Dustball
@dstbl.bsky.social
Bay Area #UX guy looking for a new social media home after Twitter and Reddit committed self-immolation. #RetroGaming #History #Baseball #Beer
"Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed... That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it" #fuckice #overthrowtrump
January 28, 2026 at 7:57 AM
"Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed... That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it" #fuckice #overthrowtrump
2025 was by far the worst year in my nearly half-century of life. Like, not even close. So few positives and a Santa-sized list of negatives. Here’s hoping 2026 can bring many more positives to even out the balance sheet. #happynewyear #fuck2025
January 1, 2026 at 9:18 AM
2025 was by far the worst year in my nearly half-century of life. Like, not even close. So few positives and a Santa-sized list of negatives. Here’s hoping 2026 can bring many more positives to even out the balance sheet. #happynewyear #fuck2025
Love me some Adm. Cloudberg! Looking forward to this one
Teaser for my upcoming article (and the answer to my earlier hint).
December 5, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Love me some Adm. Cloudberg! Looking forward to this one
I wish for only three things this holiday season: the Lego Star Trek Enterprise, a pedicure, and a trip to Disneyland.
December 4, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I wish for only three things this holiday season: the Lego Star Trek Enterprise, a pedicure, and a trip to Disneyland.
It’s sprinkling. You’ve got your windshield wipers on full blast. And all of your windows rolled all the way down. I have questions. #dafuq
November 13, 2025 at 10:55 PM
It’s sprinkling. You’ve got your windshield wipers on full blast. And all of your windows rolled all the way down. I have questions. #dafuq
Ahh yes, “Imaginary Friend.” One of the few duds of the 5th season, which is immediately followed by the strongest 3 episode run of all 7 seasons: “I, Borg,” “The Next Phase,” and “The Inner Light.” Let’s get this 46 minutes done so I can enjoy the next 138 minutes of bliss #nextgenbingerewatch
November 9, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Ahh yes, “Imaginary Friend.” One of the few duds of the 5th season, which is immediately followed by the strongest 3 episode run of all 7 seasons: “I, Borg,” “The Next Phase,” and “The Inner Light.” Let’s get this 46 minutes done so I can enjoy the next 138 minutes of bliss #nextgenbingerewatch
Season 5 Episode 18 “Cause and Effect”: One of the best episodes of the show’s run. Great concept by Braga, fantastic directing by Frakes, and just super well executed. Probably only like 4 other episodes get this close to perfection #nextgenbingerewatch
October 22, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Season 5 Episode 18 “Cause and Effect”: One of the best episodes of the show’s run. Great concept by Braga, fantastic directing by Frakes, and just super well executed. Probably only like 4 other episodes get this close to perfection #nextgenbingerewatch
“If you have blood pressure, you shouldn’t be drinking too much water.” Da fuq? #thingsdrunkssay
October 16, 2025 at 8:32 PM
“If you have blood pressure, you shouldn’t be drinking too much water.” Da fuq? #thingsdrunkssay
Still plugging away on ST:TNG. S5 is full of bangers, might be the best season overall but we’ll see when we keep going. Currently on Ep. 6 “The Game” which is a really fun episode with some switching of the typical adult-teenager dynamic. And reaffirms my crush on Ashley Judd #nextgenbingerewatch
October 9, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Still plugging away on ST:TNG. S5 is full of bangers, might be the best season overall but we’ll see when we keep going. Currently on Ep. 6 “The Game” which is a really fun episode with some switching of the typical adult-teenager dynamic. And reaffirms my crush on Ashley Judd #nextgenbingerewatch
September 20, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The CDC is a failed institution & we are worse off because of it. Kids should get the MMR vaccine, it’s not even a question. And I already got my COVID booster. Glad that my state is smart & writing their own guidelines, but then what exactly are we getting from the feds? apple.news/AILlCaYVTRoe...
RFK Jr.-Backed Vaccine Panel Advises Against MMRV Vaccine for Young Children — The Wall Street Journal
New members of key committee tweak routine childhood vaccine guidance as some states and insurers go their own way
apple.news
September 18, 2025 at 10:19 PM
The CDC is a failed institution & we are worse off because of it. Kids should get the MMR vaccine, it’s not even a question. And I already got my COVID booster. Glad that my state is smart & writing their own guidelines, but then what exactly are we getting from the feds? apple.news/AILlCaYVTRoe...
