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aravine.bsky.social

Hubby, Dad, Grampa, cook/homemaker, writer, gamer, inactive gamemaster, SF&F fan, eclectic, ADHD, curmudgeon, honorary cat, technically but not effectively retired, poly, cancer survivor, he/him. Not necessarily in that order. YMMV. YNCFT. Fnord.

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Bedtime #EarWorm

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G'night.

submitted 3 hours ago • 1 comment

#BookSky Continued reading "Witches Abroad" - on page 64/461. Granny Weatherwax is my favorite. Also read the comic "Ultimates 2" #11 (2006).

submitted 3 hours ago • 1 comment

"Just remember: Abraham Lincoln didn't die in vain, he died in Washington D.C." - Firesign Theater

submitted 4 hours ago • 1 comment

"I can see my spouse from here!" #NotReally @oakborn.bsky.social

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Finally watched "Captain America Brave New World". Not bad. Didn't rock my world but didn't quite gel either. I feel like it moved through the paces, but it wasn't quite there. Like spacing out in a conversation and saying, "uh huh" a lot but not really following along. But not bad.

submitted 5 hours ago • 1 comment

Holy shit. ... and the soldiers are marching for total shit. Most of them are just walking. When you see heads bouncing, you know they're out of step. USAF BMTS 1981 Former SSGT USAF

submitted 6 hours ago • 1 comment

I may have to find this ...

submitted 9 hours ago • 0 comments

Republicans: WE NOMINATE SKELETOR Democrats: We dislike Skeletor but we will vote to confirm him. Please give us between 5 and 50 dollars. <Later> Democrats: I stand before you to condemn the actions of Skeletor. He should have never been given this power. Please give me between 5 and 50 dollars.

submitted 2 days ago • 61 comments

Captions: (Speaking Spanish) Me: No kidding? It's too fast for me. Please show the Spanish! ... and English with it would be nice.

submitted 11 hours ago • 0 comments

A reminder to reporters, when historians look back on this moment with the president throwing himself a military parade and the people throwing No Kings rallies across America, the media sources raving about the former and sneering at the latter are going to be quoted by name. This is your legacy!

submitted 15 hours ago • 301 comments

so far this week: DHS vows to not leave California till it is "liberated" from elected reps Opposition leaders detained illegally Opposition leaders indicted Opposition leaders and families murdered to wrest control of a state military parade with tanks through US capital Red line here yet?

submitted 16 hours ago • 26 comments

Jesus. The juxtaposition of these two posts back to back is just...

submitted 17 hours ago • 471 comments

I would like my state, every state, to mandate badges, name plates, no masks, for all law enforcement in the state. And if federal agents try to break the mandate, arrest them, then let the courts sort it out.

submitted 16 hours ago • 9 comments

This last week is a real demonstration of how capacious, yet flattened the word "violent" is in our political discourse. Political assassinations are obviously, clearly violent. But the same word has been used all week to describe protestors damaging objects--not people, objects.

submitted 15 hours ago • 18 comments

Daily Grumble More OFF today than yesterday. No twin duty! Did morning wakeup routine. Cleared email to "Inbox Zero", partly by Snoozing things to the day I will deal with them. Went through my Todoist "Games" and "Minecraft" projects, especially the unsorted/general/misc tags. Deleted some....

submitted 13 hours ago • 1 comment

Bedtime #EarWorm

G'night.

#BookSky Continued reading "Witches Abroad" - on page 64/461. Granny Weatherwax is my favorite. Also read the comic "Ultimates 2" #11 (2006).

"Just remember: Abraham Lincoln didn't die in vain, he died in Washington D.C." - Firesign Theater

"I can see my spouse from here!" #NotReally @oakborn.bsky.social

Finally watched "Captain America Brave New World". Not bad. Didn't rock my world but didn't quite gel either. I feel like it moved through the paces, but it wasn't quite there. Like spacing out in a conversation and saying, "uh huh" a lot but not really following along. But not bad.

Holy shit. ... and the soldiers are marching for total shit. Most of them are just walking. When you see heads bouncing, you know they're out of step. USAF BMTS 1981 Former SSGT USAF

I may have to find this ...

Republicans: WE NOMINATE SKELETOR Democrats: We dislike Skeletor but we will vote to confirm him. Please give us between 5 and 50 dollars. <Later> Democrats: I stand before you to condemn the actions of Skeletor. He should have never been given this power. Please give me between 5 and 50 dollars.

Captions: (Speaking Spanish) Me: No kidding? It's too fast for me. Please show the Spanish! ... and English with it would be nice.

A reminder to reporters, when historians look back on this moment with the president throwing himself a military parade and the people throwing No Kings rallies across America, the media sources raving about the former and sneering at the latter are going to be quoted by name. This is your legacy!

so far this week: DHS vows to not leave California till it is "liberated" from elected reps Opposition leaders detained illegally Opposition leaders indicted Opposition leaders and families murdered to wrest control of a state military parade with tanks through US capital Red line here yet?

Jesus. The juxtaposition of these two posts back to back is just...

I would like my state, every state, to mandate badges, name plates, no masks, for all law enforcement in the state. And if federal agents try to break the mandate, arrest them, then let the courts sort it out.

This last week is a real demonstration of how capacious, yet flattened the word "violent" is in our political discourse. Political assassinations are obviously, clearly violent. But the same word has been used all week to describe protestors damaging objects--not people, objects.

Daily Grumble More OFF today than yesterday. No twin duty! Did morning wakeup routine. Cleared email to "Inbox Zero", partly by Snoozing things to the day I will deal with them. Went through my Todoist "Games" and "Minecraft" projects, especially the unsorted/general/misc tags. Deleted some....

Daily Cute for @oakborn.bsky.social You and Miss Mayhem (in white/negative image)

Morning @oakborn.bsky.social

G'night.

OMG... Perfect.