Mike Draco’lantern 🎃
@digitaldraco.bsky.social
Californian, leftish politics, psychology, photography, folklore, science, nerd stuff… [he/him]
Creator of the Blueskywalkers feed for Star Wars fans: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:7npnzio6e63coxgttadiyo34/feed/aaaeo2vyrtmoa
Creator of the Blueskywalkers feed for Star Wars fans: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:7npnzio6e63coxgttadiyo34/feed/aaaeo2vyrtmoa
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Thinking today about my Grandpa who served in the Army in Korea, my other Grandpa who served in the Army England, and my uncle who served in the Army in Vietnam.
November 11, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Thinking today about my Grandpa who served in the Army in Korea, my other Grandpa who served in the Army England, and my uncle who served in the Army in Vietnam.
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Ahead of Veterans Day, I was honored to welcome a flight of veterans and their families as they arrived in DC.
November 11, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Ahead of Veterans Day, I was honored to welcome a flight of veterans and their families as they arrived in DC.
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Person 1: “Ugh I hate [thing] because [facile, shallow reasoning]!”
Person 2: “I think [thing] is great and question your reasoning.”
Person 1: “🤣🤣🤣 Why so triggered that someone has an opinion that is different from yours?? [Thing] sucks! It’s objectively bad!! Lmfaooooooo”
Every damn day.
Person 2: “I think [thing] is great and question your reasoning.”
Person 1: “🤣🤣🤣 Why so triggered that someone has an opinion that is different from yours?? [Thing] sucks! It’s objectively bad!! Lmfaooooooo”
Every damn day.
November 6, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Person 1: “Ugh I hate [thing] because [facile, shallow reasoning]!”
Person 2: “I think [thing] is great and question your reasoning.”
Person 1: “🤣🤣🤣 Why so triggered that someone has an opinion that is different from yours?? [Thing] sucks! It’s objectively bad!! Lmfaooooooo”
Every damn day.
Person 2: “I think [thing] is great and question your reasoning.”
Person 1: “🤣🤣🤣 Why so triggered that someone has an opinion that is different from yours?? [Thing] sucks! It’s objectively bad!! Lmfaooooooo”
Every damn day.
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Wow.
The rumors are true: Star Wars Insider is ending it's run, citing the decreasing demand for print publishing. 😔
www.starwars.com/news/star-wa...
#StarWars
The rumors are true: Star Wars Insider is ending it's run, citing the decreasing demand for print publishing. 😔
www.starwars.com/news/star-wa...
#StarWars
November 10, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Wow.
The rumors are true: Star Wars Insider is ending it's run, citing the decreasing demand for print publishing. 😔
www.starwars.com/news/star-wa...
#StarWars
The rumors are true: Star Wars Insider is ending it's run, citing the decreasing demand for print publishing. 😔
www.starwars.com/news/star-wa...
#StarWars
Good.
"The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN." www.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
www.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Good.
Unpopular opinion:
It's a virtue signal here to hate on Threads but while there are issues with Threads (as there are with BlueSky), at least Threads doesn't seem to revolve around a couple dozen Internet Personalities and the occasional cliqueish behavior some of them exhibit.
It's a virtue signal here to hate on Threads but while there are issues with Threads (as there are with BlueSky), at least Threads doesn't seem to revolve around a couple dozen Internet Personalities and the occasional cliqueish behavior some of them exhibit.
November 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Unpopular opinion:
It's a virtue signal here to hate on Threads but while there are issues with Threads (as there are with BlueSky), at least Threads doesn't seem to revolve around a couple dozen Internet Personalities and the occasional cliqueish behavior some of them exhibit.
It's a virtue signal here to hate on Threads but while there are issues with Threads (as there are with BlueSky), at least Threads doesn't seem to revolve around a couple dozen Internet Personalities and the occasional cliqueish behavior some of them exhibit.
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And these NHS staff are the immigrants the U.K. says that it actually wants: no-one’s safe and of course that’s how fascists want it. (This hits home because I have relatives who have done house visits for many years.)
NHS staff who visit patients at home say St George’s flags can mean ‘no-go zones’
NHS staff who visit patients at home say St George’s flags can mean ‘no-go zones’
Black and Asian staff left feeling ‘deliberately intimidated’, according to chief executive of one NHS trust
NHS staff who care for patients in their own homes fear some areas have become “no-go zones” for them because of the presence of St George’s flags, health leaders have said.
Black and Asian staff have been left feeling “deliberately intimidated” as a result of the flags that were put up in many parts of England during the summer, according to the chief executive of one NHS trust in England, who asked to remain anonymous. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:34 AM
And these NHS staff are the immigrants the U.K. says that it actually wants: no-one’s safe and of course that’s how fascists want it. (This hits home because I have relatives who have done house visits for many years.)
