Digital executive editor at Fast Companyhttps://bsky.app/profile/mclendaniel.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/mclendaniel.bsky.social/post/3mlzhrhlefk2rShowed my kid Mary Poppins and now I’ve had to spend the last hour explaining the women’s suffrage movement.17 May 2026 03:56 +0000at://did:plc:ebldfs4j42upcsk7twf6gisx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlzhrhlefk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/mclendaniel.bsky.social/post/3mlyej55uss2yA modest proposal brought on by current events: a licensing system that requires you to pass a basic exam about a piece of literature before discussing it in public.16 May 2026 17:25 +0000at://did:plc:ebldfs4j42upcsk7twf6gisx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlyej55uss2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/mclendaniel.bsky.social/post/3mlycubv4kk2yI need this to stop. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 May 2026 16:56 +0000at://did:plc:ebldfs4j42upcsk7twf6gisx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlycubv4kk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/mclendaniel.bsky.social/post/3mlwy2xvx3k24These two items really makes it sound like Travolta’s Cannes honor has catapulted his 1996 Nora Ephron-directed angel film MICHAEL back to box office glory.16 May 2026 04:10 +0000at://did:plc:ebldfs4j42upcsk7twf6gisx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlwy2xvx3k24https://bsky.app/profile/mclendaniel.bsky.social/post/3mlwsin244s24My parents spent countless dollars sending me to college so that a quarter century later I could think of a secondary character in a minor Greek tragedy off the top of my head to make a bad joke in an internet post. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 May 2026 02:30 +0000at://did:plc:ebldfs4j42upcsk7twf6gisx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlwsin244s24https://bsky.app/profile/mclendaniel.bsky.social/post/3mlws4z3egk24Some funny billionaire who hates Elon should just start funding a slate of movies of the Classics with diverse casting. “Greta Gerwig is besmirching the legacy of Greece by casting Colman Domingo as Theseus in Oedpius at Colonus!”16 May 2026 02:24 +0000at://did:plc:ebldfs4j42upcsk7twf6gisx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlws4z3egk24https://bsky.app/profile/mclendaniel.bsky.social/post/3mlwg7zo6l225Holy Jesus, chicken has gotten expensive. He’s going to lose the body builder vote by 50 points.15 May 2026 22:51 +0000at://did:plc:ebldfs4j42upcsk7twf6gisx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlwg7zo6l225https://bsky.app/profile/mclendaniel.bsky.social/post/3mlvvhbu7d22jNeed a trigger warning when there start being posts about Ancient Greek translation. It's all fun and games to you, some of us are forced to relive the experience of having a strict Teutonic professor tut-tutting our inability to decline the nouns at 9am twice a week as we plodded through Herodotus.15 May 2026 17:50 +0000at://did:plc:ebldfs4j42upcsk7twf6gisx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvvhbu7d22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/mclendaniel.bsky.social/post/3mlvtlkruts2lBread magazine that starts all its push alerts "Baking News!"15 May 2026 17:17 +0000at://did:plc:ebldfs4j42upcsk7twf6gisx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvtlkruts2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/mclendaniel.bsky.social/post/3mlvrxmsdsc2eFeeling like you need to be able to edit posts misunderstands the fundamental nature of posting and I believe if you think this is something you need that means you should be using a different type of communication. [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 May 2026 16:48 +0000at://did:plc:ebldfs4j42upcsk7twf6gisx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvrxmsdsc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/mclendaniel.bsky.social/post/3mlubneuvd22w“Do kids these days know about anvils?” is a real thought I had the other day. [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 May 2026 02:23 +0000at://did:plc:ebldfs4j42upcsk7twf6gisx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlubneuvd22whttps://bsky.app/profile/mclendaniel.bsky.social/post/3mltwocxl2c2cBeen a while since my classics studying days but I don’t believe Homer ever actually calls Helen “the most beautiful woman in the world” which is what these huge Iliad fans