Ken Ford
@fkenford.bsky.social
Dad (to Luca and Nate). Granddad (to Lilly the cat). Nerd. He/him.
Retired video game programmer.
Trying to be a good ally.🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Retired video game programmer.
Trying to be a good ally.🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Reposted by Ken Ford
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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"That'll do pig. That'll do."
(Was there ever any doubt? 🙂)
(Was there ever any doubt? 🙂)
December 20, 2025 at 11:40 PM
"That'll do pig. That'll do."
(Was there ever any doubt? 🙂)
(Was there ever any doubt? 🙂)
December 20, 2025 at 10:02 PM
December 20, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Cutter's Way (1981)
Saw this as part of a campus double-feature (with Chinatown) my first year at Cal (probably spring of '82). 🤩
Saw this as part of a campus double-feature (with Chinatown) my first year at Cal (probably spring of '82). 🤩
December 11, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Cutter's Way (1981)
Saw this as part of a campus double-feature (with Chinatown) my first year at Cal (probably spring of '82). 🤩
Saw this as part of a campus double-feature (with Chinatown) my first year at Cal (probably spring of '82). 🤩
Reposted by Ken Ford
Medical misinformation and social media go hand in hand now. After a rousing chat with @caulfieldtim.bsky.social about his new book, I wrote my thoughts on a five-steop guide to recognizing and resisting medical misinformation. vajenda.substack.com/p/a-five-ste...
A Five-Step Guide to Combating Misinformation on Social Media
How fear, profit, and cherry-picked data shape your feed—and what to do about it.
vajenda.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Medical misinformation and social media go hand in hand now. After a rousing chat with @caulfieldtim.bsky.social about his new book, I wrote my thoughts on a five-steop guide to recognizing and resisting medical misinformation. vajenda.substack.com/p/a-five-ste...
December 5, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Lilly seems kinda comfortable. 🙂
December 5, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Lilly seems kinda comfortable. 🙂
🎶She's got floof
And she knows how to use it 🎶
And she knows how to use it 🎶
December 5, 2025 at 6:17 AM
🎶She's got floof
And she knows how to use it 🎶
And she knows how to use it 🎶
Lilly is sleeping through all the awfulness around us. I can't blame her.
Bit early here on the West Coast, but I'll still call it #Caturday
Bit early here on the West Coast, but I'll still call it #Caturday
December 5, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Lilly is sleeping through all the awfulness around us. I can't blame her.
Bit early here on the West Coast, but I'll still call it #Caturday
Bit early here on the West Coast, but I'll still call it #Caturday
Luca is getting over a rotten cold and was a little stir crazy, so we took a drive out to Point Reyes lighthouse.
Scruffy photo is from my phone looking out the car window.
Scruffy photo is from my phone looking out the car window.
December 5, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Luca is getting over a rotten cold and was a little stir crazy, so we took a drive out to Point Reyes lighthouse.
Scruffy photo is from my phone looking out the car window.
Scruffy photo is from my phone looking out the car window.
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It's with heavy hearts that we share that Claude, our beloved albino alligator, has passed away at the age of 30. Claude brought joy to millions of people at the Academy and across the world during his 17 year tenure. We will miss him dearly. 🤍
December 2, 2025 at 11:37 PM
😢
Share a '90s movie that you think deserves more love.
Because Babe deserves *all* the love! 🥰
Because Babe deserves *all* the love! 🥰
November 25, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Share a '90s movie that you think deserves more love.
Because Babe deserves *all* the love! 🥰
Because Babe deserves *all* the love! 🥰
This is frickin' infuriating. 😡
Please get your vaccinations.
Please get your vaccinations.
3 infant #pertussis deaths this year in Kentucky. "Of the three infant deaths reported over the past 12 months, all three were not vaccinated, nor were their mothers."
We first tested maternal vaccination for whooping cough over 80 years ago. It's safe & effective & might have saved these babies.
We first tested maternal vaccination for whooping cough over 80 years ago. It's safe & effective & might have saved these babies.
www.wowktv.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:36 AM
This is frickin' infuriating. 😡
Please get your vaccinations.
Please get your vaccinations.
*At least* six times? Here's a few off the top of my head, though there are more!
Oblivion
Edge of Tomorrow
Mission Impossible: Fallout
The Equalizer
Homefront
The Thing
John Wick
Silence of the Lambs
Minority Report
...and, of course, the best movie ever:
Babe
Oblivion
Edge of Tomorrow
Mission Impossible: Fallout
The Equalizer
Homefront
The Thing
John Wick
Silence of the Lambs
Minority Report
...and, of course, the best movie ever:
Babe
November 22, 2025 at 8:44 PM
*At least* six times? Here's a few off the top of my head, though there are more!
