DCPetterson
@dcpetterson.bsky.social
Novelist, former software consultant, guitar, keyboards, esoteric religion, politics, and weird stuff. Author of Lupa Bella and A Melancholy Humour.
A neighbor just sent me this. I went outside to look, and it is awesome, but she got a great picture.
The Northern Lights as seen from the mountains of central Colorado.
The Northern Lights as seen from the mountains of central Colorado.
November 12, 2025 at 4:17 AM
A neighbor just sent me this. I went outside to look, and it is awesome, but she got a great picture.
The Northern Lights as seen from the mountains of central Colorado.
The Northern Lights as seen from the mountains of central Colorado.
As a timeline cleanser to briefly interrupt your doomscrolling:
We live 30 miles from the nearest town. A year ago today, we lost power in a snowstorm for most of of the night. Scary thing.
This was the view from our back deck the next morning.
Never surrender to the darkness.
We live 30 miles from the nearest town. A year ago today, we lost power in a snowstorm for most of of the night. Scary thing.
This was the view from our back deck the next morning.
Never surrender to the darkness.
November 9, 2025 at 3:24 PM
As a timeline cleanser to briefly interrupt your doomscrolling:
We live 30 miles from the nearest town. A year ago today, we lost power in a snowstorm for most of of the night. Scary thing.
This was the view from our back deck the next morning.
Never surrender to the darkness.
We live 30 miles from the nearest town. A year ago today, we lost power in a snowstorm for most of of the night. Scary thing.
This was the view from our back deck the next morning.
Never surrender to the darkness.
Here's a picture off my back deck, of dawn this morning, to help motivate you to come for a visit!
(And yes, the Camaro still runs like new. No way I'm selling that!)
(And yes, the Camaro still runs like new. No way I'm selling that!)
October 31, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Here's a picture off my back deck, of dawn this morning, to help motivate you to come for a visit!
(And yes, the Camaro still runs like new. No way I'm selling that!)
(And yes, the Camaro still runs like new. No way I'm selling that!)
I bet all y'all have forgotten one year ago, on the campaign trail, when Trump debuted the prototype for his new business venture, Trump Limos. He never followed through. Another campaign promise broken.
October 31, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I bet all y'all have forgotten one year ago, on the campaign trail, when Trump debuted the prototype for his new business venture, Trump Limos. He never followed through. Another campaign promise broken.
I'd put up any money that Trump is on the side of Rio cops. and is looking for an excuse to do this ASAP in, say, Chicago. And not because he gives a shit about drug gangs. He just wants his brownshirts to kill Americans.
Prove me wrong.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/w...
Prove me wrong.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/w...
October 30, 2025 at 2:08 AM
I'd put up any money that Trump is on the side of Rio cops. and is looking for an excuse to do this ASAP in, say, Chicago. And not because he gives a shit about drug gangs. He just wants his brownshirts to kill Americans.
Prove me wrong.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/w...
Prove me wrong.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/w...
And note that the Lincoln Memorial is not positioned correctly in the model in the first tweet. You'll see that in the Google image in the second tweet. Trump had the Lincoln Memorial model rotated a bit to have it pointing directly at the Trump Arch across the river. His ego demanded that.
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October 29, 2025 at 7:31 PM
And note that the Lincoln Memorial is not positioned correctly in the model in the first tweet. You'll see that in the Google image in the second tweet. Trump had the Lincoln Memorial model rotated a bit to have it pointing directly at the Trump Arch across the river. His ego demanded that.
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The Ballroom he destroyed the East Wing for will take until early 2029 to complete. This ugly self-aggrandizing arch is slated to be finished by next summer, for the 250th anniversary of America.
Just in time for Trump's 80th birthday party.
He is such an insecure and petty little "man".
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Just in time for Trump's 80th birthday party.
He is such an insecure and petty little "man".
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October 29, 2025 at 7:31 PM
The Ballroom he destroyed the East Wing for will take until early 2029 to complete. This ugly self-aggrandizing arch is slated to be finished by next summer, for the 250th anniversary of America.
Just in time for Trump's 80th birthday party.
He is such an insecure and petty little "man".
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Just in time for Trump's 80th birthday party.
He is such an insecure and petty little "man".
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Here's an arial view from Google Maps, with the site of the Trump Arch circled in red. Yes, it's at the entrance to the Arlington National Cemetery. After vandalizing the White House, he plans to desecrate America's most sacred burial grounds.
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October 29, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Here's an arial view from Google Maps, with the site of the Trump Arch circled in red. Yes, it's at the entrance to the Arlington National Cemetery. After vandalizing the White House, he plans to desecrate America's most sacred burial grounds.
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The Marie Antoinette ballroom wasn't enough. Trump plans to order up a triumphant arch in honor of himself. Here's a model he was displaying in the Oval Office less than ten days ago. That's the Lincoln Memorial in the foreground, and the Arc de Trump across the Potomac.
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October 29, 2025 at 7:31 PM
The Marie Antoinette ballroom wasn't enough. Trump plans to order up a triumphant arch in honor of himself. Here's a model he was displaying in the Oval Office less than ten days ago. That's the Lincoln Memorial in the foreground, and the Arc de Trump across the Potomac.
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On this No Kings Day, remember that Benedict Donald is a 34-times convicted felon, a serial rapist, and a pedophile.
