John

@drspiff.bsky.social

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Life is simple: it's either cherry red or midnight blue (CWRU’03, UVA’95) The enemy gate is down. The Doctrine of One Ship.

Illinois, Governor JB Pritzker behind the wheel of a semi truck.
The performance of Swan Lake by the Bolshoi ballet that was shown on Russian state TV as the Soviet Union collapsed
NASA administrator Jared Issacman
Chuck Yeager walking triumphantly away from a burning wreck at the end of The Right Stuff.
Kramer does the secret gang sign for the Van Buren Boys
A comic depicting, the importance of being intolerant of intolerant people
Comic depicting, Karl Popper‘s philosophy were defending tolerance
Spin wheel from the Richard Scarry I found it game.
Laptop programs offer a sobering precedent. They modestly improved students’ long-term achievement: An analysis of 10 studies found “small” but statistically significant bumps in writing, math and science. But those gains often relied on teacher buy-in and revamped curriculums — and fell short of interventions like reducing class sizes and offering tutors. - source NY Times
216 votes cast against moving forward with Trump’s Turd. The motion fails unless someone changes their vote.
Creepy scheming couple Gavin Newsom, and Kimberly Giulfoyle in each other‘s arms
A bouquet of lilacs and a bouquet of lilies of the valley.
A traditional half-and-half with Guinness and Harp
Senator Schumer‘s post ratio at a rate of over 100:1
It’s original art. A large sphere with small spheres suspended above a plane etched with a grid and tendrils of red,orange and yellow descending from above.
All your base are belong to us
A Detroit style meatball pizza
Ryan Gosling and a French speaking dog out for a ride in a car
Waves crashing on the shore in La Jolla, California
A fearsome alien from the Lathe of Heaven, selling hotdogs in the park
Tomato plants killed by frost in my garden