Capt.Ed

@capt-ed.bsky.social

Active duty during each of five decades. Drafted ‘69. Best coffee ever? Remembering the thermos 200 miles into a 3,000 mile road trip. Unless you are here to push back against the authoritarian takeover of America, there is no need to follow. #Alaska

Overheard on the #3 bus: Been a busy nite shift. I took all the money I made betting on wildfires and bought the dip on Unicorn Fart Dust crypto. It’s the only one I buy since it’s actually backed by something.

Overheard on the #3 bus: ::I’m here from West Virginia on a fishing charter. I’m a retired homicide detective. ^^Fishing certainly sounds like more fun than solving murders. ::We didn’t solve many. No dental records and all the DNA is the same. ^^Guess I walked right into that one…

I’ve seen many victims show up at the bail window on Monday morning with “reasons” for why the perp is better now or a belief that it was, somehow, “my fault”. Seeing cooking as reconciliation is tone-deaf.

If God had intended for me to hear two wildly different messages from Trump and Blanch on the fate of the ‘slush fund’ she would have given me two ears.

Long long ago poppa said “It’s less a left/right kinda deal than an up/down kinda deal. We don’t need to fund our oppressors.” Still true.

Since power can act at scale before collective consciousness can see the danger, those with foresight deserve our attention. We need to future-proof our democracy against actions that were once considered outlandish and implausible.