Daniel Weir
@danielweir.bsky.social
One time a Nobel laureate agreed with me on a Zoom call. Thoughts and tweets my own. Arlington ride or die.
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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.
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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 6:42 PM
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
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In America you drop your kid off at school, get your brains blown out on the ride home, then the Vice President drops everything for a week to call you a terrorist, to slander your family, to protect the circumstances that led to your death so they can do it again. It is government by Alex Jones.
January 9, 2026 at 7:24 PM
In America you drop your kid off at school, get your brains blown out on the ride home, then the Vice President drops everything for a week to call you a terrorist, to slander your family, to protect the circumstances that led to your death so they can do it again. It is government by Alex Jones.
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The evidence is increasingly pointing to the probability that an ICE agent killed a woman after misreading her as a threat because he was distracted by his simultaneous effort to record her so he could upload her image to a facial recognition database.
We've analysed this video of the shooting of Renee Nicole Good yesterday in Minneapolis frame-by-frame to highlight the positioning of the gun and phone in the ICE agent's hands.
Video: @minnesotareformer.com with annotations by Bellingcat
Video: @minnesotareformer.com with annotations by Bellingcat
January 9, 2026 at 1:19 PM
The evidence is increasingly pointing to the probability that an ICE agent killed a woman after misreading her as a threat because he was distracted by his simultaneous effort to record her so he could upload her image to a facial recognition database.
To quote Montell Jordan, “this is how we do it.”
BREAKING NEWS: We are opening a formal investigation into the shooting involving federal agents in Portland today.
Our office will take every step necessary to ensure the rights and security of Oregonians are protected. #orpol #breakingnews
Our office will take every step necessary to ensure the rights and security of Oregonians are protected. #orpol #breakingnews
January 9, 2026 at 3:46 PM
To quote Montell Jordan, “this is how we do it.”
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I'm sure he's a great attorney but I'm not thrilled a lawyer who argued to overturn Arlington's Expanded Housing Options ordinance will be @abigailspanberger.com chief legal counsel when we desperately need housing options and affordablity. Is she serious about expanding housing?
Governor-Elect Spanberger Announces Matt McGuire as Counsel to the Governor ("McGuire brings a broad record of experience across public and private practice, including his service...as Principal Deputy Solicitor General in the Office of the Attorney General") bluevirginia.us/2025/12/gove...
Governor-Elect Spanberger Announces Matt McGuire as Counsel to the Governor
With just 18 days until her inaugurating, Governor-elect Abigail Spanberger is rapidly filling out her Cabinet and top advisor positions... Governor-Elect Spanberger Announces Counsel to the Governor ...
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December 30, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I'm sure he's a great attorney but I'm not thrilled a lawyer who argued to overturn Arlington's Expanded Housing Options ordinance will be @abigailspanberger.com chief legal counsel when we desperately need housing options and affordablity. Is she serious about expanding housing?
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The older I get, the more my politics mature from childish, naïve beliefs like "the world is complicated and leaders have to make hard decisions" to more serious, adult principles like "hurting people is bad and helping people is good."
December 15, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The older I get, the more my politics mature from childish, naïve beliefs like "the world is complicated and leaders have to make hard decisions" to more serious, adult principles like "hurting people is bad and helping people is good."
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Woo is a reactionary force. Its association with hippies concealed this for a long time, but it has always been true.
This is strictly a personal observation from living in LA, but RFK scares me so much because otherwise orthodox liberals with a woo food and chemicals streak are being converted into lunatic conservatives.
SCOOP: Academy Award-nominee Liam Neeson narrated a recent anti-vaccine documentary that glorifies RFK Jr.’s rise to power.
In the film, Neeson—a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador—calls the COVID-19 vaccines “dangerous experiments.”
www.importantcontext.news/p/liam-neeso...
In the film, Neeson—a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador—calls the COVID-19 vaccines “dangerous experiments.”
www.importantcontext.news/p/liam-neeso...
December 11, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Woo is a reactionary force. Its association with hippies concealed this for a long time, but it has always been true.
Virtue is good and it should be signaled.
we all got cowed into avoiding "virtue signaling" as if the public affirmation of socially agreed upon ethical principles was somehow cringey instead of a significant part of what a "society" even is. now all there's left is vice signaling, and it's reshaping society.
December 8, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Virtue is good and it should be signaled.
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we all got cowed into avoiding "virtue signaling" as if the public affirmation of socially agreed upon ethical principles was somehow cringey instead of a significant part of what a "society" even is. now all there's left is vice signaling, and it's reshaping society.
December 8, 2025 at 6:07 PM
we all got cowed into avoiding "virtue signaling" as if the public affirmation of socially agreed upon ethical principles was somehow cringey instead of a significant part of what a "society" even is. now all there's left is vice signaling, and it's reshaping society.
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I don’t want to overreact, but I’m *pretty sure* this woman can be the frontrunner for the Democratic Party Presidential nomination starting tomorrow if she wants.
