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Douglas Nerad @dooglahs.bsky.social · 4h

We no longer live in a country with three branches of government (Legislative, Executive, Judicial). We live in a country with two parties (Democrats, Republicans, and FU if you're neither)

This is bad on so many levels.

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Douglas Nerad @dooglahs.bsky.social · 5d

Yet offshore wind farms are just ugly...?!?

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Douglas Nerad @dooglahs.bsky.social · 9d

Strump want to "pacify" San Francisco next, justifying sending in the troops with the infamous Insurrection Act. Yet there is no rebellion against government here. #SF

Insurrection; an act or instance of revolting against civil authority or an established government.
Miriam Webster Dictionary

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Douglas Nerad @dooglahs.bsky.social · 9d

Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.

Petra Aberdeen from Lower Decks looking smug while Mariner, bound by Starfleet rules and regulations, looks on.

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Douglas Nerad @dooglahs.bsky.social · 15d

We haven't been invaded yet? Color go ping? The end of it is really close to the Zeitgeist beer garden so maybe it's telling me to get out there...

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Douglas Nerad @dooglahs.bsky.social · 15d

We had real rain for the first time in ages here in San Francisco, and now as the sun goes down a double rainbow. 🌈 #SF

Double rainbow over the Mission district in San Francisco

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Douglas Nerad @dooglahs.bsky.social · 26d

Kinda explains some of the lyrics... "Pat feels he's a really happy man"

Rather miss watching this with my kiddo, though.

Douglas Nerad @dooglahs.bsky.social · Sep 24

For some reason "hot dogs" came to mind.

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Douglas Nerad @dooglahs.bsky.social · Sep 22

Care for a game of ERS? I found my deck with that bastard Lance in it. @pfindsen.bsky.social @emfindsen.bsky.social @joydidit.bsky.social

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptia...

Jacks from my old card deck. Me and friends played ERS in college and it was almost always the player with "that bastard Lance" (Lancelot) who won the game.

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Douglas Nerad @dooglahs.bsky.social · Sep 15

You know what I'd like to see in #Congress? I'd like to see the state Representatives sitting together instead of clumped with their own party. You don't represent a freaking party. You represent your state, your region, and all of your constituents. Senators, too. Don't like it? Too bad.

Douglas Nerad @dooglahs.bsky.social · Sep 13

The Strange New World's episode Terrarium is a great Ortegas story and it really reminds me of Enemy Mine.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enemy_M...

Enemy Mine (film) - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Douglas Nerad @dooglahs.bsky.social · Sep 8

I've finally started season 3 of ST:SNW and WTF is Pike doing saying the lord's prayer? I could accept Chapel and Spock talking about "faith" assuming they meant in themselves but seriously... Either Pike alone just lost points with me, or the showrunners. Hopefully not both.

#StarTrek #SNW

Douglas Nerad @dooglahs.bsky.social · Sep 8

🖖

#StarTrekDay

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Douglas Nerad @dooglahs.bsky.social · Sep 8

Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't grunge.

Cover art for the album Blue Lines by Massive Attack.

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Douglas Nerad @dooglahs.bsky.social · Sep 3

Villainial... bad guys these days.

Douglas Nerad @dooglahs.bsky.social · Sep 3

This is wrong. Trump could order these officers to rule as he wishes as they are in his chain of command. Hire real, qualified judges; maintain separation of powers.

www.npr.org/2025/09/02/g...

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Douglas Nerad @dooglahs.bsky.social · Sep 2

I like it and I cannot lie.

Seriously, it could be a great name if the music fits.

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Douglas Nerad @dooglahs.bsky.social · Sep 2

Those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it.

Those who prevent history from being taught are plotting to repeat it.

Douglas Nerad @dooglahs.bsky.social · Aug 28

Fine (or not really), we can't for whatever reason have gun laws because somehow the Supreme Court failed to understand what a well regulated militia means.

So let's regulate the hell out of the bullets.

REGULATE THE F-ING BULLETS.

Douglas Nerad @dooglahs.bsky.social · Aug 22

We worried that #AI would kill us in the future because it would overtake us (Terminator and dozens of other stories).

Instead AI (or rather their corporate creators) will kill us because AI will require all the power to run on most of the resources and still not work|be adopted|be profitable.

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Douglas Nerad @dooglahs.bsky.social · Aug 20

Seriously, what even is the actual, specific definition of "woke"? As far as I can tell it just means, "Wah! I don't like it so it must be bad!"

Douglas Nerad @dooglahs.bsky.social · Aug 19

Degenerative AI. When LLMs eat the slop of their ancestors. The "heat death" of the next tech bubble.
#DegenerativeAI

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Douglas Nerad @dooglahs.bsky.social · Aug 15

Art of the deal...?!? So, we get mineral rights to Ukraine, Russia gets access to ours. Ukraine still loses resources, we are zero-sum, and Russia wins. What a tool we have put in as POTUS.

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Douglas Nerad @dooglahs.bsky.social · Aug 13

Slightly diminish a band:

Nine Inch Thumbtacks

Douglas Nerad @dooglahs.bsky.social · Aug 13

Slightly diminish a band:

The Treatment (and their famous single Just Like Vaccines).

Leyla Aker @leylaa.bsky.social · Aug 13

Slightly diminish a band:

The Old Pornographers

Douglas Nerad @dooglahs.bsky.social · Aug 13

Slightly diminish a band:

The Treatment (and their famous single Just Like Vaccines).

Leyla Aker @leylaa.bsky.social · Aug 13

Slightly diminish a band:

The Old Pornographers

Michael DeMoor @michaeldemoor.bsky.social · Aug 13

Slightly diminish a band:

Jane’s Occasional indulgence

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