Al Petterson
@eyelessgame.bsky.social
I do TTRPG, astronomy, inclusion, politics, mathematics, music, economics, history, SF. Python I guess. Dad & grandpa. Him.
Frustrated by stupid. Angered by evil.
Therefore, very frustrated, and very, very angry.
Frustrated by stupid. Angered by evil.
Therefore, very frustrated, and very, very angry.
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Also fascinating how many camels have unbreakable backs when it comes to Trump.
December 2, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Also fascinating how many camels have unbreakable backs when it comes to Trump.
John Brown was hanged on this date in 1859.
This arrangement of the Battle Hymn is stunning, though I honestly prefer the energy of a high school combined honor band/choir/orchestra.
The Marines do it right - "let us die to make men free", the line that goes hardest in the song.
This arrangement of the Battle Hymn is stunning, though I honestly prefer the energy of a high school combined honor band/choir/orchestra.
The Marines do it right - "let us die to make men free", the line that goes hardest in the song.
The Battle Hymn of the Republic
YouTube video by The United States Army Field Band
www.youtube.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:09 PM
John Brown was hanged on this date in 1859.
This arrangement of the Battle Hymn is stunning, though I honestly prefer the energy of a high school combined honor band/choir/orchestra.
The Marines do it right - "let us die to make men free", the line that goes hardest in the song.
This arrangement of the Battle Hymn is stunning, though I honestly prefer the energy of a high school combined honor band/choir/orchestra.
The Marines do it right - "let us die to make men free", the line that goes hardest in the song.
I don't need any context at all. I already know I agree.
Fucking disgusting, man.
December 2, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I don't need any context at all. I already know I agree.
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Since I haven’t seen anyone mention this: When the U.S. commits war crimes it puts our troops in danger also, as it gives a green light to other countries that they can do the same to us
December 2, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Since I haven’t seen anyone mention this: When the U.S. commits war crimes it puts our troops in danger also, as it gives a green light to other countries that they can do the same to us
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"The U.S. military were always murderers, now they're just admitting it" may be a popular edgy view on BlueSky, but it undermines any reason to be upset that the Trump Admin are uniquely bad actors or present any urgent danger.
December 2, 2025 at 1:00 AM
"The U.S. military were always murderers, now they're just admitting it" may be a popular edgy view on BlueSky, but it undermines any reason to be upset that the Trump Admin are uniquely bad actors or present any urgent danger.
Three things are all true.
In *INCREASING* order of importance:
1. The essay deserved an F for poor quality.
2. Teachers should NEVER be suspended just for giving a grade.
3. The intent of the outrage is to generate more bigotry and oppression of trans people and nothing else.
In *INCREASING* order of importance:
1. The essay deserved an F for poor quality.
2. Teachers should NEVER be suspended just for giving a grade.
3. The intent of the outrage is to generate more bigotry and oppression of trans people and nothing else.
"the essay sucks ass" is no doubt true, couldn't be bothered to read it, but consider that the essay may have been written to receive an F in order to instigate a campaign against the trans TA. in any case it's not a great dunk because this isn't about the essay, it's about purging trans ppl
December 1, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Three things are all true.
In *INCREASING* order of importance:
1. The essay deserved an F for poor quality.
2. Teachers should NEVER be suspended just for giving a grade.
3. The intent of the outrage is to generate more bigotry and oppression of trans people and nothing else.
In *INCREASING* order of importance:
1. The essay deserved an F for poor quality.
2. Teachers should NEVER be suspended just for giving a grade.
3. The intent of the outrage is to generate more bigotry and oppression of trans people and nothing else.
My favorite part of Thanksgiving leftovers is the authenticity of enjoying a turkey leg smothered in barbecue sauce, the ankle wrapped in aluminum foil - exactly the way my Renaissance ancestors in Europe did.
December 1, 2025 at 9:08 PM
My favorite part of Thanksgiving leftovers is the authenticity of enjoying a turkey leg smothered in barbecue sauce, the ankle wrapped in aluminum foil - exactly the way my Renaissance ancestors in Europe did.
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You can tell how fundamental this was as an obvious war crime from how you have to use a mix of archaic English terminology, diplomatic terms of art codified in French, and legal maxims expressed in Latin, to even describe how illegal it is. That's how old the relevant concepts are.
November 29, 2025 at 9:10 AM
You can tell how fundamental this was as an obvious war crime from how you have to use a mix of archaic English terminology, diplomatic terms of art codified in French, and legal maxims expressed in Latin, to even describe how illegal it is. That's how old the relevant concepts are.
I miss the entertaining misspellings of T9 coding - the early texting code where you could spell a word with numeric digits and an incomplete library would guess.
Like the Central California city that the phone knew as "Freqmm" and the musical instrument the phone called an 'uponcond'.
Like the Central California city that the phone knew as "Freqmm" and the musical instrument the phone called an 'uponcond'.
November 27, 2025 at 2:09 AM
I miss the entertaining misspellings of T9 coding - the early texting code where you could spell a word with numeric digits and an incomplete library would guess.
Like the Central California city that the phone knew as "Freqmm" and the musical instrument the phone called an 'uponcond'.
Like the Central California city that the phone knew as "Freqmm" and the musical instrument the phone called an 'uponcond'.
Old friend of mine - a bi gentleman: "You know how you've always been a much bigger Bill Clinton fan than me? And I've always been kind of meh on him."
Me: "True... so yeah?"
Him: "I just have to say... I don't think I would have been able to keep it up. So ... respect."