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AI usually means Arseholes Involved. It’s a thieving, hollowing and unethical beast of a thing. It has no place in an ethical, decent society. It has no place in Hookland and never will.
November 11, 2025 at 7:54 AM
AI usually means Arseholes Involved. It’s a thieving, hollowing and unethical beast of a thing. It has no place in an ethical, decent society. It has no place in Hookland and never will.
Wow.
The rumors are true: Star Wars Insider is ending it's run, citing the decreasing demand for print publishing. 😔
www.starwars.com/news/star-wa...
#StarWars
The rumors are true: Star Wars Insider is ending it's run, citing the decreasing demand for print publishing. 😔
www.starwars.com/news/star-wa...
#StarWars
November 10, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Wow.
The rumors are true: Star Wars Insider is ending it's run, citing the decreasing demand for print publishing. 😔
www.starwars.com/news/star-wa...
#StarWars
The rumors are true: Star Wars Insider is ending it's run, citing the decreasing demand for print publishing. 😔
www.starwars.com/news/star-wa...
#StarWars
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some years, Circulatory System Walking Through the Kitchen Day just completely sneaks up on you
November 10, 2025 at 1:28 PM
some years, Circulatory System Walking Through the Kitchen Day just completely sneaks up on you
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AIPAC sucks, supports genocide, and is a hub for Christian Zionists as much as anyone. *And* at the same time:
When you vaguepost like this about issues unrelated to Israel suggesting an org associated with Judaism is to blame, you are at least FLIRTING with antisemitic conspiracy theory.
When you vaguepost like this about issues unrelated to Israel suggesting an org associated with Judaism is to blame, you are at least FLIRTING with antisemitic conspiracy theory.
November 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
AIPAC sucks, supports genocide, and is a hub for Christian Zionists as much as anyone. *And* at the same time:
When you vaguepost like this about issues unrelated to Israel suggesting an org associated with Judaism is to blame, you are at least FLIRTING with antisemitic conspiracy theory.
When you vaguepost like this about issues unrelated to Israel suggesting an org associated with Judaism is to blame, you are at least FLIRTING with antisemitic conspiracy theory.
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a few months ago I said "having generative AI handle absolutely anything with regards to healthcare is a nightmare and should be banned" and a bunch of people made fun of me and called me stupid. anyways,
November 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
a few months ago I said "having generative AI handle absolutely anything with regards to healthcare is a nightmare and should be banned" and a bunch of people made fun of me and called me stupid. anyways,
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A great villain should he fun to watch but also fun to watch them get their comeuppance
November 10, 2025 at 3:36 AM
A great villain should he fun to watch but also fun to watch them get their comeuppance
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triggers... an... election...
November 10, 2025 at 2:51 AM
triggers... an... election...
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A lot of the internet would be a lot quieter if more people asked questions instead of assuming things and rushing to “dunk” on other people.
Curiosity > Arrogance
Curiosity > Arrogance
November 5, 2025 at 8:34 PM
A lot of the internet would be a lot quieter if more people asked questions instead of assuming things and rushing to “dunk” on other people.
Curiosity > Arrogance
Curiosity > Arrogance
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Went to bed too early to finish the movie last night so cranked it back up when work was over.
Found this entertaining tidbit on the DeLorean wiki page:
"Folk tales in Ireland attribute the failure of DeLorean to the fact that the company had destroyed a sacred fairy fort to build its factory."
Found this entertaining tidbit on the DeLorean wiki page:
"Folk tales in Ireland attribute the failure of DeLorean to the fact that the company had destroyed a sacred fairy fort to build its factory."
November 6, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Went to bed too early to finish the movie last night so cranked it back up when work was over.
Found this entertaining tidbit on the DeLorean wiki page:
"Folk tales in Ireland attribute the failure of DeLorean to the fact that the company had destroyed a sacred fairy fort to build its factory."
Found this entertaining tidbit on the DeLorean wiki page:
"Folk tales in Ireland attribute the failure of DeLorean to the fact that the company had destroyed a sacred fairy fort to build its factory."
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No reason at all to do this besides hate
NEW: On the shadow docket, the Supreme Court lets Trump resume misgendering trans Americans on their passports, claiming "the government is merely attesting to a historical fact without subjecting anyone to differential treatment." All three liberals dissent. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
![This case concerns an Executive Branch policy requiring
all new passports to display an individual’s biological sex at
birth. The United States District Court for the District of
Massachusetts preliminarily enjoined the Government
from enforcing the policy, and the First Circuit declined to
stay the injunction pending appeal. The Government then
filed this stay application. Applying our familiar stay fac-
tors at this preliminary stage, we grant the application.
