David Lanteigne
@davidlanteigne.bsky.social
Not the lobsterman in Nova Scotia, not the college student in Moncton, but the retired physicist in Alabama. I read a bit.
Nektar
Hamilton, Joe Frank, and Dennison
The Moody Blues
Heart/Kansas
Custer LaRue
Hamilton, Joe Frank, and Dennison
The Moody Blues
Heart/Kansas
Custer LaRue
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen
Nirvana
R.E.M.
NIN
Soundgarden
Elvis Presley
Nirvana
R.E.M.
NIN
Soundgarden
Elvis Presley
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen
Leontyne Price
The Chieftains
John Denver
The Last Poets
TV On The Radio
Leontyne Price
The Chieftains
John Denver
The Last Poets
TV On The Radio
November 27, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Nektar
Hamilton, Joe Frank, and Dennison
The Moody Blues
Heart/Kansas
Custer LaRue
Hamilton, Joe Frank, and Dennison
The Moody Blues
Heart/Kansas
Custer LaRue
Pandemonium
Is there a collective noun for devils
November 22, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Pandemonium
Regarding recent revelations of the relationship between a NYT reporter and Jeffrey Epstein, I have been informed that the Times adheres to the highest journalistic standards.
November 14, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Regarding recent revelations of the relationship between a NYT reporter and Jeffrey Epstein, I have been informed that the Times adheres to the highest journalistic standards.
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I'm so worried about what'll happen when our kids are old enough to have phones!!!! 😮😮😮
![A meme depicting a woman staring at her phone with one hand on her head, with the following text below:
IS YOUR CHILD TEXTING ABOUT THE WRECK OF THE EDMUND FITZGERALD?
What your Great Lakes maritime history-obsessed teen's text messages actually mean:
brb = bell rang bro
rofl = rang out for lost (crew)
bff = big freakin' freigher
lol = Load of Ore on the Lake
smh = shift minutes to hours
glhf = Great Lakes hella freighter
tbh = taconite be haulin'
stfu = steer the freighter upwind
tfw = that freakin' witch (of November)
asl = a ship lost
gg = Gitche Gumee
idc = immoderate deadweight capacity
btw = beneath the waves
afk = a freighter kaput
hbd = hauler's beacon down
ily = iron load yonder
jk = just [24] kilometers
lmao = lost my abyssal ore
nbd = north bound draft
glhf = good lord, hold flooding
omg = obliteratingly massive gales
tmi = too much iron
wtf = White Fish (Bay)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ccm7gttkbfs2eyyrlpshmeun/bafkreib6ughtj23oqdskaisavrueyn6fijujbp2e663h6p6ukx74lbibyu@jpeg)
October 31, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I'm so worried about what'll happen when our kids are old enough to have phones!!!! 😮😮😮
I think that's because there is a shadow projected on his face.
November 8, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I think that's because there is a shadow projected on his face.
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The Union Army ended the widespread practice of child sacrifice in America
October 31, 2025 at 5:11 PM
The Union Army ended the widespread practice of child sacrifice in America
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Remember folks. The original bluesky ethos by us bluesky elders (apparently I count?) is block and move on.
Don't quote dunk, don't pick fights.
Block, and move on.
This is what made this site unpalatable to the right early on, and we can continue to make it unpalatable to them.
Don't quote dunk, don't pick fights.
Block, and move on.
This is what made this site unpalatable to the right early on, and we can continue to make it unpalatable to them.
October 17, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Remember folks. The original bluesky ethos by us bluesky elders (apparently I count?) is block and move on.
Don't quote dunk, don't pick fights.
Block, and move on.
This is what made this site unpalatable to the right early on, and we can continue to make it unpalatable to them.
Don't quote dunk, don't pick fights.
Block, and move on.
This is what made this site unpalatable to the right early on, and we can continue to make it unpalatable to them.
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I was married, but I'm not married anymore. Women don't like the vehicle.
October 16, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I was married, but I'm not married anymore. Women don't like the vehicle.
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made chicken parm egg rolls for humans and a tiny one for dog
October 6, 2025 at 10:48 PM
made chicken parm egg rolls for humans and a tiny one for dog
Midwit Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll has thoughts about procurement, such as don't, just let the soldiers 3d print their own parts, starting at about 1h16m. Also, the logistics of defending Taiwan are hard, so forget about procurement and logistics, we'll just print everything.
Dan Driscoll - U.S. Secretary of the Army | SRS #239
YouTube video by Shawn Ryan Show
www.youtube.com
September 29, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Midwit Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll has thoughts about procurement, such as don't, just let the soldiers 3d print their own parts, starting at about 1h16m. Also, the logistics of defending Taiwan are hard, so forget about procurement and logistics, we'll just print everything.
The walking dead
September 18, 2025 at 2:44 AM
The walking dead
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one of the most important technological revolutions in modern history and you're likely not hearing anything about it because it's making the oligarchs who control our information environment poorer instead of richer
Time for the world to install a gigawatt of solar power capacity
2004: A year
2010: ~ a month
2015: ~ a week
Now: A day
ourworldindata.org/data-insight... 🧪
2004: A year
2010: ~ a month
2015: ~ a week
Now: A day
ourworldindata.org/data-insight... 🧪
September 15, 2025 at 5:04 AM
one of the most important technological revolutions in modern history and you're likely not hearing anything about it because it's making the oligarchs who control our information environment poorer instead of richer
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Increasingly really think that we might be in a slow-motion civilizational breakdown as people prove psychologically incapable of dealing with the complexities of modern life.
