DreamsOfGerontius
@dreamsofgerontius.bsky.social
Games and puzzles hobbyist for life at https://dreamsofgerontius.com/
Physicist and European Patent Attorney for the last 25 years, currently in the nuclear fusion industry
Physicist and European Patent Attorney for the last 25 years, currently in the nuclear fusion industry
"Why aren't people talking to each other?"
is always code for
"why aren't people agreeing with me, a conservative voice?"
which is twin sister to
"why aren't people hiring me, a white man?"
is always code for
"why aren't people agreeing with me, a conservative voice?"
which is twin sister to
"why aren't people hiring me, a white man?"
CNN has a show with a similar line. That the problem with this country is we just aren’t talking to each other.
It’s the kind of diagnosis that a toddler would land on.
It’s the kind of diagnosis that a toddler would land on.
December 19, 2025 at 10:09 AM
"Why aren't people talking to each other?"
is always code for
"why aren't people agreeing with me, a conservative voice?"
which is twin sister to
"why aren't people hiring me, a white man?"
is always code for
"why aren't people agreeing with me, a conservative voice?"
which is twin sister to
"why aren't people hiring me, a white man?"
Thinking about the FIFA Peace Prize it occurred to me that international football is a system for teaching people that corruption is good, actually, and makes you stronger
And suddenly it makes sense why some of the worst of society are football fanatics
And suddenly it makes sense why some of the worst of society are football fanatics
December 6, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Thinking about the FIFA Peace Prize it occurred to me that international football is a system for teaching people that corruption is good, actually, and makes you stronger
And suddenly it makes sense why some of the worst of society are football fanatics
And suddenly it makes sense why some of the worst of society are football fanatics
Hmm. Are the Daily Heil preparing for a "the mass deportation policies we're supporting are nothing like the mass deportation policies in America" argument?
December 4, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Hmm. Are the Daily Heil preparing for a "the mass deportation policies we're supporting are nothing like the mass deportation policies in America" argument?
Reposted by DreamsOfGerontius
A spokesman for the Department of the Defense insists that Secretary Hegseth tried to contact the survivors on the Venezuelan boat by Signal chat several times before firing the second missile.
December 4, 2025 at 12:59 PM
A spokesman for the Department of the Defense insists that Secretary Hegseth tried to contact the survivors on the Venezuelan boat by Signal chat several times before firing the second missile.
Even censored (to remove criticism of Trump without the listener being aware of the edit) this is a must listen
A Time of Monsters:
Dutch historian Rutger Bregman asks what can be done to counter the moral decay of today's un-serious elites.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
A Time of Monsters:
Dutch historian Rutger Bregman asks what can be done to counter the moral decay of today's un-serious elites.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
November 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Even censored (to remove criticism of Trump without the listener being aware of the edit) this is a must listen
A Time of Monsters:
Dutch historian Rutger Bregman asks what can be done to counter the moral decay of today's un-serious elites.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
A Time of Monsters:
Dutch historian Rutger Bregman asks what can be done to counter the moral decay of today's un-serious elites.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
I've never seen this particular quote (and am not a [capital H] Humanist), but it neatly captures many of my own thoughts when I realised that creation myths in religion and fiction, are not only child-like but depressingly mechanistic in comparison to reality
Some of the most important words ever written: 'Endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved.' – Charles Darwin, 'On the Origin of Species'. It was published #OnThisDay 1859.
November 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I've never seen this particular quote (and am not a [capital H] Humanist), but it neatly captures many of my own thoughts when I realised that creation myths in religion and fiction, are not only child-like but depressingly mechanistic in comparison to reality
The editor of PC Gamer is the hero we need right now:
"Microsoft's head of AI doesn't understand why people don't like AI, and I don't understand why he doesn't understand because it's pretty obvious: it consistently doesn't do the things we're told it can do"
www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/...
"Microsoft's head of AI doesn't understand why people don't like AI, and I don't understand why he doesn't understand because it's pretty obvious: it consistently doesn't do the things we're told it can do"
www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/...
Microsoft's head of AI doesn't understand why people don't like AI, and I don't understand why he doesn't understand because it's pretty obvious
Is it really "mindblowing" that people are skeptical of software that consistently doesn't do the things we're told it can do?
www.pcgamer.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:29 PM
The editor of PC Gamer is the hero we need right now:
"Microsoft's head of AI doesn't understand why people don't like AI, and I don't understand why he doesn't understand because it's pretty obvious: it consistently doesn't do the things we're told it can do"
www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/...
