RT Bear Kilpatrick
@bear-xiong.bsky.social
Just a bear. LGBTQ+ being. Cars, music, retrotech, alternative. Makes stories, poems, and questionable life choices. Help me learn Mandarin!
Existence is overrated.
But diffusion gives it meaning for the perceiver.
But diffusion gives it meaning for the perceiver.
December 1, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Existence is overrated.
But diffusion gives it meaning for the perceiver.
But diffusion gives it meaning for the perceiver.
I named my fists Brown and Ian because their motion is determined by how hot I am
Named my fists Ben and Jerry cause they're headed right for your mouth and stomach
i named my fists Rodgers and Hammerstein cuz theyre always in my own little corner
December 1, 2025 at 2:26 AM
I named my fists Brown and Ian because their motion is determined by how hot I am
I cannot believe this awesome song (and album) is over 25 years old 😢
And no-one learned a thing.
atomandhispackage.bandcamp.com/album/atom-a...
And no-one learned a thing.
atomandhispackage.bandcamp.com/album/atom-a...
Atom and His Package, by Atom and His Package
20 track album
atomandhispackage.bandcamp.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I cannot believe this awesome song (and album) is over 25 years old 😢
And no-one learned a thing.
atomandhispackage.bandcamp.com/album/atom-a...
And no-one learned a thing.
atomandhispackage.bandcamp.com/album/atom-a...
If there's one thing I learned from American TV at the end of the '90s/early 2000s, it's that there's a good chance of demonic classmates, and that's okay
I love whenever articles like this are all “SEE THE UNREASONABLE ANGRY DEMANDS OF THIS SJW TEACHER” and the teacher’s comment are always “please actually cite sources and try not to call your classmates demonic”
December 1, 2025 at 12:08 AM
If there's one thing I learned from American TV at the end of the '90s/early 2000s, it's that there's a good chance of demonic classmates, and that's okay
The more empathy you have, the more you want your almost powerless existence on this timeline to end.
Crazy thing is, Atom and His Package said "scoop up the no good dudes and put 'em on an island in the middle of the sea".
And the dudes did it themselves. But didn't stay there :/
Crazy thing is, Atom and His Package said "scoop up the no good dudes and put 'em on an island in the middle of the sea".
And the dudes did it themselves. But didn't stay there :/
it's always the worst people who want to be immortal. how come it's never the cool ones like you and me?
December 1, 2025 at 12:06 AM
The more empathy you have, the more you want your almost powerless existence on this timeline to end.
Crazy thing is, Atom and His Package said "scoop up the no good dudes and put 'em on an island in the middle of the sea".
And the dudes did it themselves. But didn't stay there :/
Crazy thing is, Atom and His Package said "scoop up the no good dudes and put 'em on an island in the middle of the sea".
And the dudes did it themselves. But didn't stay there :/
Amazing
November 30, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Amazing
If I still had cars to test, I would eat the £3K loss of this vehicular turd and scrap the damn thing.
No energy/strength for fixing things like this and if it weren't for this thing being a rotten heap of damaged "repaired" junk, I wouldn't have needed to move Mazda before renewing every pipe :(
No energy/strength for fixing things like this and if it weren't for this thing being a rotten heap of damaged "repaired" junk, I wouldn't have needed to move Mazda before renewing every pipe :(
November 30, 2025 at 5:06 PM
If I still had cars to test, I would eat the £3K loss of this vehicular turd and scrap the damn thing.
No energy/strength for fixing things like this and if it weren't for this thing being a rotten heap of damaged "repaired" junk, I wouldn't have needed to move Mazda before renewing every pipe :(
No energy/strength for fixing things like this and if it weren't for this thing being a rotten heap of damaged "repaired" junk, I wouldn't have needed to move Mazda before renewing every pipe :(
"Your Party"
November 30, 2025 at 3:35 PM
"Your Party"
There's no magic money tree, there is a money ecosystem.
Remember the water cycle? Rain, oceans, heat, steam, clouds?
Earn, tax, spend what you earn - loads or not, enjoy government or private services, more people are paid, more tax. Rain, oceans, steam, clouds.
Musk et al? Infinite bottles.
Remember the water cycle? Rain, oceans, heat, steam, clouds?
Earn, tax, spend what you earn - loads or not, enjoy government or private services, more people are paid, more tax. Rain, oceans, steam, clouds.
Musk et al? Infinite bottles.
