Peter J. Cavan
@pjcavan.bsky.social
Northern Ireland, England, Canada, USA: fourth time lucky. Clean energy strategy.
On seeing this message in isolation, definitely thought you were referencing Labour.
January 30, 2026 at 5:26 PM
On seeing this message in isolation, definitely thought you were referencing Labour.
Reposted by Peter J. Cavan
A drawing by a 5-year-old girl detained at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Texas with her mother Hayam El-Gamal. “I am 5 years old” is written at the top of the page. Lower down, next to stick figures, are the words “let us go.” Courtesy of Eric Lee, Lee & Godshall-Bennett, LLP
January 29, 2026 at 9:20 PM
A drawing by a 5-year-old girl detained at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Texas with her mother Hayam El-Gamal. “I am 5 years old” is written at the top of the page. Lower down, next to stick figures, are the words “let us go.” Courtesy of Eric Lee, Lee & Godshall-Bennett, LLP
@stephenkb.bsky.social per another thread, this gave me a smile. Advertising to reach “a single-digit percentage” of a highly valuable cohort? Late capitalism I suppose.
January 1, 2026 at 7:31 PM
@stephenkb.bsky.social per another thread, this gave me a smile. Advertising to reach “a single-digit percentage” of a highly valuable cohort? Late capitalism I suppose.
Merry Christmas to you and yours, from our family grown by one.
December 25, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Merry Christmas to you and yours, from our family grown by one.
Efficient. If they’ve committed to the smash - whether disdain of wine, yourself, or basic delivery principles- waiting till your doorstep to smash a little theatrical.
December 24, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Efficient. If they’ve committed to the smash - whether disdain of wine, yourself, or basic delivery principles- waiting till your doorstep to smash a little theatrical.
It was the best of times (to lease and wait out 27+)
December 22, 2025 at 12:44 AM
It was the best of times (to lease and wait out 27+)
Absolute monster. Don’t tempt me to hike with a lens the size of my arm, cruel and unusual temptress.
"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?"
Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
December 19, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Absolute monster. Don’t tempt me to hike with a lens the size of my arm, cruel and unusual temptress.
On the Bolt: I thought they'd said inferred this "v1.5" '27 wouldn't be around long. Have they committed to a v2 overhaul?
December 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM
On the Bolt: I thought they'd said inferred this "v1.5" '27 wouldn't be around long. Have they committed to a v2 overhaul?
If your coffee shop is closed on Thanksgiving morning:
1. May you and yours have a wonderful, restful holiday. You deserve it all and more.
2. You are a goddamn monster and I am performing a citizens impoundment on the La Marzocco.
1. May you and yours have a wonderful, restful holiday. You deserve it all and more.
2. You are a goddamn monster and I am performing a citizens impoundment on the La Marzocco.
November 27, 2025 at 4:07 PM
If your coffee shop is closed on Thanksgiving morning:
1. May you and yours have a wonderful, restful holiday. You deserve it all and more.
2. You are a goddamn monster and I am performing a citizens impoundment on the La Marzocco.
1. May you and yours have a wonderful, restful holiday. You deserve it all and more.
2. You are a goddamn monster and I am performing a citizens impoundment on the La Marzocco.
Theory: difficult (impossible?) to usefully design rooms beyond a certain size so they almost always look ridiculous in some ways (chairs that are 40ft apart, or seating for 400, or etc)
November 27, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Theory: difficult (impossible?) to usefully design rooms beyond a certain size so they almost always look ridiculous in some ways (chairs that are 40ft apart, or seating for 400, or etc)
Hat’s fine. But, nowt wrong with a receding hairline.
November 23, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Hat’s fine. But, nowt wrong with a receding hairline.
Giving “sitting in Berlin cafe awaiting the agent you’re running in 1974” to me.
November 16, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Giving “sitting in Berlin cafe awaiting the agent you’re running in 1974” to me.
@sophia-gates.bsky.social appreciate the write up. Name gives me a smile each time we drive through.
November 11, 2025 at 12:26 AM
@sophia-gates.bsky.social appreciate the write up. Name gives me a smile each time we drive through.
I used to use pseudonyms when joining online communities but now exclusively “PJCavan”/equiv. Turns out my private thoughts just not that spicy.
October 14, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I used to use pseudonyms when joining online communities but now exclusively “PJCavan”/equiv. Turns out my private thoughts just not that spicy.
High standards much?!
October 10, 2025 at 10:53 PM
High standards much?!
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October 10, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Hey, you idiots, what’s going on with this, why don’t you answer me this, and BlueSky this, and whatever.
September 25, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Hey, you idiots, what’s going on with this, why don’t you answer me this, and BlueSky this, and whatever.
You have been broken; you can be fixed.
September 21, 2025 at 1:43 PM
You have been broken; you can be fixed.
1. Many of us are a delight.
2. There are blocklists floating around that attempt that. I used to be on one, has disappeared.
2. There are blocklists floating around that attempt that. I used to be on one, has disappeared.
September 14, 2025 at 4:37 PM
1. Many of us are a delight.
2. There are blocklists floating around that attempt that. I used to be on one, has disappeared.
2. There are blocklists floating around that attempt that. I used to be on one, has disappeared.
Hmm. Are you often dangling them over your mouth, a la cat playing with a mouse?
September 11, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Hmm. Are you often dangling them over your mouth, a la cat playing with a mouse?
I feel that way about the 750-cal Costco cookie. It doesn’t taste like “more of what you loved about a 300c cookie”, but that they accidentally dropped in another stick of butter.
September 8, 2025 at 2:56 AM
I feel that way about the 750-cal Costco cookie. It doesn’t taste like “more of what you loved about a 300c cookie”, but that they accidentally dropped in another stick of butter.
Reminded of a paid writer (not AI), brought in to build out website of a clean tech startup.
Her first sentence, sometimes the only words someone will read, was the dictionary definition of “electricity”.
Her first sentence, sometimes the only words someone will read, was the dictionary definition of “electricity”.
September 3, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Reminded of a paid writer (not AI), brought in to build out website of a clean tech startup.
Her first sentence, sometimes the only words someone will read, was the dictionary definition of “electricity”.
Her first sentence, sometimes the only words someone will read, was the dictionary definition of “electricity”.