Dean Shaffer
deanshaffer.bsky.social
Dean Shaffer
@deanshaffer.bsky.social
San Diego lawyer, ex-Ohioan, former Peace Corps Turkmenistan volunteer, democrat.
Having lived in Turkmenistan, I genuinely thought this was a picture of Ashgabat for a minute
December 19, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Retire
December 19, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Many schools don't permit Connor and Brayden to get out of the car 100 feet away for safety and efficiency readons. The line is a pain, but the alternative is cars stopping in unpredictable places to let their young children out--sometimes into the road, sometimes needing to cross the street.
December 16, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Five year old me was *obsessed*
December 13, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Just watched it tonight and searched Bluesky to see if anyone else had the same reaction to it--glad to see I'm in good company! Her reactions to realizing that she wasn't pregnant anymore and to seeing BB for the first time brought me to tears, and her intensity sells the whole thing
December 13, 2025 at 5:57 AM
December 12, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Sounds like you've got your new year's resolutions all figured out!
December 12, 2025 at 2:30 AM
I thought it was disappointing, but I can't see it straight because Hades hit me in a way games haven't in a long time.
December 12, 2025 at 2:21 AM
If you think it means the idea that Congress can't constitutionally delegate legislative authority to the executive (that is, create agencies under the executive branch), then yes, it's what you think it means.
December 9, 2025 at 1:41 AM
What are we supposed to eat, crudite? In this economy?
December 8, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Ah. :( I was worried it was Joseph Gordon-Levitt, but he's also apparently anti-AI
December 7, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Oh no, who?
December 7, 2025 at 4:57 AM
*With* the deleted scene, without which the the reprise at the end does not induce tears (or maybe just not as many), right?
November 28, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Blatant false advertising.
November 14, 2025 at 8:02 PM
The cat was out of place, so he had it killed, plainly

(I read it the same way the first time or two...)
November 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
In my experience, they sleep primarily as one of your hands holds them on your shoulder, and the other hand plays Civ 6 because you can't lie down without waking them up.
November 11, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Well, well, well, look who read the news.
November 5, 2025 at 3:28 PM
The last anti-50 mailer I got was reduced to arguing that ballot initiatives are expensive so we should just reject them on principle 😂
November 5, 2025 at 4:44 AM