Ernest Scribbler
@ernest-scribbler.bsky.social
Retired technical writer learning the art of writing fiction. Singer, traveler, husband, proud father of 3 sons. Final GOP vote: 1994. He/him. Proof of my reality at StevenJong.net. Typo? What tpyo?
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Hope is alive
The silver lining to the surrender by 8 Dems is that the House GOP must return to vote on it. Johnson must swear in Grijalva, and the discharge petition on the Epstein files must force a full floor vote. Stay tuned.
November 11, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Hope is alive
I finishing a chapter in my pajamas. How it got in my pajamas I’ll never know #writinglife
November 10, 2025 at 11:44 PM
I finishing a chapter in my pajamas. How it got in my pajamas I’ll never know #writinglife
What if— and hear me out here:
1) Speaker Johnson was never going to reconvene the House,
2) But he has to to reopen the government,
3) And once he does, the discharge petition releasing the Epstein files, a privileged motion, gets passed,
4) Fatally damaging President Trump.
Political genius?
1) Speaker Johnson was never going to reconvene the House,
2) But he has to to reopen the government,
3) And once he does, the discharge petition releasing the Epstein files, a privileged motion, gets passed,
4) Fatally damaging President Trump.
Political genius?
November 10, 2025 at 9:48 PM
What if— and hear me out here:
1) Speaker Johnson was never going to reconvene the House,
2) But he has to to reopen the government,
3) And once he does, the discharge petition releasing the Epstein files, a privileged motion, gets passed,
4) Fatally damaging President Trump.
Political genius?
1) Speaker Johnson was never going to reconvene the House,
2) But he has to to reopen the government,
3) And once he does, the discharge petition releasing the Epstein files, a privileged motion, gets passed,
4) Fatally damaging President Trump.
Political genius?
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Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
November 10, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
Stared at it for half a football game, but got #Septle
1604 - 🔥 2 day streak - septle.com
#Septle: 3/8
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1604 - 🔥 2 day streak - septle.com
#Septle: 3/8
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Septle - The Seven Letter Wordle
Guess the hidden word in 8 tries. New puzzles are available each day.
septle.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Stared at it for half a football game, but got #Septle
1604 - 🔥 2 day streak - septle.com
#Septle: 3/8
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1604 - 🔥 2 day streak - septle.com
#Septle: 3/8
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GOV. @gavinnewsom.bsky.social : "I support independent redistricting, but you can't do it state by state with one arm tied behind your back. You can't unilaterally disarm as other people are not playing by the rules.”
November 9, 2025 at 2:37 PM
GOV. @gavinnewsom.bsky.social : "I support independent redistricting, but you can't do it state by state with one arm tied behind your back. You can't unilaterally disarm as other people are not playing by the rules.”
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I don't use AI for the same reason I don't eat tapeworms... I don't like parasites.
November 8, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I don't use AI for the same reason I don't eat tapeworms... I don't like parasites.
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November 8, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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One thing to do, especially if you’re a science writer or editor, is when you have occasion to mention the names of the discoverers of the structure of DNA, just say “Watson, Crick, and Franklin.” No one can stop us, and it is correct.
November 7, 2025 at 9:52 PM
One thing to do, especially if you’re a science writer or editor, is when you have occasion to mention the names of the discoverers of the structure of DNA, just say “Watson, Crick, and Franklin.” No one can stop us, and it is correct.
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Just think, one day very soon, he'll look like this forever.
November 7, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Just think, one day very soon, he'll look like this forever.
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In 2001, terrorists tried to destroy the White House with a hijacked plane. 24 years later, the president of the United States accepted a plane from people funding terrorists and destroyed the White House himself.🔄
November 7, 2025 at 9:53 PM
In 2001, terrorists tried to destroy the White House with a hijacked plane. 24 years later, the president of the United States accepted a plane from people funding terrorists and destroyed the White House himself.🔄
November 7, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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There had better be trials. And not just for the low-level thugs carrying out these orders, but for everyone up the chain of command.
If we get past this, the solution isn’t to pretend it never happened and invite Stephen Miller to Harvard’s Institute of Politics.
It’s trials w real punishments.
If we get past this, the solution isn’t to pretend it never happened and invite Stephen Miller to Harvard’s Institute of Politics.
It’s trials w real punishments.
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 12:45 PM
There had better be trials. And not just for the low-level thugs carrying out these orders, but for everyone up the chain of command.
If we get past this, the solution isn’t to pretend it never happened and invite Stephen Miller to Harvard’s Institute of Politics.
It’s trials w real punishments.
If we get past this, the solution isn’t to pretend it never happened and invite Stephen Miller to Harvard’s Institute of Politics.
It’s trials w real punishments.
My starter word comes through again in #Septle
1601 - 🔥 2 day streak - septle.com
#Septle: 2/8
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1601 - 🔥 2 day streak - septle.com
#Septle: 2/8
⬛️🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨⬛️
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Septle - The Seven Letter Wordle
Guess the hidden word in 8 tries. New puzzles are available each day.
septle.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:35 AM
My starter word comes through again in #Septle
1601 - 🔥 2 day streak - septle.com
#Septle: 2/8
⬛️🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨⬛️
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
1601 - 🔥 2 day streak - septle.com
#Septle: 2/8
⬛️🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨⬛️
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Your cat when you're choking to death in your apartment
November 6, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Your cat when you're choking to death in your apartment
November 6, 2025 at 8:00 PM
November 5, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Sentence of the moment:
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November 4, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Sentence of the moment:
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Will the media report this accurately? Two courts have held that Trump is obligated to pay SNAP and that the money is there, regardless of the shutdown. There aren't two sides of this: Trump is breaking the law to starve people in order to extort Dems to give up their fight to save health care.
November 4, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Will the media report this accurately? Two courts have held that Trump is obligated to pay SNAP and that the money is there, regardless of the shutdown. There aren't two sides of this: Trump is breaking the law to starve people in order to extort Dems to give up their fight to save health care.
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Dick Cheney did more than anyone else to build up expansive and destructive executive branch powers in the wake of 9/11; he lived to see another president turn those same powers against his own daughter.
He should be a warning sign to the GOP today but too many of them are in the cult.
He should be a warning sign to the GOP today but too many of them are in the cult.
November 4, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Dick Cheney did more than anyone else to build up expansive and destructive executive branch powers in the wake of 9/11; he lived to see another president turn those same powers against his own daughter.
He should be a warning sign to the GOP today but too many of them are in the cult.
He should be a warning sign to the GOP today but too many of them are in the cult.