"Microsoft's head of AI doesn't understand why people don't like AI, and I don't understand why he doesn't understand because it's pretty obvious: it consistently doesn't do the things we're told it can do"
www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/...
My very good friend... whose name... I don't remember
Trump on MBS: "We have an extremely respected man in the Oval Office today. And a friend of mine for a long time. A very good friend of mine. I'm very proud of the job he's done in terms of human rights and everything else."
November 18, 2025 at 7:09 PM
My very good friend... whose name... I don't remember
It's the Roger Moore of snowmen
Today I've been crafting snowmen from felt and toilet roll tubes with my four-year-old ⛄
November 16, 2025 at 11:10 AM
It's the Roger Moore of snowmen
It's the perfect encapsulation of the reductiveness of modern conservatism:
"Less red tape" means "NO red tape or protection"
"Less immigration" means "NEGATIVE immigration"
"Limited government" means "NO government" (except armed enforcement)
Policies people nod along with until reality bites
"Less red tape" means "NO red tape or protection"
"Less immigration" means "NEGATIVE immigration"
"Limited government" means "NO government" (except armed enforcement)
Policies people nod along with until reality bites
When you put it that way it almost sounds refined to dodge anti money laundering rules so you can bribe politicians / traffic children / fund terrorism or whatever else those anonymized and encrypted $500 million might do.
Eric Trump: "You can send $500 million worth of bitcoin on a Sunday night at 11pm while having a glass of wine with your wife for virtually zero fees."
November 13, 2025 at 2:02 PM
It's the perfect encapsulation of the reductiveness of modern conservatism:
"Less red tape" means "NO red tape or protection"
"Less immigration" means "NEGATIVE immigration"
"Limited government" means "NO government" (except armed enforcement)
Policies people nod along with until reality bites
"Less red tape" means "NO red tape or protection"
"Less immigration" means "NEGATIVE immigration"
"Limited government" means "NO government" (except armed enforcement)
Policies people nod along with until reality bites
Reposted by DreamsOfGerontius
It was supposed to be TACO not DACO
November 10, 2025 at 6:07 AM
It was supposed to be TACO not DACO
Donald Trump has sacked the six members of a US federal agency tasked with advising on design for major projects such as the White House ballroom and monumental arch plans
www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/trump-s...
www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/trump-s...
Trump sacks US government architects
Donald Trump has sacked the six members of a US federal agency tasked with advising on design for major projects such as the White House ballroom and monumental arch plans
www.architectsjournal.co.uk
October 31, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Donald Trump has sacked the six members of a US federal agency tasked with advising on design for major projects such as the White House ballroom and monumental arch plans
www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/trump-s...
www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/trump-s...
Fairly straightforward and true answers:
There is
It isn't
Different boots
It's daytime
But people like this are never really "just asking questions".
On the other hand, the "norms" of assuming good faith need to be questioned far more often these days
There is
It isn't
Different boots
It's daytime
But people like this are never really "just asking questions".
On the other hand, the "norms" of assuming good faith need to be questioned far more often these days
![Pop Base tweets: "Kim Kardashian said on ‘The Kardashians’ that she believes the moon landing was fake:
“They’re gonna say I’m crazy no matter what, but like, go to TikTok. See for yourself. […] There’s no gravity on the moon. Why is the flag blowing? The shoes that they have in the museum that they wore on the moon is a different print in the photos. Why are there no stars?”"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ks3gpa6ftoyaq7hmf6c4qx4c/bafkreickzwdynkak7r4lur6afktglm3gontqsq5r5c7jeewyecyd4dczla@jpeg)
October 31, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Fairly straightforward and true answers:
There is
It isn't
Different boots
It's daytime
But people like this are never really "just asking questions".
On the other hand, the "norms" of assuming good faith need to be questioned far more often these days
There is
It isn't
Different boots
It's daytime
But people like this are never really "just asking questions".
On the other hand, the "norms" of assuming good faith need to be questioned far more often these days
"I'm something of a soybean farmer myself" meme
Bessent on American farmers being hurt by tariffs: "Martha, in case you don't know it, I'm actually a soybean farmer, so I have felt this pain too."
