Prosper Vernier (@acorn2oak.bsky.social) reply parent
They jelly.
3D modeler, asset creator and artist. Extreme Francophile.
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They jelly.
Prosper Vernier (@acorn2oak.bsky.social) reply parent
From the French tromperie (deception)/ tromper (to deceive) (N.B. the French word déception is a "faux ami", it means disappointment.)
Prosper Vernier (@acorn2oak.bsky.social) reply parent
Compare the shape and form of the ear.
Prosper Vernier (@acorn2oak.bsky.social) reply parent
Honestly, it looks kinda' like me. ButIdidn'tdoit!
Prosper Vernier (@acorn2oak.bsky.social) reply parent
I've visited Paris frequently. I was there last December, and it hit me how incredibly dense the city was (it is the by far the densest large city in Europe), but nonetheless, it works incredibly well. All those people living in small spaces (by U.S. standards,) and life can be delightful.
Prosper Vernier (@acorn2oak.bsky.social) reply parent
Yes! The Paris metro is so cool! Honestly, they should do a chase scene in a move, where the spies are hopping on and off at metro stops, but the hero knows the network so well he's cuts them off at the final destination. Free idea for anyone who want's to write that screenplay -- it's yours.
Prosper Vernier (@acorn2oak.bsky.social)
If I had pearls, I would clutch them (but just for show, and to further disseminate this cleverness.)
Prosper Vernier (@acorn2oak.bsky.social)
Whoever was behind this murder can't stop freedom or truth, Paroubiy assasination will only render those that fight for freedom more resolute.
Agence France-Presse (@afp.com) reposted
🇺🇦 L'ancien président du Parlement ukrainien Andriï Paroubiy, figure de la révolution pro-européenne du Maïdan en 2014, a été tué par balle samedi dans l'ouest du pays, un "meurtre horrible" et "minutieusement planifié" selon le président Volodymyr Zelensky.
Prosper Vernier (@acorn2oak.bsky.social) reply parent
The New York Times went from "the newspaper of record" to the cheesiest type of put-lipstick-on-this-pig public relations rag.
Alt National Park Service (@altnps.bsky.social) reposted
Constantly amazed by the compassion people show! 💜
Prosper Vernier (@acorn2oak.bsky.social) reply parent
He must realize everyone knows who he is. He's going to get the stink eye anywhere he goes.
Prosper Vernier (@acorn2oak.bsky.social) reply parent
Maybe littering IS the crime that has Trump's diapers all knotted-up.
Prosper Vernier (@acorn2oak.bsky.social) reply parent
Bravo, perfect satirical epigram. Working on at least 3 levels.
Prosper Vernier (@acorn2oak.bsky.social) reply parent
Sure, but if you lived in Houston, wouldn't you murder people too? The heat alone would make anyone irritable. And everyone there is a Texan, so...
Prosper Vernier (@acorn2oak.bsky.social) reply parent
Come on! Radio Shack held on as long as they could. They still had cool crap right until the very end. They don't belong in the same category as BB&B.
Prosper Vernier (@acorn2oak.bsky.social) reply parent
Prosper Vernier (@acorn2oak.bsky.social) reply parent
I know they're racist A.F., but there are a lot of brown people in L.A. who's great grandma, born in L.A., was just as brown. Targeting brown kids is not only evil, it's absurd.
Prosper Vernier (@acorn2oak.bsky.social) reply parent
How does this work? Doe ICE get an anonymous tip from someone? How would they know the citizenship/immigration status of some seemingly random kid?
Prosper Vernier (@acorn2oak.bsky.social) reply parent
For these "ploucs", I think they confound the idea of danger with things just actually going on, especially people with more melanin than themselves living their lives.
Prosper Vernier (@acorn2oak.bsky.social) reply parent
Is this a modern example of the Horatian satiric mask, like in Swift's "A Modest Proposal?" If so, well done! if not, Yikes!
Prosper Vernier (@acorn2oak.bsky.social) reply parent
I was a coder during my career, a segment of the population with an over-representation of doomer bros. They're doomers because they're social failures and expect everyone else to be in the same boat. They're petulant, passively antagonistic, entitled, and nobody can prove I murdered any of them.
Prosper Vernier (@acorn2oak.bsky.social) reply parent
Jowa Mez'mico, my next alien RPG character.
