Daniel Hope
@hopewritlarge.bsky.social
Author of The Inevitable, published by Hawthorne Books.
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I just saw this instagram post from the incredibly talented and breathtakingly hilarious Kate Welch, who was laid off around a year ago, and I wanted to share it here. It’s an important message, and you deserve to read it:
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February 4, 2026 at 6:42 PM
I just saw this instagram post from the incredibly talented and breathtakingly hilarious Kate Welch, who was laid off around a year ago, and I wanted to share it here. It’s an important message, and you deserve to read it:
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I've experienced a specific and prolific kind of fatigue in the last few years, and it comes from constantly needing to ask myself, "Wait, is this really happening?!" Normally people only ask, "Is this real life?" during a drug trip, not six times a day, every day.
February 3, 2026 at 7:56 PM
I've experienced a specific and prolific kind of fatigue in the last few years, and it comes from constantly needing to ask myself, "Wait, is this really happening?!" Normally people only ask, "Is this real life?" during a drug trip, not six times a day, every day.
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I think a lot of us get hope wrong. Hope, I do not believe, is an emotion. In fact, hope makes space for lots of emotions to exist alongside it. You can DO hope scared, angry, sad etc...
Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.
Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.
January 25, 2026 at 2:05 AM
I think a lot of us get hope wrong. Hope, I do not believe, is an emotion. In fact, hope makes space for lots of emotions to exist alongside it. You can DO hope scared, angry, sad etc...
Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.
Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.
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ICE is now responsible for 66% of the homicides in Minneapolis this year.
January 24, 2026 at 4:51 PM
ICE is now responsible for 66% of the homicides in Minneapolis this year.
I'm thrilled to have a piece published in @mcsweeneys.net! I just wish the story sounded a little less plausible than it does.
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/pol...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/pol...
Polymarket: Will the World End in 2026?
This market will resolve to “Yes” if the world ends before December 31, 2026, 11:59 PM ET. Otherwise, this market will resolve to “No.”
Note that p...
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January 21, 2026 at 11:21 PM
I'm thrilled to have a piece published in @mcsweeneys.net! I just wish the story sounded a little less plausible than it does.
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/pol...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/pol...
The antidote for our current situation
youtu.be/ip8dZDSNspY
youtu.be/ip8dZDSNspY
I went to space and discovered an enormous lie | Ron Garan
YouTube video by Ron Garan
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January 21, 2026 at 3:19 PM
The antidote for our current situation
youtu.be/ip8dZDSNspY
youtu.be/ip8dZDSNspY
There is only one business model in Silicon Valley
December 31, 2025 at 3:27 PM
There is only one business model in Silicon Valley
A friend just referred to crepes as "French burritos" and now the world looks different to me.
December 27, 2025 at 3:57 PM
A friend just referred to crepes as "French burritos" and now the world looks different to me.
We need to start calling it "enpoopification," otherwise the reputable brands won't feel comfortable monetizing traffic on the topic.
December 21, 2025 at 4:45 PM
We need to start calling it "enpoopification," otherwise the reputable brands won't feel comfortable monetizing traffic on the topic.
Thinking I might cancel my Reality subscription. The plot is ridiculous and the visual metaphors are way too heavy-handed.
WATCH: Replica of the Statue of Liberty topples due to strong winds in Guaíba, Brazil
December 16, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Thinking I might cancel my Reality subscription. The plot is ridiculous and the visual metaphors are way too heavy-handed.
The tech industry has repeatedly shown that spending other people's money on ideas that never come to fruition leads to exponential growth. This implies significant benefits from quadrupling my compensation. In this TED talk I will demonstrate...
December 9, 2025 at 5:47 PM
The tech industry has repeatedly shown that spending other people's money on ideas that never come to fruition leads to exponential growth. This implies significant benefits from quadrupling my compensation. In this TED talk I will demonstrate...
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Once again, @mcsweeneys.net does not miss.
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"In 2004, you saw some college guy using me and thought, 'What a lazy cheater.'
Now you’d think, 'At least he’s not asking Gemini.'
In a few years, you’ll say, 'Wow, look, a human being who can read.'"
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"In 2004, you saw some college guy using me and thought, 'What a lazy cheater.'
Now you’d think, 'At least he’s not asking Gemini.'
In a few years, you’ll say, 'Wow, look, a human being who can read.'"
Hi, It’s Me, Wikipedia, and I Am Ready for Your Apology
“Wikipedia, the constantly changing knowledge base created by a global free-for-all of anonymous users, now stands as the leading force for the dum...
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October 28, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Once again, @mcsweeneys.net does not miss.
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"In 2004, you saw some college guy using me and thought, 'What a lazy cheater.'
Now you’d think, 'At least he’s not asking Gemini.'
In a few years, you’ll say, 'Wow, look, a human being who can read.'"
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"In 2004, you saw some college guy using me and thought, 'What a lazy cheater.'
Now you’d think, 'At least he’s not asking Gemini.'
