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Jeff, colourful old coot
@pattersonjeffa.bsky.social
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Social democrat, omni, skeptic, into Tolkien, Brust, MCU, history. Avid indoorsman. Grandfather, husband. Woke AF.
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Xkcd cartoon. At the foot of a large tree, stick figures. One is saying, "did you know the mighty redwood is actually the same species an broccoli and kale? It's just a different cultivar." Another is responding, "wow!" Caption reads, "every year or two, botanists add another plant to brassica olerecea and see if anyone calls them on it."
October 13, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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Picture of Richard Nixon captioned, "Random Dick Pic".
October 11, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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I think about this.
All the brains in the world are powerless against the sort of stupidity that is in fashion. -- Jean de la Fontaine.
October 3, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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Quote from Donald Trump in 2013. "A shutdown falls on the president's lack of leadership. I mean problems start from the top and they have to get solved from the top. A shutdown means the president is weak."
September 30, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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He knew.
"As democracy is perfected, the office of the President represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day, the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be occupied by a downright fool and a complete narcissistic moron." HL Mencken The Baltimore Evening Sun July 26, 1920.
September 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Dril tweet: The wise man bowed his head solemnly and spoke: "theres actually zero difference between good & bad things. you imbecile. you fucking moron" .
September 18, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Let's not politicize this, right?
Headline: Charlie Kirk: "It's worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment." Subhead: Kirk: "Having an armed citizenry comes with a price, and that is part of liberty."
September 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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Headstone from the 19th century with a dozen children's names on it. Labelled Childhood Before Vaccines.
September 3, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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A white stone wall with a patch of white bricks. Caption reads: Definitely coming back here when I unlock bombs.
July 3, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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Brownish gray yarn being knit into a shawl with periodic lacing. Still on the needles.
June 21, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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QRT with your pride flag(s)
Omni flag, five stripes, top to bottom: Light pink Dark pink Black Dark blue Light blue.
June 12, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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I love Ankylosaurus!
Picture of an Ankylosaurus
June 2, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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Sign reading: For the first time in history, you can simply post "he's an idiot," and 99% of the world will know exactly who you're talking about. The background appears to be a cartoon of Trump.
May 12, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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Picture of Richard Nixon captioned, "random dick pic".
April 26, 2025 at 4:47 AM
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A rabbit mounting a chicken, captioned "and that's how easter eggs are made."
April 21, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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Pie chart labeled "you may ask yourself." Segments: how did I get here?, how do I work this?, where is that large automobile?, what is that beautiful house?, where does that highway go to?, am I right?, am I wrong?, my god! What have I done?
April 19, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Here's a shawl i knit recently, still on the needles.
A gray knitted shawl, still on the needles
April 11, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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We had to say goodbye to Eris Discordia tonight. After 15 years, she was fading fast. She will be greatly missed.
A tuxedo cat sitting on a Mouse Trap game box.
April 11, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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Something folks need to remember:
"It is in our power to have no opinion about a thing, and not to be disturbed in our soul; for things themselves have no natural power to form our judgements." Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, Book 6.
March 26, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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Do they use the same oven?
Two stores next to each other in a strip mall. Left is Cremation Society of Illinois, right is Jets Pizza.
March 14, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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Got some cool new goggles for the @steampoweredgiraffe.com concert this weekend.
Bearded man (me!) with long curly red hair, a top hat, with brass goggles.
February 15, 2025 at 6:34 AM
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Tweet from The Substack of Boba Fett reading: Every lifelong Catholic I've ever met is like "I think we're supposed to give this food to the poor" and every adult convert is like "The Archon of Constantinople's epistle on the Pentacostine rites of the eucharist clearly states women shouldn't have driver's licenses."
February 12, 2025 at 5:25 AM
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"working night and day"
A tweet from Isi Breen reading, "Elon Musk has tweeted 1800 times in the last 6 days"
February 8, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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I had no idea ManU had such an elderly roster...
Headline from BBC Sport: Man Utd's youngest ever player Gaskell dies aged 84.
January 25, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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Sign in front of Indian Hills Community Center reading: Someone threw A jar of mayo At me I was like what The Hellman?!
January 12, 2025 at 4:07 PM