∙ Old computer nerd who used to break computers for a living ∙ Retired in a small town in a big state with no people. That can't be coincidence ∙ Wondering what's next - I hope it's something ∙ I love #books, especially #bannedbooks ∙ Disquieted observer to the human condition ∙ #Atheism because applied religion is toxic Banner picture: Bighorn mountains, northern Wyoming Avatar picture: Oscar - he was judgy but I miss him #nobot #noai
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Last Notes npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma @nprofile…al34 I think I was 35 when I realized that gravity was no longer my friend. npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma @nprofile…dgr8 @nprofile…kqu2 Thermite or white phosphorus would be pretty satisfying exothermically speaking. npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma @nprofile…u5la All of us DIY'ers fear not only the stupid tax but the silent judgement we get as a gratuity when they fix efforts. npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma @nprofile…2c6z I don't know them, but I'm 100% sure I would have liked your maths teacher. npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma How you know you've gotten old. I notice when doing DIY repairs around the house my focus has shifted from "can I really fix it or am I only going to make it worse?" to "how bad am I going to hurt myself if I try?" #DIY #OldPeopleOfMastodon npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma Hi-tech. Still my absolute favorite tech quote after all these years: "I couldn't find the power switch so I turned it off with a rock." When tech goes high, we go primal. #Technology #NeverMindIFixedIt #OldPeopleOfMastodon npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma @nprofile…2x84 You know how wisest among us tell us to "grow old gracefully" and to be gracious when our time in the spotlight has ended? These guys didn't get the memo. npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma @nprofile…ek8t @nprofile…2c6z I guess he does deserve some credit for that and some to Pamela for her faith in people. Were I a parent, given some of his public behaviors and his song lyrics about underage girls, I don't think I could have convinced myself to be that trusting. npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma It would be a hard thing to wear the uniform with any pride these days. 😔 "US Military Helping Trump to Build Massive Network of ‘Concentration Camps,’ Navy Contract Reveals" Source: https://www.commondreams.org/news/military-contract-concentration-camps #Military #Craptocracy npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma @nprofile…2c6z Little known fact about Kid Rock. He's from a wealthy family. Daddy owned car dealerships. The Meth-head look is cosplay. I doubt he's ever missed a meal in his life. npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma @nprofile…2c6z With anti-vaxx redneck neighbors living in the tent next door. (To continue to refine the metaphor) npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma @nprofile…2c6z This seems like normal, post-pandemic behavior. He was just ahead of his time. npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma @nprofile…2c6z If it had been mostly about kids, I imagine Jimmy Saville would've been lurking about, wouldn't he? npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma How about now? Are they ready now? Am I alone in thinking that Trump's post depicting the Obamas as monkeys was a trial balloon to see if the country is ready to accept his full-on, unapologetic, in-your-face racism? Never a day without shame and embarrassment thanks to the orange clown. "Trump’s racist post about Obamas is deleted after backlash despite White House earlier defending it" Source: https://apnews.com/article/trump-obama-racist-video-a48a6b8884a88f9ec30cd4913e352b51 #Despicable #Racism #Craptocracy npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma "If the phone don't ring, you'll know it's me." --George Jones Some friends of ours had a baby and told us they were a bit overwhelmed (understandable). They said they'd call us when they were ready to get together to catch up. We didn't want to be pushy, so we quietly waited for their call. Fast-forward twenty-four years when one of them asked us "How come we stopped hanging out?" I've never needed a poker-face so desperately in my life. #Friends #LifeAndHowToLiveIt #OldPeopleOfMastodon npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma @nprofile…2c6z Boy did that pedophile get around. * Not a sentence I ever imagined myself saying. npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma @nprofile…qz7e @nprofile…2c6z I think you're probably more mentally sound having missed all the nonsense. I didn't watch any 90s daytime talk-show programming but I did watch a lot of the 70s police procedural dramas. Watching Starsky & Hutch during my developmental years did me absolutely no favors. npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma Well of course he did. "Trump calls Olympic skier from Oregon ‘a real Loser’ in Sunday social media post" Well that didn't take long. I don't know what the under was on that happening but I'm guessing it was measured in minutes. Source: https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2026/02/trump-calls-olympic-skier-from-oregon-a-real-loser-in-sunday-social-media-post.html #EnemyOfThePeople #EverythingAwful npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma @nprofile…a86q Very true! We here in Eyesocket haven't been exposed to that kind of service sorcery. We'll probably spend all day just sitting there staring at it. 