Dans Dans Revolution
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Just a gear in The System
You know what’s worse than not showing up to work when you’re supposed to be there?
Showing up to work not realizing you have the day off.
Ask me how I know.
Showing up to work not realizing you have the day off.
Ask me how I know.
January 14, 2026 at 4:24 PM
You know what’s worse than not showing up to work when you’re supposed to be there?
Showing up to work not realizing you have the day off.
Ask me how I know.
Showing up to work not realizing you have the day off.
Ask me how I know.
This may feel futile, but I guarantee you it’s not. Some of these guys are hanging on by a thread, ready to say “fuck this,” and throw that badge in the garbage. More than a few of them are getting ready for work, looking at their gear hanging there, and thinking “I just can’t today.” Keep it up.
I added captions to this video of people heckling Greg Bovino leaving a Target in Minneapolis, and there's so many people yelling things at him it's like a comedy skit
January 13, 2026 at 6:46 PM
This may feel futile, but I guarantee you it’s not. Some of these guys are hanging on by a thread, ready to say “fuck this,” and throw that badge in the garbage. More than a few of them are getting ready for work, looking at their gear hanging there, and thinking “I just can’t today.” Keep it up.
So… in an actual professional agency, any use of force has to be justified and documented. There’s no scenario where you pepper spray, tase, baton-strike or even just take someone down without weapons and just casually get in the car and drive away. If you use force on someone, you arrest them.
This is brutal 🤬
In Minneapolis, an ICE Goon point-blank pepper-sprayed a peaceful protester without any apparent reason. (1/12|26)
In Minneapolis, an ICE Goon point-blank pepper-sprayed a peaceful protester without any apparent reason. (1/12|26)
January 13, 2026 at 12:05 AM
So… in an actual professional agency, any use of force has to be justified and documented. There’s no scenario where you pepper spray, tase, baton-strike or even just take someone down without weapons and just casually get in the car and drive away. If you use force on someone, you arrest them.
I keep thinking about how courts have found that unless the resistance also has a threat of harm, use of impact weapons (baton, pepper spray, taser, etc.) is excessive force. I can’t really see how protesters holding signs rises to the level of “threat of harm.”
January 12, 2026 at 12:12 AM
I keep thinking about how courts have found that unless the resistance also has a threat of harm, use of impact weapons (baton, pepper spray, taser, etc.) is excessive force. I can’t really see how protesters holding signs rises to the level of “threat of harm.”
A few months ago, I wrote down a proposed list of what I called The Second Bill of Rights. These would fit nicely with my list.
Simple amendments that IMO would have a decent chance of getting ratified:
January 8, 2026 at 7:06 PM
A few months ago, I wrote down a proposed list of what I called The Second Bill of Rights. These would fit nicely with my list.
Had to get out and clear my head today, so a bike ride through my neighborhood was just the thing. My neighborhood gooses and suburban turtles lifted my spirit.
January 8, 2026 at 1:08 AM
Had to get out and clear my head today, so a bike ride through my neighborhood was just the thing. My neighborhood gooses and suburban turtles lifted my spirit.
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I miss when the OS was a self-contained tool rather than an internet service. We had to manually configure the date and time, which was a small trade off in exchange for the independence.
January 6, 2026 at 5:09 PM
I miss when the OS was a self-contained tool rather than an internet service. We had to manually configure the date and time, which was a small trade off in exchange for the independence.
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living in this country is like being awake on the table
January 3, 2026 at 6:10 PM
living in this country is like being awake on the table
We still have miles to go with regulating tech, but one of my favorite things that’s only there because it’s legally required to be there is the one-step ‘unsubscribe’ link that at the bottom of every marketing email. Let’s keep passing good consumer protection laws!
January 1, 2026 at 8:30 PM
We still have miles to go with regulating tech, but one of my favorite things that’s only there because it’s legally required to be there is the one-step ‘unsubscribe’ link that at the bottom of every marketing email. Let’s keep passing good consumer protection laws!
About half of the “See you next year!”s at work today were sincere dipshittery, and the other half were ironic dipshittery. Either way, it was all dipshittery, and it made my ears hurt every time.
January 1, 2026 at 12:37 AM
About half of the “See you next year!”s at work today were sincere dipshittery, and the other half were ironic dipshittery. Either way, it was all dipshittery, and it made my ears hurt every time.
Along with my work ID and a couple other necessary cards in my work wallet, I’ve carried this every single day at work for the last 19 years. I guess I can get rid of it as of today?
Nah. I’ll hang on to it.
Nah. I’ll hang on to it.
December 31, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Along with my work ID and a couple other necessary cards in my work wallet, I’ve carried this every single day at work for the last 19 years. I guess I can get rid of it as of today?
Nah. I’ll hang on to it.
Nah. I’ll hang on to it.
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important thread
Yeah, man, the only difference between your career and Mark Rufallo’s career is the political stuff.
December 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM
important thread
I was in a safety briefing with Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman, et al., at the Golden Gate Bridge vista point for a myth they were fixing to bust, and I lent Adam my pen.
Total non-interaction: sitting in the next booth over from James Hetfield and his family at a Marin County burger joint.
Total non-interaction: sitting in the next booth over from James Hetfield and his family at a Marin County burger joint.
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
December 30, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I was in a safety briefing with Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman, et al., at the Golden Gate Bridge vista point for a myth they were fixing to bust, and I lent Adam my pen.
Total non-interaction: sitting in the next booth over from James Hetfield and his family at a Marin County burger joint.
Total non-interaction: sitting in the next booth over from James Hetfield and his family at a Marin County burger joint.
