O. Sharp
@o-sharp.bsky.social
Gene Buckle once said, "Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies." That pretty much works as a description of me.
"Dr. Stip" put a piece of bread on the ground in Perth, Australia - "practically toasted as it is 38c/100.4f here."
Ryan Wright took another slice of bread and put it on the ground in Ottawa, Canada, declaring the two of them had "successfully created an Earth sandwich."
Happy Earth Sandwich Day!
Ryan Wright took another slice of bread and put it on the ground in Ottawa, Canada, declaring the two of them had "successfully created an Earth sandwich."
Happy Earth Sandwich Day!
December 15, 2025 at 8:13 AM
"Dr. Stip" put a piece of bread on the ground in Perth, Australia - "practically toasted as it is 38c/100.4f here."
Ryan Wright took another slice of bread and put it on the ground in Ottawa, Canada, declaring the two of them had "successfully created an Earth sandwich."
Happy Earth Sandwich Day!
Ryan Wright took another slice of bread and put it on the ground in Ottawa, Canada, declaring the two of them had "successfully created an Earth sandwich."
Happy Earth Sandwich Day!
And it's not like he'd ever make good on the promise of a gift...
December 8, 2025 at 4:56 PM
And it's not like he'd ever make good on the promise of a gift...
Time for a short break. :)
November 14, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Time for a short break. :)
I suppose we can start here as well as anywhere.
November 12, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I suppose we can start here as well as anywhere.
This should be required reading for every single Democrat in the Senate: Republican "promises", at this point in time, are goddamned meaningless.
Hold. The. Line.
Hold. The. Line.
November 10, 2025 at 12:40 AM
This should be required reading for every single Democrat in the Senate: Republican "promises", at this point in time, are goddamned meaningless.
Hold. The. Line.
Hold. The. Line.
Paraphrasing Charlie Brown: I don't mind Repub's dishonesty half as much as I mind Democrats being so God-awfully stupid.
November 10, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Paraphrasing Charlie Brown: I don't mind Repub's dishonesty half as much as I mind Democrats being so God-awfully stupid.
Reminds me of this cartoon about labor rights. :)
November 8, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Reminds me of this cartoon about labor rights. :)
Last month we had the second round of "No Kings" marches, and Trump responded by destroying the East Wing of the White House.
This month we had an election which sharply repudiated Repubs, and SCOTUS may soon deprive him of his beloved tariffs.
What landmark d'you think he'll destroy this time?
This month we had an election which sharply repudiated Repubs, and SCOTUS may soon deprive him of his beloved tariffs.
What landmark d'you think he'll destroy this time?
November 5, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Last month we had the second round of "No Kings" marches, and Trump responded by destroying the East Wing of the White House.
This month we had an election which sharply repudiated Repubs, and SCOTUS may soon deprive him of his beloved tariffs.
What landmark d'you think he'll destroy this time?
This month we had an election which sharply repudiated Repubs, and SCOTUS may soon deprive him of his beloved tariffs.
What landmark d'you think he'll destroy this time?
As always, I'm sooooo glad I'm here on BlueSky and not over on that one having the meltdown right now. :)
November 5, 2025 at 5:59 AM
As always, I'm sooooo glad I'm here on BlueSky and not over on that one having the meltdown right now. :)
Once the Treaty of Paris ended the Revolutionary War, Washington could have kept control of the military indefinitely, "dispersed a feckless Congress and obtained for himself and his officers riches worthy of their courage".
He didn't. Instead, he renounced absolute power and put his country first.
He didn't. Instead, he renounced absolute power and put his country first.
November 1, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Once the Treaty of Paris ended the Revolutionary War, Washington could have kept control of the military indefinitely, "dispersed a feckless Congress and obtained for himself and his officers riches worthy of their courage".
He didn't. Instead, he renounced absolute power and put his country first.
He didn't. Instead, he renounced absolute power and put his country first.
We took this photo, of a White House flipped upside-down and left in ruins, during a visit to Wisconsin Dells WI a number of years ago. At _that_ point, we thought it was a cute amusement-park exhibition and not a harbinger of things to come.
October 25, 2025 at 2:57 AM
We took this photo, of a White House flipped upside-down and left in ruins, during a visit to Wisconsin Dells WI a number of years ago. At _that_ point, we thought it was a cute amusement-park exhibition and not a harbinger of things to come.
Photo from 2016. News photographers surrounding the only fire they could find so they could report on "the rioting".
Hey, news media: We know this kind of simple, mindless "reporting" sells. But starting Saturday, try reporting on the crisis of democracy that has people mobilized and speaking out.
Hey, news media: We know this kind of simple, mindless "reporting" sells. But starting Saturday, try reporting on the crisis of democracy that has people mobilized and speaking out.
October 16, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Photo from 2016. News photographers surrounding the only fire they could find so they could report on "the rioting".
Hey, news media: We know this kind of simple, mindless "reporting" sells. But starting Saturday, try reporting on the crisis of democracy that has people mobilized and speaking out.
Hey, news media: We know this kind of simple, mindless "reporting" sells. But starting Saturday, try reporting on the crisis of democracy that has people mobilized and speaking out.
Sure, signs can have two sides.
And fine print.
And fine print.
October 15, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Sure, signs can have two sides.
And fine print.
And fine print.
From "Glass House" by Brian Alexander. A book about the destruction of an American company, and the factory town that it once supported, by venture capitalists.
Page 291 (hb), if you're interested.
Page 291 (hb), if you're interested.
October 14, 2025 at 7:02 AM
From "Glass House" by Brian Alexander. A book about the destruction of an American company, and the factory town that it once supported, by venture capitalists.
Page 291 (hb), if you're interested.
Page 291 (hb), if you're interested.
I don't know if this is a staged photo or not. But it does illustrate our national situation in microcosm, and leaves me uncomfortably mixed - somewhere between normal human sympathy and "this is what you voted for; as ye sow, so shall ye reap".
October 9, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I don't know if this is a staged photo or not. But it does illustrate our national situation in microcosm, and leaves me uncomfortably mixed - somewhere between normal human sympathy and "this is what you voted for; as ye sow, so shall ye reap".
I truly want to see the ICE agents and others who planned, okayed and executed the Chicago apartment building raid identified - and brought to trial on domestic terrorism charges.
October 5, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I truly want to see the ICE agents and others who planned, okayed and executed the Chicago apartment building raid identified - and brought to trial on domestic terrorism charges.
By the way: thank you, BlueSky.
October 4, 2025 at 6:05 PM
By the way: thank you, BlueSky.
Is it wrong of me that, every time I come across him speaking, my mind jumps to this scene in the old Star Trek episode "Patterns Of Force"?
September 22, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Is it wrong of me that, every time I come across him speaking, my mind jumps to this scene in the old Star Trek episode "Patterns Of Force"?