David Ross
@schemingdespot.bsky.social
Recovering programmer and unrepentant tea drinker
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It's so fucked up to have been a kid during the D&D is the devil freakout and the Tipper Gore dirty lyrics freakout and live to see the teen suicide machine get such a pass.
December 12, 2025 at 5:40 PM
It's so fucked up to have been a kid during the D&D is the devil freakout and the Tipper Gore dirty lyrics freakout and live to see the teen suicide machine get such a pass.
You put a Rob Lantz in
You take a Rob Lantz out
You put a Rob Lantz in
And you shake it all about
You do the hokey-pokey and you turn yourself around
That’s what it’s all about.
Good luck Mr. Dithers. You’re going to need it.
You take a Rob Lantz out
You put a Rob Lantz in
And you shake it all about
You do the hokey-pokey and you turn yourself around
That’s what it’s all about.
Good luck Mr. Dithers. You’re going to need it.
December 12, 2025 at 10:44 AM
You put a Rob Lantz in
You take a Rob Lantz out
You put a Rob Lantz in
And you shake it all about
You do the hokey-pokey and you turn yourself around
That’s what it’s all about.
Good luck Mr. Dithers. You’re going to need it.
You take a Rob Lantz out
You put a Rob Lantz in
And you shake it all about
You do the hokey-pokey and you turn yourself around
That’s what it’s all about.
Good luck Mr. Dithers. You’re going to need it.
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Biking is as easy as riding a bike
December 11, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Biking is as easy as riding a bike
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This is a since-deleted LinkedIn post from the marketing agency that created the since-deleted AI-generated McDonalds Christmas ad, and all I can think of is how the energy consumption must've been about on par with a small suburb or heavy industrial load to produce 30 seconds of slop everyone hated
December 11, 2025 at 5:27 PM
This is a since-deleted LinkedIn post from the marketing agency that created the since-deleted AI-generated McDonalds Christmas ad, and all I can think of is how the energy consumption must've been about on par with a small suburb or heavy industrial load to produce 30 seconds of slop everyone hated
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White House Begins Christmas Season With Ceremonial Lighting Of Cross
December 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
White House Begins Christmas Season With Ceremonial Lighting Of Cross
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Conspiracy theories are the research papers of the ignorant.
Social media is where they publish those papers for peer review.
Social media is where they publish those papers for peer review.
December 9, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Conspiracy theories are the research papers of the ignorant.
Social media is where they publish those papers for peer review.
Social media is where they publish those papers for peer review.
Just wanting to give a Tuesday morning shoutout to the protagonist in the song Let it Snow!, who had the foresight to bring with them on their sojourn a quantity of un-popped popcorn.
December 9, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Just wanting to give a Tuesday morning shoutout to the protagonist in the song Let it Snow!, who had the foresight to bring with them on their sojourn a quantity of un-popped popcorn.
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If you want to know who your city is actually built for, wait for it to snow. The machines get a heated red carpet. The humans get a frozen obstacle course.
This was a choice, not by the person walking but by the decision makers who refuse to prioritize them.
Photo Credit: D_S_J_
Photo Credit: D_S_J_
December 8, 2025 at 4:09 PM
If you want to know who your city is actually built for, wait for it to snow. The machines get a heated red carpet. The humans get a frozen obstacle course.
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Residents who wanted to shop local found only cannabis retailers left on main street, end up starting a jam band.
December 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Residents who wanted to shop local found only cannabis retailers left on main street, end up starting a jam band.
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Nobody. I do not think you can eat chair
December 8, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Nobody. I do not think you can eat chair
Ah, tourism. It will ever be thus.
A group of businessmen on the island appealed for a relaxing of the ban, stating it was hurting tourism. In April 1913, the government passed a law to permit cars on the road on Monday, Wednesday and Thursdays.
📸 Public Archives and Records Office of PEI
🧵 5/9
📸 Public Archives and Records Office of PEI
🧵 5/9
December 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Ah, tourism. It will ever be thus.
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If an organization is giving the treasonous conman, and extrajudicial murderer a “peace prize”, that’s a horrible organization.
December 6, 2025 at 1:48 AM
If an organization is giving the treasonous conman, and extrajudicial murderer a “peace prize”, that’s a horrible organization.
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I'm not sure it's in the self interest of America's tech bro billionaires to suggest that we bring back public executions to punish the most destructive people in our society.
A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings.
