Jeff
@snide76201.bsky.social
Opera singer, music professor, gadfly
Let me help you with math. If there are approximately 8 billion people living on earth, and you wanted to gave each of them $1, that would take 8 billion dollars. So:
$10 -> 80 billion
$100 -> 800 billion
$1,000 -> 8 trillion
And so on. Not that hard.
$10 -> 80 billion
$100 -> 800 billion
$1,000 -> 8 trillion
And so on. Not that hard.
November 27, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Let me help you with math. If there are approximately 8 billion people living on earth, and you wanted to gave each of them $1, that would take 8 billion dollars. So:
$10 -> 80 billion
$100 -> 800 billion
$1,000 -> 8 trillion
And so on. Not that hard.
$10 -> 80 billion
$100 -> 800 billion
$1,000 -> 8 trillion
And so on. Not that hard.
Yesterday at the church where I work, I heard the word "Rapture" from the pulpit for the very first time in a PCUSA church. (Guest preacher.) The next time will be the LAST time...
October 20, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Yesterday at the church where I work, I heard the word "Rapture" from the pulpit for the very first time in a PCUSA church. (Guest preacher.) The next time will be the LAST time...
I've found the perfect theme song for the current administration.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnK8...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnK8...
Don’t Nobody Bring Me No Bad News
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August 2, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I've found the perfect theme song for the current administration.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnK8...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnK8...
I just now realized who he reminds me of.
Queen Of Hearts Alice In Wonderland GIF
ALT: Queen Of Hearts Alice In Wonderland GIF
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August 1, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I just now realized who he reminds me of.
I don't think the Epstein list is going to amount to anything. Then again, in 1973, I thought Watergate would just blow over.
July 17, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I don't think the Epstein list is going to amount to anything. Then again, in 1973, I thought Watergate would just blow over.
I'd like to remind everyone clamoring for the Epstein files to be opened that in the 70s we all wanted to hear Nixon's Watergate tapes and nothing ever came of that.
Oh, wait...
Oh, wait...
July 17, 2025 at 1:46 AM
I'd like to remind everyone clamoring for the Epstein files to be opened that in the 70s we all wanted to hear Nixon's Watergate tapes and nothing ever came of that.
Oh, wait...
Oh, wait...
I've done a little digging on Fascism in the 1920s. There were plenty outside Italy who thought it was a great thing. This is the introduction to the book The Keystone of Fascism by C.W. Cresswell, 1929.
July 3, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I've done a little digging on Fascism in the 1920s. There were plenty outside Italy who thought it was a great thing. This is the introduction to the book The Keystone of Fascism by C.W. Cresswell, 1929.
It's 2025, friends. Stop hitting "REPLY ALL" when you don't need to. YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE.
June 11, 2025 at 9:28 PM
It's 2025, friends. Stop hitting "REPLY ALL" when you don't need to. YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE.
I started teaching in the '80s. At one point, I had an older colleague who was very set in their ways. At one point, I commented that they were "preparing students for the '90s... The 1890s."
Too many teachers are still doing that.
Too many teachers are still doing that.
June 7, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I started teaching in the '80s. At one point, I had an older colleague who was very set in their ways. At one point, I commented that they were "preparing students for the '90s... The 1890s."
Too many teachers are still doing that.
Too many teachers are still doing that.
I just finished my 40th year of college-level teaching. I can't believe that I am STILL dealing with people who
*can't follow simple directions
*don't respond in a timely manner (or at all!)
*expect ME to take care of everything for them
*don't want to learn
Thank goodness retirement is in sight.
*can't follow simple directions
*don't respond in a timely manner (or at all!)
*expect ME to take care of everything for them
*don't want to learn
Thank goodness retirement is in sight.
June 4, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I just finished my 40th year of college-level teaching. I can't believe that I am STILL dealing with people who
*can't follow simple directions
*don't respond in a timely manner (or at all!)
*expect ME to take care of everything for them
*don't want to learn
Thank goodness retirement is in sight.
*can't follow simple directions
*don't respond in a timely manner (or at all!)
*expect ME to take care of everything for them
*don't want to learn
Thank goodness retirement is in sight.
"That was the equation! Existence! Survival must cancel out programming."
Run, the Android, "What are little girls made of?" Star Trek, TOS
Pretty prophetic...
Run, the Android, "What are little girls made of?" Star Trek, TOS
Pretty prophetic...
