Mike Palmer

@icengineer.bsky.social

579 Followers 431 Following

Engineer, atheist, photographer, hiker, traveler

A screen shot from an AI research platform's home page, offering to help me find the latest progress in my filed [sic].
A photo of two giant stone things that vaguely resemble legs
A diagram of women's reproductive anatomy with everything labeled as gun parts, with the description, "I renamed all the parts of the female anatomy so Congress will leave it alone."
The page from @profmurray's new book where she talks about Article 3 Section 3, dealing with treason
Donald Trump in a briefing with his sycophantic advisors where they took turns praising him in the mood obsequious way possible, as he nodded approvingly.
Velella velella, in it's nearly desiccated form. The blue float portion has decayed away, leaving only the clear part of its body and the sail behind.
Gabby Johnson, informing his fellow right citizens that their new sheriff has almost arrived at their town, where the town leaders will greet him warmly with a laurel, and hardy handshake.
What I mean by that is there’s about half of the country who understands if you hold cash, it loses value every single year. Instead, if you convert that cash into assets, whether it is stocks, real estate, or cryptocurrency or whatever, over time they will go up because the dollar is going down.
An AI generated picture of a woman wearing racing leathers, standing next to a land speed racing car. Neither the woman or the car is real, or have ever existed.
Trump in a Speedo. Undoubtedly AI generated, because Speedo doesn't make a size XXXXXXL.
A whistle with a label it says this whistle melts ice
A photo of a woman holding a poster showing the Statue of Liberty taking off her earrings. The posters title is "girl, hold my earrings"
A beautiful coyote at a rest stop in California
A photo of a coyote near my house. They are beautiful!
An ad featuring Ronald Reagan endorsing Chesterfield cigarettes
A photo of Alysa Liu jumping on the olympic platform. Oddly enough, this was posted by a right wing troll site on FB that says, "Nothing on this page is real," and reposted by a MAGA on FB. If either one knew even a tiny bit about Alysa, they would be demanding that her medal be returned and that she be deported.
An XKCD cartoon showing someone typing on a computer, saying they can't go to bed yet, because someone is _wrong_ on the internet.
My post from before the NYC mayoral election, which says, "Sliwa was born in NYC, almost killed in NYC, will die in NYC, and be buried in NYC. But Mamdani? He fucking LOVES NYC. That's why you don't stand a chance, Curtis."
A popup that opens in Edge when I open an alibaba link. The popup says, "www.alibaba.com wants to look for and connect to any device on your local network"
A Jonathan Bachman photo of Ieshia Evans bring arrested by storm troopers in Baton Rouge. She has no weapons and is dressed in a simple dress, whilehe storm troopers are dressed in full riot gear.
A trophy of a gold toilet. The caption on the trophy is labeled, "International Peace Prize."
A trophy featuring a golden toilet labeled "International Peace Prize." (AI generated.)
A whistle that says, "This Whistle Stops Fascists"
A small section of a photo showing AM color halftone pattern effects
A photo of a Great Blue Heron.
A World Dryer label on a hand dryer that says, "To serve you better. We have installed Pollution-Free Electric Hand Dryers to protect you from the hazards of disease which can be transmitted by cloth towels or paper towel litter. This clean, quick, sanitary method dries hands more thoroughly, prevents chapping, and keeps washrooms free of towel WASTE.
A photo from salt Creek beach in Dana Point looking toward Santa Catalina Island, California
A crayon labeled "Surprised."
A portion of the donation page shown above which says, your contribution will benefit Crane for Congress and Trump national committee JFC. JFC is a well known acronym for Jesus F**king Christ, which pretty well sums up any donation to that shitshow.
A beautiful Korean model whose image was stolen by someone pretending to be the heir to the Shiseido cosmetics fortune and live in New York City. She thinks Shiseido has yearly sales of nearly $80 million, somewhat short of the $18 billion the company is actually closer to. She just bought a condo in one of the super-tall condo towers overlooking central park for $26 million, apparently unaware that the same condo was sold last year and is currently listed for rent for $60k per month.
A Larson cartoon showing an explorer with an abnormally large head stepping out of the jungle into a headhunter encampment. The caption is, "Unwittingly, Palmer stepped out of the jungle and into headhunter folklore forever." It has been suggested more than once that I modeled for this cartoon, but I can only say two things: First, I have significantly less hair and a smaller nose, but "artistic license" was invoked and the cartoon was published anyway. Second, Gary Larson is a genius, and I have loved every bit of the completely undeserved attention I have received as a result of this cartoon. Thanks, Gary!
An imaginary California Prop 50 Ballot, that says, PROPOSITION 50: MESS WITH TEXAS (CHOOSE ONE) 1. HELL YES, MESS 2. NO, EVERYTHING IS FINE 3. NO CIVIL RIGHTS ARE OVERRATED 4. NO, JUST DEPORT ME NOW 5. NO, I'M CHARLIE MUNGER JR. I HATE DEMOCRACY.
Zohran Mamdani and his wife, smiling at each other, with a look that screams, "Hey, I really, really LOVE you!"
A Facebook post that shows Zohran Mamdani speaking, with the caption, "Irony is people freaking out about losing their food stamps, then lining up to elect a socialist. There's no pitty [sic] for self-inflicted wounds. The person who posted the photo of Mamdani wrote, "I've always said, 'NO SYMPATHY for self-inflicted pain.' STUPID SHOULD HURT! Maybe, just maybe, it might make them think."
Protesters holding signs at a No Kings Protest
People protesting at the No Kings protest in Dana Point, California, on October 18, 2025
A headline from a Sun Herald news article titled, "National Guard Removes D.C. Trash for $1M Daily," over a photo of Donald Trump, the poster child for White Trash.
A map showing TMobile coverage on Santa Catalina Island, 90704. After years of showing that coverage extends over nearly all of the island, they are finally showing (accurately) that most of the island is not covered. As a result, I couldn't text anyone at TMobile and tell them to guess where I was until I wasn't.
An image of a volume style knob with numbered settings from 0 to 11. The knob should have an arrow pointing to the 11 setting. Below the knob is a label that says "OBSEQUIOUSNESS"
A screenshot from Wikipedia showing the specs of the Liutyi UAV. Wingspan 6.7 meters, payload 50 - 75kg, range 1000 - 2000km.
My food choice test results. I skew toward the upper classes
Jesse Wadders is some weird shit.
A screen shot that says: USA: We regret to inform you that we no longer ship to the United States due to the ongoing trade war. This decision was made to protect our valued U.S. customers from incurring exorbitant tariffs of 140%, which start at a minimum of USD $100 per shipment. Should the situation change and trade policies become more reasonable in the future, we will gladly revisit this decision. Thank you for your understanding.
A composite photo with Tulsi Gabbard, Clarence Thomas, Elon Musk, Samuel Alito, Donald Trump, Kash Patel, Kristy Noem, Tom Homan, and Stephen Miller
A chart of POLA vessels at anchor and vessels at berth by working day for 2025.
A screen shot of the POLA dashboard taken at 1:35pm PST, May 12, 2025 showing that there are 9 vessels berthed at LA right now.
A graph from the port of Los Angeles showing weekly import volume, in TEU. One TEU is a Twenty foot Equivalent Unit, a 20 foot shipping container. One 40 foot container is 2 TEUs. This summarizes volume, not $USD value.
Donald Trump cosplaying as Pope, holding up a finger to test which way the winds are blowing before he changes his tariffs.
Trump with his friend and baby daddy, Jeffrey Epstein.