1983's "Wargames" was a prophesy, especially the part when Joshua/WOPR asks Dr. Falken, "Shall we play a game?"

Veterans Against Trump@vetsat.bsky.social · 8h ago

Is it me or does it seem like a terrible idea that live humans apparently aren't deciding the fate of humanity anymore?

Miller is a walking talking example of why women would choose the bear. Any so-called man who hurts a child and/or women needs to be keelhauled in the grandest old sense of the word.

Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · yesterday

Max Miller: When I was reported for child abuse, for my daughter, for a broken collarbone, my daughter was in my ex-wife's care 9 out of the last 11 days, and she took her to the emergency room, which is a contempt violation from our shared parenting plan

Some views from the Wild Atlantic Way last week. cc @drjchernov.bsky.social

A few faves from our trip. In all modesty, we’re cute as hell. cc @drjchernov.bsky.social

Been dealing with a bug that’s either work stress related, even 3k miles away, or the infinitesimal chance that my system is rejecting a lovely diet of Guinness & pub food. @drjchernov.bsky.social called it Irish Montezuma’s Revenge. Me, a smartass: wouldn’t that make it Brian Bórhamha’s Revenge?

Wallace Shawn's Inconceivable Moment from Princess Bride

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@drjchernov.bsky.social & I named the rental “Junebug,” as it’s so small & cute. Not going to miss the stress of driving on the wrong side of the road, shifting gears with the wrong hand, or sharing narrow winding roads with Yanks who veer onto the right side as they careen towards me at 100 kph.

It’s exceedingly difficult to not love a pub that hasn’t gotten rid of the building’s original signage. Can confirm, the folks at the Greyhound were A+.

Signs seen in County Clare yesterday. I call the first 2, “do not jump into fire while chasing wild birds,” and “do not attempt to climb riot control shields.” The Guinness sign is self explanatory & damn near Gospel.

I had to fly across the Atlantic to find my spirit animal in County Clare.

Hearing a Traveler accent at the Belfast train station is triggering. 3 years ago, our hotel catered a Traveler wedding for what was supposed to be 150 guests, but which quickly became 300. I broke up 3 fights, removed beers from the hands of preteen boys, & one of the guests gifted me with Covid.

Found on yesterday’s walk. What say you, @jasonkirell.bsky.social?

Belfast, are you so damn schizophrenic in the way you park, even on two-way roads?

Cat Chronicles (an endless saga): Goodie just pooped - not just any poop, but it was … white. How & why, you ask? Probably the tortilla he purloined last night, because Mom @drjchernov.bsky.social wouldn’t give him shrimp after he ate Ruth‘s dinner again & overall was being a shit to Big Sis.

As the father of a teenage girl, I was on the edge of my proverbial seat through all 10 episodes of “Agent Kim Reactivated” on Netflix. Now, I can’t claim to be able to beat down multiple bad guys if that happened to me, gods forbid, but I have dad-bod mass & Gen X old-man strength on my side.

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Cat Chronicles (a saga): Every 2 cat household has a princess who eats daintily, & an absolute demon spawn who will hoover anything g & everything left unattended by his big sis, up to & including licking her bowls for any spare morsels. cc @drjchernov.bsky.social

Cat Chronicles (a saga): They went from swatting at each other (but, pointedly, not making contact) from opposite sides of my closet door, to slow blinking to show trust. Is this how cat detente begins? cc @drjchernov.bsky.social

I still call it “dialing” a number, so 🤷🏻‍♂️

Mark Harris@markharris.bsky.social · 2w ago

I'm actually fine with sounding old.

I can't possibly be a Commie, I fell asleep trying to read Marx & Engels for a college course. In all seriousness, this othering of veterans who won't stay silent, & won't accept everything the government does in our name, isn't far from the NKVD's Kulak Operation against undesirable WW1 veterans.

Kristofer Goldsmith@krisgoldsmith85.bsky.social · 2w ago

Rubio’s “Cuba Report” needs to be read in the context of NSPM-7, the Bondi memo, and the Prairieland case. And it’s not just antiwar veterans and the Trump admin. This extends to House Republicans branding VFW as supporting terrorism over a political cartoon. open.substack.com/pub/onoffens...

They claim he plays 3-D chess, but he's checkmating himself if he thinks allowing MBS to enrich uranium, to counteract an Iranian program that was stopped under an agreement he tore up, then supposedly destroyed many times over, has even a remote chance of not creating a regional nuclear arms race.

I’d gladly pay double to not have to FaceTime my mom for a whole hour to show her how to enter my Netflix credentials on her tv. Her: there’s no shift button! Me: it’s the up arrow Her: I DON’T SEE IT! Me: bottom left of your screen Her: you’ll have to come over next time, this is stressful.

Thomas [DARK MODE], DO@tom.medsky.social · 2w ago

I would 100% pay extra for a smart TV that has silver mode for aging parents. 1 power button 4 big buttons that take them straight to their favorite channel/service One giant volume control One button that automatically connects to the last known good network using the saved password

Now that the dust is beginning to settle from the 2026 World Cup, I would be remiss in not beseeching any/all deities, whether real or imagined, for a buddy cop movie starring Thierry & Zlatan. Bon Cop Bad Cop, but make it UEFA.

I’m glad the colonizers beat those other guys whom EVERYONE in Latin America hates. I hope that somewhere in Buenos Aires, my distant cousins (mom’s cousin emigrated to 🇦🇷 instead of 🇺🇸) who once mocked me for speaking Spanish with a “campesino” (🇲🇽 = peasant) accent are crying.

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What to cook for your hardworking 17 year old who opened the bakery at 7:30 & is now having a nap? Korean squash fritters, of course. First batch is in & it’s tasty, especially with ponzu.

Mindfuck (noun): the conflicting feelings that swirl when ordering a coffee from your son, tipping about 500% on that coffee, then waiting for him to get off work so you can drive him home.

Once again for the peanut gallery, but especially for white Boomers who take umbrage at my “veterans against Trump” bumper sticker in the supermarket parking lot, yes, I am that petty bitch who will now blare Tejano music with my windows down while you load your car.

Much of the world might be going to hell in a hand basket, but at least I'll sleep well in the knowledge that the Tate brothers are spending the night in jail.

In an incident our daft & un-tabbed Secretary of Single Malt wouldn’t know, Ranger candidates died of hypothermia during Florida phase in 1995. The entire Ranger Training Brigade retooled, because no one with 1/2 a brain wants soldiers to die during training. Is safety woke? H/t @waitmanwbeorn.com

Something I've been wanting to say for a long while. The coarsening of guests' interactions with restaurant staff beginning just before Covid, & those guests' wildly inflated sense of entitlement, are what will doom my industry... few Gen Z's will put up with that nonsense like previous gens have.

As a former baseball player whose team could & would recite the the entire film on the bus to other baseball powerhouses in the A-10, this film always spoke to me. But I was today years old when I learned that “Bull Durham” is Lysistrata on a baseball field. apple.news/AUMmEU5tiSf-...

How 'Bull Durham' went from five-word pitch to baseball classic — USA TODAY

'Bull Durham' changed a city and made the Durham Bulls into America's minor league team after it was greenlit 40 years ago.

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I’m begging you, with tears in my eyes. It’s Daniel. Dan, if you know me. But never Danny.

Derry Girls: Sister Michael's 'For Feck's Sake'

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