Greg Merklin
@gmerklin.bsky.social
Scientist, artist, musician, athlete, all-around malcontent.
In Boston, the traffic is usually so congested that hardly anybody is going fast enough to cause a fatal accident!
(Fender-benders, on the other hand…)
(Fender-benders, on the other hand…)
November 21, 2025 at 4:17 PM
In Boston, the traffic is usually so congested that hardly anybody is going fast enough to cause a fatal accident!
(Fender-benders, on the other hand…)
(Fender-benders, on the other hand…)
The secret police under the Salazar dictatorship in Portugal got its start as a border and immigration police agency.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PIDE
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PIDE
PIDE - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 20, 2025 at 5:11 PM
The secret police under the Salazar dictatorship in Portugal got its start as a border and immigration police agency.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PIDE
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PIDE
“Say hello to my little friend.”
November 20, 2025 at 3:49 PM
“Say hello to my little friend.”
Not much Romney could have done to stop it. He did veto eight parts of the final bill—all eight vetoes were overridden by the Lege.
November 19, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Not much Romney could have done to stop it. He did veto eight parts of the final bill—all eight vetoes were overridden by the Lege.
They wanted to provide an „alternative“, assuming it would never be acted upon.
Dropped it like a handful of magma when Obama proposed enacting it…
Dropped it like a handful of magma when Obama proposed enacting it…
November 19, 2025 at 4:44 PM
They wanted to provide an „alternative“, assuming it would never be acted upon.
Dropped it like a handful of magma when Obama proposed enacting it…
Dropped it like a handful of magma when Obama proposed enacting it…
“Could be seven, could be eight…the question is, do you feel lucky?”
November 18, 2025 at 3:51 AM
“Could be seven, could be eight…the question is, do you feel lucky?”
Or a pirate. Possibly both.
November 17, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Or a pirate. Possibly both.
Underrated comment!
November 17, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Underrated comment!
Next up: Operation Ramrod!
November 16, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Next up: Operation Ramrod!
Why is it that every one of these stories about federal agents grabbing someone seems to include the phrase “<person> was thrown to the ground”?
November 16, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Why is it that every one of these stories about federal agents grabbing someone seems to include the phrase “<person> was thrown to the ground”?
Blending Family and Governance, Sultan Mehmet III orders the death by strangulation of his 19 brothers.
November 16, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Blending Family and Governance, Sultan Mehmet III orders the death by strangulation of his 19 brothers.
Reposted by Greg Merklin
Silicon Valley, 1990s: Free and open access to all the world’s knowledge will usher a new utopian age of information!
Silicon Valley, 2025:
Silicon Valley, 2025:
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November 15, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Silicon Valley, 1990s: Free and open access to all the world’s knowledge will usher a new utopian age of information!
Silicon Valley, 2025:
Silicon Valley, 2025:
But I did not shoot the ligature
November 13, 2025 at 10:51 PM
But I did not shoot the ligature
Too many players jealously guarding their fiefdoms, with one—Dolan (owner of Madison Sq Garden)—dead set on making sure that nothing ever, ever happens.
Get him out of the picture, have NJ Transit’s NY service transferred to the MTA—maybe then something will move.
Get him out of the picture, have NJ Transit’s NY service transferred to the MTA—maybe then something will move.
November 13, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Too many players jealously guarding their fiefdoms, with one—Dolan (owner of Madison Sq Garden)—dead set on making sure that nothing ever, ever happens.
Get him out of the picture, have NJ Transit’s NY service transferred to the MTA—maybe then something will move.
Get him out of the picture, have NJ Transit’s NY service transferred to the MTA—maybe then something will move.
You can take the guy out of the Church…
November 10, 2025 at 2:16 PM
You can take the guy out of the Church…
