Xylophile
@islaven.bsky.social
I have a dog. He's a goober. Woodworker, safety consultant, prof. (I represent my own opinions, no other entity.)
"The best way to spot an idiot? Look for the person who is cruel... the kindest person in the room is often the smartest." -- JB Prtizker
"The best way to spot an idiot? Look for the person who is cruel... the kindest person in the room is often the smartest." -- JB Prtizker
Pinned
My dog giving me a look of disdain after I forced him to come back inside from our snowy walk.
#dogscrolling #puppysky
#dogscrolling #puppysky
Wait? You can just copy and paste to read redacted sections?
The incompetent people at the top did not realize this.
Also, they do not realize that, if you treat the people who work for you like shit, then they will not have your back.
And, you'll look even more incompetent.
#spreadkindness
The incompetent people at the top did not realize this.
Also, they do not realize that, if you treat the people who work for you like shit, then they will not have your back.
And, you'll look even more incompetent.
#spreadkindness
December 24, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Wait? You can just copy and paste to read redacted sections?
The incompetent people at the top did not realize this.
Also, they do not realize that, if you treat the people who work for you like shit, then they will not have your back.
And, you'll look even more incompetent.
#spreadkindness
The incompetent people at the top did not realize this.
Also, they do not realize that, if you treat the people who work for you like shit, then they will not have your back.
And, you'll look even more incompetent.
#spreadkindness
And some nutter will say, "See? 1 out of 153. Vaccines don't work," and it won't be ironic.
December 23, 2025 at 9:08 PM
And some nutter will say, "See? 1 out of 153. Vaccines don't work," and it won't be ironic.
This from the nutty AG who screams at legitimate congressional oversight, "I am not going to discuss open cases with you!"
So, Bondi, can you talk about ongoing investigations or not?
So, Bondi, can you talk about ongoing investigations or not?
December 23, 2025 at 9:04 PM
This from the nutty AG who screams at legitimate congressional oversight, "I am not going to discuss open cases with you!"
So, Bondi, can you talk about ongoing investigations or not?
So, Bondi, can you talk about ongoing investigations or not?
"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command."
December 23, 2025 at 2:31 PM
"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command."
I guess I was taking it out of context?
"What do you mean it's not an oligarchy?" I say to my MAGA family half a second before I realize they do not know the definition but will defend the obsecenely rich to have more rights than we do.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/c...
"What do you mean it's not an oligarchy?" I say to my MAGA family half a second before I realize they do not know the definition but will defend the obsecenely rich to have more rights than we do.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/c...
Trump May Give 775 Acres of a Federal Wildlife Refuge to SpaceX
www.nytimes.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I guess I was taking it out of context?
"What do you mean it's not an oligarchy?" I say to my MAGA family half a second before I realize they do not know the definition but will defend the obsecenely rich to have more rights than we do.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/c...
"What do you mean it's not an oligarchy?" I say to my MAGA family half a second before I realize they do not know the definition but will defend the obsecenely rich to have more rights than we do.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/c...
If they are named after what he called "his own personal Vietnam," then the ships will have names like the USS Gonorrhea or the USS Stage 3 Syphilis.
I am sure soldiers will love to operate a ship named after a draft dodger: it will be great at retreating and never taking blame.
I am sure soldiers will love to operate a ship named after a draft dodger: it will be great at retreating and never taking blame.
Trump Announces New ‘Trump Class’ of Warships
www.nytimes.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:21 PM
If they are named after what he called "his own personal Vietnam," then the ships will have names like the USS Gonorrhea or the USS Stage 3 Syphilis.
I am sure soldiers will love to operate a ship named after a draft dodger: it will be great at retreating and never taking blame.
I am sure soldiers will love to operate a ship named after a draft dodger: it will be great at retreating and never taking blame.
Loving the road clearing on rural highways.
December 23, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Loving the road clearing on rural highways.
In the Regime's shitstorm, did anyone else miss that the National Renewable Energy Laboratory lost its name?
It's now the National Laboratory of the Rockies.
You could have said National Rockies Energy Laboratory to save money and headache, but that is not what cultural warfare is about.
#NREL
It's now the National Laboratory of the Rockies.
You could have said National Rockies Energy Laboratory to save money and headache, but that is not what cultural warfare is about.
#NREL
December 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
In the Regime's shitstorm, did anyone else miss that the National Renewable Energy Laboratory lost its name?