are mad about. [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 May 2026 23:07 +0000at://did:plc:ebldfs4j42upcsk7twf6gisx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mltwocxl2c2chttps://bsky.app/profile/mclendaniel.bsky.social/post/3mltpsr5rbc2c [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 May 2026 21:04 +0000at://did:plc:ebldfs4j42upcsk7twf6gisx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mltpsr5rbc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/mclendaniel.bsky.social/post/3mltaya32vk2lThat one Lord of The Rings AI disco song sadly enters my head every 12 hours or so, which I suppose is exactly what a godless whore would do. [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 May 2026 16:39 +0000at://did:plc:ebldfs4j42upcsk7twf6gisx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mltaya32vk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/mclendaniel.bsky.social/post/3mlrlt64eus2lJust remembered the existence of the Ryan Adams 1989 cover album. The next time my kid asks for Shake It Off, I’m gonna make her so so so mad.14 May 2026 00:47 +0000at://did:plc:ebldfs4j42upcsk7twf6gisx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlrlt64eus2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/mclendaniel.bsky.social/post/3mlrc5ebv4c2pIt’s funny that unless you’re lifting in a very high end powerlifting gym, you really have no idea how much the weights actually weigh, but you can’t help quibbling with yourself over whether you can do 5 pounds more.13 May 2026 21:54 +0000at://did:plc:ebldfs4j42upcsk7twf6gisx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlrc5ebv4c2phttps://bsky.app/profile/mclendaniel.bsky.social/post/3mlr4sssccs2uHave to say that the only thing worse than doing a post about how this site is bad is doing a defensive post in response about how it's actually good.13 May 2026 20:19 +0000at://did:plc:ebldfs4j42upcsk7twf6gisx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlr4sssccs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/mclendaniel.bsky.social/post/3mlr2yswvtc24It's crazy as an adult to care about stuff students are doing at any college. That's not your business. [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 May 2026 19:46 +0000at://did:plc:ebldfs4j42upcsk7twf6gisx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlr2yswvtc24https://bsky.app/profile/mclendaniel.bsky.social/post/3mlqv6opaes24Really mind-blowing and impressive amount of shoe leather reporting from the SF Chronicle here to figure out what Hamdi Ulukaya is doing at Anchor Steam: https://www.sfchronicle.com/food/wine/article/anchor-brewing-reopening-chobani-22224714.php13 May 2026 18:02 +0000at://did:plc:ebldfs4j42upcsk7twf6gisx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqv6opaes24https://bsky.app/profile/mclendaniel.bsky.social/post/3mlqsjhtex224The funniest part is that it the attack seems to hinge on caring about a very specific definition of the word "physician" that no normal person has? [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 May 2026 17:15 +0000at://did:plc:ebldfs4j42upcsk7twf6gisx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqsjhtex224https://bsky.app/profile/mclendaniel.bsky.social/post/3mlqsh3cshc24While there are certainly bad first and second order effects from the current AI explosion that derive from the advent of AI specifically, many of negative externalities are just standard for any economic boom cycle and it's good to try to separate which is which.13 May 2026 17:13 +0000at://did:plc:ebldfs4j42upcsk7twf6gisx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqsh3cshc24https://bsky.app/profile/mclendaniel.bsky.social/post/3mlqp3qv6vc2wMany people dunking on this for beeping the word prostitution really drives home the fact that no one on this platform interacts with short form vertical video at all. You do that because the algos get mad at you for putting the word in? I mean, it’s not “good” but they’re just playing the game. [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 May 2026 16:13 +0000at://did:plc:ebldfs4j42upcsk7twf6gisx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqp3qv6vc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/mclendaniel.bsky.social/post/3mlqlytfvoc2oCalling Berkeley "Beserkeley," you don't hear it so much anymore.13 May 2026 15:18 +0000at://did:plc:ebldfs4j42upcsk7twf6gisx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqlytfvoc2o