September 15, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Increasingly really think that we might be in a slow-motion civilizational breakdown as people prove psychologically incapable of dealing with the complexities of modern life.
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okay okay OKAY i’ll rank all the Shakespeare plays
1. Nice Night For Fucking
2. The Parallax View
3. Comedy Central Roast of Queen Elizabeth I
4. Romeo and Juliet and Ted and Alice
5. Untitled Richard Burbage Project
1. Nice Night For Fucking
2. The Parallax View
3. Comedy Central Roast of Queen Elizabeth I
4. Romeo and Juliet and Ted and Alice
5. Untitled Richard Burbage Project
September 13, 2023 at 3:05 PM
okay okay OKAY i’ll rank all the Shakespeare plays
1. Nice Night For Fucking
2. The Parallax View
3. Comedy Central Roast of Queen Elizabeth I
4. Romeo and Juliet and Ted and Alice
5. Untitled Richard Burbage Project
1. Nice Night For Fucking
2. The Parallax View
3. Comedy Central Roast of Queen Elizabeth I
4. Romeo and Juliet and Ted and Alice
5. Untitled Richard Burbage Project
I'm beginning to think that Koreans will no longer call America Mi-Guk, "the beautiful country".
www.cbsnews.com/news/us-sout...
www.cbsnews.com/news/us-sout...
More than 300 Koreans detained by ICE at Georgia Hyundai plant heading home
The ICE raid that swept up 300 South Koreans in Georgia has strained an important bilateral relationship, and highlighted a significant challenge.
www.cbsnews.com
September 12, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I'm beginning to think that Koreans will no longer call America Mi-Guk, "the beautiful country".
www.cbsnews.com/news/us-sout...
www.cbsnews.com/news/us-sout...
I guess Ashli Babbit wasn't working out as the new Horst Wessel.
September 11, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I guess Ashli Babbit wasn't working out as the new Horst Wessel.
Toasted ravioli
aye, naw
September 4, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Toasted ravioli
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This is awesome: a "WKRP in Cincinnati" fan created a three-hour Johnny Fever radio block, by using clips from the TV show and dropping in the full songs on his intros and outros, plus commercials and Les Nessman news breaks.
WKRP: Johnny Fever
www.awphooey.com
August 14, 2025 at 11:02 PM
This is awesome: a "WKRP in Cincinnati" fan created a three-hour Johnny Fever radio block, by using clips from the TV show and dropping in the full songs on his intros and outros, plus commercials and Les Nessman news breaks.
Unable to sleep, I woke at 5 and peered out my window to the east to see Venus and Jupiter bright together, and Orion to the right. Hope is hard to come by lately, but my old friends abide and comfort me.
August 14, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Unable to sleep, I woke at 5 and peered out my window to the east to see Venus and Jupiter bright together, and Orion to the right. Hope is hard to come by lately, but my old friends abide and comfort me.
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"The Danes used empathy politically—an action abhorred by right-wing leaders, who have gone so far as to brand it as an enemy and a weakness. But what they are leaving unsaid is that fascism cannot prosper where empathy exists."
The Danes Resisted Fascism, and So Can We
Danish resistance didn’t arrive all at once during World War II. But taken as a whole, the Danes’ actions are a testament to what’s possible when we work together to fight fascism.
www.thenation.com
August 7, 2025 at 1:33 PM
"The Danes used empathy politically—an action abhorred by right-wing leaders, who have gone so far as to brand it as an enemy and a weakness. But what they are leaving unsaid is that fascism cannot prosper where empathy exists."
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As end-of-empire scenarios go it is so much more dignified to get your capital city sacked by the Visigoths than to have a bunch of illiterate rich people in their 70s doing it through a series of incomprehensible tantrums because their brains were defeated by their phones.
August 5, 2025 at 11:44 PM
As end-of-empire scenarios go it is so much more dignified to get your capital city sacked by the Visigoths than to have a bunch of illiterate rich people in their 70s doing it through a series of incomprehensible tantrums because their brains were defeated by their phones.
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Thanks in part to Trump's fossil fuel fanaticism, China will own the energy future. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Trump’s Fossil Fuel Fanaticism Is Surrending the Future to China
If the planet is to survive, the future needs to be green. China seems to get that—but the US is blowing it.
www.thenation.com
August 1, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Thanks in part to Trump's fossil fuel fanaticism, China will own the energy future. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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Someone built a giant Lego version of the Agamemnon from Babylon 5 😮
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJJm...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJJm...
Huge LEGO Babylon 5 Earth Alliance Destroyer Agamemnon Spaceship
YouTube video by Beyond the Brick
www.youtube.com
August 1, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Someone built a giant Lego version of the Agamemnon from Babylon 5 😮
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJJm...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJJm...
You've inherited a movie theater, what's your first double feature?
"Under the Volcano," "Joe Versus the Volcano"
"Under the Volcano," "Joe Versus the Volcano"
July 21, 2025 at 1:13 AM
You've inherited a movie theater, what's your first double feature?
"Under the Volcano," "Joe Versus the Volcano"
"Under the Volcano," "Joe Versus the Volcano"
July 13, 2025 at 4:42 PM