Cautionary Tale
@pickledad.bsky.social
Man of odd enthusiasms and possibly the villain of my own story.
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I’m glad to see Bill say this. But when after a century of just the type of abuse we saw today - relentless and cruel, ensnaring our children and intimidating our communities - young Black people said in frustration, anger, and demand for change “defund the police” - so many of you denounced them.
January 8, 2026 at 2:58 AM
I’m glad to see Bill say this. But when after a century of just the type of abuse we saw today - relentless and cruel, ensnaring our children and intimidating our communities - young Black people said in frustration, anger, and demand for change “defund the police” - so many of you denounced them.
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I was reporting another story about the construction industry when I came across a startling dataset: the industry has the second highest suicide rate and the highest rate of drug overdoses. I wanted to know why. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/r...
A Construction Worker’s Suicide Highlights a Wider Crisis
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January 8, 2026 at 1:23 PM
I was reporting another story about the construction industry when I came across a startling dataset: the industry has the second highest suicide rate and the highest rate of drug overdoses. I wanted to know why. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/r...
I'm surprised Nancy Mace isn't posting about how long her food takes to digest "It wouldn't take this long if you were in Tim Scott's digestive tract!"
#NancyMace#ProfessionalVictim
#NancyMace#ProfessionalVictim
November 12, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I'm surprised Nancy Mace isn't posting about how long her food takes to digest "It wouldn't take this long if you were in Tim Scott's digestive tract!"
#NancyMace#ProfessionalVictim
#NancyMace#ProfessionalVictim
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I guess we know why Trump, Bondi, Patel and Mike Johnson have been covering up the Epstein files. I’m sure there is a whole lot more and a whole lot worse.
November 12, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I guess we know why Trump, Bondi, Patel and Mike Johnson have been covering up the Epstein files. I’m sure there is a whole lot more and a whole lot worse.
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Wait until farmers find out SNAP is actually 100% an agricultural subsidy.
October 30, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Wait until farmers find out SNAP is actually 100% an agricultural subsidy.
Happy National Cat Appreciation Day. Here is a picture of my cat, Pickle. Yes, he is quite handsome and yes, he knows it. He is a good boy.
October 29, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Happy National Cat Appreciation Day. Here is a picture of my cat, Pickle. Yes, he is quite handsome and yes, he knows it. He is a good boy.
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The root of human superstition is the need to assign causes to inexplicable phenomena. For instance, I believe our yoga instructor this morning was possessed by a Demon, which explains why she tried to kill us
October 21, 2025 at 2:08 PM
The root of human superstition is the need to assign causes to inexplicable phenomena. For instance, I believe our yoga instructor this morning was possessed by a Demon, which explains why she tried to kill us
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The only thing that’s been reduced 500 percent are his brain cells.
October 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
The only thing that’s been reduced 500 percent are his brain cells.
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Trump STEPS into WORLD OF HELL as HE IS CAUGHT ON TAPE youtu.be/1WoNlHwjd3w?...
Trump STEPS into WORLD OF HELL as HE IS CAUGHT ON TAPE
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October 8, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Trump STEPS into WORLD OF HELL as HE IS CAUGHT ON TAPE youtu.be/1WoNlHwjd3w?...
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Last week, our COO joined the Community Conversation: Food Insecurity with local experts to discuss available resources and efforts to expand them. Thank you to everyone who attended and to the Community Foundation of Johnson County for enabling these vital discussions! 🥫🗨️ #CommunityConversation
September 25, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Last week, our COO joined the Community Conversation: Food Insecurity with local experts to discuss available resources and efforts to expand them. Thank you to everyone who attended and to the Community Foundation of Johnson County for enabling these vital discussions! 🥫🗨️ #CommunityConversation
I would bet that right now the DOJ is telling Robinson that if he publicly states he's Left Wing they'll go easy on him. That's where we are with things in this country.
September 24, 2025 at 8:58 PM
I would bet that right now the DOJ is telling Robinson that if he publicly states he's Left Wing they'll go easy on him. That's where we are with things in this country.
They don't want you to know how many families are food insecure, because when it's your family then you will think it's just you. Same with Inflation. They don't want you to know how bad it's getting.
September 24, 2025 at 3:31 AM
They don't want you to know how many families are food insecure, because when it's your family then you will think it's just you. Same with Inflation. They don't want you to know how bad it's getting.