Oblivion
Edge of Tomorrow
Mission Impossible: Fallout
The Equalizer
Homefront
The Thing
John Wick
Silence of the Lambs
Minority Report
...and, of course, the best movie ever:
Babe
Oblivion
Edge of Tomorrow
Mission Impossible: Fallout
The Equalizer
Homefront
The Thing
John Wick
Silence of the Lambs
Minority Report
...and, of course, the best movie ever:
Babe
Lilly enjoyed the sun for a bit, then moved to the shade to cool off.
I love the difference in her color/appearance when sunlit or not. 😍
#catsofbluesky
I love the difference in her color/appearance when sunlit or not. 😍
#catsofbluesky
November 20, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Lilly enjoyed the sun for a bit, then moved to the shade to cool off.
I love the difference in her color/appearance when sunlit or not. 😍
#catsofbluesky
I love the difference in her color/appearance when sunlit or not. 😍
#catsofbluesky
Well said! ❤️🏳️⚧️
This Transgender Awareness Week, we come together to celebrate the resilience and bravery of the transgender community in the face of relentless attacks.
My message to you is simple:
I am with you. I love you. I will never stop fighting for you.
My message to you is simple:
I am with you. I love you. I will never stop fighting for you.
November 18, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Well said! ❤️🏳️⚧️
For obvious reasons 😉, I don't take many selfies (let alone post them), but when Lilly's involved, anything goes!
So, behold, "Beauty and the Beast."
So, behold, "Beauty and the Beast."
November 9, 2025 at 8:03 PM
For obvious reasons 😉, I don't take many selfies (let alone post them), but when Lilly's involved, anything goes!
So, behold, "Beauty and the Beast."
So, behold, "Beauty and the Beast."
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"Beyond being the 24th consecutive grant of emergency relief to the Trump administration, the cryptic ruling in Orr is a reminder of just how bankrupt the Court’s proffered justifications are in these cases—both legally and in other ways, too."
Me on today's ugly #SCOTUS ruling in Trump v. Orr:
Me on today's ugly #SCOTUS ruling in Trump v. Orr:
189. The Breezy Inequity of Trump v. Orr
The Supreme Court's latest grant of emergency relief to the Trump administration illustrates in technicolor the direct (and ugly) consequences of the two different ways it keeps messing up "equity."
www.stevevladeck.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:28 AM
"Beyond being the 24th consecutive grant of emergency relief to the Trump administration, the cryptic ruling in Orr is a reminder of just how bankrupt the Court’s proffered justifications are in these cases—both legally and in other ways, too."
Me on today's ugly #SCOTUS ruling in Trump v. Orr:
Me on today's ugly #SCOTUS ruling in Trump v. Orr:
Reposted by Ken Ford
Zohran says you’re trans now
November 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Zohran says you’re trans now
Reposted by Ken Ford
Erica Deuso is the first openly transgender person to be elected mayor in Pennsylvania.
The longtime Democratic advocate defeated Republican Rich Bryant Tuesday to serve as the next mayor of Downingtown.
🔴 Live election updates: www.inquirer.com/politics/ele...
The longtime Democratic advocate defeated Republican Rich Bryant Tuesday to serve as the next mayor of Downingtown.
🔴 Live election updates: www.inquirer.com/politics/ele...
November 5, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Erica Deuso is the first openly transgender person to be elected mayor in Pennsylvania.
The longtime Democratic advocate defeated Republican Rich Bryant Tuesday to serve as the next mayor of Downingtown.
🔴 Live election updates: www.inquirer.com/politics/ele...
The longtime Democratic advocate defeated Republican Rich Bryant Tuesday to serve as the next mayor of Downingtown.
🔴 Live election updates: www.inquirer.com/politics/ele...
Reposted by Ken Ford
i hope this election cycle empowers everyone the next time a centrist liberal says to drop pro-trans and pro-immigrant rhetoric to enthusiastically tell them to shut the fuck up
November 5, 2025 at 2:33 AM
i hope this election cycle empowers everyone the next time a centrist liberal says to drop pro-trans and pro-immigrant rhetoric to enthusiastically tell them to shut the fuck up
Lilly did *not* like her frog hat, although this she wore on Halloween!
Treats were offered as penance for this "torture".
#catsofbluesky #halloween
Treats were offered as penance for this "torture".
#catsofbluesky #halloween
November 3, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Lilly did *not* like her frog hat, although this she wore on Halloween!
Treats were offered as penance for this "torture".
#catsofbluesky #halloween
Treats were offered as penance for this "torture".
#catsofbluesky #halloween