Luke
@lukekoetje.bsky.social
PNW. Family, guitars, rural living, mountains, climbing, skiing, hunting. Recovering conservative, GWOT veteran. #nevertrump.
This is my nightmare right now.
November 12, 2025 at 10:22 PM
This is my nightmare right now.
Veterans day is complicated for me for some reason. Mostly I hate it. No one gives a shit for 364 days and then an insincere TYFYS on one day.
But last night my kids gave me a hug when I got home from work and my wife made me my favorite dinner and dessert.
It was very nice. Not a bad day at all.
But last night my kids gave me a hug when I got home from work and my wife made me my favorite dinner and dessert.
It was very nice. Not a bad day at all.
November 12, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Veterans day is complicated for me for some reason. Mostly I hate it. No one gives a shit for 364 days and then an insincere TYFYS on one day.
But last night my kids gave me a hug when I got home from work and my wife made me my favorite dinner and dessert.
It was very nice. Not a bad day at all.
But last night my kids gave me a hug when I got home from work and my wife made me my favorite dinner and dessert.
It was very nice. Not a bad day at all.
I love music and listen to music most of the day at work. I use YouTube music and they are CONSTANTLY pushing this AI generated trash. There is no way to filter it out and so if I hear something cool, I have to do a quick check to see if it's AI. It's so frustrating.
November 11, 2025 at 1:04 AM
I love music and listen to music most of the day at work. I use YouTube music and they are CONSTANTLY pushing this AI generated trash. There is no way to filter it out and so if I hear something cool, I have to do a quick check to see if it's AI. It's so frustrating.
I love the creek behind my house. Today I saw a huge spawned out salmon and a cedar tree that the beavers didn't quite finish that is now growing mushrooms.
November 9, 2025 at 1:49 AM
I love the creek behind my house. Today I saw a huge spawned out salmon and a cedar tree that the beavers didn't quite finish that is now growing mushrooms.
💯 This is the only correct take.
A good reminder that whatever you believe spiritually, the teachings of Jesus Christ are radical and unflinching, and in addition to being worth following are very worth hanging around the necks of the hypocrites who call themselves Christians while oppressing and brutalizing their fellow citizens.
Remember Rev. David Black, the Chicago pastor who was shot in the head with pepper balls? If you haven't heard him speak yet, listen to this.
To ICE: "You can repent"
To ICE: "You can repent"
November 8, 2025 at 12:38 AM
💯 This is the only correct take.
I know SO MANY people who claim Christ and can't understand this simple passage of scripture and are cheering all of the abuse perpetrated by the current administration.
Equal parts enraging and sad.
Equal parts enraging and sad.
Matthew 25: 42-45
November 7, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I know SO MANY people who claim Christ and can't understand this simple passage of scripture and are cheering all of the abuse perpetrated by the current administration.
Equal parts enraging and sad.
Equal parts enraging and sad.
I'm a recently reformed conservative. I was talking with my wife about the recent election and said "These liberal tears... uh, wait a second... I mean - CONSERVATIVE tears are so delicious"
Still feels a bit odd to be to the left of many issues. I spent a lot of years being wrong about most stuff.
Still feels a bit odd to be to the left of many issues. I spent a lot of years being wrong about most stuff.
November 6, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I'm a recently reformed conservative. I was talking with my wife about the recent election and said "These liberal tears... uh, wait a second... I mean - CONSERVATIVE tears are so delicious"
Still feels a bit odd to be to the left of many issues. I spent a lot of years being wrong about most stuff.
Still feels a bit odd to be to the left of many issues. I spent a lot of years being wrong about most stuff.
In my new job, I get paid to fly around the Columbia River Gorge testing high resolution camera sensors in small aircraft.
I don't think I'd quite do it for free, but it does not suck. At all.
It definitely beats the shit out of all the SCIFs I've worked at previously.
I don't think I'd quite do it for free, but it does not suck. At all.
It definitely beats the shit out of all the SCIFs I've worked at previously.
November 6, 2025 at 12:40 AM
In my new job, I get paid to fly around the Columbia River Gorge testing high resolution camera sensors in small aircraft.
I don't think I'd quite do it for free, but it does not suck. At all.
It definitely beats the shit out of all the SCIFs I've worked at previously.
I don't think I'd quite do it for free, but it does not suck. At all.
It definitely beats the shit out of all the SCIFs I've worked at previously.
