Dean
@dangerdean.bsky.social
Just a dude, a Dad, a library technician.
I build model airplanes, do karate, try to write fiction.
But mainly the Dad thing.
dangerdean.wordpress.com but I haven’t actually posted anything for a while.
I build model airplanes, do karate, try to write fiction.
But mainly the Dad thing.
dangerdean.wordpress.com but I haven’t actually posted anything for a while.
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Huge scandal that Minneapolis has been crawling with terrorists this whole time. They've been living among us undercover as poets and nurses. And would've continued to, had it not been for the work of our bravest child kidnappers
January 25, 2026 at 12:44 AM
Huge scandal that Minneapolis has been crawling with terrorists this whole time. They've been living among us undercover as poets and nurses. And would've continued to, had it not been for the work of our bravest child kidnappers
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:
Spirit of the West
Billy Bragg
Rheostatics
Nina Hagen
Tragically Hip
Spirit of the West
Billy Bragg
Rheostatics
Nina Hagen
Tragically Hip
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen:
Richard Thompson
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Angelique Kidjo
The Bobs
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Richard Thompson
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Angelique Kidjo
The Bobs
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen:
Pete Seeger and Arlo Guthrie
Flogging Molly
Jethro Tull
Calexico
Emmylou Harris, Patty Griffin, and Shawn Colvin
Pete Seeger and Arlo Guthrie
Flogging Molly
Jethro Tull
Calexico
Emmylou Harris, Patty Griffin, and Shawn Colvin
January 20, 2026 at 6:28 AM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:
Spirit of the West
Billy Bragg
Rheostatics
Nina Hagen
Tragically Hip
Spirit of the West
Billy Bragg
Rheostatics
Nina Hagen
Tragically Hip
Absolutely true.
But if they mention Herbalife all bets are off.
But if they mention Herbalife all bets are off.
Old person to youngs: If at a certain point in your life people from long in your past start reaching out to you, like calling and texting and emailing you even though you haven't had anything to do with them for years, ANSWER THEM. It may be their last chance to talk with you. They may know it.
January 17, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Absolutely true.
But if they mention Herbalife all bets are off.
But if they mention Herbalife all bets are off.
Yeah. Still relevant.
I made this video seven months ago and really wish it weren't still relevant. If anything, I was too kind at the time.
youtu.be/oNNtln6h8i0?...
youtu.be/oNNtln6h8i0?...
Introducing ICE's "Masks For Cowardly Lil' Babies"
YouTube video by Clare Blackwood
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January 8, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Yeah. Still relevant.
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With everything awful & scary going on in the United States & the world, we might momentarily forget that here in Canada, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre STILL REFUSES to apply for the normal security clearance that EVERYONE else in his position has.
It’s reasonable to assume he can’t pass it.
It’s reasonable to assume he can’t pass it.
January 8, 2026 at 12:45 AM
With everything awful & scary going on in the United States & the world, we might momentarily forget that here in Canada, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre STILL REFUSES to apply for the normal security clearance that EVERYONE else in his position has.
It’s reasonable to assume he can’t pass it.
It’s reasonable to assume he can’t pass it.
Ratings for the war crimes trials are going to be phenomenal.
January 3, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Ratings for the war crimes trials are going to be phenomenal.
Next off my cooking bucket list: Baklava!
December 30, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Next off my cooking bucket list: Baklava!
post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, soundgarden, pearl jam, or alice in chains.
December 28, 2025 at 3:18 PM
post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, soundgarden, pearl jam, or alice in chains.
Beach photo redux: Same water, 16 months (and a few kilometres) apart from my previous beach picture.
December 22, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Beach photo redux: Same water, 16 months (and a few kilometres) apart from my previous beach picture.
Holiday lunch dessert is very important.
December 21, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Holiday lunch dessert is very important.
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Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
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If you rebooted RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK today with the same temporal margins, it’d be set in the 1980s. Neo-Nazi punks would have their faces melted by the opening of a forbidden arcade cabinet at the KB Toys at your local mall. Indiana Jones would wear a Hawaiian shirt and Chuck Taylor sneakers.
We are now further away from the theatrical release of Raiders of the Lost Ark (June 12, 1981) than it was from the year it takes place in (1936). We have reached the Indiana Jones event horizon.
November 28, 2025 at 2:30 AM
If you rebooted RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK today with the same temporal margins, it’d be set in the 1980s. Neo-Nazi punks would have their faces melted by the opening of a forbidden arcade cabinet at the KB Toys at your local mall. Indiana Jones would wear a Hawaiian shirt and Chuck Taylor sneakers.
A movie that takes place where you’re from. Mostly.
November 23, 2025 at 6:10 PM
A movie that takes place where you’re from. Mostly.