November 30, 2025 at 3:33 PM
There's no magic money tree, there is a money ecosystem.
Remember the water cycle? Rain, oceans, heat, steam, clouds?
Earn, tax, spend what you earn - loads or not, enjoy government or private services, more people are paid, more tax. Rain, oceans, steam, clouds.
Musk et al? Infinite bottles.
Remember the water cycle? Rain, oceans, heat, steam, clouds?
Earn, tax, spend what you earn - loads or not, enjoy government or private services, more people are paid, more tax. Rain, oceans, steam, clouds.
Musk et al? Infinite bottles.
Reposted by RT Bear Kilpatrick
We snuck in once to watch. Got chased out, but not before we caught a glint of gold as the Arch-Lubricator wielded St Breville's Spatula above the altar. It was a special day.
November 30, 2025 at 3:04 PM
We snuck in once to watch. Got chased out, but not before we caught a glint of gold as the Arch-Lubricator wielded St Breville's Spatula above the altar. It was a special day.
A car with an I6 I'd like to own:
November 30, 2025 at 3:02 PM
A car with an I6 I'd like to own:
I'm all for making money. And profiting from your creativity and innovations and investments.
But the more I think about it, the more global stock markets just look like money laundering to hide the capital taken from citizen and state. Not the old "invest in new thing, watch it grow" but trading.
But the more I think about it, the more global stock markets just look like money laundering to hide the capital taken from citizen and state. Not the old "invest in new thing, watch it grow" but trading.
November 30, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I'm all for making money. And profiting from your creativity and innovations and investments.
But the more I think about it, the more global stock markets just look like money laundering to hide the capital taken from citizen and state. Not the old "invest in new thing, watch it grow" but trading.
But the more I think about it, the more global stock markets just look like money laundering to hide the capital taken from citizen and state. Not the old "invest in new thing, watch it grow" but trading.
You underestimate the UK
We not only have sweet potatoes.
We have sweet potato oven chips.
Candied potatoes are called Honeybreads and only eaten on St. Breville's day.
We not only have sweet potatoes.
We have sweet potato oven chips.
Candied potatoes are called Honeybreads and only eaten on St. Breville's day.
I suspect this person thinks sweet potatoes are candied regular potatoes
November 30, 2025 at 1:12 PM
You underestimate the UK
We not only have sweet potatoes.
We have sweet potato oven chips.
Candied potatoes are called Honeybreads and only eaten on St. Breville's day.
We not only have sweet potatoes.
We have sweet potato oven chips.
Candied potatoes are called Honeybreads and only eaten on St. Breville's day.
So, that's actually worse than when I started and I have no idea where it's coming from other than "everywhere" and either the fuel line I researched over and over before buying is actually wrong, the only clamps that fit are wrong, or lines under the car hated being moved so much they're fountains.
November 30, 2025 at 12:18 PM
So, that's actually worse than when I started and I have no idea where it's coming from other than "everywhere" and either the fuel line I researched over and over before buying is actually wrong, the only clamps that fit are wrong, or lines under the car hated being moved so much they're fountains.
I have managed to contort my hands and wrists enough to ensure all the fuel lines are in place and clipped so when the battery has charged, I'll find out if the petrol leak was a bad connection, an error of mine leaving the charcoal canister disconnected because it's a PITA, or the main pipes leak.
November 30, 2025 at 10:21 AM
I have managed to contort my hands and wrists enough to ensure all the fuel lines are in place and clipped so when the battery has charged, I'll find out if the petrol leak was a bad connection, an error of mine leaving the charcoal canister disconnected because it's a PITA, or the main pipes leak.
Reposted by RT Bear Kilpatrick
My Dad has had the second of two cataract operations this week. A quick search tells me that it would have cost him between $3,500 and $7000 per eye in the USA.
We must not let Streeting, Farage, or anyone else privatise and destroy the #NHS.
We must not let Streeting, Farage, or anyone else privatise and destroy the #NHS.
November 29, 2025 at 10:30 AM
My Dad has had the second of two cataract operations this week. A quick search tells me that it would have cost him between $3,500 and $7000 per eye in the USA.
We must not let Streeting, Farage, or anyone else privatise and destroy the #NHS.
We must not let Streeting, Farage, or anyone else privatise and destroy the #NHS.