December 5, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I don’t want to overreact, but I’m *pretty sure* this woman can be the frontrunner for the Democratic Party Presidential nomination starting tomorrow if she wants.
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I hoped to get this out earlier but btwn the death in my family+thanksgiving, here we are
I think its important to be transparent on my concerns about the “form of government” process being proposed for Arlington County w/vote this month
3 categories:
- timing/priorities
- approach
- substance
I think its important to be transparent on my concerns about the “form of government” process being proposed for Arlington County w/vote this month
3 categories:
- timing/priorities
- approach
- substance
December 1, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I hoped to get this out earlier but btwn the death in my family+thanksgiving, here we are
I think its important to be transparent on my concerns about the “form of government” process being proposed for Arlington County w/vote this month
3 categories:
- timing/priorities
- approach
- substance
I think its important to be transparent on my concerns about the “form of government” process being proposed for Arlington County w/vote this month
3 categories:
- timing/priorities
- approach
- substance
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When you see the set of footprints in concrete on #columbiapike … just think … that’s Jesus walking next to you wishing he could hop on the streetcar 🤣
November 25, 2025 at 2:17 PM
When you see the set of footprints in concrete on #columbiapike … just think … that’s Jesus walking next to you wishing he could hop on the streetcar 🤣
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Now *that* is how you name a beer 🤣
November 21, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Now *that* is how you name a beer 🤣
Vernon I love you man but we got pinball at acme pie on the pike
Arlington has an arcade and it’s a national chain restaurant/bar.
Alexandria has a new arcade and it’s a couple guys fixing up an obscure rare X-Men game and basically building a restaurant around it behind a car shop
Alexandria has a new arcade and it’s a couple guys fixing up an obscure rare X-Men game and basically building a restaurant around it behind a car shop
November 22, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Vernon I love you man but we got pinball at acme pie on the pike
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It’s so funny how Arlington is so culturally and geographically close to Alexandria but the vibe is just tangibly different and delightfully weird.
I know I go back to this well a lot, but you have to dig to find out about ‘The Beast of Barcroft’ whereas Alexandria has ‘Goosepigs’ on a city plaque
I know I go back to this well a lot, but you have to dig to find out about ‘The Beast of Barcroft’ whereas Alexandria has ‘Goosepigs’ on a city plaque
November 20, 2025 at 9:44 PM
It’s so funny how Arlington is so culturally and geographically close to Alexandria but the vibe is just tangibly different and delightfully weird.
I know I go back to this well a lot, but you have to dig to find out about ‘The Beast of Barcroft’ whereas Alexandria has ‘Goosepigs’ on a city plaque
I know I go back to this well a lot, but you have to dig to find out about ‘The Beast of Barcroft’ whereas Alexandria has ‘Goosepigs’ on a city plaque
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i think if you want to have those disgusting LED headlights on your car, you should have to do a test where they blast you point blank with your own headlights and then you have 15 seconds to successfully complete some sort of vision-based task, and if you can't do it they push your car off a cliff
November 20, 2025 at 2:25 AM
i think if you want to have those disgusting LED headlights on your car, you should have to do a test where they blast you point blank with your own headlights and then you have 15 seconds to successfully complete some sort of vision-based task, and if you can't do it they push your car off a cliff
I happen to believe that the best place for trash is the dump. Not, you know, given historic preservation or something.
November 16, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I happen to believe that the best place for trash is the dump. Not, you know, given historic preservation or something.
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I feel like parents teaching their sons "You don't actually need to learn be decent to other people, just make sure you can get a job that makes a lot of money" is exactly why we're having this male loneliness epidemic.
November 12, 2025 at 1:13 AM
I feel like parents teaching their sons "You don't actually need to learn be decent to other people, just make sure you can get a job that makes a lot of money" is exactly why we're having this male loneliness epidemic.
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Nothing like a proposal for a modest amount of lower-income housing nearby to find out who your neighbors are.
November 11, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Nothing like a proposal for a modest amount of lower-income housing nearby to find out who your neighbors are.
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As an Arlington resident I rate this as accurate
WaPo rating every county for raising a family and HATS OFF to the NIMBYS for working overtime to get us this ZERO in affordability #arlingtonVA
November 11, 2025 at 3:00 AM
As an Arlington resident I rate this as accurate
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WaPo rating every county for raising a family and HATS OFF to the NIMBYS for working overtime to get us this ZERO in affordability #arlingtonVA
November 10, 2025 at 10:52 PM
WaPo rating every county for raising a family and HATS OFF to the NIMBYS for working overtime to get us this ZERO in affordability #arlingtonVA
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While we're at it, why do we pay for a fire department when most houses don't even burn down.
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 10, 2025 at 6:46 PM
While we're at it, why do we pay for a fire department when most houses don't even burn down.
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Couldn't help myself.
November 9, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Couldn't help myself.