Dan Dunn
@dunster.bsky.social
Montreal QC. Arlington MA. Serial startup career.
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Dan Dunn
@dunster.bsky.social
· Nov 23
I used Twitter in the past as a sort of thought-vent - sometimes political, sometimes random internet stuff, sometimes life updates. Post-Elon, I haven't had an outlet. I'm going to give this a try.
How is it that people haven't yet figured out that a message titled "BREAKING" is guaranteed to be clickbait garbage?
I mean, the writers still do it, so people must click it, right? Is it like the Nigerian prince spam, you only need a few suckers to make it worth the effort?
I mean, the writers still do it, so people must click it, right? Is it like the Nigerian prince spam, you only need a few suckers to make it worth the effort?
August 25, 2025 at 6:55 PM
How is it that people haven't yet figured out that a message titled "BREAKING" is guaranteed to be clickbait garbage?
I mean, the writers still do it, so people must click it, right? Is it like the Nigerian prince spam, you only need a few suckers to make it worth the effort?
I mean, the writers still do it, so people must click it, right? Is it like the Nigerian prince spam, you only need a few suckers to make it worth the effort?
So ICE is misreporting their detention numbers. Ordinarily, I'd attribute something like this to error, not malice. But when we're talking about masked thugs grabbing people off the street, I'm betting on malice. What are they hiding? www.notus.org/immigration/...
Congress Requires ICE to Publish Detention Statistics. The Numbers Don’t Add Up.
Researchers tracking detention data from Immigration and Customs Enforcement spotted errors in the agency’s most recent report.
www.notus.org
July 24, 2025 at 1:31 PM
So ICE is misreporting their detention numbers. Ordinarily, I'd attribute something like this to error, not malice. But when we're talking about masked thugs grabbing people off the street, I'm betting on malice. What are they hiding? www.notus.org/immigration/...
I found a way to express Happy Fourth of July.
Thank you @kenwhite.bsky.social
www.popehat.com/p/the-fourth... The Fourth Of July, Rethought
Thank you @kenwhite.bsky.social
www.popehat.com/p/the-fourth... The Fourth Of July, Rethought
The Fourth Of July, Rethought
Can Any Nation So Conceived Long Endure?
www.popehat.com
July 4, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I found a way to express Happy Fourth of July.
Thank you @kenwhite.bsky.social
www.popehat.com/p/the-fourth... The Fourth Of July, Rethought
Thank you @kenwhite.bsky.social
www.popehat.com/p/the-fourth... The Fourth Of July, Rethought
"When NOTUS reached out to her this week, she was surprised . . . 'The paper cited is not a real paper that I or my colleagues were involved with,' Keyes told NOTUS via email."
I bet MAHA was written (and hallucinated) by AI - anyone want the other side of that?
www.notus.org/health-scien...
I bet MAHA was written (and hallucinated) by AI - anyone want the other side of that?
www.notus.org/health-scien...
The MAHA Report Cites Studies That Don’t Exist
The Trump administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” report misinterprets some studies and cites others that don’t exist, according to the listed authors.
www.notus.org
May 29, 2025 at 7:47 PM
"When NOTUS reached out to her this week, she was surprised . . . 'The paper cited is not a real paper that I or my colleagues were involved with,' Keyes told NOTUS via email."
I bet MAHA was written (and hallucinated) by AI - anyone want the other side of that?
www.notus.org/health-scien...
I bet MAHA was written (and hallucinated) by AI - anyone want the other side of that?
www.notus.org/health-scien...
Happy May 23!
Looking down from the MWO instrument tower after deicing this morning. About 6 inches of snow so far with more on the way; not too shabby for late May 😀
#nhwx #nh #mountains #snow #maysnow #winterinspring
#nhwx #nh #mountains #snow #maysnow #winterinspring
May 23, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Happy May 23!
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President Declines Gift (1925)
May 16, 2025 at 11:16 PM
President Declines Gift (1925)
open.substack.com/pub/stevevla...
I feel late to this party but his writing is excellent. Pair it with “Serious Trouble” podcast and I feel well informed.
I feel late to this party but his writing is excellent. Pair it with “Serious Trouble” podcast and I feel well informed.
151. The Supreme Court's (Alien Enemies Act) Patience is Wearing Thin
A very quick breakdown of Friday afternoon's quietly significant ruling slapping down the lower courts in the Northern District of Texas Alien Enemies Act litigation—and what it means going forward.
open.substack.com
May 17, 2025 at 2:49 AM
open.substack.com/pub/stevevla...
I feel late to this party but his writing is excellent. Pair it with “Serious Trouble” podcast and I feel well informed.
I feel late to this party but his writing is excellent. Pair it with “Serious Trouble” podcast and I feel well informed.
Keeping a close eye on this one. I'm sympathetic on the pay concerns, and a lot less on the anti-automation arguments. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
Fenway Park workers will vote whether to strike in June
Concession workers are fighting over pay and use of automated machines after their contract ended last year.
www.wgbh.org
May 13, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Keeping a close eye on this one. I'm sympathetic on the pay concerns, and a lot less on the anti-automation arguments. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
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"Masked security forces captured an opposition leader in the coastal province of New Jersey as regime officials continue their months-long crack-down against pro-democracy elements in the embattled United States. The arrest comes as the regime issued calls for summary detentions without trial."
