Mike Ongstad
@mikeongstad.bsky.social
Democracy, foreign policy, politics and cyber enthusiast. Sci-fi snob and lover of bourbon, beer, BBQ, & books. Rage against the dying of the light.
Republicans be like "The Constitution lets states run their own elections, so no federal voting statutes or reforms. BUT ALSO states shouldn't be allowed to use the Constitution to determine eligibility for their own elections." 🤷♂️
If enforcing eligibility requirements for president is in question: What's actually to stop a two-term president from running again, notwithstanding the 22nd Amendment?
December 21, 2023 at 7:22 PM
Republicans be like "The Constitution lets states run their own elections, so no federal voting statutes or reforms. BUT ALSO states shouldn't be allowed to use the Constitution to determine eligibility for their own elections." 🤷♂️
How many rushing yards do you think you could get on the perfect play in the NFL? I recon I could get 4 yds behind a great O line on the perfect play call before getting absolutely demolished by a defender.
November 21, 2023 at 3:01 AM
How many rushing yards do you think you could get on the perfect play in the NFL? I recon I could get 4 yds behind a great O line on the perfect play call before getting absolutely demolished by a defender.
The year is 2079. America is voting between McKynnahh-Leighe Johnson or her opponent, Ryder Koltan Matthews. SecState Ashlyiegh-Ann Reynolds is defusing vibes with China.
The most popular baby name has no letters, but is a viral 30 second choreographed dance that elder Gen Zs ruined.
The most popular baby name has no letters, but is a viral 30 second choreographed dance that elder Gen Zs ruined.
November 14, 2023 at 2:52 PM
The year is 2079. America is voting between McKynnahh-Leighe Johnson or her opponent, Ryder Koltan Matthews. SecState Ashlyiegh-Ann Reynolds is defusing vibes with China.
The most popular baby name has no letters, but is a viral 30 second choreographed dance that elder Gen Zs ruined.
The most popular baby name has no letters, but is a viral 30 second choreographed dance that elder Gen Zs ruined.
Just realized that 'Matt Berry voice' is one of my go-tos when reading for my son.
November 9, 2023 at 1:52 AM
Just realized that 'Matt Berry voice' is one of my go-tos when reading for my son.
I'll never say a bad word about Hank Williams Jr's Are You Ready for Some Football Monday Night Football song. It was iconic. But Chris Stapleton & Snoop have absolutely crushed the new MNF anthem with their In The Air Tonight rendition.
October 31, 2023 at 12:19 AM
I'll never say a bad word about Hank Williams Jr's Are You Ready for Some Football Monday Night Football song. It was iconic. But Chris Stapleton & Snoop have absolutely crushed the new MNF anthem with their In The Air Tonight rendition.
Reposted by Mike Ongstad
Imagine that you own a network of billboards, and you’ve allowed people who pay you $8/month to spray paint dicks and swastikas on them. How many billboards do you think you’re renting to Pepsi after that
October 26, 2023 at 11:21 AM
Imagine that you own a network of billboards, and you’ve allowed people who pay you $8/month to spray paint dicks and swastikas on them. How many billboards do you think you’re renting to Pepsi after that
Just saw an ad where the company tauts its "Space Age" materials.
Y'all, the Space Age began more than 60 years ago. It's time to retire that trope.
Y'all, the Space Age began more than 60 years ago. It's time to retire that trope.
October 17, 2023 at 7:02 PM
Just saw an ad where the company tauts its "Space Age" materials.
Y'all, the Space Age began more than 60 years ago. It's time to retire that trope.
Y'all, the Space Age began more than 60 years ago. It's time to retire that trope.
Every Star Trek series has at least one episode where the crew is forced to play absurd roles in the fantasy game of a super powerful alien.
I am now convinced those episodes were written by parents of toddlers.
I am now convinced those episodes were written by parents of toddlers.
October 11, 2023 at 11:01 PM
Every Star Trek series has at least one episode where the crew is forced to play absurd roles in the fantasy game of a super powerful alien.
I am now convinced those episodes were written by parents of toddlers.
I am now convinced those episodes were written by parents of toddlers.
Campaign leaders of the de facto GOP Preside trial nominee thought this was clever, appropriate, and good strategy. What more evidence do you need that our politics is fundamentally broken.
themessenger.com/politics/tru...
themessenger.com/politics/tru...
October 1, 2023 at 6:32 PM
Campaign leaders of the de facto GOP Preside trial nominee thought this was clever, appropriate, and good strategy. What more evidence do you need that our politics is fundamentally broken.
themessenger.com/politics/tru...
themessenger.com/politics/tru...
True love is giving up the chez lounge of your couch to be a parking lot for little kid's trucks.
September 1, 2023 at 12:08 AM
True love is giving up the chez lounge of your couch to be a parking lot for little kid's trucks.
A parade of work trucks with flashing lights is resurfacing the street in front of my house and my son is missing it because he's going to bed. I feel bad he's missing it, but not nearly bad enough to let him stay up another minute.
August 22, 2023 at 12:19 AM
A parade of work trucks with flashing lights is resurfacing the street in front of my house and my son is missing it because he's going to bed. I feel bad he's missing it, but not nearly bad enough to let him stay up another minute.
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Damar Hamlin celebrating the Buffalo Bills training staff that saved his life has me a wreck my goodness https://twitter.com/phil_lewis_/status/1679300768732532738?s=46
July 13, 2023 at 1:39 AM
Damar Hamlin celebrating the Buffalo Bills training staff that saved his life has me a wreck my goodness https://twitter.com/phil_lewis_/status/1679300768732532738?s=46
Sun's out, but so is the thunder. Everyone have a good apocalypse I guess!
July 7, 2023 at 5:09 PM
Sun's out, but so is the thunder. Everyone have a good apocalypse I guess!
