Chet Sandberg
@chetsandberg.bsky.social
Writer/Author/Line and Style editor, Nurse, irrationally creative. Recently sane. Happily Married.
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I’m starting to piece things together
I’ve connected the dots
I’ve connected the dots
November 15, 2025 at 4:26 AM
I’m starting to piece things together
I’ve connected the dots
I’ve connected the dots
This is 100% just viewing a perennial question in the current mood of the time.
It’s projection. Would *we* want to meet us?
And me asking that question is *also* projection, because that’s what we do.
It’s projection. Would *we* want to meet us?
And me asking that question is *also* projection, because that’s what we do.
The Fermi paradox asks why we've yet to find evidence of intelligent extraterrestrial life. The odds are we should!
A NASA scientist suggests that "alien societies might plateau at modest technological levels and even grow bored with exploration."
www.sciencefocus.com/news/aliens-...
A NASA scientist suggests that "alien societies might plateau at modest technological levels and even grow bored with exploration."
www.sciencefocus.com/news/aliens-...
Why aliens are (probably) too lazy to make first contact | BBC Science Focus Magazine
Space is big. Why not kick back, relax, and wait for them to come to you?
www.sciencefocus.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:25 AM
This is 100% just viewing a perennial question in the current mood of the time.
It’s projection. Would *we* want to meet us?
And me asking that question is *also* projection, because that’s what we do.
It’s projection. Would *we* want to meet us?
And me asking that question is *also* projection, because that’s what we do.
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8 years of "What is a woman?" and now it turns out that the comeback was "define a child"
November 14, 2025 at 1:00 PM
8 years of "What is a woman?" and now it turns out that the comeback was "define a child"
I keep feeling like I’m being scraped forward into ever more ridiculous technologies that sound sort of dystopian when I say them aloud.
November 15, 2025 at 2:10 AM
I keep feeling like I’m being scraped forward into ever more ridiculous technologies that sound sort of dystopian when I say them aloud.
Platonic. The Brad Pitt joke.
a man is crying with his mouth open and the words `` it hurts !!! '' written on the bottom .
ALT: a man is crying with his mouth open and the words `` it hurts !!! '' written on the bottom .
media.tenor.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Platonic. The Brad Pitt joke.
No. Even if it’s worse, it’s better.
There is no world in which Schumer staying in power makes any goddamned sense.
There is no world in which Schumer staying in power makes any goddamned sense.
I’m telling you, be careful what you wish for with replacing Schumer…..
November 15, 2025 at 12:49 AM
No. Even if it’s worse, it’s better.
There is no world in which Schumer staying in power makes any goddamned sense.
There is no world in which Schumer staying in power makes any goddamned sense.
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"I hope you die" is boring, predictable
"I hope your favorite franchise adds a wacky chungus sidekick that yells gameplay hints at you" is real, terrifying, possible, and is in fact happening to me right now
"I hope your favorite franchise adds a wacky chungus sidekick that yells gameplay hints at you" is real, terrifying, possible, and is in fact happening to me right now
November 14, 2025 at 8:10 PM
"I hope you die" is boring, predictable
"I hope your favorite franchise adds a wacky chungus sidekick that yells gameplay hints at you" is real, terrifying, possible, and is in fact happening to me right now
"I hope your favorite franchise adds a wacky chungus sidekick that yells gameplay hints at you" is real, terrifying, possible, and is in fact happening to me right now
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Jeffrey Epstein reading the first 100 pages of Lolita and stopping: "Holy shit this sounds great! Everything's gonna work out!"
did not have Harvard English professor Elisa New emailing Jeffrey Epstein about Lolita on my 2025 bingo card
November 14, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Jeffrey Epstein reading the first 100 pages of Lolita and stopping: "Holy shit this sounds great! Everything's gonna work out!"
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Trump is opening an "investigation" because that precludes DOJ from being allowed to release the files.
November 14, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Trump is opening an "investigation" because that precludes DOJ from being allowed to release the files.
have you tried just not being a dick tho?
November 14, 2025 at 9:39 PM
have you tried just not being a dick tho?
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I listened to the Megyn Kelly clip and my takeaway is that she should change her name to Megyn R Kelly
November 14, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I listened to the Megyn Kelly clip and my takeaway is that she should change her name to Megyn R Kelly
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Love when the computer updates and it’s like “check out what’s new” and you’re like oh I hope it works better but the computer is like now I know when users have yeast infections
November 14, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Love when the computer updates and it’s like “check out what’s new” and you’re like oh I hope it works better but the computer is like now I know when users have yeast infections
I’m calling it; Trump will be the United States’ first presidential “suicide.”
November 14, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I’m calling it; Trump will be the United States’ first presidential “suicide.”
The Liberal urge to do damage control for the opposition is in full force here
One caution I'd offer as everyone goes through these emails is that *Jeffrey Epstein* (of all people) saying something in an email does not automatically make it true!
