Credentials, Dan
@dancredentials.bsky.social
Professional librarian, armchair everything else. Birmingham apologist and cultural ambassador at large.
Co-host, co-founder, and co-creatrepreneur of @thrawnderdome.bsky.social
Co-host, co-founder, and co-creatrepreneur of @thrawnderdome.bsky.social
I had not considered this angle before, what if the true use case of generative AI is soothing "impostor syndrome" style insecurity? You already know you don't know what you're doing, just think how enticing it would be to believe you can paper that over.
There's a ChatGPT ad about a family farm where the owner says her family has been doing this for a hundred years and she doesn't want to be the one to screw it up and that's why she's getting advice from ChatGPT and, my God, can you people hear yourselves?
February 8, 2026 at 10:13 PM
I had not considered this angle before, what if the true use case of generative AI is soothing "impostor syndrome" style insecurity? You already know you don't know what you're doing, just think how enticing it would be to believe you can paper that over.
We’re posting bowls? The Sassanians commissioned some excellent ones
February 8, 2026 at 7:14 PM
We’re posting bowls? The Sassanians commissioned some excellent ones
Let’s start some Food Discourse about how much I beasted on Publix with these savings. Your burrito taxi could never
February 8, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Let’s start some Food Discourse about how much I beasted on Publix with these savings. Your burrito taxi could never
ITS FINALLY TANGELO SEASON AND THE DEALS ARE HOT
February 8, 2026 at 5:11 PM
ITS FINALLY TANGELO SEASON AND THE DEALS ARE HOT
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Never forget the anniversary of King Taejong falling off his horse!
February 8, 2026 at 9:01 AM
Never forget the anniversary of King Taejong falling off his horse!
This is what work is like.
February 8, 2026 at 6:28 AM
This is what work is like.
Respect for writing the one Cake song I fuck with, "The Distance"
R.I.P. Cake founding guitarist Greg Brown
Cake Founding Guitarist Greg Brown Has Died
Greg Brown, the founding guitarist for Cake, has died. The band’s social media account announced the news today, saying he passed “after a brief illness.” “It is with heavy hearts that we share the ne...
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February 8, 2026 at 4:21 AM
Respect for writing the one Cake song I fuck with, "The Distance"
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Milan Winter Olympics kicked off on a stage shaped like a giant centrifugal pump, the primary pump type used for pressurizing water systems today. The centrifugal pump was invented by Italian engineer Francesco di Giorgio Martini in 1475.
February 7, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Milan Winter Olympics kicked off on a stage shaped like a giant centrifugal pump, the primary pump type used for pressurizing water systems today. The centrifugal pump was invented by Italian engineer Francesco di Giorgio Martini in 1475.
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Keeping on the Charles R. Knight train, check out this 1907 (!!) painting of a Diplodocus rearing on its hind legs to feed. Barring one 1901 mention, it would not be until the 1970s that paleontologists would recognize the biophysical possibility and likelihood of this capability!
February 7, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Keeping on the Charles R. Knight train, check out this 1907 (!!) painting of a Diplodocus rearing on its hind legs to feed. Barring one 1901 mention, it would not be until the 1970s that paleontologists would recognize the biophysical possibility and likelihood of this capability!
The single most influential paleoartist of all time, Charles R. Knight, was functionally blind from childhood astigmatism and physical trauma to his good eye. He would use special eyeglasses and paint inches away from his canvas, his nose practically scraping it as he worked.
February 7, 2026 at 10:00 PM
The single most influential paleoartist of all time, Charles R. Knight, was functionally blind from childhood astigmatism and physical trauma to his good eye. He would use special eyeglasses and paint inches away from his canvas, his nose practically scraping it as he worked.
Typically my eight year old has no patience for music I play in the car, but she was fucking with a Rush track so yesterday much she asked me what the song's name is
a black and white cartoon of a man holding a sign that says ' sickos ' .
ALT: a black and white cartoon of a man holding a sign that says ' sickos ' .
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February 7, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Typically my eight year old has no patience for music I play in the car, but she was fucking with a Rush track so yesterday much she asked me what the song's name is
Not nearly as repulsive of course, but I am reminded of how a bunch of magazines had Chelsea Clinton features lined up for January 2017 and they just had to run them anyway because they'd already done the shoots and the publicists' checks had cleared
I had to check the date on this three times
‘At home with Peter Mandelson’ in Times magazine *today*
This is how we cover corruption in Britain? Seriously??
‘At home with Peter Mandelson’ in Times magazine *today*
This is how we cover corruption in Britain? Seriously??
