Ed Pichon
@edpichon.bsky.social
Tech geek, standards engineering consultant, dad, lapsed physicist, hubby to a real engineer, cat attendant.
Giggle.
An ice storm could interfere with his podcasting.
An ice storm could interfere with his podcasting.
Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) was spotted earlier today, January 20, 2026, on a plane heading to Laguna Beach as the state of Texas braces for a rare ice threat and arctic cold front.
January 21, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Giggle.
An ice storm could interfere with his podcasting.
An ice storm could interfere with his podcasting.
Does quoting this count as a further assault?
ICE are Gestapo scum.
There, bitch, that‘s 8,001.
There, bitch, that‘s 8,001.
"We've seen over a thousand percent increase in assaults on ICE officers, 8,000 verbal assaults on them...."
January 20, 2026 at 12:46 AM
Does quoting this count as a further assault?
Freedoms and rights that the government can choose to take away whenever they want aren’t rights.
Good gravy, it’s not that hard to understand. But some people seem to think the amendments in the Bill of Rights includes “unless you are a bad person” at the end of each of them.
Good gravy, it’s not that hard to understand. But some people seem to think the amendments in the Bill of Rights includes “unless you are a bad person” at the end of each of them.
January 19, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Freedoms and rights that the government can choose to take away whenever they want aren’t rights.
Good gravy, it’s not that hard to understand. But some people seem to think the amendments in the Bill of Rights includes “unless you are a bad person” at the end of each of them.
Good gravy, it’s not that hard to understand. But some people seem to think the amendments in the Bill of Rights includes “unless you are a bad person” at the end of each of them.
Yup yup.
Dang, I hate being the bad guys.
Dang, I hate being the bad guys.
Fukuyama: Trump is a bully who wants to dominate everyone around him. Trying to placate him with concessions is a fool’s errand. He despises weakness.
As an American, I say to my European friends: do not back down. Appeasing Trump with flattery has failed and must stop.
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As an American, I say to my European friends: do not back down. Appeasing Trump with flattery has failed and must stop.
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January 19, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Yup yup.
Dang, I hate being the bad guys.
Dang, I hate being the bad guys.
The Why
Ruin a band by changing one letter:
Fake
Fake
Ruin a band by changing one letter:
Rash
Rash
January 17, 2026 at 12:34 AM
The Why
My kiddo is in middle school, and they are studying the Bill of Rights and the Constitution. It is _really_ difficult to talk about how important the 4th amendment (warrants required) is, when the government is gleefully ignoring it.
January 16, 2026 at 5:02 PM
My kiddo is in middle school, and they are studying the Bill of Rights and the Constitution. It is _really_ difficult to talk about how important the 4th amendment (warrants required) is, when the government is gleefully ignoring it.
Reposted by Ed Pichon
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January 15, 2026 at 11:39 PM
AHHHHHHHHHHH
One of the more amusing things to watch is the number of men who - while proudly trumpeting their “masculine virtues” of independence, strength, and moral courage - turn out to be nothing more than servile lickspittles desperate for someone to tell them what to do.
January 13, 2026 at 9:07 PM
One of the more amusing things to watch is the number of men who - while proudly trumpeting their “masculine virtues” of independence, strength, and moral courage - turn out to be nothing more than servile lickspittles desperate for someone to tell them what to do.
Amen!
The increasingly common habit of screenshotting the AI summary of a Google search and presenting it as evidence must be nipped in the bud immediately. That is nothing. That is not anything, it is not a thing.
January 13, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Amen!
Filming and monitoring everything citizens do? Perfectly legal. For their protection. Keeps the citizens safe!
Filming anything the government does? Terrorism.
Filming anything the government does? Terrorism.
January 10, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Filming and monitoring everything citizens do? Perfectly legal. For their protection. Keeps the citizens safe!
Filming anything the government does? Terrorism.
Filming anything the government does? Terrorism.
Reposted by Ed Pichon
Cartoon by Pat Bagley, The Salt Lake Tribune
January 8, 2026 at 3:55 AM
Cartoon by Pat Bagley, The Salt Lake Tribune
Who watches the watchers? Terrorists.
January 8, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Who watches the watchers? Terrorists.
Terrorist, noun - someone killed by the government.
January 7, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Terrorist, noun - someone killed by the government.
It was a cunning move on Trump’s part - defanging the UN like that. They can’t impose trade sanctions on the US in response to Venezuela, because Trump’s tariffs have already imposed them!
January 5, 2026 at 5:44 PM
It was a cunning move on Trump’s part - defanging the UN like that. They can’t impose trade sanctions on the US in response to Venezuela, because Trump’s tariffs have already imposed them!
Apologies in advance, Taiwan.
January 4, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Apologies in advance, Taiwan.
We don’t deserve them.
