Brian Clapper

@bmc.clapper.org

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Dad, professional software geek, amateur musician, amateur cartoonist, amateur calligrapher. I'm @bmc@jawns.club on Mastodon. Located outside Philly. Currently at a small fintech company. [He/him] Find me at www.clapper.org/bmc

Trump, as Lord Farquad from Shrek, saying, "Some of you may die, but that's a sacrifice I am willing to make."
Oglaf cartoon depicting hilariously disgusting D&D spell. Search for: Oglaf Conjuration V,S,M
Protestor holding a sign showing Hitler killing himself, with the caption "Follow your leader"
Upside Tesla logo with two eyeholes.
DOGE recommended firing staff at USDA who were working on the nation's response to bird flu along with hundreds of federal employees overseeing our nuclear stockpile. Now the Trump administration is scrambling to hire them back. "Efficiency."
Full text of resignation letter from Hagan Scotten, Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York. PDF version here: https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25536146/hagan-scotten-resignation-letter.pdf
A complaint to John Fetterman about his political capitulation
Amy Klobuchar: "My bipartisan legislation to recognize the Bald Eagle as our national bird just passed Congress and is now headed to the President’s desk to be signed into law! <eagle-emoji>" https://bsky.app/profile/amyklobuchar.com/post/3ldhrk7yxys2c
See https://www.threads.net/@seawitch88/post/DDUl1u3xtcw for the actual text version of this screencap from Threads.
An Elon Musk X post that says, "In most cases, 'homeless' is a lie. It's usually a propaganda word for violent drug addicts with severe mental illness."
A Tom the Dancing Bug cartoon describing the fugitive status of a health insurance CEO, after his company's denial of cancer treatment killed a 12-year-old girl, leading to public outcry and a police investigation.
Image shows a Facebook post from UnitedHealth Group lamenting the murder of Brian Thompson, along with the reactions. The single most common reaction (54,000+ people) is the laughing emoji. The next most common (face with teardrop) is only around 2,300 people.
Gray-bearded me with new glasses
Screencap of Washington Post blurb about Tuesday's SpaceX launch, which this ridiculous sentence: "Trump arrived wearing a red baseball hat, blue suit and red tie; Musk wore pants, a T-shirt and jacket — all black."
Brindle mutt named Sophie, eating a treat.
Image of "invalid handle" BlueSky notification.
Mary Astor in The Maltese Falcon
Brindled dog named Sophie
Photo of a brindle mutt named Sophie