Belligerent Optimist
@sharestuff.bsky.social
Doing democracy, policy, transparency, participation and space things. Occasionally at the same time.
Also writing scifi.
https://thebelligerentoptimist.ghost.io/
IDIC🖖
Also writing scifi.
https://thebelligerentoptimist.ghost.io/
IDIC🖖
I fully support a Kirk Remembrance Day.
Wait I’m just being told… I’m sorry what’s that?
Who?
Wait I’m just being told… I’m sorry what’s that?
Who?
September 20, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I fully support a Kirk Remembrance Day.
Wait I’m just being told… I’m sorry what’s that?
Who?
Wait I’m just being told… I’m sorry what’s that?
Who?
I'm not over the moon that I turned out right about all this 8 months before the orange dickhead won his first election. But I stand by the analogy.
September 19, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I'm not over the moon that I turned out right about all this 8 months before the orange dickhead won his first election. But I stand by the analogy.
Happy Captain Picard Day!
June 16, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Happy Captain Picard Day!
“I think this is gonna be more like the renaissance than the Industrial Revolution” - Sam Altman
April 23, 2025 at 5:12 AM
“I think this is gonna be more like the renaissance than the Industrial Revolution” - Sam Altman
Iconic. Reminds me of this one…
March 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Iconic. Reminds me of this one…
So imagine being stuck in space for almost a full year and then you finally splash down, open the hatch and are greeted by a pod of dolphins.
I don’t care who you are, that’s just fucking beautiful.
I don’t care who you are, that’s just fucking beautiful.
March 19, 2025 at 9:51 AM
So imagine being stuck in space for almost a full year and then you finally splash down, open the hatch and are greeted by a pod of dolphins.
I don’t care who you are, that’s just fucking beautiful.
I don’t care who you are, that’s just fucking beautiful.
G'Kar was a real one.
March 5, 2025 at 7:50 AM
G'Kar was a real one.
“He’s not the messiah. He’s a very naughty boy!”
February 28, 2025 at 9:39 AM
“He’s not the messiah. He’s a very naughty boy!”
The Legion of Mad Fellows was right all along.
February 27, 2025 at 11:54 AM
The Legion of Mad Fellows was right all along.
Look I know this is insensitive, and perhaps poor timing, but all I’m saying is … “called it”
February 21, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Look I know this is insensitive, and perhaps poor timing, but all I’m saying is … “called it”
The truth is...buried under a veritable ocean of nonsense.
February 20, 2025 at 12:47 PM
The truth is...buried under a veritable ocean of nonsense.
So we’re going to parenthesise all place names with their local versions now right?
Right?
Right?
February 11, 2025 at 2:29 PM
So we’re going to parenthesise all place names with their local versions now right?
Right?
Right?
- Every comfortably employed straight white American right now.
I think you know
I think you know
February 8, 2025 at 9:22 PM
- Every comfortably employed straight white American right now.
I think you know
I think you know
You just don't get it, do you, Jean-Luc?
The revolution never ends.
The revolution never ends.
December 8, 2024 at 6:48 AM
You just don't get it, do you, Jean-Luc?
The revolution never ends.
The revolution never ends.
Thank you internet.
Hard to decide on a new favourite. What with ‘godsgodgulusgong’, ‘blasphemorgulus’, ‘big foot’ and ‘tree’ on the table.
Hard to decide on a new favourite. What with ‘godsgodgulusgong’, ‘blasphemorgulus’, ‘big foot’ and ‘tree’ on the table.
October 4, 2024 at 10:20 AM
Thank you internet.
Hard to decide on a new favourite. What with ‘godsgodgulusgong’, ‘blasphemorgulus’, ‘big foot’ and ‘tree’ on the table.
Hard to decide on a new favourite. What with ‘godsgodgulusgong’, ‘blasphemorgulus’, ‘big foot’ and ‘tree’ on the table.
Do they have to ruin everything for future generations?
September 25, 2024 at 10:57 PM
Do they have to ruin everything for future generations?
We don’t just have a resurgent Nazi problem. We have a young Nazi problem. A Nazi problem with a long runway. A Nazi problem that’s only just getting started.
September 23, 2024 at 1:55 PM
We don’t just have a resurgent Nazi problem. We have a young Nazi problem. A Nazi problem with a long runway. A Nazi problem that’s only just getting started.
“Once upon a time I was falling in love, now I’m only falling apart…”
September 12, 2024 at 2:43 PM
“Once upon a time I was falling in love, now I’m only falling apart…”