Mark Trumpbour
@mtrumpbour.bsky.social
Persistently confused. He/him. It's Summercon somewhere. https://summercon.org
After today's meeting at the White House between Presidents Zelenskyy and Trump, Americans need to ask themselves: "Are we the baddies?"
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Mitchell and Webb: "Are we the baddies?"
YouTube video by CrystalRoseCreations
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February 28, 2025 at 8:47 PM
After today's meeting at the White House between Presidents Zelenskyy and Trump, Americans need to ask themselves: "Are we the baddies?"
youtu.be/ToKcmnrE5oY?...
youtu.be/ToKcmnrE5oY?...
The IL-76 that left Damascus was ~19km from the nearest airport to the southwest of Homs when it left radar coverage.
December 8, 2024 at 5:09 AM
The IL-76 that left Damascus was ~19km from the nearest airport to the southwest of Homs when it left radar coverage.
On the one hand, opting out from all data collection with every data broker I can think of. On the other hand, posting on social media. #DualityOfMan
November 19, 2024 at 10:21 PM
On the one hand, opting out from all data collection with every data broker I can think of. On the other hand, posting on social media. #DualityOfMan
Since we're growing at a rate of like 60k users/hr, please consider the following:
The thing I am enjoying most about Bluesky is the feeling.of the old days of the other platform. Every single skeet I've encountered is casual, meaningful, and has a purpose. And the purpose isn't "be a shithead."
I hope that as this platform grows, we can hold onto that.
I hope that as this platform grows, we can hold onto that.
November 15, 2024 at 2:54 AM
Since we're growing at a rate of like 60k users/hr, please consider the following:
Without downloading any new pics, where are you mentally?
November 6, 2024 at 4:48 AM
Without downloading any new pics, where are you mentally?
Reposted by Mark Trumpbour
Aussies don't hold punches
November 2, 2024 at 3:00 PM
Aussies don't hold punches
I am genuinely curious if I am muted by a lot of people because of the first five letters of my last name.
February 29, 2024 at 2:47 AM
I am genuinely curious if I am muted by a lot of people because of the first five letters of my last name.
New features in Bluesky! #SoBlessed
February 28, 2024 at 11:55 PM
New features in Bluesky! #SoBlessed
And this is my advice to the Bluesky Elders.
How Bluesky Elders see themselves vs How they look to Newskies
February 7, 2024 at 10:44 AM
And this is my advice to the Bluesky Elders.
Reposted by Mark Trumpbour
Reminder to new users here:
Most hardback books these days have glued, rather than sewn, bindings. This means they’re basically paperbacks with hard covers. And because the covers are bigger than the book blocks, they slowly sag and pull their own spines out. Buy trade paperbacks instead.
Most hardback books these days have glued, rather than sewn, bindings. This means they’re basically paperbacks with hard covers. And because the covers are bigger than the book blocks, they slowly sag and pull their own spines out. Buy trade paperbacks instead.
Reminder to new users here:
For the first hundred years of its existence, Singer made sewing machines in lots of 10,000 to 50,000, so there are millions of any single model. Most cabinets are made to accept any head, with the exception of the 99, which is a 3/4 size machine, and the Featherweight.
For the first hundred years of its existence, Singer made sewing machines in lots of 10,000 to 50,000, so there are millions of any single model. Most cabinets are made to accept any head, with the exception of the 99, which is a 3/4 size machine, and the Featherweight.
Reminder to new users here:
Chevy didn't make a 327 in '55, the 327 didn't come out till '62. And it wasn't offered in the Bel Air with a four-barrel carb till '64. However, in 1964, the correct ignition timing would be four degrees before top-dead-center.
Chevy didn't make a 327 in '55, the 327 didn't come out till '62. And it wasn't offered in the Bel Air with a four-barrel carb till '64. However, in 1964, the correct ignition timing would be four degrees before top-dead-center.
February 6, 2024 at 11:10 PM
Reminder to new users here:
Most hardback books these days have glued, rather than sewn, bindings. This means they’re basically paperbacks with hard covers. And because the covers are bigger than the book blocks, they slowly sag and pull their own spines out. Buy trade paperbacks instead.
Most hardback books these days have glued, rather than sewn, bindings. This means they’re basically paperbacks with hard covers. And because the covers are bigger than the book blocks, they slowly sag and pull their own spines out. Buy trade paperbacks instead.
Welcome to all new Bluesky members. Here is a complete list of the rules:
Anyway, you'll figure it out. Good luck.
Anyway, you'll figure it out. Good luck.
February 7, 2024 at 10:22 AM
Welcome to all new Bluesky members. Here is a complete list of the rules:
Anyway, you'll figure it out. Good luck.
Anyway, you'll figure it out. Good luck.
I think I understand why this place is better than the other place.
Everyone posts. It's like zero lurkers.
It's nice that Bluesky users feel comfortable putting themselves out there.
Anyway, just doing my part to not be a lurker.
Everyone posts. It's like zero lurkers.
It's nice that Bluesky users feel comfortable putting themselves out there.
Anyway, just doing my part to not be a lurker.
January 25, 2024 at 3:36 AM
I think I understand why this place is better than the other place.
Everyone posts. It's like zero lurkers.
It's nice that Bluesky users feel comfortable putting themselves out there.
Anyway, just doing my part to not be a lurker.
Everyone posts. It's like zero lurkers.
It's nice that Bluesky users feel comfortable putting themselves out there.
