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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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I simply refuse to believe this isn’t a Chris Morris sketch:

12.03.2026 21:11 πŸ‘ 1814 πŸ” 450 πŸ’¬ 80 πŸ“Œ 153

the young me assumed everyone was doing their best to make sense of things. but as I get older i’m more convinced that many people’s minds are like cartoon thought bubbles filled with angry scribbles, and that's the way they like it

12.03.2026 20:54 πŸ‘ 155 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
Sad Jack stands at the foot of a stairway between two escalators. There are pink, loopy lines surrounding him.

Sad Jack stands at the foot of a stairway between two escalators. There are pink, loopy lines surrounding him.

Here’s a first for Okay Donkey: β€œEscalator” by Dan Sanders (June 2018) will soon appear on standardized tests for the English Teachers Association of Western Australia! Many congratulations to @donsamders.bsky.social. Read β€œEscalator” at okaydonkeymag.com/2018/06/15/e...

11.03.2026 22:01 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A reminder to look at the boots. Oldspeedmfg.com

10.03.2026 21:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is a food in a scifi book that lets you know how unnatural and weird and bad the food is in the sci fi world

10.03.2026 21:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Looking at pictures of the war and thinking about how seriously i take recycling

09.03.2026 21:46 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It truly does not matter what the phone clock says. The dog clocks are in charge

08.03.2026 22:33 πŸ‘ 92 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

generally have a 'that's for them' approach to the ocean, that being the ocean, them being fish, and never go near it. Starting to get to a similar space with internet/robots

08.03.2026 12:32 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

LOOK AT THE BOOTS I SAID

05.03.2026 20:36 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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‘ 12834 πŸ” 3452 πŸ’¬ 125 πŸ“Œ 231
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‘ 233 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‘ 3039 πŸ” 379 πŸ’¬ 45 πŸ“Œ 10

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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12.02.2026 00:23 πŸ‘ 7258 πŸ” 1429 πŸ’¬ 109 πŸ“Œ 53
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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‘ 53361 πŸ” 16901 πŸ’¬ 1153 πŸ“Œ 1341

Ten years sober today. Good boy, Danny.

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