Daniel Lane
@gomeral.net
Consultant, volunteer, engineer, pilot, loving dad & husband; inventor of the stuffing crouton, child chauffeur, cat servant, and mustachioed lefty. 30+ years in renewables. Dr/Lt/he/him
Confucius supposedly said, “To know what you know and what you do not know, that is true knowledge.” I think the more knowledge you have, the more imposter syndrome you have (at least, I do). The corollary here is that the ruling “elite” (quotes required) are a bunch of no-nothing clueless bastards
Somewhere out there someone who’s the best at what they do is terrified that they have imposter syndrome while a bunch of barely literate pedophiles are very calmly running the world
November 13, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Confucius supposedly said, “To know what you know and what you do not know, that is true knowledge.” I think the more knowledge you have, the more imposter syndrome you have (at least, I do). The corollary here is that the ruling “elite” (quotes required) are a bunch of no-nothing clueless bastards
Gather around, kids, as our loremaster Tdot spins the annual yarn of The Foodraiser - and then donate and help feed 13 elementary schools over the holiday break! (Scroll up from the skeet below for links.)
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III. A REASONABLY-CONDENSED-ISH HISTORY
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This will sound repetitive to the OG's, but there are only so many different ways I can narrate the same shenanigans for 10 straight years!
Know that entire books could be written just on Foodraiser logistics drama 🤪
III. A REASONABLY-CONDENSED-ISH HISTORY
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This will sound repetitive to the OG's, but there are only so many different ways I can narrate the same shenanigans for 10 straight years!
Know that entire books could be written just on Foodraiser logistics drama 🤪
November 12, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Gather around, kids, as our loremaster Tdot spins the annual yarn of The Foodraiser - and then donate and help feed 13 elementary schools over the holiday break! (Scroll up from the skeet below for links.)
This is “I’ve invented an engine that runs only on water” levels of quackery. A “solar continuous microwave pyrolysis reactor” - a word salad of epic proportions - that produces “gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, natural gas, and solid carbon” is as plausible as aviatory swine. Absolute hogwash.
November 9, 2025 at 1:15 AM
This is “I’ve invented an engine that runs only on water” levels of quackery. A “solar continuous microwave pyrolysis reactor” - a word salad of epic proportions - that produces “gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, natural gas, and solid carbon” is as plausible as aviatory swine. Absolute hogwash.
Googly eyes make everything better
October 30, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Googly eyes make everything better
Change one letter, ruin a candy
Twig
Twig
Change one letter, ruin a candy
Pounds
Pounds
October 29, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Change one letter, ruin a candy
Twig
Twig
OH COME ON 💸💸💸
Tamiya's new 72nd scale "F-14D Tomcat" was previewed this week. We look at the built test kit & its features in our preview...
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October 17, 2025 at 12:51 PM
OH COME ON 💸💸💸
Thanks to Erin, this post has prompted me to insist on plain bagel, plain cream cheese, red onion, capers, and (light) lox for Sunday breakfast. And much love to my wife, who said she’d go get it. Also, my brother who lives in Jackson Heights wouldn’t even vote for me, so political office be damned!
Tell me your bagel order and I will tell you *based on NYC cultural expectations* if you have won or lost your election for political office in NYC.
One of my favorite things about NYC is whenever anyone runs for office here they are required to disclose their bagel order.
October 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Thanks to Erin, this post has prompted me to insist on plain bagel, plain cream cheese, red onion, capers, and (light) lox for Sunday breakfast. And much love to my wife, who said she’d go get it. Also, my brother who lives in Jackson Heights wouldn’t even vote for me, so political office be damned!
Fascinating. I’m 53 and Tron was such an influence that I can hear the soundtrack in my head without even trying. Tron wasn’t just cool with me and my friends, it was almost life changing - the idea of Flynn directed many of us toward computer-based careers. What a difference 3 years makes!
That sounds about right. Tron was kinda a flash in the pan that I barely remember from my childhood. And I'm 50.
I'm perplexed at watching pundits in the trades struggling to explain Tron Ares' disappointing opening.
Was it covid? Do people just not like science fiction? etc. etc.
The main reason is pretty obvious: Tron isn't a popular franchise. Nobody's interested in nostalgia for a failed 1980s project.
Was it covid? Do people just not like science fiction? etc. etc.