😆 We're cheaply entertained. npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma @nprofile…a86q MFDS - Magic Food Distribution System. Sweet! npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma @nprofile…a86q Talk about the honor system on full display. Also, probably not the restaurant for somebody who likes to hang their arms off of the area surrounding their chair. npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma Quietly rooting for the stubborns. Seeing artwork for a children's book about a horse that refuses to be broken to the saddle, I realized I was rooting for the horse. That makes me think I should keep my opinions to myself on some subjects around here. https://thebrintonmuseum.org/event/zak-pullen-21st-illustrator-show/ * Great Wyoming artist by the way. #Art #Wyoming #OldManYellingAtClouds npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma God I love this song. Thank you Curtis Mayfield. Eva Cassidy's cover is just what I needed to hear tonight. "Have pity on those whose Chances grow thinner For there's no hiding place Against the kingdom's throne People Get Ready - Eva Cassidy https://youtu.be/bzLd2MDAHK8 #CoverSong #Music npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma Play that "funky" music white boy. 🙄 Disco down and check out the show. (No changes to the lyrics necessary) #FrenemyASongOrPoem #HashTagGames npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma Ricky, just lose that number. #FrenemyASongOrPoem #HashTagGames npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma What was behind door #3 I just finished watching a three-part documentary about daytime talk-shows in the 1990s here in the U.S. (Sally Jessy Raphael, Maury Povitch, Jerry Springer, etc.) Based on what these programs showed us we were becoming, it should have been easy to realize that Donald Trump was an inevitability. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go read and be depressed. #Hindsight #Society #EverythingAwful npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma @nprofile…2c6z That reminds me, I hope someone forgets to feed the Stephen Miller. npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma @nprofile…2c6z Mostly. There's a couple of words that give him away but not many. npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma @nprofile…2c6z It's new and improved. Now with extra angst and shame. Because in America, everything is 'new and improved.' 😔 npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma I see those champions of free speech are really working hard for us again. "Censorship is the tool of those who have the need to hide actualities from themselves and from others." --Charles Bukowski "NBC appears to cut crowd’s booing of JD Vance from Winter Olympics broadcast" "‘No One Should Have a Copyright on Vance Being Booed’: Video From Olympics Blocked on X" Sources: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/06/nbc-appears-to-cut-crowds-booing-of-jd-vance-from-winter-olympics-broadcast https://www.commondreams.org/news/us-olympics-2026 #Censorship #WorstOfTimes #CurrentEvents npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma The Queen of England and Prince (the entertainer) have both visited our town. No, really. They did. I swear it. I can't think of anything more ridiculous than that. #RidiculousTownSlogans #HashTagGames npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma @nprofile…aa5z Yep, no argument from me there. npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma @nprofile…aa5z I've seen things with free weights that got kind of exciting too. Some people don't believe in putting collars on the bars or making sure their weights aren't shifting. npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma F=ma When we arrived at the gym this morning, there were already EMTs present. One of the older members had a nasty fall, hurt his elbow and cut his head. As they loaded him onto the stretcher and wheeled him out, his fellow exercise class participants clapped and cheered to make him feel better. There but for the grace of friction, go I. That's when I realized that exercise treadmills are basically catapults for old people. Stay safe out there. #OldPeopleOfMastodon #Gym npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma @nprofile…lx5s @nprofile…2c6z Suddenly I'm feeling kind of goth about the new date. 