Scott Pyne
@staffcommodore.bsky.social
Sailor • dog lover • chef • feminist • bass player • software guy • dad
(he/him)
Staff Commodore, HMBYC
Proud citizen of the California Republic
(he/him)
Staff Commodore, HMBYC
Proud citizen of the California Republic
TIL that many people’s sarcasm detectors are either broken or nonexistent.
March 18, 2025 at 1:16 AM
TIL that many people’s sarcasm detectors are either broken or nonexistent.
So, suppose Canada *did* become part of the US. Let’s indulge in some idle speculation and see what that would mean for the 🍊💩 and his MAGAt minions in the GQP, since they keep talking about what a great idea it would be. Buckle up, this thought experiment is going to be a wild ride…. 1/11 🧵
March 12, 2025 at 2:15 AM
So, suppose Canada *did* become part of the US. Let’s indulge in some idle speculation and see what that would mean for the 🍊💩 and his MAGAt minions in the GQP, since they keep talking about what a great idea it would be. Buckle up, this thought experiment is going to be a wild ride…. 1/11 🧵
Thanks to President Zelenskyy and a few of my social media friends, over the past 24 hours I learned how to say “fuck” in two more languages. 👍🏼 Of course, when addressing MAGAts, I still have to stick to English (and words of no more than 2 syllables!) because that’s all they can understand.
March 2, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Thanks to President Zelenskyy and a few of my social media friends, over the past 24 hours I learned how to say “fuck” in two more languages. 👍🏼 Of course, when addressing MAGAts, I still have to stick to English (and words of no more than 2 syllables!) because that’s all they can understand.
Suppose, sometime this spring, the Republican members of both US legislative houses have a collective epiphany. Namely, that the 🍊💩 is now so completely off the rails, so obviously a Nazi fascist, that pretty much *anyone* else would look safer by comparison. And so… 🪡🧵 (1/8)
March 1, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Suppose, sometime this spring, the Republican members of both US legislative houses have a collective epiphany. Namely, that the 🍊💩 is now so completely off the rails, so obviously a Nazi fascist, that pretty much *anyone* else would look safer by comparison. And so… 🪡🧵 (1/8)
In the spirit of Jonathan Swift's "Modest Proposal", I have a thought: suppose the Makers, aka the Blue States (including California, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Illinois, and Colorado), actually *did* stop paying into the national treasury... 1/8
February 21, 2025 at 11:09 PM
In the spirit of Jonathan Swift's "Modest Proposal", I have a thought: suppose the Makers, aka the Blue States (including California, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Illinois, and Colorado), actually *did* stop paying into the national treasury... 1/8
Always remember...the red hat of today is no different than the Nazi armband of 90 years ago. History *is* repeating itself. 🤬
February 21, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Always remember...the red hat of today is no different than the Nazi armband of 90 years ago. History *is* repeating itself. 🤬
I agree—everyone needs not just to read this, but to *understand* it. The point is that antivaxxers, ammosexuals, et al are only able to exist *at all* because they are part of an otherwise stable, healthy society. If public health really does break down, it’ll be get-vaxxed-or-go-to-jail, e.g.
Everyone in the world should read this article.
Conspiracists are about to get a dose of reality
Antivaxers, cranks and fantasists thrive in safe, stable societies but the days of consequence-free idiocy may be ending
www.thetimes.com
February 20, 2025 at 3:52 AM
I agree—everyone needs not just to read this, but to *understand* it. The point is that antivaxxers, ammosexuals, et al are only able to exist *at all* because they are part of an otherwise stable, healthy society. If public health really does break down, it’ll be get-vaxxed-or-go-to-jail, e.g.
Here’s an interesting plot twist: for the past 16+ years (i.e., since President Obama was first elected), the so-called “SHTF” crowd has been composed almost entirely of right-wing extremists who were convinced that them durn lib’ruls were gonna bring down the US. But now, in the past few months… 👇🏼
February 15, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Here’s an interesting plot twist: for the past 16+ years (i.e., since President Obama was first elected), the so-called “SHTF” crowd has been composed almost entirely of right-wing extremists who were convinced that them durn lib’ruls were gonna bring down the US. But now, in the past few months… 👇🏼
I didn’t write this, but it works for me. But I go a step further: if you were eligible to vote in the US election and you did anything *other* than vote for the Harris/Walz ticket, then You. Are. A. Nazi. The rest of us *will* remember who you are, and we *will* come for you.
