Dave Morse
@dave-morse.bsky.social
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Contra Dance
🚲 we move in space with minimum waste and maximum joy
Software Development
Boardgames
Politics
Contra Dance
🚲 we move in space with minimum waste and maximum joy
I'm in the airport and thus subjected to talking heads breathlessly covering SPORTS SPORTS SPORTS. Like there's not an authoritarian breakthrough going on.
January 13, 2026 at 6:02 PM
I'm in the airport and thus subjected to talking heads breathlessly covering SPORTS SPORTS SPORTS. Like there's not an authoritarian breakthrough going on.
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Contra dances insist on live music even though in many ways recorded music would be better. In a sense, people on stage playing for dancing has been obsolete for decades, but we keep doing it because that's the culture we want.
As AI progressively outpaces humans, I like this as a model to follow.
As AI progressively outpaces humans, I like this as a model to follow.
Contra Dance as a Model For Post-AI Culture
I play for contra dances, and a core part of our culture is that we always have live music. It's not that live music is categorically better: if you ran a test where you put down a curtain in front of...
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January 13, 2026 at 6:52 AM
Contra dances insist on live music even though in many ways recorded music would be better. In a sense, people on stage playing for dancing has been obsolete for decades, but we keep doing it because that's the culture we want.
As AI progressively outpaces humans, I like this as a model to follow.
As AI progressively outpaces humans, I like this as a model to follow.
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Register to save your spot on the bus here: bit.ly/jan21rally.
Free lunch is included.
Free lunch is included.
January 13, 2026 at 2:08 AM
Register to save your spot on the bus here: bit.ly/jan21rally.
Free lunch is included.
Free lunch is included.
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“People ask me to predict the future, but all I want to do is prevent it. Better yet, build it. Predicting the future is too easy, anyway.
You look around — the street you stand on, the air you breathe — and predict more of the same. To hell with more. I want better.”
- Ray Bradbury
You look around — the street you stand on, the air you breathe — and predict more of the same. To hell with more. I want better.”
- Ray Bradbury
January 10, 2026 at 8:12 PM
“People ask me to predict the future, but all I want to do is prevent it. Better yet, build it. Predicting the future is too easy, anyway.
You look around — the street you stand on, the air you breathe — and predict more of the same. To hell with more. I want better.”
- Ray Bradbury
You look around — the street you stand on, the air you breathe — and predict more of the same. To hell with more. I want better.”
- Ray Bradbury
'Clicktatorship'
I agree with this- they are definitely in a social media bubble and are losing sight of what the vast majority of the country sees and wants.
It’s a Clicktatorship.
Meme governance.
It’s a Clicktatorship.
Meme governance.
January 9, 2026 at 1:42 AM
'Clicktatorship'
@plainenglishsci.bsky.social this feels up your alley.
Experts don’t lose public debates because they’re wrong. They lose because they’re hard to hear.
In energy, complexity without a clear takeaway gets ignored. Simpler, louder stories take its place.
My latest piece is about starting with clarity and then layering nuance.
medium.com/@jan.rosenow...
In energy, complexity without a clear takeaway gets ignored. Simpler, louder stories take its place.
My latest piece is about starting with clarity and then layering nuance.
medium.com/@jan.rosenow...
If you can’t be simple, you will be ignored
This title is an oversimplification. That is deliberate. In a world shaped by shrinking attention spans, overflowing news cycles, and…
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January 8, 2026 at 1:56 PM
@plainenglishsci.bsky.social this feels up your alley.
Attacking Greenland is the the smartest move since:
- Japan attacking Pearl Harbor in 1941
- Nazi Germany invading the USSR in 1941
- Imperial Germany invading Belgium in 1914
You see that the officials from those governments had wonderful lives after making those very smart decisions!
- Japan attacking Pearl Harbor in 1941
- Nazi Germany invading the USSR in 1941
- Imperial Germany invading Belgium in 1914
You see that the officials from those governments had wonderful lives after making those very smart decisions!