Displaying passport holders’ sex at birth no more offends
equal protection principles than displaying their country of
birth—in both cases, the Government is merely attesting to
a historical fact without subjecting anyone to differential
treatment. And on this record, respondents have failed to
establish that the Government’s choice to display biological
sex “lack[s] any purpose other than a bare . . . desire to
harm a politically unpopular group.” Trump v. Hawaii, 585
U. S. 667, 705 (2018) (internal quotation marks omitted).
Nor are respondents likely to prevail in arguing that the
State Department acted arbitrarily and capriciously by de-
clining to depart from Presidential rules that Congress ex-
pressly required it to follow. See 22 U. S. C. §211a.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6h7b2i6ttw3l4t7pvbvxdith/bafkreiacrtgoecxjy5y7ojz7xzbun4c4nwutjcvqn4qb4p25ldpt6va5lu@jpeg)
November 6, 2025 at 9:34 PM
No reason at all to do this besides hate
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Damn. End of an era. :(
So many nights after concerts and LARPs at Denny's.
And now it'll likely be burdened with debt and left to languish and die an ignominious death.
apnews.com/article/denn...
So many nights after concerts and LARPs at Denny's.
And now it'll likely be burdened with debt and left to languish and die an ignominious death.
apnews.com/article/denn...
Denny's to be acquired and taken private in a deal valued at $620 million
Denny’s said Monday that it’s being acquired by a group of investors who will take the breakfast chain private.
apnews.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Damn. End of an era. :(
So many nights after concerts and LARPs at Denny's.
And now it'll likely be burdened with debt and left to languish and die an ignominious death.
apnews.com/article/denn...
So many nights after concerts and LARPs at Denny's.
And now it'll likely be burdened with debt and left to languish and die an ignominious death.
apnews.com/article/denn...
Person 1: “Ugh I hate [thing] because [facile, shallow reasoning]!”
Person 2: “I think [thing] is great and question your reasoning.”
Person 1: “🤣🤣🤣 Why so triggered that someone has an opinion that is different from yours?? [Thing] sucks! It’s objectively bad!! Lmfaooooooo”
Every damn day.
Person 2: “I think [thing] is great and question your reasoning.”
Person 1: “🤣🤣🤣 Why so triggered that someone has an opinion that is different from yours?? [Thing] sucks! It’s objectively bad!! Lmfaooooooo”
Every damn day.
November 6, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Person 1: “Ugh I hate [thing] because [facile, shallow reasoning]!”
Person 2: “I think [thing] is great and question your reasoning.”
Person 1: “🤣🤣🤣 Why so triggered that someone has an opinion that is different from yours?? [Thing] sucks! It’s objectively bad!! Lmfaooooooo”
Every damn day.
Person 2: “I think [thing] is great and question your reasoning.”
Person 1: “🤣🤣🤣 Why so triggered that someone has an opinion that is different from yours?? [Thing] sucks! It’s objectively bad!! Lmfaooooooo”
Every damn day.
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More evidence that "neolib" just means "everything I don't like" to far too many people.
She was always trying to increase and improve public services, not privatize them and turn them over to market relations.
She was always trying to increase and improve public services, not privatize them and turn them over to market relations.
The reason 30 Rock succeeds years later while parks and rec has aged like a toilet full of milk, is that 30 Rock doesnt shy away from portraying Liz Lemon as an obvious villian with a victim/hero complex, whereas Leslie Knope was played just a straight hero character, even tho she is a neolib shill
November 5, 2025 at 11:49 PM
More evidence that "neolib" just means "everything I don't like" to far too many people.
She was always trying to increase and improve public services, not privatize them and turn them over to market relations.
She was always trying to increase and improve public services, not privatize them and turn them over to market relations.
I wonder what all the “Voting isn’t activism!” or “Voting doesn’t work!” or “Both sides are the same!” people are doing today. 🤔
I hope they’re celebrating like most of us are, honestly.
We needed some wins.
I hope they’re celebrating like most of us are, honestly.
We needed some wins.
November 5, 2025 at 10:43 PM
I wonder what all the “Voting isn’t activism!” or “Voting doesn’t work!” or “Both sides are the same!” people are doing today. 🤔
I hope they’re celebrating like most of us are, honestly.
We needed some wins.
I hope they’re celebrating like most of us are, honestly.
We needed some wins.
A lot of the internet would be a lot quieter if more people asked questions instead of assuming things and rushing to “dunk” on other people.
Curiosity > Arrogance
Curiosity > Arrogance
November 5, 2025 at 8:34 PM
A lot of the internet would be a lot quieter if more people asked questions instead of assuming things and rushing to “dunk” on other people.
Curiosity > Arrogance
Curiosity > Arrogance