February 15, 2025 at 6:27 AM
I didn’t write this, but it works for me. But I go a step further: if you were eligible to vote in the US election and you did anything *other* than vote for the Harris/Walz ticket, then You. Are. A. Nazi. The rest of us *will* remember who you are, and we *will* come for you.
What kind of fucked-up hospital puts Fox “News” on their waiting room TV’s?! El Camino Hospital, this is disgusting, especially since you are part of a diverse community that values all people. Do better. This is totally unacceptable.
February 12, 2025 at 8:32 PM
What kind of fucked-up hospital puts Fox “News” on their waiting room TV’s?! El Camino Hospital, this is disgusting, especially since you are part of a diverse community that values all people. Do better. This is totally unacceptable.
So, it’s over, right? But he’s still alive? Oh, well. 😥
February 10, 2025 at 4:08 AM
So, it’s over, right? But he’s still alive? Oh, well. 😥
…and I am. With a break to prepare dinner.
What people don’t realize is that you don’t HAVE to watch that thing, you can just read.
February 10, 2025 at 1:58 AM
…and I am. With a break to prepare dinner.
Worth clicking through to read, but I had to pause for a moment to belly-laugh at the juxtaposition of the photo and the headline. The mental image of the Stepford senator from Alabama “squealin’ from the feelin’,” as the saying goes, is impossible to unsee. 🤣 Another dose of FAFO….
Bama Senator Howls Like Stuck Pig After She Sees NIH Cuts Impact in State talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/bama-...
Bama Senator Howls Like Stuck Pig After She Sees NIH Cuts Impact in State
Yesterday I made the point that while research universities and academic medical...
talkingpointsmemo.com
February 9, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Worth clicking through to read, but I had to pause for a moment to belly-laugh at the juxtaposition of the photo and the headline. The mental image of the Stepford senator from Alabama “squealin’ from the feelin’,” as the saying goes, is impossible to unsee. 🤣 Another dose of FAFO….
Zero sympathy. You reached the “and find out” stage of FAFO…you voted for the face-eating leopard and now you’re shocked—shocked!—to learn that the leopard is eating your face? Sorry not sorry.
🚨 WATCH, SHARE: “I did vote for Trump. We are possibly going to lose our farm.”
Farmers all across 🇺🇸 face bankruptcy because of what Trump and Musk are doing to the federal government, defunding Biden programs they count on to survive.
Farmers all across 🇺🇸 face bankruptcy because of what Trump and Musk are doing to the federal government, defunding Biden programs they count on to survive.
February 9, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Zero sympathy. You reached the “and find out” stage of FAFO…you voted for the face-eating leopard and now you’re shocked—shocked!—to learn that the leopard is eating your face? Sorry not sorry.
Paraphrased from elsewhere: first the 🍊💩 deprived farmers of workers—because many of them are undocumented—then he deprived farmers of water, by ordering the Army to release 2 billion (yes, with a ‘B’) gallons from reservoirs even though it did nothing to help fight the SoCal fires. What. A. Putz.
February 9, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Paraphrased from elsewhere: first the 🍊💩 deprived farmers of workers—because many of them are undocumented—then he deprived farmers of water, by ordering the Army to release 2 billion (yes, with a ‘B’) gallons from reservoirs even though it did nothing to help fight the SoCal fires. What. A. Putz.
I think the MAGAt cult is convinced that their bullying will always prevail. And tbh if you only judge by goings-on in DC, they’re right. 🤬 (AOC & Jasmine Crockett excepted!) But now that the rest of us see that our reps are not standing up for us, we are getting ready to fight back for ourselves.
February 8, 2025 at 6:04 AM
I think the MAGAt cult is convinced that their bullying will always prevail. And tbh if you only judge by goings-on in DC, they’re right. 🤬 (AOC & Jasmine Crockett excepted!) But now that the rest of us see that our reps are not standing up for us, we are getting ready to fight back for ourselves.