In a few years, you’ll say, 'Wow, look, a human being who can read.'"
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i constantly think about this post
September 3, 2025 at 3:15 AM
i constantly think about this post
Keep making stuff.
Sometimes we’re unsatisfied with a thing we made because when it only existed in our head, we saw all the things it could have been and when it’s done we know all the things that it isn’t, but we can’t see the way it expands into a million new things when someone else unpacks it in their head. 🖊️🦑
September 1, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Keep making stuff.
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Recently I came across Umberto Eco saying a "literature is a machine for producing possible worlds" and I have been thinking about that a lot!
August 27, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Recently I came across Umberto Eco saying a "literature is a machine for producing possible worlds" and I have been thinking about that a lot!
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Hello. I wrote a nice long essay about AI and this very strange moment where we're constantly told we're living in the dawn of a strange new future but the only thing that's actually clear is that everyone feels pretty unmoored and uncertain. I hope you'll read it
AI Is a Mass-Delusion Event
Three years in, one of AI’s enduring impacts is to make people feel like they’re losing it.
www.theatlantic.com
August 18, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Hello. I wrote a nice long essay about AI and this very strange moment where we're constantly told we're living in the dawn of a strange new future but the only thing that's actually clear is that everyone feels pretty unmoored and uncertain. I hope you'll read it
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I'll say it once and I'll say it again. If you think artists are just "naturally talented", you're deeply wrong. The only difference between you and us is that we kept trying when it didn't come out like we hoped.
You can always make art yourself. There's no bad time to start, you can start now.
You can always make art yourself. There's no bad time to start, you can start now.
August 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I'll say it once and I'll say it again. If you think artists are just "naturally talented", you're deeply wrong. The only difference between you and us is that we kept trying when it didn't come out like we hoped.
You can always make art yourself. There's no bad time to start, you can start now.
You can always make art yourself. There's no bad time to start, you can start now.
We should be more concerned about the looming AI joke deficit.
It's getting harder to make jokes about AI because the funniest ones have already been posted as someone's earnest opinion.
It's getting harder to make jokes about AI because the funniest ones have already been posted as someone's earnest opinion.
July 31, 2025 at 6:15 PM
We should be more concerned about the looming AI joke deficit.
It's getting harder to make jokes about AI because the funniest ones have already been posted as someone's earnest opinion.
It's getting harder to make jokes about AI because the funniest ones have already been posted as someone's earnest opinion.
Planning a Design: 2 minutes
Vibe Coding: 35 minutes
Debugging: 63 hours
Someone who is good at prompt engineering please help me budget this. My social app launch is delayed.
Vibe Coding: 35 minutes
Debugging: 63 hours
Someone who is good at prompt engineering please help me budget this. My social app launch is delayed.
July 30, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Planning a Design: 2 minutes
Vibe Coding: 35 minutes
Debugging: 63 hours
Someone who is good at prompt engineering please help me budget this. My social app launch is delayed.
Vibe Coding: 35 minutes
Debugging: 63 hours
Someone who is good at prompt engineering please help me budget this. My social app launch is delayed.
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You WILLL NOT guess what this is about. But I encourage you to try before clicking through for the answer. www.reddit.com/r/AskNYC/s/X...
July 21, 2025 at 9:12 PM
You WILLL NOT guess what this is about. But I encourage you to try before clicking through for the answer. www.reddit.com/r/AskNYC/s/X...
Came out of therapy with the insight that I find breakfast cereal to be very emotionally comforting, and I don't think that's where my therapist thought I'd end up.
July 21, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Came out of therapy with the insight that I find breakfast cereal to be very emotionally comforting, and I don't think that's where my therapist thought I'd end up.
Be kind solely because it's the right thing to do. But if that's not a good enough reason, be kind because it infuriates a specific kind of person, and we all secretly enjoy that more than it would be kind to admit.
July 15, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Be kind solely because it's the right thing to do. But if that's not a good enough reason, be kind because it infuriates a specific kind of person, and we all secretly enjoy that more than it would be kind to admit.
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You know how some McSweeny's and Onion pieces front-load their goodness in the headline, while others deliver in the body?
This one *really* delivers in the body.
This one *really* delivers in the body.
"This may be related to staffing problems and the fact that the same person was responsible for lunch orders and patient transport. It’s possible that when asked if she wanted the chicken barley soup or house salad, your grandmother requested a knee replacement."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/we-...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/we-...
We Accidentally Performed Surgery on Your Grandmother, but This Could Actually Turn Out to Be a Good Thing
Okay, we’re just going to come right out and say it: We mistook your grandmother for another patient and brought her in for surgery this morning. T...
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July 11, 2025 at 1:44 AM
You know how some McSweeny's and Onion pieces front-load their goodness in the headline, while others deliver in the body?
This one *really* delivers in the body.
This one *really* delivers in the body.
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writing books is hard, wow. who would choose to do this to themselves?
July 11, 2025 at 3:28 PM
writing books is hard, wow. who would choose to do this to themselves?