😆 npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma @nprofile…q8yt Figures we'd be going backwards as we moved forward through time. npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma @nprofile…mqav Me? Either Apoplexia or Awfulcember but I'm just spit-balling. npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma @nprofile…0dxy No worries. It was still helpful information. npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma @nprofile…0dxy I think someone earlier in the thread also made me aware of the wiki page on the Cotsworth calendar wiki page. npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma @nprofile…ny5n I'm retired now but I was fortunate that I spent the last twenty years of my career working on enterprise storage on systems running Solaris. I still miss it. npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma @nprofile…ny5n @nprofile…xsn9 Yes! I did this exact same thing when I was learning about the cal utility (back in the stone ages). npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma @nprofile…km7f No worries, many pointed out the error in math and the systems that were suggested to remedy it. (All of which seemed to suggest more time off for we plebes.) npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma @nprofile…km7f Ah. Perhaps if you read further down the thread... npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma @nprofile…mma6 Happy Rootinskinooty Day to us all. npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma @nprofile…xsn9 I remember reading about the "gap" where they just skipped a couple of weeks and started at another point in the year. Crazy. I was surprised at the number of variations people have come up with over the centuries. npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma @nprofile…2c6z It will be someone else's fault of course. npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma @nprofile…sfrc That is fascinating. (And I thought Jewish calendars were confusing.) npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma @nprofile…2l4y At a very rough guess: Vernal Equinox would occur on or around the 23rd day of the third month and the Autumnal would be on or about the 13th day of the 10th month. npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma @nprofile…zwwz I do. I forgot that I was also adding the 365th day of the year into February as well. npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma @nprofile…zwwz Yep. We could have February 29th every four years just to make people crazy. 😆 npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma @nprofile…krzu Well you're never going to get _that_ past the billionaires. 😆 npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma @nprofile…dqwn @nprofile…2c6z "The calendar year has 13 months with 28 days each, divided into exactly 4 weeks (13 × 28 = 364). An extra day added as a holiday at the end of the year (after December 28, i.e. equal to December 31 Gregorian), sometimes called 'Year Day', does not belong to any week and brings the total to 365 days." I see greater minds than mine have already solved this problem. npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma @nprofile…2c6z Brilliant! I've always wanted a February 30th every four years. npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma Aha! Since 13 * 28 = 364 we should give the extra day to February. 😆 npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma @nprofile…pyn6 Yeah, I just punched that into my calculator and discovered that same "tiny" flaw. 😆 But I like your thinking on how we should pass the time. npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma @nprofile…2c6z And now I have to admit that when I did the math, 13 x 28 = 364 so what the eff are we supposed to do with the extra day? 😆 npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma @nprofile…2c6z I would stop and offer you a ride. We live about six miles outside of town and it worries me when I see people walking along the highway into or out of town. I see so many drivers looking at their phones while they're speeding along at 55 mph (88 kph). npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma Bad measures. I was today years old when I learned that if we had divided the year into 13 months rather than 12, each month would contain exactly 28 days and begin on a Monday and end on a Sunday. I'd like to speak to the manager of the middle-ages please (Pope Gregory XIII). Somebody wasn't mathing. #OverlyComplicated #OldManYellingAtClouds npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma @nprofile…2c6z Stay warm. That doesn't sound pleasant at all. npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma @nprofile…um9l That's always when accidents happen, isn't it? Yesterday there were a bunch of construction guys working on a house in our neighborhood. I don't know why but something told me to slow down as I drove past the site. Just then a young guy walked right out in front of our Jeep, didn't even realize we were there. I got stopped in time but I could have just as easily have killed him if I hadn't already slowed way down. Safety and caution are my new two favorite words. npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma @nprofile…um9l @nprofile…j98x Ouch. Glad your mostly okay after your fall. Stupid ice. npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma @nprofile…2c6z Elon doesn't believe he's answerable to anybody. Any overstepping on his part is done for the good of Nazis worldwide. France should know and understand this. * Perhaps it does, hence the raid. 