P'rfesser

P'rfesser

@prfesser.bsky.social

OldGuy™, retired prof/scientist (actual ROCKET scientist!), author, fierce atheist, huge Taylor Swift fan, very cat person. Antifa and woke forever; love astronomy, machining, foundry, and building & flying rockets; a little gardening.

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Anyone remember what "outlaw" meant? It didn't mean some sort of semi-hero in the old west. It meant someone who was no longer under the protection of law. Someone who could be k****d at will, no penalty. Sure, people can avoid prosecution via pardon. But can they be declared outlaws? Just asking.

My favorite Stevie Wonder song is about religious lies. He explicitly states that you shouldn't believe religion: When you believe in things That you don't understand Then you suffer Superstition ain't the way, yeah

Latest conspiracy theory: U.S. clocks go back an hour on the first Sun in Nov rather than sensibly in Oct; Sugar industry needs kids to go trick-or-treating as much as possible. Put off standard time till after 10/31; an extra hour of daylight; more kids (& younger kids) allowed to go out.

Yes, this really happened. Told waitstaff "You're tall, blonde, and pretty. (She was. She thanked me.) "There's an opening for Press Secretary. You have the necessary qualifications, as long as you know nothing about law." She laughed. "I'm in law school." Never mind...🤣 Left her a sizeable tip.

Pastrami is not sold within an hour's drive of here (PartsUnknown, KY). One of the disadvantages of SmallTown USA. So I just splurged and ordered 2 lb of Katz's best. Some provolone cheese, my special kraut, thousand-island, and a sourdough roll will complete the picture when the order arrives.

Follow-up, forgot about this: $42/lb Katz's pastrami turned out to be a letdown. Rather thicker than "very thin" that we used to get at the local Kroger, and quite chewy.😞 We only opened one 1-lb package. McAlister's deli opened here in July. Next urge I have for pastrami, I'll get their sammidge.

Just put up a big banner in the front yard for the Dem senate candidate Charles Booker. I'll be disappointed but unsurprised to see it run over soon. Go ahead, redneck MAGAt. A new sign will cost a lot less than the scratches on you purdy red pickup. And if one of those posts hits your oil pan...🤣

Searched for an item on Amazon. Found it. Searched for that company's name. Found it. Ordered the item directly from that company. With free shipping. Suck it, you dead-eyed human-impersonating billionaire exploiter extraordinaire.

Not. A. Surprise. Predators go to where the prey is. According to the McCracken County Sheriff's Office, detectives opened an investigation at the end of August into allegations that an adult man — identified as 37-year-old Jared Denney — had sent a 15-year-old girl sexually explicit messages.

Just got word (5 min ago) that the university team I'm mentoring has been selected to participate in the NASA Space Launch Initiative! Over the next few months they'll have to build a large rocket with a payload designed by them, launch it, and have the payload land safely and perform tasks.

Do The Trumpstein Files show much worse than pedo acts? I'd bet long odds that we'd see murder on camera. Even cooking and eating human flesh. Yes, really. It'd take much more than pedophilia to horrify hardened Repubs who have seen them -- some of whom are themselves pedophiles.

They'll claim that the $5k is just money to be distributed equally after a certain event; they're not giving specific people money before the election. He'll combine it with the DOGE check and the tariff rebate. But we won't need it; gas will be $2/gal, groceries & housing cheap...in two weeks...

When he kicks off, the US gov't MUST confiscate every cent, every asset of that porky sonofabitch. Same for every one of his piglets, his grandpiglets, his boars and sows in the Senate & House. Every nickel from every piggy who's made their name and their fortune from his action/inaction.

Arrest every one of 'em. Possibility (probability?) of flight from justice is a legitimate concern (IOW "a dead certainty") so bail should be denied. Period.

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Governor Brashear better have one GODDAMN GOOD REASON for not bringing in a new senator. Even if that senator isn't seated by the Senate. Flex that goddamn power.

Governor Brashear better have one GODDAMN GOOD REASON for not bringing in a new senator. Even if that senator isn't seated by the Senate. Flex that goddamn power.

I am well and truly baked. It's cookies-and-milk time. Oreos may be milk's favorite cookie, but orange creamsicle is, by His Holiness The FSM, a close second.

Watching "In The Heat Of The Night"; the irony never struck me before. About racism in the 60s. Who won the Oscar? Not black Sidney Portier, who absolutely MADE the movie as Virgil Tibbs. Nope, it was Rod Steiger. Good, but Chief Gillespie could have been played well by any of a dozen white actors.

It's one of the few cases where the movie is an order of magnitude better than the book. In John Ball's novel the focus is on Officer Wood. Tibbs is colorless, almost incidental. The screenplay changed that significantly, and if ever a movie was worthy of a second Oscar...Portier made it.

Ersatz TV and megachurch preachers...for years they screamed that hurricanes, tornadoes, flooding in northern states was gawd's retribution for their sinful support of LGBTQ+ rights and treatment... Seems they're being awwwwwfully quiet when it comes to Texas flooding...😁

Hypothesis: the tarps on the Kennedy Center are there because the Tangerine Palpatine's name was first removed, then re-applied. And of course he wants to keep that under wraps - literally.

