Dan Sheehan
@dansheehan.bsky.social
Writer of books and games. One half of @cascadecascade.com.
Seems like the pendulum has finally reached the polar opposite of the personal essay boom, a dark time in which people would write 3000 words about the worst day of their life for like $80
New York Magazine@nymag.com · 21h agoOn social media, a broad consensus is that you can’t admit to struggle — at least not while you’re struggling. Doing so represents a failure so profound it’s almost existential. How did it become mandatory to demonstrate perpetual growth and progress online?
A bird landed on a chair across from me and did the sideways head turn/direct eye contact combo which mean I am an honorary friend to all birds for the next 24 hours
a coffee shop with finite outlets and good wifi is the closest a human will get to living as a wild creature in the savannah
this is what we're restructuring the economy around btw
Screamer Jim@screamerjim.bsky.social · 6d agoThank you Mr. Orangutan
Sucks when the cat knocks over something important but then you get to call him “Mr. fucker” all day which is its own reward
It is funny that as more people get duped by AI, the response more frequently seems to be to insist that the models are developing godlike intelligence and we all need to be sooo careful when the real lesson is clearly that the human psyche can get absolutely one-shotted by personalized flattery
god I wish more directors got to talk about their movies like this, I wish we let more interviewers ask real questions
regular meghan 나영지 🇵🇸@ruemcclammyhand.bsky.social · 4d agowhether or not nolan christianized the odyssey i think he's using his adaptation of it to respond to some extremely christian (protestant) ideals and shortcomings, in a really instructive way
Newsom being Newsom and planting a knife firmly in the back of every entertainment worker in the state of California to save face with the rich guys. If you think he wouldn’t do the same as the Democratic nominee you’re kidding yourself
Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · 5d agoThis fucking guy.
Plenty of ethical uses for this that people aren't seeing. For instance: telling your boss you will be late to work because you exploded
Joseph Cox@josephcox.bsky.social · 5d agoNew from 404 Media: Google Earth has introduced an AI feature that lets anyone fabricate completely bullshit satellite images. In our own tests, we added a “bomb blast and crater” to an area of Los Angeles. This is a misinformation time bomb, will 100% be abused www.404media.co/google-earth...
Daycare colds are a different breed man, this is the shit that used to kill poets
Do you know how bad public perception of AI tech has to be for LinkedIn of all places to let you start flagging it?
Joseph Cox@josephcox.bsky.social · 6d agoNew: LinkedIn just introduced a "seems like AI slop" button. That's literally what the button says. The thought leaders are going to have a meltdown www.404media.co/linkedin-int...
Interesting to still see the phrase “went viral” used by news outlets when I’d argue that nothing has gone viral for like 7 years. The phrase itself feels like a relic
Every now and then I see an op ed about how parents are buying more high end baby stuff than they can afford but they always neglect to mention that "high end" in 2026 just means "food that they don't fill with homunculus juice"
Thousands of parents saw this poster and subjected their children to one of the most singularly depressing movies ever produced by human hands
Snake venom has no effect if the snake harbors no ill will towards you. Unfortunately that’s one of the big reasons they bite you, the ill will
It's extremely cool that @cascadecascade.com is making enough money to consistently expand and improve upon itself while also paying its writers what I think might be the actual highest rate in the space for good hobby writing. (I encourage other outlets to prove us wrong!!)
CASCADE CASCADE - SUMMER VACATION@cascadecascade.com · 7d agowe are pleased to announce that all writers for Issue 2 are getting paid $200 an article! This is a marked raise from Issue 1s $135, already a rate we were very proud of. This is, once again, possibly because of every reader’s monetary support of the publication. Thanks gamers <3
A big reason I never took to TikTok was that you have to develop that one expression where you're smiling but your eyes are visibly peering into the realm between the living and the dead
Goddamn, RIP. I was introduced to his stuff after seeing the all-time melancholy classic ONCE in high school and getting sent down a massive wormhole of what was already a massive career all those years ago. So awful to see him go so young.
Glen Hansard, Frontman of Irish Band the Frames, Dies at 56
The Irish singer-songwriter, who won an Oscar for the song “Falling Slowly” from the movie “Once,” died in a motorcycle crash.
nytimes.com
Cat just knocked a tape measure off the counter, waking the baby after it took her an hour to fall asleep so if anyone would like to send flowers to his funeral, hit me up for details
That Emily Wilson review is a little embarrassing. Her translation is still very good because it sets out to do a specific, useful thing. I hope we have all learned a lesson about both the value and limits of subject matter expertise.
With all respect, there is no group whose opinion I am less interested in when it comes to a film adaptation of The Odyssey than Classics People. When an entire discipline revolves around reverence to and thorough knowledge of a text, evaluating a deliberately modern adaptation is kind of impossible
They should start pausing movies at the 45 minute mark and let us bet on what we think is going to happen!!
Gambling becomes America's favorite pastime as Americans spend more on sports bets than movies, arts, museums, and music combined | Fortune
Americans wagered $166 billion on sports last year, more than Hollywood, the music industry, books, and museums combined.
fortune.com
Issue Two is moving right along but Cal and I are sickos so we're already working on Issue Three. Now is a great time to get a submission in! If you're interested but don't know where to start, my DMs are open!
CASCADE CASCADE - SUMMER VACATION@cascadecascade.com · 2mo agoNew submission guidelines just dropped :) Let us read your work :) :) :)
Finding a la croix will be very satisfying for future scavengers, I feel like few things will be more enjoyable than stumbling across an untouched Pamplemousse la croix
Parenting is actually really easy if you’re the type of guy who thinks nothing is funnier than someone sticking their entire hand into someone else’s breakfast sandwich
We’re about to see a very funny marketing push to the effect of “lettuce is back, baby!”