October 26, 2025 at 7:52 PM
"I'm something of a soybean farmer myself" meme
TFW you realise his war-ending claim is the same scam as a shark repellent salesman in the desert: "well, you don't see any sharks, do you?"
Trump: "I solved, as you know, 8 wars. Of the 8, 5 of them, maybe even 6 of them, are because of tariffs. The threat of tariffs on these nations -- if you want to fight, that's okay -- India and Pakistan, if you want to fight, that's okay, but you're gonna pay tariffs."
October 23, 2025 at 9:37 PM
TFW you realise his war-ending claim is the same scam as a shark repellent salesman in the desert: "well, you don't see any sharks, do you?"
This and the protest sign saying "the only orange monarch I want [picture of butterfly]" have been my biggest laughs of the morning, thanks
October 19, 2025 at 7:51 AM
This and the protest sign saying "the only orange monarch I want [picture of butterfly]" have been my biggest laughs of the morning, thanks
Reposted by DreamsOfGerontius
I remember rec.humor had the Canonical List of Viola Jokes.
You can tell this is old by the ~ in the URL.
www.mit.edu/~jcb/viola-j...
You can tell this is old by the ~ in the URL.
www.mit.edu/~jcb/viola-j...
Viola Jokes (part 1)
www.mit.edu
October 15, 2025 at 11:26 AM
I remember rec.humor had the Canonical List of Viola Jokes.
You can tell this is old by the ~ in the URL.
www.mit.edu/~jcb/viola-j...
You can tell this is old by the ~ in the URL.
www.mit.edu/~jcb/viola-j...
Reposted by DreamsOfGerontius
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
October 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
Loving the happily cloistered horse chestnut
I love the variety of seed delivery / dispersement systems trees have come up with!
These four can all be seen 20 seconds walk from my house this month!
Some hurt more than others if they land on your head 🙃
#kidlitart #illustration #autumn
These four can all be seen 20 seconds walk from my house this month!
Some hurt more than others if they land on your head 🙃
#kidlitart #illustration #autumn
October 9, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Loving the happily cloistered horse chestnut
Jesus, and I thought it couldn't get worse than the tagline that "people won't go into public service if they might end up in jail".
How shitty a person do you have to be to undoubtedly have more intelligence than a garden snail but to actively refrain from using it for clicks?
How shitty a person do you have to be to undoubtedly have more intelligence than a garden snail but to actively refrain from using it for clicks?
You’ve gotta be kidding me.
This WaPo editorial presents a misleading revisionist history of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s criminal cases against Trump.
Then it has the gall to compare that to Trump’s overt targeting of his perceived enemies.
Really embarrassing stuff.
This WaPo editorial presents a misleading revisionist history of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s criminal cases against Trump.
Then it has the gall to compare that to Trump’s overt targeting of his perceived enemies.
Really embarrassing stuff.
October 9, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Jesus, and I thought it couldn't get worse than the tagline that "people won't go into public service if they might end up in jail".
How shitty a person do you have to be to undoubtedly have more intelligence than a garden snail but to actively refrain from using it for clicks?
How shitty a person do you have to be to undoubtedly have more intelligence than a garden snail but to actively refrain from using it for clicks?
My 5th wordle in 1!
But now I need a new starting word. 🤔
But now I need a new starting word. 🤔
October 5, 2025 at 8:18 AM
My 5th wordle in 1!
But now I need a new starting word. 🤔
But now I need a new starting word. 🤔
Reposted by DreamsOfGerontius
The moment where Hegseth ends his speech and not a single officer claps is the most hopeful thing I have seen in a long time.
September 30, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The moment where Hegseth ends his speech and not a single officer claps is the most hopeful thing I have seen in a long time.
While the wig is "interesting", I'm guessing the big mistake was telling his costumier "it's ok, I'll grow the beard myself"
zuckerberg trying for John Wick this Halloween but ending up more ghislaine maxwell
September 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM
While the wig is "interesting", I'm guessing the big mistake was telling his costumier "it's ok, I'll grow the beard myself"
Reposted by DreamsOfGerontius
I've eaten pizzas more supreme than this court
September 27, 2025 at 2:42 AM
I've eaten pizzas more supreme than this court
What about if you shouted authoritarian in a crowded theatre?
If a government tells you that you can’t call it authoritarian, it’s authoritarian.
September 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
What about if you shouted authoritarian in a crowded theatre?