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Our planet is buried in convenient shit. Bad but easy food. Bad but easy art. Bad but easy narratives, followed by bad but easy conclusions. Prioritizing convenience disincentivizes the slow work of contemplation. Perhaps, even, of questioning. michaelianblack.substack.com/p/cheap-fast...
Cheap, Fast, and Easy
We’re snowbound here in the wilds of Connecticut, stuck in place until the guy with the truck comes to plow us out.
michaelianblack.substack.com
December 27, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Our planet is buried in convenient shit. Bad but easy food. Bad but easy art. Bad but easy narratives, followed by bad but easy conclusions. Prioritizing convenience disincentivizes the slow work of contemplation. Perhaps, even, of questioning. michaelianblack.substack.com/p/cheap-fast...
Just woke up to find that the dog had shit on the bathroom floor because she didn’t want to go outside in the rain before bedtime last night. Anyway, merry Christmas!
December 25, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Just woke up to find that the dog had shit on the bathroom floor because she didn’t want to go outside in the rain before bedtime last night. Anyway, merry Christmas!
I actually don’t want that MFer to expire while in office. Enough dumb people will then want to keep his name on all the shit he’s put it on, add it to more stuff, put his face on coins, etc. No, I want him to live so he can see how fast we tear his name off all that shit in the next administration.
December 23, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I actually don’t want that MFer to expire while in office. Enough dumb people will then want to keep his name on all the shit he’s put it on, add it to more stuff, put his face on coins, etc. No, I want him to live so he can see how fast we tear his name off all that shit in the next administration.
Last time I made a martini at home, I think I was 19 or 20, and admittedly had no idea what I was doing or what a good drink should taste like. I remember hating it. Now, I just made martini #2, made with 4:1 gin to vermouth, stirred, chilled, served in a chilled glass with citrus peel garnish…
December 22, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Last time I made a martini at home, I think I was 19 or 20, and admittedly had no idea what I was doing or what a good drink should taste like. I remember hating it. Now, I just made martini #2, made with 4:1 gin to vermouth, stirred, chilled, served in a chilled glass with citrus peel garnish…
Tonight I managed to burn one of my fingers and stab another one while making dinner. I hope this isn’t the start of some weird “12 Cooking Injuries of Christmas” where every night I hurt myself, each night increasing in both the number and severity of injuries.
December 21, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Tonight I managed to burn one of my fingers and stab another one while making dinner. I hope this isn’t the start of some weird “12 Cooking Injuries of Christmas” where every night I hurt myself, each night increasing in both the number and severity of injuries.
Welp, time to add to The List*…
Leo the Truck
Peppa Pig
Dino Dana/dinosaurs
Paw Patrol
Practical Engineering
Pokémon
My Little Pony
And now…
KPop Demon Hunters
*The List of things I wouldn’t have imagined I would have to constantly deal with in my 40s.
Leo the Truck
Peppa Pig
Dino Dana/dinosaurs
Paw Patrol
Practical Engineering
Pokémon
My Little Pony
And now…
KPop Demon Hunters
*The List of things I wouldn’t have imagined I would have to constantly deal with in my 40s.
December 20, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Welp, time to add to The List*…
Leo the Truck
Peppa Pig
Dino Dana/dinosaurs
Paw Patrol
Practical Engineering
Pokémon
My Little Pony
And now…
KPop Demon Hunters
*The List of things I wouldn’t have imagined I would have to constantly deal with in my 40s.
Leo the Truck
Peppa Pig
Dino Dana/dinosaurs
Paw Patrol
Practical Engineering
Pokémon
My Little Pony
And now…
KPop Demon Hunters
*The List of things I wouldn’t have imagined I would have to constantly deal with in my 40s.
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An extremely satisfying set of videos is coming in a few years.
December 19, 2025 at 8:07 PM
An extremely satisfying set of videos is coming in a few years.
Call me an old cynic, but it seems odd that the vote to change the name was yesterday, and at 9 am today, they had all the signage fabricated, mounting hardware ready and equipment at the building to get the new signs up. I work for the government, and it takes a week just to get a new name tag.
December 20, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Call me an old cynic, but it seems odd that the vote to change the name was yesterday, and at 9 am today, they had all the signage fabricated, mounting hardware ready and equipment at the building to get the new signs up. I work for the government, and it takes a week just to get a new name tag.
These things are the Christmas equivalent of circus peanuts THERE I SAID IT
December 18, 2025 at 7:17 PM
These things are the Christmas equivalent of circus peanuts THERE I SAID IT
Thanks to Prop 50, I will be now be in Kevin Kiley’s district when he’s up for reelection next year. Today he voted ‘aye’ on MTG’s bill making it a felony to provide gender affirming care to trans youth. As a former foster parent of a trans youth, it will be such a delight to vote him out of office.
December 18, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Thanks to Prop 50, I will be now be in Kevin Kiley’s district when he’s up for reelection next year. Today he voted ‘aye’ on MTG’s bill making it a felony to provide gender affirming care to trans youth. As a former foster parent of a trans youth, it will be such a delight to vote him out of office.
My sore throat has morphed into an all-around feeling of malaise, as I knew it would. Runny nose, the roof of my mouth hurts, and my sinuses feel like there’s a blood pressure cuff inflating in there, pushing on my eyeballs and brain. Thank goddess for coffee.
December 17, 2025 at 11:40 PM
My sore throat has morphed into an all-around feeling of malaise, as I knew it would. Runny nose, the roof of my mouth hurts, and my sinuses feel like there’s a blood pressure cuff inflating in there, pushing on my eyeballs and brain. Thank goddess for coffee.