HAPPENING NOW: Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was just taken into custody while protesting outside the Delaney Hall ICE detention center
May 9, 2025 at 10:10 PM
"Masked security forces captured an opposition leader in the coastal province of New Jersey as regime officials continue their months-long crack-down against pro-democracy elements in the embattled United States. The arrest comes as the regime issued calls for summary detentions without trial."
All this “first American” excitement is baffling to me. Wake me up when the headline is “first woman.”
May 9, 2025 at 11:54 AM
All this “first American” excitement is baffling to me. Wake me up when the headline is “first woman.”
Isn’t it cute how the spambots reply in alphabetical order?
May 8, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Isn’t it cute how the spambots reply in alphabetical order?
I'll join the chorus: The US is about to experience a frustrating, inflationary, and sometimes painful period of "supply chain shock."
In English: we're about to run out of a lot of stuff, and many shelves are going to be empty.
And, of course, this is 100% self-inflicted impact of tariffs. <more>
In English: we're about to run out of a lot of stuff, and many shelves are going to be empty.
And, of course, this is 100% self-inflicted impact of tariffs. <more>
April 29, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I'll join the chorus: The US is about to experience a frustrating, inflationary, and sometimes painful period of "supply chain shock."
In English: we're about to run out of a lot of stuff, and many shelves are going to be empty.
And, of course, this is 100% self-inflicted impact of tariffs. <more>
In English: we're about to run out of a lot of stuff, and many shelves are going to be empty.
And, of course, this is 100% self-inflicted impact of tariffs. <more>
Happy Canadian Election Day to all who celebrate.
April 28, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Happy Canadian Election Day to all who celebrate.
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Morning Boston! - Sunrise from Bunker Hill!
April 25, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Morning Boston! - Sunrise from Bunker Hill!
Quoting:
Another downtown office tower, at 99 High Street, just sold at a deep discount (Catherine Carlock, The Boston Globe) In what has widely been viewed as a bellwether transaction for the beleaguered downtown office market, Boston real estate firm Synergy has closed
Another downtown office tower, at 99 High Street, just sold at a deep discount (Catherine Carlock, The Boston Globe) In what has widely been viewed as a bellwether transaction for the beleaguered downtown office market, Boston real estate firm Synergy has closed
April 25, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Quoting:
Another downtown office tower, at 99 High Street, just sold at a deep discount (Catherine Carlock, The Boston Globe) In what has widely been viewed as a bellwether transaction for the beleaguered downtown office market, Boston real estate firm Synergy has closed
Another downtown office tower, at 99 High Street, just sold at a deep discount (Catherine Carlock, The Boston Globe) In what has widely been viewed as a bellwether transaction for the beleaguered downtown office market, Boston real estate firm Synergy has closed
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Trump told me to "stop it". Wonder why he didn't think of that sooner.
April 25, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Trump told me to "stop it". Wonder why he didn't think of that sooner.
Good line:
But Connolly added that if Trump “was at all serious about cracking down on foreign corruption of U.S. elections, he would start by taking the ‘For Sale’ sign off his own back.”
But Connolly added that if Trump “was at all serious about cracking down on foreign corruption of U.S. elections, he would start by taking the ‘For Sale’ sign off his own back.”
April 25, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Good line:
But Connolly added that if Trump “was at all serious about cracking down on foreign corruption of U.S. elections, he would start by taking the ‘For Sale’ sign off his own back.”
But Connolly added that if Trump “was at all serious about cracking down on foreign corruption of U.S. elections, he would start by taking the ‘For Sale’ sign off his own back.”
Read about this in a different context - I like the output.
April 14, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Read about this in a different context - I like the output.
This video segment just has me rolling. www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7506039
'We can't even leave our house': Waterloo students terrorized by 'angry' nesting Canada geese
www.cbc.ca
April 10, 2025 at 11:38 AM
This video segment just has me rolling. www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7506039
I would add to this by saying it’s about Trump’s narcissism - not just businesses, but to have other countries bend the knee. But Murphy’s write up is excellent.
Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
April 9, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I would add to this by saying it’s about Trump’s narcissism - not just businesses, but to have other countries bend the knee. But Murphy’s write up is excellent.
The failure of that House rule yesterday really surprised me. It's interesting to me where the Republican holdouts came from. These people have a lot of hills they could choose to die on, and they chose this particular hill.
April 2, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The failure of that House rule yesterday really surprised me. It's interesting to me where the Republican holdouts came from. These people have a lot of hills they could choose to die on, and they chose this particular hill.
I got asked yesterday by a friend in San Francisco if Canadians were as upset as he read in the press. My answer was unequivocally “Yes.” They are changing vacation plans, checking where the fruit was grown, while shopping, etc. This photo is my neighborhood coffee shop this morning.
March 4, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I got asked yesterday by a friend in San Francisco if Canadians were as upset as he read in the press. My answer was unequivocally “Yes.” They are changing vacation plans, checking where the fruit was grown, while shopping, etc. This photo is my neighborhood coffee shop this morning.
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Anyone saying the Democrats got their wallets inspected on the vote is, frankly, being either stupid or a wrecker, or both. The GOP flipped their own people. The Dems got their own reps back into the chamber, at least one limping out of a hospital bed, another with her newborn, and they were united.
February 26, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Anyone saying the Democrats got their wallets inspected on the vote is, frankly, being either stupid or a wrecker, or both. The GOP flipped their own people. The Dems got their own reps back into the chamber, at least one limping out of a hospital bed, another with her newborn, and they were united.
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17 days till the government shuts down
February 25, 2025 at 12:58 PM
17 days till the government shuts down