P. Caleb Patterson
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P. Caleb Patterson
@prestocalebo.bsky.social
Aspiring author and practicing attorney. Arkansas-raised, Dallas-based. Proudly gay and progressive. Husband and pet dad. Reader, writer, daydreamer. “Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.”

https://substack.com/@pcalebpatterson
My goal is to finish two books a month and here are my two for February 2025. Both were audiobooks; I didn’t manage to finish any of the physical books I'm reading. I’ll blame that on the short month, rather than my chronic inability to focus on one book at a time.
March 5, 2025 at 2:17 AM
To help myself stay sane, I've started a Substack. My first ever post went up yesterday. If you're interested, please check it out:
pcalebpatterson.substack.com/p/10-true-th...
10 True Things
The following list consists of ten things I have determined to be true through my own life experience.
pcalebpatterson.substack.com
March 3, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Ughhh this is me and my husband.
literally every time I talk to friends
March 3, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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"History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for."
February 28, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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Could not agree more. The Prez & VP are shameful, embarrassing Putin puppets & a disgrace to our country. 🤮

#SlavaUkraine 🇺🇦
February 28, 2025 at 9:40 PM
He shouldn't be admired, lauded, or emulated. He shouldn't be anywhere near the levers of power. D.T. has and will do some truly awful things, but giving this train wreck of a person unlimited power will go down as one of the worst. Unfortunately, I fear he may outdo himself in the future.
February 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Musk is everything that's wrong with the world. No empathy, no compassion, no humility. A weak, insecure child, enabled by sycophants, convinced of his own brilliance, and now doing everything he can to make the world a far worse place to be for anyone who isn't already insanely wealthy.
February 11, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Elon Musk is a literal comic-book villain. Inherited wealth, bought his way into the tech world, made even more money by ignoring safety rules and regulations, and now openly embraces fascism and Naziism. And people will still grovel at his feet and pretend he's not an all-around terrible human.
February 11, 2025 at 5:57 PM
78 degrees in Dallas today = long lunchtime walk
February 7, 2025 at 12:36 AM
I've no sympathy whatsoever for voters who are SHOCKED to learn that Trump told them what they wanted to hear and now isn't keeping his promises. What planet have they been living on for the last decade? This is what he does Every. Single. Time. They played themselves and have no one else to blame.
February 6, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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MORE OF THIS FOR THE LOVE OF GOD
Now we’re cooking!

Thank you for doing something, @schatz.bsky.social.

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
February 3, 2025 at 6:06 PM
"DEI," as used by the President and his ilk, is just shorthand for "non-white men." It's racism and sexism all rolled into one term. It's the same way they use "woke" to mean anything they don't like. It's the new bogeyman.

Source: I actually took a course and have a certification in DEI.

#DEI
February 2, 2025 at 8:58 PM
I am trying to read two books per month in 2025, and these are my January reads. I’m a huge sci-fi fan - my unfinished novel is a sci-fi story- so both my selections are from that genre. Short reviews to follow...

#bookreview #adesolationcalledpeace #beacon23
February 2, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I'm staunchly anti-Nazi, and I don't think that should be a controversial position. Similarly, I won't vote for or support anyone who ISN'T staunchly anti-Nazi. There are very few bright moral lines in the real world, but this is one of them. And it's very easy to know which side we should be on.
January 27, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Most commonly used phrases this year:

"I told you so"

"I tried to warn you"
January 26, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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“This power structure, which has become institutionalized, has put people with no empathy, no risk assessment and extremely poor understanding of the world in charge of our governance and our knowledge with predictably disastrous results.”

- Heather Marsh, The Creation of Me, Them and Us

#booksky
January 27, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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This is what we all should remember.
January 27, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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“The Democrats didn’t do enough on Gaza, so I withheld my vote to make a statement.”

“Well, Trump won and now he’s gonna destroy Gaza.”

“Yep. We’re paying the price for the Democrats’ incompetence.”

“‘We?’ The Gazans are paying the price, not us”

Pause.

“I needed to make a statement.”
January 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM