Mark LaDue
@acloudofunknowing.bsky.social
Looking at the world through the lens of Science and Mathematics, I'm a mathematician by training, a physicist at heart, and a software engineer by profession.
The crowd at today's #NoKings protest in Arlington, TX, was larger than it was last June. Here's what it looked like after about an hour. This time there was also an endless parade of protesters in cars displaying signs. My guess is that many people couldn't find a place to park nearby.
October 18, 2025 at 7:32 PM
The crowd at today's #NoKings protest in Arlington, TX, was larger than it was last June. Here's what it looked like after about an hour. This time there was also an endless parade of protesters in cars displaying signs. My guess is that many people couldn't find a place to park nearby.
I found a spot at the heart of today's #NoKings protest in Arlington, TX. Here's what it looked like near the beginning. There were no constables around the courthouse, and a single police car only came by twice. Nothing could be more peaceful than this, and they knew it.
October 18, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I found a spot at the heart of today's #NoKings protest in Arlington, TX. Here's what it looked like near the beginning. There were no constables around the courthouse, and a single police car only came by twice. Nothing could be more peaceful than this, and they knew it.
More people are arriving for today's #NoKings protest in Arlington, TX. A little bit of rain isn't going to dampen anyone's enthusiasm. Here's the other side of my new sign, which was inspired by @meidastouch.com.
October 18, 2025 at 2:30 PM
More people are arriving for today's #NoKings protest in Arlington, TX. A little bit of rain isn't going to dampen anyone's enthusiasm. Here's the other side of my new sign, which was inspired by @meidastouch.com.
I'm here early for today's #NoKings protest in Arlington, TX. My new sign celebrates the important work of @marcelias.bsky.social and @democracydocket.com.
October 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
I'm here early for today's #NoKings protest in Arlington, TX. My new sign celebrates the important work of @marcelias.bsky.social and @democracydocket.com.
There is nothing covered that won’t be uncovered, nothing hidden that won’t be made known. Therefore, whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered in an ear in private rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops.
Luke 12:2-3 on the Epstein files
Luke 12:2-3 on the Epstein files
July 18, 2025 at 11:32 AM
There is nothing covered that won’t be uncovered, nothing hidden that won’t be made known. Therefore, whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered in an ear in private rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops.
Luke 12:2-3 on the Epstein files
Luke 12:2-3 on the Epstein files
This is part of a current exhibition at the Dallas Museum of Art. The artist is unknown, but it's clearly #antitrump protest art.
June 23, 2025 at 11:54 AM
This is part of a current exhibition at the Dallas Museum of Art. The artist is unknown, but it's clearly #antitrump protest art.
And here's the end of today's #nokings protest in Arlington, TX. Trump's birthday parade was weak and minuscule compared to this and the thousands of other protests across the nation today.
June 14, 2025 at 8:25 PM
And here's the end of today's #nokings protest in Arlington, TX. Trump's birthday parade was weak and minuscule compared to this and the thousands of other protests across the nation today.
Here's the beginning of today's #nokings protest in Arlington, TX. I was right in the middle of it. People were still arriving. The peaceful and boisterous crowd eventually stretched for several blocks in both directions.
June 14, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Here's the beginning of today's #nokings protest in Arlington, TX. I was right in the middle of it. People were still arriving. The peaceful and boisterous crowd eventually stretched for several blocks in both directions.
“Learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its branch becomes tender and sprouts leaves, you know that summer is near.”
Matthew 24:32 CSB
This will be a summer of massive anti-Trump protests, and our sprawling fig tree (25' x 15' x 12') is a daily reminder of that.
Matthew 24:32 CSB
This will be a summer of massive anti-Trump protests, and our sprawling fig tree (25' x 15' x 12') is a daily reminder of that.
June 6, 2025 at 3:39 PM
“Learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its branch becomes tender and sprouts leaves, you know that summer is near.”
