Frank Patrick
@fpatrick.bsky.social
Assume the snark. Embrace the snide.
“Of all the things at risk, the loss of an objective reality is perhaps the most dangerous. The death of truth is the ultimate victory of evil.”
- Tony Gilroy, through the Andor character, Senator Mon Mothma
“Of all the things at risk, the loss of an objective reality is perhaps the most dangerous. The death of truth is the ultimate victory of evil.”
- Tony Gilroy, through the Andor character, Senator Mon Mothma
Imagine if they were named after someone else…
November 16, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Imagine if they were named after someone else…
Saw Tedeschi-Trucks 10 years ago. Gonna have to search them out again.
November 16, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Saw Tedeschi-Trucks 10 years ago. Gonna have to search them out again.
Flat light the day I was there.
November 16, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Flat light the day I was there.
Don’t usually do #caturday posts, but here’s one relaxed Croatian cat basking in the sun at the entrance to the old town of Dubrovnik a couple weeks ago.
November 15, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Don’t usually do #caturday posts, but here’s one relaxed Croatian cat basking in the sun at the entrance to the old town of Dubrovnik a couple weeks ago.
“The violence of the Left is symbolic, the injuries are not intended. The violence of the Right is real—directed at people, designed to cause injuries…The violence from the Right is aimed directly at people and the violence from the Left is aimed at institutions and symbols.”
- George Carlin #QOTD
- George Carlin #QOTD
November 15, 2025 at 9:17 AM
“The violence of the Left is symbolic, the injuries are not intended. The violence of the Right is real—directed at people, designed to cause injuries…The violence from the Right is aimed directly at people and the violence from the Left is aimed at institutions and symbols.”
- George Carlin #QOTD
- George Carlin #QOTD
Modern travel, Dubrovnik, Croatia 2025
November 15, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Modern travel, Dubrovnik, Croatia 2025
Has anyone spoken to the guy on the left with the mustache? Who is he, anyway?
November 14, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Has anyone spoken to the guy on the left with the mustache? Who is he, anyway?
The Biden bull market, having started in Q422, has survived this kind of thinking...so far.
November 14, 2025 at 2:37 AM
The Biden bull market, having started in Q422, has survived this kind of thinking...so far.
The slope has gotten ever so slightly flatter this year, but if we don't drop from this week going forward, the Biden bull market just might continue, having started in Q4 of 2022.
November 14, 2025 at 2:09 AM
The slope has gotten ever so slightly flatter this year, but if we don't drop from this week going forward, the Biden bull market just might continue, having started in Q4 of 2022.
Gotta wonder what promises were made to Virginia.
November 14, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Gotta wonder what promises were made to Virginia.
Rooftops, Venice, Italy 2025
November 14, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Rooftops, Venice, Italy 2025
And from 50 years before that, some songs I actually recognize...
November 14, 2025 at 12:15 AM
And from 50 years before that, some songs I actually recognize...
“There are people in every time and every land who want to stop history in its tracks. They fear the future, mistrust the present, and invoke the security of a comfortable past which, in fact, never existed.”
- Robert Kennedy (Sr.) #QOTD
- Robert Kennedy (Sr.) #QOTD
November 13, 2025 at 10:50 AM
“There are people in every time and every land who want to stop history in its tracks. They fear the future, mistrust the present, and invoke the security of a comfortable past which, in fact, never existed.”
- Robert Kennedy (Sr.) #QOTD
- Robert Kennedy (Sr.) #QOTD
From Sorrento, Italy 2025
November 11, 2025 at 2:50 AM
From Sorrento, Italy 2025
I'm not sure. I really think he's probably promised SOMETHING to SOMEONE.
November 10, 2025 at 11:13 PM
I'm not sure. I really think he's probably promised SOMETHING to SOMEONE.
Chengdu, China 2006
November 10, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Chengdu, China 2006
“Never attribute to malice or stupidity that which can be explained by moderately rational individuals following incentives in a complex system.”
- Douglass Hubbard #QOTD
- Douglass Hubbard #QOTD
November 10, 2025 at 11:56 AM
“Never attribute to malice or stupidity that which can be explained by moderately rational individuals following incentives in a complex system.”
- Douglass Hubbard #QOTD
- Douglass Hubbard #QOTD
Just watched the press conference by the Senators behind the capitulation.
November 10, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Just watched the press conference by the Senators behind the capitulation.
