Peter
@pkropf.bsky.social
Mythical creature, writer of off kilter Haiku, amateur radio operator KK6RUH, east and then west coast liberal, in a complicated relationship with fire.
Not wondering, it’s the constitution.
people died for birthright citizenship. i get that it’s more fun to be a pundit when your team has the white house and you get to brag to friends about visiting the oval office; but what i’m wondering is if maybe that’s actually not a good reason to throw away something we fought a civil war to win?
December 6, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Not wondering, it’s the constitution.
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📚🎁 Reminders for everyone looking for specific books to purchase online as gifts:
1. If you haven't called your local independently-owned book shop, try there first. (If you don't have one, try Bookshop.org)
2. Don't put it off - shipping time for Media Mail can be 12 days. Priority is 5 📦
1. If you haven't called your local independently-owned book shop, try there first. (If you don't have one, try Bookshop.org)
2. Don't put it off - shipping time for Media Mail can be 12 days. Priority is 5 📦
Bookshop.org: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.
A better way to buy books online. Every purchase financially supports local independent bookstores.
Bookshop.org
December 5, 2025 at 8:22 PM
📚🎁 Reminders for everyone looking for specific books to purchase online as gifts:
1. If you haven't called your local independently-owned book shop, try there first. (If you don't have one, try Bookshop.org)
2. Don't put it off - shipping time for Media Mail can be 12 days. Priority is 5 📦
1. If you haven't called your local independently-owned book shop, try there first. (If you don't have one, try Bookshop.org)
2. Don't put it off - shipping time for Media Mail can be 12 days. Priority is 5 📦
Choice, also know as yet another way to scam customers.
Institutionalized regression in consumer protection.
Next, they’ll make seat belts optional in the name of “choice”. 🤡
Next, they’ll make seat belts optional in the name of “choice”. 🤡
Sean Duffy on slashing fuel economy standards: "This rule will actually allow you to bring back the 1970s station wagon. Maybe a little wood paneling on the side. We can bring back choice to consumers."
December 4, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Choice, also know as yet another way to scam customers.
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This is your December reminder that it's absolutely acceptable to try and get to a set annual book goal by cramming in as many novellas and cookbooks as you can find before Christmas swallows you up! #booksky 💙📚
December 2, 2025 at 7:16 PM
This is your December reminder that it's absolutely acceptable to try and get to a set annual book goal by cramming in as many novellas and cookbooks as you can find before Christmas swallows you up! #booksky 💙📚
Complete agreement. Sinners was one of the best movies in 2025. @rollingstone.com WTF?
Rolling Stone didn't put Sinners on its top 20 list of films for this year and I'm appalled.
December 2, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Complete agreement. Sinners was one of the best movies in 2025. @rollingstone.com WTF?
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Nope
Anyone else tired of leftovers yet!?
November 30, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Nope
Right, need to up my game!
@pkropf.bsky.social has swears! They've used 14 profanities in their last 310 posts.
🥇 "fuck" (4 times)
🥈 "butt" (2 times)
🥉 "hell" (1 times)
🥇 "fuck" (4 times)
🥈 "butt" (2 times)
🥉 "hell" (1 times)
November 30, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Right, need to up my game!
Fuck. Well @profanity.accountant? How profane am I?
November 29, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Fuck. Well @profanity.accountant? How profane am I?
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"I don't want to be part of a world where being kind is a weakness."
—Keanu Reeves
By Endmion (Jungsuk Lee)
—Keanu Reeves
By Endmion (Jungsuk Lee)
November 28, 2025 at 2:58 PM
"I don't want to be part of a world where being kind is a weakness."
—Keanu Reeves
By Endmion (Jungsuk Lee)
—Keanu Reeves
By Endmion (Jungsuk Lee)
Too true!
When it is time to do the year-end wrap up, inside you there are two wolves:
One says "HOW DARE YOU?" and recites your achievements like Daenerys Targaryen about to burn a city.
One says "Oh, nevermind. I have no memory of anything I have accomplished. Truly, I have achieved nothing this year."
One says "HOW DARE YOU?" and recites your achievements like Daenerys Targaryen about to burn a city.