Home made cheese advent calendar is in process.
I may be a little excited, and it isn’t even for me.
I may be a little excited, and it isn’t even for me.
November 20, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Home made cheese advent calendar is in process.
I may be a little excited, and it isn’t even for me.
I may be a little excited, and it isn’t even for me.
My kid was playing Halloween songs on my phone as I drove to school, so I asked her to put on Bloodletting, the coolest Halloween song ever.
Of course this meant I listened to Concrete Blonde on the way to work, and there are worse ways to spend ten minutes.
Of course this meant I listened to Concrete Blonde on the way to work, and there are worse ways to spend ten minutes.
October 31, 2025 at 3:07 PM
My kid was playing Halloween songs on my phone as I drove to school, so I asked her to put on Bloodletting, the coolest Halloween song ever.
Of course this meant I listened to Concrete Blonde on the way to work, and there are worse ways to spend ten minutes.
Of course this meant I listened to Concrete Blonde on the way to work, and there are worse ways to spend ten minutes.
Damn it. Successfully delivered the money, forgot to take the tooth. I guess I’m up for a while longer.
October 31, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Damn it. Successfully delivered the money, forgot to take the tooth. I guess I’m up for a while longer.
Together…they fight crime!
October 22, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Together…they fight crime!
I have found more than the expected number of banana peels left and hidden in the library, but this is the first time I’ve found a piece of bacon on the floor.
October 16, 2025 at 3:01 AM
I have found more than the expected number of banana peels left and hidden in the library, but this is the first time I’ve found a piece of bacon on the floor.
Kids inhaling helium today will never experience the joy of sucking up a lungful and becoming Mork from Ork.
October 12, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Kids inhaling helium today will never experience the joy of sucking up a lungful and becoming Mork from Ork.
I pulled an all-nighter and wrote a Theatre History essay on the film True Romance as Senecan revenge tragedy. Got an A.
GenAI is a piker at this stuff.
GenAI is a piker at this stuff.
I wrote a 15 page report on heraldic symbolism in medieval armor and weapon design for my art history class the night before it was due (8am class). Made up 90% of it (only found one book for reference) and got an A. GenAI could fucking never.
October 9, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I pulled an all-nighter and wrote a Theatre History essay on the film True Romance as Senecan revenge tragedy. Got an A.
GenAI is a piker at this stuff.
GenAI is a piker at this stuff.
As I type on my updated iOS 26 iPhone I think of a guy who came to my last library asking for help with a 1st Gen iPod Touch.
He refused to update it because he liked how it looked, its screen full of pre-Jony Ives icons. and he knew what all the stuff was.
Of course it didn’t work worth a damn.
He refused to update it because he liked how it looked, its screen full of pre-Jony Ives icons. and he knew what all the stuff was.
Of course it didn’t work worth a damn.
October 9, 2025 at 9:41 PM
As I type on my updated iOS 26 iPhone I think of a guy who came to my last library asking for help with a 1st Gen iPod Touch.
He refused to update it because he liked how it looked, its screen full of pre-Jony Ives icons. and he knew what all the stuff was.
Of course it didn’t work worth a damn.
He refused to update it because he liked how it looked, its screen full of pre-Jony Ives icons. and he knew what all the stuff was.
Of course it didn’t work worth a damn.
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Donald Trump cut funding for pediatric cancer research.
September 28, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Donald Trump cut funding for pediatric cancer research.
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the post office is a public service. it doesn’t need to make money. public transit doesn’t need to make money. the library doesn’t need to make money. some things exist for the public good and we desperately need lawmakers to stop thinking about them in terms of capitalism. these are not businesses.
September 25, 2025 at 11:09 PM
the post office is a public service. it doesn’t need to make money. public transit doesn’t need to make money. the library doesn’t need to make money. some things exist for the public good and we desperately need lawmakers to stop thinking about them in terms of capitalism. these are not businesses.
Tonight I finished Lessons in Magic and Disaster, by @charliejane.bsky.social ,complete with emotions in the break room.
I saw the Possession comparisons, but Possession was a slow burn that took me 3 damned months to read and this is a roller coaster ride through someone’s heart.
Go on the ride.
I saw the Possession comparisons, but Possession was a slow burn that took me 3 damned months to read and this is a roller coaster ride through someone’s heart.
Go on the ride.
September 25, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Tonight I finished Lessons in Magic and Disaster, by @charliejane.bsky.social ,complete with emotions in the break room.
I saw the Possession comparisons, but Possession was a slow burn that took me 3 damned months to read and this is a roller coaster ride through someone’s heart.
Go on the ride.
I saw the Possession comparisons, but Possession was a slow burn that took me 3 damned months to read and this is a roller coaster ride through someone’s heart.
Go on the ride.