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Dan

@knitdan.bsky.social

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Knitter. Cishet he/him. Pro-choice, pro-LBGTQ+. Normie liberal. Rural NE Washington. Elderly man in his 40s. No followbacks without investigating If your profile has no original posts or it’s just a half dozen stock photos I’m probably just gonna block

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Dan @knitdan.bsky.social · Jan 22

Just throwing this out into the void I guess

I make a sincere effort to never intentionally misgender someone, but we all make mistakes and if you notice me inadvertently misgendering anyone I would appreciate a little grace and the opportunity to correct myself

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Dan @knitdan.bsky.social · 2m

Apparently she’s capitalizing on a viral fashion trend

Disclaimer: I did get this from google ai summary because honestly i didn't feel like it warranted any more effort on my part

Dan @knitdan.bsky.social · 13m

🎶Yip yip yip yip awooo coyotes of los angeles

Dan @knitdan.bsky.social · 16m

Tri-Cities says she’s based in Billings if you feel like checking, 2 phone calls was enough for me.

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Dan @knitdan.bsky.social · 20m

Just for fun I called KHQ and asked to talk to her, they had nobody by that name on the extension list and suggested I try the Tri-Cities

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⛈️ NAN⚡NET ⛈️ @slimecloud.bsky.social · 27m

Maybe if the police didn't get 40% of the city budget public transit could be free and also STA could hire local artists or something.

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Dan @knitdan.bsky.social · 27m

Pretty much all the articles I can find with that name are the shallow 1-3 paragraph pieces you find on news aggregators

Dan @knitdan.bsky.social · 46m

I found a Tri-Cities story allegedly by her that called her “NonStop Local Digital Producer”

According to Wikipedia, NonStop Local is a bunch of Cowles-owned TV stations in eastern WA and MT

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NonStop...

NonStop Local - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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Dan @knitdan.bsky.social · 1h

I thought it was the cat from Bloom County

Dan @knitdan.bsky.social · 1h

Sounds like his kidneys are failing

Which, if he spent years eating nothing but meat and salt, is not a huge surprise

Dan @knitdan.bsky.social · 1h

I like the Viking-themed one that tastes like berries but I sometimes worry people will think I’m one of -those- Viking enthusiasts

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 4h

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

Episcopalians on Facebook
Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h •
Exodus 8:2-6
"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

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Dan @knitdan.bsky.social · 1h

Ok can someone please explain the white monster thing

Like why is it a meme

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Wandering Hoo @wanderlib.bsky.social · 5h

You don't get MeToo without Brock Turner, convicted rapist, being sentenced to only six months jail.

Or Baylor and Briles.

Or right-wingers going batshit over "false" rape accusations and Title IX.

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Dan @knitdan.bsky.social · 2h

Trying to prop up Milei’s entirely discredited economic policy, not realizing that the need for influxes of cash from outside does even more to discredit that economic policy.

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I Nied to drink your blood! 🧛 @nied.bsky.social · 3h

"Wow so it's illegal to have sex now?"

New right wing thing is describing crimes as generically as possible to pretend like they're not crimes. Someone gets convicted of conspiracy and the start yelling "Wow so it's illegal to make plans with friends now"

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I Nied to drink your blood! 🧛 @nied.bsky.social · 2h

It is not in fact "slut-shaming" to say it's *insanely* unethical for a reporter to sleep with a subject of their reporting.

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Dan @knitdan.bsky.social · 2h

Just now had the thought that Han Perdido is a much cooler name than Han Solo

Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 4h

Someone in the crowd: “Go Cubs!”

Pope Leo XIV: “Han perdido! They lost!”

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 5h

“the constitution forbids race conscious remedies” would be news to the people who wrote the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments

Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 5h

Griem goes there, arguing in response to Justice Jackson that there can be no race-conscious remedy absent a finding of intentional discrimination.

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Dan @knitdan.bsky.social · 2h

those 100mg packages last me anywhere from 1-2 weeks and I’m a big dude

I do know a guy who doesn’t seem to feel the effects until 100mg/dose, he’s not even a longtime user he just has weird body chemistry or something

Dan @knitdan.bsky.social · 2h

Reading first half: 😳
Reading second half: 👍👍

Dan @knitdan.bsky.social · 3h

Ellie, that person is not worth your time

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Dan @knitdan.bsky.social · 3h

We can care about more than one thing dude

Dan @knitdan.bsky.social · 3h

Then again so did Titus Pullo

Dan @knitdan.bsky.social · 3h

Part of me is amazed that Steinbeck knew about the clitoris

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Drunk On Mystery @drunkonmystery.bsky.social · 6h

"These people are socialites" also applies to a lot of political journalists, which is why so many of them were ready to rush to defense of people like Olivia Nuzzi:

They're not interested in whether she does or does not follow basic journalism practices, because they don't either.

ellie lockhart (she/they) @eleanor.lockhart.contact · 6h

Talia doesn't want us to save democracy, she wants to make sure the people who show up to protests are still people she wants to date. I'm going to keep observing this about everyone who posts stuff like this, because it's true. These people are socialites, not activists.

Buttadeus @thewanderingjew.bsky.social · 7h

This is where theory gets you

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