🤔 npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma My kind of legal representation. We needed wills and powers of attorney drawn up. Mrs Miasma did some research and found a local attorney who specializes in wills, etc. When she called them to set up an appointment, the lawyer, who works from home said "How did you find me?" That's probably the best opening line from an attorney ever. Dr. Gonzo would be _very_ proud. Well said counselor, very well said. #HunterSThompson #Lawyers #OldPeopleOfMastodon npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma @nprofile…2c6z Hence my hope in the Mutant Hamster Socialist Kollectiv. npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma @nprofile…2c6z It does have a nice ring to it, doesn't it? My New Year's wish was the same this year that it's been for about ten years running: I hope every company that charges rent for it's software products goes broke as soon as possible (looking at you Adobe) and then it's revealed that Anthropic is being run by a mutant hamster socialist collective that immediately open-sources all of it's code. Admittedly it's a pretty big ask, but I remain hopeful. npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma @nprofile…a86q That's great to hear. 👍 (I should probably be using a bigger font for this post.) npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma @nprofile…a86q Pretend it’s a minor adjustment to your optical sensors and shout “Pew-pew!” at some point during the procedure. All the best. npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma @nprofile…qz7e Exactly. Why would I want to dedicate 35-40% of my bandwidth to something I only use sometimes when I can sign up for streaming content and use 100% for the things I want when I want to see them. Nope, definitely not getting through to me anyway. 😆 npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma @nprofile…qz7e Same here. With every month's broadband bill they kept trying to switch me over to a fixed bandwidth TV/Cable package. I wrote on one of their flyers "Thanks, I'll pick what I use the bandwidth for" and sent it back to them. They haven't bothered me since about it. npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma @nprofile…um9l The commercials used to be funny. I haven't watched since 2004ish so I don't really know anymore. npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma @nprofile…2c6z Especially if planted in salt flats. npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma @nprofile…jnnp Would you guys be up for a trade? Not that either yours or ours are better (or at least, less awful) but it might give us some variety in stupid, selfish behavior? npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma @nprofile…jnnp Are we sure they don't live in Florida? These seems like definite Florida behavior. npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma Uno reverse card. I'm not going to watch the Superbowl. But it's not for any reason other than I don't care much for football anymore. Since I don't want to feel like I'm accidentally aligned with MAGA and their complaints against the game's entertainment acts, I'm going to make sure I watch Green Day open the show and Bad Bunny's halftime show. Good luck to the network streaming metrics trying to figure that one out. *Yeah, I know, the people doing the metrics don't care. #SuperBowl npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma @nprofile…xney Yes Speaker Johnson, that's how voting works. Tranches of ballots affect the vote totals every time the arrive. There's nothing fraudulent about the process except all the gerrymandering and dark money campaign contributions. npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma @nprofile…2c6z Your faith in their self-awareness and introspection is inspiring. npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma @nprofile…2c6z @nprofile…3jd4 I'm guessing a fascist bootlicker would be a mere appetizer. npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma What a surprise. "Brazilian influencer who defended US immigration crackdown arrested by ICE" Is self-harm a thing in some South American cultures? It sure seems like it's a thing sometimes... Source: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/02/rightwing-brazilian-influencer-junior-pena-arrested-by-ice #LeopardsEatingMyFace #Immigration #ICE As @nprofile…3jd4 said in one of my previous face-eating-leopard posts: https://mastodon.sdf.org/system/media_attachments/files/116/003/087/960/127/315/original/a20000f0de7a80b9.jpg npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma @nprofile…wgd0 The orange idiot actually thinks the latest released files vindicate him. 