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vurcease.bsky.social
@vurcease.bsky.social
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Software engineer, inline skater, improv comedian, Airstreamer, Husky lover, fantasy & sci-fi nerd, snowboarder, cosplayer, and guy who has too many hobbies.
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vurcease.bsky.social
The federalization of our capital is not necessary and a waste of resources. Its also an authoritarian style move which is un-American. Didn’t the Grand Old Party once run on small government? And back the blue, who are being cast to the side here? sign.moveon.org/petitions/dc...
No federal militarized takeover of our nation's capital!
The American military should not be used against the American people—period. Trump’s takeover of D.C. puts every single one of us in harm's way. Add your name to the petition to protect our communitie...
sign.moveon.org
August 12, 2025 at 1:44 PM
vurcease.bsky.social
Fans of #comedy in the #orlando #florida area should checkout everyone’s favorite #history themed comedy gameshow: History Bluffs! This time our topic is “Media”! It’s interactive fun where you laugh while learning real history. Friday, May 30, 7:30pm. Ticket info and more at linktr.ee/historybluffs
Flyer promotional image with header, “History Bluffs” and subheading, “Lesson: Media”. Contains date and time: May 30, 7pm. Illustration depicts three statues of Athena holding various media items such as megaphone, the Twitter bird, etc. Background is a magenta starburst.
May 21, 2025 at 1:00 PM
vurcease.bsky.social
Classic #improv game time!

Ninety-nine refrigerators walk into a bar…
April 14, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Classic #improv game time!

Ninety-nine broadway performers walk into a bar…
April 14, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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Classic improv game time.

Ninety-nine garbage trucks walk into a bar…
April 12, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Heeeeeey #Orlando! Our very first assembly for action is today! Join us from 400-700 at the First Unitarian Church of Orlando on Robinson Street.
Join us Saturday, April 12th for our first Assembly for Action! 400-700. First Unitarian Church of Orlando. 1901 E. Robinson Street, Orlando, Fl 32803. Meet those already making a difference in our community! People Power for Florida. First Unitarian Church of Orlando. League of Women Voters of Orange County. Orange County Democratic Environmental Caucus. Socialist Alternative. Orlando for Peace. Youth Action Fund. Voices of Florida. Haitian American Arts Network. Orlando 50501 - and more. Plug in, engage, recharge. Food truck on site - Devonte's Fabulous Foods!
April 12, 2025 at 12:26 PM
vurcease.bsky.social
theoatmeal.com/comics/artax
@theoatmeal.bsky.social has resolved a childhood trauma of mine.
Artax - The Oatmeal
A comic about a horse in a swamp.
theoatmeal.com
April 3, 2025 at 4:04 PM
vurcease.bsky.social
OMG Heard Island has an account and it’s *chefs kiss*
heardislandgov.bsky.social Heard Island Government @heardislandgov.bsky.social · Apr 3
If you are new here, yes we’re technically an Australian territory, but we prefer the term Antarctic Nudist colony. Australia with freezer burn if you will.
April 3, 2025 at 4:01 PM
vurcease.bsky.social
April 5 is a fine day for uniting to say Hands Off! The difference I feel it makes it when our representatives see massive crowds in the streets, leaving no doubt about where their constituents stand. I'm in. app.sosha.ai/s/INShI79i
Join me on April 5th
app.sosha.ai
April 3, 2025 at 2:38 PM
vurcease.bsky.social
Since I already have a #D&D cookbook and a #TombRaider cookbook, I feel like this is a logical addition. Still need a #Skyrim cookbook though…
therealelvira.bsky.social Elvira @therealelvira.bsky.social · Apr 2
Coming 10/10:25! Elvira’s Cookbook from Hell! 🔥 Preorder now at www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/cassa...
April 3, 2025 at 2:14 PM
vurcease.bsky.social
Any folks that are into #comedy and #history in the #orlando area? See me and the History Bluffs cast live on stage! Guess which story is the bluff while laughing and learning along the way. FEB 28 @ 8:30p thecorner.gallery/event/histor...
The statue Athena holding a silver chalice and wearing a silver necklace chain alongside frosty the snowman who sings of silver and gold, against a rendered background of swirling molten silver, with overlay words: “History Bluffs, Lesson: Silver, Where truth is stranger than fiction!”
February 27, 2025 at 6:01 PM
vurcease.bsky.social
This is a powerful read.
iwashyna.bsky.social Jack Iwashyna @iwashyna.bsky.social · Feb 20
Over on LinkedIn, the head of the Executive Secretariat of the NIH -- a central part of NIH leadership 🧪🩺-- resigned with a lettter worth reading

