Mike Berrow
@mikeberrow.bsky.social
Retired software engineer, British, Barefooter, Naturist, Doomer, Wild swimmer. Lately reading Quantum Physics, Cosmology, Geopolitics and early Cynic & Stoic Philosophy. Some good SciFi. Orig. from Wales but living in California for many decades.
Agree. I am reminded of this quote by Stephen Fry …
April 28, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Agree. I am reminded of this quote by Stephen Fry …
Naysayers just can’t understand how *important* it is that we become a multi-planetary species for some brief instant 😒
“ I want to die on Mars,  just not on impact.”
— Elon Musk in March, 2013
“ I want to die on Mars,  just not on impact.”
— Elon Musk in March, 2013
March 9, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Naysayers just can’t understand how *important* it is that we become a multi-planetary species for some brief instant 😒
“ I want to die on Mars,  just not on impact.”
— Elon Musk in March, 2013
“ I want to die on Mars,  just not on impact.”
— Elon Musk in March, 2013
There’s some good stuff here, but I don’t think that ‘mature’ is the right word. Anyway, why would I need signs that I’m an ‘xyz’ person?
March 9, 2025 at 1:35 PM
There’s some good stuff here, but I don’t think that ‘mature’ is the right word. Anyway, why would I need signs that I’m an ‘xyz’ person?
Accurate with very few exceptions.
Except for family and true friends.
Except, very sporadically, for “Karen’s” who are irritated when we don’t conform to their world view.
Except for family and true friends.
Except, very sporadically, for “Karen’s” who are irritated when we don’t conform to their world view.
February 28, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Accurate with very few exceptions.
Except for family and true friends.
Except, very sporadically, for “Karen’s” who are irritated when we don’t conform to their world view.
Except for family and true friends.
Except, very sporadically, for “Karen’s” who are irritated when we don’t conform to their world view.
So Sir Kier has made the trip to the White House to pay homage and to kiss the ring. Apparently it went rather well.
February 28, 2025 at 1:52 AM
So Sir Kier has made the trip to the White House to pay homage and to kiss the ring. Apparently it went rather well.
When Elon told us that this vehicle would prepare us for dystopia I did not know he’d also be preparing dystopia for us.
February 25, 2025 at 3:49 PM
When Elon told us that this vehicle would prepare us for dystopia I did not know he’d also be preparing dystopia for us.
“They would not listen, they're not listening still
Perhaps they never will”
— from ‘Vincent’ by Don McLean
www.npr.org/2019/09/23/7...
Perhaps they never will”
— from ‘Vincent’ by Don McLean
www.npr.org/2019/09/23/7...
February 25, 2025 at 3:42 PM
“They would not listen, they're not listening still
Perhaps they never will”
— from ‘Vincent’ by Don McLean
www.npr.org/2019/09/23/7...
Perhaps they never will”
— from ‘Vincent’ by Don McLean
www.npr.org/2019/09/23/7...
The new leader of the free world.
February 25, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The new leader of the free world.
They look like the Nazi SS 😮
February 9, 2025 at 4:51 PM
They look like the Nazi SS 😮
"Literature is essentially solitude. It is written in solitude, read in solitude, and yet the act of reading enables communication between two human beings."
Paul Auster
Paul Auster
February 3, 2025 at 4:54 PM
"Literature is essentially solitude. It is written in solitude, read in solitude, and yet the act of reading enables communication between two human beings."
Paul Auster
Paul Auster
January 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Reality. Frequently nothing there at all at Trader Joe’s.
It’s pretty clear why.
It’s pretty clear why.
January 20, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Reality. Frequently nothing there at all at Trader Joe’s.
It’s pretty clear why.
It’s pretty clear why.
I just saw this reported.
“ Over 1.5 million birds wiped out at a Sioux County, Iowa, egg farm after bird flu tore through the operation. ”
I’ve been wondering why eggs keep disappearing from the shelves at our Trader Joe’s store. Maybe this is it.
“ Over 1.5 million birds wiped out at a Sioux County, Iowa, egg farm after bird flu tore through the operation. ”
I’ve been wondering why eggs keep disappearing from the shelves at our Trader Joe’s store. Maybe this is it.
January 20, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I just saw this reported.
“ Over 1.5 million birds wiped out at a Sioux County, Iowa, egg farm after bird flu tore through the operation. ”
I’ve been wondering why eggs keep disappearing from the shelves at our Trader Joe’s store. Maybe this is it.
“ Over 1.5 million birds wiped out at a Sioux County, Iowa, egg farm after bird flu tore through the operation. ”
I’ve been wondering why eggs keep disappearing from the shelves at our Trader Joe’s store. Maybe this is it.
I am reminded of this remarkably prescient novel that I read in the early 70’s
January 18, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I am reminded of this remarkably prescient novel that I read in the early 70’s
Not good. Not good at all.
January 18, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Not good. Not good at all.
Alcohol is best in the pub. Join me here …
January 13, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Alcohol is best in the pub. Join me here …
January 12, 2025 at 4:08 AM
I’m thinking that Donald Trump is a big fan of the Roman Empire 🧐
Is Imperialism coming back?
Is Imperialism coming back?
January 8, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I’m thinking that Donald Trump is a big fan of the Roman Empire 🧐
Is Imperialism coming back?
Is Imperialism coming back?
Great article. I totally agree.
Living in the moment in nature is the best therapy. Don’t look back. Let the future take care of itself.
Living in the moment in nature is the best therapy. Don’t look back. Let the future take care of itself.
January 4, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Great article. I totally agree.
Living in the moment in nature is the best therapy. Don’t look back. Let the future take care of itself.
Living in the moment in nature is the best therapy. Don’t look back. Let the future take care of itself.
No-one remembers all those poor slide rule engineers thrown out of work during the first wave of computer automation. 🥲
January 4, 2025 at 5:39 PM
No-one remembers all those poor slide rule engineers thrown out of work during the first wave of computer automation. 🥲
