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Alan Fisher

@amfisher.bsky.social

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Attorney, gamer (computer, RPG, tabletop), GM, husband, father, occasional author. Hatch Act restricted, so don't expect much politics.

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Alan Fisher @amfisher.bsky.social · 2h

Man, I go through a CostCo sized bottle every month or so through baking.

Alan Fisher @amfisher.bsky.social · 3h

The war on Hallogivingmas and/or Weenthankschrist.

Alan Fisher @amfisher.bsky.social · 7h

Well, if going to HEL, it makes sense to leave from Hell (IAD).

Alan Fisher @amfisher.bsky.social · 7h

Wake me up when they prop up de Gaulle’s corpse and call it the Sixth Republic.

Alan Fisher @amfisher.bsky.social · 21h

Poppy seed, plain cream cheese. Simplicity.

Alan Fisher @amfisher.bsky.social · 21h

As an attorney, I am proud to have admitted there is a Supreme Court.

Alan Fisher @amfisher.bsky.social · 1d

Going to 24/7 coverage, rolling out huge resources, even trying to lease a 777 for interior shots. The book doesn't have any new insights as to the fate of the plane, but does convincingly shoot down (poor choice of words) many of the conspiracy theories, from hijack to mangosteens.

Alan Fisher @amfisher.bsky.social · 1d

Book 71: The Vanishing of Flight MH370 by Richard Quest, on the still-missing Malaysian 777. Interesting book from both technical aspects (using satellite 'pings' to determine the plane's likely path) and media aspects. Quest was a CNN aviation reporter, and a lot of the book is on CNN's response.

Alan Fisher @amfisher.bsky.social · 1d

One cannot trust the warlike Swedes.

Alan Fisher @amfisher.bsky.social · 1d

Victorian science; kill it, stuff it, take it home.

Alan Fisher @amfisher.bsky.social · 1d

Look, the writers worked hard on that. They rejected Pete Crow, Roger Rook, Jimmy Pelican, and George Hummingbird before settling on Alfie Parrot, until they realized that's a character in an upcoming Dwayne Johnson vehicle, so they used Chris Raven.

Alan Fisher @amfisher.bsky.social · 1d

Ferling makes it clear that one of the main reasons for an American victory is that the UK was fighting in the Colonies, in India, in Central America, in the Caribbean, Gibraltar, Minorca, etc, etc., and but for all these other fronts opened by US allies, the war could have been very different.

Alan Fisher @amfisher.bsky.social · 1d

Book 70: Shots Heard Round the World by John Ferling, a nice one-volume history of the Revolutionary War with a focus on foreign affairs and the impacts France and Spain had on the war. A timely book for anyone who thinks 'going it alone' is a foreign policy.

Alan Fisher @amfisher.bsky.social · 1d

It is not.

Alan Fisher @amfisher.bsky.social · 1d

"The fireball explodes, stopping the chanting that was lulling the dread god into eternal slumber. The ashes on the floor begin to shake as a new chant starts from everywhere and nowhere at once, low and throbbing and your ears begin to bleed. Make a saving throw."

Alan Fisher @amfisher.bsky.social · 2d

"A ruler who has a navy has three hands. A space force gives him four. Things start getting weird when you move in for a handshake."

Alan Fisher @amfisher.bsky.social · 2d

Coming soon; an accident on a space station unleashed a flood in The Specific Gravity of Water.

Alan Fisher @amfisher.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah, I can see it. Sadly, I fear the Business Plot will remain an unanswered mystery in American history.

Alan Fisher @amfisher.bsky.social · 2d

"Even his anti-war stance works, as the nazis were still pretenders for peace then."

That's an element I hadn't considered before. Excellent point.

Alan Fisher @amfisher.bsky.social · 2d

That's fair. I'm not saying the plot didn't happen, but the dearth of proof does leave me wondering if it was a psy-op targeting Butler to make him look foolish and keep him out of politics. Certainly there were forces in the US in the 30s that would have gone fascist in an instant.

Alan Fisher @amfisher.bsky.social · 2d

30 pages of BS on why mutual assured destruction theory might not be applicable to first use of nuclear weapons at sea written the night before it was due. Good times.

Alan Fisher @amfisher.bsky.social · 2d

He was Chief of Staff of the Army in 1933 and would have been known as the guy who crushed the Bonus Marchers in 1932, presumably a plus to a group of businessmen. But I just have a visceral dislike of the guy. It's also possible the Plot was a setup to discredit Butler.

Alan Fisher @amfisher.bsky.social · 2d

It's a pity Fleming didn't take the whole name for Moonraker.

Dr. Holly Goodhead: Where's Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax?
Bond: Oh, he had to fly.

Alan Fisher @amfisher.bsky.social · 2d

Hell, MacArthur probably kept a white horse in his stables just for the day the people would clamor for him to ride through DC to the White House.

Alan Fisher @amfisher.bsky.social · 2d

I don't think Butler would have lied about it, but he's also the last choice fascist businessmen would have approached in my (ever-humble) opinion. That's why the whole thing has never made sense to me. Also, MacArthur was right there, if someone was looking for an 'American Caesar.'