Nephew just informed me "Girl on Fire" is "an old song" from Sing 2. 💀💀💀
July 4, 2023 at 8:36 PM
Nephew just informed me "Girl on Fire" is "an old song" from Sing 2. 💀💀💀
"Still punk as fuck" I whisper as I admonish myself for throwing a toddler food pouch in the trash can without replacing the trash bag.
The transition from thinking being called dad is weird to muttering "what are you doing dad" to yourself when you screw something up is nefarious subtle.
June 24, 2023 at 10:32 PM
"Still punk as fuck" I whisper as I admonish myself for throwing a toddler food pouch in the trash can without replacing the trash bag.
The transition from thinking being called dad is weird to muttering "what are you doing dad" to yourself when you screw something up is nefarious subtle.
June 24, 2023 at 10:31 PM
The transition from thinking being called dad is weird to muttering "what are you doing dad" to yourself when you screw something up is nefarious subtle.
Day care teacher asked my son how he skinned his knee and he had the gall to say "daddy push."
Kid, you were running too fast with your toy lawnmower, don't try to church it up by blaming me.
Kid, you were running too fast with your toy lawnmower, don't try to church it up by blaming me.
June 21, 2023 at 3:34 PM
Day care teacher asked my son how he skinned his knee and he had the gall to say "daddy push."
Kid, you were running too fast with your toy lawnmower, don't try to church it up by blaming me.
Kid, you were running too fast with your toy lawnmower, don't try to church it up by blaming me.
I think my favorite thing I've taught my toddler son is to raise his arms above his head and say "RAAWWWRRR" when asked what sound a bear or lion or monster makes.
June 13, 2023 at 10:29 PM
I think my favorite thing I've taught my toddler son is to raise his arms above his head and say "RAAWWWRRR" when asked what sound a bear or lion or monster makes.
Trump fundraising off of his indictment, proof that politics is on the absolute gutter. Also note he says he had a RIGHT to declassify the docs, not that he did declassify them.
End of the day, he's being indicted for his actions, not politics.
End of the day, he's being indicted for his actions, not politics.
June 9, 2023 at 12:19 AM
Trump fundraising off of his indictment, proof that politics is on the absolute gutter. Also note he says he had a RIGHT to declassify the docs, not that he did declassify them.
End of the day, he's being indicted for his actions, not politics.
End of the day, he's being indicted for his actions, not politics.
Man it is really freaking dystopic trying to explain to your toddler "we can only go out for a little bit because the air isn't good."
June 8, 2023 at 9:43 PM
Man it is really freaking dystopic trying to explain to your toddler "we can only go out for a little bit because the air isn't good."
Yeah that other site is a dumpster fire rolling towards a trash pile laying on top of a toxic waste site.
June 8, 2023 at 12:10 AM
Yeah that other site is a dumpster fire rolling towards a trash pile laying on top of a toxic waste site.
I thought Bluesky was the friendly social media platform but NO ONE here told me how damn good "For All Mankind" is, and I take that personally.
Damn, that show goes hard.
Damn, that show goes hard.
June 6, 2023 at 11:20 PM
I thought Bluesky was the friendly social media platform but NO ONE here told me how damn good "For All Mankind" is, and I take that personally.
Damn, that show goes hard.
Damn, that show goes hard.
Me going on Shark Tank:
"@mcuban.bsky.social, I'm offering you 100% of my business. I have nothing but an idea, I don't know how to make it happen, I don't want to do the work for it. 1 million OBO."
Cuban: 😑 gtfo
"@mcuban.bsky.social, I'm offering you 100% of my business. I have nothing but an idea, I don't know how to make it happen, I don't want to do the work for it. 1 million OBO."
Cuban: 😑 gtfo
The smartest tech founder is My Space Tom:
- Founds MySpace
- Sells for $580 million
- Lives his life in anonymity
“Anderson is content to let his inspiration guide him rather than jumping back into the tech world because of the expectations of others.”
- Founds MySpace
- Sells for $580 million
- Lives his life in anonymity
“Anderson is content to let his inspiration guide him rather than jumping back into the tech world because of the expectations of others.”
Myspace Co-Founder Tom Anderson's New Life as a Landscape Photographer
Tom Anderson is an astonishingly good landscape photographer, for a guy who's arguably most recognizable from a grainy, postage-stamp sized photo on Myspace. That's right: Tom, everyone's first friend...
abcnews.go.com
June 5, 2023 at 11:51 PM
Me going on Shark Tank:
"@mcuban.bsky.social, I'm offering you 100% of my business. I have nothing but an idea, I don't know how to make it happen, I don't want to do the work for it. 1 million OBO."
Cuban: 😑 gtfo
"@mcuban.bsky.social, I'm offering you 100% of my business. I have nothing but an idea, I don't know how to make it happen, I don't want to do the work for it. 1 million OBO."
Cuban: 😑 gtfo
A debt ceiling Oval Office address seems like a real miscalculation. This is an issue popular in Twitter and in the beltway, but one probably barely tracked by the average voter. And to be his first and only address, it just seems odd.
June 2, 2023 at 11:20 PM
A debt ceiling Oval Office address seems like a real miscalculation. This is an issue popular in Twitter and in the beltway, but one probably barely tracked by the average voter. And to be his first and only address, it just seems odd.
Gonna be really embarrassing when they have to legally change their name to NORTH Magadonia for copyright reasons.
(I'm sorry for this really niche joke)
(I'm sorry for this really niche joke)
June 2, 2023 at 11:07 PM
Gonna be really embarrassing when they have to legally change their name to NORTH Magadonia for copyright reasons.
(I'm sorry for this really niche joke)
(I'm sorry for this really niche joke)