🤦♂️ 🤷♂️ So much delusion in such a saggy, old bag of hate. npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma @nprofile…a86q @nprofile…j7sl Good point and very true. npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma @nprofile…j7sl @nprofile…a86q I don't have much good to say about the current group of Democratic senators. npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma Not _one_ thin dime. "Johnson says no quick House vote to end partial shutdown, blames Democrats for their ICE demands" GOOD! I hope they take all the money away from DHC in the revised bill. While they're at it - I hope they take away ALL the funds they want to use to revamp the Kennedy Center as well. I'm sick of Dems not standing up to these clowns. They're killing and kidnapping your constituents. Nothing should get passed until that stops. NOTHING. Source: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/johnson-says-no-quick-house-vote-to-end-partial-shutdown-blames-democrats-for-their-ice-demands npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma @nprofile…a86q You're right. Costco is much too kind to people. Maybe Walmart or Chuck E. Cheese could lead the design team. npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma @nprofile…a86q I feel like this might be the right time to offer some decor suggestions that would align the center more closely with the current administration's tastes in public spaces. Please see included conceptual artwork. https://mastodon.sdf.org/system/media_attachments/files/115/998/145/672/445/758/original/006610beed6df769.png npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma @nprofile…fkzl Not in my world it isn't. npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma @nprofile…pue6 😆 😆 😆 npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma @nprofile…pue6 I feel like I'd have a lot more explaining to do if I knew the answer to your question. npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma @nprofile…6g8u @nprofile…dla5 I'm sure that's the story he's sticking with too. npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma @nprofile…dla5 That takes Florida behavior to a whole new (fatalist) level. "Suffice to say that this is not really a usual de-mining operation." [Firefox French to English translation extension] No kidding. Hyperbole aside, there are other ways to clear out a room with what's in one's intestines. npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma Florida man gonna do Florida things. "Man arrested after engaging 'in sexual performance with vacuum cleaner' at resort: cops" "Witnesses provided statements and a cell phone recording of a partially clothed male engaged in inappropriate conduct." But what about the vacuum cleaner, did he void the warranty? Source: https://local12.com/news/nation-world/kevin-dale-westerhold-man-arrested-after-engaging-in-sexual-performance-with-vacuum-cleaner-at-resort-cops-cincinnati-airbnb-hosts-blink-video-footage-evidence-hoa-sexual-organ-exposure-charges-sheriffs-office-additional-statements-ring-conduct #FloridaMan #Airbnb #BadMentalImages npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma @nprofile…f4r9 Way to work with what live gives you. [missing salute emoji] npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma @nprofile…mzx8 @nprofile…r6lk You say that like it's a bad thing. 😆 npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma @nprofile…9qjs Yeah, that's true. I hate time-travel but love puns. You've got to be prepared to choose what's most important to you in a conversation I guess. 😆 npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma @nprofile…p6s6 😂 😂 😂 npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma @nprofile…p6s6 But did you take questions at one time? *Now my head hurts. npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma @nprofile…9qjs Right?!? Time cops are never around _when_ you need them. npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma Sequential skepticism. I really, really hate the time-travel sub-genre in science fiction. I realize it can be a useful way for the author to tell their story but how can I believe in humanity traveling back and forth in time, repairing timelines and saving the world whilst following a guy in traffic who can't quite manage his turn-signal obligations? *Don't even get me started on people and speed limits. #ScienceFiction #TimeTravel npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma @nprofile…r6lk Hunting bees with shotguns. Wouldn't it be great if every task we set AI to solve showed us the kilowatt hours of electricity and cooling resources that were consumed as part of the answer? npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma Fumble. I'm guessing the NFL's image preservation department is in full overdrive this morning. “I am happy to have you as a new but obviosly [sic] shared interest friend,” wrote Epstein in an email to New York Giants Chairman and co-owner Steve Tisch. Well that's extra icky. Epstein files: Trump, Howard Lutnick, Steve Tisch among prominent names that appear in latest Justice Department release Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/31/epstein-files-trump-howard-lutnick-steve-tisch.html #Epstein #AwfulPeople npub1f8ykkceuua48gzezwxtkkekzlsjezpsprpc45qvcpuyjpzqqtsmqh6u4gc Milcom Miasma @nprofile…2x84 I'm 6'3 - didn't even make it to my dad's height (6'4). Shorter than all my nephews (6'5, 6'5, 6'4, 6'8). I'm even shorter than the 6'8 nephew's wife (6'4) and his daughter who is 6'5 as a young teenager. Short is a relative term these days (sorry - couldn't resist the pun).