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Sam Pottle

@dribrats.bsky.social

Confront the authoritarian impulse wherever you find it. At least *notice* it.

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There is similar, and similarly important, aviation advice.

Q: What should I do if the door comes open in flight?
A: *Fly the airplane.*

08.03.2026 04:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Some of us call it our president

07.03.2026 19:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Intent matters to genre! Just ask folk music.

07.03.2026 19:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Turns out he still had a few pennies left after indulging his guitar habit.

07.03.2026 19:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I *was* curious: the pocket square clearly has the wrong number of stars on it, so it's not a legal US flag. But this sort of representation is covered by Β§3. Still a violation.

07.03.2026 19:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The only ones who need to be worried right now are the Cabinet members who think they're gonna stay out of prison.

07.03.2026 04:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sultans of Swing lyrics are good, actually

07.03.2026 03:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

On this of all days! Shame on you, sir.

07.03.2026 02:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

AMPHIGAARD

07.03.2026 00:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We're going to run "Walk of Life" under the thread credits

07.03.2026 00:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Knopfler wasn't any more famous than they were when he wrote it. Not his fault it was eventually a big hit.

07.03.2026 00:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"Someone's [stretching out] and it's me" #joco

06.03.2026 21:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

this is, almost literally, a panel from next week's cartoon, written before I read this.

06.03.2026 19:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1103    πŸ” 129    πŸ’¬ 30    πŸ“Œ 0

It's not even clear that (B) is a live option

06.03.2026 20:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The French Laundry was an important restaurant, and it's had a good run, but nothing lasts forever.

06.03.2026 19:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'd like to say to these people, and this comes from a genuine place of a lesson I myself had to learn:

It is all right to have these sorts of thoughts. But they're inside thoughts.

06.03.2026 15:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1014    πŸ” 88    πŸ’¬ 30    πŸ“Œ 4

The US government is going to have the same problem in the not too distant future. The question is whether anything short of "how and when they were shot" will suffice.

06.03.2026 19:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"What's your hobby?"
"Gladdening the hearts of airport bookstore managers."

06.03.2026 19:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Nothing lasts forever.

New hotness: "waiting for Chris"

06.03.2026 19:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They should adopt social media curation guidelines: block freely and often. Start PNGing American ambassadors left and right.

06.03.2026 18:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

ah, well, call me judgmental

06.03.2026 18:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Even Kevin Hassett will have a job next year, if he's not in prison.

06.03.2026 18:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A Reductress post features a photo of Kristi Noem with the headline, β€œKristi Noem Put Down for Being Too Hard to Train”

A Reductress post features a photo of Kristi Noem with the headline, β€œKristi Noem Put Down for Being Too Hard to Train”

Screaming

05.03.2026 22:00 β€” πŸ‘ 16492    πŸ” 3347    πŸ’¬ 258    πŸ“Œ 174

The question is whether he's been better or worse for us than seven more years of Bruce Poliquin would have been. If you think that someone to the left of Golden could have won and held that seat, you need to show your work.

06.03.2026 02:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

one thing that’s a little bit of a tell is how the most psychotic harassment accounts on this site are mostly hardcore Platner defenders

05.03.2026 22:03 β€” πŸ‘ 189    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 1

will no one rid me of this turbulent pedophile?

05.03.2026 22:00 β€” πŸ‘ 135    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

3 years? I'll take the under.

05.03.2026 23:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"Please note also that the sign is very ruggedly constructed, and I am prepared to tap it as hard as I need to"

05.03.2026 18:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

About "firing" time.

05.03.2026 18:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We *need* more Goldens! And by "Golden" I mean a Democrat who can win and hold a seat in a red district.

Maine as a whole is not a red state. But the incumbency bias for Senators is powerful. Fortunately, 2026 is a very unusual election. Collins is very beatable this year.

05.03.2026 17:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0