Dan McDonald
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... 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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Today, @ahl.bsky.social and I are going to take on a hot topic: what does engineering rigor look like in the age of LLMs? We will be joined by Oxide engineers who have been at the forefront of using LLMs to increase the rigor in their own work. Join us, 5p Pacific!
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January 12, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Today, @ahl.bsky.social and I are going to take on a hot topic: what does engineering rigor look like in the age of LLMs? We will be joined by Oxide engineers who have been at the forefront of using LLMs to increase the rigor in their own work. Join us, 5p Pacific!
discord.gg/QrcKGTTPrF?e...
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This, and one of its reply threads, are exactly what we need to do. DO NOT FAIL LIKE WE FAILED IN {RECONSTRUCTION, JAN6, <more-I'm-missing>}.
/3 That process will make it easier for this to happen again. So: what to do? Someone who promoted and both-sidesed Nazis in 1946 would face economic and social annihilation outside of extremists circles. How can we inflict that annihilation on the vapid media of now?
January 12, 2026 at 5:30 PM
This, and one of its reply threads, are exactly what we need to do. DO NOT FAIL LIKE WE FAILED IN {RECONSTRUCTION, JAN6, <more-I'm-missing>}.
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a reminder, again, that AltNPS is a grifter account run by people who have no affiliation with the National Park Service and indeed who never did have any affiliation with the National Park Service. They have no sources, they have no information, they are purely there to scam you.
"Receiving reports" my ass. AltNPS is not receiving reports of ICE raids in Saint Paul. They are seeing posts on social media like the rest of us.
I DO have loved ones in Saint Paul. ALL of my loved ones. They're terrified. Fuck you.
I DO have loved ones in Saint Paul. ALL of my loved ones. They're terrified. Fuck you.
January 12, 2026 at 3:30 AM
a reminder, again, that AltNPS is a grifter account run by people who have no affiliation with the National Park Service and indeed who never did have any affiliation with the National Park Service. They have no sources, they have no information, they are purely there to scam you.
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This is the sort of statement that was expected from every university president and law firm partner over the last year. That those statements weren’t made played a huge part in where we are now and people will remember.
Jerome Powell: "This is about whether the Fed will be able to continue to set interest rates based on evidence and economic conditions—or whether instead monetary policy will be directed by political pressure or intimidation."
January 12, 2026 at 1:45 AM
This is the sort of statement that was expected from every university president and law firm partner over the last year. That those statements weren’t made played a huge part in where we are now and people will remember.
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Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Hey @papertigers.net -- this you?
What isn’t mentioned is that when you’re born in Buffalo? You inherit stress from the Bills and the Sabres. It slipped with the Bandits for some reason.. but yeah.
Every freakin' game with this team
January 11, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Hey @papertigers.net -- this you?
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Let's be clear (and I'm not being cute): this is DHS trying to get ahead of the inevitable moment when they shoot a baby.
Controversial counterpoint: don’t shoot babies
January 11, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Let's be clear (and I'm not being cute): this is DHS trying to get ahead of the inevitable moment when they shoot a baby.
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Should they have cared about all this before now? Yes.
Did you reach the right position before them? Sure, here's a gold star.
Do we need their numbers to make this work? Yes. Please stop acting like the hipster who knew about this band before anyone else. We actually do need the normies.
Did you reach the right position before them? Sure, here's a gold star.
Do we need their numbers to make this work? Yes. Please stop acting like the hipster who knew about this band before anyone else. We actually do need the normies.
January 11, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Should they have cared about all this before now? Yes.
Did you reach the right position before them? Sure, here's a gold star.
Do we need their numbers to make this work? Yes. Please stop acting like the hipster who knew about this band before anyone else. We actually do need the normies.
Did you reach the right position before them? Sure, here's a gold star.
Do we need their numbers to make this work? Yes. Please stop acting like the hipster who knew about this band before anyone else. We actually do need the normies.