Prosper Vernier (@acorn2oak.bsky.social) reply parent
Is she having a laugh at our expense? The statement is so absurdly meaningless given her history of child rape.
Prosper Vernier (@acorn2oak.bsky.social) reply parent
What a wonderful thing to be blamed for. Bravo younger Americans!
Prosper Vernier (@acorn2oak.bsky.social) reply parent
As a really, really old white man, I'll feel a lot more comfortable getting in the face of another really, really white old man. Heck we do it all the time.
Prosper Vernier (@acorn2oak.bsky.social) reply parent
This didn't happen.
Prosper Vernier (@acorn2oak.bsky.social) reply parent
This narrative, while not exactly a lie -- It's telling a story that they hope will be true -- it is not fact. AI, is interesting, but as it develops its shortcomings become more apparent and apparently unchangeable. All AI improvement comes only at the cost of human intervention.
Prosper Vernier (@acorn2oak.bsky.social) reply parent
Thank you for answering that question.
Prosper Vernier (@acorn2oak.bsky.social) reply parent
Thank you for asking that question, I didn't know either.
Jeanne Brennan (@jeanneenabottle.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
NurseRatchett61 (@nurseratchett61.bsky.social) reposted
We can do this together! Come on Blues! We have to do all we can! We have the power! Every little bit counts! I am in! Join me!
Prosper Vernier (@acorn2oak.bsky.social) reply parent
As an old retired white man, that's has worked in support for companies in numerous industries, I can attest to the prevalence of deserved, foreseeable white failure that has been blamed on people of color, women, immigrants, members of the LGBTQ community, etc. It's always someone else's fault.
Prosper Vernier (@acorn2oak.bsky.social) reply parent
Asleep in Jayzus, Blessed Sleep.
Prosper Vernier (@acorn2oak.bsky.social)
From CNBC: "Trump’s tariffs kick in, reversing decades of global trade expansion". This is misleading, global trade is still very much alive and expanding, it's just that we're left out of it.
Prosper Vernier (@acorn2oak.bsky.social) reply parent
L'âge du plomb.
Morgan J Freeman (@mjfree.bsky.social) reposted
Global opinion on Trump is polarized and largely negative. Per Pew's June 2025 survey of 24 nations, a median 34% express confidence in his leadership, with 62% lacking it—lowest in Europe and allies, where he's seen as arrogant and dangerous. Trump would hate if you liked & reposted this 🤣
Prosper Vernier (@acorn2oak.bsky.social) reply parent
Don't tease, gettin' my hopes up and all, sheesh!
Prosper Vernier (@acorn2oak.bsky.social) reply parent
They don't understand that a satire show satirizes things that are actually going on in society.
Prosper Vernier (@acorn2oak.bsky.social) reply parent
Gurl, you in danger.
Prosper Vernier (@acorn2oak.bsky.social) reply parent
Another death to pay off Trump's blood debt with the devil.
Prosper Vernier (@acorn2oak.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm sayin' it, why do they all look like little thumb-faced bitches?
Prosper Vernier (@acorn2oak.bsky.social) reply parent
My paternal grandfather's generation in my family were not good people. Thugs from the prohibition and depression eras; kidnapping, extortion, even murder. Unfortunately, that outlook took a generation or two to dissipate. One thing we were taught, never threaten anyone.
Prosper Vernier (@acorn2oak.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm sorry I don't understand the tie in with Gone with the Wind* and Ethiopian food? What was the intent of the poster? I'm slow. *and good riddance.
Prosper Vernier (@acorn2oak.bsky.social) reply parent
Maybe they're on a severe diet? People lash out when their hangry.
Prosper Vernier (@acorn2oak.bsky.social) reply parent
So... he is threatening to "identify" a private former supporter that no longer supports him and do something serious. Who is he threatening and with what? I assume he's not talking about public facing person like a pod-caster, he doesn't need to identify them, and even then, what's his plan?
Prosper Vernier (@acorn2oak.bsky.social) reply parent
I did that yesterday also. I'll miss Star Trek and they have some good procedurals, but they don't deserve anyone's money.
Prosper Vernier (@acorn2oak.bsky.social) reply parent
It takes no great leap of imagination to see ourselves as "occupied by a hostile power". Leaning into the idea of being a cagey resistance, an elusive stumbling block to tyranny, an unseen barrier to fascism, would be something we could get behind.
