Patrick D. Fletcher
@pdfletcher.bsky.social
Dad of two. Programmer-writer at Snowflake. Musician. Occasional sailor. Language enthusiast. Medievalist, which includes SCA fighting, woodwork, armoring, and medieval/ Celtic/ tribal music. In the Greater Seattle area.
My incredible B, communing with jellyfish every six years or so:
August 7, 2025 at 7:35 AM
My incredible B, communing with jellyfish every six years or so:
See a Poe thing, post a Poe thing.
July 28, 2025 at 2:44 AM
See a Poe thing, post a Poe thing.
Fantastic Four was amazing- even better than Thunderbolts/ New Avengers, if D is to be believed. They missed a golden opportunity to do this scene though, since Malkovich as Red Ghost was cut from the movie:
July 26, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Fantastic Four was amazing- even better than Thunderbolts/ New Avengers, if D is to be believed. They missed a golden opportunity to do this scene though, since Malkovich as Red Ghost was cut from the movie:
The Needling, pulling zero punches. theneedling.com/2025/06/12/t...
Trump Adds Insult to Injury as He Reboots ‘Strangers with Candy’ without Stephen Colbert
In a twist of the knife after successfully getting his top-ranked late-night show cancelled, President Donald Trump is reportedly also already rebooting cult comedy classic ‘Strangers with Candy’ a…
theneedling.com
July 26, 2025 at 12:41 AM
The Needling, pulling zero punches. theneedling.com/2025/06/12/t...
I posted this as a comment on someone's post on Facebook, and FB took down my comment immediately, because "Nudity". Further evidence that FB is reactionary against anything non-conforming. www.cracked.com/article_1978...
5 Ways Modern Men Are Trained to Hate Women: Update
Go to the front page of any mostly male discussion site like Reddit.com and see how many inches you can browse before finding several thousand men bemoaning how all women are gold-digging whores (7,50...
www.cracked.com
June 10, 2025 at 6:16 AM
I posted this as a comment on someone's post on Facebook, and FB took down my comment immediately, because "Nudity". Further evidence that FB is reactionary against anything non-conforming. www.cracked.com/article_1978...
Shel Silverstein anticipating AI hallucination back in 1981...
June 1, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Shel Silverstein anticipating AI hallucination back in 1981...
Silja is judging me from the catio for staying up too late organizing the garage...
May 29, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Silja is judging me from the catio for staying up too late organizing the garage...
TIL that while the plural of "Goose" is "Geese" because it's Germanic in origin, the plural of "Moose" is not "Meese" because it's Algonquin in origin, which would make its original plural "Moozak"... nisinoon.net/grammar#anim...
Nisinoon
The website for the Algonquian Components Project (Nisinoon)
nisinoon.net
May 14, 2025 at 2:11 AM
TIL that while the plural of "Goose" is "Geese" because it's Germanic in origin, the plural of "Moose" is not "Meese" because it's Algonquin in origin, which would make its original plural "Moozak"... nisinoon.net/grammar#anim...
A closeup of the last Hewlett-Packard product I'll ever buy. HP pushed a firmware update to my printer that disables 3rd party cartridges, so my new 120 bucks worth of ink is now trash. A new printer costs less than a set of official HP cartridges, so the printer is also now trash.
April 9, 2025 at 3:39 AM
A closeup of the last Hewlett-Packard product I'll ever buy. HP pushed a firmware update to my printer that disables 3rd party cartridges, so my new 120 bucks worth of ink is now trash. A new printer costs less than a set of official HP cartridges, so the printer is also now trash.
Reposted by Patrick D. Fletcher
Wow! Onboard video of the Blue Ghost lander touching down on the Moon two days ago.
Multiple onboard experiments are now studying the lunar surface. Details at link. 🧪🔭
www.nasa.gov/blogs/missio...
Multiple onboard experiments are now studying the lunar surface. Details at link. 🧪🔭
www.nasa.gov/blogs/missio...
March 4, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Wow! Onboard video of the Blue Ghost lander touching down on the Moon two days ago.
Multiple onboard experiments are now studying the lunar surface. Details at link. 🧪🔭
www.nasa.gov/blogs/missio...
Multiple onboard experiments are now studying the lunar surface. Details at link. 🧪🔭
www.nasa.gov/blogs/missio...
Last night the thunderstorm took its toll... A tree from two houses down fell on my yard, smashing my deck and obliterating two of my apple trees. Very lucky that it missed the hot tub and the house completely, and that none of my trees were blown down.
February 26, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Last night the thunderstorm took its toll... A tree from two houses down fell on my yard, smashing my deck and obliterating two of my apple trees. Very lucky that it missed the hot tub and the house completely, and that none of my trees were blown down.
Well, this explains everything. theneedling.com/2024/11/25/a...
Amazon Clarifies Climate Pledge was Just Pledge to Change Climate, Not Improve It
After weeks of sticking to an unpopular 5-days-a-week return-to-office order despite increased Seattle area car traffic and pollution that seemingly didn’t align with its Climate Pledge goals…
theneedling.com
January 30, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Well, this explains everything. theneedling.com/2024/11/25/a...
It's cookie season! B is selling Girl Scout cookies so that they and their troop can go camping, go to Canada, work on their silver awards, and support their community. B can deliver them in the metro Seattle area, or you can have them shipped to you. digitalcookie.girlscouts.org/scout/ellie4...
Order your Faves on my Digital Cookie Site Today
That's right! You can order your favorite Girl Scout Cookies from me online, all while helping my troop and I do great things in our community and beyond! Check it out.
digitalcookie.girlscouts.org
January 30, 2025 at 3:44 AM
It's cookie season! B is selling Girl Scout cookies so that they and their troop can go camping, go to Canada, work on their silver awards, and support their community. B can deliver them in the metro Seattle area, or you can have them shipped to you. digitalcookie.girlscouts.org/scout/ellie4...
