Michael Pearce
@ozarkdrifter.com
Warning: If you sue someone for saying something unflattering about you, you create an opportunity for them to prove the truth of their statement publicly in a court of law, and you will be required to cooperate with that effort.
December 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Warning: If you sue someone for saying something unflattering about you, you create an opportunity for them to prove the truth of their statement publicly in a court of law, and you will be required to cooperate with that effort.
Business Continuity Plan scenarios are role playing games for corporate enterprises.
December 12, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Business Continuity Plan scenarios are role playing games for corporate enterprises.
Ready for the next 500 groundhogs ...
December 6, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Ready for the next 500 groundhogs ...
Lindsey Halligan probably needs a hug today.
November 24, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Lindsey Halligan probably needs a hug today.
St. Louis Water Intake Tower #2
November 23, 2025 at 11:28 PM
St. Louis Water Intake Tower #2
Today's pro tip: don't drop screws down your garbage disposal.
November 23, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Today's pro tip: don't drop screws down your garbage disposal.
There's publicizing made up nonsense about liberal violence, and then there's this.
Former congressional staffer accused of faking politically motivated attack
Natalie Greene, 26, allegedly paid a body modification artist to scar her, before pretending to be assaulted in a politically-motivated crime.
abcnews.go.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:05 PM
There's publicizing made up nonsense about liberal violence, and then there's this.
Most of my job is helping people think through things without making them feel stupid.
I'm not very good at my job.
I'm not very good at my job.
October 30, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Most of my job is helping people think through things without making them feel stupid.
I'm not very good at my job.
I'm not very good at my job.
Our Presidents need to be young enough that jail time is a meaningful threat.
October 16, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Our Presidents need to be young enough that jail time is a meaningful threat.
Look, lots of people like vampire novels, so when you're writing the blurb for yours, you should probably use the word "vampire" at least once, and maybe not the word "genre-defying". There's no reason to trick the rest of us.
September 29, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Look, lots of people like vampire novels, so when you're writing the blurb for yours, you should probably use the word "vampire" at least once, and maybe not the word "genre-defying". There's no reason to trick the rest of us.
I'll be going on a little 100 mile bike ride Saturday
September 29, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I'll be going on a little 100 mile bike ride Saturday
Fact: The President is very fond of gold.
Fact: The President has a history of recommending to people that they ingest strange and unsafe substances.
Question: What happens to the President's brain after he eats gold?
Fact: The President has a history of recommending to people that they ingest strange and unsafe substances.
Question: What happens to the President's brain after he eats gold?
September 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Fact: The President is very fond of gold.
Fact: The President has a history of recommending to people that they ingest strange and unsafe substances.
Question: What happens to the President's brain after he eats gold?
Fact: The President has a history of recommending to people that they ingest strange and unsafe substances.
Question: What happens to the President's brain after he eats gold?
Opinion | The Censorship You Practice Today Will Be Used Against You Tomorrow
www.nytimes.com
September 23, 2025 at 3:22 PM
"Bikelash"
"post-truth society"
"post-truth society"
How To Beat Bikelash and Unleash the Silent Majority Who Wants Livable Streets — Streetsblog USA
"Bikelash" can sink a great project before it begins — even in the Netherlands. Here are eight ways to overcome it.
usa.streetsblog.org
September 20, 2025 at 12:06 PM
"Bikelash"
"post-truth society"
"post-truth society"
Reposted by Michael Pearce
Harry Truman, who (unlike Trump actually served in the military) led the country through the end of WWII after FDR died created the Department of Defense but, sure Donald, Truman was really a woke hippie who dropped a couple of nukes just to cover up for it.
Trump: "We decided to go woke and we changed the name to Department of Defense. So we're going to Department of War ... I think it's a much more appropriate name especially in light of where the world is right now."
September 6, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Harry Truman, who (unlike Trump actually served in the military) led the country through the end of WWII after FDR died created the Department of Defense but, sure Donald, Truman was really a woke hippie who dropped a couple of nukes just to cover up for it.
"Her fashion was impeccable." Really, NYT? The First Lady participates in an event at the White House, and that's the first thing you have to say about it? We're still doing this? In 2025?
September 6, 2025 at 9:44 PM
"Her fashion was impeccable." Really, NYT? The First Lady participates in an event at the White House, and that's the first thing you have to say about it? We're still doing this? In 2025?
Sometimes in IT, the solution is more maddening than the problem.
September 5, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Sometimes in IT, the solution is more maddening than the problem.
I probably should have foreseen a consequence of attending a science- fiction/fantasy convention is that my reading list would get longer.
August 13, 2025 at 11:19 PM
I probably should have foreseen a consequence of attending a science- fiction/fantasy convention is that my reading list would get longer.
Reposted by Michael Pearce
I might not say it out loud. But if someone tells me they use ChatGPT for stuff, my immediate thought, every time: “why, how lame of you.”
August 8, 2025 at 2:49 AM
I might not say it out loud. But if someone tells me they use ChatGPT for stuff, my immediate thought, every time: “why, how lame of you.”
Finding sixteen pairs of underwear to pack for a long trip isn't so difficult, but sixteen pairs without holes?
August 7, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Finding sixteen pairs of underwear to pack for a long trip isn't so difficult, but sixteen pairs without holes?
