rob mahurin
@robtasm.bsky.social
I am large. I contain multitudes.
The past administration? The claim (which is debatable) is that it's Democrats in Congress who are responsible for the current lapse in US appropriations and associated shutdown.
November 9, 2025 at 5:31 AM
The past administration? The claim (which is debatable) is that it's Democrats in Congress who are responsible for the current lapse in US appropriations and associated shutdown.
Once I pasted a couple lines of Shakespeare into a document and a popup told me how I could improve it.
November 7, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Once I pasted a couple lines of Shakespeare into a document and a popup told me how I could improve it.
Sometimes a stranger will learn what part of the country I'm from and tell me that I "don't have an accent."
"That's funny," is my answer. "I'm told I have a very strong American accent."
"That's funny," is my answer. "I'm told I have a very strong American accent."
November 7, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Sometimes a stranger will learn what part of the country I'm from and tell me that I "don't have an accent."
"That's funny," is my answer. "I'm told I have a very strong American accent."
"That's funny," is my answer. "I'm told I have a very strong American accent."
I have a choir director who says "command ess!" whenever we get something tricky right, and every time I think "escape colon doubleyou enter"
November 6, 2025 at 9:08 PM
I have a choir director who says "command ess!" whenever we get something tricky right, and every time I think "escape colon doubleyou enter"
it's full of pictures of your mom
and also people making "your mom" jokes
and also people making "your mom" jokes
November 6, 2025 at 9:03 PM
it's full of pictures of your mom
and also people making "your mom" jokes
and also people making "your mom" jokes
Companies which do this should be responsible for 200% of the benefit on their taxes.
November 6, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Companies which do this should be responsible for 200% of the benefit on their taxes.
I realized this was your post and which video you are announcing and involuntarily said "yaaaaay" out loud in an empty room.
November 5, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I realized this was your post and which video you are announcing and involuntarily said "yaaaaay" out loud in an empty room.
I remember an important impeachment vote was delayed by a day due to an airstrike against Iraq. I couldn't tell any more details without looking it up.
(I was in high school, so it's possible I misunderstood something.)
(I was in high school, so it's possible I misunderstood something.)
November 5, 2025 at 12:23 AM
I remember an important impeachment vote was delayed by a day due to an airstrike against Iraq. I couldn't tell any more details without looking it up.
(I was in high school, so it's possible I misunderstood something.)
(I was in high school, so it's possible I misunderstood something.)
Not a full land corridor, no. But a bunch of nastiness in the Donbas that is too complicated for me, a non-expert, to recall within the character limit for this post.
November 4, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Not a full land corridor, no. But a bunch of nastiness in the Donbas that is too complicated for me, a non-expert, to recall within the character limit for this post.
This was my thought, too. Not only was the Crimean annexation in 2014, but Russia established a land corridor to Crimea through eastern Ukraine a couple of years later. The 2022 full-scale invasion was a different animal, though.
November 4, 2025 at 8:24 PM
This was my thought, too. Not only was the Crimean annexation in 2014, but Russia established a land corridor to Crimea through eastern Ukraine a couple of years later. The 2022 full-scale invasion was a different animal, though.
"I got plans and they don't include you"
November 4, 2025 at 2:08 PM
"I got plans and they don't include you"
"this week on WWDTM, our guest is ... wait, who the fuck is this guy?" [chatter off-mic] "what do you mean everybody knows him? i'm somebody!"
November 3, 2025 at 11:10 PM
"this week on WWDTM, our guest is ... wait, who the fuck is this guy?" [chatter off-mic] "what do you mean everybody knows him? i'm somebody!"
I was afraid of that.
For four beers I'll tell you about my forebear who forbore four bears. It's no "Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo," but there's a pathway.
For four beers I'll tell you about my forebear who forbore four bears. It's no "Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo," but there's a pathway.
November 3, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I was afraid of that.
For four beers I'll tell you about my forebear who forbore four bears. It's no "Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo," but there's a pathway.
For four beers I'll tell you about my forebear who forbore four bears. It's no "Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo," but there's a pathway.
A synonym of "the present prosecution" or "the current prosecution." In the link, definition 4a of the adjective uses a similar legalism as an example. Presumably it's lawyer shop talk.
Definition of INSTANT
an infinitesimal space of time; especially : a point in time separating two states; the present or current month… See the full definition
www.merriam-webster.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:23 PM
A synonym of "the present prosecution" or "the current prosecution." In the link, definition 4a of the adjective uses a similar legalism as an example. Presumably it's lawyer shop talk.
means something like "I'll tolerate this thing because you were already doing it before anyone knew it was a problem." And in that case, a person who is offering forbearance for some wickedness or mischief seems more like a forebearer.
November 3, 2025 at 10:17 PM
means something like "I'll tolerate this thing because you were already doing it before anyone knew it was a problem." And in that case, a person who is offering forbearance for some wickedness or mischief seems more like a forebearer.
I didn't understand the point you were making until I tried to parse this sentence. I don't like it. But I'm willing to grant you some forbearance. Is that even the same word?
I'm not terribly familiar with "a forebear" as "a predecessor." I'm more familiar with the verb, which I suppose
I'm not terribly familiar with "a forebear" as "a predecessor." I'm more familiar with the verb, which I suppose
November 3, 2025 at 10:17 PM
I didn't understand the point you were making until I tried to parse this sentence. I don't like it. But I'm willing to grant you some forbearance. Is that even the same word?
I'm not terribly familiar with "a forebear" as "a predecessor." I'm more familiar with the verb, which I suppose
I'm not terribly familiar with "a forebear" as "a predecessor." I'm more familiar with the verb, which I suppose
The wrong year! And here I was concerned that I should have been writing MMXXVI on every check I've written since January.
November 2, 2025 at 8:03 PM
The wrong year! And here I was concerned that I should have been writing MMXXVI on every check I've written since January.
When people say "birds are dinosaurs" this is what we are warning about.
October 31, 2025 at 4:33 AM
When people say "birds are dinosaurs" this is what we are warning about.
I assume the TSA sent her carry-on through their xray machine and saw a skeleton in it.
October 29, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I assume the TSA sent her carry-on through their xray machine and saw a skeleton in it.
Good thing you got the discount. Imagine if you had to pay the admax fee
October 29, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Good thing you got the discount. Imagine if you had to pay the admax fee