3 kids (that we know of) in my daughter's homeroom class at school have started GoFundMe pages because of SNAP benefits being cut off.
It's not abstract. It's not someone else across town. It's your friends and neighbors. People that you know are NOT EATING. I'm fucking furious.
It's not abstract. It's not someone else across town. It's your friends and neighbors. People that you know are NOT EATING. I'm fucking furious.
November 4, 2025 at 6:28 PM
3 kids (that we know of) in my daughter's homeroom class at school have started GoFundMe pages because of SNAP benefits being cut off.
It's not abstract. It's not someone else across town. It's your friends and neighbors. People that you know are NOT EATING. I'm fucking furious.
It's not abstract. It's not someone else across town. It's your friends and neighbors. People that you know are NOT EATING. I'm fucking furious.
My wife maintains a FB account strictly to have access to FB marketplace.
I made the rookie mistake of scrolling thru the feed and reading some comments on the news stories last night.
Holy shit. We are NOT OK. You cannot imagine how bad it is. Some of those people are COMPLETELY insane. Also Nazis.
I made the rookie mistake of scrolling thru the feed and reading some comments on the news stories last night.
Holy shit. We are NOT OK. You cannot imagine how bad it is. Some of those people are COMPLETELY insane. Also Nazis.
November 4, 2025 at 5:23 PM
My wife maintains a FB account strictly to have access to FB marketplace.
I made the rookie mistake of scrolling thru the feed and reading some comments on the news stories last night.
Holy shit. We are NOT OK. You cannot imagine how bad it is. Some of those people are COMPLETELY insane. Also Nazis.
I made the rookie mistake of scrolling thru the feed and reading some comments on the news stories last night.
Holy shit. We are NOT OK. You cannot imagine how bad it is. Some of those people are COMPLETELY insane. Also Nazis.
My daughter is 15 and wants an IG account. 😟Her friends - who I love - use it to communicate and plan and share stuff. She's really responsible but I HATE the idea of all the bad stuff on there and the potential for harm.
Neither I or my wife have an account so monitoring will be hard.
Thoughts?
Neither I or my wife have an account so monitoring will be hard.
Thoughts?
November 3, 2025 at 7:42 PM
My daughter is 15 and wants an IG account. 😟Her friends - who I love - use it to communicate and plan and share stuff. She's really responsible but I HATE the idea of all the bad stuff on there and the potential for harm.
Neither I or my wife have an account so monitoring will be hard.
Thoughts?
Neither I or my wife have an account so monitoring will be hard.
Thoughts?
Some day, I'm going to build a house in front of those fir trees. This is paradise.
November 3, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Some day, I'm going to build a house in front of those fir trees. This is paradise.
The enshitification of already shitty things. Now I'm bombarded by advertising at the gas pump. I already boycott obnoxious advertising, but even more so when I have to listen to this garbage while getting fuel. Looking at you Mayo Clinic.
November 2, 2025 at 5:06 PM
The enshitification of already shitty things. Now I'm bombarded by advertising at the gas pump. I already boycott obnoxious advertising, but even more so when I have to listen to this garbage while getting fuel. Looking at you Mayo Clinic.
I've been sober for 307 days. I have been trying to decide what my sober journey looks like and I think I've decided. Not a single drop of booze until Trump dies. The day he kicks over, I'll celebrate with a drink or 2. The temptation to drink has disappeared, but that'll be a day for celebrating.
October 31, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I've been sober for 307 days. I have been trying to decide what my sober journey looks like and I think I've decided. Not a single drop of booze until Trump dies. The day he kicks over, I'll celebrate with a drink or 2. The temptation to drink has disappeared, but that'll be a day for celebrating.
I'm kind of a big deal.
October 31, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I'm kind of a big deal.
My boss is dressed up like an alligator. NGL, it's making it very difficult for me to take her seriously.
I'm dressed up like a tired dad who's glad it's Friday.
I'm dressed up like a tired dad who's glad it's Friday.
October 31, 2025 at 4:10 PM
My boss is dressed up like an alligator. NGL, it's making it very difficult for me to take her seriously.
I'm dressed up like a tired dad who's glad it's Friday.
I'm dressed up like a tired dad who's glad it's Friday.
Tolkien is practically a religion for me and this is sacrilege.