www.linkedin.com/posts/nathan...
February 18, 2024 TO: Dr. Matthew Memoli, Acting Director, NIH CC: John Burklow, Chief of Staff, NIH Julie Berko, Director, OHR, NIH FROM: Nathaniel James Brought, Director, ES, NIH SUBJECT: Resignation Dear Dr. Memoli, On July 3, 2001, I stepped off a bus on Marine Corps Recruit Training Depot Perris Island. Scared out of my mind, I stood on a pair of freshly painted yellow footprints, raised my right hand, and recited the oath of enlistment: I, Nathaniel James Brought, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God. For the last 23 years, 7 months, and 15 days, I like to believe I have faithfully carried out the duties of each office to which I've been appointed in my military and civilian service to this nation. That Service has taken me from the Marine Corps to 3 different federal departments, spanned 3 continents, included service in one war zone, and has included: • For the Marine Corps and the National Security Agency, I worked on intelligence operations at the highest classification levels using bleeding edge intelligence tools to ensure America's special operators put boots-to-asses on America's enemies overseas (including commendations crediting my work for the kill or capture of dozens of terrorists), ensuring America's policy makers were able to track the movement of dangerous dual nuclear technology across international borders, and monitored the flow of terrorist financing across the international banking system. • Utilized information from all-source intelligence to ensure the continued security of America's homeland from international and domestic threats. • Worked with some of the finest lawyers in the world to ensure America's security operations were effective, while upholding the rights of all those who interacted with them. • Ensuring that America's rural communities had access to programs like rural development loans, farm aid, and that America's children wouldn't be hungry as they sat in their classrooms and tried to learn. • Most recently, and frankly most dear to my heart, working with each of you here at the National Institutes of Health to advance the future of science and medicine. Not for Americans. Not for any one group of people. But for ALL of humanity. I am unbelievably proud to be able to say that there are Americans who are alive, and terrorists who are not, because of the work I've done to serve this nation. I am proud to say that my service to this country has allowed me to ensure that my children have never faced the struggles of poverty that I grew up with. That service didn't begin because of some great altruistic impulse or drive. I didn't grow up saying "I want to do the great work that needs to be done to weave the fabric of America and ensure her people are not only safe, but healthy." Frankly, that service began because I was poor, and I was inspired. I grew up as a free lunch kid who lived in project housing. It was my fellow Americans who made sure I wasn't hungry in class and that I had enough food to excel academically the way I did. It was Americans who had more than we did that made sure I had good schools to attend where I could learn things that expanded my mind. As I approached the end of high school, I dreamed of going to college and figuring out how to make a living that would allow me to do more tha… to go to college. I knew my grades weren't good enough to compete for scholarships with kids who were as smart as me but also had private tutors and didn't have to work after class to be able to drive their brand-new cars to our school each day. So, I gave up. I nearly failed my senior year of high school with an attendance failure, even though I only needed two classes to graduate. I didn't see the point. What was the point of learning calculus? So it would be that much harder when my dream of being a brain surgeon died not because I was incapable, but because I didn't have the means to make it come true? I resigned myself to being one of the working poor. I resigned myself to needing a spinal fusion before I was 50, like my father, because he literally broke his back trying to make his dreams come true. The example of my father didn't inspire me at that time. It reminded me of the futility of trying to escape the rung of the social ladder I had been born onto. No matter how smart or "gifted and talented" I may have been, I saw no path that led me to a place where I could realize my potential. So, instead I accepted that it would be wasted. Ultimately, the reason I find myself here today, rather than in the place I saw as my only end, is because of another young man who committed to serving his country. Shamefully, I do not remember his name, but there was a young corporal from the United States Marine Corps who had been assigned as a recruiter in Reading, Pennsylvania at that time. This man spoke to me about my plans for my future during lunch one day at school. I told him I planned to do what my father had done. Work hard jobs until my body broke down, maybe start a struggling business, and try to do what I could to stay above the poverty line and off welfare. I told him I hoped to be successful enough that my kids never had to watch me use food stamps at the grocery store. It had been hard to watch my mom go through that. How sad is that? I was a smart young 18-…
February 21, 2025 at 2:30 PM
vurcease.bsky.social
Anyone in the D.C. area today with room in their schedule now have an exciting and fulfilling activity to engage in.
missmouse.bsky.social Antifa Mouse @missmouse.bsky.social · Feb 2
Elon Musk is an existential threat to the United States of America.