February 7, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Not nearly as repulsive of course, but I am reminded of how a bunch of magazines had Chelsea Clinton features lined up for January 2017 and they just had to run them anyway because they'd already done the shoots and the publicists' checks had cleared
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judge a decade's music not by it's number one hits but by its 72s on the top 100
February 6, 2026 at 10:19 PM
judge a decade's music not by it's number one hits but by its 72s on the top 100
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kamala harris's 6-7 themed zoomer digital marketing group has already changed its name after getting made fun of. for some reason they changed it to "68." we're witnessing a level of political instinct never before imaginable
February 6, 2026 at 6:54 AM
kamala harris's 6-7 themed zoomer digital marketing group has already changed its name after getting made fun of. for some reason they changed it to "68." we're witnessing a level of political instinct never before imaginable
Small potatoes compared to the crop of late night guys CC produced, but the improvised animated show/stand up showcase Dr. Katz: Professional Therapist launched the VO career of Jon Benjamin and directing career of Loren Bouchard (and their fruitful multi decade collaboration)
There’s definitely a “Live From New York”-style oral history to be done about Comedy Central. Shows with outsized influence (not just TDS but Bill Maher’s “Politically Incorrect” started there), cult hits it made mainstream (MST3K), the standup->special->series pipeline that created superstars…
February 5, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Small potatoes compared to the crop of late night guys CC produced, but the improvised animated show/stand up showcase Dr. Katz: Professional Therapist launched the VO career of Jon Benjamin and directing career of Loren Bouchard (and their fruitful multi decade collaboration)
Facebook keeps showing me videos from a guy who gives lethal injections of vinegar to invasive coral predator sea stars, which is probably good conservation work but just feels like echinoderm snuff films
February 4, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Facebook keeps showing me videos from a guy who gives lethal injections of vinegar to invasive coral predator sea stars, which is probably good conservation work but just feels like echinoderm snuff films
The Ninth Bulgéd Reconnaissance Bomber squadron, sunning and fluffing their bulges in the sun
February 4, 2026 at 9:48 PM
The Ninth Bulgéd Reconnaissance Bomber squadron, sunning and fluffing their bulges in the sun
The TRUE Vibe Shift report: a regular library patron of mine who usually checks out a lot of churchy books and Inspirational Romance put Omar El Akkad's One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This on hold
February 4, 2026 at 9:10 PM
The TRUE Vibe Shift report: a regular library patron of mine who usually checks out a lot of churchy books and Inspirational Romance put Omar El Akkad's One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This on hold
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My piece on anthropology's impact on genre fiction is avaailable to read online, only at everyoe's favorite Strange Horizons online magazine!
📣 It's here: the 2026 @strangehorizons.bsky.social Criticism Special!
💡 A whole week of critical insight, with a new essay and new review every day. A podcast, a roundtable, an *editorial*.
📚 The weird! Anthropology! Non-anglophone SFF! Plus thoughts on fantasy series, adaptations, film and more.
💡 A whole week of critical insight, with a new essay and new review every day. A podcast, a roundtable, an *editorial*.
📚 The weird! Anthropology! Non-anglophone SFF! Plus thoughts on fantasy series, adaptations, film and more.
26 January 2026
Welcome to the annual Strange Horizons criticism special!
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February 4, 2026 at 8:03 PM
My piece on anthropology's impact on genre fiction is avaailable to read online, only at everyoe's favorite Strange Horizons online magazine!
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His son is also a guitarist
He gotta come out with an album called “Next of Kihn”
The streets demand it
He gotta come out with an album called “Next of Kihn”
The streets demand it
*sobbing* Greg for the love of god you have to stop.
Greg Kihn:
Greg Kihn:
February 4, 2026 at 2:28 PM
His son is also a guitarist
He gotta come out with an album called “Next of Kihn”
The streets demand it
He gotta come out with an album called “Next of Kihn”
The streets demand it
Stella Was a Diver and She Was Always Down
Deleted a post about “what’s your least favorite song” because the vibes are bad enough already.
Instead: what’s your favorite song that has a long title, say at least 6 words long?
Mine: “Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town” (Pearl Jam)
Instead: what’s your favorite song that has a long title, say at least 6 words long?
Mine: “Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town” (Pearl Jam)
February 4, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Stella Was a Diver and She Was Always Down
"Dude (Looks Like a Lady)." Not even for gender panic reasons, though that doesn't help. Just a dogshit riff, juiceless chorus, and inescapable ubiquity a needle drop in trailers for every single comedy with a cross dressing scene made between 1988-present
Fuck your favourite song. Tell me your least favourite song. The one that makes you die inside the moment you hear the first 3 seconds.
February 4, 2026 at 1:38 AM
"Dude (Looks Like a Lady)." Not even for gender panic reasons, though that doesn't help. Just a dogshit riff, juiceless chorus, and inescapable ubiquity a needle drop in trailers for every single comedy with a cross dressing scene made between 1988-present
Hey I found @scoobydouchebag.bsky.social in a 1942 airplane magazine. He's always saying this!
February 4, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Hey I found @scoobydouchebag.bsky.social in a 1942 airplane magazine. He's always saying this!
As was the style in the 30s, this racer was developed into a fighter in hopes of taking advantage of its speed. This produced an absolutely baller looking aircraft that was sadly unsuited to combat (weight of armament severely hampered performance) which was palmed off to Polish exile units.
February 3, 2026 at 11:45 PM
As was the style in the 30s, this racer was developed into a fighter in hopes of taking advantage of its speed. This produced an absolutely baller looking aircraft that was sadly unsuited to combat (weight of armament severely hampered performance) which was palmed off to Polish exile units.