David Gerhart
@morelikeidonow.bsky.social
Childless cat herder. Tiny Farmer.
Tech refugee. Emancipated Entrepreneur. Analyst. KK7WXV.
Fair weather rider, all weather friend. Recovering Chaplain. Prisoner visitor. CADC/SUDs Therapist.
S. Oregon Coast - State of Jefferson... Orphangelical.
Tech refugee. Emancipated Entrepreneur. Analyst. KK7WXV.
Fair weather rider, all weather friend. Recovering Chaplain. Prisoner visitor. CADC/SUDs Therapist.
S. Oregon Coast - State of Jefferson... Orphangelical.
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David Gerhart
@morelikeidonow.bsky.social
· Sep 17
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #5,553,626!
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Historians will, I predict, regard the current situation as the American Civil War II. Certainly we are in a civil war, instigated by the federal government, when it began sending unnecessary and militarized forces into American forces. (See pinned post.) 1/
January 18, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Historians will, I predict, regard the current situation as the American Civil War II. Certainly we are in a civil war, instigated by the federal government, when it began sending unnecessary and militarized forces into American forces. (See pinned post.) 1/
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If anyone enjoys dark speculative fiction in Substack, I’ve got a 1980s Midwestern gothic you just might enjoy.
STATION DARK #1: Signal Bleed
The heater clicked once, then died.
open.substack.com
January 18, 2026 at 4:03 PM
If anyone enjoys dark speculative fiction in Substack, I’ve got a 1980s Midwestern gothic you just might enjoy.
Reposted by David Gerhart
The #American era of shame.
On emergent #fascism in our midst - German collective cultural guilt & ignominy pale by comparison.
We see, hear, and KNOW - Failing history in our timidity and weakness.
#Avarice. Is inhumanity. Full stop.
Forceful resistance required. What a terrible #shame.
On emergent #fascism in our midst - German collective cultural guilt & ignominy pale by comparison.
We see, hear, and KNOW - Failing history in our timidity and weakness.
#Avarice. Is inhumanity. Full stop.
Forceful resistance required. What a terrible #shame.
January 13, 2026 at 5:14 PM
"Knock Off Early Let's Play"
#KOELP
A meme / metaphor defining the ideal #retirement plan.
I'm just saying the funnest part of my career was taking my guys (literally) downstairs to the #Owl&Thistle for pints. Then hitting the 5:00 W.S. Ferry westbound Puget Sound.
Same true now.
koelp.com
#KOELP
A meme / metaphor defining the ideal #retirement plan.
I'm just saying the funnest part of my career was taking my guys (literally) downstairs to the #Owl&Thistle for pints. Then hitting the 5:00 W.S. Ferry westbound Puget Sound.
Same true now.
koelp.com
koelp.com
January 11, 2026 at 6:42 PM
"Knock Off Early Let's Play"
#KOELP
A meme / metaphor defining the ideal #retirement plan.
I'm just saying the funnest part of my career was taking my guys (literally) downstairs to the #Owl&Thistle for pints. Then hitting the 5:00 W.S. Ferry westbound Puget Sound.
Same true now.
koelp.com
#KOELP
A meme / metaphor defining the ideal #retirement plan.
I'm just saying the funnest part of my career was taking my guys (literally) downstairs to the #Owl&Thistle for pints. Then hitting the 5:00 W.S. Ferry westbound Puget Sound.
Same true now.
koelp.com
Christmas NFL. Subscribed #Netflix to appease the crowd.
Commercials, ad-nauseam.
Hey you marketing dummies! Start new accounts with a less than sickening commercials dose. Then slowly, over time, increase the thrust.
Frogs in slow heated water don't abandon the pot until they're fully boiled.
Commercials, ad-nauseam.
Hey you marketing dummies! Start new accounts with a less than sickening commercials dose. Then slowly, over time, increase the thrust.
Frogs in slow heated water don't abandon the pot until they're fully boiled.
December 25, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Christmas NFL. Subscribed #Netflix to appease the crowd.
Commercials, ad-nauseam.
Hey you marketing dummies! Start new accounts with a less than sickening commercials dose. Then slowly, over time, increase the thrust.
Frogs in slow heated water don't abandon the pot until they're fully boiled.
Commercials, ad-nauseam.
Hey you marketing dummies! Start new accounts with a less than sickening commercials dose. Then slowly, over time, increase the thrust.
