So observation from earlier that I shared elsewhere, but still is cracking me up hours later on recollection:
the tallest mountain peak within about 2 miles of my home bears the name 'Four Brothers Knobs'.
There are other peaks in the area that are named Blahdeblah Knob - but (con't in comments)

OK, take two.

I dunno. I'm just so used to a format that seems coherent that bsky (like Twitter before it) is an imposing hurdle just by the nature of being what it is.

It time for new leadership.

Hey, @gavinnewsom.bsky.social, maybe put the mic down for a day and do this instead.

An important point to keep in mind.

Every so often, one needs a little Pickle Surprise.

I've never seen it so *crisp* before, though. To quote Lore Sjöberg: Weird. Eerie.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GhN...

Well I'm still figuring this thing out - while I didn't care for Twitter's interface, and this seems more like it than not, well, seems likely to be a bit more a focus for people today.
God knows how the shit one views a thread of comments, though.

i don't think i can take another round of validity discourse and sanctimonious resistlibs telling me i'm valid no matter how illegal it is for me to exist

The real problem I've got with Bluesky is the same one I had with Twitter - for whatever reason, it's like pulling hen's teeth to figure out where to find people I actually am acquainted with, subjects I'm intrigued by, topics which intrigue me.

Well THIS just sucks. deadline.com/2025/01/davi...

THIS little bastard decided I had to be up at 10:15 this morning, when I didn't even get home until 2:30. Look at that handsome face and see... NO remorse.
Oh well, a little sleep deprivation never killed... well okay, it never killed ME.

🧵 How do we know Trump is full of sh** when he shrieks about “hydrants running dry”?

Because in 2016, a horrendous wildfire hit Gatlinburg Tennessee.

Hydrants ran dry and 14 people died. A higher death toll than the LA Fires.

But Tennessee had a GOP governor, so newly-elected Trump posted:

Oh, I needed a NY Post article on the Neil Gaiman badly-done-BDSM foofaraw that was sourced from The Vulture that was sourced from the original podcast on the matter, today.
Yeah, that was really essential, and totally not information I had months and months ago.

Well then. We'll see what I think of this thing - it's too Twitterlike, is my initial impression.
But hey, it's here and Zuckerberg seems pretty dead-set on running Meta into the ground, so... hi.