Frank Patrick
@fpatrick.bsky.social
Assume the snark. Embrace the snide. “Of all the things at risk, the loss of an objective reality is perhaps the most dangerous. The death of truth is the ultimate victory of evil.” - Tony Gilroy, through the Andor character, Senator Mon Mothma
Random memory from today. Clicking through the channels, stumbled on an episode of The Bold and the Beautiful soap opera, and who's there speaking seriously while wearing a white lab (or doctor's) coat. The Liberty Biberty guy.
Liberty Mutual: Liberty Biberty Commercial
ALT: Liberty Mutual: Liberty Biberty Commercial
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“The best focus, is to focus on improvement—not on comparison to others, a standard, or some alleged "best practice". Improve, continuously—and let the others worry about how they compare to you.” - Richard Zultner #QOTD
I “plussed up” today’s tomato sandwich with a slather of softened goat cheese and a good schmear of basil pesto.
Raingump Kto: Impressed Smirk
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In China, robots which are also solar panels, clean the other solar panels. Original post
Let my wife's car get down to a quarter of a tank today. $45 to rectify the situation.
Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social · 2d agoBrown University has a widget that tracks the cost of the Iran war to American consumers (as contrasted to whatever the Pentagon is spending). Per-household cost now exceeds $600. iranwarcost.watson.brown.edu
Don't look now, but the world has now installed 3TW of solar. Took 10 years to get from 100GW to 1TW. Less than 3 years to get to 2TW. Less than 2 years to get to 3TW. Analysts expect *9TW* by 2036.
The World Crossed a Major Solar Milestone. No One Noticed
The next phase of the boom may reveal a shift in who is gaining access to the technology.
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So...Immunity from investigations into and audits of his taxes. Remind me again what those 34 felony convictions were related to.
Just finished a rewatch...What a hoot. Be seeing you.
The Prisoner: Seeing You
ALT: The Prisoner: Seeing You
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Susan Collins announcing she'll vote against a controversial nominee is basically the moment it becomes clear that nominee will be confirmed. It means Thune has enough votes to confirm, and thus, Collins gets a pass to look independent.
Thinking back to last month’s semiquincentennial events…Maybe we can redeem our dignity in eleven years for the anniversary of the ratification of the Constitution. I’ll be in my upper 80s, but I hope to see a real, serious celebration to make up for this year.
Now mixing in paid advertisements into his normal corruption.
"True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.” - Franklin Delano Roosevelt #QOTD
“If one is but secure at the foundation, he will not be pained by departure from minor details or affairs that are contrary to expectation. But in the end, the details of a matter are important. The right and wrong of one's way of doing things are found in trivial matters.” - Yamamoto Tsunetomo
The Arctic Circle just reached a temperature that once seemed almost impossible for such a frozen region: above 100°F, or 38°C … a shocking first … fragile regions are rapidly changing. Sometimes one number can tell a much bigger story … climate change is no longer distant. It’s here. It’s now.
"The best way you hurt rich people is by turning them into poor people." - Billy Ray Valentine ("Trading Places", 1983) #QOTD
When I was young, I worked on my great uncle’s chicken farm, where I candled eggs, looking for shadow of fetuses or other impurities.
#MediaDiet 7/26-8/1/2026 - Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed, S1 (2026): AppleTV+ - A Man on the Inside, S1 (2024): Netflix - The Prisoner, S1 (1967) - Rewatch: Criterion - Pressure (2026): Peacock
Frank Patrick@fpatrick.bsky.social · 2w ago#MediaDiet 7/19-25/2026 - The Devil In the White City: A Saga of Magic and Murder, by Erik Larsen (2003): Kindle - The Odyssey (2026): Cinema ⭐️ - 28 Years Later (2025): Netflix - 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026): Netflix - The Long Walk (2025): HBO/Max - The Mortal Storm (1940): HBO/Max
How have we not started referring to him as Mitch McGONEll? Seems like a missed opportunity.
“The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us.” - Bill Watterson #QOTD
This sure feels like the way a hippie might “stick it to the man”.
not an art thief@famousartthief.bsky.social · 6d agoi didn’t buy an ev because i am a hippie i bought it because i charge at work every day for free. they just give you energy, it’s wild.
The President of the United States is a lying conman.
The President of the United States is demented, perverted, incompetent, and a threat to democracy.
