Aaron van Dorn
@aaronvandorn.bsky.social
Sometime writer and (mostly) analog photography | Award winning chili maker | Baltimore via Jersey City, Kurdzhali, Bulgaria, and Ohio | Friend to cats | He/him
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Aaron van Dorn
@aaronvandorn.bsky.social
· Nov 16
[holding a glass of wine, wearing a shawl collar cardigan] We call them 'skeets'
Laraaji. Is the hammered dulcimer the most beautiful instrument?!
December 1, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Laraaji. Is the hammered dulcimer the most beautiful instrument?!
The British have been using "Americans" to refer to European colonists in the Americas since the 1640s, well over a hundred years prior to the formation of the US. "USian" is obvious and unquestionably rank anti-Americanism, and to deny that is base dissembling.
November 30, 2025 at 11:59 PM
The British have been using "Americans" to refer to European colonists in the Americas since the 1640s, well over a hundred years prior to the formation of the US. "USian" is obvious and unquestionably rank anti-Americanism, and to deny that is base dissembling.
At some point, haven't we all asked ourselves, "who wants to sex Mutombo?"
November 30, 2025 at 10:19 PM
At some point, haven't we all asked ourselves, "who wants to sex Mutombo?"
Great tour today by @fullstorybaltimore.tours of Black Reconstruction history in and around south Charles Village and Barclay here in Baltimore. Rubbing for a few more weeks and worth checking out if you're in town. Photo unrelated.
November 30, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Great tour today by @fullstorybaltimore.tours of Black Reconstruction history in and around south Charles Village and Barclay here in Baltimore. Rubbing for a few more weeks and worth checking out if you're in town. Photo unrelated.
The solution to the trolly problem is to kill as few people as possible
"Ah but what if the solution is you have to physically push someone onto the tracks"
That is a completely different problem
"Ah but what if the solution is you have to physically push someone onto the tracks"
That is a completely different problem
November 30, 2025 at 6:49 AM
The solution to the trolly problem is to kill as few people as possible
"Ah but what if the solution is you have to physically push someone onto the tracks"
That is a completely different problem
"Ah but what if the solution is you have to physically push someone onto the tracks"
That is a completely different problem
Ah! Well, nevertheless,
Pete Hegseth doesn’t seem to me like the type who goes to prison.
November 30, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Ah! Well, nevertheless,
There was a brief window where we had streaming sites which also sold their content a la carte and that was the absolute dream and we should return as quickly as possible.
November 30, 2025 at 3:12 AM
There was a brief window where we had streaming sites which also sold their content a la carte and that was the absolute dream and we should return as quickly as possible.
What sticks with me at moments like this is how mad everyone who said they were eternally mad about the shutdown ending still are. Remarkable follow through.
November 30, 2025 at 3:05 AM
What sticks with me at moments like this is how mad everyone who said they were eternally mad about the shutdown ending still are. Remarkable follow through.
Beat a green stake last night. Please clap.
November 29, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Beat a green stake last night. Please clap.
*fewer
A chapter in Hegseth’s book is literally titled “More Lethality, Less Lawyers.”
It’s almost as if there were signs!
It’s almost as if there were signs!
November 29, 2025 at 9:54 PM
*fewer
Reposted by Aaron van Dorn
We *really* need to actively differentiate Machine Learning from GenAI. GenAI is riding the Machine Learning coattails and risks destroying an incredibly useful innovation by conflating it with absolute slop that codes decently.
November 29, 2025 at 5:50 PM
We *really* need to actively differentiate Machine Learning from GenAI. GenAI is riding the Machine Learning coattails and risks destroying an incredibly useful innovation by conflating it with absolute slop that codes decently.
Reposted by Aaron van Dorn
we have a Schrodinger's King. On the one hand, his pronouncements mean nothing because his word is meaningless. However, the fact his word is meaningless is forbidden for the press to use as a weapon against him
Right. This is normally a prelude to imminent war. But no one knows if the us president is serious or had a bad breakfast or is making an insane joke or had a stroke or whatever.
This seems like the kind of declaration by a U.S. president that should be mentioned *somewhere* on the front page of CNN or the NY Times, but the fact that it isn't (as of right now) tells us so much both about how this president is covered and the credibility of the U.S. government.
November 29, 2025 at 5:04 PM
we have a Schrodinger's King. On the one hand, his pronouncements mean nothing because his word is meaningless. However, the fact his word is meaningless is forbidden for the press to use as a weapon against him
Incredible things are happening over on Linked In
November 29, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Incredible things are happening over on Linked In
Caulk guns have developed to a frankly incredible degree
November 29, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Caulk guns have developed to a frankly incredible degree
Another episode of "More DIY Than I Requested" is in the can.
November 29, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Another episode of "More DIY Than I Requested" is in the can.
Gift link. Folks in the DOD and military are actively trying to underbus Hegseth.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
wapo.st
November 28, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Gift link. Folks in the DOD and military are actively trying to underbus Hegseth.
What's notable about this result is that we all know Doland Trump and his crack team have it in them to reevaluate their actions and correct course, and definitely not lean into it even further
Gallup poll | 11/3-11/25
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
November 28, 2025 at 4:56 PM
What's notable about this result is that we all know Doland Trump and his crack team have it in them to reevaluate their actions and correct course, and definitely not lean into it even further
Del Toro really had them turn to the camera and say, "actually, Victor, you're the real monster"
November 28, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Del Toro really had them turn to the camera and say, "actually, Victor, you're the real monster"
Malarkey hours are over
November 28, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Malarkey hours are over
Well, now I need a nap
November 28, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Well, now I need a nap
Bit of a late start, but progress is being made
November 27, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Bit of a late start, but progress is being made
Son, I'm thirty
I only went with your mother 'cause she's dirty
And I don't have a decent bone in me
What you get is just what you see, yeah
I only went with your mother 'cause she's dirty
And I don't have a decent bone in me
What you get is just what you see, yeah
November 27, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Son, I'm thirty
I only went with your mother 'cause she's dirty
And I don't have a decent bone in me
What you get is just what you see, yeah
I only went with your mother 'cause she's dirty
And I don't have a decent bone in me
What you get is just what you see, yeah
This dressing is outrageously good
November 27, 2025 at 9:47 PM
This dressing is outrageously good