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Chris Johnson

@ectowombat

Unitarian Universalist, humanist, lefty. Interests include linguistics and other cognitive sciences. Probably mostly reskeets. he/him/his

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At every shipping company that isn't a fly-by-night shell company, there's a low-level manager named "Bull." Bull's advice was disregarded once; a lot of people died or were fired and it was very expensive. So when Bull says no to something, it doesn't happen, and Bull thinks the Strait "looks bad."

12.03.2026 16:28 πŸ‘ 166 πŸ” 34 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 1

one day i will corner one of the creators of deep space nine and ask them dead to their face: "you do realise that you made a star trek about lithuania"

12.03.2026 16:14 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
Wikipedia page for Lithuanian litas showing a picture of a 200 LitΕ³ note with a portrait of VydΕ«nas that looks somewhat like RenΓ© Auberjonois.

Wikipedia page for Lithuanian litas showing a picture of a 200 LitΕ³ note with a portrait of VydΕ«nas that looks somewhat like RenΓ© Auberjonois.

Wait, are we sure that’s not Odo?

12.03.2026 16:25 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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Some people, apparently, just do things.

12.03.2026 16:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I too long for superpowers like β€œbeing able to write one (1) email in a reasonable timeframe”.

12.03.2026 16:11 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

For a brief, shining moment in 1989 they thought they were going to be the center of a fusion revolution, and they’ve never quite given up the dream.

12.03.2026 16:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh, wow, I’d forgotten about the hospital ship.

12.03.2026 15:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump Surprised To Find He's At War in Iran Once his not-even-half-baked plan failed to materialize in Iran, it’s clear that there’s no Plan B.

A really good piece from @vermontgmg.bsky.social abt the normalcy bias with which the press is covering Trump's utter failure to understand what he has done with the Iran war.

www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/trump-surp...

12.03.2026 15:15 πŸ‘ 379 πŸ” 166 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 11

β€œWe started with fusion” - checks out for Utah.

12.03.2026 15:37 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
A ship tracking app showing a ship called Broad Rich, flagged in Panama, who has a spoofed destination of "CHINA OWNER/CREW" sailing past the blockaded Strait of Hormuz

A ship tracking app showing a ship called Broad Rich, flagged in Panama, who has a spoofed destination of "CHINA OWNER/CREW" sailing past the blockaded Strait of Hormuz

global side-plot where Chinese people are just shimmying past warzones like "hey so i'm not with anybody, so i'm just gonna go"

12.03.2026 14:57 πŸ‘ 699 πŸ” 80 πŸ’¬ 23 πŸ“Œ 19

Krav MAGA

12.03.2026 13:12 πŸ‘ 1096 πŸ” 60 πŸ’¬ 29 πŸ“Œ 6

Gonna need 6 more of these bad boys to make it work

12.03.2026 14:32 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
an AI generated image of the Strait of Hormuz and mocking a diagram that originally showed trucks going across the land, but now I've put two stargates there instead

an AI generated image of the Strait of Hormuz and mocking a diagram that originally showed trucks going across the land, but now I've put two stargates there instead

can this be a solution

12.03.2026 12:56 πŸ‘ 779 πŸ” 133 πŸ’¬ 38 πŸ“Œ 17

If the wife be aloof, oh buddy, oof

12.03.2026 03:02 πŸ‘ 82 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

on the bright side i can't imagine losing a democratic primary against ilhan omar as an ICE lawyer is much work at all

12.03.2026 02:13 πŸ‘ 2455 πŸ” 272 πŸ’¬ 35 πŸ“Œ 3

The trustees deciding to appoint a new permanent, not-interim Ohio State University president with zero input from faculty, staff, and students is bad, regardless of whom they picked. Bellamkonda is going to have an uphill battle to win the trust of all the people who had no say in his selection.

12.03.2026 01:25 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Red Flag Alert - Anti-Trans Genocide in the USA - #3 | Lemkin Institute

The Lemkin Institute has issued a *THIRD* trans genocide warning, noting the next stage is widespread containment - and this was before the 4th Circuit ruled today that states can essentially do whatever they want to make trans people "appreciate their sex".
www.lemkininstitute.com/red-flag-ale...

11.03.2026 18:12 πŸ‘ 1358 πŸ” 802 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 72
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If you visit the Twin City Model Railroad Museum in Saint Paul, you can see a miniature model train set inside of an actual model train set!

12.03.2026 00:24 πŸ‘ 75 πŸ” 29 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1

when you’re arguing about politics here on bluesky just remember there’s a young sheldon spinoff called george and mandy’s first marriage that’s watched by millions of people

12.03.2026 01:22 πŸ‘ 5089 πŸ” 521 πŸ’¬ 254 πŸ“Œ 183

Thomas Massie’s primary opponent.

12.03.2026 01:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

At least a couple allegations so far.

12.03.2026 01:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

He’s trying to unseat Thomas Massie in the primary.

12.03.2026 01:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Contact Us Contact the Governor's office.

And all Ohioans, tell Gov. DeWine to veto SB 63: governor.ohio.gov/contact

11.03.2026 23:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

People in Ohio's 25th District: I've generally liked Bill DeMora (the Democratic incumbent) over the years, but he cosponsored SB 63, a ban on ranked choice voting which is now on the governor's desk. If you're angry about that, he does have a challenger in primary who looks pretty good.

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80s singer Thomas Dolby on raising queer kids: "the eldest is trans, the middle is a lesbian, and the youngest is a drummer"

80s singer Thomas Dolby on raising queer kids: "the eldest is trans, the middle is a lesbian, and the youngest is a drummer"

The 3 genders

11.03.2026 14:00 πŸ‘ 13133 πŸ” 3367 πŸ’¬ 145 πŸ“Œ 244

(And there is no shortage of those.)

11.03.2026 05:28 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, possibly Star Trek’s single worst crime against the field of biology.

11.03.2026 05:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Brain struggles getting strugglier.

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