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it really clicked when I learned that some of those high-profile 1990s militias were specifically and almost exclusively opposed to the fed govt that added the 13th, 14th, 15th, and 20th amendments to the constitution
The anti government militias were never anti government, they just hate Black people.
January 11, 2026 at 7:01 PM
it really clicked when I learned that some of those high-profile 1990s militias were specifically and almost exclusively opposed to the fed govt that added the 13th, 14th, 15th, and 20th amendments to the constitution
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none of us are "activists" -- we're moms and students and neighbors and friends and we want to spend our Sundays hanging out and doing silly things, not patrolling our neighborhoods and filming ICE and organizing protests but we have to protect each other or none of us will ever be safe
January 11, 2026 at 3:18 PM
none of us are "activists" -- we're moms and students and neighbors and friends and we want to spend our Sundays hanging out and doing silly things, not patrolling our neighborhoods and filming ICE and organizing protests but we have to protect each other or none of us will ever be safe
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…because politician xyz isn’t perfect. But when else do we let people paint an entire class of people as ideologically suspicious and electorally unacceptable? We don’t.
January 11, 2026 at 2:53 PM
…because politician xyz isn’t perfect. But when else do we let people paint an entire class of people as ideologically suspicious and electorally unacceptable? We don’t.
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Unironically Oracle is the embodiment of basically every negative trend in tech. Like, everyone is doing something bad, Oracle is doing *everything* bad at the same time.
Yeah nobody is gonna shed a fucking tear over Oracle being beat to death with an antitrust bat.
It would actually be great for economy to absolutely fuck Oracle up. Goddamn fucking vampires, the lot of 'em.
January 11, 2026 at 5:26 AM
Unironically Oracle is the embodiment of basically every negative trend in tech. Like, everyone is doing something bad, Oracle is doing *everything* bad at the same time.
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Abuser logic, not coincidentally
The reactionary centrist logic is simple: if the left does something bad it’s the left’s fault, and if the right does something bad, it’s also the left’s fault for making them do it. It’s a simple formula and once you see it every one of their arguments is the same
January 10, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Abuser logic, not coincidentally
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After the 2020 election, Larry Ellison joined a call to strategize on overturning the vote for Trump and donated to election deniers. Now he controls CBS and wants CNN’s parent, raising new questions this week as his influence grows.
My latest in @status.news www.status.news/p/larry-elli...
My latest in @status.news www.status.news/p/larry-elli...
Ellison and the Lie
As Larry Ellison’s media empire expands, unanswered questions about his views on the 2020 election now carry real stakes as Jan. 6 is reframed and the next presidential race approaches.
www.status.news
January 10, 2026 at 7:29 PM
After the 2020 election, Larry Ellison joined a call to strategize on overturning the vote for Trump and donated to election deniers. Now he controls CBS and wants CNN’s parent, raising new questions this week as his influence grows.
My latest in @status.news www.status.news/p/larry-elli...
My latest in @status.news www.status.news/p/larry-elli...
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A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
January 10, 2026 at 3:24 PM
A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
Another reason why I've been a @kenwhite.bsky.social fan since the good-days-of-Twitter.
Here’s a comment for the people who are upset that MN hasn’t charged Jonathan Ross already:
If you just Leeeroy Jenkins this shit you will lose and you will empower fascism and murder.
It is indescribably hard to prosecute cops for murder. It is even hard when the murder is ON VIDEO.
/1
If you just Leeeroy Jenkins this shit you will lose and you will empower fascism and murder.
It is indescribably hard to prosecute cops for murder. It is even hard when the murder is ON VIDEO.
/1
January 9, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Another reason why I've been a @kenwhite.bsky.social fan since the good-days-of-Twitter.
"Somebody's gotta be funny around here. Sure the fuck isn't you."
January 9, 2026 at 5:37 AM
"Somebody's gotta be funny around here. Sure the fuck isn't you."
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If you're afraid, it's better to journal or to talk to a friend than to post online.
January 8, 2026 at 7:11 PM
If you're afraid, it's better to journal or to talk to a friend than to post online.
