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Dan McDonough

@danluvsbeer.bsky.social

Vagabond post-active parenting GenXer: DC/Providence/Philly/Wherever. Into bikes, indie rock, contemporary art, fine dining. Good cook, bad musician. Hates all of this.

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Fetterman has him on reach, but Platner probably has the edge on speed.

02.03.2026 12:33 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
I was born in an Iranian prison. My parents were held in their jails. My uncles lie in their mass graves.
Nothing you can tell me about the crimes of the Iranian regime that I haven't lived in blood and bone.
That doesn't mean I want my people bombed, maimed, killed, their homes in ruins.
If your vision of liberation comes only through the destruction of innocent lives, then it's not freedom you're after.
Sahar Delijani, Iranian author

I was born in an Iranian prison. My parents were held in their jails. My uncles lie in their mass graves. Nothing you can tell me about the crimes of the Iranian regime that I haven't lived in blood and bone. That doesn't mean I want my people bombed, maimed, killed, their homes in ruins. If your vision of liberation comes only through the destruction of innocent lives, then it's not freedom you're after. Sahar Delijani, Iranian author

I am pro Iranian people. I stand with them against their own government’s repression AND against the imperial violence in the form of bombs dropped from the sky from Israel & the US who have already killed hundreds.

I support neither imperialism or dictatorship.

Sahar Delijani said it best:

01.03.2026 13:10 β€” πŸ‘ 9744    πŸ” 3429    πŸ’¬ 41    πŸ“Œ 52

This statement is appallingly bad--like, the administration *illegally bombed a school.* It's mind-boggling to me for this to be the reaction from a human, much less a purported leader of the Democratic Party. I need a new senator stat

28.02.2026 17:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2582    πŸ” 543    πŸ’¬ 87    πŸ“Œ 17

Hah. I’m old enough to remember when they just destroyed the economy.

28.02.2026 16:23 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hello USA listen just to remind you that the Ides of March are on the 15th

28.02.2026 15:41 β€” πŸ‘ 371    πŸ” 108    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 8

So, able 65-year-old here. Far too many people are just lazy or not very good at snow shoveling or just don't care. I think of myself as lazy, but obviously I have overriding feelings about snow and sidewalk access. That plowed snow can be removed with the right shovel and a determined shoveler.

28.02.2026 15:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

We like this about you, though.

28.02.2026 15:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Geez, when you put it THAT way it sounds really bad.

28.02.2026 15:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A pardon on day one for these two is how we’ll tell if the next dem potus actually plans to do anything about the lawlessness.

28.02.2026 14:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That one was weird! I got it in four but blanked my first two guesses.

28.02.2026 14:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I didn't know about any of this and for me to have missed a weird internet thing in 2003 is pretty impressive.

28.02.2026 13:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wow. Guess that Mark Kelly video went unheeded.

28.02.2026 13:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Them transgenders were RUINING volleyball!

28.02.2026 12:59 β€” πŸ‘ 60    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just stating the obvious here, but we have to build a government that doesn't starve and bomb the planet for kicks.

28.02.2026 12:38 β€” πŸ‘ 703    πŸ” 159    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 6

Now that he’s started a war, I’ve completely forgotten that he’s a pedophile.

28.02.2026 12:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1331    πŸ” 307    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 6

lol fair.

28.02.2026 02:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I don’t have a wife but I’ve been N-gauged for a while.

28.02.2026 01:45 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

Manny, though. πŸ˜’πŸ‘Š

28.02.2026 01:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The zone is flooded.

28.02.2026 01:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

New band name.

28.02.2026 00:48 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Look I know the guy was valedictorian of his class and went to Princeton and all that, but I think he must've grown up in a town where the water supply was the tailings pond of a lead smelter or something.

27.02.2026 23:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Amendment, schmamendment. I’m counting on the actuarial tables.

27.02.2026 20:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm sure this regime change will go just as well as the last one, where we spent billions of dollars and destroyed thousands of lives to replace the Taliban with the Taliban

27.02.2026 19:12 β€” πŸ‘ 138    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1

White guy in suit vs brown guy in uniform.

27.02.2026 18:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Dude looks like he's auditioning for the Dead Space TV series on SyFy.

27.02.2026 17:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

why you make me see that Aru

27.02.2026 17:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Pretty sure I could do 24 beers in 24 hours (I mean, like lagers, not DIPA shit) but I’d be hard pressed on the other legs. Are team entries allowed?

27.02.2026 16:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

good one.

27.02.2026 15:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Whoa they Woodward and Bernstein'd the shit out of that scoop.

27.02.2026 15:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I should clarify: the donor class can absolutely profit off of a transition to renewables, just not as much, because once you establish a renewable thing, it tends to renew. But there's still money to be made getting us there and maintaining the associated infrastructure.

27.02.2026 14:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0