@orangepants.bsky.social
Trying to be a decent human being is all. Calling out injustice as and where I see it, with no motive but humanity and (by extension) a fair and democratic society. (My name reflects a favorite pair of faded orange bell bottoms I owned in the early 1970s.)
And things like this…
August 4, 2025 at 4:51 AM
And things like this…
Carole, I asked AI for population-adjusted album rankings from 1950 to 1999. Tapestry is #3, and I am not surprised!!
August 2, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Carole, I asked AI for population-adjusted album rankings from 1950 to 1999. Tapestry is #3, and I am not surprised!!
What’s “NOT the case?” I do stand corrected on the “Union Free” labels (which, it turns out, have nothing to do with labor unions), but your comment doesn’t explain that.
July 16, 2025 at 8:47 PM
What’s “NOT the case?” I do stand corrected on the “Union Free” labels (which, it turns out, have nothing to do with labor unions), but your comment doesn’t explain that.
And portend the gruesome deaths of 140 thousand civilians and birth defects of thousands more. I think I’ll skip this one, thanks.
July 16, 2025 at 2:15 PM
And portend the gruesome deaths of 140 thousand civilians and birth defects of thousands more. I think I’ll skip this one, thanks.
It’s a forgery, according to Copilot.
July 13, 2025 at 5:25 AM
It’s a forgery, according to Copilot.
I asked Copilot to estimate the grade level of speech on the last 6 presidents, using only unscripted speech patterns. Fourth grade is about right…
July 8, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I asked Copilot to estimate the grade level of speech on the last 6 presidents, using only unscripted speech patterns. Fourth grade is about right…
“I don’t wanna know… I don’t wanna know… Tell me when it’s over…”
#catsofbluesky
#catsofbluesky
June 24, 2025 at 1:37 AM
“I don’t wanna know… I don’t wanna know… Tell me when it’s over…”
#catsofbluesky
#catsofbluesky
For people who don’t already know, here’s what Mike Lee did yesterday:
June 16, 2025 at 7:14 AM
For people who don’t already know, here’s what Mike Lee did yesterday:
They do YouTube, TikTok and other social media, too. I think you need to take a rest and collect yourself. I agree wholeheartedly with most of what you post - today, not so. Just so people know what my comment was responding to:
June 8, 2025 at 7:47 PM
They do YouTube, TikTok and other social media, too. I think you need to take a rest and collect yourself. I agree wholeheartedly with most of what you post - today, not so. Just so people know what my comment was responding to:
I just asked AI and it said this. I have to get back to work, but if some tech savvy person can find and go this, it would be helpful…
June 4, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I just asked AI and it said this. I have to get back to work, but if some tech savvy person can find and go this, it would be helpful…
We should cosplay members of the Star Wars Resistance against the Empire and its Imperial force.
May 6, 2025 at 5:06 AM
We should cosplay members of the Star Wars Resistance against the Empire and its Imperial force.
I thought he exempted smartphones from reciprocal tariffs
May 4, 2025 at 5:52 AM
I thought he exempted smartphones from reciprocal tariffs
Antisemitism in a protest is just FINE - as long as you’re right-wing and loyal to Trump. You’ll even get called a fine person, a patriot, and be pardoned for crimes by the US president.
March 16, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Antisemitism in a protest is just FINE - as long as you’re right-wing and loyal to Trump. You’ll even get called a fine person, a patriot, and be pardoned for crimes by the US president.
Maybe he meant days to be like Old Testament days. Yeah, that’s it. He’ll do it all in 3 “God” days!
March 16, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Maybe he meant days to be like Old Testament days. Yeah, that’s it. He’ll do it all in 3 “God” days!
We didn’t do so bad at the women’s Marches of 2017:
March 16, 2025 at 5:20 AM
We didn’t do so bad at the women’s Marches of 2017:
WTF?!?! He’s lying!
March 13, 2025 at 4:24 AM
WTF?!?! He’s lying!
The photo is obviously altered, but the point is that, yes, Hitler pumped his fist in the air in defiance of anything he didn’t like while addressing crowds at rallies all the time - including with the swastika on his armband and flag draped behind him. No alteration needed.
March 12, 2025 at 11:11 PM
The photo is obviously altered, but the point is that, yes, Hitler pumped his fist in the air in defiance of anything he didn’t like while addressing crowds at rallies all the time - including with the swastika on his armband and flag draped behind him. No alteration needed.
Despite current ceasefire, Trump’s cuts to USAID froze hundreds of millions of $$ in payments to aid groups in Gaza - huge humanitarian crisis. And now we can add pillage and plunder of the land remaining, as he promises to kick them out. But here’s his golden vision!
March 11, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Despite current ceasefire, Trump’s cuts to USAID froze hundreds of millions of $$ in payments to aid groups in Gaza - huge humanitarian crisis. And now we can add pillage and plunder of the land remaining, as he promises to kick them out. But here’s his golden vision!
It’s the M.O.
March 11, 2025 at 2:50 AM
It’s the M.O.
To be fair, he only opposed the bill to fund the 2014 program, but his influence is so powerful, that it’s like he cut it himself.
March 9, 2025 at 12:45 AM
To be fair, he only opposed the bill to fund the 2014 program, but his influence is so powerful, that it’s like he cut it himself.
Okay, but do you have a source. Copilot gives me only this:
March 7, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Okay, but do you have a source. Copilot gives me only this: