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Retired code monkey/database wrangler. Google my handle for my hobby/obsession.

created January 21, 2025

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Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

Autonomous drones with .50-caliber machine guns are much more cost-effective. So are RPGs.

1/9/2025, 2:25:24 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

To excise the rot would require impeaching and convicting every single member of the current Presidential line of succession. Pipe dream.

1/9/2025, 1:51:37 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

Word. m.youtube.com/watch?v=mL8g...

1/9/2025, 1:40:38 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

Or music performance.

31/8/2025, 11:35:46 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

My parents visibly cringed when I told them I would be an English major. Forty years later, I retired as a software engineer. Language has immeasurable power.

31/8/2025, 11:34:08 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

I wish the London bookies had laid odds on all seven swing states’ going for the Orange Menace. I’d be on Easy Street right now.

31/8/2025, 11:30:26 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

Their hammer is going to come down hard very soon. The escalation has reached an undeniable tipping point.

31/8/2025, 11:28:58 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

There you go, using logic and common sense again. Two attributes their base will never master.

31/8/2025, 11:26:43 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

The 25th and impeachment are non-starters as long as the Cabinet and Congress are stuffed full of complicit sycophants. When are people going to understand that these are not realistic remedies?

31/8/2025, 11:01:34 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

Acme and Acme, LLC will take the case!

31/8/2025, 10:57:19 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Stereogum (@stereogum.bsky.social) reposted

Last night, at the final show of her Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Farewell Tour, Cyndi Lauper brought out Joni Mitchell (for “Carey”), Cher (“Girls Just Want To Have Fun”), SZA (“True Colors”), John Legend (“Time After Time”), and more. www.stereogum.com/2321337/cynd...

31/8/2025, 8:14:16 PM | 8596 1276 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

“Not a bad idea! At least Mexico has a leader who isn’t a cankle-infested, bat-shit crazy grifter!”

31/8/2025, 10:52:13 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

Al Frankenstein book Lies and the Lying Luars who Tell Them
31/8/2025, 10:44:20 PM | 4 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture David Honig (@dbhonig.bsky.social) reposted

Mayors of cities about to be invaded by Trump's ICE and National Guard invasion (which has nothing to do with crime rates and everything to do with performative politics) should do the following: ...

31/8/2025, 9:44:52 PM | 5 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

Source?

31/8/2025, 7:49:42 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

“F*ck it, I’ll make up my own!”

31/8/2025, 7:44:19 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

Schrodinger’s Epstein files. If Bondi opens the folder and looks at them, they disappear.

31/8/2025, 5:45:15 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

Civil War re-enactments.

31/8/2025, 5:01:59 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

Processed. In cans. In my fridge.

Founders’ Brewing All Day IPA
31/8/2025, 3:41:13 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

Well, Trump has a lot of experience with this demolition thing.

Trump Taj Mahal demolished
31/8/2025, 12:42:56 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

Nice. Love your handle, too! m.youtube.com/watch?v=kyDw...

31/8/2025, 12:40:07 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

Yakety Sax.

30/8/2025, 8:47:15 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

Billiard balls.

30/8/2025, 8:43:49 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

I see you got some BB tomatoes. We had a bushelful last year; popped ‘em in my mouth like M&Ms.

30/8/2025, 8:39:55 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

Great place to watch a game.

30/8/2025, 8:37:27 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

Blazing Saddles HARUMPH meme
30/8/2025, 8:35:52 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

Jimi Hendrix ‘Scuse me while I steal this meme
30/8/2025, 8:32:24 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

Nice. It reminds me a bit of the National Park art deco postcards.

30/8/2025, 6:35:50 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

You win the Internet today.

30/8/2025, 3:19:07 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

Little girl smiles at house fire
30/8/2025, 2:26:26 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

Please clap.

30/8/2025, 2:24:04 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

“Trusting the experts is not a feature of science…”

30/8/2025, 1:25:35 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

“Humane” LOLOLOL Soulless bastards.

30/8/2025, 12:24:26 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

“I don’t expect you to escape, Mr. Bond. I expect you to die.”

30/8/2025, 12:21:49 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

The hell you say!

Bumblebee on zinnia
30/8/2025, 12:18:04 AM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

Next: “Our revolution will be bloodless, if the Left allows it.” We’re beyond a remedy based on the rule of law, save the power of the people.

30/8/2025, 12:15:02 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social)

Worth the read, and burned into my brain.

30/8/2025, 12:12:24 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

The road to fascism is lined with people telling you to stop overreacting.
30/8/2025, 12:09:32 AM | 24 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

image
29/8/2025, 11:07:36 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

Didnt the Florida AG already tell the court to pound sand?

29/8/2025, 11:04:08 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

And so it begins.

29/8/2025, 11:00:29 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

Good luck. It’s been tried at least twice here, and each time they closed after a few months. Something about “insufficient profits” and whatnot.

29/8/2025, 10:58:04 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

It’d be awful if this is a genuine photograph. Well, it’s awful anyway, but…

Trump with Thomas Crooks in FBI office.
29/8/2025, 1:32:12 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

El Capitan, with bonus shots from Congress Trail in Sequoia.

Photos from Yosemite and Sequoia
29/8/2025, 1:27:11 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

Yeah, there’s that “redress of grievances” thing in the First Amendment. But they’re using the Constitution as toilet paper, so why would they comply?

Constitution as a roll of toilet paper
29/8/2025, 1:01:50 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

My childhood classmate raises, shows, and judges Great Danes. They’re magnificent animals.

29/8/2025, 12:53:36 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

People are deluded that the cabal will disintegrate with Trump’s passing. The line of succession is stuffed full of Project 2025 authors and acolytes. JV Dunce wrote the forward to the book, fer Chrissakes!

29/8/2025, 12:51:02 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

28/8/2025, 11:38:36 PM | 10 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

Heh. I saw the Navy “march” onto the field at one of the last Pro Bowls in Honolulu. They made the Army’s June 14th clusterfsck look like a close-order drill.

28/8/2025, 8:50:09 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

This woman lived a few miles from me. Never forget.

Sandra Scheuer memorial marker Kent State
28/8/2025, 2:15:43 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

Ya think?!

Susquehanna River bridge project sign with Donald Trump’s name taking credit for Biden program
28/8/2025, 2:08:08 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

And when the mechanisms are neutered, the avenue of recourse becomes narrow. We’re beyond the point of democratic elections’ having any effect. The water is now boiling around the frog.

28/8/2025, 2:01:19 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

They should rename the department as such.

28/8/2025, 1:55:26 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

Mr. Brownstone.

28/8/2025, 1:52:02 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

“Stop overreacting!” GTFOOH.

27/8/2025, 9:36:22 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

“When his term is up” Have you just returned from Mongolia, or something? Behold this banner from the last CPAC convention.

Trump 3rd Term Project banner
27/8/2025, 9:35:04 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

I’m sure they’ll try to drive out the vets’ sit-in, too. Monsters.

27/8/2025, 9:23:40 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

Just got mine. It says, “Can you see how sick of this shit I am?!”

27/8/2025, 7:09:29 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

The Florida AG already said they’d ignore the order. Now what?

27/8/2025, 7:06:36 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

And we passed the 22nd Amendment, so this wouldn’t happen again. Also, en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whatabo...

27/8/2025, 6:56:33 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

Screw Aleve too. The last time took it, my liver did the Watusi.

27/8/2025, 5:50:53 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

Who needs a law when the law can be broken?

27/8/2025, 5:48:58 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

Called it. Dissent will not be tolerated.

27/8/2025, 12:23:11 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

So, sixteen weeks is the new “two weeks”; got it.

27/8/2025, 12:21:09 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

A much needed laugh!

27/8/2025, 1:47:33 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

And Florida’s AG told the court to pound sand. What are the consequences? Who will arrest and jail him for contempt?

26/8/2025, 9:56:59 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

Vibes. And apologies to Cartman.

Cartman Respect mah authoritah
26/8/2025, 8:48:40 PM | 22 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

Everyone has one, but some stink a lot more than others.

