Puck the Puddle Pilot
@puckthepilot.bsky.social
Husband, Dad, Geek, Nerd, former Army WO IP (60s), current Coastie. Personal account.
He/Him, White, Cisgender, Allosexual, Heteromantic, unmedicated Introverted Neurotypical.
He/Him, White, Cisgender, Allosexual, Heteromantic, unmedicated Introverted Neurotypical.
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"Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it."
Mark Twain
Mark Twain
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
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Attention Megyn Kelly
November 14, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Attention Megyn Kelly
Good time to make your own coffee for a bit.
BREAKING: Starbucks workers have launched a massive, nationwide strike.
Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year.
Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.
Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year.
Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.
November 13, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Good time to make your own coffee for a bit.
Start a war to distract from Epstein?
Without congressional approval?
After some representatives ignored your efforts to whip vote?
As the cracks in your "electorial mandate" grow?
Lotta political capital being expended there.
Without congressional approval?
After some representatives ignored your efforts to whip vote?
As the cracks in your "electorial mandate" grow?
Lotta political capital being expended there.
November 13, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Start a war to distract from Epstein?
Without congressional approval?
After some representatives ignored your efforts to whip vote?
As the cracks in your "electorial mandate" grow?
Lotta political capital being expended there.
Without congressional approval?
After some representatives ignored your efforts to whip vote?
As the cracks in your "electorial mandate" grow?
Lotta political capital being expended there.
I wonder if this is what it felt like to live through the Watergate scandal.
Kinda wild we haven't had a recent Epsteingate think piece.
Either nature is healing or the NYT fired all the writers and even the LLM knows the title is stupid.
Kinda wild we haven't had a recent Epsteingate think piece.
Either nature is healing or the NYT fired all the writers and even the LLM knows the title is stupid.
November 13, 2025 at 11:23 PM
I wonder if this is what it felt like to live through the Watergate scandal.
Kinda wild we haven't had a recent Epsteingate think piece.
Either nature is healing or the NYT fired all the writers and even the LLM knows the title is stupid.
Kinda wild we haven't had a recent Epsteingate think piece.
Either nature is healing or the NYT fired all the writers and even the LLM knows the title is stupid.
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Don’t just be aware. Be accepting and embracing. 🏳️⚧️
November 13, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Don’t just be aware. Be accepting and embracing. 🏳️⚧️
Out of morbid curiosity.
What does he think the Department of Homeland Security, like, does?
What does he think the Department of Homeland Security, like, does?
November 13, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Out of morbid curiosity.
What does he think the Department of Homeland Security, like, does?
What does he think the Department of Homeland Security, like, does?
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Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
November 10, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
It's the "importance: High" that slays me.
genuinely very few things more satisfying than reading the kinds of emails rich and famous people send each other
November 13, 2025 at 12:18 PM
It's the "importance: High" that slays me.
Is that really a supposed service member claiming Vitamin I does nothing?
JD Vance calls ibuprofen "useless medication" and implies it's not "necessary, safe and effective."
November 12, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Is that really a supposed service member claiming Vitamin I does nothing?
Wouldn't evidence of perjury cancel whatever paperwork got her moved?
Ghislaine Maxwell lied about Trump never going to Epstein's house (directly contradicted by her email correspondence with Epstein), and she was rewarded for that lie with a transfer to a cushier prison. The coverup is happening in plain sight.
November 12, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Wouldn't evidence of perjury cancel whatever paperwork got her moved?
David Axelrod claiming that Dems will keep winning because every election is about trump is somewhat contradicted by the fact that NONE OF THE CANDIDATES WHO WON RAN ON STANDING UP TO TRUMP!!!!
Fire the consultants Dems, they aren't worth the paper they waste.
Fire the consultants Dems, they aren't worth the paper they waste.
November 12, 2025 at 10:50 PM
David Axelrod claiming that Dems will keep winning because every election is about trump is somewhat contradicted by the fact that NONE OF THE CANDIDATES WHO WON RAN ON STANDING UP TO TRUMP!!!!
Fire the consultants Dems, they aren't worth the paper they waste.
Fire the consultants Dems, they aren't worth the paper they waste.
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I have in my hands definitive evidence that my opponent has committed a world-historic evil. Evidence that, were it to be released to the public, would cause his supporters to abandon him and his entire world to crumble to dust. I therefore have no choice but to give in to every one of his demands
November 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I have in my hands definitive evidence that my opponent has committed a world-historic evil. Evidence that, were it to be released to the public, would cause his supporters to abandon him and his entire world to crumble to dust. I therefore have no choice but to give in to every one of his demands
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so ghislaine is gonna be dead within the week huh
November 12, 2025 at 9:59 PM
so ghislaine is gonna be dead within the week huh
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If I am learning anything from these Epstein emails, it's that those signature block distribution disclaimers don't seem to work.
November 12, 2025 at 7:52 PM
If I am learning anything from these Epstein emails, it's that those signature block distribution disclaimers don't seem to work.