What's your favourite transformers character. Wrong answers only
November 30, 2025 at 12:45 AM
What's your favourite transformers character. Wrong answers only
Reposted by RT Bear Kilpatrick
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
November 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
And the award for the most gratuitous use of censorship on a social media platform goes to...
can bluesky please stop hiding replies just because they have bad words in them? i'm a grownup, i can read the word "fuck"
November 29, 2025 at 11:34 PM
And the award for the most gratuitous use of censorship on a social media platform goes to...
Silent Running
Without saying Lord of the Rings, name a fantasy film.
November 29, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Silent Running
"Who, me?" the entire town hall meeting asks at once.
November 29, 2025 at 5:28 PM
"Who, me?" the entire town hall meeting asks at once.
Task fail. Day wasted. Everything stinks of petrol.
I wouldn't mind, the Mazda is long-term resto, but I just want a sensible daily driver and the Ampera cost £3K and broke in a fortnight. And I can't fix it. Or, it seems, get the Mazda off the lift without fixing the fuel lines properly. More ££s
I wouldn't mind, the Mazda is long-term resto, but I just want a sensible daily driver and the Ampera cost £3K and broke in a fortnight. And I can't fix it. Or, it seems, get the Mazda off the lift without fixing the fuel lines properly. More ££s
November 29, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Task fail. Day wasted. Everything stinks of petrol.
I wouldn't mind, the Mazda is long-term resto, but I just want a sensible daily driver and the Ampera cost £3K and broke in a fortnight. And I can't fix it. Or, it seems, get the Mazda off the lift without fixing the fuel lines properly. More ££s
I wouldn't mind, the Mazda is long-term resto, but I just want a sensible daily driver and the Ampera cost £3K and broke in a fortnight. And I can't fix it. Or, it seems, get the Mazda off the lift without fixing the fuel lines properly. More ££s
This is a USA-biased one.
The comments.
"Go to a doctor. Get some stuff to help my disability. See a dentist (okay, Britain has that issue also). Not die because I can't afford medication".
We have a good country here in many ways, you know.
The comments.
"Go to a doctor. Get some stuff to help my disability. See a dentist (okay, Britain has that issue also). Not die because I can't afford medication".
We have a good country here in many ways, you know.
Honest question: If everyone got Universal Basic Income, no strings attached, what would YOU do with it?
Re-post with your quote or drop your take below.
Re-post with your quote or drop your take below.
November 29, 2025 at 2:59 PM
This is a USA-biased one.
The comments.
"Go to a doctor. Get some stuff to help my disability. See a dentist (okay, Britain has that issue also). Not die because I can't afford medication".
We have a good country here in many ways, you know.
The comments.
"Go to a doctor. Get some stuff to help my disability. See a dentist (okay, Britain has that issue also). Not die because I can't afford medication".
We have a good country here in many ways, you know.
Move three cars, put some wheels on one.
Now too fatigued to want to do more. But the Mazda enforced a rest, I guess that time with me faffing and it on the ramp and no trickle charger did drain the battery a touch. I should update the alarm system.
Need to fix Ampera and get it MOTd. Ugh.
Now too fatigued to want to do more. But the Mazda enforced a rest, I guess that time with me faffing and it on the ramp and no trickle charger did drain the battery a touch. I should update the alarm system.
Need to fix Ampera and get it MOTd. Ugh.
November 29, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Move three cars, put some wheels on one.
Now too fatigued to want to do more. But the Mazda enforced a rest, I guess that time with me faffing and it on the ramp and no trickle charger did drain the battery a touch. I should update the alarm system.
Need to fix Ampera and get it MOTd. Ugh.
Now too fatigued to want to do more. But the Mazda enforced a rest, I guess that time with me faffing and it on the ramp and no trickle charger did drain the battery a touch. I should update the alarm system.
Need to fix Ampera and get it MOTd. Ugh.
Assuming it was enough to lift some bill pressure/mortgage, I would continue working, write, to a higher and more detailed standard. I'd be more inclined to pay for car maintenance than DIYing everything. I'd probably sleep and be less unwell.
Honest question: If everyone got Universal Basic Income, no strings attached, what would YOU do with it?
Re-post with your quote or drop your take below.
Re-post with your quote or drop your take below.
November 29, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Assuming it was enough to lift some bill pressure/mortgage, I would continue working, write, to a higher and more detailed standard. I'd be more inclined to pay for car maintenance than DIYing everything. I'd probably sleep and be less unwell.