The main reason is pretty obvious: Tron isn't a popular franchise. Nobody's interested in nostalgia for a failed 1980s project.
October 12, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Fascinating. I’m 53 and Tron was such an influence that I can hear the soundtrack in my head without even trying. Tron wasn’t just cool with me and my friends, it was almost life changing - the idea of Flynn directed many of us toward computer-based careers. What a difference 3 years makes!
Spent last night and this morning scrolling BlueSky and reading skeets about the baseball game last night. It sounds like an amazing game, extra innings and all, but I *still* don’t know who won! The commentary was non-specific, love-of-the-game stuff, it’s a Schrödinger’s Team situation! ❤️⚾️
October 11, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Spent last night and this morning scrolling BlueSky and reading skeets about the baseball game last night. It sounds like an amazing game, extra innings and all, but I *still* don’t know who won! The commentary was non-specific, love-of-the-game stuff, it’s a Schrödinger’s Team situation! ❤️⚾️
Almost every morning, the tripod hops up onto the bed and curls up with me, making it difficult to get up and moving. Loving a #caturday long lie with my favorite tripod!
October 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Almost every morning, the tripod hops up onto the bed and curls up with me, making it difficult to get up and moving. Loving a #caturday long lie with my favorite tripod!
Reposted by Daniel Lane
ALSO: our friend @gomeral.net has agreed to kick in $5-per-donor for the next 30 donors!
So that means an extra *+$30* contributed on top of anything you donate! 🤯
So that means an extra *+$30* contributed on top of anything you donate! 🤯
October 10, 2025 at 1:55 AM
ALSO: our friend @gomeral.net has agreed to kick in $5-per-donor for the next 30 donors!
So that means an extra *+$30* contributed on top of anything you donate! 🤯
So that means an extra *+$30* contributed on top of anything you donate! 🤯
Reposted by Daniel Lane
The reskeetable TL;DR:
➡️ Donate at the link below before 11:59pm PDT Sunday 10/12/25
➡️ Let me know
➡️ Me + @esp1371.bsky.social + @jamesdyoung.bsky.social + @charliereece.com each kick in $5 per donor
➡️ Classrooms get school supplies! 🔥🔥🔥
bullcityschools.app.neoncrm.com/tgregdoucette
➡️ Donate at the link below before 11:59pm PDT Sunday 10/12/25
➡️ Let me know
➡️ Me + @esp1371.bsky.social + @jamesdyoung.bsky.social + @charliereece.com each kick in $5 per donor
➡️ Classrooms get school supplies! 🔥🔥🔥
bullcityschools.app.neoncrm.com/tgregdoucette
Greg's C2C Fundraiser
Greg's C2C Fundraiser
bullcityschools.app.neoncrm.com
October 9, 2025 at 3:20 PM
The reskeetable TL;DR:
➡️ Donate at the link below before 11:59pm PDT Sunday 10/12/25
➡️ Let me know
➡️ Me + @esp1371.bsky.social + @jamesdyoung.bsky.social + @charliereece.com each kick in $5 per donor
➡️ Classrooms get school supplies! 🔥🔥🔥
bullcityschools.app.neoncrm.com/tgregdoucette
➡️ Donate at the link below before 11:59pm PDT Sunday 10/12/25
➡️ Let me know
➡️ Me + @esp1371.bsky.social + @jamesdyoung.bsky.social + @charliereece.com each kick in $5 per donor
➡️ Classrooms get school supplies! 🔥🔥🔥
bullcityschools.app.neoncrm.com/tgregdoucette
If anyone following me is interested in hearing more from me, especially with regards to general aviation, plastic models, or renewable energy, I’d love to hear it. I avoid social media because of the toxicity, but if there’s value in adding otherwise, I’d love to offer my tiny contribution!
September 17, 2025 at 2:06 AM
If anyone following me is interested in hearing more from me, especially with regards to general aviation, plastic models, or renewable energy, I’d love to hear it. I avoid social media because of the toxicity, but if there’s value in adding otherwise, I’d love to offer my tiny contribution!
I’ve not been contributing to the latest group build, but I want to say that you all make me *want* to contribute and I’m so happy I follow #scalemodels #histscalemodels! I’ve loved the heavies build (so far) and y’all have given me hope when the world is on fire. Thank you!
