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Writer. Short stories, essays, a novella, vending machine repair guides, bank correspondence, UI/UX writing, a book about instant flower gardens under the name Susan Butterworth. The novella: https://dan-sanders.com/the-loop/

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LOOK AT THE BOOTS I SAID

05.03.2026 20:36 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Tan boots on a brown shoebox, poorly photographed. Handmade by Oldspeed MFG.

Tan boots on a brown shoebox, poorly photographed. Handmade by Oldspeed MFG.

My friend Dave started a boot company and made me these boots and everyone should look at them. Look at the boots.

05.03.2026 01:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

β€œwe’re saying war againβ€œ does a big war β€œnow hang on just a minute!”

04.03.2026 19:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Why go through all that trouble to rename the department of defense

04.03.2026 19:43 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Being a depressed guy at CrossFit is a good bit

04.03.2026 11:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The Chris Fleming comedy special is a good comedy special.

04.03.2026 00:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I like that we’ve all agreed to the term β€˜feed’. β€œIt came across my feed”, β€œI strapped instagram to my face like a bag of oats.β€œ β€œSome rich guy built for me a trough, where he shovels a slurry of barely edible matter. And it is there I go to feed.β€œ etc

28.02.2026 22:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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20.02.2026 22:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If I did that game winning hockey goal I’d project the video of it on the front of my house for the rest of my life, I’d never be able to talk about anything else, itd be printed on my clothes, the coolness of it would effectively cripple me, and that’s why I don’t do the game winning hockey goal

20.02.2026 22:37 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Maybe I was put on this earth to look at my phone

16.02.2026 12:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I get to try again tomorrow with another coffee.

14.02.2026 19:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Just a rare β€œnice things” tweet. It’s also 45 and sunny.

14.02.2026 19:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

A new bookstore opened in my town today and there was a line down the block to get in when it opened. I stopped by later with a coffee from a few doors down and it was still too crowded to buy anything.

14.02.2026 19:35 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)
Watched by Branson Reese 28 Apr 2022

Abrams isn't a man so much as he's an avatar of cultural entropy. If you make something popular enough eventually you will die or sell it off and and a person in thick rimmed glasses whose main artistic vision is that he loves to have meetings will take it and sandblast it until it's nothing. I hate to see this happen here but maybe it's good that this happened. Maybe every franchise should collapse into a version of itself that makes shareholders nod and shake each others' hands. We should learn to speak in a language that rich people who don't dream can't comprehend.

Letterboxd screenshot Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) Watched by Branson Reese 28 Apr 2022 Abrams isn't a man so much as he's an avatar of cultural entropy. If you make something popular enough eventually you will die or sell it off and and a person in thick rimmed glasses whose main artistic vision is that he loves to have meetings will take it and sandblast it until it's nothing. I hate to see this happen here but maybe it's good that this happened. Maybe every franchise should collapse into a version of itself that makes shareholders nod and shake each others' hands. We should learn to speak in a language that rich people who don't dream can't comprehend.

i often think about this review

14.02.2026 03:13 πŸ‘ 12820 πŸ” 3450 πŸ’¬ 125 πŸ“Œ 232
The Doll House

very very excited (& nervous! stage jitters!) to share news of a project that my person & I have been working on for so long now

we're starting a tiny artist residency here in Baltimore; say hello to The Doll House!

www.thedollhouse.studio

13.02.2026 17:11 πŸ‘ 232 πŸ” 80 πŸ’¬ 61 πŸ“Œ 9

One thing that's fun is that if you're black and you don't have much experience, it's woke dei if you get the job, and if you're black and you have all the experience in the world, you're an out of touch elite who is not really black and doesn't deserve the job.

13.02.2026 15:05 πŸ‘ 3042 πŸ” 379 πŸ’¬ 45 πŸ“Œ 11

Depends on what you think her job is! Her boss likely thinks its to do exactly what she did: be a weird monster.

12.02.2026 19:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I live in PA in an area with a large population that will be targeted by ice and it is a crazy experience knowing that your adorable little town is going to turn into a war zone at any moment.

12.02.2026 12:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks pal

12.02.2026 01:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."

10.02.2026 17:11 πŸ‘ 53367 πŸ” 16911 πŸ’¬ 1157 πŸ“Œ 1343

Ten years sober today. Good boy, Danny.

11.02.2026 11:10 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œWho is buying β€˜Melania’ tickets?”

10.02.2026 22:47 πŸ‘ 3218 πŸ” 472 πŸ’¬ 101 πŸ“Œ 12

Schumer: ball’s in your court

Republicans: stab the ball, tear it apart, set it on fire, rip up the court and sell the turf to Bahrain

Schumer: hey you guys are out of balls

Republicans: we’re gonna kill your families

Schumer: ok we’ll pass funding for new balls but you’ve GOT to read the rules

10.02.2026 13:34 πŸ‘ 5106 πŸ” 1391 πŸ’¬ 42 πŸ“Œ 44

the last few weeks have really put me on team pluribus virus

09.02.2026 16:59 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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08.02.2026 18:43 πŸ‘ 118 πŸ” 30 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Recovering alcoholic still can’t figure out why he can’t turn off the endless despair machine. It must be the machines fault.

06.02.2026 12:51 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Every time I open this app I think: I know how bad everything is. Does it help me to know each individual badness or am I just driving myself into a hopeless level of despair? Not sure! A fun chicken and egg and hopeless despair problem!

06.02.2026 12:39 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

from: jeeevacations
to: tons of people
lets do ssome crmes on my islan

the finest sleuths of online: the real plot is a code hidden in a catalog

04.02.2026 21:26 πŸ‘ 144 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Winter 2026 I missed a season.

Another one of these. Why not. open.substack.com/pub/dansande...

04.02.2026 19:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0