It's okay for the NFL to inject politics into their games when it's Charlie Kirk but not for Colin K. It's okay to lionize Charlie Kirk but somehow evil to quote his own words. It's okay for Democrats to be murdered in their homes by Trump supporters but the VP should use AF2 to transport Charlie.
September 16, 2025 at 5:45 PM
It's okay for the NFL to inject politics into their games when it's Charlie Kirk but not for Colin K. It's okay to lionize Charlie Kirk but somehow evil to quote his own words. It's okay for Democrats to be murdered in their homes by Trump supporters but the VP should use AF2 to transport Charlie.
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“Charlie Kirk was a bad person but even bad people don’t deserve to be murdered” is all they have to say. It’s not hard.
I don’t need to be told not to celebrate violence or speak ill of the dead but all this hagiography of Kirk is just absurd. He was a vicious, bigoted troll who devoted his life to making things as shitty as possible for anyone who wasn’t like him. He made the discourse worse in every possible way.
Charlie Kirk Was Practicing Politics the Right Way
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/o...
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September 11, 2025 at 11:56 AM
“Charlie Kirk was a bad person but even bad people don’t deserve to be murdered” is all they have to say. It’s not hard.
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Charlie Kirk spent his life‘s work and all of his energy and time targeting out-groups while arguing for a world in which gun massacres would be easy to enact, plentiful, and inevitable, and he became famous and wealthy doing it, and we’re now not supposed to mention that because it’s not polite.
September 10, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Charlie Kirk spent his life‘s work and all of his energy and time targeting out-groups while arguing for a world in which gun massacres would be easy to enact, plentiful, and inevitable, and he became famous and wealthy doing it, and we’re now not supposed to mention that because it’s not polite.
I think that the best way to honor Charlie Kirk is to go ahead with something he said in the last days of his life:
Release the Epstein Files.
Release the Epstein Files.
September 11, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I think that the best way to honor Charlie Kirk is to go ahead with something he said in the last days of his life:
Release the Epstein Files.
Release the Epstein Files.
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I know Charlie Kirk valued debate and free speech because he blocked me for fact-checking his lies on Twitter and then put me on his organization's Professor Watchlist for writing a book he didn't like.
September 11, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I know Charlie Kirk valued debate and free speech because he blocked me for fact-checking his lies on Twitter and then put me on his organization's Professor Watchlist for writing a book he didn't like.
Charlie Kirk wants friends and loved ones of mine locked up or worse for being Trans. I am angry and upset that he is dead, which is a key difference between Charlie Kirk and myself.
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September 10, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Charlie Kirk wants friends and loved ones of mine locked up or worse for being Trans. I am angry and upset that he is dead, which is a key difference between Charlie Kirk and myself.
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Elon Musk seems to be super quiet about shit he was super loud about back in May.
August 29, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Elon Musk seems to be super quiet about shit he was super loud about back in May.
I'm giving James Dobson the same amount of compassion he gave to so many people he wanted outlawed, imprisoned, or killed.
That's what the Bible says to do, after all. If you need me I'll be over here doing unto James Dobson as he's done to others.
That's what the Bible says to do, after all. If you need me I'll be over here doing unto James Dobson as he's done to others.
August 21, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I'm giving James Dobson the same amount of compassion he gave to so many people he wanted outlawed, imprisoned, or killed.
That's what the Bible says to do, after all. If you need me I'll be over here doing unto James Dobson as he's done to others.
That's what the Bible says to do, after all. If you need me I'll be over here doing unto James Dobson as he's done to others.
@scalzi.com 's post about old sci-fi and required reading in that genre really got me thinking about "Farnham's Freehold". Easily one of the most racist and despicable books the so-called "Grandmaster" ever wrote.
The book starts off with the obligatory self insert characters of Hugh Farnham.
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The book starts off with the obligatory self insert characters of Hugh Farnham.
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August 11, 2025 at 3:50 AM
@scalzi.com 's post about old sci-fi and required reading in that genre really got me thinking about "Farnham's Freehold". Easily one of the most racist and despicable books the so-called "Grandmaster" ever wrote.
The book starts off with the obligatory self insert characters of Hugh Farnham.
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The book starts off with the obligatory self insert characters of Hugh Farnham.
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