Dan Seals
@danseals.me
CISO by day. Batman by night. But really only if Batman was also working in InfoSec. Name is pronounced like Navy Seals, but instead of Navy, you say Dan.
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“I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. During that time, I was never told what I was charged with, was not allowed to shower despite being covered in tear gas and pepper spray, had no phone call to my family, and no access to an attorney.” - George Retes, U.S. citizen and veteran.
I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason.
Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.
newsletter.ofthebrave.org
October 12, 2025 at 12:01 PM
“I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. During that time, I was never told what I was charged with, was not allowed to shower despite being covered in tear gas and pepper spray, had no phone call to my family, and no access to an attorney.” - George Retes, U.S. citizen and veteran.
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I am having a hard time reconciling "Charlie Kirk was a fierce advocate of open dialogue and free expression" with "we must identify and persecute everyone who is insufficiently mournful"
After Charlie Kirk's death, teachers and professors nationwide fired or disciplined over social media posts
At least a dozen faculty and staff have faced fallout over insensitive comments online.
www.nbcnews.com
September 13, 2025 at 12:08 PM
I am having a hard time reconciling "Charlie Kirk was a fierce advocate of open dialogue and free expression" with "we must identify and persecute everyone who is insufficiently mournful"
Anyone else experience Schrödinger's lottery? When you haven't checked the Powerball numbers yet, and think... I could be a billionaire right now, or not. I am both!
September 2, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Anyone else experience Schrödinger's lottery? When you haven't checked the Powerball numbers yet, and think... I could be a billionaire right now, or not. I am both!
Also one of the first popular writers to use the word "literally" as a general intensifier instead of its literal definition.
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#Gatsby #PublicDomain
April 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Also one of the first popular writers to use the word "literally" as a general intensifier instead of its literal definition.
Trump is golfing today... how much money do folks have to lose before they just 25th Amendment this dude? Everyone that thought the tariff thing was a game of chicken and would never actually happen... ⛵️ So now what? Isn't there some angry group of billionaires actually running things?
April 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Trump is golfing today... how much money do folks have to lose before they just 25th Amendment this dude? Everyone that thought the tariff thing was a game of chicken and would never actually happen... ⛵️ So now what? Isn't there some angry group of billionaires actually running things?
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Signal should corporate sponsor the White House Easter Egg Roll
March 25, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Signal should corporate sponsor the White House Easter Egg Roll
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Russia has kidnapped tens of thousands of Ukrainian children. Putin was indicted for this crime. Yale has a unit searching for them. Musk eliminated the funding.
inews.co.uk/news/world/m...
inews.co.uk/news/world/m...
Musk cuts the team finding Ukrainian children stolen by Russia
Trump’s federal cost-cutting - led by Elon Musk's Doge – has now hit the unit helping rescue Ukrainian children taken by Russia
inews.co.uk
March 15, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Russia has kidnapped tens of thousands of Ukrainian children. Putin was indicted for this crime. Yale has a unit searching for them. Musk eliminated the funding.
inews.co.uk/news/world/m...
inews.co.uk/news/world/m...
These decisions should be left up to the states… unless I disagree with them.
February 11, 2025 at 2:19 PM
These decisions should be left up to the states… unless I disagree with them.
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You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.
February 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM
You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.
I wonder if Fox struggled to sell Superbowl commercials this year… I feel like more than half of the commercials are for Fox themselves…
February 10, 2025 at 2:35 AM
I wonder if Fox struggled to sell Superbowl commercials this year… I feel like more than half of the commercials are for Fox themselves…
…”spending lots of time online posting about what people in power are saying and doing is not going to accomplish anything.”
…”the greatest of these sins is convincing ourselves that posting is a form of political activism, when it is at best a coping mechanism“
www.404media.co/you-cant-pos...
…”the greatest of these sins is convincing ourselves that posting is a form of political activism, when it is at best a coping mechanism“
www.404media.co/you-cant-pos...