Matthew 24:32 CSB
This will be a summer of massive anti-Trump protests, and our sprawling fig tree (25' x 15' x 12') is a daily reminder of that.
Matthew 24:32 CSB
This will be a summer of massive anti-Trump protests, and our sprawling fig tree (25' x 15' x 12') is a daily reminder of that.
This was the warmup as I was just arriving at yesterday's Tesla Takedown protest in Southlake, TX. For me it was a great warmup for raining on Trump's birthday parade on June 14.
May 18, 2025 at 2:53 PM
This was the warmup as I was just arriving at yesterday's Tesla Takedown protest in Southlake, TX. For me it was a great warmup for raining on Trump's birthday parade on June 14.
There were indeed false prophets among the people...Many will follow their depraved ways, and the way of truth will be maligned because of them. They will exploit you in their greed with made-up stories...
2 Peter 2:1-3 CSB
Peter understood the maga imperial cult as well as Paul did.
2 Peter 2:1-3 CSB
Peter understood the maga imperial cult as well as Paul did.
May 16, 2025 at 1:48 PM
There were indeed false prophets among the people...Many will follow their depraved ways, and the way of truth will be maligned because of them. They will exploit you in their greed with made-up stories...
2 Peter 2:1-3 CSB
Peter understood the maga imperial cult as well as Paul did.
2 Peter 2:1-3 CSB
Peter understood the maga imperial cult as well as Paul did.
Our cats' garden of paradise includes self-service catnip.
May 8, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Our cats' garden of paradise includes self-service catnip.
This bald eagle also couldn't stand that vulture Trump. So it sought refuge atop a juniper tree on our small blue island in this orangish red Texas neighborhood.
May 5, 2025 at 10:52 AM
This bald eagle also couldn't stand that vulture Trump. So it sought refuge atop a juniper tree on our small blue island in this orangish red Texas neighborhood.
Things go badly with popes when, instead of earning men’s commendations by good deeds, they extort praises with threats. Such popes cannot be praised without lying;
From Julius Exclusus by Erasmus (1514)
CrackPOTUS would earn the same rebuke from Peter as Pope Julius II did in Erasmus's satire.
From Julius Exclusus by Erasmus (1514)
CrackPOTUS would earn the same rebuke from Peter as Pope Julius II did in Erasmus's satire.
May 4, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Things go badly with popes when, instead of earning men’s commendations by good deeds, they extort praises with threats. Such popes cannot be praised without lying;
From Julius Exclusus by Erasmus (1514)
CrackPOTUS would earn the same rebuke from Peter as Pope Julius II did in Erasmus's satire.
From Julius Exclusus by Erasmus (1514)
CrackPOTUS would earn the same rebuke from Peter as Pope Julius II did in Erasmus's satire.
They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served what has been created instead of the Creator, who is praised forever.
Romans 1:25 CSB
Paul had a profound understanding of human nature, but even he might be taken aback by Trump's and MAGA's endless crackpottery.
Romans 1:25 CSB
Paul had a profound understanding of human nature, but even he might be taken aback by Trump's and MAGA's endless crackpottery.
May 3, 2025 at 2:07 PM
They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served what has been created instead of the Creator, who is praised forever.
Romans 1:25 CSB
Paul had a profound understanding of human nature, but even he might be taken aback by Trump's and MAGA's endless crackpottery.
Romans 1:25 CSB
Paul had a profound understanding of human nature, but even he might be taken aback by Trump's and MAGA's endless crackpottery.
These people are...waterless clouds carried along by winds...They are discontented grumblers, living according to their desires; their mouths utter arrogant words, flattering people for their own advantage.
Jude 1:12,16 CSB
When it comes to Trump's cabinet, Jude won't let you down.
Jude 1:12,16 CSB
When it comes to Trump's cabinet, Jude won't let you down.
May 1, 2025 at 12:19 AM
These people are...waterless clouds carried along by winds...They are discontented grumblers, living according to their desires; their mouths utter arrogant words, flattering people for their own advantage.
