PhDsurfbum
@phdsurfbum.bsky.social
My screen name covers some of it, except the part about being a progressive, middle-aged, white guy with young kids.
Things that make me happy (don't read into the order... too much): 🌊🏄🏽🤙🏽🏖️🌅 🌈♀️⚧️☮️♂️ 🐯🐕😻🐬🐳 🎷🎸🎹 🌝⭐🌠☄️ 🗺️
Things that make me happy (don't read into the order... too much): 🌊🏄🏽🤙🏽🏖️🌅 🌈♀️⚧️☮️♂️ 🐯🐕😻🐬🐳 🎷🎸🎹 🌝⭐🌠☄️ 🗺️
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PhDsurfbum
@phdsurfbum.bsky.social
· Oct 3
Four things I skeet a lot about right now:
1. We outnumber them
2. I want to know who the alleged abusers are in the files
3. Following orders you know are illegal does not absolve you of guilt
4. Due to the season, beachy things. Waves, sunsets (once the time starts working out), maybe some birds
1. We outnumber them
2. I want to know who the alleged abusers are in the files
3. Following orders you know are illegal does not absolve you of guilt
4. Due to the season, beachy things. Waves, sunsets (once the time starts working out), maybe some birds
And now for today's. There was a perfect keyhole for the sun at the horizon. And nice color off to the south
November 19, 2025 at 1:16 AM
And now for today's. There was a perfect keyhole for the sun at the horizon. And nice color off to the south
I forgot to post yesterday's sunset. And it was something!
November 19, 2025 at 12:46 AM
I forgot to post yesterday's sunset. And it was something!
Impossible as it may be to believe, I am reading The Outsiders by S E Hinton for the first time. I just read "the only thing that keeps Darry from being a Soc is us" and... my goodness... what a book
November 18, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Impossible as it may be to believe, I am reading The Outsiders by S E Hinton for the first time. I just read "the only thing that keeps Darry from being a Soc is us" and... my goodness... what a book
I don't know why they call it the pitter pat of little feet. In my house it has sounded like a herd of elephants for a decade and a half
November 17, 2025 at 4:28 AM
I don't know why they call it the pitter pat of little feet. In my house it has sounded like a herd of elephants for a decade and a half
November 17, 2025 at 1:35 AM
In between rain showers the sun sent some rays onto the storm swept ocean, near sunset. Not surprisingly, no green flash tonight
November 16, 2025 at 7:03 AM
In between rain showers the sun sent some rays onto the storm swept ocean, near sunset. Not surprisingly, no green flash tonight
This is why they recommend not surfing for 3 days after a rain. That brown streak a half mile out to sea is runoff. Obviously not everyone follows the advice
November 15, 2025 at 9:10 PM
This is why they recommend not surfing for 3 days after a rain. That brown streak a half mile out to sea is runoff. Obviously not everyone follows the advice
Ladies and Gentlemen, President of the United States:
November 15, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Ladies and Gentlemen, President of the United States:
No wind all day today and the swell is apparently building. The surf was firing this evening. I saw a buddy (no idea what his name is but we chat in the lineup regularly) catch the best wave I've seen yet this season. I didn't get out today, but glad to see a friend having a good session
November 15, 2025 at 1:20 AM
No wind all day today and the swell is apparently building. The surf was firing this evening. I saw a buddy (no idea what his name is but we chat in the lineup regularly) catch the best wave I've seen yet this season. I didn't get out today, but glad to see a friend having a good session
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Judge is a great player, but Cal Raleigh had the best ever season by a catcher and should have been the MVP. Bad enough that the oligarch teams dominate the sport. They shouldn't geta leg up in post-season awards too.
November 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Judge is a great player, but Cal Raleigh had the best ever season by a catcher and should have been the MVP. Bad enough that the oligarch teams dominate the sport. They shouldn't geta leg up in post-season awards too.
