WE TRIED TO WARN YOU
cogenteur.bsky.social
WE TRIED TO WARN YOU
@cogenteur.bsky.social
a.k.a.RonK, Seattle
Lighthouse in a fogged-up world.

Futures(?) of democracy & discourse

Climate's changing, billionaires are taking over, and we all have a brain the size of a walnut.
#Seahawks didn't look like NFL champions yesterday.

Neither did anybody else in the league, AFAIK.
December 1, 2025 at 7:36 PM
#Seahawks priorities:
1) Avoid/overcome injuries.
2) Avoid/overcome fuckups.
3) Overcome the unknown: untested UDFA QB from an obscure program, who might be really good but still a rookie.
4) Complementary football: When in doubt, Sam, hand it off to your great punter & great D.
November 30, 2025 at 5:09 PM
CrackerBabble Battle-Rattle Rabble?
November 26, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Face-lifting. Rebranding. Marketing has noticed that the trend-sensitive edges of the loyal customer base have been "seeing other brands".
November 26, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Inspecting wallets?
November 26, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Paralipses in the garden,
Paralipses in the park,
The Paralipses I hate best
Are Paralipses in the dark.
November 26, 2025 at 1:14 AM
"who's also the world's youngest vibrant president"

"vibrant".

Is this a translation-in-translation artifact? Or is there a new category in the global best-of-something presidential Olympics?

Anyway, sent me off to bed with a smile on my face. Thanks!
November 25, 2025 at 6:09 AM
You imagine yourself a fighter. You are mistaken.
www.goodreads.com/quotes/25810...
A quote by Miyamoto Musashi
Do nothing which is of no use
www.goodreads.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:23 PM
See also www.ndtv.com/world-news/u... for a little background on embassies during breaks in diplomatic relations.
www.ndtv.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:25 AM
This might be a more informative source:
ve.usembassy.gov

As noted therein, consular & diplomatic services to Venezuela are currently (since 2019) conducted via thru a special section of the US Embassy in Bogota Colombia.
Homepage
The mission of the U.S. Embassy is to advance the interests of the United States, and to serve and protect U.S. citizens in Venezuela.
ve.usembassy.gov
November 24, 2025 at 6:25 AM
... garlic mashed potato tiramisu ... green bean w/ crispy fried onions tiramisu ... limited only by the imagination ...
November 24, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Is it gay to have sex with women? No.

What's gay is sitting home with one, immersed in the annual argument about cranberry sauce, when you could be out there assaulting teenagers like a REAL man.

Impeccable logic, really.
November 23, 2025 at 11:22 PM
I tuned in all week to hear sports talk jocks try to find an interesting angle - or any angle - to the #Seahawks Titans game.

No luck post-game either.
November 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
A pyroclastic event, a la Mt St Helens? Or just blowing off steam, with associated particulares.
November 23, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Specifically William Brewster, *leader* of the Plymouth colony - as revealed on an episode of Henry Louis Gates PBS series "Finding Your Roots".
November 23, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Erasin' d'etre (cheat notes to "Being and Nothingness")
November 22, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Angela Davis is a Mayflower descendant. Maybe she should narrate.
November 22, 2025 at 11:45 PM
"Dignity ... always dignity."
November 22, 2025 at 3:17 PM
It always struck me as curious that Trump - a career criminal with some 70 years elpractice, with roots in mob-adjacent culture - had no record of having people rubbed out. Until now, and not domestically.

As he feels power, and loosens inhibitions, this could change.
November 22, 2025 at 3:02 PM
If you are on REALLY good terms with an anesthesiologist you might score a shot of memory blockers, but best take those before reading.
November 22, 2025 at 8:03 AM
So ... no ordinary Friday night Nuzz dump?

If anyone has revelations they're itching to disappear into the abyss, now is the time!
November 22, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Dem chances then depend how grievously divided the R's are, how politically fit and fit-to-district a D candidate is ... and perhaps how badly health care affordability has visibly deteriorated in the interim.
November 22, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Following up: Under GA law, Gov must issue writ of election within 10 days of vacancy; election within 30 days thereafter; open field, no primary BUT GA is a runoff state - if nobody hits 50%, top 2 face each other (another 10 + 40?) later.
November 22, 2025 at 7:45 AM