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Hey folks, just saw a thread of people getting rage baited by some 10 follower Twitter tourist. They're here to piss in the pool, because their pool is nothing but piss. If you want to screenshot names for blocking, aces, but I strongly suggest just block. Deny them the dopamine hit of cruelty.
January 8, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Hey folks, just saw a thread of people getting rage baited by some 10 follower Twitter tourist. They're here to piss in the pool, because their pool is nothing but piss. If you want to screenshot names for blocking, aces, but I strongly suggest just block. Deny them the dopamine hit of cruelty.
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The video from the Minnesota shooting is very disturbing. It's okay if you don't want to watch it. You can believe me that it is absolutely as fucked up as you are hearing.
January 8, 2026 at 4:32 PM
The video from the Minnesota shooting is very disturbing. It's okay if you don't want to watch it. You can believe me that it is absolutely as fucked up as you are hearing.
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It's more, imho, that they support a concept of accelerationism, but refuse to grapple with the idea that it is unlikely that even if the accelerationist universe they want comes to pass, their preferred social, ethical, and political system is highly unlikely to come into existence.
a lot of the "harm reducation is a scam" and "i wont vote for the lesser of two evils" sorts of poasters would just save time by admitting that they support maximal harm and evil
January 8, 2026 at 3:40 PM
It's more, imho, that they support a concept of accelerationism, but refuse to grapple with the idea that it is unlikely that even if the accelerationist universe they want comes to pass, their preferred social, ethical, and political system is highly unlikely to come into existence.
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To anybody who is offended by the governor of Minneapolis telling ICE “get the fuck out of our city,” but not offended by ICE ethnic cleansing secret police summarily executing a local mom, a message: Go fuck yourself.
Learn the difference between a swear word and an obscenity.
Learn the difference between a swear word and an obscenity.
January 8, 2026 at 3:35 PM
To anybody who is offended by the governor of Minneapolis telling ICE “get the fuck out of our city,” but not offended by ICE ethnic cleansing secret police summarily executing a local mom, a message: Go fuck yourself.
Learn the difference between a swear word and an obscenity.
Learn the difference between a swear word and an obscenity.
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A Black man named Keith Porter was shot and killed by an ICE officer on New Year’s Eve.
Marimar Martinez was shot five times by an ICE officer in Chicago who went on to brag about leaving seven holes in her body.
This is not new but it is expanding.
Marimar Martinez was shot five times by an ICE officer in Chicago who went on to brag about leaving seven holes in her body.
This is not new but it is expanding.
Your reminder that what happened to Renee Nicole Good is something that happens regularly in America. This is not new, but it is an expanded version of militarized people targeting Black people in particular.
From ICE detention to murder with impunity, we've been doing it. Now it's broadened.
From ICE detention to murder with impunity, we've been doing it. Now it's broadened.
January 8, 2026 at 12:21 AM
A Black man named Keith Porter was shot and killed by an ICE officer on New Year’s Eve.
Marimar Martinez was shot five times by an ICE officer in Chicago who went on to brag about leaving seven holes in her body.
This is not new but it is expanding.
Marimar Martinez was shot five times by an ICE officer in Chicago who went on to brag about leaving seven holes in her body.
This is not new but it is expanding.
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Yo I'm a 'Heritage American' with relatives on the Mayflower and I say fuck these clowns. Every day I am thankful for immigrants coming here so I don't have to live in a nation populated solely by these fucking losers.
They’re trying to establish a hereditary nobility. The founders themselves made issuing titles of nobility illegal.
We should mock these fools, who think a tiny drop of founders’ blood makes them better than other people.
We should mock these fools, who think a tiny drop of founders’ blood makes them better than other people.
If immigrating from England makes you a "heritage American" then I guess I'm one too.
December 20, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Yo I'm a 'Heritage American' with relatives on the Mayflower and I say fuck these clowns. Every day I am thankful for immigrants coming here so I don't have to live in a nation populated solely by these fucking losers.