The Dickin Medal is the highest award that can be issued to animals in British military service. Bearing the words "We Also Serve" it has been awarded 75 times since its creation in 1943.
Only one cat has ever received the award.
This is the story of Able Seacat Simon, of HMS Amethyst. 🧵 1/25
Only one cat has ever received the award.
This is the story of Able Seacat Simon, of HMS Amethyst. 🧵 1/25
January 4, 2026 at 12:35 PM
We don’t deserve them.
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January 3, 2026 at 11:57 PM
AAaaaaaaaaAAAAAAaaaaaahhhh!
Is there _any_ defense of the Venezuela action? I'm not seeing any. Llegal? Moral? Ethical? Imperial? Are we really okay with "the US President can topple governments whenever he wants, no legal or congressional review"?
January 3, 2026 at 11:57 PM
Is there _any_ defense of the Venezuela action? I'm not seeing any. Llegal? Moral? Ethical? Imperial? Are we really okay with "the US President can topple governments whenever he wants, no legal or congressional review"?
The good thing about Trump is you know he won’t do that nation building and regime change thing like the democrats like to do. Starting unnecessary wars and the like. Because he loves the constitution. /sarcasm
F$&@ me, this is appalling.
Congress - do your f$&@ing job!
F$&@ me, this is appalling.
Congress - do your f$&@ing job!
January 3, 2026 at 5:00 PM
The good thing about Trump is you know he won’t do that nation building and regime change thing like the democrats like to do. Starting unnecessary wars and the like. Because he loves the constitution. /sarcasm
F$&@ me, this is appalling.
Congress - do your f$&@ing job!
F$&@ me, this is appalling.
Congress - do your f$&@ing job!
It’s be cool if congress did something crazy like declare war before we invaded a country and toppled a government. Just for variety’s sake, if constitutional obligations aren’t sufficient.
January 3, 2026 at 4:49 PM
It’s be cool if congress did something crazy like declare war before we invaded a country and toppled a government. Just for variety’s sake, if constitutional obligations aren’t sufficient.
This is cool! It’s not a new phenomenon.
(And this is what social media is good for!)
(And this is what social media is good for!)
Thread.
There's a strange pattern that shows up in tort law in the 19thC where the court finds really strained reasons for not finding a railroad liable for anything. When I added this as an unwritten factor a lot of tort cases made more sense.
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There's a strange pattern that shows up in tort law in the 19thC where the court finds really strained reasons for not finding a railroad liable for anything. When I added this as an unwritten factor a lot of tort cases made more sense.
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It’s what happens when an industry is immunized from liability for a few decades. The very idea that they could have any responsibility for harms their products cause is incomprehensible to them. A concept that seems entirely insane to them.
January 2, 2026 at 10:50 PM
This is cool! It’s not a new phenomenon.
(And this is what social media is good for!)
(And this is what social media is good for!)
Hee hee.
the extremely capable, performing better than a human, and close to achieving conscientiousness AI systems, y'all
“‘The body cam software and the AI report writing software picked up on the movie that was playing in the background, which happened to be ‘The Princess and the Frog…'”
January 2, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Hee hee.
Good riddance, 2025.
January 1, 2026 at 5:04 AM
Good riddance, 2025.
I wish this wasn’t so good a framing of the situation.
Killing in the name of… nothing
The year politics became brainrot
You don’t bring a persuasive argument to a gunfight.
buff.ly
December 31, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I wish this wasn’t so good a framing of the situation.
Amen!
General reminder of the words of proud son of Virginia, Major-General George H Thomas. The "Rock of Chickamauga". Who, unlike Lee, stayed loyal to the Union.
Post-war he had views on 'Lost Cause' and the damage it would do to America, unchecked.
A “counterfeit varnish of patriotism” he called it.
Post-war he had views on 'Lost Cause' and the damage it would do to America, unchecked.
A “counterfeit varnish of patriotism” he called it.
![[T]he greatest efforts made by the defeated insurgents since the close of the war have been to promulgate the idea that the cause of liberty, justice, humanity, equality, and all the calendar of the virtues of freedom, suffered violence and wrong when the effort for southern independence failed. This is, of course, intended as a species of political cant, whereby the crime of treason might be covered with a counterfeit varnish of patriotism, so that the precipitators of the rebellion might go down in history hand in hand with the defenders of the government, thus wiping out with their own hands their own stains; a species of self-forgiveness amazing in its effrontery, when it is considered that life and property—justly forfeited by the laws of the country, of war, and of nations, through the magnanimity of the government and people—was not exacted from them.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5h5jfgi7vuqp4bkfogcntzep/bafkreifigvhyvtmy3mxp2btoxw5gztwrmyujtmpywsraabtjsq6oyrs4gq@jpeg)
December 29, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Amen!