I think of Charlie Kirk’s death the same way I felt about James Dobson…
Wasn’t advocating for it, wasn’t pushing to make it happen… but on the flip side neither of those motherfuckers deserve any sympathy and if the idiotic concept of hell existed, they’d both rot at the lowest tier. Good riddance
Wasn’t advocating for it, wasn’t pushing to make it happen… but on the flip side neither of those motherfuckers deserve any sympathy and if the idiotic concept of hell existed, they’d both rot at the lowest tier. Good riddance
September 13, 2025 at 9:28 AM
I think of Charlie Kirk’s death the same way I felt about James Dobson…
Wasn’t advocating for it, wasn’t pushing to make it happen… but on the flip side neither of those motherfuckers deserve any sympathy and if the idiotic concept of hell existed, they’d both rot at the lowest tier. Good riddance
Wasn’t advocating for it, wasn’t pushing to make it happen… but on the flip side neither of those motherfuckers deserve any sympathy and if the idiotic concept of hell existed, they’d both rot at the lowest tier. Good riddance
I seriously can’t understand how “The Amazing Spider-Man 2” got 50% on Rotten Tomatoes. It’s one of the worst films I’ve ever watched. Midway through I got mad at myself for making me continue to watch it. It’s such trash
August 20, 2025 at 8:56 AM
I seriously can’t understand how “The Amazing Spider-Man 2” got 50% on Rotten Tomatoes. It’s one of the worst films I’ve ever watched. Midway through I got mad at myself for making me continue to watch it. It’s such trash
Man… how cool is it that my third kid’s playing (light) travel ball, he’s playing up a year and the two-year up coach is looking at him for a pitcher. We had mostly bad games on day one today but I like our shot in the sliver bracket
August 10, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Man… how cool is it that my third kid’s playing (light) travel ball, he’s playing up a year and the two-year up coach is looking at him for a pitcher. We had mostly bad games on day one today but I like our shot in the sliver bracket
Omg I just bought tickets for myself, my brother-in-law, and my father-in-law to go see The Naked Gun in the morning. Not an ad, I just haven’t been to a movie theater in 5+ years and THIS is the movie that’s drawing me back. I thought it’d be a Chris Nolan joint (and I will be back for The Odyssey)
August 2, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Omg I just bought tickets for myself, my brother-in-law, and my father-in-law to go see The Naked Gun in the morning. Not an ad, I just haven’t been to a movie theater in 5+ years and THIS is the movie that’s drawing me back. I thought it’d be a Chris Nolan joint (and I will be back for The Odyssey)
Can I just say how irrationally happy it makes me that The Naked Gun is coming out of the gate with a 92% on Rotten Tomatoes? I may break my 5 year streak of not going to the movies to go see it. Feels like just the kind of movie I need right now with *gestures around* all of this going on.
July 30, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Can I just say how irrationally happy it makes me that The Naked Gun is coming out of the gate with a 92% on Rotten Tomatoes? I may break my 5 year streak of not going to the movies to go see it. Feels like just the kind of movie I need right now with *gestures around* all of this going on.
This is probably no revelation to anyone else, but I’m such a socially inept asshole, I finally think I figured out the “bro handshake hierarchy” after I dunno 20 years?
Tier 1: Handshake
T2: Fistbump
T3: Dap low, shoulder grab
T4: Dap high, shoulder grab
T5: Dap high and a full one-armed snug
Tier 1: Handshake
T2: Fistbump
T3: Dap low, shoulder grab
T4: Dap high, shoulder grab
T5: Dap high and a full one-armed snug
July 22, 2025 at 8:47 AM
This is probably no revelation to anyone else, but I’m such a socially inept asshole, I finally think I figured out the “bro handshake hierarchy” after I dunno 20 years?
Tier 1: Handshake
T2: Fistbump
T3: Dap low, shoulder grab
T4: Dap high, shoulder grab
T5: Dap high and a full one-armed snug
Tier 1: Handshake
T2: Fistbump
T3: Dap low, shoulder grab
T4: Dap high, shoulder grab
T5: Dap high and a full one-armed snug
How the hell did I go 33 years without knowing that Edie Brickell was married to Paul Simon?!?!
They met on SNL when she was 22 and he was 46, which is a little sus but seems they’ve had a good life together.