September 17, 2025 at 1:59 AM
I’ve not been contributing to the latest group build, but I want to say that you all make me *want* to contribute and I’m so happy I follow #scalemodels #histscalemodels! I’ve loved the heavies build (so far) and y’all have given me hope when the world is on fire. Thank you!
Made the recurring pilgrimage back to Bluesky today (reinstalled after deleting due to doom threads) and I found the most amazing pseudoscience doublespeak garbage! I’m so highly amused, I couldn’t block it, I keep going back to read more, like it’s the empty calories and trash taste of Twinkies
a black and white photo of a boy with the words please sir may i have some more below him
Alt: a black and white GIF of a Oliver Twist holding out his bowl with the words “please sir may i have some more” below him
media.tenor.com
September 16, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Made the recurring pilgrimage back to Bluesky today (reinstalled after deleting due to doom threads) and I found the most amazing pseudoscience doublespeak garbage! I’m so highly amused, I couldn’t block it, I keep going back to read more, like it’s the empty calories and trash taste of Twinkies
September 3, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Reposted by Daniel Lane
Nobody is “grooming” your kids to be gay or trans but people ARE grooming them to be Nazis.
September 3, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Nobody is “grooming” your kids to be gay or trans but people ARE grooming them to be Nazis.
ST:TNG S1E1 clearly shows a court from 2079 and I have to say, we’re clearly on that path.
a man in a red robe says entirely irrelevant to another man
ALT: a man in a red robe says entirely irrelevant to another man
media.tenor.com
August 2, 2025 at 5:50 PM
ST:TNG S1E1 clearly shows a court from 2079 and I have to say, we’re clearly on that path.
If there’s one thing that reminds me that I’m a servant, not an owner, it’s that at least one cat both pooped *and* peed under my desk while I was traveling. I missed you, too, ya mangy furbags
August 1, 2025 at 4:04 AM
If there’s one thing that reminds me that I’m a servant, not an owner, it’s that at least one cat both pooped *and* peed under my desk while I was traveling. I missed you, too, ya mangy furbags
Okay, I’m back from my hiatus and I gotta say, after a couple of weeks in Hawaii and a long weekend on South Padre…y’all need to start skeeting more about happy stuff, or I’m gonna wind up living solely in my meat space instead of online. (Maybe not a bad thing?) Missed y’all, but not the news!
August 1, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Okay, I’m back from my hiatus and I gotta say, after a couple of weeks in Hawaii and a long weekend on South Padre…y’all need to start skeeting more about happy stuff, or I’m gonna wind up living solely in my meat space instead of online. (Maybe not a bad thing?) Missed y’all, but not the news!
Alright, time to cash in bets, option A wins! Turns out it only took 6 months for the existential dread from social media to kick in, so I’m going to take a break for a while. Turns out being constantly reminded of…<*waves hands*> all this…is not so good for my mental health after all. Be well, all!
Okay, so I left the dying bird site just before Elon took over and have just now have arrived here. Fingers crossed! But I’m curious, who thinks I’m going to miss all the social media free years, and who thinks I’ve finally found my way back?
May 31, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Alright, time to cash in bets, option A wins! Turns out it only took 6 months for the existential dread from social media to kick in, so I’m going to take a break for a while. Turns out being constantly reminded of…<*waves hands*> all this…is not so good for my mental health after all. Be well, all!
It’s almost like the dems are so deep into loss aversion that they’re now at the other end of the spectrum - No risk is worth taking a loss even to realize the largest of gains.
Y'all remember when Booker did the 24-hour speech, and the immediate next piece of business was Dems allowing a fast-track of the confirmation for the toilet guy?
Fun times
Fun times
BREAKING
Charles Kushner, the father of Jared Kushner, has had his nomination to serve as US Ambassador to France confirmed by the Senate.
Notably: Cory Booker voted to advance his nomination.
Here’s what former US Attorney Chris Christie said about the crimes Kushner committed.
Charles Kushner, the father of Jared Kushner, has had his nomination to serve as US Ambassador to France confirmed by the Senate.
Notably: Cory Booker voted to advance his nomination.
Here’s what former US Attorney Chris Christie said about the crimes Kushner committed.
May 29, 2025 at 3:49 PM
It’s almost like the dems are so deep into loss aversion that they’re now at the other end of the spectrum - No risk is worth taking a loss even to realize the largest of gains.
