Martin Baker
@mnemonick.bsky.social
IT/AV guy who predates the internet and grew up with technology (for better *and* worse, lol).
Fair warning: I post *extremely* infrequently because I am a curmudgeon (love that word), an atheist & certified Internet Hermit!
Also, I swear. Like, a lot.
Fair warning: I post *extremely* infrequently because I am a curmudgeon (love that word), an atheist & certified Internet Hermit!
Also, I swear. Like, a lot.
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Martin Baker
@mnemonick.bsky.social
· Mar 21
Wilde Life
a bearded man observes the antics of supernatural rednecks
www.wildelifecomic.com
@lepas.bsky.social creates one of the BEST GODDAM COMICS ON THE INTERNET* but since she doesn't post much I'm taking it upon myself to inform you of this 😃
www.wildelifecomic.com
* if you disagree with me I WILL KICK YOUR ASS
www.wildelifecomic.com
* if you disagree with me I WILL KICK YOUR ASS
I've belatedly realized that I'm always liking or reposting cat pictures, yet no one here has seen MY cats! Let's fix that.
Here's Bella (full name Arabella F. Wigglebotham - we just call her "Mrs. W"), provided to us by the CDS when she showed up at our back door, pregnant and ravenous:
Here's Bella (full name Arabella F. Wigglebotham - we just call her "Mrs. W"), provided to us by the CDS when she showed up at our back door, pregnant and ravenous:
January 15, 2026 at 1:26 AM
I've belatedly realized that I'm always liking or reposting cat pictures, yet no one here has seen MY cats! Let's fix that.
Here's Bella (full name Arabella F. Wigglebotham - we just call her "Mrs. W"), provided to us by the CDS when she showed up at our back door, pregnant and ravenous:
Here's Bella (full name Arabella F. Wigglebotham - we just call her "Mrs. W"), provided to us by the CDS when she showed up at our back door, pregnant and ravenous:
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In the mood for a space opera adventure reviewers have affectionately called “tear-apart-the-empire-with-your-bare-hands wish fulfillment”?
THE SPLINTER IN THE SKY eBook is currently 1.99 *again*!
✨ bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
✨ www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...
THE SPLINTER IN THE SKY eBook is currently 1.99 *again*!
✨ bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
✨ www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...
January 14, 2026 at 5:57 PM
In the mood for a space opera adventure reviewers have affectionately called “tear-apart-the-empire-with-your-bare-hands wish fulfillment”?
THE SPLINTER IN THE SKY eBook is currently 1.99 *again*!
✨ bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
✨ www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...
THE SPLINTER IN THE SKY eBook is currently 1.99 *again*!
✨ bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
✨ www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...
I Want Room Service Scene | Johnny Mnemonic (1995)
YouTube video by Ultimate Action Movie Club
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January 11, 2026 at 5:47 PM
As if today could get even *more* depressing, I just heard that we lost Bob Weir: www.cnn.com/2026/01/10/e...
January 11, 2026 at 3:22 AM
As if today could get even *more* depressing, I just heard that we lost Bob Weir: www.cnn.com/2026/01/10/e...
Today, the misanthropy has really got to me, so for purely spiteful reasons let me just reiterate for the record:
The Abrahamic religions (yes, all 3 of them) are the useless, intolerant, bigoted, misogynist, hateful and anti-humane delusions of ignorant Mesopotamian herdsmen and farmers.
The Abrahamic religions (yes, all 3 of them) are the useless, intolerant, bigoted, misogynist, hateful and anti-humane delusions of ignorant Mesopotamian herdsmen and farmers.
January 10, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Today, the misanthropy has really got to me, so for purely spiteful reasons let me just reiterate for the record:
The Abrahamic religions (yes, all 3 of them) are the useless, intolerant, bigoted, misogynist, hateful and anti-humane delusions of ignorant Mesopotamian herdsmen and farmers.
The Abrahamic religions (yes, all 3 of them) are the useless, intolerant, bigoted, misogynist, hateful and anti-humane delusions of ignorant Mesopotamian herdsmen and farmers.
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I’m in search of book recs for my niece. Criteria:
- Science fiction
- Female lead(s)
- Has an audiobook
Bonus points for space opera and queer books. She doesn’t mind if the books aren’t super recent (she loved the Honor Harrington series).
