Mark Sumner 🇺🇦
@devilstower.bsky.social
Author, journalist, old guy.
Science, climate, space, transportation, energy, and how human selection drives the evolution of all of the above.
www.unchartedblue.com
Science, climate, space, transportation, energy, and how human selection drives the evolution of all of the above.
www.unchartedblue.com
There are so many days when this quote seems appropriate.
January 12, 2026 at 2:49 PM
There are so many days when this quote seems appropriate.
The message is clear enough: It’s open season on anyone who dares to disagree with them.
January 8, 2026 at 5:37 PM
The message is clear enough: It’s open season on anyone who dares to disagree with them.
This is one of the most severe changes of weather in a short time I’ve ever experienced. The temperature has been plunging for an hour after hitting record highs and the wind is roaring.
December 28, 2025 at 11:18 PM
This is one of the most severe changes of weather in a short time I’ve ever experienced. The temperature has been plunging for an hour after hitting record highs and the wind is roaring.
Lakes double down on sunsets.
December 26, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Lakes double down on sunsets.
With DECADES of claims that Democrats wanted to ban all guns. …
December 21, 2025 at 5:14 PM
With DECADES of claims that Democrats wanted to ban all guns. …
And there were YEARS of claims that Biden and Democrats were trying to ban beef. …
December 21, 2025 at 5:11 PM
And there were YEARS of claims that Biden and Democrats were trying to ban beef. …
Which followed claims that Biden was going to ban ceiling fans. …
December 21, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Which followed claims that Biden was going to ban ceiling fans. …
Which was nothing compared to months of rioting over a nonexistent ban on gas stoves. …
December 21, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Which was nothing compared to months of rioting over a nonexistent ban on gas stoves. …
And weeks of screaming over a supposed ban on badly-made water heaters. …
December 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
And weeks of screaming over a supposed ban on badly-made water heaters. …
There was the time Fox accused Biden of trying to ban cigarettes, which it called “a gift to the crime cartels.” …
December 21, 2025 at 4:59 PM
There was the time Fox accused Biden of trying to ban cigarettes, which it called “a gift to the crime cartels.” …
I guess it’s a matter of perspective.
December 21, 2025 at 12:53 AM
I guess it’s a matter of perspective.
I wish. Though perhaps a little less mud.
December 19, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I wish. Though perhaps a little less mud.
I had this happen to me. A VP told me he couldn’t hire me because “You’re not Black and you’re not a woman.” It was pure bullsh!t. The person he hired for the job was another white man.
Using racial quotas as an excuse is a way white guys have been turning down job applicants for decades. …
Using racial quotas as an excuse is a way white guys have been turning down job applicants for decades. …
December 19, 2025 at 1:10 PM
I had this happen to me. A VP told me he couldn’t hire me because “You’re not Black and you’re not a woman.” It was pure bullsh!t. The person he hired for the job was another white man.
Using racial quotas as an excuse is a way white guys have been turning down job applicants for decades. …
Using racial quotas as an excuse is a way white guys have been turning down job applicants for decades. …
Bonus Grinch wreath. This guy will recite most of the Grinch’s lines if you just stand in front of him. Sadly, no Boris.
December 18, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Bonus Grinch wreath. This guy will recite most of the Grinch’s lines if you just stand in front of him. Sadly, no Boris.
My wife has been collecting little Christmas animatronics for years. She has many, but I think this one is the best.
December 18, 2025 at 8:52 PM
My wife has been collecting little Christmas animatronics for years. She has many, but I think this one is the best.
A pair of bald eagles outside my kitchen window right now. They’ve been snagging fish from the lake this morning. But they refuse to Pearce somewhere I can get a clear shot.
December 18, 2025 at 4:42 PM
A pair of bald eagles outside my kitchen window right now. They’ve been snagging fish from the lake this morning. But they refuse to Pearce somewhere I can get a clear shot.
Two weeks before this book was published in 2010, I got word the publisher was going out of business (I promise, it was not my fault). A few books reached stores, and I did one stop on a planned book tour, then the plug was pulled.
So, should I publish an updated version myself? …
So, should I publish an updated version myself? …
December 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Two weeks before this book was published in 2010, I got word the publisher was going out of business (I promise, it was not my fault). A few books reached stores, and I did one stop on a planned book tour, then the plug was pulled.
So, should I publish an updated version myself? …
So, should I publish an updated version myself? …
Six members of Congress are traitors for saying the military shouldn’t follow illegal orders. A Republican congresswoman is a traitor for leaving the MAGA chorus. The media are traitors for asking questions about Trump’s health.
In a fascist government, everyone is a traitor eventually.
In a fascist government, everyone is a traitor eventually.
December 11, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Six members of Congress are traitors for saying the military shouldn’t follow illegal orders. A Republican congresswoman is a traitor for leaving the MAGA chorus. The media are traitors for asking questions about Trump’s health.
In a fascist government, everyone is a traitor eventually.
In a fascist government, everyone is a traitor eventually.
Waiting for tomorrow when Trump will claim that “Miami was always a Democrat city” so the results don’t matter.
December 10, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Waiting for tomorrow when Trump will claim that “Miami was always a Democrat city” so the results don’t matter.
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: mo Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated, or Pixar.
December 8, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: mo Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated, or Pixar.
I mean ... come on. They're going to go backstage and negotiate deporting people by blood type straight to the processing facilities.
December 5, 2025 at 9:07 PM
I mean ... come on. They're going to go backstage and negotiate deporting people by blood type straight to the processing facilities.
If you live long enough, eventually there will be a year where everything is the flavor you hate most.
December 4, 2025 at 6:04 PM
If you live long enough, eventually there will be a year where everything is the flavor you hate most.