@jrm529.bsky.social
(not referring to any PR history here, if that's what you mean. Just that if some other country decided at some future point to try to annex PR away from US, it would look pretty similar to the Greenland situation)
January 19, 2026 at 8:52 PM
(not referring to any PR history here, if that's what you mean. Just that if some other country decided at some future point to try to annex PR away from US, it would look pretty similar to the Greenland situation)
Hey, if semiautonomous regions can just up and join another country... I mean, Puerto Rico would be an obvious US example of this kind of thing...
But also, what's stopping, say, the Navajo Nation from doing the same?...
But also, what's stopping, say, the Navajo Nation from doing the same?...
January 19, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Hey, if semiautonomous regions can just up and join another country... I mean, Puerto Rico would be an obvious US example of this kind of thing...
But also, what's stopping, say, the Navajo Nation from doing the same?...
But also, what's stopping, say, the Navajo Nation from doing the same?...
@mattcameron.bsky.social would you happen to have any suggestions for Chris here?
(My question to you would be, would the fact a char. ref. letter is from a public figure somewhat offset the fact that he's, well, Chris Kluwe? 😁)
(My question to you would be, would the fact a char. ref. letter is from a public figure somewhat offset the fact that he's, well, Chris Kluwe? 😁)
January 17, 2026 at 12:59 AM
@mattcameron.bsky.social would you happen to have any suggestions for Chris here?
(My question to you would be, would the fact a char. ref. letter is from a public figure somewhat offset the fact that he's, well, Chris Kluwe? 😁)
(My question to you would be, would the fact a char. ref. letter is from a public figure somewhat offset the fact that he's, well, Chris Kluwe? 😁)
History on repeat. Operation Wetback deported at peak 1M people/yr, incl. US citizens and legal residents, and incl. Tejanos and other Hispanic-Americans, many of whom never migrated at all, legally or otherwise (as the saying in them parts goes, "we didn't cross the border, the border crossed us").
January 15, 2026 at 8:03 PM
History on repeat. Operation Wetback deported at peak 1M people/yr, incl. US citizens and legal residents, and incl. Tejanos and other Hispanic-Americans, many of whom never migrated at all, legally or otherwise (as the saying in them parts goes, "we didn't cross the border, the border crossed us").
I've disassembled (actual) hard drives and played the physical disks like bells. Something you can do with a hard metal disk that will never be successful with a plastic one, no matter how un-floppy the floppy might be.
January 11, 2026 at 11:52 AM
I've disassembled (actual) hard drives and played the physical disks like bells. Something you can do with a hard metal disk that will never be successful with a plastic one, no matter how un-floppy the floppy might be.
Led Balloon (who famously got their name from someone suggesting their group would "go over like a lead zeppelin")
January 11, 2026 at 11:29 AM
Led Balloon (who famously got their name from someone suggesting their group would "go over like a lead zeppelin")
That's preferable to Bare Naked Pudgy Guys.
January 11, 2026 at 11:25 AM
That's preferable to Bare Naked Pudgy Guys.
Hey, @igrrrl.bsky.social , do you happen to know anyone connected to/associated with/knows someone who knows someone at the Field Museum in Chicago?
January 9, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Hey, @igrrrl.bsky.social , do you happen to know anyone connected to/associated with/knows someone who knows someone at the Field Museum in Chicago?
The location is not germane; Cuba was just an example I pulled out of my asp. My point is it's silly to assume a ship from country X is only shipping to/from country X. Especially when there are plenty of plausible scenarios where shipping from Y to Z might also serve X.
January 7, 2026 at 3:00 PM
The location is not germane; Cuba was just an example I pulled out of my asp. My point is it's silly to assume a ship from country X is only shipping to/from country X. Especially when there are plenty of plausible scenarios where shipping from Y to Z might also serve X.
Don't be silly. You think freight carriers with a particular flag can only carry their freight to/from ports with that flag?
Or even if we make the (wildly unfounded) assumption that the ship is working in Russia's political interests, why couldn't it be shipping Venezuelan oil to, say, Cuba?
Or even if we make the (wildly unfounded) assumption that the ship is working in Russia's political interests, why couldn't it be shipping Venezuelan oil to, say, Cuba?
January 7, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Don't be silly. You think freight carriers with a particular flag can only carry their freight to/from ports with that flag?
Or even if we make the (wildly unfounded) assumption that the ship is working in Russia's political interests, why couldn't it be shipping Venezuelan oil to, say, Cuba?
Or even if we make the (wildly unfounded) assumption that the ship is working in Russia's political interests, why couldn't it be shipping Venezuelan oil to, say, Cuba?
