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After all the years of public embarrassment, I think my kids might finally appreciate, in a world filled with AI, that I simply cannot be replicated.
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/danielpunkass/95429906","date_published":"2026-08-09T01:29:14+00:00","author":{"name":"Daniel Jalkut","url":"https://bitsplitting.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F17%2F18.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"danielpunkass"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-09 01:29","date_timestamp":1786238954,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"95423181","content_html":"“My adult son” is something I can start saying today.
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/danielpunkass/95379073","date_published":"2026-08-07T23:36:32+00:00","author":{"name":"Daniel Jalkut","url":"https://bitsplitting.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F17%2F18.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"danielpunkass"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-07 23:36","date_timestamp":1786145792,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"95259610","content_html":"The satisfied look on my face comes from having figured out how to attach the Old Town kayak to my body with that orange strap, so I can wheel it down the bike path hands-free.
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@mandaris Understood!
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/danielpunkass/94881948","date_published":"2026-07-30T00:38:43+00:00","author":{"name":"Daniel Jalkut","url":"https://bitsplitting.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F17%2F18.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"danielpunkass"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-30 00:38","date_timestamp":1785371923,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"94864081","content_html":"I went for a short swim in Brighton, England, a few weeks ago. For those who don’t know, the beach there is not sandy, but covered with pebbles. It’s SO painful to walk on, but I had the sense that if I were to walk on it every day my feet, and by extension I, would be cured of everything.
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I hope there is a god, and that there is a heaven, and that Lindsey Graham is there, finally having the loving gay relationship he waited all of his life for.
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/danielpunkass/91090819","date_published":"2026-05-28T17:32:16+00:00","author":{"name":"Daniel Jalkut","url":"https://bitsplitting.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F17%2F18.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"danielpunkass"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-28 17:32","date_timestamp":1779989536,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90750364","content_html":"It reminds me of the gag in Sex and the City where Miranda calls to order Chinese food and after placing her order, the woman on the other end of the line giggles and says “Always the same!”
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