Me: "True... so yeah?"
Him: "I just have to say... I don't think I would have been able to keep it up. So ... respect."
November 27, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Old friend of mine - a bi gentleman: "You know how you've always been a much bigger Bill Clinton fan than me? And I've always been kind of meh on him."
Me: "True... so yeah?"
Him: "I just have to say... I don't think I would have been able to keep it up. So ... respect."
Me: "True... so yeah?"
Him: "I just have to say... I don't think I would have been able to keep it up. So ... respect."
It's the end of November and a gladiolus is blooming.
November 27, 2025 at 12:42 AM
It's the end of November and a gladiolus is blooming.
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November 26, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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AMERICANS ARE SO WEIRD ABOUT HUGS AND PHYSICAL CONTACT AND IT SUUUUUCKS
November 23, 2025 at 10:58 PM
AMERICANS ARE SO WEIRD ABOUT HUGS AND PHYSICAL CONTACT AND IT SUUUUUCKS
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Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
The Bears are 8-3 and have been net outscored.
November 23, 2025 at 11:37 PM
The Bears are 8-3 and have been net outscored.
I have a neighbor who is super friendly and I want to like him, but he took down his massive Halloween decorations and immediately put up massive Christmas decorations two weeks ago. And i'm sorry but I have this little bit of hate that is not going to go away.
Put up a fucking turkey or something.
Put up a fucking turkey or something.
November 23, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I have a neighbor who is super friendly and I want to like him, but he took down his massive Halloween decorations and immediately put up massive Christmas decorations two weeks ago. And i'm sorry but I have this little bit of hate that is not going to go away.
Put up a fucking turkey or something.
Put up a fucking turkey or something.
I randomly resonate with this because I was one of the kinds of outsiders that the John Hughes movies featured a lot. And for that reason, I was never into John Hughes movies, because they were way too popular.
The meme of the dad showing his kid the Depeche Mode record? I am the boomer dad and xenial kid version of this. Pretend it’s a Beatles album instead. It wasn’t that I didn’t have crushes at that age, but they weren’t on people who were being marketed to me. I guess somethings don’t change.
November 23, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I randomly resonate with this because I was one of the kinds of outsiders that the John Hughes movies featured a lot. And for that reason, I was never into John Hughes movies, because they were way too popular.
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It’s crazy to think about the crimes we’re going to learn about after this regime ends.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
November 22, 2025 at 10:05 PM
It’s crazy to think about the crimes we’re going to learn about after this regime ends.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
If SNL does not feature Mamdani singing "Popular" to Trump, the writers need to be fired.
November 23, 2025 at 1:30 AM
If SNL does not feature Mamdani singing "Popular" to Trump, the writers need to be fired.
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Lawyer up, you little shits.
“Current and former DOGE staffers are growing increasingly concerned that the work they did slashing government programs and eliminating jobs will come back to haunt them with the possibility of criminal prosecutions.“
“Current and former DOGE staffers are growing increasingly concerned that the work they did slashing government programs and eliminating jobs will come back to haunt them with the possibility of criminal prosecutions.“
'Suddenly exposed' DOGE employees fear prosecution after Musk abandoned them: report
Current and former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffers are growing increasingly concerned that the work they did slashing government programs and eliminating jobs will come back to hau...
www.rawstory.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Lawyer up, you little shits.
“Current and former DOGE staffers are growing increasingly concerned that the work they did slashing government programs and eliminating jobs will come back to haunt them with the possibility of criminal prosecutions.“
“Current and former DOGE staffers are growing increasingly concerned that the work they did slashing government programs and eliminating jobs will come back to haunt them with the possibility of criminal prosecutions.“
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To be fair to Trump now is the perfect time for him to turn towards the center right block he has spent the last 10 years systematically exterminating.
November 22, 2025 at 2:39 AM
To be fair to Trump now is the perfect time for him to turn towards the center right block he has spent the last 10 years systematically exterminating.
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I think it is important that we also recognize that social media isn't an atmosphere where there are just some toxic people. Every single person using it becomes a more toxic version of themselves because of the construction of the format. Period.
we all have to collectively pretend that many pre-musk tastemakers weren't toxic, that complete nobodies weren't being brigaded over 'waffles' like stuff, and the trash fire on our 'side' was so bad that it made the other side just blend into the landscape
November 21, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I think it is important that we also recognize that social media isn't an atmosphere where there are just some toxic people. Every single person using it becomes a more toxic version of themselves because of the construction of the format. Period.
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fuck all these people being awful to starfish
(and also, this is an opportunity to block a whole bunch of this website’s most brain-dead tankies)
(and also, this is an opportunity to block a whole bunch of this website’s most brain-dead tankies)
Fine. You all win. I’m logging off for the day because I‘m a big smelly man who’s also a Nazi and a bigot because I liked it better when Groypers didn’t have 1,770 nuclear weapons on hair-trigger alert. Feel free to brag in your discords about how my jimmies have been rustled and I was owned.
November 21, 2025 at 6:06 AM
fuck all these people being awful to starfish
(and also, this is an opportunity to block a whole bunch of this website’s most brain-dead tankies)
(and also, this is an opportunity to block a whole bunch of this website’s most brain-dead tankies)
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He said he was quitting comedy and, by God, he’s a man of his word
bill maher with one of the craziest flop jokes i've ever seen in my life
November 18, 2025 at 11:49 PM
He said he was quitting comedy and, by God, he’s a man of his word