Dan Mitchell
@danmitchell.bsky.social
Reporter based in Oakland. An American, Chicago-born.
I have watched entirely too much TV.
November 29, 2025 at 2:31 AM
I have watched entirely too much TV.
I'd like to do a Chronicle Books-like thing with old quotes from Mark Zuckerberg on the left page about how, like "Facebook is bringing the world together" and the importance of being a "good corporate citizen" and so forth, with stuff like this on the facing page.
November 25, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I'd like to do a Chronicle Books-like thing with old quotes from Mark Zuckerberg on the left page about how, like "Facebook is bringing the world together" and the importance of being a "good corporate citizen" and so forth, with stuff like this on the facing page.
It’s as real as this.
November 24, 2025 at 4:38 AM
It’s as real as this.
It turns out that when you make, say, pro-genocide sentiment just another "opinion," like, I dunno, opposing rent control, no better or worse than any other opinion, and when you make "judging" people "just for their opinions" the worst sin of all, then stuff like genocide becomes more accepted.
November 24, 2025 at 3:31 AM
It turns out that when you make, say, pro-genocide sentiment just another "opinion," like, I dunno, opposing rent control, no better or worse than any other opinion, and when you make "judging" people "just for their opinions" the worst sin of all, then stuff like genocide becomes more accepted.
I began to notice that on my FB dummy account, where I follow nothing and have no friends, the feed was filled with absolute garbage. Much of it is horrifying (Nazi shit, quasi-child-porn, etc.), but there's also this kind of gutter-level clickbait. This is about the 15th version if this I've seen.
November 23, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I began to notice that on my FB dummy account, where I follow nothing and have no friends, the feed was filled with absolute garbage. Much of it is horrifying (Nazi shit, quasi-child-porn, etc.), but there's also this kind of gutter-level clickbait. This is about the 15th version if this I've seen.
Twitter gets the attention because Musk is so insane and because so many influential types (journalists) insist on staying there to interact with ghouls. But Facebook is and always has been much worse. The stuff on there is just as bad, but there's a lot more of it and way more people see it.
November 21, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Twitter gets the attention because Musk is so insane and because so many influential types (journalists) insist on staying there to interact with ghouls. But Facebook is and always has been much worse. The stuff on there is just as bad, but there's a lot more of it and way more people see it.
This is still my favorite example of the genre.
November 21, 2025 at 7:02 AM
This is still my favorite example of the genre.
He's remembered for some other stuff, too. Somewhere between 600,000 and 1 million people were killed in the Iraq War. The pictured woman lost both her legs. To The New York Times, "transforming national security" and "standing against" Trump (he was anti-Trump) stand out. Also: note the gossip.
November 20, 2025 at 11:23 PM
He's remembered for some other stuff, too. Somewhere between 600,000 and 1 million people were killed in the Iraq War. The pictured woman lost both her legs. To The New York Times, "transforming national security" and "standing against" Trump (he was anti-Trump) stand out. Also: note the gossip.
I've come to see this kind of performative "contrarian," "provocative" shit as one of our biggest political and social problems.
Reminder: Mother Jones employed this guy for years, shooting him to the upper reaches of the masthead, because his inane, Buzzfeed-derivative crap drew lots of traffic.
Reminder: Mother Jones employed this guy for years, shooting him to the upper reaches of the masthead, because his inane, Buzzfeed-derivative crap drew lots of traffic.
November 19, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I've come to see this kind of performative "contrarian," "provocative" shit as one of our biggest political and social problems.
Reminder: Mother Jones employed this guy for years, shooting him to the upper reaches of the masthead, because his inane, Buzzfeed-derivative crap drew lots of traffic.
Reminder: Mother Jones employed this guy for years, shooting him to the upper reaches of the masthead, because his inane, Buzzfeed-derivative crap drew lots of traffic.
He's a real socket man, this guy.
That we're producing humans like this makes me wonder how civilization lasted as long as it did.
That we're producing humans like this makes me wonder how civilization lasted as long as it did.
November 18, 2025 at 10:18 PM
He's a real socket man, this guy.
That we're producing humans like this makes me wonder how civilization lasted as long as it did.
That we're producing humans like this makes me wonder how civilization lasted as long as it did.
He seems like a real catch.
November 18, 2025 at 7:50 PM
He seems like a real catch.
This place is even more inane than the high-end cannabis shops it's apparently emulating.
November 18, 2025 at 1:14 AM
This place is even more inane than the high-end cannabis shops it's apparently emulating.
🎶 “I’m forever blowing Bubba” 🎶
November 16, 2025 at 10:33 PM
🎶 “I’m forever blowing Bubba” 🎶
I've long said that Michael Wolff looks like he could be sitting in a high-backed Rococo chair with a gargoyle carved into the top, casually snacking from a bowl of freeze-dried baby parts. I wouldn't say that if I didn't think his personality comported.
November 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I've long said that Michael Wolff looks like he could be sitting in a high-backed Rococo chair with a gargoyle carved into the top, casually snacking from a bowl of freeze-dried baby parts. I wouldn't say that if I didn't think his personality comported.
This applies to tens of millions of people. And they’re in charge now.
November 9, 2025 at 6:53 PM
This applies to tens of millions of people. And they’re in charge now.
Everybody needs a hobby, I suppose.
November 5, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Everybody needs a hobby, I suppose.
Maybe it's time for Democrats to stop hiring Lindsay Naegle to tell them what to say.
November 5, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Maybe it's time for Democrats to stop hiring Lindsay Naegle to tell them what to say.
The "no" votes were from tech bros in SF and fluoride "skeptics" in Marin.
www.sfgate.com/politics/art...
www.sfgate.com/politics/art...
November 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
The "no" votes were from tech bros in SF and fluoride "skeptics" in Marin.
www.sfgate.com/politics/art...
www.sfgate.com/politics/art...
Even the great Bruce Dickinson, the duo's manager, couldn't get them to work together.
November 5, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Even the great Bruce Dickinson, the duo's manager, couldn't get them to work together.