It's now the National Laboratory of the Rockies.
You could have said National Rockies Energy Laboratory to save money and headache, but that is not what cultural warfare is about.
#NREL
It's now the National Laboratory of the Rockies.
You could have said National Rockies Energy Laboratory to save money and headache, but that is not what cultural warfare is about.
#NREL
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>posts a problem caused by closed borders
>"this is what open borders causes!"
>"this is what open borders causes!"
December 22, 2025 at 9:57 PM
>posts a problem caused by closed borders
>"this is what open borders causes!"
>"this is what open borders causes!"
"We are only redacting what will protect the victims..."
Did they just admit that the predators in the Trumpstein Files would go after victims again if their names were revealed?
#impeach #throwthemallinjail
Did they just admit that the predators in the Trumpstein Files would go after victims again if their names were revealed?
#impeach #throwthemallinjail
December 22, 2025 at 10:29 PM
"We are only redacting what will protect the victims..."
Did they just admit that the predators in the Trumpstein Files would go after victims again if their names were revealed?
#impeach #throwthemallinjail
Did they just admit that the predators in the Trumpstein Files would go after victims again if their names were revealed?
#impeach #throwthemallinjail
Reposted by Xylophile
December 22, 2025 at 3:02 PM
If 20% of the population watches Fox, then the remaining 80% are divided among the dozens of other news programs or nothing.
Being in the lead in this case does not imply you're the best, just alone in your crazy.
Otherwise there would not have been an anti-trust suit against Fox from Newsmax.
Being in the lead in this case does not imply you're the best, just alone in your crazy.
Otherwise there would not have been an anti-trust suit against Fox from Newsmax.
December 22, 2025 at 2:56 PM
If 20% of the population watches Fox, then the remaining 80% are divided among the dozens of other news programs or nothing.
Being in the lead in this case does not imply you're the best, just alone in your crazy.
Otherwise there would not have been an anti-trust suit against Fox from Newsmax.
Being in the lead in this case does not imply you're the best, just alone in your crazy.
Otherwise there would not have been an anti-trust suit against Fox from Newsmax.
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I am no AI expert, but I am pretty sure they can perform a "count" function.
Why, then, does Wordlebot say "1 left" then take a word it does not recognize. Then, "Hmm, 1 left!"
Is there, Wordlebot. Is there?
#wordle #wordlebotfails
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I am no AI expert, but I am pretty sure they can perform a "count" function.
Why, then, does Wordlebot say "1 left" then take a word it does not recognize. Then, "Hmm, 1 left!"
Is there, Wordlebot. Is there?
#wordle #wordlebotfails
December 22, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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I am no AI expert, but I am pretty sure they can perform a "count" function.
Why, then, does Wordlebot say "1 left" then take a word it does not recognize. Then, "Hmm, 1 left!"
Is there, Wordlebot. Is there?
#wordle #wordlebotfails
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I am no AI expert, but I am pretty sure they can perform a "count" function.
Why, then, does Wordlebot say "1 left" then take a word it does not recognize. Then, "Hmm, 1 left!"
Is there, Wordlebot. Is there?
#wordle #wordlebotfails
Our dog is so aloof that when he cuddles with us, we have a moment of wonder: "Is one of us imminently ill? Is he ill?"
Gaslighting SoB.
#dogscrolling #dogsky
Gaslighting SoB.
#dogscrolling #dogsky
December 22, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Our dog is so aloof that when he cuddles with us, we have a moment of wonder: "Is one of us imminently ill? Is he ill?"
Gaslighting SoB.
#dogscrolling #dogsky
Gaslighting SoB.
#dogscrolling #dogsky
If there is one thing I have learned, it is that no matter how much information, knowledge, experience, and comparative expertise one has on a subject, there is always someone who is willing to interrupt you to spout some sort of nonsense and tell you that you're wrong.
December 22, 2025 at 1:41 AM
If there is one thing I have learned, it is that no matter how much information, knowledge, experience, and comparative expertise one has on a subject, there is always someone who is willing to interrupt you to spout some sort of nonsense and tell you that you're wrong.
After Weinstein and Cosby and countless others, I find it incredible that so many are still in denial that Trump could be one of them.
Even after so many stories and the few Epstein files, there will be deniers.
It means they would have to admit the supported a child rapist.