Republicans are liars. If he can talk on the phone he can video a news conference. The Turtlehead is dead. Brashear must take the initiative and appoint a new senator. NOW.

As an American I find ranch dressing rather ordinary. Maybe it's time for Europeans to start dressing up some of those traditional (but insipid) dishes. Canned beans on toast? For the love of the FSM, get a recipe for American style baked beans! Overly sweet and salty and marvelous!!

1 can ea. "baked" beans, baby limas, kidney beans, drained. 1/2c br. sugar, 3/4c ketchup, 4-6 hotdogs chopped, 2 Tbsp worcestershire, 1/2c chopped onion, sauteed, 4oz sharp cheddar in small cubes. Mix, bake uncovered at 325F/165C for 1.5 hr. Refrigerate leftovers.

KY governor Steve Brashear should take the initiative and appoint a new senator. Leave it to the POS Repubs to demonstrate that TurtleBoy is alive and can do his job.

What is the love affair that car manufacturers have with black interiors? At a time when 80F temps are considered balmy, and sun escalates that to 125F? For the love of the FSM, at least go with light grey!!

Woke up just after midnight, queasy. Around 1AM I leaped out of bed and made it to the bathroom in time. Second time in two weeks that this has happened. Putting it down to "something at dinner disagreed with me." For now. If it happens again, the GI doctor will be in my future.😞

She's a treasure that we desperately need. In these dark times when "feeling good" is at a premium, Taylor Swift literally makes more people feel good than any other individual on the skin of this planet.

Dinner (supper?) was a grilled cheese AND JAM sandwich. Amazing. And the great thing: any cheese. Any jam. We had no sharp cheddar which is my favorite but pepper jack works nicely. I flipped a coin and homemade strawberry won over seedless black raspberry.

Apart from some intractable haters, she's almost universally liked/loved. IMO it's partly because she's never lost her child-like innocence. Not naivety, but the innocence that allows one to be universally happy and friendly. To truly love everyone they meet. I've met just one like her in my life.

Musing about the fact that a really good mortar could lob several pounds of finely ground dried ghost pepper well over a half mile away. Possibly farther. Scantily-clad men in a wrestling arena...oh, never mind...just spitballing.

Just tried to reset my voicemail. Told I needed my Passcode. WHAT PASSCODE? I'M LOGGED INTO YOUR FUCKING ACCOUNT WITH A PASSWORD! I have a PIN to open the phone and a PIN to access voicemail. Neither is my passcode. If you MUST have different codes, call 'em PINA, PINB, PINC, etc.

In "If This Goes On" (R. Heinlein) the "resistance" re-takes the US from a theocratic dictator by interfering with the annual words from the prophet. They create a false film where he says "Rise up! Kill them all!" (re. theocratic leaders) Y'know, there's still an EBS. And AI. Just sayin'.

Any reporter who is recognized by tRump in a press conference or interview should ask the same questions that Ms. Welker asked. Eventually those platelets will arrive at a constriction.

Modernizing a bit of Mark Twain: Spose people left money laying around where he was- what did he do? He collared it. Spose he contracted to do a thing; and you paid him, and didn't set down there and see that he done it- what did he do? He always done the other thing.

Spose he opened his mouth- what then? If he didn't shut it up powerful quick, he'd lose a lie, every time. That's the kind of a bug Donold 0 [is]... a mighty ornery lot." "But dis one do smell so like de nation, Huck." "They all do, Jim. We can't help the way Donold 0 smells."

Ever noticed how so many teachers who get caught SA their students are also coaches? It's like youth pastors and churches; predators go where the prey is. And coaches have more frequent (and more intimate) contact with their prey than most teachers.

"Andy Barr: The only candidate to be endorsed by President Trump!" Tired of this ad for a POS candidate for Kentucky governor. But that endorsement is the best possible reason to vote for someone else. ANYone else...as long as they're Blue.

Okay, I'm an idiot. Barr is running for the senate. Shows my (serious) mental decline.😞 (I'd still be more competent as president than #45. A low bar, though; my cat, Smudge Pot, would do a better job than the Tangerine Palpatine.)

By their own words, "all the Epstein files have been released." Therefore...anyone posting the (unredacted) files - especially the #45 stuff - is not just legally protected but is fully ethical. And a hero who will be remembered in history books.

Arrived at Red Roof Inn near the site where large rockets will be launched from tomorrow thru Sunday. Saw a Jersey Mike's along the way; exited. Am enjoying a regular-size Italian for late dinner, far better than any other sub chain can produce. Wish there was one in my town.😞

Following their trials and convictions, ICE agents should be confined in the same facilities, with the same number of agents per facility, in precisely the same conditions and with the same nourishment and medical treatment as the former occupants. Bonus for hiring former occupants as guards.

Dear MSM and To Whom It May Concern: Please recall the claim by Ms. Fired LegalBimbo, that *all* the Trumpstein files "have been released"😂 Therefore...posting of the files by ANYONE ELSE would be fully legal, ethical, and necessary. "Just reposting what Mr. Trumpstein released, your Honor..."😉😁🤣