@skydaver
Grandfather, Navy #Veteran, Atheist, Pro-gun liberal, married. Working at the nexus of public safety and gun rights #liberalgunowners Prostate Cancer Thriver Enthusiastic, but lousy, golfer. Bourbon drinker Never Trump!
Also, that's the punchline of a long joke about preparing camels to cross the desert.
And Musk is a parasitic simulacrum of a human being.
Here's a tiny bit of background; one of his citations in that post.
gunculture2point0.com/2014/10/10/t...
If you truly care about violence in the USA, you must follow @davidyamane.bsky.social and his substack.
Read this. It's important. open.substack.com/pub/lightove...
There are groups on Zucknet that have value, and I share not-doom things in those groups.
I stay there, posting about the existential threat to humanity of Trump and maga, in the forlorn hope of reaching one of them, and maybe opening their eyes.
Another distraction from the horrorshow of the orange parasite.
ENIAC happened 80 years ago.
I attended Penn 50 years ago
penntoday.upenn.edu/news/penns-e...
Over on the sycophants (Zuckerberg) media, I post nothing that is not antagonistic to Trump or its myrmidions.
Here, I try to post helpful, funny, and/or emotionally satisfying content.
The Cornell Bird Labs is emotionally satisfying.
www.allaboutbirds.org/news/woodpec...
An enjoyable article by @tamslick.bsky.social about old MILSURP rifle projects
www.americanrifleman.org/content/thin...
That's Ronnie Easton. Follow him on FB
Car crashed through the wall of an elevated parking garage. Caption "Bob's near-mastery of power oversteer wowed the other valets."
Another distraction from the horror show of the orange parasite.
Road & Track PS page
A reminder how ICE treats priests.
Car crushed by a log from tree cutting. Caption "As promise, Bob returned to the cabin with 'a new roof rack and some firewood.'"
From the Road & Track PS pages:
![Excerpt from Wikipedia reads: "Fight against merchandising his characters
For years, Watterson battled against pressure from publishers to merchandise his work, something that he felt would cheapen his comic through compromising the act of creation or reading.[21][22]
He refused to merchandise his creations on the grounds that displaying Calvin and Hobbes images on commercially sold mugs, stickers, and T-shirts would devalue the characters and their personalities. Watterson said that Universal kept putting pressure on him and that he had signed his contract without fully perusing it because, as a new artist, he was happy just to find a syndicate willing to give him a chance (two other syndicates had previously turned him down). He added that the contract was so one-sided that, if Universal really wanted to, they could license his characters against his will, and could even fire him and continue Calvin and Hobbes with a new artist. Watterson's position eventually won out, and he was able to renegotiate his contract so that he would receive all rights to his work. Later he said that the licensing fight exhausted him and contributed to the need for a nine-month sabbatical in 1991.[23]"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ks3gpa6ftoyaq7hmf6c4qx4c/bafkreihmgl3sxrmb5t6edpjnixyanj2rvcf43zdv46mbifhl7hdtmz5u6y)
Excerpt from Wikipedia reads: "Fight against merchandising his characters For years, Watterson battled against pressure from publishers to merchandise his work, something that he felt would cheapen his comic through compromising the act of creation or reading.[21][22] He refused to merchandise his creations on the grounds that displaying Calvin and Hobbes images on commercially sold mugs, stickers, and T-shirts would devalue the characters and their personalities. Watterson said that Universal kept putting pressure on him and that he had signed his contract without fully perusing it because, as a new artist, he was happy just to find a syndicate willing to give him a chance (two other syndicates had previously turned him down). He added that the contract was so one-sided that, if Universal really wanted to, they could license his characters against his will, and could even fire him and continue Calvin and Hobbes with a new artist. Watterson's position eventually won out, and he was able to renegotiate his contract so that he would receive all rights to his work. Later he said that the licensing fight exhausted him and contributed to the need for a nine-month sabbatical in 1991.[23]"
Bill Watterson is my favorite cartoonist. I adored the relationship btw Calvin and Hobbes as a child. But as I've gotten older, these strips feel even more tender and insightful. My respect for him grew when I learned of his stance against merchandising. Such principles are almost unheard of today.
UPDATE: Most Americans are against the Trump regime’s racial terror campaign.
migrantinsider.com/p/the-people...
IMO, the reporter did a very good job, and the back and forth between the reporter and the show host had absolutely no anti-gun slant.
Yep!
We were on NPR again yesterday, in a longer form piece that was based on the ATC piece back in October
Picture of a Jaguar E-Type coupe with a hideous rear modification that has a massive fin going down the back of the car. Caption: "After months of careful aerodynamic research, Bob was able to design a Jaguar E-Type that actually repelled women"
From the Road & Track PS pages:
If you are a foreign president who commits crimes overseas, America will come get you, arrest you, and lock you up.
But if you are a US president who commits crimes here in the United States, America will give you immunity from prosecution, reelect you, and bribe you with billions of dollars.
I’m not crying, there’s smoke in the air
Given the high suicide rates for veterans, cutting mental health and suicide prevention jobs at the Veterans Administration is UNCONSCIONABLE. The Trump administration is full of incompetent, hateful monsters.
Sir, this is a Wendy’s
I understand completely; Bluesky could use some additional ways of responding.
Big strong men have come up to me with tears in their eyes saying “Sir, no one has ever been a bigger child rapist than you, how do you do it sir?”
Donald Trump wearing a christmas sweater that makes him appear like a giant penis.
The difference between having a big dick, and being a big dick.