26/8/2025, 8:31:59 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

“Many people.” The voices in his head.

26/8/2025, 6:28:34 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

I hope you have an airsickness bag handy when you record these. *HORK*

26/8/2025, 6:24:00 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

It’s the only item on the agenda.

26/8/2025, 6:18:53 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

John, you can drop the asterisk now. The gloves are off.

26/8/2025, 12:19:25 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

Check your sarcasm meter; it might be on the fritz.

25/8/2025, 3:04:52 PM | 28 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

Don’t expect honest answers. They’re all in on servicing the 🍊 🍄

25/8/2025, 2:55:00 PM | 18 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

Good luck. Who controls Congressional security details? That’s right; Pam Bondi.

25/8/2025, 2:49:37 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

I said this five months ago: Stinky is going to lose what little patience he has and tell the courts, “Get bent. We’re not listening to you anymore.” Who’s going to stop him?

25/8/2025, 2:48:30 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

Here’s their plan. It doesn’t involve hospitals, or helping the sick.

Mass grave COVID-19
25/8/2025, 2:42:28 PM | 21 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

As they say, discovery would be lit…

25/8/2025, 2:33:24 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

180 FEMA employees sacked in 3, 2, 1…

25/8/2025, 2:27:59 PM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

I was going to write another line, but I couldn’t get it to scan according to the lyrics’ wording.

25/8/2025, 12:47:42 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

I’m the sham they call the DA of Columbia…

25/8/2025, 12:44:54 PM | 9 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

Spot on. Loyalty to Trump uber alles! The political equivalent of “Nice bodega you have there. It’d be a shame if something happened to it.”

25/8/2025, 1:28:58 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

They already did. The authors of Project 2025 are embedded like a tick into the workings of the government. They pull the Presidential puppet strings. If 95% of the EOs weren’t penned by the Heritage Foundation, I’ll eat my hat.

25/8/2025, 12:51:30 AM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

First order of business: release the unredacted, complete Epstein files. (Victims protected of course)

25/8/2025, 12:43:38 AM | 7 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

“Forced to pay” Did he just admit to extortion?

25/8/2025, 12:40:08 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

“The cruelty is the point” bears repeating.

24/8/2025, 11:12:15 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

Great wealth comes with great power. Just ask Stinky when Japan and the EU floated selling US securities in response to his tariff demands.

24/8/2025, 11:06:46 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

I’m unaware of the rules concerning recounts on those states. I just read that the margins were not small enough to trigger automatic recounts. Still smells like week-old fish, though.

24/8/2025, 11:02:00 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

My Repugnicant rep sends his lies out in an email every Sunday.

24/8/2025, 10:58:45 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

Narrator: Actually, he is.

24/8/2025, 6:12:10 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

Conveniently, every margin of victory was outside of the threshold for a recount. Weird, huh?

24/8/2025, 5:46:23 PM | 9 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social)

www.msn.com/en-us/news/u... “The plans align with the Trump administration’s unusual efforts to use the military for law enforcement and immigration actions within the US’ borders.” Unusual? Try “unlawful” or “unconstitutional.” This will not end well.

24/8/2025, 3:13:41 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

I was blessed to have jammed with them during their comeback tour warmups. Great human beings.

24/8/2025, 1:36:07 PM | 52 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

“We’re not going to defy a court” LOLOL pull the other finger, Tom.

24/8/2025, 1:28:49 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

We’ll see her in Chautauqua next weekend; can hardly wait!

24/8/2025, 12:01:29 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

This former Esri employee appreciates this joke.

24/8/2025, 11:54:49 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

Um…

image
24/8/2025, 1:05:14 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

Looks like they just re-released the Mueller Report.

23/8/2025, 11:55:27 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

“May not be entirely credible” LOLOLOL SHES A FKN LIAR. Say it.

23/8/2025, 3:55:22 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rds-level-10.bsky.social (@rds-level-10.bsky.social) reply parent

I can type STOP replies to fundraising texts in my sleep. “Give us more money so we can continue being ineffective!” SMDH

23/8/2025, 1:42:03 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view