One says "Oh, nevermind. I have no memory of anything I have accomplished. Truly, I have achieved nothing this year."
November 27, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Too true!
Anyone have a recipe for scotch deviled eggs?
November 27, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Anyone have a recipe for scotch deviled eggs?
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From here in Scotland, to all my American followers and friends…Have a warm and welcoming Thanksgiving.
"Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount
of Gratitude." - AA Milne
"Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount
of Gratitude." - AA Milne
November 27, 2025 at 2:56 PM
From here in Scotland, to all my American followers and friends…Have a warm and welcoming Thanksgiving.
"Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount
of Gratitude." - AA Milne
"Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount
of Gratitude." - AA Milne
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I think immigrants Make America Great.
I think most immigrants are not criminals.
I KNOW the president is a criminal.
⚖️🇺🇸⚖️
I think most immigrants are not criminals.
I KNOW the president is a criminal.
⚖️🇺🇸⚖️
November 27, 2025 at 1:53 PM
I think immigrants Make America Great.
I think most immigrants are not criminals.
I KNOW the president is a criminal.
⚖️🇺🇸⚖️
I think most immigrants are not criminals.
I KNOW the president is a criminal.
⚖️🇺🇸⚖️
Welcome to the latest iteration of Monday, also known as Tuesday.
November 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Welcome to the latest iteration of Monday, also known as Tuesday.
Agreed.
I’m sure I’m gonna get dragged for this, but I think AI is bad. AI has completely ruined Google search and it’s created a lot more slop that needs to be avoided on the Internet.
November 25, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Agreed.
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For over 300 years now, it is a bedrock principle in Anglo-American constitutionalism that obedience is owed according only to law. Refusal to follow an illegal command is not only a moral choice but an absolute duty.
November 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
For over 300 years now, it is a bedrock principle in Anglo-American constitutionalism that obedience is owed according only to law. Refusal to follow an illegal command is not only a moral choice but an absolute duty.
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I know there’s a lot going on but if you have any money to spare, please consider protecting a vital wetland area, or share this link.
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Be One In a Million
We are asking YOU and 1 million people to give $10 to protect and preserve 1,400 acres of wild lands on West Galveston Island.
secure.qgiv.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I know there’s a lot going on but if you have any money to spare, please consider protecting a vital wetland area, or share this link.
secure.qgiv.com/event/beonei...
secure.qgiv.com/event/beonei...
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Age verification is not the way to keep kids safe on the internet. CDT has some thoughts about what kind of child safety policies and features might actually be effective: cdt.org/insights/wha...
What Kids and Parents Want: Policy Insights for Social Media Safety Features
This report examines the gap between child safety policy proposals for social media and how teens and parents — the people these policies are meant to protect — experience and view them. While the top...
cdt.org
November 21, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Age verification is not the way to keep kids safe on the internet. CDT has some thoughts about what kind of child safety policies and features might actually be effective: cdt.org/insights/wha...
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What do we say when the government comes asking for data it's not entitled to? Fuck you, make me.
www.autonomynews.co/doj-subpoena...
www.autonomynews.co/doj-subpoena...
The DOJ Subpoenaed Patient Info From a Gender-Affirming Care Clinic. It Fought Back.
A Washington judge quashed the Trump administration's attempt to subpoena patient information from the telehealth practice QueerDoc—but the fight may not be over.
www.autonomynews.co
November 19, 2025 at 10:15 PM
What do we say when the government comes asking for data it's not entitled to? Fuck you, make me.
www.autonomynews.co/doj-subpoena...
www.autonomynews.co/doj-subpoena...
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“If you shop at Amazon, it goes to Jeff Bezos,” said a St. George small business owner. “He doesn’t need more money. The community needs money. The more you can support the community, the better the community will do.”
Jeff Bezos ‘doesn’t need more money’: 5 reasons to shop local this holiday season
“If you shop at Amazon, it goes to Jeff Bezos,” said a St. George small business owner. “He doesn’t need more money. The community needs money. The more you can support the community, the better the community will do.”
www.sltrib.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:20 PM
“If you shop at Amazon, it goes to Jeff Bezos,” said a St. George small business owner. “He doesn’t need more money. The community needs money. The more you can support the community, the better the community will do.”