The Rev Dr Sherwood Forrester
@trdsf.bsky.social
Gay, Deadhead, Bach head, Zappa-tista, MSTie, praise Bob, photographer, bassist, writer, art glass lover, ordained SubGenius, knitter/crocheter, science/weather/space nerd, lover of math games, bad movies, fountain pens, old coins, Radio 4, and much more
I don't think anyone has the faintest idea of just what I would be willing to give up for one week of un-fucked-up, completely normal, no stupid-ass bullshit, no creeping (or galloping) fascism, no-one-in-our-government-has-done-something-completely-illegal-or-unconstitutional news.
February 5, 2026 at 1:23 AM
I don't think anyone has the faintest idea of just what I would be willing to give up for one week of un-fucked-up, completely normal, no stupid-ass bullshit, no creeping (or galloping) fascism, no-one-in-our-government-has-done-something-completely-illegal-or-unconstitutional news.
Kegsbreath is threatening to cut Pentagon ties with Scouting America becouse they're "woke". In other news, he was also whizzing on an apple pie and denigrating hot dogs as 'communist meat tubes'. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Pentagon threatens to cut ties with Scouting America over ‘core values’
Defense department says it may end support unless youth group abandons inclusivity and returns to ‘God and country’ values
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Kegsbreath is threatening to cut Pentagon ties with Scouting America becouse they're "woke". In other news, he was also whizzing on an apple pie and denigrating hot dogs as 'communist meat tubes'. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
I don't know what's going on with the Brazilian Sesame Street, but almighty Bob and holy Connie, what the absolute Technicolor hell kind of nightmare *is* that?
Big Bird: would hug.
Garibaldo: would have my medications checked.
Big Bird: would hug.
Garibaldo: would have my medications checked.
I dint care what you say Garibaldo is still terrifying and if I saw that wide eyed dinosaur coming at me in the street I would scream bloody murder and run away throwing hands at everything that dares get into my immediate direction
February 4, 2026 at 12:46 PM
I don't know what's going on with the Brazilian Sesame Street, but almighty Bob and holy Connie, what the absolute Technicolor hell kind of nightmare *is* that?
Big Bird: would hug.
Garibaldo: would have my medications checked.
Big Bird: would hug.
Garibaldo: would have my medications checked.
Good thing I play bass. XD
The main conclusion I have come to after learning the teachings of Subud, the Maharishi, Scientology, Gurdjieff, the Nation of Islam, Meher Baba, Aleister Crowley, Timothy Leary, Ram Dass, and Christian Science is that owning a guitar must turn off your brain somehow.
February 4, 2026 at 10:56 AM
Good thing I play bass. XD
I see that ICE has a bsky account. I'm not linking to it because they don't need the oxygen of publicity; for that matter, they don't need the oxygen of *oxygen*.
And if I want to read fiction, I'd rather read Asimov, Adams, Brown, Clarke, @diane.dianeduane.com, Eddings, @scalzi.com, /et al./…
And if I want to read fiction, I'd rather read Asimov, Adams, Brown, Clarke, @diane.dianeduane.com, Eddings, @scalzi.com, /et al./…
February 4, 2026 at 12:58 AM
I see that ICE has a bsky account. I'm not linking to it because they don't need the oxygen of publicity; for that matter, they don't need the oxygen of *oxygen*.
And if I want to read fiction, I'd rather read Asimov, Adams, Brown, Clarke, @diane.dianeduane.com, Eddings, @scalzi.com, /et al./…
And if I want to read fiction, I'd rather read Asimov, Adams, Brown, Clarke, @diane.dianeduane.com, Eddings, @scalzi.com, /et al./…
@moderation.bsky.app: Here's the problem with tagging an account 'rude': it's treated the same way as posts about self-harm, posts promoting intolerance, posts spreading misinformation—but when the *entire account* is tagged 'rude', then every post, no matter how innocuous, gets flagged.
(cont'd)
(cont'd)
February 4, 2026 at 12:38 AM
@moderation.bsky.app: Here's the problem with tagging an account 'rude': it's treated the same way as posts about self-harm, posts promoting intolerance, posts spreading misinformation—but when the *entire account* is tagged 'rude', then every post, no matter how innocuous, gets flagged.
(cont'd)
(cont'd)
Bsky moderation: still abusable by crybullies getting an entire account tagged 'rude' over *one* post. This is 'moderation' by AI at *best*. At worst, it's just counting complaints without doing *any* checking.
Do better, bsky.
Do better, bsky.
Let's have some fun and repost this to highlight how easily abused and abusive Bsky moderation is. Of dozens of skeets in weeks, only ONE had an f-bomb in a skeet where I mentioned Rowling, and I got slapped with a label to hide my skeets from people with filters. A lot of people abuse this.
February 3, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Bsky moderation: still abusable by crybullies getting an entire account tagged 'rude' over *one* post. This is 'moderation' by AI at *best*. At worst, it's just counting complaints without doing *any* checking.
Do better, bsky.
Do better, bsky.
