John Ballard
@hootsbuddy.bsky.social
Octogenarian blogger at Hootsbuddy's Place and Hootsbuddy's New Place -- scrambled collections of notes and observations. My long-form writing days are over but these relics are now helpful resources for my fading memory.
Blue Sky is my latest playground.
Blue Sky is my latest playground.
March 16, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Couldn't happen to a more deserving guy.
March 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Couldn't happen to a more deserving guy.
This is very unsettling.
Here is my search response when I posed the following question:
~ Do space station crews need to worry about their safety returning in an exploding starship?
Here is my search response when I posed the following question:
~ Do space station crews need to worry about their safety returning in an exploding starship?
March 8, 2025 at 1:19 AM
This is very unsettling.
Here is my search response when I posed the following question:
~ Do space station crews need to worry about their safety returning in an exploding starship?
Here is my search response when I posed the following question:
~ Do space station crews need to worry about their safety returning in an exploding starship?
Cold-blooded genocide.
March 5, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Cold-blooded genocide.
Breaking the Silence Thread
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March 2, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Breaking the Silence Thread
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I wrote this twenty years ago responding to one of the many intervals of peace in and around Israel. But sadly none of those intervals have survived very long.
February 27, 2025 at 1:35 AM
I wrote this twenty years ago responding to one of the many intervals of peace in and around Israel. But sadly none of those intervals have survived very long.
Some of us have seen this movie before.
I'm having flashbacks to the Sixties.
This is not even subtle.
I'm having flashbacks to the Sixties.
This is not even subtle.
February 26, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Some of us have seen this movie before.
I'm having flashbacks to the Sixties.
This is not even subtle.
I'm having flashbacks to the Sixties.
This is not even subtle.
Textbook machismo.
Spreading like a disease.
This seems to be the next pandemic.
Spreading like a disease.
This seems to be the next pandemic.
February 23, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Textbook machismo.
Spreading like a disease.
This seems to be the next pandemic.
Spreading like a disease.
This seems to be the next pandemic.
Hitler consolidated power in Germany over the course of about 18 months, starting in 1933.
He became chancellor in January & declared himself sole leader of Germany, or Führer, in 1934.
Trump paved the way during and since his first presidential term.
He now gains momentum with every passing day.
He became chancellor in January & declared himself sole leader of Germany, or Führer, in 1934.
Trump paved the way during and since his first presidential term.
He now gains momentum with every passing day.
February 22, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Hitler consolidated power in Germany over the course of about 18 months, starting in 1933.
He became chancellor in January & declared himself sole leader of Germany, or Führer, in 1934.
Trump paved the way during and since his first presidential term.
He now gains momentum with every passing day.
He became chancellor in January & declared himself sole leader of Germany, or Führer, in 1934.
Trump paved the way during and since his first presidential term.
He now gains momentum with every passing day.
Delightful trivia I never heard before.
(The link is a Facebook Group "Things You Haven't Seen Before" but you already have enough web bait in your life.)
(The link is a Facebook Group "Things You Haven't Seen Before" but you already have enough web bait in your life.)
February 22, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Delightful trivia I never heard before.
(The link is a Facebook Group "Things You Haven't Seen Before" but you already have enough web bait in your life.)
(The link is a Facebook Group "Things You Haven't Seen Before" but you already have enough web bait in your life.)
I left this comment at Jamie Dupree's Regular Order which got another "like" today.
I'm repeating it here because it still sounds good.
I'm repeating it here because it still sounds good.
February 15, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I left this comment at Jamie Dupree's Regular Order which got another "like" today.
I'm repeating it here because it still sounds good.
I'm repeating it here because it still sounds good.
If (like me) you never heard of Wong Kim Ark now is a good time to start doing some homework.
If you don't know why, you will soon find out.
If you don't know why, you will soon find out.
February 15, 2025 at 6:21 PM
If (like me) you never heard of Wong Kim Ark now is a good time to start doing some homework.
If you don't know why, you will soon find out.
If you don't know why, you will soon find out.
This is a MONEY FLOWER.
I found it in the Wikipedia article about Digital Currency.
Types of digital currencies include
~ cryptocurrency,
~ virtual currency and
~ central bank digital currency.
I found it in the Wikipedia article about Digital Currency.
Types of digital currencies include
~ cryptocurrency,
~ virtual currency and
~ central bank digital currency.
February 5, 2025 at 8:33 PM
This is a MONEY FLOWER.
I found it in the Wikipedia article about Digital Currency.
Types of digital currencies include
~ cryptocurrency,
~ virtual currency and
~ central bank digital currency.
I found it in the Wikipedia article about Digital Currency.
Types of digital currencies include
~ cryptocurrency,
~ virtual currency and
~ central bank digital currency.
** Elon Musk appears to be staging a coup.**
February 4, 2025 at 7:46 PM
** Elon Musk appears to be staging a coup.**
This is not a crazy idea.
A number of states have sovereign wealth funds as well as most countries. The largest belongs to Norway. That North Sea oil is a wonderful source of revenue, so Norway is a rich little country.
A number of states have sovereign wealth funds as well as most countries. The largest belongs to Norway. That North Sea oil is a wonderful source of revenue, so Norway is a rich little country.
February 3, 2025 at 7:51 PM
This is not a crazy idea.
A number of states have sovereign wealth funds as well as most countries. The largest belongs to Norway. That North Sea oil is a wonderful source of revenue, so Norway is a rich little country.
A number of states have sovereign wealth funds as well as most countries. The largest belongs to Norway. That North Sea oil is a wonderful source of revenue, so Norway is a rich little country.