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Brian Vassar

@burphel.bsky.social

(He/him/whatever), kamaʻāina Hawaiʻi, emergency nurse, union member, socialist, triathlete, retired motorcycle racer, Eagle Scout, Navy brat. If you post pictures of critters, there's a good chance I'll digitally boop them.

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Latest posts by burphel.bsky.social on Bluesky

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two men are standing next to each other with the caption these are people of the land ALT: two men are standing next to each other with the caption these are people of the land

We literally saw what he tried to do the first 4 years. And a significant number of Americans voted to bring him back and take down the safety rails.

09.11.2025 05:48 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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a man in a white suit stands in a forest with the words now that i can 't abide above him Alt: a man in a white suit stands in a forest with the words now that i can 't abide above him

Some day, you're gonna want to take off that red hat...

09.11.2025 04:20 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Borderlands 2D edition!

09.11.2025 04:00 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

More like orgasmic crisp...

09.11.2025 03:39 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

"His own people" are people with his last name. And not even all of them.

09.11.2025 03:28 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Waiting for the insurance lobbyists to flip a few Republicans towards saving the ACA...

09.11.2025 00:08 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Can the guard be federalized if they're already active on a state mission? Seems to me this solves several problems at once.

06.11.2025 06:37 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It also wastes resources in *every* emergency room in the country. Because nobody can get in to see their own doctor for a sick note these days.

02.11.2025 07:55 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Probably best known as the least known part of the TDAP shot...

27.10.2025 19:21 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Dear Idaho: this is *exactly* what you voted for.

25.10.2025 02:30 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

So you're saying Obamacare is too expensive?
[/rightwingloony]

25.10.2025 02:25 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Hey, @altnws.bsky.social, I've never lived on the East Coast. What's the weather like there for the next few months now that there's a gaping hole in the White House?

Growing up in the NW, that's the kind of project we'd wait and start in the spring.

22.10.2025 00:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Okay, but you gotta know most of them are derby girls who could absolutely clean the clock of any gravy seal who tries to lay a hand on them...

18.10.2025 06:30 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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a man in a star trek uniform is standing in front of a mirror and looking up . Alt: Captain Kirk slaps himself repeatedly.

Meanwhile, the military and vets keep voting for these clowns...

14.10.2025 01:55 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Private airport security. The same kind of security we had before 9/11? That kind of security?

Don't get me wrong, I think the TSA could be both more efficient and less intrusive. But going back to having people file through metal detectors with a couple rent-a-cops to mind them would end badly.

14.10.2025 01:46 — 👍 12    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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a cartoon totoro is holding a purple umbrella in the rain ALT: a cartoon totoro is holding a purple umbrella in the rain
16.09.2025 02:16 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Not MiniPax?

05.09.2025 05:49 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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a man in a blue plaid shirt is standing in a field holding a baseball glove . Alt: Wayne from Letterkenny saying “You’re spare parts, aren’t ya, bud?”

Equal parts strikingly beautiful and leftovers.

25.08.2025 03:48 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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an elderly woman is sitting at a table in a kitchen with a blue box on it . Alt: Sophia from Golden Girls doing an assortment of rude gestures.

For those who need a translation in Italian Sign Language:

20.08.2025 00:16 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

This needs to be re-shot with an assortment of D&D dice.

For science.

19.08.2025 22:06 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

PS: Release the Epstein files…

19.08.2025 22:03 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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a man with curly hair is standing next to another man . Alt: a man with curly hair is standing next to another man .

I've seen those expressions before...

16.08.2025 07:25 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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a man is holding a cup of soup in front of a crowd and says soup for my family Alt: a man is holding a cup of soup in front of a crowd and says soup for my family

Looks like it'd go good with some soup...

15.08.2025 19:06 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

George Clinton and the HOA Council Groovalicious

Intern Dre

Jimmy Potluck

The Naugahyde Subway

Itch and the Neighborhood Watch

Crossbows & Petunias

Public Nuisance

13.08.2025 10:48 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

We're Certainly Dwarfs (Terry Pratchett - Soul Music)

13.08.2025 10:20 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Also, it's always worth a few fake internet points if you can sneak in a haiku.

13.08.2025 10:06 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

"I didn't think he'd kidnap and send *my* near-slave-laborers to a concentration camp!"

10.08.2025 03:25 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Gonna take out the engines and replace them with Trump Bibles.

09.08.2025 19:56 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

If somebody from @aclu.org is actually reading here, the last few of these I've checked out didn't have a "send" button anywhere on the page after filling out the form.

09.08.2025 19:44 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Are they gonna bring in the Marines to protect a federal building that was *actually* attacked? Nah. That's only for when someone gives ICE side-eye.

09.08.2025 19:40 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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