Frogs in slow heated water don't abandon the pot until they're fully boiled.
Marley is a beloved oversized dog, long hair of magnificent age in his final winter. His owner, "Z", reports on his health thus:
"He still farts those deadly room-clearing-extravaganzas (which surely feel good to him) but destroy my serenity."
Merry Christmas Marley!
#Dog #fart #toxic #serenity
"He still farts those deadly room-clearing-extravaganzas (which surely feel good to him) but destroy my serenity."
Merry Christmas Marley!
#Dog #fart #toxic #serenity
December 23, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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"At least one major news organization (top 50 US by traffic) will announce it is leaving X/Twitter entirely and making Bluesky or the Fediverse its primary social distribution channel"
I'm not as optimistic as you but that would be fantastic
I'm not as optimistic as you but that would be fantastic
December 23, 2025 at 3:20 PM
"At least one major news organization (top 50 US by traffic) will announce it is leaving X/Twitter entirely and making Bluesky or the Fediverse its primary social distribution channel"
I'm not as optimistic as you but that would be fantastic
I'm not as optimistic as you but that would be fantastic
The window for an unrecoverable collision for uncorrected low earth orbital flight is up 43 fold since 2018.
arxiv.org/abs/2512.09643
#amateurradio #hamradio
coosradioclub.com/2025/12/21/k...
arxiv.org/abs/2512.09643
#amateurradio #hamradio
coosradioclub.com/2025/12/21/k...
An Orbital House of Cards: Frequent Megaconstellation Close Conjunctions
The number of objects in orbit is rapidly increasing, primarily driven by the launch of megaconstellations, an approach to satellite constellation design that involves large numbers of satellites pair...
arxiv.org
December 22, 2025 at 4:52 AM
The window for an unrecoverable collision for uncorrected low earth orbital flight is up 43 fold since 2018.
arxiv.org/abs/2512.09643
#amateurradio #hamradio
coosradioclub.com/2025/12/21/k...
arxiv.org/abs/2512.09643
#amateurradio #hamradio
coosradioclub.com/2025/12/21/k...
Reposted by David Gerhart
HF #Propagation Report - Solar winds are slightly elevated. Geomagnetic activity will be mostly quiet (Kp1-2), with isolated unsettled periods (Kp3). Solar activity will remain low, with only a very slight chance of an isolated M-flare (M 05% X 01% Proton 01%). #spaceweather #hamradio #hamr
December 20, 2025 at 7:25 AM
HF #Propagation Report - Solar winds are slightly elevated. Geomagnetic activity will be mostly quiet (Kp1-2), with isolated unsettled periods (Kp3). Solar activity will remain low, with only a very slight chance of an isolated M-flare (M 05% X 01% Proton 01%). #spaceweather #hamradio #hamr
On lawlessness.
Fort fascists it's like:
We're doing this, We don't care if you properly use the system to try and stop us. By the time anything impedes us, we'll have moved on to the next thing we want to ruin.
Go for it. You're too late already.
How MAGA incubates a civil war they really want.
Fort fascists it's like:
We're doing this, We don't care if you properly use the system to try and stop us. By the time anything impedes us, we'll have moved on to the next thing we want to ruin.
Go for it. You're too late already.
How MAGA incubates a civil war they really want.
December 19, 2025 at 7:10 PM
On lawlessness.
Fort fascists it's like:
We're doing this, We don't care if you properly use the system to try and stop us. By the time anything impedes us, we'll have moved on to the next thing we want to ruin.
Go for it. You're too late already.
How MAGA incubates a civil war they really want.
Fort fascists it's like:
We're doing this, We don't care if you properly use the system to try and stop us. By the time anything impedes us, we'll have moved on to the next thing we want to ruin.
Go for it. You're too late already.
How MAGA incubates a civil war they really want.
“Freedom, free markets, and limited government.”
#Shapiro on #MAGA vision.
No #Justice or #Equality?
So 'Take what can be taken. Because it can be taken.'
To brazenly filch wealth and power is #Fascist.
Let justice fall like rain. Floods of verdicts. Starting with #47.
bit.ly/3L07fZe
#Shapiro on #MAGA vision.
No #Justice or #Equality?
So 'Take what can be taken. Because it can be taken.'
To brazenly filch wealth and power is #Fascist.
