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+title: "Dispatch #36 (February 2026)"
+date: 2026-01-29T22:40:09-05:00
+draft: false
+tags:
+- dispatch
+references:
+- title: "Dan McQuade, 1983–2026 | Defector"
+  url: https://defector.com/dan-mcquade-1983-2026
+  date: 2026-01-30T03:40:45Z
+  file: defector-com-hefgsb.txt
+---
+
+- Greetings from snowy Durham
+  - Too cold for all my hobbies
+- Miami
+- DC
+  - Peppa Pig
+  - Baby shower
+  - Car died
+- New car
+- Anxiety around politics
+- Nico’s a full-on dude
+  - Opened the door to find him waking up and saying “hi dad”
+- Voice note shortcut
+- Dilbert / J.K. Rowling / Omar Malik
+  - Online makes you dumber
+- Stencil + Airbrush
+  - <https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DTB2N2D9>
+
+<!--more-->
+
+Finally, [RIP Dan McQuade][1]. 43 years old. What the hell. I'm off to go hug my family.
+
+[1]: https://defector.com/dan-mcquade-1983-2026
+
+### This Month
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+* Non-fiction: [_Title_][3], Author
+* Music: [_Title_][4], Author
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+[3]: https://bookshop.org/
+[4]: https://www.turntablelab.com/
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+Dan McQuade, 1983–2026
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+7:50 PM EST on January 28, 2026
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+Dan McQuade sits in a blue chair, which is big and fake leather-ish, and has
+big arms on it. He has his head resting on his left arm, which is on the left
+arm of the chair. He has long light brown hair, a beard cropped to his face,
+and I dunno I'd say he's pretty handsome, but I am biased as I am the subject
+of the photo. Dan is wearing a red shirt with a grey and white tabby cat's face
+on it, with a rose under (and patially covering) the cat. Under that it says
+DEFECTOR with the 4 degrees slant logo. He has on blue shorts or pants (they're
+shorts, I know they're shorts), they're not jeans but they're not sweats, like
+a sort of inbetween situation. There's a hospital admit bracelet on his left
+arm. His right arm is on the other arm of the couch.
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+Dan McQuade, our friend and colleague, died this week at the age of 43. He is
+survived by his wife and young son.
+
+At the end of 2024, Dan was [48]diagnosed with neuroendocrine cancer. The news
+of his diagnosis hit all of us hard, but Dan never lost his enthusiasm or his
+spirit. Some of us have worked with Dan for nearly a decade, and all of us have
+come to know him not just as a coworker, but as a great friend. 
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+Dan was a truly authentic and engaging person. His curiosity was relentless,
+and his interests were varied and idiosyncratic; his beliefs were righteous and
+genuinely held; his connection to his community was deep and meaningful. 
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+and weeks to come. For now, though, we are going to slow down the site for a
+bit to be with our families, our friends, and each other. Over the next few
+days, some of our favorite stories that Dan published here at Defector will be
+curated on the homepage. We hope you’ll read and enjoy them. 
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