They are pretending that the US is like the Shire but then trying to hire a bunch of fucking stupid, slow, fat trolls, goblins and orcs to "defend" it.
The read the Silmarillion and sided with Morgoth. Fuck these guys for real.
They are pretending that the US is like the Shire but then trying to hire a bunch of fucking stupid, slow, fat trolls, goblins and orcs to "defend" it.
The read the Silmarillion and sided with Morgoth. Fuck these guys for real.
October 29, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Tolkien is practically a religion for me and this is sacrilege.
They are pretending that the US is like the Shire but then trying to hire a bunch of fucking stupid, slow, fat trolls, goblins and orcs to "defend" it.
The read the Silmarillion and sided with Morgoth. Fuck these guys for real.
They are pretending that the US is like the Shire but then trying to hire a bunch of fucking stupid, slow, fat trolls, goblins and orcs to "defend" it.
The read the Silmarillion and sided with Morgoth. Fuck these guys for real.
It is incredible how much better I feel after exercise. I honestly feel like a new person.
Rowing and rucking FTW.
Rowing and rucking FTW.
October 29, 2025 at 8:59 PM
It is incredible how much better I feel after exercise. I honestly feel like a new person.
Rowing and rucking FTW.
Rowing and rucking FTW.
"Hey Grok, is the message of Tolkien to be more masculine and fascist?"
"Uh, no are you stupid? It's literally that fascism is evil and can be overcome by overlooked and unexpected acts of heroism by people you'd least expect."
"Uh, no are you stupid? It's literally that fascism is evil and can be overcome by overlooked and unexpected acts of heroism by people you'd least expect."
The "hard-men" of Gondor were getting their shit kicked in until they were rescued by foreigners and a girl.
The Shire was doing fine until they let a fascist demagogue ("Sharkey" aka Saruman) take over, close the gates, impose a bunch of thug-enforced rules, and despoil nature for profit.
The Shire was doing fine until they let a fascist demagogue ("Sharkey" aka Saruman) take over, close the gates, impose a bunch of thug-enforced rules, and despoil nature for profit.
October 29, 2025 at 4:03 PM
"Hey Grok, is the message of Tolkien to be more masculine and fascist?"
"Uh, no are you stupid? It's literally that fascism is evil and can be overcome by overlooked and unexpected acts of heroism by people you'd least expect."
"Uh, no are you stupid? It's literally that fascism is evil and can be overcome by overlooked and unexpected acts of heroism by people you'd least expect."
sToP cALlinG uS NaZiS!
Also, please be motivated to join us by this reference to a game where you have to eradicate a diseased alien race.
WTAF.
Also, please be motivated to join us by this reference to a game where you have to eradicate a diseased alien race.
WTAF.
Gamers will literally support mass murder if it’s framed through a video game reference
October 27, 2025 at 9:44 PM
sToP cALlinG uS NaZiS!
Also, please be motivated to join us by this reference to a game where you have to eradicate a diseased alien race.
WTAF.
Also, please be motivated to join us by this reference to a game where you have to eradicate a diseased alien race.
WTAF.
Not even satire.
October 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Not even satire.
I would love it if my chickens didn't do all of their molting on my patio steps.
October 27, 2025 at 12:36 AM
I would love it if my chickens didn't do all of their molting on my patio steps.
I'm thinking a lot about my mental health today as I fix a hole in my garage sheetrock where I threw a hammer in a blackout PTSD rage several years ago.
I'm feeling so much better lately. I am very grateful to a handful of people here who have been really helpful. You know who you are.
I'm feeling so much better lately. I am very grateful to a handful of people here who have been really helpful. You know who you are.
October 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I'm thinking a lot about my mental health today as I fix a hole in my garage sheetrock where I threw a hammer in a blackout PTSD rage several years ago.
I'm feeling so much better lately. I am very grateful to a handful of people here who have been really helpful. You know who you are.
I'm feeling so much better lately. I am very grateful to a handful of people here who have been really helpful. You know who you are.
Reposted by Luke
I only got two words for these people.
Puss.
Ease.
Puss.
Ease.
Ed Luce watching democracy die in the United States of America
October 25, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I only got two words for these people.
Puss.
Ease.
Puss.
Ease.
An elementary school in Gresham Oregon is closed because ICE blocked the road.
October 24, 2025 at 4:06 PM
An elementary school in Gresham Oregon is closed because ICE blocked the road.