Let justice fall like rain. Floods of verdicts. Starting with #47.
bit.ly/3L07fZe
Ben Shapiro: Only Cowards Tolerate Conspiracy Theorists
Tucker Carlson, Candace Owens, and others make vile accusations through vague insinuations. Beating their distortions requires honesty and clarity.
bit.ly
December 19, 2025 at 4:55 PM
#hemp #pot #marijuana #cbd
MaryJ moves to Sched. III.
Fair bet Don Jr. is (quietly) vested in Herb businesses that will jack up in value as a direct result. Go ahead look for the "lift."
That's the only way #POTUS goes against members of the House and Senate.
norml.org/blog/2025/12...
MaryJ moves to Sched. III.
Fair bet Don Jr. is (quietly) vested in Herb businesses that will jack up in value as a direct result. Go ahead look for the "lift."
That's the only way #POTUS goes against members of the House and Senate.
norml.org/blog/2025/12...
Trump Takes Executive Action to Federally Reschedule Marijuana
Executive order calls for move from Schedule I to III
norml.org
December 19, 2025 at 12:23 AM
#hemp #pot #marijuana #cbd
MaryJ moves to Sched. III.
Fair bet Don Jr. is (quietly) vested in Herb businesses that will jack up in value as a direct result. Go ahead look for the "lift."
That's the only way #POTUS goes against members of the House and Senate.
norml.org/blog/2025/12...
MaryJ moves to Sched. III.
Fair bet Don Jr. is (quietly) vested in Herb businesses that will jack up in value as a direct result. Go ahead look for the "lift."
That's the only way #POTUS goes against members of the House and Senate.
norml.org/blog/2025/12...
@repvalhoyle.bsky.social
Thanks for the call! But the text translation? 😂
Thanks! It's okay to chuckle, I hope. Tuff times. Love you.
"Hi, this is your congresswoman valve oil. I was hoping to connect about a few issues facing Congress in the country in our telephone Town Hall..."
Thanks for the call! But the text translation? 😂
Thanks! It's okay to chuckle, I hope. Tuff times. Love you.
"Hi, this is your congresswoman valve oil. I was hoping to connect about a few issues facing Congress in the country in our telephone Town Hall..."
December 18, 2025 at 11:02 PM
@repvalhoyle.bsky.social
Thanks for the call! But the text translation? 😂
Thanks! It's okay to chuckle, I hope. Tuff times. Love you.
"Hi, this is your congresswoman valve oil. I was hoping to connect about a few issues facing Congress in the country in our telephone Town Hall..."
Thanks for the call! But the text translation? 😂
Thanks! It's okay to chuckle, I hope. Tuff times. Love you.
"Hi, this is your congresswoman valve oil. I was hoping to connect about a few issues facing Congress in the country in our telephone Town Hall..."
I really don't understand it.
@torproject.org should have more followers.
K'mon folks. The Tor Project is terribly important to us all.
Get your free TOR Browser:
www.torproject.org
@torproject.org should have more followers.
K'mon folks. The Tor Project is terribly important to us all.
Get your free TOR Browser:
www.torproject.org
The Tor Project | Privacy & Freedom Online
Defend yourself against tracking and surveillance. Circumvent censorship.
www.torproject.org
December 12, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I really don't understand it.
@torproject.org should have more followers.
K'mon folks. The Tor Project is terribly important to us all.
Get your free TOR Browser:
www.torproject.org
@torproject.org should have more followers.
K'mon folks. The Tor Project is terribly important to us all.
Get your free TOR Browser:
www.torproject.org
Stopped myself today.
Over on fosstodon.org the tech weenies were bating a newbie to self-host a website.
So yet another zombie / bot is incubated...
... because engineers get validated blowing incomprehensible smoke at ignoramuses hell bent on saving a $4/mo WordPress.com subscription.
Yup.
Over on fosstodon.org the tech weenies were bating a newbie to self-host a website.
So yet another zombie / bot is incubated...
... because engineers get validated blowing incomprehensible smoke at ignoramuses hell bent on saving a $4/mo WordPress.com subscription.
Yup.
Fosstodon
Fosstodon is an invite only Mastodon instance that is open to those who are interested in technology; particularly free & open source software.
If you wish to join, contact us for an invite.
fosstodon.org
December 11, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Stopped myself today.