This is now both a constitutional crisis and a national security crisis.

As a citizen, my power is limited, but I do have the power to act. I am protesting outside OPM today from 3-5pm. Please join us.
February 3, 2025 at 2:12 PM
vurcease.bsky.social
This feels important to know.
adzebill.bsky.social Mike Dickison @adzebill.bsky.social · Feb 1
The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...
End of Term Web Archive – Preserving the Transition of a Nation | Internet Archive Blogs
blog.archive.org
February 2, 2025 at 2:03 AM
vurcease.bsky.social
The office decor is finally meeting my expectations. The cassette is the #transformers motion picture release and the one it the case is @cybertronicspree.bsky.social ‘s Ravage album. 🤘🏻
February 1, 2025 at 8:46 PM
vurcease.bsky.social
Wait - I'm sure I'm behind the times on this, but Adobe wants an additional $49/mo to access the Substance 3D apps? Even if you're paying the $59/mo for the "full Creative Cloud" suite? C'mon! Meanwhile, Blender3D is free. What are you thinking, Adobe?!
Screenshot of the icons representing the Adobe Substance 3D Collection of desktop applications.
February 1, 2025 at 4:40 PM
vurcease.bsky.social
#Airstream campers and #astronomy are in my top faves. So this photo really hits in the best of ways.
krlphoto.bsky.social KRL Photo @krlphoto.bsky.social · Jan 31
Single frame from one of my all time favorite Timelapses of the Milky Way! 🤩

📍 Telluride, CO

#photography #nightphotography #milkyway #airstream
February 1, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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@therealdhump.bsky.social I've always appreciated our friendship but I want my microbiome back. I'm not sharing.
January 31, 2025 at 2:10 PM
vurcease.bsky.social
After some research, I cannot find any goal or intended responsibility the position of Secretary of Transportation is beholden to that is furthered by giving investment preference to communities with higher marriage and birthrates. My fancy way of saying this is needless, offensive, and more.
kenklippenstein.bsky.social Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · Jan 30
Trump's Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy just sent out a memo directing staff to "give preference to
communities with marriage and birth rates higher than the national average"
January 31, 2025 at 12:42 PM
vurcease.bsky.social
For me, #GenAI images are for silly play. During #D&D we always order take out and I get pad Thai while playing a cleric. So here’s my character incarnated as my food order. @basscubed.bsky.social this would make a great #fortnite skin, too.
January 31, 2025 at 3:45 AM
vurcease.bsky.social
Last night I watched #startrek Section 31. www.imdb.com/title/tt9603...

My feelings here parallel those I had for the musical episode of Strange New Worlds: while I don’t feel the ‘Trek vibe in it, I was well entertained. I also adore Pacific Rim so you can gauge my breadth. ;)
Star Trek: Section 31 (2025) ⭐ 3.8 | Action, Adventure, Drama
1h 35m | PG-13
www.imdb.com
January 31, 2025 at 1:12 AM
vurcease.bsky.social
Wasn’t this a Trapperkeeper cover in 1985? Also, high five on 30mil!
bsky.app Bluesky @bsky.app · Jan 29
this is how it feels to reach 30 MILLION users!!!
euphoric photo of dolphins jumping under a rainbow
January 29, 2025 at 5:47 AM
vurcease.bsky.social
Among the zillion reasons I am a loyal attendee at DragonCon since 2007 is the convention's dedication to positive impact through charitable donations. Look at these folks go! #charity #cosplay #dragoncon
dragoncon.org Dragon Con @dragoncon.org · Jan 28
Last year we gave $300,000 to combat Arthritis.
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We are proud to announce our #DragonCon2025 charity partner: NAMI Georgia!!
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#NAMIGeorgia #MentalHealthAwareness #EndTheStigma #TogetherForMentalHealth #DragonCon #Charity
The NAMI Georgia team at a recent event
January 28, 2025 at 11:24 PM
vurcease.bsky.social
Why yes, I DID get the printer working. Twenty-five years in IT and the right set of tools is all it took. #diy #it
January 22, 2025 at 3:28 AM
vurcease.bsky.social
That is one pretty marble out there!
sophiefrommars.bsky.social Sophie @sophiefrommars.bsky.social · Jan 20
Japan's Akatsuki spacecraft takes the clearest picture of Venus ever made
January 21, 2025 at 7:49 PM