January 7, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Attacking Greenland is the the smartest move since:
- Japan attacking Pearl Harbor in 1941
- Nazi Germany invading the USSR in 1941
- Imperial Germany invading Belgium in 1914
You see that the officials from those governments had wonderful lives after making those very smart decisions!
- Japan attacking Pearl Harbor in 1941
- Nazi Germany invading the USSR in 1941
- Imperial Germany invading Belgium in 1914
You see that the officials from those governments had wonderful lives after making those very smart decisions!
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The mayor says something really important about something that's bugged me for a long time: that we force grieving families to relive their trauma over and over again as they lobby elected officials asking them to do the right thing. I am so glad to hear him say those days are over.
"I'm so sorry that we could not have done this earlier...to have saved the loved ones in your life. But I thank you fopr the work that you have done...to ensure that this pain not be felt by others who call this same city home." — Mayor Mamdani at McGuinness Blvd. presser youtube.com/shorts/uwAYI...
Mayor Mamdani commits to ending traffic violence across NYC on third day in office #safestreets
YouTube video by Streetsblog NYC
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January 3, 2026 at 9:13 PM
The mayor says something really important about something that's bugged me for a long time: that we force grieving families to relive their trauma over and over again as they lobby elected officials asking them to do the right thing. I am so glad to hear him say those days are over.
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Tonight - 4pm Forest Park - NE corner
www.answercoalition.org/venezuela
www.answercoalition.org/venezuela
January 3, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Tonight - 4pm Forest Park - NE corner
www.answercoalition.org/venezuela
www.answercoalition.org/venezuela
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Maduro is a brutal and oppressive dictator of Venezuela.
Trump has no legitimate legal basis for military action against Venezuela under United States or international law.
Both of those facts are simultaneously true.
Trump has no legitimate legal basis for military action against Venezuela under United States or international law.
Both of those facts are simultaneously true.
January 3, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Maduro is a brutal and oppressive dictator of Venezuela.
Trump has no legitimate legal basis for military action against Venezuela under United States or international law.
Both of those facts are simultaneously true.
Trump has no legitimate legal basis for military action against Venezuela under United States or international law.
Both of those facts are simultaneously true.
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Bombing another country and kidnapping its leader would also be wrong with Congressional approval. The outrage, and call for impeachment, should be over the evil and illegal outcome not merely the failure to follow the prescribed process.
January 3, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Bombing another country and kidnapping its leader would also be wrong with Congressional approval. The outrage, and call for impeachment, should be over the evil and illegal outcome not merely the failure to follow the prescribed process.
Heading to Grand and Arsenal at about 11 with a sign. Gonna yell at the Criminal In Chief for a while.
January 3, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Heading to Grand and Arsenal at about 11 with a sign. Gonna yell at the Criminal In Chief for a while.
Letter to my congressional delegation /1
"The president has taken military action against Venezuela without consulting congress. Whatever the current murky legality of that action under US Law, congress must see that this man does not have the capacity to lead the country in war.
"The president has taken military action against Venezuela without consulting congress. Whatever the current murky legality of that action under US Law, congress must see that this man does not have the capacity to lead the country in war.
January 3, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Letter to my congressional delegation /1
"The president has taken military action against Venezuela without consulting congress. Whatever the current murky legality of that action under US Law, congress must see that this man does not have the capacity to lead the country in war.
"The president has taken military action against Venezuela without consulting congress. Whatever the current murky legality of that action under US Law, congress must see that this man does not have the capacity to lead the country in war.
As US citizens, what are our responsibilities today?
Write congresscritters?
Stand on a street corner with a sign?
What else?
Write congresscritters?
Stand on a street corner with a sign?
What else?
January 3, 2026 at 1:41 PM
As US citizens, what are our responsibilities today?
Write congresscritters?
Stand on a street corner with a sign?
What else?
Write congresscritters?
Stand on a street corner with a sign?
What else?
Wow. To be in the safe side, at a very minimum: tip in cash.
January 2, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Wow. To be in the safe side, at a very minimum: tip in cash.
Get ready for Dave's 2025 human powered transportation stats!