Prosper Vernier (@acorn2oak.bsky.social) reply parent
"Just following orders," bull! Get a new job where you don't have to be a soulless goon.
Prosper Vernier (@acorn2oak.bsky.social) reply parent
Telling truth to power is not transactional. It does good, it helps people see the truth as well as cope with the cruelty, stupidity and venality of the current regime. For me, most importantly, I lets me know I'm not alone.
Prosper Vernier (@acorn2oak.bsky.social) reply parent
Saikat Chakrabart for California Congressional district 11 U.S. Representative, 2026!
Prosper Vernier (@acorn2oak.bsky.social) reply parent
Instead of high-fructose corn syrup which is produced by American farmers...who supported Trump?
Prosper Vernier (@acorn2oak.bsky.social) reply parent
These pictures are great, it's a good thing they went at night.
Prosper Vernier (@acorn2oak.bsky.social) reply parent
The executive class has always been absurd. Instead of owning their own mistakes, they blame their workers, but since the employees aren't the problem, nothing gets fixed.
Feral Women's Society of America (@fwsa.bsky.social) reposted
Hey @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social or @schumer.senate.gov these are what real balls look like. Grow a set. Every damn day be in front of a camera. No excuses, no whining....fo you job.
Prosper Vernier (@acorn2oak.bsky.social) reply parent
In this scenario, who belongs in the insane asylum: The person just go along minding their own business or a total stranger yelling at them, "WHY WON'T YOU ARGUE WITH ME!"
Prosper Vernier (@acorn2oak.bsky.social) reply parent
A full embrace of undiluted evil will grind you down. Let him be a cautionary tale to all those young incels out-there.
Prosper Vernier (@acorn2oak.bsky.social) reply parent
She's utterly hollow inside, there is no movement of emotion, affection, intellect or spirit that connects her with another human being. She is soulless on an existential level.
Prosper Vernier (@acorn2oak.bsky.social) reply parent
Ain't narcissism a bitch.
Prosper Vernier (@acorn2oak.bsky.social) reply parent
Our one special boy is just angry at the world today. What the hell is wrong with us that we put up with this absurd petulant goblin?
Prosper Vernier (@acorn2oak.bsky.social) reply parent
Ah, like witches in the story books would have a big hairy wart on their chin or nose, so you know they're the witch.
Prosper Vernier (@acorn2oak.bsky.social) reply parent
Sweetie darlings, we're talking about Charlize Theron!? There isn't a straight boy alive that wouldn't take that offer. 26 is well above the age of consent, and when he's 98 he'll be happy he had the chance. I'm an old gay man, and she completely dazzles me, always.
Prosper Vernier (@acorn2oak.bsky.social) reply parent
While the the deck is stacked against in law and the courts, chaos & entropy know no master. We need to present to Trump a constant churn, bad weather, a head wind every opportunity we can. We might not find transactional success, but we can get in the way, which is the best we have at the moment.
Mia Farrow (@miafarrow.bsky.social) reposted
Please lets not forget Andry Hernandez Romero, a gay makeup artist who was deported to El Salvador. He came to the US to escape bullying in Venezuela, his homeland . He has committed no crime. His family is unable to contact him. They worry for his safety. So should we all #FreeAndryRomero
Prosper Vernier (@acorn2oak.bsky.social) reply parent
As an old, cranky white man, I don't want any more old cranky white men leading the Democratic party. And too my fellow old cranksters, retirement is great! All the cleverness you've built up over the years working for rich idiots you now get to use to enrich your own life.
Prosper Vernier (@acorn2oak.bsky.social) reply parent
All true, but unfortunately the theater is Grand Guignol.
Prosper Vernier (@acorn2oak.bsky.social) reply parent
We can do more than one thing at a time.
Prosper Vernier (@acorn2oak.bsky.social) reply parent
Such an odd, absurd assertion, yet delivered with such undue confidence and conviction. I wonder if it's the cocaine?
Prosper Vernier (@acorn2oak.bsky.social) reply parent
They're obviously praying to someone and they're calling him Jesus, but it ain't Jesus.
Prosper Vernier (@acorn2oak.bsky.social) reply parent
We should push Trump's fragile mental state to beyond it's limits. Keep him angry, anger leads to frustration, frustration leads to confusion. We only need to point out facts too him, and things might unravel.