Over on fosstodon.org the tech weenies were bating a newbie to self-host a website.
So yet another zombie / bot is incubated...
... because engineers get validated blowing incomprehensible smoke at ignoramuses hell bent on saving a $4/mo WordPress.com subscription.
Yup.
Over on fosstodon.org the tech weenies were bating a newbie to self-host a website.
So yet another zombie / bot is incubated...
... because engineers get validated blowing incomprehensible smoke at ignoramuses hell bent on saving a $4/mo WordPress.com subscription.
Yup.
Reposted by David Gerhart
HF #Propagation Report - Over the next few hours, a coronal mass ejection is expected to arrive, which is likely to trigger magnetic storms. Solar activity is moderate, with further M-flares likely, as well as isolated X-flares (M 65% X 15% Proton 15%). #spaceweather #hamradio #hamr
December 9, 2025 at 5:27 AM
HF #Propagation Report - Over the next few hours, a coronal mass ejection is expected to arrive, which is likely to trigger magnetic storms. Solar activity is moderate, with further M-flares likely, as well as isolated X-flares (M 65% X 15% Proton 15%). #spaceweather #hamradio #hamr
Something else every thoughtful person understands.
Removing low cost workers from the market for services will endanger wealthy people's property.
Where owners need lots of forest and thicket maintenance for fire suppression.
Some of us can't afford $800/hr for a crew, tools and machines.
Removing low cost workers from the market for services will endanger wealthy people's property.
Where owners need lots of forest and thicket maintenance for fire suppression.
Some of us can't afford $800/hr for a crew, tools and machines.
November 30, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Something else every thoughtful person understands.
Removing low cost workers from the market for services will endanger wealthy people's property.
Where owners need lots of forest and thicket maintenance for fire suppression.
Some of us can't afford $800/hr for a crew, tools and machines.
Removing low cost workers from the market for services will endanger wealthy people's property.
Where owners need lots of forest and thicket maintenance for fire suppression.
Some of us can't afford $800/hr for a crew, tools and machines.
The perfect foil for the cling-on associate who's fishing for a holiday invitation to dinner.
"Oh hey, yeah! Come on over, man. We're binge watching movies on the Hallmark channel all day!"
😂
"Oh hey, yeah! Come on over, man. We're binge watching movies on the Hallmark channel all day!"
😂
November 30, 2025 at 12:45 AM
The perfect foil for the cling-on associate who's fishing for a holiday invitation to dinner.
"Oh hey, yeah! Come on over, man. We're binge watching movies on the Hallmark channel all day!"
😂
"Oh hey, yeah! Come on over, man. We're binge watching movies on the Hallmark channel all day!"
😂
Living as refugee's in "the age of Dislocation."
medium.com/@david_17220...
medium.com/@david_17220...
Pliability vs Polarity
“I’ve come to think of as “the Age of Dissociation” — a time when the overwhelming complexity of our collective reality has surpassed our…
medium.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Living as refugee's in "the age of Dislocation."
medium.com/@david_17220...
medium.com/@david_17220...
A quiet day here. Thoughts of fam and others... Be well.
The season is upon us and the world knows only how to crank it up more than last. My prayer for anyone who will listen is to find the slow lane and let it all pass by.
Pity travelers and shame on retailers who'd distract us with bargains.
The season is upon us and the world knows only how to crank it up more than last. My prayer for anyone who will listen is to find the slow lane and let it all pass by.
Pity travelers and shame on retailers who'd distract us with bargains.
November 27, 2025 at 7:38 PM
A quiet day here. Thoughts of fam and others... Be well.
The season is upon us and the world knows only how to crank it up more than last. My prayer for anyone who will listen is to find the slow lane and let it all pass by.
Pity travelers and shame on retailers who'd distract us with bargains.
The season is upon us and the world knows only how to crank it up more than last. My prayer for anyone who will listen is to find the slow lane and let it all pass by.
Pity travelers and shame on retailers who'd distract us with bargains.
Reposted by David Gerhart
Place National Guard in harm’s way for no good reason. Two members are tragically and unnecessarily shot. The reckless regime’s response: We’re sending 500 more National Guard troops! What a disgrace.
November 26, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Place National Guard in harm’s way for no good reason. Two members are tragically and unnecessarily shot. The reckless regime’s response: We’re sending 500 more National Guard troops! What a disgrace.