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Sam R.

@pandaburrie.bsky.social

Occasional astronomer, terrible writer, part time sarcastic asshole, full time fiend. I also write for my Substack Pondering in the Wilderness if you want to see my ramblings: https://substack.com/@ponderinginthewilderness

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Glad I didn’t throw mine out from last season. It’s always so hard to find it on the shelves last minute when the season starts.

03.06.2025 03:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I have a toothbrush in my mouth 4 minutes a day, 7 days a week, 1,460 minutes a year.

I didn’t choose this mortal existence, why am I cursed by it?

20.05.2025 03:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

(There’s only five emoji skin tones, not counting yellow, and there are 3 emojis of the globe. Don’t @ me, I had to make it even for my own sanity.)

02.05.2025 02:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
L’Internationale
YouTube video by Tsinghua University L’Internationale

youtu.be/WNPKRjNEZ5E?...
🚩 Happy May Day 🚩
🌎✊ ✊🏻 ✊🏼 🌍 ✊🏽 ✊🏾 ✊🏿🌏

02.05.2025 02:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh, that’s because they have been. That was the entire project of Third Way and Neoliberalism.

27.04.2025 15:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

How fβ€”ing dare you mention an ongoing economic problem?! What are you? A criminal?
(Joke, obviously)

27.04.2025 04:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Two NYT headlines stating the WH wants to promote more childbearing and the EPA is ending testing for chemicals that hurt children.

Two NYT headlines stating the WH wants to promote more childbearing and the EPA is ending testing for chemicals that hurt children.

Two headlines in the New York Times today.

22.04.2025 03:25 β€” πŸ‘ 31002    πŸ” 10636    πŸ’¬ 1390    πŸ“Œ 900

So you’re saying it will be winking with an anime smile? /jk

20.04.2025 05:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

A few weeks before the inauguration I moved all of my 401k investments into long term bonds and extremely conservative funds. By far the best decision I think I’ve ever made in my life.

03.04.2025 21:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Great Depression 2 πŸ‘Ž

Big Bummer 🫳

Great Depression 2: Tesla Boogaloo πŸ‘

03.04.2025 21:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I'm Kat Abughazaleh and I'm running for Congress.

24.03.2025 13:30 β€” πŸ‘ 51954    πŸ” 11423    πŸ’¬ 2072    πŸ“Œ 2516

(seeing FBI agents sprinting in my direction as I'm being stabbed) Oh thank god I'm--(they run past me and tackle a guy who's flipping off a tesla)

19.03.2025 01:41 β€” πŸ‘ 22480    πŸ” 2675    πŸ’¬ 45    πŸ“Œ 57

Help the authors you love:

- Buy their books

- Review their books

- Order their books at your local library

-Attack people on public transport with a copy of their book so the cover gets featured on the news

- Follow their social media

- Share their posts

19.03.2025 01:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2927    πŸ” 685    πŸ’¬ 64    πŸ“Œ 58
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a stick figure with a smiley face and the word joke above it Alt: a stick figure with a smiley face and the word joke floating over its head. an arrow pointing to the figure with β€œyou” next to the arrow. Implying that the poster does not understand the satirical joke nature of the OP.

www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/b...

19.03.2025 14:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Fucking beautifully Kafkaesque. 10/10 - no notes πŸ‘

19.03.2025 11:39 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I changed it to Musk and got 48 kmph. It’s in the elbow.

Thank you for your service ma’am 🫑

19.03.2025 11:28 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Chuck Schumer in front of a podium with the text of Jar Jar Binks giving the speech that created the clone army in Episode II of Star Wars.

β€œMEESA
PROPOSE
THAT THE SENATE GIVE IMMEDIATELY
EMERGENCY POWERS
NEWS
TO THE SUPREME CHANCELLOR!”

Chuck Schumer in front of a podium with the text of Jar Jar Binks giving the speech that created the clone army in Episode II of Star Wars. β€œMEESA PROPOSE THAT THE SENATE GIVE IMMEDIATELY EMERGENCY POWERS NEWS TO THE SUPREME CHANCELLOR!”

14.03.2025 12:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’d argue that the facade of it not existing has just been stripped away.

Money buying and dismantling opposition is how the government has always operated.

11.03.2025 15:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Don’t need to set up an oligarchy when it’s been established and given complete control for decades.