Some members of the commentariat have started saying we should be nice to the 🍊💩’s voters as they find out how they fell for his BS. To which I say, nope. No. Fucking. Way. No mercy…sorry not sorry. You brought this on all of us and you own it.
February 7, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Some members of the commentariat have started saying we should be nice to the 🍊💩’s voters as they find out how they fell for his BS. To which I say, nope. No. Fucking. Way. No mercy…sorry not sorry. You brought this on all of us and you own it.
It’s impossible to overstate how bad things are in DC right now. 🤬 Reminder: anyone who did anything in the election *other* than vote for Harris-Walz is 100% responsible…they are the new Nazis and need to be treated as such. The ones who didn’t vote are just as guilty as those who voted for the 🍊💩.
February 3, 2025 at 7:25 AM
It’s impossible to overstate how bad things are in DC right now. 🤬 Reminder: anyone who did anything in the election *other* than vote for Harris-Walz is 100% responsible…they are the new Nazis and need to be treated as such. The ones who didn’t vote are just as guilty as those who voted for the 🍊💩.
It’s dismaying—but sadly unsurprising—how many official US military (& some civilian government) social media accounts I’ve had to block in the past week. Their over-the-top enthusiastic support of the 🍊💩 suggests that none of them remember the lessons of the Nuremberg trials after WW2.
January 25, 2025 at 11:09 PM
It’s dismaying—but sadly unsurprising—how many official US military (& some civilian government) social media accounts I’ve had to block in the past week. Their over-the-top enthusiastic support of the 🍊💩 suggests that none of them remember the lessons of the Nuremberg trials after WW2.
Woke up; checked headlines; no obituary. Fuck.
January 21, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Woke up; checked headlines; no obituary. Fuck.
What would Elie Wiesel say? When the ADL cannot condemn Naziism…Rev. Martin Niemöller is also turning in his grave. What happened to *fighting* fascists instead of appeasing them? What happened to “the only good Nazi is a dead Nazi”?
January 21, 2025 at 12:09 AM
What would Elie Wiesel say? When the ADL cannot condemn Naziism…Rev. Martin Niemöller is also turning in his grave. What happened to *fighting* fascists instead of appeasing them? What happened to “the only good Nazi is a dead Nazi”?
Proud to be a citizen of the California Republic.
January 20, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Proud to be a citizen of the California Republic.
Woke up, checked news headlines. No obituary. 😥 Oh well, on with my day….
January 19, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Woke up, checked news headlines. No obituary. 😥 Oh well, on with my day….
I’ve followed @hahnscratch.bsky.social for awhile in the site I just abandoned and I have to say I admire him in all sorts of ways. When Matthew talks, esp. about wildfire situations, you should listen. And read. You know what to do….
A great write-up on the incarcerated firefighter program in California & the folks in prison helping out with the fires in LA.
Appreciate The Marshall Project for reaching out to me. All too often, folks write about fire camps without talking to people who’ve been to fire camps. Not the case here.
Appreciate The Marshall Project for reaching out to me. All too often, folks write about fire camps without talking to people who’ve been to fire camps. Not the case here.
The Dangerous Yet Desirable Work of Being an Incarcerated Firefighter in California
More than 900 prison firefighters were responding to the crisis in Los Angeles — but their pay is low and the ethics of their choice are complicated.
www.themarshallproject.org
January 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I’ve followed @hahnscratch.bsky.social for awhile in the site I just abandoned and I have to say I admire him in all sorts of ways. When Matthew talks, esp. about wildfire situations, you should listen. And read. You know what to do….
I've been thinking a lot recently about the saying, “sometimes you just have to sit back, relax, and let the train wreck itself.” And about the legend of Cassandra, daughter of the king of Troy in Greek mythology, who was cursed to be able to predict the future accurately but never to be believed.
January 11, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I've been thinking a lot recently about the saying, “sometimes you just have to sit back, relax, and let the train wreck itself.” And about the legend of Cassandra, daughter of the king of Troy in Greek mythology, who was cursed to be able to predict the future accurately but never to be believed.