I should like to think that it's only a matter of time before a pissed-off judge orders Noem and/or Homan jailed for contempt for failing to ensure CBP/ICE follow court orders.
February 3, 2026 at 11:07 PM
I should like to think that it's only a matter of time before a pissed-off judge orders Noem and/or Homan jailed for contempt for failing to ensure CBP/ICE follow court orders.
What really pisses me off is that any *one* of the medical/psychiatric symptoms we've seen the Mango Mussolini display would've led the news for a week at *least* if it were Biden showing them (complete with Amendment 25 demands), but Der Führer *shits himself on camera* and... crickets.
February 3, 2026 at 5:19 PM
What really pisses me off is that any *one* of the medical/psychiatric symptoms we've seen the Mango Mussolini display would've led the news for a week at *least* if it were Biden showing them (complete with Amendment 25 demands), but Der Führer *shits himself on camera* and... crickets.
Okay, prove it. From now on, only take your medical advice from AIs. If you don't, you're full of shit.
Dr Oz on rural healthcare: "There's no question about it, whether you want it or not -- the best way to help some of these communities is gonna be AI-based avatars"
February 3, 2026 at 4:25 AM
Okay, prove it. From now on, only take your medical advice from AIs. If you don't, you're full of shit.
It's sad when the only reason I don't want Thomas or Alito to have a massive coronary is because Shithead-in-Chief would name their replacement, and probably some young Nazi who would infest the Court for decades. So you two can go ahead and last until 2029 when someone sane names your successor.
February 3, 2026 at 4:23 AM
It's sad when the only reason I don't want Thomas or Alito to have a massive coronary is because Shithead-in-Chief would name their replacement, and probably some young Nazi who would infest the Court for decades. So you two can go ahead and last until 2029 when someone sane names your successor.
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Tesla reported paying ZERO federal income tax on $5.7 billion of U.S. income in 2025.
Meanwhile, thanks to his new Tesla pay package, Elon Musk could stand to make $3 billion more per year than all 1.4 million elementary school teachers in the U.S. combined.
See the problem here?
Meanwhile, thanks to his new Tesla pay package, Elon Musk could stand to make $3 billion more per year than all 1.4 million elementary school teachers in the U.S. combined.
See the problem here?
February 2, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Tesla reported paying ZERO federal income tax on $5.7 billion of U.S. income in 2025.
Meanwhile, thanks to his new Tesla pay package, Elon Musk could stand to make $3 billion more per year than all 1.4 million elementary school teachers in the U.S. combined.
See the problem here?
Meanwhile, thanks to his new Tesla pay package, Elon Musk could stand to make $3 billion more per year than all 1.4 million elementary school teachers in the U.S. combined.
See the problem here?
The fact that ICE so readily, with nary a complaint or a hesitation, took on the role of Trump's Gestapo, tells me that they've been just waiting for their chance to full brownshirt on America. This isn't something that developed magically on Jan 20, 2025.
This is systemic.
(cont'd)
This is systemic.
(cont'd)
February 2, 2026 at 11:17 AM
The fact that ICE so readily, with nary a complaint or a hesitation, took on the role of Trump's Gestapo, tells me that they've been just waiting for their chance to full brownshirt on America. This isn't something that developed magically on Jan 20, 2025.
This is systemic.
(cont'd)
This is systemic.
(cont'd)
The news that Pretti's killers were ICE veterans and not new hires just underlines the fact that ICE/CBP needs to be dismantled and replaced entirely, not "reformed".
Our border service should be working with immigrants, asylum seekers and undocumenteds, not terrorizing and murdering them.
Our border service should be working with immigrants, asylum seekers and undocumenteds, not terrorizing and murdering them.
February 2, 2026 at 10:11 AM
The news that Pretti's killers were ICE veterans and not new hires just underlines the fact that ICE/CBP needs to be dismantled and replaced entirely, not "reformed".
Our border service should be working with immigrants, asylum seekers and undocumenteds, not terrorizing and murdering them.
Our border service should be working with immigrants, asylum seekers and undocumenteds, not terrorizing and murdering them.
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Tweet so good I had to post it here
February 2, 2026 at 3:18 AM
Tweet so good I had to post it here
For some 30 years, my #1 recommendation for coffee in Columbus has been Stauf's.
No more.
You cannot lean on 'community' to justify providing service to people who are out to *destroy* communities.
old.reddit.com/r/Columbus/c...
No more.
You cannot lean on 'community' to justify providing service to people who are out to *destroy* communities.
old.reddit.com/r/Columbus/c...
Stauf's Coffee Roasters' message to employees regarding serving ICE agents
Posted in r/Columbus by u/no-mana • 677 points and 451 comments
old.reddit.com
February 1, 2026 at 11:53 PM
For some 30 years, my #1 recommendation for coffee in Columbus has been Stauf's.
No more.
You cannot lean on 'community' to justify providing service to people who are out to *destroy* communities.
old.reddit.com/r/Columbus/c...
No more.
You cannot lean on 'community' to justify providing service to people who are out to *destroy* communities.
old.reddit.com/r/Columbus/c...
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Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college.