Jude 1:12,16 CSB
When it comes to Trump's cabinet, Jude won't let you down.
Jude 1:12,16 CSB
When it comes to Trump's cabinet, Jude won't let you down.
My sweetheart of 30 years painted these Easter eggs this year. If I'm lucky, she'll illustrate my next anti-Trump protest signs.
April 30, 2025 at 2:44 PM
My sweetheart of 30 years painted these Easter eggs this year. If I'm lucky, she'll illustrate my next anti-Trump protest signs.
I think I could turn and live with animals,
they are so placid and self-contain’d,
I stand and look at them long and long.
They do not sweat and whine about their condition...
Walt Whitman's words, from his celebrated Song of Myself (32), express my conviction that cats are more decent than Trump.
they are so placid and self-contain’d,
I stand and look at them long and long.
They do not sweat and whine about their condition...
Walt Whitman's words, from his celebrated Song of Myself (32), express my conviction that cats are more decent than Trump.
April 30, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I think I could turn and live with animals,
they are so placid and self-contain’d,
I stand and look at them long and long.
They do not sweat and whine about their condition...
Walt Whitman's words, from his celebrated Song of Myself (32), express my conviction that cats are more decent than Trump.
they are so placid and self-contain’d,
I stand and look at them long and long.
They do not sweat and whine about their condition...
Walt Whitman's words, from his celebrated Song of Myself (32), express my conviction that cats are more decent than Trump.
The curl of her lips
The ICE in her stare
All innocent children
Had better beware
She's like a spider waiting
For the kill
Look out for Cruella de Vil
- Lyrics from One Hundred and One Dalmations
Puppies everywhere agree with the 101 Dalmations about the identity of Cruella de Vil.
The ICE in her stare
All innocent children
Had better beware
She's like a spider waiting
For the kill
Look out for Cruella de Vil
- Lyrics from One Hundred and One Dalmations
Puppies everywhere agree with the 101 Dalmations about the identity of Cruella de Vil.
April 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
The curl of her lips
The ICE in her stare
All innocent children
Had better beware
She's like a spider waiting
For the kill
Look out for Cruella de Vil
- Lyrics from One Hundred and One Dalmations
Puppies everywhere agree with the 101 Dalmations about the identity of Cruella de Vil.
The ICE in her stare
All innocent children
Had better beware
She's like a spider waiting
For the kill
Look out for Cruella de Vil
- Lyrics from One Hundred and One Dalmations
Puppies everywhere agree with the 101 Dalmations about the identity of Cruella de Vil.
Here's another digital billboard near SpaceX in Hawthorne, CA. It's also visible from nearby apartments. The sponsor is a venture capital firm called Fifty Years.
April 18, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Here's another digital billboard near SpaceX in Hawthorne, CA. It's also visible from nearby apartments. The sponsor is a venture capital firm called Fifty Years.
Resistance to Trump and Musk is coming from all quarters. This is a digital billboard near SpaceX in Hawthorne, CA. It's visible from nearby apartments.
April 18, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Resistance to Trump and Musk is coming from all quarters. This is a digital billboard near SpaceX in Hawthorne, CA. It's visible from nearby apartments.
He even used openly to deplore the state of his times, because they had been marked by no public disasters...and every now and then he wished for the destruction of his armies, for famine, pestilence, fires, or a great earthquake.
Suetonius, Vita Caligulae
Trump seeks to destroy Biden's good work.
Suetonius, Vita Caligulae
Trump seeks to destroy Biden's good work.
April 17, 2025 at 10:44 AM
He even used openly to deplore the state of his times, because they had been marked by no public disasters...and every now and then he wished for the destruction of his armies, for famine, pestilence, fires, or a great earthquake.
Suetonius, Vita Caligulae
Trump seeks to destroy Biden's good work.
Suetonius, Vita Caligulae
Trump seeks to destroy Biden's good work.