Dan McDonald
@kebe.com
... I'm also "danmcd", but kebe.com is my domain. */
Dad&Husband, BEAGLE-DAD, #illumos core team, early IPv6 & IPsec guy. Alum of Michigan, Arizona, Sun, etc. he/him/../../../etc/shadow
My other socials can be found here: https://kebe.com/~danmcd
Dad&Husband, BEAGLE-DAD, #illumos core team, early IPv6 & IPsec guy. Alum of Michigan, Arizona, Sun, etc. he/him/../../../etc/shadow
My other socials can be found here: https://kebe.com/~danmcd
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Dan McDonald
@kebe.com
· May 26
THANK YOU for using the word cryptocurrency. We old-timers appreciate it because:
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“You’ll be visited by three spirits”
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
November 25, 2025 at 11:56 PM
“You’ll be visited by three spirits”
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
Rush (13x)
Spyro Gyra (when Dave Samuels was a member)
Huey Lewis & the News (15000 jammed into 10000 seat venue)
John Petrucci
Primus (4x incl A Tribute to Kings with my kids)
Rush (13x)
Spyro Gyra (when Dave Samuels was a member)
Huey Lewis & the News (15000 jammed into 10000 seat venue)
John Petrucci
Primus (4x incl A Tribute to Kings with my kids)
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen —
NIN
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Soul Coughing
Poe
Tom Morello
NIN
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Soul Coughing
Poe
Tom Morello
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
Bowie *
Roger Waters
July Talk *
Metric *
Alice Phoebe Lou *
* multiple times
Bowie *
Roger Waters
July Talk *
Metric *
Alice Phoebe Lou *
* multiple times
November 28, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
Rush (13x)
Spyro Gyra (when Dave Samuels was a member)
Huey Lewis & the News (15000 jammed into 10000 seat venue)
John Petrucci
Primus (4x incl A Tribute to Kings with my kids)
Rush (13x)
Spyro Gyra (when Dave Samuels was a member)
Huey Lewis & the News (15000 jammed into 10000 seat venue)
John Petrucci
Primus (4x incl A Tribute to Kings with my kids)
Post something random or you'll have an awful December.
shell% od -tx1 /dev/random | head-1
<your output will vary>
shell% od -tx1 /dev/random | head-1
<your output will vary>
Post something random or you'll have an awful December
November 27, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Post something random or you'll have an awful December.
shell% od -tx1 /dev/random | head-1
<your output will vary>
shell% od -tx1 /dev/random | head-1
<your output will vary>
Bad News: I just found out this week that I'm not a Mayflower descendant after all.
Good news: I am (still) a descendant of a (mortally-wounded at Gettysburg) soldier of the 2nd Vermont Infantry!
Happy Thanksgiving, no matter why you celebrate!
Good news: I am (still) a descendant of a (mortally-wounded at Gettysburg) soldier of the 2nd Vermont Infantry!
Happy Thanksgiving, no matter why you celebrate!
Happy Victory for US Arms and Down With Treasonous Slavers Day!
Uncomfortable with the First Thanksgiving Narrative? Good News, it’s Actually a Civil War Holiday
Take heart, all you who grow unsettled at the time of year where the narrative of friendly Pilgrims and American Indians is spread around to make us feel good about a brief moment in American histo…
angrystaffofficer.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Bad News: I just found out this week that I'm not a Mayflower descendant after all.
Good news: I am (still) a descendant of a (mortally-wounded at Gettysburg) soldier of the 2nd Vermont Infantry!
Happy Thanksgiving, no matter why you celebrate!
Good news: I am (still) a descendant of a (mortally-wounded at Gettysburg) soldier of the 2nd Vermont Infantry!
Happy Thanksgiving, no matter why you celebrate!
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This is my yearly reminder that
A) The Pilgrims never turned on the Wampanoags. The Puritans who did were a whole different group of people.
B) Thanksgiving became a holiday to celebrate whooping the Confederates.
Sometimes we can just enjoy traditions without guilt!
A) The Pilgrims never turned on the Wampanoags. The Puritans who did were a whole different group of people.
B) Thanksgiving became a holiday to celebrate whooping the Confederates.
