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Derek Johnson

@bridgeburner.bsky.social

Coloradan, former paleontologist, former software engineer, current goof-off Sometimes silly. Sometimes serious. Always pedantic. Science & dogs & photography & nerd shit & music & politics

1,264 Followers  |  3,395 Following  |  2,272 Posts  |  Joined: 27.06.2023
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Great news!

04.01.2026 20:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Those Guatemalans tryna steal those sweet Swiss Guard jobs.

25.12.2025 04:56 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Best news all day.

24.12.2025 21:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Replay showed a pretty serious hyperextension. I hope it’s not ACL but…

24.12.2025 03:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I am a karate man. Karate man bruise on the inside.

24.12.2025 01:13 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Any word on Val?

24.12.2025 01:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

More like 3Watt tonight,

25.11.2025 02:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Marigold was framed.

19.11.2025 18:26 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œAs a sitting member of Congress. I am stunned to learn that my actions have consequences.”

15.11.2025 18:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Good thing he has those safety glasses.

14.11.2025 21:14 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Aside from your desperate need for attention? Oh, not much.

14.11.2025 18:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, you sent this yesterday, I responded, and you never replied.

We’re a year out from the election. Suggesting we should settle for the apparent lesser of two evils without even vetting the candidate and looking at platform and past behavior is stupid.

13.11.2025 16:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh yeah, because wanting to know a candidate’s positions on key positions is too demanding.

But hey, glad her video gave you warm fuzzies.

13.11.2025 01:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Are you in CO-04?

13.11.2025 01:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Then she shouldn’t run for office. Are you fucking kidding me? Would you enthusiastically vote for someone who won’t take a stand on positions that are critical? You want to vote for people who can’t decide what’s important?

Nevermind. Don’t answer.

13.11.2025 01:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

And then for some fool-ass reason, you decided that I was personally attacking you. β€œI voted for a Trump too…blah blah blah. You gonna kick me to the curb???

Question: do you live in Colorado-04?

12.11.2025 21:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

*your

She hasn’t won a fucking primary yet. Look, if sheβ€˜s the only viable candidate who could beat Boebert, I will more than likely vote for her. I said β€˜pump the brakes” to suggest that blind enthusiasm should maybe be tempered with some skepticism, and I gave reasons why.

12.11.2025 21:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Please point out where I said you shouldn’t have an opinion. My objective in voting is to vote for choose candidates who reflect my values. That’s what all of us should do. But simply β€œnot being Lauren Boebert” doesn’t mean that she’s good. It is possible that Laubacher is terrible too. Right?

12.11.2025 20:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

You’re changing the topic again. You were asking some silly shit about me kicking you to the curb? So are you running for office? What curb am I kicking you to?

12.11.2025 20:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh, are you running for office In a race that I’m voting for? Because that’s the topic here. If you want to twist my words into a different meaning and get butthurt about it, please do. That’ll be fine with me.

12.11.2025 20:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s pablum. It’s β€œoh, hey…I’m gonna fight against these Washington lifers with their money.” Yeah, what a brave stand. Wow.

12.11.2025 20:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And piss right off with the β€œvoting for conservativesβ€œ bullshit. You don’t know me, child. Don’t judge me or my values. I haven’t said shit about your complete ignorance, so don’t make snide comments from a position of ignorance About what I do or don’t do.

12.11.2025 20:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Term limits are unfathomably stupid. We’re going to arbitrarily restrict people from holding office IF THEY HAVE TOO MUCH EXPERIENCE DOING IT? Explain to me any other profession where being in the role for a long time is a bad hint. She served in the Navy for 37 years. Would you say that was bad?

12.11.2025 20:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I understand the concept, and if the vote comes down to choosing between Boebert or Laubacher, it's an easy call to make. But that completely avoids my counterpoint. She's not an interesting candidate. Her website lacks any mention of climate change, abortion rights, or healthcare. I'm uninterested.

12.11.2025 17:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

There's NOTHING on climate change. NOTHING on abortion rights. NOTHING on rescuing Social Security. NOTHING on healthcare.

Forgive me if I'm disinterested in someone so fucking bland and uninteresting. She's a carpetbagger.

12.11.2025 17:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

There's literally nothing in there that talks about her values or political positions. And if you go to her website, you'll find that her platform is term limits, stock trading by Congress, limit lobbyists, ending dark money, balanced budgets, voting rights, and...common sense? Seriously?

12.11.2025 17:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Are you familiar with US Senators Kyrsten Sinema or John Fetterman? We don't need to elect glory-seeking assholes who crave influence and lack values.

I'm fully on board with ejecting Boebert (and she is my Rep), but I'm not willing to just sign on to anyone who comes along.

12.11.2025 16:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Nah, sorry. We can do better than Trump voters who just changed their mind.

12.11.2025 15:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Pump the brakes: she’s a lifelong Republican who just switched to Dem recently. She voted for Trump in past elections.

12.11.2025 14:44 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

Out of curiosity, what non-citizens are you concerned about?

09.11.2025 23:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0