Anyway, just doing my part to not be a lurker.
About twice a year I attempt to post something mildly interesting on the subreddit r/mildlyinteresting. Every time it gets removed by a mod for violating some rule. This time it was for Rule 6: "Titles must be exact and concise descriptions."
I have no idea why I find this so infuriating, but I do.
I have no idea why I find this so infuriating, but I do.
December 3, 2023 at 5:28 PM
About twice a year I attempt to post something mildly interesting on the subreddit r/mildlyinteresting. Every time it gets removed by a mod for violating some rule. This time it was for Rule 6: "Titles must be exact and concise descriptions."
I have no idea why I find this so infuriating, but I do.
I have no idea why I find this so infuriating, but I do.
To everyone who observes, happy 40th anniversary of The Day After. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day...
November 20, 2023 at 11:06 PM
To everyone who observes, happy 40th anniversary of The Day After. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day...
Hi, friends. It's been a few days since I've said anything here. It's wild out there, so take care of each other.
Until we meet again!
Until we meet again!
November 16, 2023 at 3:55 AM
Hi, friends. It's been a few days since I've said anything here. It's wild out there, so take care of each other.
Until we meet again!
Until we meet again!
Reposted by Mark Trumpbour
I got a covid booster yesterday. Unrelated, I have been reading "Julia: A Novel" by Sandra Newman. It's a retelling of Orwell's "1984" from the perspective of Julia, Winston Smith's lover and co-conspirator.
This probably explains the fever dreams about solving Newspeak logic using calculus.
This probably explains the fever dreams about solving Newspeak logic using calculus.
October 29, 2023 at 8:03 PM
I got a covid booster yesterday. Unrelated, I have been reading "Julia: A Novel" by Sandra Newman. It's a retelling of Orwell's "1984" from the perspective of Julia, Winston Smith's lover and co-conspirator.
This probably explains the fever dreams about solving Newspeak logic using calculus.
This probably explains the fever dreams about solving Newspeak logic using calculus.
The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago; the second best time is right now.
October 21, 2023 at 5:53 PM
The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago; the second best time is right now.
From a time when advertising was thought provoking.
October 21, 2023 at 5:48 PM
From a time when advertising was thought provoking.
@cathykolcun.bsky.social welcome to Blue Sky. Try not to marvel too much at the acceptable levels of polite discourse here.
October 21, 2023 at 5:36 PM
@cathykolcun.bsky.social welcome to Blue Sky. Try not to marvel too much at the acceptable levels of polite discourse here.
Hi to my 27 followers. It's been kind of a crazy 96 hours, so I am sorry I haven't been able to provide you with the kind of content you deserve.
I will do better.
I will do better.
October 14, 2023 at 2:40 AM
Hi to my 27 followers. It's been kind of a crazy 96 hours, so I am sorry I haven't been able to provide you with the kind of content you deserve.
I will do better.
I will do better.
Happy Stanislav Petrov Day, commemorating the 40th anniversary of the 1983 Soviet Nuclear False Alarm incident.
Petrov was a Soviet officer who saved the world from nuclear war.
Today is a day to reflect on the importance of human judgment and the consequences of technology in our world.
Petrov was a Soviet officer who saved the world from nuclear war.
Today is a day to reflect on the importance of human judgment and the consequences of technology in our world.
![A plaque in Warsaw, Poland, commemorating the hero of the 1983 Soviet Nuclear False Alarm incident (translation: "To Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov (1939-2017), a Soviet officer whose courage in 1983 saved the world from the cataclysm of nuclear war - [he] risked in the name of humanity.)"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mtj53nshbpdjxzeuxlqowmen/bafkreih4of5dusvz4mfokm53vy3trowdttmlvjv3ewvfghc4pzs4niou44@jpeg)
September 26, 2023 at 12:13 PM
Happy Stanislav Petrov Day, commemorating the 40th anniversary of the 1983 Soviet Nuclear False Alarm incident.
Petrov was a Soviet officer who saved the world from nuclear war.
Today is a day to reflect on the importance of human judgment and the consequences of technology in our world.
Petrov was a Soviet officer who saved the world from nuclear war.
Today is a day to reflect on the importance of human judgment and the consequences of technology in our world.
Guys, I'm not a dumb dummy, and I'm sure my normal patter could be useful to the general discourse.
I keep trying to think of really good content to post. How do you all do it?
I'm looking specifically at you, @scalzi.com, because you somehow post like 600 messages a day.
I keep trying to think of really good content to post. How do you all do it?
I'm looking specifically at you, @scalzi.com, because you somehow post like 600 messages a day.
September 24, 2023 at 4:49 AM
Guys, I'm not a dumb dummy, and I'm sure my normal patter could be useful to the general discourse.
I keep trying to think of really good content to post. How do you all do it?
I'm looking specifically at you, @scalzi.com, because you somehow post like 600 messages a day.
I keep trying to think of really good content to post. How do you all do it?
I'm looking specifically at you, @scalzi.com, because you somehow post like 600 messages a day.
This whole thing with Musk unilaterally deciding to deny Starlink to Ukraine in Crimea to prevent an attack against Russian forces is such a stupid move on his part.
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
www.reuters.com
September 9, 2023 at 4:47 PM
This whole thing with Musk unilaterally deciding to deny Starlink to Ukraine in Crimea to prevent an attack against Russian forces is such a stupid move on his part.
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
www.reuters.com/world/europe...