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John M Danskin @johnmdanskin.bsky.social · 57m

Wow, this is almost as bad as all those forms where I have to select a gender. I never know the scope. Is this gender just for this airplane flight, or always on Scandanavian airlines, or ???

John M Danskin @johnmdanskin.bsky.social · 1h

Yeah, this is a fuckton of colored ink. I'm an irresponsible profligate spendthrift, and I'd hesitate to print one of these, let alone 30. Either, this is one of many things that didn't happen, or little Johnny brought this home inside a computer.

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John M Danskin @johnmdanskin.bsky.social · 21h

The appurtenenances are admitted to the heirs of the first part which are devised to the heirs of the second part hereunto unto which much of a muchness as ordered.

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John M Danskin @johnmdanskin.bsky.social · 1d

My candidate minimizes expenses from changing signage.

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John M Danskin @johnmdanskin.bsky.social · 1d

Newsmax isn't signing. Crazy.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

News outlets broadly reject Pentagon rules before signing deadline

The Washington Post and other major news outlets have refused to sign the Defense Department’s restrictive new media policy, citing First Amendment concerns.

www.washingtonpost.com

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John M Danskin @johnmdanskin.bsky.social · 1d

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

News outlets broadly reject Pentagon rules before signing deadline

The Washington Post and other major news outlets have refused to sign the Defense Department’s restrictive new media policy, citing First Amendment concerns.

www.washingtonpost.com

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John M Danskin @johnmdanskin.bsky.social · 1d

What exactly is that hand reaching out of, and why don't I want to shake it?

John M Danskin @johnmdanskin.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you Molly, for collecting a list of insecure guys for me to block. Big timesaver. Thanks.

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John M Danskin @johnmdanskin.bsky.social · 2d

If the steering committee tells you to do something literally impossible, then you can do whatever you want. So freeing.

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John M Danskin @johnmdanskin.bsky.social · 2d

Wow, this is the most ratioed ratio I've ever seen. I thought there were more dumb people out there, but I guess this is blue sky.

Sally: maybe wonder -why- there is a mob coming for Bari. Maybe she isn't really interested in journalism?

John M Danskin @johnmdanskin.bsky.social · 2d

Been there, but actually, no, I never lost a baby while carrying it.

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John M Danskin @johnmdanskin.bsky.social · 3d

4X Jest is not Infinite. Try harder.

John M Danskin @johnmdanskin.bsky.social · 3d

Sauron to speak on the search for the dark lord. $200 at your local community center.

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John M Danskin @johnmdanskin.bsky.social · 3d

Peter Thiel looking for the antichrist is like me trying to find my glasses when I am wearing them.

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John M Danskin @johnmdanskin.bsky.social · 3d

My wife told her mother to rank plants in her garden according to how much she loves them, and how much trouble they are, so she can dispose of the high maintenance,yet unlovable plants.

Why does this make me nervous?

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John M Danskin @johnmdanskin.bsky.social · 3d

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Utah loves Trump. It didn’t stop him from taking a chainsaw to one of its largest employers.

What happened when Elon & Co. started slashing?

www.motherjones.com

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John M Danskin @johnmdanskin.bsky.social · 3d

I was reading Doonesbury in highschool, and now I'm retired, and Gary is still drawing the strip. WTF Gary?

I had to remind myself about Andy, but I remember now.

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John M Danskin @johnmdanskin.bsky.social · 3d

Omg, I remember, from like 100 years ago. That's (barely) stored in my fossilized fornix.

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John M Danskin @johnmdanskin.bsky.social · 3d

Roland B Hedley Jr.
Doonesbury war correspondent, who dresses as if he were crawling through a jungle in Vietnam, no matter where he is.

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John M Danskin @johnmdanskin.bsky.social · 3d

Remember when the USSR fell apart partly because they couldn't pay the troops?

Looking forward to living in the free state of Rhode Island.

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John M Danskin @johnmdanskin.bsky.social · 3d

The NYT should send some war correspondents to embed themselves in a Portland pilates class and report on the hellscape.

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John M Danskin @johnmdanskin.bsky.social · 4d

The leading lady had this advice framed, and hung it in dressing rooms all over the world, finally having it engraved on her funerary monument.

John M Danskin @johnmdanskin.bsky.social · 4d

Peter Thiel is uniquely qualified to identify the antichrist.

OJ Simpson saying "I found the real killer this morning... He lives in a mirror."

John M Danskin @johnmdanskin.bsky.social · 4d

Thiel looking for the antichrist

OJ Simpson picture with "I found the real killer this morning... He lives in a mirror" caption.

John M Danskin @johnmdanskin.bsky.social · 4d

Trump trying to figure out how to get the Nobel committee into a boat.

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