#youreinacult
Even after so many stories and the few Epstein files, there will be deniers.
It means they would have to admit the supported a child rapist.
#youreinacult
December 21, 2025 at 12:48 AM
After Weinstein and Cosby and countless others, I find it incredible that so many are still in denial that Trump could be one of them.
Even after so many stories and the few Epstein files, there will be deniers.
It means they would have to admit the supported a child rapist.
#youreinacult
Even after so many stories and the few Epstein files, there will be deniers.
It means they would have to admit the supported a child rapist.
#youreinacult
Reposted by Xylophile
Nobody is surprised there were so few documents released.
Now the test is what Congress will do about contempt for the law, the obstruction, and evidence tampering
Will the Congress that nearly unanimously voted to for the release do anything about it?
Now the test is what Congress will do about contempt for the law, the obstruction, and evidence tampering
Will the Congress that nearly unanimously voted to for the release do anything about it?
a man sitting at a table with his hand on his chin
ALT: a man sitting at a table with his hand on his chin
media.tenor.com
December 20, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Nobody is surprised there were so few documents released.
Now the test is what Congress will do about contempt for the law, the obstruction, and evidence tampering
Will the Congress that nearly unanimously voted to for the release do anything about it?
Now the test is what Congress will do about contempt for the law, the obstruction, and evidence tampering
Will the Congress that nearly unanimously voted to for the release do anything about it?
Did anybody else buy stock in Sharpie between the relsease petition and their "release"? We should check which politicians did -- it would probably tell us more than the released files did.
a close up of a person 's hand holding a marker
ALT: a close up of a person 's hand holding a marker
media.tenor.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Did anybody else buy stock in Sharpie between the relsease petition and their "release"? We should check which politicians did -- it would probably tell us more than the released files did.
Outside the Sharpies needed to black out the T-name, there is another barrier to releasing the files.
Some of the population that does not believe women have bodily autonomy. Any.
Call them icels, rapists, republicans, or whatever, they actually exist and vote.
And, they can fuck fight off.
Some of the population that does not believe women have bodily autonomy. Any.
Call them icels, rapists, republicans, or whatever, they actually exist and vote.
And, they can fuck fight off.
December 19, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Outside the Sharpies needed to black out the T-name, there is another barrier to releasing the files.
Some of the population that does not believe women have bodily autonomy. Any.
Call them icels, rapists, republicans, or whatever, they actually exist and vote.
And, they can fuck fight off.
Some of the population that does not believe women have bodily autonomy. Any.
Call them icels, rapists, republicans, or whatever, they actually exist and vote.
And, they can fuck fight off.
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In hindsight, I really narrowed it down. As it was happening, I felt like I was blindfolded swinging my arms in front of me for the doorknob.
#wordle
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In hindsight, I really narrowed it down. As it was happening, I felt like I was blindfolded swinging my arms in front of me for the doorknob.
#wordle
December 19, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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In hindsight, I really narrowed it down. As it was happening, I felt like I was blindfolded swinging my arms in front of me for the doorknob.
#wordle
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#wordle
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#wordle #wordlesky
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#wordle #wordlesky
December 18, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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#wordle #wordlesky
"The Party told you to ignore the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. He wondered, as he had many times wondered before, whether he himself was a lunatic." (Orwell)
... what FauxNews is not saying.
... what FauxNews is not saying.
December 18, 2025 at 3:14 AM
"The Party told you to ignore the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. He wondered, as he had many times wondered before, whether he himself was a lunatic." (Orwell)
... what FauxNews is not saying.
... what FauxNews is not saying.
I only heard of this fire a few miles from me almost a whole day later - a fire with a hazard of an anhydrous ammonia leak.
It was close enough that my lightning-phobic dog and we heard the explosions.
I just wonder how far behind I will be on local news with the PBS station being defunded soon.
It was close enough that my lightning-phobic dog and we heard the explosions.
I just wonder how far behind I will be on local news with the PBS station being defunded soon.
www.wcia.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:20 AM
I only heard of this fire a few miles from me almost a whole day later - a fire with a hazard of an anhydrous ammonia leak.
It was close enough that my lightning-phobic dog and we heard the explosions.
I just wonder how far behind I will be on local news with the PBS station being defunded soon.
It was close enough that my lightning-phobic dog and we heard the explosions.
I just wonder how far behind I will be on local news with the PBS station being defunded soon.