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CaptainWonkoTheSane

@captainles.bsky.social

Avid sailor. Pirate by ancestry. Also... USAF Vet, Big Tech guy, yacht design & maritime history enthusiast. Have been known to play a little blues guitar. Hysterics blocked. Lemme know if you sail.

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For me the real strangeness is Nelson was a mere dozen years from his heyday to "Garden Party", but the Stones are still filling arenas to this day.

When I was a kid the songs on the "oldies station" were 15-20 years old. Zep's last album was 40+ years ago. Time is elastic.

20.02.2026 03:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

The song is about a train. The city itself is not mentioned.

20.02.2026 03:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Does it? I mean, just to play Devil's Advocate... Those characteristics in humans are nothing more than chemical processes, at their core. Given sufficient experiential data and processing power, it's not unreasonable to think that they can be recreated by a machine.

Maybe not yet, but...

20.02.2026 03:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Except that it wasn't. "Harper Valley PTA" (1968) comes to mind.

20.02.2026 02:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It works, I think.

20.02.2026 01:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

By the way, this is also illegal.

Actually, it's extremely, "life in prison" illegal.

20.02.2026 00:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Some might ask if there are actual laws that prohibit this.

The answer is yes. Yes, there are.

20.02.2026 00:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Kickstarter, here we come!

19.02.2026 23:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Soon to become the "Most Pissed On Sign" of all time.

19.02.2026 22:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"...you have to ignore their reasonable arguments because their end goal is to be terrible, awful people" is the sort of critical thinking we need a lot more of.

19.02.2026 21:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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It's a BlueSky "Test Your Knowledge"! I borrowed this picture from the National Weather Service, Mt. Holly, NJ. Who knows what causes these "inverted footprints"?

19.02.2026 21:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Je prรฉfรจre le musรฉe d'Orsay. ๐Ÿ˜

19.02.2026 20:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Agreed. Itโ€™s an excellent book. Maybe one that casual, disinterested flyers shouldnโ€™t read.

19.02.2026 17:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™d like to read that story. I spent a lot of time around then evangelizing anti-stupidity.

19.02.2026 17:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Funny - there are 2 UAL pilots deadheading / seated next to me right now. Weโ€™re on an A321neo and in full-throated agreement that it is a better product in every way.

19.02.2026 16:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I have taken a picture of the sign that informs me that they will take my picture.

Follow me for other art.

19.02.2026 15:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
19.02.2026 15:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

737Max, you say..? Hereโ€™s hoping they were too cheap to get the redundant pitot-static system.

19.02.2026 15:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

putz

19.02.2026 15:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Sheโ€™s leggy, built rather like a cheetah with her hind legs that seem to not quite match her front legs. Her โ€œsisterโ€ Stella is a long-haired tuxedo chonk. Big girl.

19.02.2026 13:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The amount of insane conspiracy crap that is infesting LibSky is giving tin foil hat MagaTwitter a solid run for its money.

19.02.2026 01:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

In a perfect world, we would get rid of Trump by any means necessary and 535 people would subsequently go on trial.

19.02.2026 01:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Iโ€™m out of town for work. My wife says Rosalie is quite put out.

19.02.2026 00:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I see what you did there...

18.02.2026 23:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Good People of the Great State of North Carolina,

If this dunce of a hairdo can't answer the most basic of Constitutional questions, it's time to send someone else to Congress. Maybe someone who can read.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

18.02.2026 22:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"Sometimes we have to force ourselves upon them..."

Yeah, we know.

18.02.2026 21:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Lotsa fiber cable running through Alaska, is there?

18.02.2026 21:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This correlates well with my long-held belief that chicken is a vegetable.

18.02.2026 19:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If Brooke Shields and Groucho Marx had a child, it would have her eyebrows.

18.02.2026 17:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

One common theme among the Epstein Administration is that absolutely everything they say on the subject of economics is virulently incorrect. They're either getting it wrong on purpose (likely) or they've somehow managed to assemble the most stupid people in the history of mankind.

18.02.2026 03:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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