You Can’t Post Your Way Out of Fascism
Authoritarians and tech CEOs now share the same goal: to keep us locked in an eternal doomscroll instead of organizing against them, Janus Rose writes.
www.404media.co
February 6, 2025 at 3:51 PM
…”spending lots of time online posting about what people in power are saying and doing is not going to accomplish anything.”
…”the greatest of these sins is convincing ourselves that posting is a form of political activism, when it is at best a coping mechanism“
www.404media.co/you-cant-pos...
…”the greatest of these sins is convincing ourselves that posting is a form of political activism, when it is at best a coping mechanism“
www.404media.co/you-cant-pos...
We should all positively reinforce this behavior and make her famous for the right reasons. I may not have agreed with her, and still may not, but the fact that she understands her role and why her approach was reprehensible, is a huge step forward in bridging the gap between political ideologies.
Convicted US Capitol rioter turns down Trump pardon — BBC News
Former
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January 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
We should all positively reinforce this behavior and make her famous for the right reasons. I may not have agreed with her, and still may not, but the fact that she understands her role and why her approach was reprehensible, is a huge step forward in bridging the gap between political ideologies.
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Somehow "Elon Musk Is a Genius" and "Elon Musk Doesn't Know How Hands Work" are being said by a lot of the same people
January 21, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Somehow "Elon Musk Is a Genius" and "Elon Musk Doesn't Know How Hands Work" are being said by a lot of the same people
He made a gesture, it's universally loved by Nazi's. I don't know any other gestures that look like that... ♠️♠️
Neo-Nazis Love the Nazi-Like Salutes Elon Musk Made at Trump's Inauguration
The far right is celebrating what it views as a clear signal from the X owner and Donald Trump associate, who made the gestures on stage Monday.
www.wired.com
January 21, 2025 at 4:33 PM
He made a gesture, it's universally loved by Nazi's. I don't know any other gestures that look like that... ♠️♠️
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Elon Musk's Twitter edits 'nazi salute' out of his Trump inauguration speech
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Elon Musk's Twitter edits 'nazi salute' out of his Trump inauguration speech
The erratic tech billionaire made a gesture that seemed to many like a fascist salute - but when Elon Musk posted the clip on X there was something different
www.mirror.co.uk
January 20, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Elon Musk's Twitter edits 'nazi salute' out of his Trump inauguration speech
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
I’ve seen too many Final Destination movies to be ok with all these road signs being held back by a single rubber bungee cord…
November 27, 2024 at 11:38 PM
I’ve seen too many Final Destination movies to be ok with all these road signs being held back by a single rubber bungee cord…
Is there a way to see when you joined Bluesky?
November 27, 2024 at 10:32 PM
Is there a way to see when you joined Bluesky?
Ok, 2008-2024 is a long time… deleted the Twitter app from my phone completely, but I can’t quite bring myself to delete my profile entirely (yet). Is this the new best example of a sunk cost fallacy?
November 26, 2024 at 7:07 PM
Ok, 2008-2024 is a long time… deleted the Twitter app from my phone completely, but I can’t quite bring myself to delete my profile entirely (yet). Is this the new best example of a sunk cost fallacy?
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If you don't make time for maintenance, maintenance will make time for you!
November 26, 2024 at 5:40 PM
If you don't make time for maintenance, maintenance will make time for you!
I'm fairly certain if Jeff Bezos was so sure Trump was going to lose the election he wouldn't have prevented the Washington Post from endorsing Kamala…
November 22, 2024 at 6:02 PM
I'm fairly certain if Jeff Bezos was so sure Trump was going to lose the election he wouldn't have prevented the Washington Post from endorsing Kamala…
Well this feels about right… I wonder if Truth Social will merge with Twitter soon. https://ground.news/article/x-algorithm-changed-in-july-to-boost-right-wing-accounts-study-finds
November 22, 2024 at 1:22 AM
Well this feels about right… I wonder if Truth Social will merge with Twitter soon. https://ground.news/article/x-algorithm-changed-in-july-to-boost-right-wing-accounts-study-finds