#Booksky
- Science fiction
- Female lead(s)
- Has an audiobook
Bonus points for space opera and queer books. She doesn’t mind if the books aren’t super recent (she loved the Honor Harrington series).
#Booksky
January 10, 2026 at 3:53 PM
I’m in search of book recs for my niece. Criteria:
- Science fiction
- Female lead(s)
- Has an audiobook
Bonus points for space opera and queer books. She doesn’t mind if the books aren’t super recent (she loved the Honor Harrington series).
#Booksky
- Science fiction
- Female lead(s)
- Has an audiobook
Bonus points for space opera and queer books. She doesn’t mind if the books aren’t super recent (she loved the Honor Harrington series).
#Booksky
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A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
January 10, 2026 at 3:24 PM
A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
So I've been rewatching Ken Burns' "The American Revolution" on my local PBS affiliate (shouts to WSKG!).
Last night's installment, "In Order To Be Free" is a horribly depressing reminder that human nature hasn't evolved AT ALL since the 18th century.
Considering starting a day-drinking regimen...
Last night's installment, "In Order To Be Free" is a horribly depressing reminder that human nature hasn't evolved AT ALL since the 18th century.
Considering starting a day-drinking regimen...
January 10, 2026 at 3:48 PM
So I've been rewatching Ken Burns' "The American Revolution" on my local PBS affiliate (shouts to WSKG!).
Last night's installment, "In Order To Be Free" is a horribly depressing reminder that human nature hasn't evolved AT ALL since the 18th century.
Considering starting a day-drinking regimen...
Last night's installment, "In Order To Be Free" is a horribly depressing reminder that human nature hasn't evolved AT ALL since the 18th century.
Considering starting a day-drinking regimen...
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New: we've obtained material explaining how an ICE surveillance system, called Webloc, works. Draw shape on a map, see all phones available there, follow them home. All without warrant
“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
Inside ICE’s Tool to Monitor Phones in Entire Neighborhoods
404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or t...
www.404media.co
January 8, 2026 at 2:03 PM
New: we've obtained material explaining how an ICE surveillance system, called Webloc, works. Draw shape on a map, see all phones available there, follow them home. All without warrant
“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
Are there ANY Republicans on this platform?
If so can you please explain how you sleep at night, knowing that your party is rapidly devolving into a fascist nightmare?
If so can you please explain how you sleep at night, knowing that your party is rapidly devolving into a fascist nightmare?
January 8, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Are there ANY Republicans on this platform?
If so can you please explain how you sleep at night, knowing that your party is rapidly devolving into a fascist nightmare?
If so can you please explain how you sleep at night, knowing that your party is rapidly devolving into a fascist nightmare?
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"Murdering a mother of a 6-year-old child, you're in the wrong place in your soul. God help you! Her son's name is Emerson; Emerson does not have a mother today because one of you murdered a woman in cold blood yesterday!" -Minneapolis ICE protester scolds line of ICE agents ⬇️
January 8, 2026 at 3:08 PM
"Murdering a mother of a 6-year-old child, you're in the wrong place in your soul. God help you! Her son's name is Emerson; Emerson does not have a mother today because one of you murdered a woman in cold blood yesterday!" -Minneapolis ICE protester scolds line of ICE agents ⬇️
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The murderer’s name is Jonathan Ross. www.startribune.com/ice-agent-wh...
Star Tribune identifies ICE agent who fatally shot woman in Minneapolis
Jonathan Ross was dragged in a separate incident last year by a fleeing driver, according to court records.
www.startribune.com
January 8, 2026 at 7:07 PM
The murderer’s name is Jonathan Ross. www.startribune.com/ice-agent-wh...
Today I am so ashamed and despondent about being a lifelong citizen of the United States that I fear the only solution left to us is a violent armed response to the jack-booted federal thugs who seem all too willing to treat their fellow citizens as targets.
And I don't even OWN a firearm...
And I don't even OWN a firearm...
January 8, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Today I am so ashamed and despondent about being a lifelong citizen of the United States that I fear the only solution left to us is a violent armed response to the jack-booted federal thugs who seem all too willing to treat their fellow citizens as targets.
And I don't even OWN a firearm...