November 14, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The Liberal urge to do damage control for the opposition is in full force here
I think there are people who consider me a “weekend warrior” because I often do a five mile ruck on the weekends.
But I’m doing heavy weightlifting during the week, too.
Tomorrow is an “absolute rest” day.
But I’m doing heavy weightlifting during the week, too.
Tomorrow is an “absolute rest” day.
November 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I think there are people who consider me a “weekend warrior” because I often do a five mile ruck on the weekends.
But I’m doing heavy weightlifting during the week, too.
Tomorrow is an “absolute rest” day.
But I’m doing heavy weightlifting during the week, too.
Tomorrow is an “absolute rest” day.
Today’s workout is kicking my ass. I’m gonna finish it, but only out of spite.
youtu.be/SM01LzKZ0J8?...
youtu.be/SM01LzKZ0J8?...
Godflesh - Spite (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Earache Catalog
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November 14, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Today’s workout is kicking my ass. I’m gonna finish it, but only out of spite.
youtu.be/SM01LzKZ0J8?...
youtu.be/SM01LzKZ0J8?...
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Give a man a fish and someone with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about people getting free handouts. Teach a man to fish? Yeah, that person with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about that too.
November 14, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Give a man a fish and someone with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about people getting free handouts. Teach a man to fish? Yeah, that person with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about that too.
I think I’d have less of a problem with language policing if it had absolutely any positive effect for anyone other than the (often self-appointed) hall monitors of civil society.
I’m glad Pynchon wrote another book, but no one will ever be allowed to take his place.
I’m glad Pynchon wrote another book, but no one will ever be allowed to take his place.
November 13, 2025 at 8:05 PM
I think I’d have less of a problem with language policing if it had absolutely any positive effect for anyone other than the (often self-appointed) hall monitors of civil society.
I’m glad Pynchon wrote another book, but no one will ever be allowed to take his place.
I’m glad Pynchon wrote another book, but no one will ever be allowed to take his place.
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I see the “technically it’s ephebophelia” crowd is out today, so just a reminder that A) this is NOT a case where technically correct is the best kind of correct and B) the minute you say this, the gods dump you in the “irredeemable creeper” basket and wash their hands thoroughly after touching you.
November 13, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I see the “technically it’s ephebophelia” crowd is out today, so just a reminder that A) this is NOT a case where technically correct is the best kind of correct and B) the minute you say this, the gods dump you in the “irredeemable creeper” basket and wash their hands thoroughly after touching you.
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I just kind of think all these people should, after a fair trial in which they are zealously represented before a jury of their peers, be eaten
November 13, 2025 at 1:41 AM
I just kind of think all these people should, after a fair trial in which they are zealously represented before a jury of their peers, be eaten
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"The dog that didn't bark"
is a famous clue from a Sherlock Holmes story,
"The Adventure of Silver Blaze,"
where the absence of a guard dog's barking
indicates the thief was someone familiar with the dog.
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"The dog that didn't bark"
is a famous clue from a Sherlock Holmes story,
"The Adventure of Silver Blaze,"
where the absence of a guard dog's barking
indicates the thief was someone familiar with the dog.
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November 12, 2025 at 9:51 PM
*
"The dog that didn't bark"
is a famous clue from a Sherlock Holmes story,
"The Adventure of Silver Blaze,"
where the absence of a guard dog's barking
indicates the thief was someone familiar with the dog.
*
"The dog that didn't bark"
is a famous clue from a Sherlock Holmes story,
"The Adventure of Silver Blaze,"
where the absence of a guard dog's barking
indicates the thief was someone familiar with the dog.
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Today’s Democratic voters? Probably Nixon
Which Democratic Party elected official is so beloved that implication in Epstein rapes would cause Democratic Party voters to rethink their politics?
JFK? FDR?
JFK? FDR?
November 13, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Today’s Democratic voters? Probably Nixon
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99% of Republicans understand nothing about intraleft politics. they’re still saying shit like “you won’t be so happy when BILL CLINTON is implicated will you?”
November 13, 2025 at 1:29 AM
99% of Republicans understand nothing about intraleft politics. they’re still saying shit like “you won’t be so happy when BILL CLINTON is implicated will you?”
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The Epstein story gets a something that is tearing at the heart of the electorate: elite impunity. The idea that wealthy and powerful people can do terrible things *at scale* and face no consequences for them. Whatever political party actually stops it could rule the country for a generation.
November 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The Epstein story gets a something that is tearing at the heart of the electorate: elite impunity. The idea that wealthy and powerful people can do terrible things *at scale* and face no consequences for them. Whatever political party actually stops it could rule the country for a generation.
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I kind of want to jet back in time to October 2022, find my huddled shivering self right after the test results first came back, and put my arm around her and say, "You are going to live to see your daughter play Macbeth."
November 12, 2025 at 11:36 PM
I kind of want to jet back in time to October 2022, find my huddled shivering self right after the test results first came back, and put my arm around her and say, "You are going to live to see your daughter play Macbeth."