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Religious exceptions to standards erode good order and discipline, you say? So like … no more “my religion forbids this specific vaccination (but not the others)” then?
Hegseth: "We don't need to be a military of beardos anymore. Do you know how many troops claim to be Nordic Pagan? No, suddenly it's become this real fake religious affiliation inside the Pentagon where troops came to be Nordic Pagan so they can grow a beard and nobody challenges them on it."
November 12, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Religious exceptions to standards erode good order and discipline, you say? So like … no more “my religion forbids this specific vaccination (but not the others)” then?
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It’s 12 November, so it’s time to mark the 55th anniversary of the exploding whale of Oregon, an attempt to clear a cetacean carcass from a beach which prompted one reporter to say “The blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds”
November 12, 2025 at 9:58 AM
It’s 12 November, so it’s time to mark the 55th anniversary of the exploding whale of Oregon, an attempt to clear a cetacean carcass from a beach which prompted one reporter to say “The blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds”
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Tapping the XKCD sign again to explain that no, I won't be seeing an aurora tonight. Or at least I really hope not. That would be bad. :)
November 12, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Tapping the XKCD sign again to explain that no, I won't be seeing an aurora tonight. Or at least I really hope not. That would be bad. :)
No wonder they keep losing cases.
Exclusive: U.S. troops are not liable in the deadly strikes on alleged drug-trafficking boats in Latin America, a new classified Justice Department memo announced.
U.S. troops not liable in boat strikes, classified Justice Dept. memo says
In a classified memo, the Trump administration’s Office of Legal Counsel said that U.S. troops would not be liable for participating in boat strikes on alleged narco-traffickers.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:38 PM
No wonder they keep losing cases.
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It's "open-knowledge" but unless people talk to reporters, it's not really "OPEN-knowledge."
It's "open-knowledge" that CO of CG AIRSTA Washington DC was forced to retire because he pissed off Kristi Noem on the first fam-flight. But does the public know that? 🤔
It's "open-knowledge" that CO of CG AIRSTA Washington DC was forced to retire because he pissed off Kristi Noem on the first fam-flight. But does the public know that? 🤔
November 12, 2025 at 4:41 AM
It's "open-knowledge" but unless people talk to reporters, it's not really "OPEN-knowledge."
It's "open-knowledge" that CO of CG AIRSTA Washington DC was forced to retire because he pissed off Kristi Noem on the first fam-flight. But does the public know that? 🤔
It's "open-knowledge" that CO of CG AIRSTA Washington DC was forced to retire because he pissed off Kristi Noem on the first fam-flight. But does the public know that? 🤔
I hate the narrative idea that working for free is somehow more patriotic than capitalism.
Sean Duffy threatens "action" against air traffic controllers who didn't come to work during the shutdown: "I'm concerned about their patriotism."
November 12, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I hate the narrative idea that working for free is somehow more patriotic than capitalism.
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The first and last lines of Joni Ernst’s legacy as a human on earth will be that she was instrumental in the confirmation of the Sec of Defense most hostile to women serving in military, and she knew that when she voted for him.
November 12, 2025 at 12:55 AM
The first and last lines of Joni Ernst’s legacy as a human on earth will be that she was instrumental in the confirmation of the Sec of Defense most hostile to women serving in military, and she knew that when she voted for him.
As with all things. Can be easily explained by "but how do I get money out of that?"
Other folks have said it, but let me just note that:
(1) lots of talented, must-read journalists have been let go from their jobs over the last year
(2) millions of Americans are abandoning current media outlets and looking for new alternatives
Seems like a sure-fire business opportunity here?
(1) lots of talented, must-read journalists have been let go from their jobs over the last year
(2) millions of Americans are abandoning current media outlets and looking for new alternatives
Seems like a sure-fire business opportunity here?
November 12, 2025 at 3:03 PM
As with all things. Can be easily explained by "but how do I get money out of that?"
Why eould you think any ultimatum they make will be taken as an ultimatum?
Now that Dems have capitulated, at the very least they should now make every future extension of funding contingent on Trump following the law. Any lawbreaking must be met with: No more votes from us, period.
My exchange with @brianbeutler.bsky.social on that point:
newrepublic.com/article/2029...
My exchange with @brianbeutler.bsky.social on that point:
newrepublic.com/article/2029...
November 11, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Why eould you think any ultimatum they make will be taken as an ultimatum?
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I moved to the U.K. in 2017. I pay £10 for a prescription. I pay national insurance which is around £2000 per year (£166 per month).
The British also have to take 4 weeks holiday per year.
The British also have to take 4 weeks holiday per year.
November 3, 2025 at 8:25 AM
I moved to the U.K. in 2017. I pay £10 for a prescription. I pay national insurance which is around £2000 per year (£166 per month).
The British also have to take 4 weeks holiday per year.
The British also have to take 4 weeks holiday per year.