1616 miles bicycling - 306 of it on a tandem
485 miles running - a record by 95 miles
Photo: Katy trail during Geekway to the West
1616 miles bicycling - 306 of it on a tandem
485 miles running - a record by 95 miles
Photo: Katy trail during Geekway to the West
January 2, 2026 at 5:04 AM
Get ready for Dave's 2025 human powered transportation stats!
1616 miles bicycling - 306 of it on a tandem
485 miles running - a record by 95 miles
Photo: Katy trail during Geekway to the West
1616 miles bicycling - 306 of it on a tandem
485 miles running - a record by 95 miles
Photo: Katy trail during Geekway to the West
Tonight we played _Cross Bronx Expressway_.
This game models history. I found it fresh, educational, and ideological. Go bankrupt? Incarcerate too many? Everyone loses! But everyone has a partisan agenda and everyone needs everyone else's help, too! How will YOU thread that needle?
This game models history. I found it fresh, educational, and ideological. Go bankrupt? Incarcerate too many? Everyone loses! But everyone has a partisan agenda and everyone needs everyone else's help, too! How will YOU thread that needle?
Cross Bronx Expressway | Official Trailer
YouTube video by GMTGames
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January 2, 2026 at 3:52 AM
Tonight we played _Cross Bronx Expressway_.
This game models history. I found it fresh, educational, and ideological. Go bankrupt? Incarcerate too many? Everyone loses! But everyone has a partisan agenda and everyone needs everyone else's help, too! How will YOU thread that needle?
This game models history. I found it fresh, educational, and ideological. Go bankrupt? Incarcerate too many? Everyone loses! But everyone has a partisan agenda and everyone needs everyone else's help, too! How will YOU thread that needle?
I'm excited to do some "deep canvassing" with Promo next year. Would you like to join me in engaging fellow Missourians real front porch conversations about trans rights?
Volunteer to Deep Canvass in Your Area · PROMO
This year, our deep canvassing efforts must scale up dramatically to reach people across Missouri. We need your help, however, to reach this goal.
Deep canvassing is the only scientific-proven metho...
www.mobilize.us
December 31, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I'm excited to do some "deep canvassing" with Promo next year. Would you like to join me in engaging fellow Missourians real front porch conversations about trans rights?
Well-coiffed lady rolls down her window in the middle of Arsenal & Grand, to tell the workers "y'all are doing a great job".
Result: some big grins all around.
Result: some big grins all around.
December 10, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Well-coiffed lady rolls down her window in the middle of Arsenal & Grand, to tell the workers "y'all are doing a great job".
Result: some big grins all around.
Result: some big grins all around.
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It's time once again for my annual #treebybike post. This is the 12/19/42 cover of @newyorker.com, so one full year after the attack on Pearl Harbor. This would be the first real Christmas alone, or without a family member, for millions in the US. Gas and tire rationing had begun earlier that year.🗃️
December 8, 2025 at 3:38 PM
It's time once again for my annual #treebybike post. This is the 12/19/42 cover of @newyorker.com, so one full year after the attack on Pearl Harbor. This would be the first real Christmas alone, or without a family member, for millions in the US. Gas and tire rationing had begun earlier that year.🗃️
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What if color harmonies were a continuum? Not fixed rules, and you could glide through them just by interpolating?
November 22, 2025 at 12:15 AM
What if color harmonies were a continuum? Not fixed rules, and you could glide through them just by interpolating?
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"At their all-time high, in 2017, global sales of pure internal combustion vehicles hit 79.9 million units, per data from the International Energy Agency. Last year, 54.8 million internal combustion cars were sold, a 31% reduction." www.canarymedia.com/articles/ele... via @danmccarthy.bsky.social
Chart: EVs are ascendant — and gas cars are past their prime
Sales of gas-only vehicles are down by 31% from their peak, while electric vehicle sales are growing rapidly worldwide, largely due to China.
www.canarymedia.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:21 AM
"At their all-time high, in 2017, global sales of pure internal combustion vehicles hit 79.9 million units, per data from the International Energy Agency. Last year, 54.8 million internal combustion cars were sold, a 31% reduction." www.canarymedia.com/articles/ele... via @danmccarthy.bsky.social