Cool Daniel™️

(January 1, 2025 - present)

Cool Daniel™️is/was a persona adopted by philanthropist and science fiction author Daniel Verastiqui in 2025 as a coping mechanism against the incoming Trump presidency, his aggressive unemployment, and a sinking feeling that if his writing career hadn't taken off after twenty years, that maybe it just wasn't going to happen.

Cool Daniel™️doesn't care about any of that. He embraces the chaos. He writes for himself and his small cadre of loyal readers. He no longer eats his feelings because he knows those are just empty calories.

A photo of Cool Daniel™️on an average day just being cool.

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