June 4, 2025 at 2:50 AM
"That was the equation! Existence! Survival must cancel out programming."
Run, the Android, "What are little girls made of?" Star Trek, TOS
Pretty prophetic...
Run, the Android, "What are little girls made of?" Star Trek, TOS
Pretty prophetic...
Whenever I hear some idiot politician say, "We need to run education like a business!", my thought is always, "What business? Enron? Adelphia, Blockbuster?"
About the damned stupidest thing ever.
About the damned stupidest thing ever.
May 30, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Whenever I hear some idiot politician say, "We need to run education like a business!", my thought is always, "What business? Enron? Adelphia, Blockbuster?"
About the damned stupidest thing ever.
About the damned stupidest thing ever.
I got my first full-time teaching position in the '80s. The Department had a reputation for not granting tenure. (Indeed, I got my position because my predecessor had been denied tenure.)
May 29, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I got my first full-time teaching position in the '80s. The Department had a reputation for not granting tenure. (Indeed, I got my position because my predecessor had been denied tenure.)
I'd like to remind everyone that Mussolini did not, in fact, make the trains run on time.
May 28, 2025 at 11:49 AM
I'd like to remind everyone that Mussolini did not, in fact, make the trains run on time.
I no longer worry about the future of my country. I'm now afraid for the future of my species.
May 25, 2025 at 12:51 PM
I no longer worry about the future of my country. I'm now afraid for the future of my species.
Our state legislature is tackling the really important issues.
"Texas will require public school classrooms to display Ten Commandments under bill nearing passage"
Source: The Texas Tribune
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"Texas will require public school classrooms to display Ten Commandments under bill nearing passage"
Source: The Texas Tribune
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Texas will require public school classrooms to display Ten Commandments under bill nearing passage
The House has preliminarily approved Senate Bill 10 even though a similar Louisiana law was deemed unconstitutional. Supporters say Christianity is core to U.S. history.
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May 25, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Our state legislature is tackling the really important issues.
"Texas will require public school classrooms to display Ten Commandments under bill nearing passage"
Source: The Texas Tribune
search.app/8EVRS
Shared via the Google App
"Texas will require public school classrooms to display Ten Commandments under bill nearing passage"
Source: The Texas Tribune
search.app/8EVRS
Shared via the Google App
To all the politicians and pundits calling people "Marxists" - The 1950s called, and they want McCarthyism back...
May 8, 2025 at 10:50 PM
To all the politicians and pundits calling people "Marxists" - The 1950s called, and they want McCarthyism back...
Thank goodness Republicans in the House are tackling the issues that matter to working Americans.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
House passes bill to rename Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America
The Republican-controlled House passed a bill that would solidify President Donald Trump’s move to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.
www.usatoday.com
May 8, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Thank goodness Republicans in the House are tackling the issues that matter to working Americans.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Let's be honest. You didn't vote for him so that he would do good things for YOU. You voted for him so that he would do bad things to THEM.
May 8, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Let's be honest. You didn't vote for him so that he would do good things for YOU. You voted for him so that he would do bad things to THEM.
Blaming your predecessor for problems YOU created. Classic...
April 30, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Blaming your predecessor for problems YOU created. Classic...
50 Years ago
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of...
Fall of Saigon - Wikipedia
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April 30, 2025 at 2:13 AM
50 Years ago
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of...
Some days, my job is incredibly rewarding. Today is NOT one of those days.
April 28, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Some days, my job is incredibly rewarding. Today is NOT one of those days.
Invariably, people who proclaim, "I know what the Hell I'm doing!" have absolutely no idea what they're doing.
April 9, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Invariably, people who proclaim, "I know what the Hell I'm doing!" have absolutely no idea what they're doing.
Years ago, I was a member of an oral exam panel. As we asked the student questions, they just looked at us like anders in the headlights." We asked questions with really obvious answers. Nothing. Tried to lead the student to say ANYTHING. Nope. 1/2
April 3, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Years ago, I was a member of an oral exam panel. As we asked the student questions, they just looked at us like anders in the headlights." We asked questions with really obvious answers. Nothing. Tried to lead the student to say ANYTHING. Nope. 1/2
My, how things have changed...https://youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc?si=bdSJG1eMdiwOdFuB
March 14, 2025 at 1:34 PM
My, how things have changed...https://youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc?si=bdSJG1eMdiwOdFuB