retired paramedic, occasional metal and woodworker; maker of a gallimaufry of reliquaries, spaceships and other ephemeral oddities; lifelong Dem, recovering preacher's kid, too tall to pay taxeshttps://bsky.app/profile/orrery1953.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/orrery1953.bsky.social/post/3lewrcsxakc26An absolutely STUNNING number of gorgeous women with no bio and no posts want to follow me on BlueSky. Where were all these gals when I was 18?04 Jan 2025 18:46 +0000at://did:plc:4xyrod3kgbc55syhtmx4tefd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lewrcsxakc26https://bsky.app/profile/orrery1953.bsky.social/post/3lewct7q22224A lovely delicate little thing!04 Jan 2025 14:27 +0000at://did:plc:4xyrod3kgbc55syhtmx4tefd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lewct7q22224https://bsky.app/profile/orrery1953.bsky.social/post/3les2d5z2as2cThe barbarians are at the gate.02 Jan 2025 21:44 +0000at://did:plc:4xyrod3kgbc55syhtmx4tefd/app.bsky.feed.post/3les2d5z2as2chttps://bsky.app/profile/orrery1953.bsky.social/post/3leepxsuvkc2xI hope that this is not construed as being either xenophobic or racist, but this is what you get when you staff an entire administration off of the Temu clearance rack. Bunch of moral defectives. Can we rehabilitate the word “deplorables”?28 Dec 2024 14:34 +0000at://did:plc:4xyrod3kgbc55syhtmx4tefd/app.bsky.feed.post/3leepxsuvkc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/orrery1953.bsky.social/post/3ldyh7yiupc2eIn what perverse alternate universe is Matt Gaetz qualified for anything other than a lengthy prison sentence? And this is the guy that 45 wanted to be the highest law enforcement officer of the nation??? What upside down world am I living in? Beam me up!!!23 Dec 2024 17:26 +0000at://did:plc:4xyrod3kgbc55syhtmx4tefd/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldyh7yiupc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/orrery1953.bsky.social/post/3ldwdcri33k2hI wonder who Mump is nominating for Food Taster.22 Dec 2024 21:11 +0000at://did:plc:4xyrod3kgbc55syhtmx4tefd/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldwdcri33k2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/orrery1953.bsky.social/post/3ldttdq53lk23Is it possible that the Mumps have eaten JD, perhaps with a nice chianti? I bet that’s one chapter of Hillbilly Elegy he never saw coming.21 Dec 2024 21:19 +0000at://did:plc:4xyrod3kgbc55syhtmx4tefd/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldttdq53lk23https://bsky.app/profile/orrery1953.bsky.social/post/3ldrwznyacs2zIt may only be a naive indulgence in revisionist thinking, but I wonder if we will ever get back to the days when elected officials actually did their jobs without play acting the high drama of petulant self-important twits. Do your job or go home!21 Dec 2024 03:20 +0000at://did:plc:4xyrod3kgbc55syhtmx4tefd/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldrwznyacs2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/orrery1953.bsky.social/post/3ld7b44wisk22Those of us who avoided polio and whooping cough in the 50s because of vaccines, and due to the vision of a group of leaders who weren’t goddamn idiots denying science - we feel genuinely sorry for the coming generation and the ills that are promised them. Buckle up!13 Dec 2024 17:00 +0000at://did:plc:4xyrod3kgbc55syhtmx4tefd/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld7b44wisk22https://bsky.app/profile/orrery1953.bsky.social/post/3ld6sfwrzqc22I’m trapped somewhere in the middle of disgust, incredulity and rage at the utterly blatant and unapologetic MEDIOCRITY of the incoming “administration”. It’s the Venn diagram from Hell. Credit to Bob Dylan: “it’s not dark yet, but it’s gettin’ there”.13 Dec 2024 12:37 +0000at://did:plc:4xyrod3kgbc55syhtmx4tefd/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld6sfwrzqc22https://bsky.app/profile/orrery1953.bsky.social/post/3ld2752tges2fSpeaking of mass deportation: in the late 60s/early 70s, my deeply radical older sister sported a button that stated “US out of North America!” She was immensely snarky and way ahead of her time. She would froth at the mouth were she alive today. I still have the button on my windowsill.11 Dec 2024 16:41 +0000at://did:plc:4xyrod3kgbc55syhtmx4tefd/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld2752tges2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/orrery1953.bsky.social/post/3lczuq7ylfc2fIt’s Wednesday, December 11, 2024. Upheaval in Syria, clown car in DC, billionaires interbreeding like demented rabbits, the promise of pardons for 1000+ convicted criminals, and I’m stuck on considering what a strange word “hippopotamus” is. I may need counseling.11 Dec 2024 13:35 +0000at://did:plc:4xyrod3kgbc55syhtmx4tefd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lczuq7ylfc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/orrery1953.bsky.social/post/3lcxf63s5j22qFor you Biblical scholars out there: what happens when you sow the wind? Asking for a friend…10 Dec 2024 13:51 +0000at://did:plc:4xyrod3kgbc55syhtmx4tefd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcxf63s5j22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/orrery1953.bsky.social/post/3lctfjyyvds2lLet me see if I got this straight. The population of the US is around 335 million souls, and knucklehead won the election with 77,238,000 votes. Check my math, but 23% is not a mandate, and 23% should not determine my future, and the future of democracy in the US, or anywhere. Nope.08 Dec 2024 23:47 +0000at://did:plc:4xyrod3kgbc55syhtmx4tefd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lctfjyyvds2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/orrery1953.bsky.social/post/3lcn7r4u6rs2sI wonder if the poor folks who enthusiastically voted for the Middle Ages then formed committees to try to outlaw the Renaissance. And then sat around grumping "Nah, we ain't havin' none of that Enlightenment shit either!" Gonna be a long four years.06 Dec 2024 12:48 +0000at://did:plc:4xyrod3kgbc55syhtmx4tefd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcn7r4u6rs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/orrery1953.bsky.social/post/3lc64r6wmqs23I have not heard it mentioned anywhere, but is there, or is there planned to be a subscription plan to help support Bluesky? I keep hoping for some clarity about how and where to pit funds in the hands of those on the front lines. Feel free to respond if you have ideas.30 Nov 2024 12:44 +0000at://did:plc:4xyrod3kgbc55syhtmx4tefd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lc64r6wmqs23https://bsky.app/profile/orrery1953.bsky.social/post/3lbxysakhys2aOkay, so I've weaned myself off of "legacy media", burned my tv in the back yard, never wanted to join Facebook, thought MySpace was dumb (even back then), can't abide talk radio, and wouldn't recognize a bot if it bit me on the ass. Am I reduced to reading Candide and "tending my own garden"? Sad.28 Nov 2024 02:17 +0000at://did:plc:4xyrod3kgbc55syhtmx4tefd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbxysakhys2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/orrery1953.bsky.social/post/3lbuzfuwzqc2iI wonder if the most effective form of resistance might be just to back off and let MAGA/2025 make things as horrendously awful as they possibly can. Logic, facts and reason don't seem to work; maybe having to own what they have broken would finally penetrate the fog. That's the way toddlers learn.26 Nov 2024 21:50 +0000at://did:plc:4xyrod3kgbc55syhtmx4tefd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbuzfuwzqc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/orrery1953.bsky.social/post/3lbrjyrfe4k25It’s time for the Dems to start working on Project 2029. We can always deny it later.25 Nov 2024 12:37 +0000at://did:plc:4xyrod3kgbc55syhtmx4tefd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbrjyrfe4k25