with a stated goal of overthrowing the constitution is disqualifying for entry. Somewhat akin to the now moot insurrection clause in the 14th amendment.
October 2, 2025 at 3:10 AM
My understanding of the rationale: participation in an organization with a stated goal of overthrowing the constitution is disqualifying for entry. Somewhat akin to the now moot insurrection clause in the 14th amendment.
Took me 62 years and five minutes of staring in confusion.
September 27, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Took me 62 years and five minutes of staring in confusion.
We’re all hanging on that last point.
September 26, 2025 at 2:50 AM
We’re all hanging on that last point.
Was the foundation for my programming career. Turns out CMS systems are pretty easy after Mallarmé.
September 24, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Was the foundation for my programming career. Turns out CMS systems are pretty easy after Mallarmé.
Was nine when it came out. Afghanistan banana stand!
September 21, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Was nine when it came out. Afghanistan banana stand!
Just staring at that logo.
August 31, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Just staring at that logo.
Changed how I experience the music of that era.
August 30, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Changed how I experience the music of that era.
Alt: Wikipedia article on Slate, stating “Slate is an online magazine that covers current affairs, politics, and culture in the United States. It was created in 1996 by former New Republic editor Michael Kinsley, initially under the ownership of Microsoft as part of MSN.”
August 19, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Alt: Wikipedia article on Slate, stating “Slate is an online magazine that covers current affairs, politics, and culture in the United States. It was created in 1996 by former New Republic editor Michael Kinsley, initially under the ownership of Microsoft as part of MSN.”
Didn’t they create Slate around the same time?
August 19, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Didn’t they create Slate around the same time?
Recalling my thesis advisor instructing me to get two hoagies prior to our weekly meeting…
August 19, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Recalling my thesis advisor instructing me to get two hoagies prior to our weekly meeting…
Smashing … oh never mind.
August 18, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Smashing … oh never mind.
It’s the culture of always saying “that’s a great question,” weaponized.
August 17, 2025 at 7:07 PM
It’s the culture of always saying “that’s a great question,” weaponized.