Prosper Vernier (@acorn2oak.bsky.social) reply parent
Shylock was the bad guy in Merchant of Venice, Shakespeare goes to great length to tell us he's a Jew, (he's even got a great speech telling us that.) What else could that orange goon be referring to?
Prosper Vernier (@acorn2oak.bsky.social) reply parent
Mon Dieu, j'adore les expressions françaises. Par exemple, nous, les Américains, sommes dans de beaux draps.
Prosper Vernier (@acorn2oak.bsky.social) reply parent
It looks like an alligator ate an ICE goon, cool! How else did he get the hat?
Prosper Vernier (@acorn2oak.bsky.social) reply parent
You're the first one to give me a clue to the fact that he died just today! Thanks for the happy news!
Prosper Vernier (@acorn2oak.bsky.social) reply parent
Except...except... that would mean in 24 hours, we'd have everything out of our system.
Saikat for Congress (@saikatforcongress.bsky.social) reposted
People should be more prideful about who they are, more than ever, especially during these crazy times we’re in. Be safe and have fun this weekend, happy Pride San Francisco! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Prosper Vernier (@acorn2oak.bsky.social) reply parent
There isn't an American movie, or a love song, or a public holiday, or even a story of your heroic grandad who fought in the war, that will every ring true again. As Trump succeeds, shame will be all we have left.
Prosper Vernier (@acorn2oak.bsky.social) reply parent
The comparison of Sanchez was so off the wall, so specific and personal, yet so very laser-like in its accuracy.
Prosper Vernier (@acorn2oak.bsky.social) reply parent
Perhaps this is a little conspiracy-ish, I think the elites seeing themselves losing control, of what I'm not sure, is the real reason for Trump. Is that why organization Democrats have proven so feckless in the face of this egregious assault on Democracy?
Prosper Vernier (@acorn2oak.bsky.social) reply parent
Clevah!
Prosper Vernier (@acorn2oak.bsky.social) reply parent
So if you take out the implied xenophobia, Miller's statement is "...one-third of NYC are people and almost two-thirds of NYC children live in a household of people."
Prosper Vernier (@acorn2oak.bsky.social) reply parent
It's up to us, it was always up to us. People like Trump and Johnson got into power because appealed to the worst in people. We can get rid of them by being kind, fair, brave, people that vote accordingly.
Lil A 🐴💙 (@lilatheofficial.bsky.social) reposted
CONGRATULATIONS @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social for winning the Democratic Primary for NYC Mayor 🩵💙🩵💙🩵💙🩵💙🩵💙🩵💙🩵💙🩵💙🩵💙🩵💙🩵💙🩵💙🩵💙🩵💙🩵💙🩵💙🩵💙
Noah Shachtman (@noahshachtman.bsky.social) reposted
If you're a member of the Democratic gerontocracy, the chances of you catching a primary challenger just went up 1000%.
Prosper Vernier (@acorn2oak.bsky.social) reply parent
Boo-YA!
Prosper Vernier (@acorn2oak.bsky.social) reply parent
Black music month, to me, is like saying music music month. Really, it's black music or something that wants to sound like black music.
Prosper Vernier (@acorn2oak.bsky.social) reply parent
The system, the checks and balances, are too weak to save us. We have to save ourselves.
🦋 Still Standing 🦋 (@imstillstanding.bsky.social) reposted
Share this powerful message
Prosper Vernier (@acorn2oak.bsky.social) reply parent
"Centrist Democrats" have been ineffective in fighting the Trump regime. Complicit or clueless, it doesn't matter, U.S. democracy will not survive unless the the Democrats have something better to offer than complacency.
Prosper Vernier (@acorn2oak.bsky.social) reply parent
You know what's not a normal country? We're not a normal country.
Ro (@ramblinro.bsky.social) reposted
So ANYONE GOING TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT “Death Camps”? OR THIS IS JUST OK NOW🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🔥🔥🔥☄️☄️☄️☄️☄️☄️
Prosper Vernier (@acorn2oak.bsky.social) reply parent
Well, now that Trump has been told he must "shoulder full responsibility" that'll fix everything. His track record for taking responsibility for his actions is stuff of legend.
Prosper Vernier (@acorn2oak.bsky.social)
OK, you win the internet.