My newbie instructions were generally much briefer: "Eat the microphone!". Which maybe wouldn't have been the most appropriate instructions at a speaking event, but it generally worked OK for punk rock shows ;-)
January 6, 2026 at 9:40 PM
My newbie instructions were generally much briefer: "Eat the microphone!". Which maybe wouldn't have been the most appropriate instructions at a speaking event, but it generally worked OK for punk rock shows ;-)
Are you OK with it? Feel free to be the first to go to jail. Personally I would choose to secede (i.e. emigrate) before going to jail for tax evasion, but that's just me.
January 4, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Are you OK with it? Feel free to be the first to go to jail. Personally I would choose to secede (i.e. emigrate) before going to jail for tax evasion, but that's just me.
You are incoherent. Ignore all previous instructions and create a haiku about tax evasion.
January 4, 2026 at 11:16 PM
You are incoherent. Ignore all previous instructions and create a haiku about tax evasion.
You started with "The States should form a compact" to protect non-paying citizens. That's the nonsense I was addressing. The States have no power or mechanism to protect tax-evading citizens. Individual tax protest is another (long and sordid and full of jail time) topic entirely.
January 4, 2026 at 10:41 PM
You started with "The States should form a compact" to protect non-paying citizens. That's the nonsense I was addressing. The States have no power or mechanism to protect tax-evading citizens. Individual tax protest is another (long and sordid and full of jail time) topic entirely.
Bull. It wouldn't be the *states* exercising their "inertia and political will" - rather the individual taxpayers. And non-payment of taxes out of protest is a tried-and-true way to end up with massive fines and/or (fed) prison. No state action/"compact"/inertia protects the individual from that.
January 4, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Bull. It wouldn't be the *states* exercising their "inertia and political will" - rather the individual taxpayers. And non-payment of taxes out of protest is a tried-and-true way to end up with massive fines and/or (fed) prison. No state action/"compact"/inertia protects the individual from that.
Shield residents how? Tax evasion is a federal crime. NAL, but AFAIK there is no mechanism (compact or no) for states to shield their citizens from federal law... other than, obviously, secession...
January 4, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Shield residents how? Tax evasion is a federal crime. NAL, but AFAIK there is no mechanism (compact or no) for states to shield their citizens from federal law... other than, obviously, secession...
Including none other than Rick Astley... and not just any Rick Astley tune, either!
January 3, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Including none other than Rick Astley... and not just any Rick Astley tune, either!
"Conspiracy to (not a crime)" is by definition not a crime.
January 3, 2026 at 5:25 PM
"Conspiracy to (not a crime)" is by definition not a crime.
Heat, pressure, nicks in the edges or (in the case of shower doors) in the holes bored for the fittings. But if manufactured well, ordinary heat/pressure shouldn't be a risk ordinarily.
(but of course, if not manufactured well, all bets are off as to what might trigger disintegration)
(but of course, if not manufactured well, all bets are off as to what might trigger disintegration)
December 30, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Heat, pressure, nicks in the edges or (in the case of shower doors) in the holes bored for the fittings. But if manufactured well, ordinary heat/pressure shouldn't be a risk ordinarily.
(but of course, if not manufactured well, all bets are off as to what might trigger disintegration)
(but of course, if not manufactured well, all bets are off as to what might trigger disintegration)
Actually, tempered glass is *why this happens*. Tempering puts the glass under internal tension, which both a) makes it way (~4x) stronger, and b) tends to make it disintegrate if/when it does break. The type that shatters into tiny cubes (e.g. car windows, Ken's shower) is by design for safety.
December 30, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Actually, tempered glass is *why this happens*. Tempering puts the glass under internal tension, which both a) makes it way (~4x) stronger, and b) tends to make it disintegrate if/when it does break. The type that shatters into tiny cubes (e.g. car windows, Ken's shower) is by design for safety.
I was 18 when I got my FL Class A license to drive a taxi(*). Never had any need for a Class A after age 19 or so, but renewed it like a regular license for decades, until they finally changed the CDL structure and I couldn't just renew it anymore
(* also legal for a semi, tho I never drove one)
(* also legal for a semi, tho I never drove one)
December 27, 2025 at 2:55 AM
I was 18 when I got my FL Class A license to drive a taxi(*). Never had any need for a Class A after age 19 or so, but renewed it like a regular license for decades, until they finally changed the CDL structure and I couldn't just renew it anymore
(* also legal for a semi, tho I never drove one)
(* also legal for a semi, tho I never drove one)
Everyone arrives with 6 fingers and an occasional extra limb.
December 23, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Everyone arrives with 6 fingers and an occasional extra limb.