Sometimes we can just enjoy traditions without guilt!
Thanksgiving is problematic. Giving thanks is not. As someone who wants to remember the attempted genocide of indigenous people but also likes a reminder to practice gratitude, I like to use Indigenous People's Month to support (and be grateful for) indigenous creators. A partial list! /1
November 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM
This is my yearly reminder that
A) The Pilgrims never turned on the Wampanoags. The Puritans who did were a whole different group of people.
B) Thanksgiving became a holiday to celebrate whooping the Confederates.
Sometimes we can just enjoy traditions without guilt!
A) The Pilgrims never turned on the Wampanoags. The Puritans who did were a whole different group of people.
B) Thanksgiving became a holiday to celebrate whooping the Confederates.
Sometimes we can just enjoy traditions without guilt!
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Happy Victory for US Arms and Down With Treasonous Slavers Day!
Uncomfortable with the First Thanksgiving Narrative? Good News, it’s Actually a Civil War Holiday
Take heart, all you who grow unsettled at the time of year where the narrative of friendly Pilgrims and American Indians is spread around to make us feel good about a brief moment in American histo…
angrystaffofficer.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Happy Victory for US Arms and Down With Treasonous Slavers Day!
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Really hope I’m wrong, but my sense is that expectations are too high in the Tennessee race. This state is really, really Trumpy, and hasn’t soured on him nearly as much as the rest of the country.
November 26, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Really hope I’m wrong, but my sense is that expectations are too high in the Tennessee race. This state is really, really Trumpy, and hasn’t soured on him nearly as much as the rest of the country.
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wild that this happened within 24 hours of bolsanaro going to prison. will be a timeless textbook example of what works to save a democracy and what doesn’t
Breaking News: The last pending criminal prosecution against President Trump was dismissed by a judge in Georgia, effectively ending efforts to hold Trump criminally responsible for attempts to overturn the 2020 election. trib.al/EnJu57H
November 26, 2025 at 4:51 PM
wild that this happened within 24 hours of bolsanaro going to prison. will be a timeless textbook example of what works to save a democracy and what doesn’t
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New fun podcast interview up, partly about history, partly about finding hope in our present: www.wmnf.org/rethinking-t...
Rethinking the Renaissance: Ada Palmer on Myths, Power, and the Future We’re Fighting For
Uncover the reality of the renaissance through conversations with Ada Palmer. What does it reveal about our current struggles?
www.wmnf.org
November 26, 2025 at 4:45 PM
New fun podcast interview up, partly about history, partly about finding hope in our present: www.wmnf.org/rethinking-t...
For a good summary on what I'm QP-ing, I'm tapping the @chrisladd.bsky.social sign...
www.politicalorphans.com/the-article-...
www.politicalorphans.com/the-article-...
November 26, 2025 at 2:48 PM
For a good summary on what I'm QP-ing, I'm tapping the @chrisladd.bsky.social sign...
www.politicalorphans.com/the-article-...
www.politicalorphans.com/the-article-...
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This is the type of hater energy that will fuel us in the years ahead.
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:42 PM
This is the type of hater energy that will fuel us in the years ahead.
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Today is a good day to remind you that none of the classic vote studies thought very highly of women's political competence.
November 25, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Today is a good day to remind you that none of the classic vote studies thought very highly of women's political competence.
Introduce yourself with four spaceships:
November 25, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Introduce yourself with four spaceships:
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Science will often take you to unexpected and delightful places. In this study, researchers hypothesized that riders in a crowded subway car would be more likely to offer their seat to a pregnant person if there were someone in the subway car dressed as Batman 🧪🦇
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
November 21, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Science will often take you to unexpected and delightful places. In this study, researchers hypothesized that riders in a crowded subway car would be more likely to offer their seat to a pregnant person if there were someone in the subway car dressed as Batman 🧪🦇
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Note to my fellow Americans that this is how a modern democracy deals with threats to the democratic order. I'm not even joking when I say that our constitution no longer works because its drafters assumed a man like Trump would simply be killed in a duel for telling lies.
What landed him in pokey was tampering with his ankle bracelet. The authorities concluded that a planned demonstration at his home was likely to be cover for an escape attempt to the American embassy, so the slammer it is for Jair.
