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Mike Palmer

@icengineer.bsky.social

Engineer, atheist, photographer, hiker, traveler

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"I'm sure he's learned his lesson."

17.02.2026 07:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I guess we had to bring him back to make sure you were right?

17.02.2026 07:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Second that. Wow.

17.02.2026 07:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I have had two unrelated friends, both women, who both joined the US skeleton team (I have no idea what the odds of that are). I never asked them how they got started (or even why), but their courage was amazing. They were both fantastic athletes, and amazing, wonderful people.

15.02.2026 05:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
My post from before the NYC mayoral election, which says, "Sliwa was born in NYC, almost killed in NYC, will die in NYC, and be buried in NYC. But Mamdani? He fucking LOVES NYC. That's why you don't stand a chance, Curtis."

My post from before the NYC mayoral election, which says, "Sliwa was born in NYC, almost killed in NYC, will die in NYC, and be buried in NYC. But Mamdani? He fucking LOVES NYC. That's why you don't stand a chance, Curtis."

Ugh... my link didn't expand. Here is a screenshot of it.

15.02.2026 05:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Shortly before the election I posted this. I still think this sums up why the other candidates didn't stand a chance. Zohran LOVES New York, and loves the people, and the best the other guys could manage was, "I live here."

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15.02.2026 05:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

We need to bring back classical religion! Bring back the inquisition!

15.02.2026 04:48 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hopefully nobody. Nobody will protect us from nothing.

We hope.

14.02.2026 06:49 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Those propellers are going to cause some serious brain damage.

Oh wait. It's RFK Jr.

13.02.2026 18:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I began my engineering career in the 1980s; the hoops were crazy back then, too. Many of them said that the best strategy was to hire their own immigration attorney - an expensive option, but better than relying on companies that would delay each step as long as possible.

13.02.2026 17:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh, to be Jesus, just for a few short, wonderful minutes.

13.02.2026 04:19 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A popup that opens in Edge when I open an alibaba link. The popup says, "www.alibaba.com wants to look for and connect to any device on your local network"

A popup that opens in Edge when I open an alibaba link. The popup says, "www.alibaba.com wants to look for and connect to any device on your local network"

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What fresh hell is this? I open an alibaba link in Edge and get a popup that says, "www.alibaba.com wants to look for and connect to any device on your local network"

1. Why would alibaba need to do this?
2. Why is Edge even asking me if this is okay? It's NEVER okay!

13.02.2026 02:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wait... is he (re)defining insider trading to be when someone has a legal obligation not to disclose inside information and then discloses it, but not if they use their undisclosed inside information to place a trade or a bet? That sure sounds like what he is saying.

12.02.2026 19:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So far the 21st century has not brought us very many profiles in conservative courage.

12.02.2026 16:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Is there a discount if you buy, say, 1,000 party balloons? And a big tank of helium?

Asking for a friend celebrating the end of a war. And the start of another one.

12.02.2026 06:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If you haven't already run across Han Suyin's book, "And the Rain My Drink," I highly recommend it. Set during the British occupation of Malaysia. There's a brief Wikipedia page about it.

Probably not much help for sandwich research, though.

12.02.2026 05:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I wonder what advice he would give to Nancy Guthrie?

12.02.2026 05:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I still feel that way when I see that photo. Powerful, courageous, standing tall.

12.02.2026 03:04 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Broken: Pam Bondi's DOJ will stop searching for Nancy Guthrie until the Dow Jones Industrial Average drops below $50,000.

12.02.2026 02:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, but now one of them would be 20 feet long...

12.02.2026 02:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"Whoa, that sounded terrible! It looks like you just hacked up a pound of hookworms!"

"Yeah! Thanks Ivermectin!"

12.02.2026 01:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A Jonathan Bachman photo of Ieshia Evans bring arrested by storm troopers in Baton Rouge. She has no weapons and is dressed in a simple dress, whilehe storm troopers are dressed in full riot gear.

A Jonathan Bachman photo of Ieshia Evans bring arrested by storm troopers in Baton Rouge. She has no weapons and is dressed in a simple dress, whilehe storm troopers are dressed in full riot gear.

I remember showing this Jonathan Bachman photo of Ieshia Evans in Baton Rouge to someone to show how messed up the police were, and his response was, "What was she rioting about?"

Not, "What was she protesting?" Rioting. In a dress. With a phone. She is a nurse.

This was July, 2016.

Chodes.

12.02.2026 00:17 β€” πŸ‘ 80    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Is this what they mean by, "Saying the quiet part out loud?"

11.02.2026 23:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I don't take my driver's license or any other identifying papers with me when I go out. If I'm not driving, I don't have to have them, and SCOTUS says I only have to tell police officers my name.

What I do take is a whistle. It melts ICE faster than water on a wicked witch.

11.02.2026 16:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Somebody told me recently, "Whenever I feel a cough coming on, I go straight for the Ivermectin."

You go, buddy, you go.

11.02.2026 06:56 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The "Truly Big Beautiful Bill."

11.02.2026 06:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Losing an election? Getting demoted to the minority party? Terrifying.

If it was up to me they would really have something to be terrified about. "It's a sharp stick, senator, where the hell do you think we're going to stick it?" But it's not up to me, so election loss it is.

11.02.2026 06:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Who made the weapons? Maybe we should ask the company and the CEO if child evaporation is on the list of acceptable uses.

I wonder if the answer would reveal that the company/CEO have no morals or ethics at all.

11.02.2026 06:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm sure nobody will mind if the court-authorized search warrant is shared publicly, right?

11.02.2026 05:56 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Megan Kelly is ours too.

God help us.

10.02.2026 00:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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