Semi-retired, but still kicking. MA/History. Lifelong Californian. Lifelong Democrat. Naval and Maritime History aficionado. Servant to two cats. Reasonably articulate, but becoming more acerbic as time goes on.https://bsky.app/profile/briandunn.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/briandunn.bsky.social/post/3mzlmtbmxwc23It's become, alas!, another Laundry Day! Starting the process is easy. As I get older, however, getting the motivation to get started is getting harder. But I'm now committed. First load in.05 Nov 2026 19:42 +0000at://did:plc:w5hkkmncd5isp474d2wjoyli/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzlmtbmxwc23https://bsky.app/profile/briandunn.bsky.social/post/3mzkv7ljw422yGot to sleep in until 3:45 this morning! Must have slept really well for some reason or other last night.05 Nov 2026 12:39 +0000at://did:plc:w5hkkmncd5isp474d2wjoyli/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzkv7ljw422yhttps://bsky.app/profile/briandunn.bsky.social/post/3mzjo2rnwu22rI looked at the election results from our County Elections Department. I live in a town of 144,000 people. There are about 28,000 students in our local school district. Two candidates got elected to our School Board with about 2,400 votes each. There's something wrong here05 Nov 2026 00:59 +0000at://did:plc:w5hkkmncd5isp474d2wjoyli/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzjo2rnwu22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/briandunn.bsky.social/post/3mzjj2ajl4k2nA few days from now all the hoopla will die down and we will be back to posting pictures of our cats. I thought I'd avoid the rush.04 Nov 2026 23:29 +0000at://did:plc:w5hkkmncd5isp474d2wjoyli/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzjj2ajl4k2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/briandunn.bsky.social/post/3mzj74tbxfk25The Republicans only kept four seats of the 52 seats in the California Congressional delegation. The map speaks for itself. Map: Annetta Stogniew Source: NBC News04 Nov 2026 20:32 +0000at://did:plc:w5hkkmncd5isp474d2wjoyli/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzj74tbxfk25https://bsky.app/profile/briandunn.bsky.social/post/3mzj2p2z6uk25You know, I kinda like the idea of AOC being elected Speaker of the House in January. If something happened to Donald and J.D., she'd be next in the line of succession.04 Nov 2026 19:12 +0000at://did:plc:w5hkkmncd5isp474d2wjoyli/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzj2p2z6uk25https://bsky.app/profile/briandunn.bsky.social/post/3mziq64x7ss2xhttps://theonion.com/steve-kornacki-crushes-millions-of-tiny-voters-while-sliding-hand-across-electoral-map/04 Nov 2026 16:04 +0000at://did:plc:w5hkkmncd5isp474d2wjoyli/app.bsky.feed.post/3mziq64x7ss2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/briandunn.bsky.social/post/3mzipvscezs2xHas Flavio Bolsonaro called his travel agent yet?04 Nov 2026 15:59 +0000at://did:plc:w5hkkmncd5isp474d2wjoyli/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzipvscezs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/briandunn.bsky.social/post/3mzila2towk2xIt's still early in California, but it looks like David Valadao (R) CA 22nd) might be out of a job come January.04 Nov 2026 14:35 +0000at://did:plc:w5hkkmncd5isp474d2wjoyli/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzila2towk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/briandunn.bsky.social/post/3mziirk65fc2xWhile a great number of us are celebrating this morning, the mundane tasks of cleaning the litter box and taking the trash out for pick up simply don't handle themselves.04 Nov 2026 13:52 +0000at://did:plc:w5hkkmncd5isp474d2wjoyli/app.bsky.feed.post/3mziirk65fc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/briandunn.bsky.social/post/3mzi6w24mu22xThis is from the Final Report of my County Elections Department. 27.11 percent turnout in a red California County.04 Nov 2026 10:55 +0000at://did:plc:w5hkkmncd5isp474d2wjoyli/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzi6w24mu22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/briandunn.bsky.social/post/3mzi6hcluz22xIn the wake of current events. Post a blue character!04 Nov 2026 10:47 +0000at://did:plc:w5hkkmncd5isp474d2wjoyli/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzi6hcluz22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/briandunn.bsky.social/post/3mzgjvfo56c2l1966 Triumph Spitfire Mk. II [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Nov 2026 19:06 +0000at://did:plc:w5hkkmncd5isp474d2wjoyli/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzgjvfo56c2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/briandunn.bsky.social/post/3mzghiklmik2lI wonder how much drunk tweeting there will be on Elon's site tonight. Hey, at least they won't be out driving!03 Nov 2026 18:23 +0000at://did:plc:w5hkkmncd5isp474d2wjoyli/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzghiklmik2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/briandunn.bsky.social/post/3mzgfsq3plc2lI've developed the habit of eating my dinner and going to bed early on any Election Night. I can wait until I get up to feed the cats early in the morning to see what happened. At least then there will be a fairly accurate tally.03 Nov 2026 17:53 +0000at://did:plc:w5hkkmncd5isp474d2wjoyli/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzgfsq3plc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/briandunn.bsky.social/post/3mzfglach6s2nWent to bed early last night and woke up at the chimes of midnight. Naturally the cats think it's feeding time.03 Nov 2026 08:34 +0000at://did:plc:w5hkkmncd5isp474d2wjoyli/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzfglach6s2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/briandunn.bsky.social/post/3mzdm5uwpws2pOn this day in 1947, Howard Hughes pilots the H-4 Hercules (known as the "Spruce Goose") on its first and only flight. The flight lasted about one minute at a top speed of 135 miles per hour at an altitude of about 70 feet. The plane is currently preserved at the North American Aerospace Museum.02 Nov 2026 15:09 +0000at://did:plc:w5hkkmncd5isp474d2wjoyli/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzdm5uwpws2phttps://bsky.app/profile/briandunn.bsky.social/post/3mzddgs5a722xIt's bad enough getting hit by a car, but two? https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/local-news/man-dies-after-being-hit-by-2-cars-in-visalia-1-is-a-police-car/02 Nov 2026 12:33 +0000at://did:plc:w5hkkmncd5isp474d2wjoyli/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzddgs5a722xhttps://bsky.app/profile/briandunn.bsky.social/post/3mzd4pho4h22xAwakened by the chimes of two. Fired up the coffee pot, fed my two cats and started the day. So much for having my circadian rythms adjusted. On the othe hand, there's a beautiful crescent moon near Jupiter, it's cool outside and Fall has finally made its appearance. Nap later highly indicated.02 Nov 2026 10:32 +0000at://did:plc:w5hkkmncd5isp474d2wjoyli/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzd4pho4h22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/briandunn.bsky.social/post/3mzc5ubpces2mDinner served at the stroke of five, by the Seth-Thomas, visited by the Beggar Cat who just wanted to lie under the table tonight and not see what was for supper, put the leftovers away and washed up all within 20 minutes. "The Bounty is a tight ship, Mr. Christian!"02 Nov 2026 01:20 +0000at://did:plc:w5hkkmncd5isp474d2wjoyli/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzc5ubpces2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/briandunn.bsky.social/post/3mzc3m4kvqc2mChristmas music already?02 Nov 2026 00:40 +0000at://did:plc:w5hkkmncd5isp474d2wjoyli/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzc3m4kvqc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/briandunn.bsky.social/post/3mzbzacdzfk2hOne of the joys of living in the San Joaquin Valley of California is that after the first good rain of the season comes the Tule Fog. Be careful out there! https://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=CAZ312&warncounty=CAC107&firewxzone=CAZ580&local_place1=6%20Miles%20E%20Visalia%20CA&product1=Dense+Fog+Advisory&lat=36.31&lon=-119.30101 Nov 2026 23:57 +0000at://did:plc:w5hkkmncd5isp474d2wjoyli/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzbzacdzfk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/briandunn.bsky.social/post/3mzbvrjyfo22hOn this day in 1700, King Charles II of Spain dies. He was the last Habsburg King of Spain and his death kicked off the War of the Spanish Succession which lasted from 1701 to 1714.01 Nov 2026 22:56 +0000at://did:plc:w5hkkmncd5isp474d2wjoyli/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzbvrjyfo22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/briandunn.bsky.social/post/3mzbrlwnles2hOn this day in 1918, Raffaele Paolucci and Raffaele Rossetti of the Italian Navy attach two mines under the hull of the Austro-Hungarian dreadnought Viribus Unitus in Pola Harbor. The mines go off fourteen minutes later than set and the ship sinks in fifteen minutes. (1/2) #NavalHistory01 Nov 2026 21:41 +0000at://did:plc:w5hkkmncd5isp474d2wjoyli/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzbrlwnles2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/briandunn.bsky.social/post/3mzbg3k7us22oWith any luck, idiot boy will explode at this story on Truth Social, and the tale will take on a life of its own! C'mon Streisand Effect! [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Nov 2026 18:15 +0000at://did:plc:w5hkkmncd5isp474d2wjoyli/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzbg3k7us22o