And I don't even OWN a firearm...
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For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies
January 8, 2026 at 3:35 PM
For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies
@lepas.bsky.social creates one of the BEST GODDAM COMICS ON THE INTERNET* but since she doesn't post much I'm taking it upon myself to inform you of this 😃
www.wildelifecomic.com
* if you disagree with me I WILL KICK YOUR ASS
www.wildelifecomic.com
* if you disagree with me I WILL KICK YOUR ASS
Wilde Life
a bearded man observes the antics of supernatural rednecks
www.wildelifecomic.com
March 21, 2025 at 1:48 AM
@lepas.bsky.social creates one of the BEST GODDAM COMICS ON THE INTERNET* but since she doesn't post much I'm taking it upon myself to inform you of this 😃
www.wildelifecomic.com
* if you disagree with me I WILL KICK YOUR ASS
www.wildelifecomic.com
* if you disagree with me I WILL KICK YOUR ASS
As I see it, the fundamental cognitive dissonance faced by hardcore social conservatives is:
while they understand that 1st Amendment "free speech" means they can spout whatever intolerant hateful racist bullshit they like in public, they think that *also* means they can't be ridiculed for it.
while they understand that 1st Amendment "free speech" means they can spout whatever intolerant hateful racist bullshit they like in public, they think that *also* means they can't be ridiculed for it.
March 20, 2025 at 9:34 PM
As I see it, the fundamental cognitive dissonance faced by hardcore social conservatives is:
while they understand that 1st Amendment "free speech" means they can spout whatever intolerant hateful racist bullshit they like in public, they think that *also* means they can't be ridiculed for it.
while they understand that 1st Amendment "free speech" means they can spout whatever intolerant hateful racist bullshit they like in public, they think that *also* means they can't be ridiculed for it.
Shitter thought for Today:
It's really worrisome to me that all the American conservatives I've met seem to believe that crimes against property are somehow *always* worse than crimes against people.
You know, people - like, actual fucking HUMAN BEINGS
It's really worrisome to me that all the American conservatives I've met seem to believe that crimes against property are somehow *always* worse than crimes against people.
You know, people - like, actual fucking HUMAN BEINGS
March 20, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Shitter thought for Today:
It's really worrisome to me that all the American conservatives I've met seem to believe that crimes against property are somehow *always* worse than crimes against people.
You know, people - like, actual fucking HUMAN BEINGS
It's really worrisome to me that all the American conservatives I've met seem to believe that crimes against property are somehow *always* worse than crimes against people.
You know, people - like, actual fucking HUMAN BEINGS
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Why do people support dictators? How do dictators come to power? We teamed up with history professor Ruth Ben-Ghiat to answer the internet's burning questions about authoritarianism and fascism.
History Professor Answers Dictator Questions | Tech Support | WIRED
Professor and authoritarianism scholar Ruth Ben-Ghiat joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about dictators and fascism. Why do people suppo...
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March 19, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Why do people support dictators? How do dictators come to power? We teamed up with history professor Ruth Ben-Ghiat to answer the internet's burning questions about authoritarianism and fascism.
Today's mood: chilling with my kitties while the world burns. :|
March 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Today's mood: chilling with my kitties while the world burns. :|
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I know this first hand. When I was a child, my entire community was branded as spies and sabateurs, justifying our internment inside barbed wire camps for years without due process, trial or charge.
March 17, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I know this first hand. When I was a child, my entire community was branded as spies and sabateurs, justifying our internment inside barbed wire camps for years without due process, trial or charge.
Man, the leopards have just been FEASTING lately. Thoughts and prayers for those rendered faceless!
March 16, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Man, the leopards have just been FEASTING lately. Thoughts and prayers for those rendered faceless!
Sunday afternoon lap time 😺
March 16, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Sunday afternoon lap time 😺
THIS was the reason I fired up BSky this morning, though I didn't know it at the time.
March 15, 2025 at 9:15 PM
THIS was the reason I fired up BSky this morning, though I didn't know it at the time.
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Skydiver Luigi Cani dispersing 100 Million tree seeds to revive the Amazon Rainforest
March 10, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Skydiver Luigi Cani dispersing 100 Million tree seeds to revive the Amazon Rainforest