Math as a Liberal Art
Russian (I, II and III)
Political Theory 101
CompSci 151
Senior Independent Study
Math as a Liberal Art
Russian (I, II and III)
Political Theory 101
CompSci 151
Senior Independent Study
Hypermedia and Phanopoeia with Michael Joyce
Shakespeare in Film with Don Foster
Folklore and Fairy Tales with Nancy Willard
Intro to Cellular Biology (I sucked at it but I learned so much)
Medieval Irish Lit at Trinity College Dublin
Shakespeare in Film with Don Foster
Folklore and Fairy Tales with Nancy Willard
Intro to Cellular Biology (I sucked at it but I learned so much)
Medieval Irish Lit at Trinity College Dublin
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college
Calc II
Irish drama
Bertolt Brecht auf deutsch
Poetry writing
Race in America
Calc II
Irish drama
Bertolt Brecht auf deutsch
Poetry writing
Race in America
January 31, 2026 at 9:30 AM
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college.
Math as a Liberal Art
Russian (I, II and III)
Political Theory 101
CompSci 151
Senior Independent Study
Math as a Liberal Art
Russian (I, II and III)
Political Theory 101
CompSci 151
Senior Independent Study
If, by 2030, Trump, Vance, Miller, Bondi, Noem, Bongino, the Uihleins, Musk, Bezos, **everyone** involved in this clusterfuck they call an "administration" aren't in a courtroom having the everlasting Technicolor fuck sued out of them, the American Experiment is over and bullshit won.
January 31, 2026 at 1:53 AM
If, by 2030, Trump, Vance, Miller, Bondi, Noem, Bongino, the Uihleins, Musk, Bezos, **everyone** involved in this clusterfuck they call an "administration" aren't in a courtroom having the everlasting Technicolor fuck sued out of them, the American Experiment is over and bullshit won.
Pick up the nearest book, turn to page 42, and post the second sentence.
"Louis was the youngest of four living siblings, the baby of the family."
—Adam Kay, "Escape from Shadow Physics"
"Louis was the youngest of four living siblings, the baby of the family."
—Adam Kay, "Escape from Shadow Physics"
“Ronno!”
From BOWIE: STARDUST, RAYGUNS & MOONAGE DAYDREAMS by Michael Allred, Steve Horton and Laura Allred
From BOWIE: STARDUST, RAYGUNS & MOONAGE DAYDREAMS by Michael Allred, Steve Horton and Laura Allred
January 30, 2026 at 3:22 AM
Pick up the nearest book, turn to page 42, and post the second sentence.
"Louis was the youngest of four living siblings, the baby of the family."
—Adam Kay, "Escape from Shadow Physics"
"Louis was the youngest of four living siblings, the baby of the family."
—Adam Kay, "Escape from Shadow Physics"
Why the techbros and other corporate leaders are unafraid to back fascism: it's been entirely gotten away with before.
They must not get away with it again.
www.bostonreview.net/articles/eri...
They must not get away with it again.
www.bostonreview.net/articles/eri...
The Other Nuremberg Trials, Seventy-Five Years On
The failed efforts to prosecute businessmen who profited from the Nazi war machine.
www.bostonreview.net
January 29, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Why the techbros and other corporate leaders are unafraid to back fascism: it's been entirely gotten away with before.
They must not get away with it again.
www.bostonreview.net/articles/eri...
They must not get away with it again.
www.bostonreview.net/articles/eri...
Still waiting. Never did hear back on my email to them.
Wonder when The Hill is going to issue an apology for this...
(crickets chirp)
(crickets chirp)
January 25, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Still waiting. Never did hear back on my email to them.
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I would love to know how many people who were convicted for January 6 are now member ICE
January 25, 2026 at 4:15 AM
I would love to know how many people who were convicted for January 6 are now member ICE
Funny how it took killing a cishet white man to FINALLY get to this point. Not the 37 deaths in detention (all but 2 being Hispanic, Caribbean or Asian), not the LGBTQ+ woman. NOW he decides it's time to stand up.
Where were you a year ago at the FIRST death? Why didn't THEIRS spur you to act?
Where were you a year ago at the FIRST death? Why didn't THEIRS spur you to act?
Senate Democrats will not provide the votes to proceed to the appropriations bill if the DHS funding bill is included.
January 25, 2026 at 12:51 AM
Funny how it took killing a cishet white man to FINALLY get to this point. Not the 37 deaths in detention (all but 2 being Hispanic, Caribbean or Asian), not the LGBTQ+ woman. NOW he decides it's time to stand up.
Where were you a year ago at the FIRST death? Why didn't THEIRS spur you to act?
Where were you a year ago at the FIRST death? Why didn't THEIRS spur you to act?
ICE agents need to remember that tdere is no statute of limitations on either murder or crimes against humanity. Just putting that out there because the crooks covering your asses right now won't be there forever.
January 24, 2026 at 9:54 AM
ICE agents need to remember that tdere is no statute of limitations on either murder or crimes against humanity. Just putting that out there because the crooks covering your asses right now won't be there forever.