I'm not sure I get this "funniest thing" meme, but let's give it a shot
Bill Clinton has a chance to do the funniest thing right now
Bill Clinton has a chance to do the funniest thing right now
November 14, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I'm not sure I get this "funniest thing" meme, but let's give it a shot
Bill Clinton has a chance to do the funniest thing right now
Bill Clinton has a chance to do the funniest thing right now
The ocean was surprisingly pretty this morning. We got ~0.1" of rain overnight, so the storm is here. But an offshore breeze was grooming the waves, which were good size, but too straight on to provide any corners
November 14, 2025 at 5:18 PM
The ocean was surprisingly pretty this morning. We got ~0.1" of rain overnight, so the storm is here. But an offshore breeze was grooming the waves, which were good size, but too straight on to provide any corners
Even with all the other BS going on in the world, I am seriously pissed at the BBWAA for choosing Judge over the Big Dumper. When the aech eee double hockey sticks is the baseball intelligentsia going to realize more than 90% of baseball fans live outside of the 5 Burroughs and the LA basin?
November 14, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Even with all the other BS going on in the world, I am seriously pissed at the BBWAA for choosing Judge over the Big Dumper. When the aech eee double hockey sticks is the baseball intelligentsia going to realize more than 90% of baseball fans live outside of the 5 Burroughs and the LA basin?
Not much of a sunset tonight, but the incoming storm is producing some cool looking clouds
November 14, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Not much of a sunset tonight, but the incoming storm is producing some cool looking clouds
As an adoptive parent, I can say with credibility that, while you have to adapt to adopt, they are not the same word
November 14, 2025 at 1:48 AM
As an adoptive parent, I can say with credibility that, while you have to adapt to adopt, they are not the same word
Spectacular sunset tonight. The sun was only visible for a few minutes, as the marine layer blocked it until just above the horizon. Even with this ridiculous color, there was a distinct green flash. First time the 10 yo has seen it. And then the sky caught fire, but my phone couldn't capture it
November 13, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Spectacular sunset tonight. The sun was only visible for a few minutes, as the marine layer blocked it until just above the horizon. Even with this ridiculous color, there was a distinct green flash. First time the 10 yo has seen it. And then the sky caught fire, but my phone couldn't capture it
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Keep posting sky pictures, I like being reminded that we're all piles of carbon screaming through space on a rock and we're all just hanging on and hoping for the best.
November 12, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Keep posting sky pictures, I like being reminded that we're all piles of carbon screaming through space on a rock and we're all just hanging on and hoping for the best.
So I thought Bluesky was mostly about baseball, but then... Northern Lights!
November 12, 2025 at 5:31 AM
So I thought Bluesky was mostly about baseball, but then... Northern Lights!
Not much of a sunset tonight. Apparently storm's a comin'. It'll be good to get some rain
November 12, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Not much of a sunset tonight. Apparently storm's a comin'. It'll be good to get some rain
Ahhhh... The life of a male lion. I'm not sure I have ever seen a creature relax so hard
November 11, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Ahhhh... The life of a male lion. I'm not sure I have ever seen a creature relax so hard
At the zoo for Veterans Day
November 11, 2025 at 5:55 PM
At the zoo for Veterans Day
Today's example: Joyce Carol Oates dragging Elon Musk's soul out through his eyeballs and wringing it out to see if any humanity leaked out. Spoiler alert: it didn't
One thing I like about Bluesky (it's my first real social media foray, so forgive me if I'm being naive) is that I will read a score of skeets I don't understand and then I will hit critical mass with a single skeet that ties it all together and all the previously confusing skeets now make sense
November 10, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Today's example: Joyce Carol Oates dragging Elon Musk's soul out through his eyeballs and wringing it out to see if any humanity leaked out. Spoiler alert: it didn't
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Frankly, I'm just really pissed at what I perceive as a betrayal by my own political party.
November 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Frankly, I'm just really pissed at what I perceive as a betrayal by my own political party.
Am I understanding this correctly? SCOTUS did something right? But I can't be happy even for a second because Dems in the Senate blundered their advantage? They can't manage to do anything right, can they?
November 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Am I understanding this correctly? SCOTUS did something right? But I can't be happy even for a second because Dems in the Senate blundered their advantage? They can't manage to do anything right, can they?