Dan Rosanova

@danrosanova.bsky.social

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Cloud computing product leader, writer, and avid reader. Strategist interested in the intersection of technology and foreign policy. Side hustle as a DJ and producer.

A screenshot from PBS News Hour that says “54% of U.S. adults read below a sixth-grade level.”
Two photos, two pay phones. One a red working phone from Prince Rupert BC. The other is the shell of a payphone with grass growing in and around it from Wrangell Alaska. The phone is long since removed and a bare wire sticks out.
Very red cherries still hanging from the tree.
Brad Pitt as detective David Mills from Seven. His fave is beat up and rough, he’s got some bandages on it. He is about to ask “what’s in the box?”.
Rainier cherries on the tree, with the bird net clearly visible against the sky.
The sunset, post sunset, view of the dusk over a bay. Vancouver island is in the background. Clouds on the distant horizon blur where the Strait of Juan de Fuca ends and the sky begins.
A rainier cherry tree with a net over it. And a ladder off to the side.
A photo of George, our silver standard poodle, on a Washington State Ferry. Smiling. As he always did. The happiest dog I ever knew. The frame around the photo say “Thanks for everything. I had a wonderful time”.
A purple and teal vase full of cherry blossoms on their branches with a blue canvas dog collar wrapped around the base. George’s tag hanging from it, his name engraved on it. His walks are over.
George, a beautiful 7.75 year old silver standard poodle. He’s wearing a banana around his neck that says “Hug me on on chemo”
A copy of Neuromancer by William Gibson on the arm of an outdoor chair next to a glass of white wine. In background is a bay in the Pacific Northwest. It’s a sunny and beautiful day.
Bozo the Clown and Jane Byrne (who is smoking a cigarette) backstage at the Bozo show. Which the current administration may actually be in trademark infringement of.
A purple wall the a giant white F painted on it and the word LEVEL perpendicular to that there is a garbage can in front of it.
A magazine rack on the WS Ferry Tacoma with Petaluma visitor’s guide on it. All the other guides are PNW. Petaluma is in California.
Captain Renault feigns surprise at the gambling happening in Rick’s Café in Casablanca. “I’m shocked”
View of the Olympic Mountains across a bay. There is a rocky beach in the foreground. Blue sky, blue water. The sun is on the left with rays of light emanating from the center and reflecting off the water.
The cover of the Fluke album Risotto.
A photo of the last of some hot buttered rum batter. Smugglers Cove recipe.
A tee shirt that says: Popes from Chicago: 1 Popes from Green Bay: 0
Whistler, from Sneakers, with code scrolling reflected in his glasses. A turning point in one of the greatest movies ever made!
10 day weather forecast in Chicago, generally around 20s, low of 3 one day. Fahrenheit.
Album cover of Brian Eno’s Ambient 1: Music for Aiports
Three bottles of rum.
A stove top with a pan full of onions cooking in ghee with cumin seeds and cloves. Next to it is cabbage, garlic, chillies, red pepper, and tomatoes. Vegetable curry is happening.
A silver standard poodle on a carpet with three toys. One is a penguin and it is a human toy so it doesn’t squeak. Two are bats and they do. One is his favorite toy ever. The other is a newer of the same toy in case his favorite breaks.
An extraordinarily fluffy 9 month old silver standard poodle.
George the silver standard poodle quite fluffy, needing a haircut.
A silver standard Poodle, George, on a couch wearing a grey / black / white sweater with red and white trim. Behind him is a pillow with a bird wearing glasses printed on it. George has one leg stretched out, hanging off the couch. It is his lucky leg: he’s lucky to still have it.
Scene from the movie Sneakers where Whistler finds the secret code in Janek’s black box.
A picture of a Richard Scarry image of a worm in an apple shaped car. The side says “My Other Car is RFK Jr’s Brain”
Captain Renault saying “I’m shocked”
A picture of a martini, in this case a tomato water martini. On a counter in the sunlight.
The movie cover of Hackers showing the two lead characters: Johnny Lee Miller and Angelina Jolie side by side.
Meme from packs and recreation: straight to jail
A silver standard poodle with his tongue out.
A plate and a bowl full of ripe green Kadota figs
George the silver poodle in a blue hat, with some side eye.
Two books: On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder and Rubicon by Tom Holland
I meme that says Born To Dilly Dally, Forced To Fight Fascists. It is a bunny, standing up right, holding a book, wearing a helmet and some armor, holding a spear that has a teapot hanging from it.
A very cute white dog at a winery.
Tomato tamarind soup, paneer with peas and onion, and gingery herby dal, plus some basmati rice. An Indian feast, with some Castle & Crown Riesling
Emojis from my recents list. A Darby sticker is in the middle.
The covers of Twilight of Democracy and We Need To Talk About Inflation
A Moomin, on an airplane, in front of the window, with British Airways planes in the background.
Jeff Goldblum in Jurassic Park saying “Well, there it is”
Fruit tree fertilizer that is a 6-2-4 mix… which clearly made me think of the Chicago song “25 or 6 to 4”
A silver standard poodle whose Buffon is so large it parts in the middle, like the tree and the Whig.
An old T-Shirt I have with a very old PBS logo that says “Be More” and Public Broadcasting Service.
A photo of John Maynard Keynes saying “in the long run we are all dead”
A very happy silver standard poodle on the beach walk, on a sunny day (today) in West Seattle. The puget sound is behind him bathed in sun.
An Apple suggested memory which it auto named Kraftwerk (which is the concer the photos are from)
A red standard poodle looking down at the camera with a blue sky behind him.
Kraftwerk played Autobahn live in Seattle. Right now!
The back of a Volvo SUV with a very large thick plastic bag (to move a queen sized mattress) that has 7x 30 gallon yard waste bags jammed in it.
Side by side pictures of Trump and Liberace. Surprising resemblance (sorry Liberace).
Image of John Candy from The Great Outdoors with the Old 96er steak.
A picture of Donald Trump with his trousers pulled up nearly to his nipples. And also without the orange make up, which is sorely missed.
Side by side pictures of Donald Trump and Liberace looking surprisingly similar.
Side by side photos of Donald Trump and Valentino Liberace. Both are looking slightly to the left and smiling. The resemblance is striking, but Liberace has much more smooth and natural looking skin.
The Dark Crystal movie poster