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
Joe Lonsdale Calls For Public Hangings
Silicon Valley radicalization escalates
www.thenerdreich.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I'm not sure it's in the self interest of America's tech bro billionaires to suggest that we bring back public executions to punish the most destructive people in our society.
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I'm buying your LLM chatbot a nice magnet for Christmas
December 6, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I'm buying your LLM chatbot a nice magnet for Christmas
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The war on christmas continues.
thehardtimes.net/blog/opinion...
thehardtimes.net/blog/opinion...
Opinion: If We Ban Automatic Weapons, What Will My Family Pose with on Our Christmas Cards?
If there’s one thing we need more than ever this holiday season, it’s peace on earth. And there’s no better way to achieve that than our constitutional right of unfettered access to guns. Nobody loves...
thehardtimes.net
December 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
The war on christmas continues.
thehardtimes.net/blog/opinion...
thehardtimes.net/blog/opinion...
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Wow, that’s a pretty big point of disagreement, NPR. Maybe someone could investigate which point of view is correct and report on the truth of the matter. Do you know anyone who does that sort of thing?
Army Specialist Sarah Beckstrom was fatally shot in Washington, D.C., while Air Force Staff Sergeant Andrew Wolfe was seriously wounded. Trump says the deployments are necessary to fight crime, but others disagree. n.pr/44aRgxY
West Virginians question National Guard deployments after attack on 2 of their own
Army Specialist Sarah Beckstrom was fatally shot in Washington, D.C., while Air Force Staff Sergeant Andrew Wolfe was seriously wounded. Trump says the deployments are necessary to fight crime, but others disagree.
n.pr
December 6, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Wow, that’s a pretty big point of disagreement, NPR. Maybe someone could investigate which point of view is correct and report on the truth of the matter. Do you know anyone who does that sort of thing?
Am I presently in the midst of one of those recently advertised Maritime Electric rolling blackouts, or is this just an instance of the garden-variety neglect that we’ve all grown to expect?
December 5, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Am I presently in the midst of one of those recently advertised Maritime Electric rolling blackouts, or is this just an instance of the garden-variety neglect that we’ve all grown to expect?
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Blue canarye yn the outlette by the lighte swicche
Who waccheth ovir thee
Make a litel dovecote yn thy soul
Who waccheth ovir thee
Make a litel dovecote yn thy soul
December 4, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Blue canarye yn the outlette by the lighte swicche
Who waccheth ovir thee
Make a litel dovecote yn thy soul
Who waccheth ovir thee
Make a litel dovecote yn thy soul
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This composition had eluded me for nearly a decade, but yesterday I was finally able to capture it. A train rolled through just as the Duquesne Incline was crossing over the tracks in #Pittsburgh, creating a picture perfect winter scene. It was worth the hours and hours I've waited over the years.
December 3, 2025 at 2:06 PM
This composition had eluded me for nearly a decade, but yesterday I was finally able to capture it. A train rolled through just as the Duquesne Incline was crossing over the tracks in #Pittsburgh, creating a picture perfect winter scene. It was worth the hours and hours I've waited over the years.
Waiting for my wife in the dentist’s office. Wishing this techno version of Carol of the Bells would go away (tbf, I feel that way about any version of that song)
December 3, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Waiting for my wife in the dentist’s office. Wishing this techno version of Carol of the Bells would go away (tbf, I feel that way about any version of that song)
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who decided to call it Secret Santa when Nondisclosure Claus was right there
December 1, 2025 at 10:55 PM
who decided to call it Secret Santa when Nondisclosure Claus was right there
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Crypto Leaders Call For Infusion Of 20 Million Dopes To Stabilize Market
Crypto Leaders Call For Infusion Of 20 Million Dopes To Stabilize Market
BOSTON—Stressing that the move would help keep digital currencies liquid through the coming year, crypto leaders called for an infusion of 20 million dopes Thursday to stabilize the market. “We’re cal...
theonion.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Crypto Leaders Call For Infusion Of 20 Million Dopes To Stabilize Market
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Also a note, disclosing settlement details is a breach of the contract & it can be taken right back to court for the full award amount so I encourage everyone to just move on as we all are trying to do.
December 1, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Also a note, disclosing settlement details is a breach of the contract & it can be taken right back to court for the full award amount so I encourage everyone to just move on as we all are trying to do.
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Great way to describe standing in a deep hole I guess
No value, no villain, no vision. Sounds like the tagline for the earnings call of a collapsing appliance retailer
November 30, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Great way to describe standing in a deep hole I guess