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Alex F

@arramol.bsky.social

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Sysadmin, skeptic, volunteer freelance political analyst (nobody would be stupid enough to pay for my opinions!), geek. He/him

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Alex F @arramol.bsky.social · 6h

Aw, fuck. I just became a Mariners fan.

a baseball player wearing a blue jays jersey is talking to another player wearing a red jersey with the number 12 on it

Alt: Rougned Odor punching Jose Bautista in the face.

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Alex F @arramol.bsky.social · 6h

F 15 is supposed to be a fighter jet, not the end of a baseball score!

Alex F @arramol.bsky.social · 6h

It's funny to me that this is the ONLY post on my Following feed breaking up an absolute torrent from @nameshiv.bsky.social who I am genuinely uncertain will ever recover.

Alex F @arramol.bsky.social · 6h

I can accept that. But only because the Rangers finally fucking won it back in 2023.

Alex F @arramol.bsky.social · 7h

I saw that it was in the 13th and immediately came to Bluesky just to see what kind of rageposting you were being driven to. This has been an unexpected joy of this site. Also, as a Rangers fan, I still can't decide if I want to root for the Mariners to finally win it or not.

Alex F @arramol.bsky.social · 19h

Plot twist: Pope goes full old school, excommunicates JD Vance, and places the American Catholic Church under papal interdict.

Alex F @arramol.bsky.social · 20h

Any other decision would have been brand suicide for them, and yet somehow I'm *still* pleasantly surprised by the announcement due to the ongoing shortage of good corporate decision-making.

Alex F @arramol.bsky.social · 21h

A hand in a black glove holding a white protest sign. Written in black Sharpie is the text "Our expectations for you were, but HOLY FUCK"

Alex F @arramol.bsky.social · 1d

Even knowing that the Washington Monument is modeled after an obelisk, my brain insists that that coin *must* be portraying Washington, DC.

Alex F @arramol.bsky.social · 2d

Mine doesn't either, but I don't imagine it'll help him focus on his school work, so I'm not going to make him go to school soaking wet while I break traffic laws to save myself a trifling inconvenience.

Alex F @arramol.bsky.social · 2d

Blocking a parking lot entrance and making his kids run across it plus a long distance in the rain to save himself five minutes seems pretty damn selfish to me. My kid got to exit my car right at the door, with all nearby cars held at a stop while the kids exited. And he stayed mostly dry.

Alex F @arramol.bsky.social · 2d

I once watched a guy stop his truck in the entry to the staff parking lot, quite far from the doors, and boot his kids out in the pouring rain to dash inside. All so he didn't have to sit in line for five minutes.

Alex F @arramol.bsky.social · 2d

I hope the scratched boy is as enthusiastic about the creature design as I am, because I get the feeling he's about to become acquainted with it on a deeply personal level.

Alex F @arramol.bsky.social · 2d

Is that Reptar from Rugrats? Epic.

Alex F @arramol.bsky.social · 2d

A tie like that is its own reason!

Alex F @arramol.bsky.social · 2d

I find there are always some, but rarely enough.

Alex F @arramol.bsky.social · 2d

I *was* happy with my @wired.com subscription until I opened Bluesky and found my feed absolutely flooded with these. Probable won't cancel over just that, but it was a serious knock against their reputation in my book.

Alex F @arramol.bsky.social · 4d

I wonder if this is what my kid sees when he leaps off the couch to "attack" me.

Alex F @arramol.bsky.social · 4d

Oh, hell yes. I think The Tithe might be my favorite out of them. That creature design at the end is so cool!

Alex F @arramol.bsky.social · 5d

Roughly 34 sortays per day, every single day, for 20 years. Not sure what a sortay is, but that sure sounds like a lot of them!

Alex F @arramol.bsky.social · 5d

Oh, hell yes!

Alex F @arramol.bsky.social · 5d

But I don't love the policy.

Alex F @arramol.bsky.social · 5d

As a lifelong Rangers fan, the Mariners were kind of my emotional support division rival pre-2023. "Sure, we hardly ever make the playoffs, have never won the World Series, and got our souls ripped out the one time we got close. But at least we're not the Mariners!"

Alex F @arramol.bsky.social · 5d

Aaaand bought. Somehow had no idea this existed. Every time I re-read those strips, it makes me want to visit an alternate universe where you and Tycho make fantasy graphic novels full time. Such a cool setting. So much more fantastical than "medieval England but some people can throw fireballs."

Alex F @arramol.bsky.social · 6d

It's been years since I read them now, but I still periodically remember "Thirty-Six All Terrain Tundra Vehicle" and smile.