Fearing He Would Flee, Police in Brazil Arrest Jair Bolsonaro
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Note to my fellow Americans that this is how a modern democracy deals with threats to the democratic order. I'm not even joking when I say that our constitution no longer works because its drafters assumed a man like Trump would simply be killed in a duel for telling lies.
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ICYMI the replies and quote tweets to this have been one giant timeline cleanse
Man, everything is so bleak, anyone got a fun fact or little bit of trivia they want to share
November 21, 2025 at 4:23 PM
ICYMI the replies and quote tweets to this have been one giant timeline cleanse
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while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.
November 21, 2025 at 12:11 PM
while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.
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Zohran Mamdani doesn’t make me, an American Jew, feel unsafe.
Having the Coast Guard, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, decide that a swastika isn’t really a symbol of hate? That makes me, an American Jew, feel pretty damn unsafe.
Having the Coast Guard, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, decide that a swastika isn’t really a symbol of hate? That makes me, an American Jew, feel pretty damn unsafe.
November 21, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Zohran Mamdani doesn’t make me, an American Jew, feel unsafe.
Having the Coast Guard, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, decide that a swastika isn’t really a symbol of hate? That makes me, an American Jew, feel pretty damn unsafe.
Having the Coast Guard, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, decide that a swastika isn’t really a symbol of hate? That makes me, an American Jew, feel pretty damn unsafe.
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If you scroll on X, you are only being shown what Elon wants you to see. If you create content on X, no one will see it unless Elon wants them to.
November 21, 2025 at 1:23 AM
If you scroll on X, you are only being shown what Elon wants you to see. If you create content on X, no one will see it unless Elon wants them to.
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Nobody wants this shit. Nobody.
The hostile reaction has been so pronounced, in fact, that it feels like a company announcing it would never force AI into its products would carve out a pretty good chunk of the market.
The hostile reaction has been so pronounced, in fact, that it feels like a company announcing it would never force AI into its products would carve out a pretty good chunk of the market.
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Nobody wants this shit. Nobody.
The hostile reaction has been so pronounced, in fact, that it feels like a company announcing it would never force AI into its products would carve out a pretty good chunk of the market.
The hostile reaction has been so pronounced, in fact, that it feels like a company announcing it would never force AI into its products would carve out a pretty good chunk of the market.
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Donald Trump's violent threats toward Democratic members of Congress who served our nation in the military are reprehensible and dangerous.
'HANG THEM': Trump Boosts Message Calling For Executing Democrats In Congress
In a series of unhinged social media posts, he also called it “punishable by DEATH” that lawmakers released a video urging military service members to disobey unlawful orders.
www.huffpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Donald Trump's violent threats toward Democratic members of Congress who served our nation in the military are reprehensible and dangerous.
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This by the way is the reason I think the term "fiscal conservative" is bullshit. Because we know that literally every time we do UBI it's an economic multiplier, we know single payer healthcare is cheaper, fed folks are more productive. Spending that money IS the fiscally conservative approach.
November 20, 2025 at 12:55 PM
This by the way is the reason I think the term "fiscal conservative" is bullshit. Because we know that literally every time we do UBI it's an economic multiplier, we know single payer healthcare is cheaper, fed folks are more productive. Spending that money IS the fiscally conservative approach.
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EPSTEIN BOMBSHELL: my staff is releasing a new report showing JPMorgan Chase executives – all the way to the top – enabled Epstein's sex trafficking operation. You're going to want to read this.
Wyden Presses for Investigation Into JPMorgan Chase and Epstein
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:26 PM
EPSTEIN BOMBSHELL: my staff is releasing a new report showing JPMorgan Chase executives – all the way to the top – enabled Epstein's sex trafficking operation. You're going to want to read this.
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You can bully companies into dropping DEI programs, and you can force the public library to pull books with queer characters. But you can’t, in the end, force other people to approve of your bigotry, which is what they really want.
November 20, 2025 at 1:45 PM
You can bully companies into dropping DEI programs, and you can force the public library to pull books with queer characters. But you can’t, in the end, force other people to approve of your bigotry, which is what they really want.
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