October 18, 2025 at 1:43 PM
On this No Kings Day, remember that Benedict Donald is a 34-times convicted felon, a serial rapist, and a pedophile.
This is what allows me to sleep at night.
I do believe this is the guiding light of America's military. It has been for a quarter of a millennium.
We will find out if it still is, in the next forty-eight hours.
I do believe this is the guiding light of America's military. It has been for a quarter of a millennium.
We will find out if it still is, in the next forty-eight hours.
September 29, 2025 at 11:14 PM
This is what allows me to sleep at night.
I do believe this is the guiding light of America's military. It has been for a quarter of a millennium.
We will find out if it still is, in the next forty-eight hours.
I do believe this is the guiding light of America's military. It has been for a quarter of a millennium.
We will find out if it still is, in the next forty-eight hours.
New villain announced for the next season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, a Borg dedicated to destroying the Earth, that can split itself into several pieces.
Introducing: Six of Nine.
Introducing: Six of Nine.
September 12, 2025 at 11:20 PM
New villain announced for the next season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, a Borg dedicated to destroying the Earth, that can split itself into several pieces.
Introducing: Six of Nine.
Introducing: Six of Nine.
I've figured it out. Brain Worm guy and the entire Trump Reich are set on committing genocide without the expense of inconvenience of having to build gas chambers.
(In the movie, this moron monster plays Dr. Mengele.)
(In the movie, this moron monster plays Dr. Mengele.)
August 7, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I've figured it out. Brain Worm guy and the entire Trump Reich are set on committing genocide without the expense of inconvenience of having to build gas chambers.
(In the movie, this moron monster plays Dr. Mengele.)
(In the movie, this moron monster plays Dr. Mengele.)
Pass this on to absolutely everyone, absolutely everywhere.
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June 23, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Pass this on to absolutely everyone, absolutely everywhere.
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Ouir cruel, mean, vicious pit bull made this pillow fort on our new loveseat.
Seriously, she arranged the pillows before laying on them and falling asleep.
Seriously, she arranged the pillows before laying on them and falling asleep.
May 6, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Ouir cruel, mean, vicious pit bull made this pillow fort on our new loveseat.
Seriously, she arranged the pillows before laying on them and falling asleep.
Seriously, she arranged the pillows before laying on them and falling asleep.
Here's a leaked photo of the warehouse where the Clinton, Obama and Biden Administrations stored all the guns they confiscated.
April 29, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Here's a leaked photo of the warehouse where the Clinton, Obama and Biden Administrations stored all the guns they confiscated.
Current scorecard.
April 23, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Current scorecard.
Even penguins are marching in protest today.
April 19, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Even penguins are marching in protest today.
If Trump gets his military parade on his birthday, this ⤵️ is what has to happen.
Remember this?
One man in Tiananmen Square, June 5, 1989, stopped a line of Chinese tanks.
Except America can put 100,000 people in front of the tanks.
Make it happen.
Remember this?
One man in Tiananmen Square, June 5, 1989, stopped a line of Chinese tanks.
Except America can put 100,000 people in front of the tanks.
Make it happen.
April 18, 2025 at 1:27 AM
If Trump gets his military parade on his birthday, this ⤵️ is what has to happen.
Remember this?
One man in Tiananmen Square, June 5, 1989, stopped a line of Chinese tanks.
Except America can put 100,000 people in front of the tanks.
Make it happen.
Remember this?
One man in Tiananmen Square, June 5, 1989, stopped a line of Chinese tanks.
Except America can put 100,000 people in front of the tanks.
Make it happen.
This graph is from early 2021. I appreciated then (and I still do) the willingness of rightist ideologues to put their own lives at risk to demonstrate the importance, safety and effectiveness of vaccines.
April 7, 2025 at 1:41 PM
This graph is from early 2021. I appreciated then (and I still do) the willingness of rightist ideologues to put their own lives at risk to demonstrate the importance, safety and effectiveness of vaccines.
Here is Mike Lee, explicitly endorsing disinformation, and setting America up as a mob-type protection racket.
Mike Lee is despicable.
Mike Lee is despicable.
April 6, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Here is Mike Lee, explicitly endorsing disinformation, and setting America up as a mob-type protection racket.
Mike Lee is despicable.
Mike Lee is despicable.
The entire nation is going to protest Elon Trump tomorrow.
(The areas on this map without red circles are places where people don't live.)
(The areas on this map without red circles are places where people don't live.)
April 5, 2025 at 4:58 AM
The entire nation is going to protest Elon Trump tomorrow.
(The areas on this map without red circles are places where people don't live.)
(The areas on this map without red circles are places where people don't live.)
Let us remain one--a single people, a single planet, a single hope. Our children and our ancestors demand a single purpose. Let is together free the world of this scourge of hate and division.
Let us strive together for a better tomorrow.
Sincerely,
The Real America.
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Let us strive together for a better tomorrow.
Sincerely,
The Real America.
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March 29, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Let us remain one--a single people, a single planet, a single hope. Our children and our ancestors demand a single purpose. Let is together free the world of this scourge of hate and division.
Let us strive together for a better tomorrow.
Sincerely,
The Real America.
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Let us strive together for a better tomorrow.
Sincerely,
The Real America.
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Some nation is renaming things.
March 11, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Some nation is renaming things.