11.03.2025 03:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Jesus giving his sermon on the mount with the text reading β€œsome of you are sitting at tables you were sent to flip.”

Jesus giving his sermon on the mount with the text reading β€œsome of you are sitting at tables you were sent to flip.”

A gritty display adjacent to a VHS tape being paused reads: 
β€œTHE ONLY
DANGEROUS
MINORITY
IS THE RICH”

A gritty display adjacent to a VHS tape being paused reads: β€œTHE ONLY DANGEROUS MINORITY IS THE RICH”

Elon losing a quarter of his wealth since January should be a warning to all capital hoarders that you’re not invincible.

10.03.2025 20:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

In a shocking turn of events, many of the people who said they wanted "free speech" actually just wanted to be the ones in charge of which speech is free.

10.03.2025 02:44 β€” πŸ‘ 13048    πŸ” 2347    πŸ’¬ 245    πŸ“Œ 64

Picard creativity tip: By all means, draw from your own experience, but also find enough empathy to draw from the experiences of others.

08.03.2025 16:58 β€” πŸ‘ 129    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
fisheye picture from the lunar surface taken by a camera attached to the top of the IM2 lander. The lander has fallen over on it's side and the legs point towards the small half lit earth in the far distance.
The crater partially lies in the shade, which covers most of the foreground. A small hill is visible on the horizon.

fisheye picture from the lunar surface taken by a camera attached to the top of the IM2 lander. The lander has fallen over on it's side and the legs point towards the small half lit earth in the far distance. The crater partially lies in the shade, which covers most of the foreground. A small hill is visible on the horizon.

Another one bites the (lunar) dust!

This is Intuitive Machines' #IM2 lander that once again toppled over after trying to land on Mons Mutons near the lunar south pole.

The picture had lots of detail hidden in the shadows which I brought out in processing.

07.03.2025 17:46 β€” πŸ‘ 184    πŸ” 45    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 9
Facebook marketplace listing for "Full Podcasting set up (Hardly used)

Facebook marketplace listing for "Full Podcasting set up (Hardly used)

new saddest six word story just dropped

07.03.2025 12:24 β€” πŸ‘ 16908    πŸ” 3253    πŸ’¬ 125    πŸ“Œ 127
Preview
a man wearing a music band shirt is carrying a skateboard and asking how do you do fellow kids Alt: a man wearing a music band shirt is carrying a skateboard and asking how do you do fellow kids
07.03.2025 23:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A digital graphic contrasts the expectation vs. reality of Social Darwinism. The left side ("EXPECTATION") shows an idealized futuristic city with happy, healthy people. The right side ("REALITY") features a dystopian painting of aggressive, degenerate-looking individuals. The text argues that Social Darwinism leads to cruelty, ignorance, and societal collapse rather than progress.

A digital graphic contrasts the expectation vs. reality of Social Darwinism. The left side ("EXPECTATION") shows an idealized futuristic city with happy, healthy people. The right side ("REALITY") features a dystopian painting of aggressive, degenerate-looking individuals. The text argues that Social Darwinism leads to cruelty, ignorance, and societal collapse rather than progress.

I know people who cheer for cutting social programsβ€”not to save money, but because they believe some lives just aren’t worth saving. Social Darwinism with a eugenics twist isn’t rare. That warning bell rang before, but when cruelty gets the green light, it spreads fast.

06.03.2025 01:46 β€” πŸ‘ 5559    πŸ” 1367    πŸ’¬ 179    πŸ“Œ 59

I think it's important to remember, with everything extremely fucked up and dumb right now, that at the root of it, fuck fuck fucking fucking fuck.

04.03.2025 16:48 β€” πŸ‘ 16095    πŸ” 1988    πŸ’¬ 392    πŸ“Œ 107

What's it gonna take for everyone to realize the occupant of the white house is fundamentally anti-American?

04.03.2025 13:54 β€” πŸ‘ 21728    πŸ” 3610    πŸ’¬ 238    πŸ“Œ 0

People were killing themselves and eating their own horses to survive during the Depression. And I never forgot the book The Grapes of Wrath describing how the Salvation Army made people crawl on the dirt and bark like dogs to amuse them in the bread lines.

04.03.2025 18:04 β€” πŸ‘ 6698    πŸ” 1318    πŸ’¬ 234    πŸ“Œ 64

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