Just made me go whaaaaa? when Colbert mentioned it
They met on SNL when she was 22 and he was 46, which is a little sus but seems they’ve had a good life together.
Just made me go whaaaaa? when Colbert mentioned it
June 24, 2025 at 6:53 AM
How the hell did I go 33 years without knowing that Edie Brickell was married to Paul Simon?!?!
They met on SNL when she was 22 and he was 46, which is a little sus but seems they’ve had a good life together.
Just made me go whaaaaa? when Colbert mentioned it
They met on SNL when she was 22 and he was 46, which is a little sus but seems they’ve had a good life together.
Just made me go whaaaaa? when Colbert mentioned it
#STTNG Season 3 starts out stronger than anything that came before it, weird overdubbing issue in episode 2 notwithstanding. Ep. 3&4 of this season really start to show the quality sci-fi ahead. I’m already fired up for the murderer’s row that is the back half of this season #nextgenbingerewatch
June 5, 2025 at 8:18 AM
#STTNG Season 3 starts out stronger than anything that came before it, weird overdubbing issue in episode 2 notwithstanding. Ep. 3&4 of this season really start to show the quality sci-fi ahead. I’m already fired up for the murderer’s row that is the back half of this season #nextgenbingerewatch
The badly-written #sttng episodes slow down mid 2nd season, but the finale “Shades of Gray” stands out as completely awful. A clip show surrounded by medical jargon nonsense. I know they were trying to save money but to end a season like this, they’re lucky they got another #nextgenbingerewatch
June 4, 2025 at 8:20 AM
The badly-written #sttng episodes slow down mid 2nd season, but the finale “Shades of Gray” stands out as completely awful. A clip show surrounded by medical jargon nonsense. I know they were trying to save money but to end a season like this, they’re lucky they got another #nextgenbingerewatch
The writing on #sttng improves vastly around the midpoint of season 2. The best example I've found so far is in "Q Who" (episode 16) where Picard is trying to get to the bottom of why Q is back after promising to stay away and Q thinks Picard isn't being fair #nextgenbingerewatch
June 2, 2025 at 8:21 AM
The writing on #sttng improves vastly around the midpoint of season 2. The best example I've found so far is in "Q Who" (episode 16) where Picard is trying to get to the bottom of why Q is back after promising to stay away and Q thinks Picard isn't being fair #nextgenbingerewatch
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Robert Smigel’s tribute to George Wendt is really great
May 21, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Robert Smigel’s tribute to George Wendt is really great
My hero has passed. There are several restaurants and bars strewn throughout the Bay Area where my nickname was Norm because I came in regularly and always had my spot. I tip a beer in the air and give a hearty NOOOORRRMM in remembrance. You are already missed www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/a...
George Wendt, a.k.a. Norm From ‘Cheers,’ Is Dead at 76
www.nytimes.com
May 21, 2025 at 6:08 AM
My hero has passed. There are several restaurants and bars strewn throughout the Bay Area where my nickname was Norm because I came in regularly and always had my spot. I tip a beer in the air and give a hearty NOOOORRRMM in remembrance. You are already missed www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/a...
Hot damn. I love ST: TNG. I know the first season was kinda ass. Bought a whole 43 disc Blu-ray set from friggin England before the Trump-iffs made it stupid. As I watch this show after I rip it down… I’m so glad they got their shit figured out. This sucks
May 8, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Hot damn. I love ST: TNG. I know the first season was kinda ass. Bought a whole 43 disc Blu-ray set from friggin England before the Trump-iffs made it stupid. As I watch this show after I rip it down… I’m so glad they got their shit figured out. This sucks
Haven’t posted much lately but trying to circle back. All I can say today is…
Fuck these motherfucking facists, cryptobros, nazis, and fake Christians who wanna destroy democracy. We see you. We are coming for you.
Also #FJF
Fuck these motherfucking facists, cryptobros, nazis, and fake Christians who wanna destroy democracy. We see you. We are coming for you.
Also #FJF
March 24, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Haven’t posted much lately but trying to circle back. All I can say today is…
Fuck these motherfucking facists, cryptobros, nazis, and fake Christians who wanna destroy democracy. We see you. We are coming for you.
Also #FJF
Fuck these motherfucking facists, cryptobros, nazis, and fake Christians who wanna destroy democracy. We see you. We are coming for you.
Also #FJF