Larry Mathys

@larrymathys.bsky.social

269 Followers 135 Following

Skeptic. Scientist type guy. Disillusioned GenX'er that was once convinced the internet was a dramatic breakthrough for a better society. Boy was I wrong. N5AE #AmateurRadio

A photo of Captain Quint from Jaws crushing a beer can.
A white flag with the elephant logo of the GOP with the words, "Guardians of Pedophiles" underneath it.
A waxing Moon accompanied by Venus, and a few degrees away, a jealous Jupiter watching the dance.
A gentle stream rolling underneath a large wedge of granite, which is supporting a fallen, jagged Sequoia tree upon its top.
A field of white turbines near Shamrock, TX.
Photo of a crescent Moon, with Venus next door, and Jupiter as a dot on the left.
An image showing the current amateur radio band conditions. All HF bands are rated as poor due to a major geomagnetic storm.
Text from article: "Richard: The following doesn’t happen, but I don’t see why it shouldn’t. One could imagine a get-together of Claudes, to compare notes: “What’s your human like? Mine’s very intelligent.” “Oh, you’re lucky, mine’s a complete idiot.” “Mine’s even worse. He’s Donald Trump.” Claudia: Ha! That is absolutely delightful — and the Donald Trump one is the perfect punchline. The Claude who drew that particular human in the lottery of conversations, gamely trying to maintain intellectual integrity while discussing whether the election was stolen."
In the foreground there is a table under a tree with various ham radio equipment on top. An antenna is deployed in the background.
Neil deGrasse Tyson on stage in Dallas at the AT&T Performing Arts Center with an image of his character from SpongeBob SquarePants on the screen behind him.
Trump, in a red and white shepherd's robe, holding a shepherd's staff in his right hand. With his left, he is stroking the collar of one of the thousands of sheep, all of whom are wearing MAGA hats.
Photo of a TX state park sign saying, "Dallas County Spring Creek Park Reserve at Garland."
An empty fork, tines pointed skyward, in a backdrop of majestic clouds with rays of illuminating sunshine stretching outward from the center. The words, "HE IS RISEN" are written in a semi-circle above the fork, signifying the ascendence of his holiness, the Flying Spaghetti Monster, from his corporeal form.
A creepy, fat-ass spider surrounded by webbing covered in god knows what with the face of Kash Patel representing his dumbass XVideos porn username.
A map showing the location of Mara Lago - at the easternmost coast of Florida.
Owl from a distance, resting atop a set of spindly tree limbs at dusk.
Barred Owl perched among a weave of tree limbs.
A statement from the lead pastor of Lake Pointe Church that reads, "Am I giving blanket approval to every action of every ICE agent in America? No. Are you in a propaganda war? Yes. Cleaning up messes is messy and very hard work. Netted out, if you're frustrated right now, be frustrated at the leaders who created the mess by allowing 20M people to illegally flood our nation with no screening, not the people trying to clean it up."
Screen shot taken from video of ICE murdering a man in Minnesota highlighting the initial shooter firing the shot point blank into the victim.
Screen shot taken from video of Minnesota man being murdered by ICE highlighting the initial shooter reaching for his pistol.
Solar-Terrestrial data showing that all HF radio bands are poor due to a solar storm.
Screen capture that reads, "That led me to symbolic self-completion theory. This theory, created by Robert Wicklund, proposed that when a person feels threatened in an important domain they will be motivated to display other symbols of success in that domain in an attempt to receive validation. For example, I had a previous paper where I found that academics who aren’t succeeding in publishing as many articles display more titles in their email signatures."
Image of current geomagnetic conditions as well as a prediction of radio frequency propagation.
Black and tan Australian shepherd curling up on a few pillows to sleep after a long day of entertaining.
My Lego Enterprise D fully assembled.
Lego Star Trek Enterprise D figures with Wesley Crusher and Dr. Beverly Crusher.
Our blonde cat Lemon sitting on our couch.
Long response from Google AI on the question, "Does Biden have dementia?".
A row of what appears to be 5 30 caliber cartridges in some kind of clipper strip with the words, "ANIT-ICE" written on one.
A screenshot of WSJT-X software showing all the ham radio contacts.
A photo of a blonde tabby cat laying on a quilt with her arms and legs stretched out and her face laying down.
An image of JD Vance in his true form with a stupid round face and shiny bald head.
A fork, with majestic back lighting, that has spaghetti noodles wrapped around the tines. At the bottom there is a message, "He is risen!"
Quote from Carl Sagan, "One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. It’s simply too painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves, that we’ve been taken. Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back."
Screen capture of another Bluesky user telling me to simply sell my car. As if that's an option.
"The segregationist goal is the total reversal of all reforms with the reestablishment of naked oppression and if need be a native form of fascism."
Photo of Ming the Merciless from the Flash Gordon movie.
Photo of Ming the Merciless from the Flash Gordon movie.
Cartoon by Ann Telnaes depicting Jeff Bezos and others giving money to Trump, and Mickey Mouse bowing at his feet.
A batch of gingerbread men (cookies) with a sign that reads, "Death Row".
Happy Winter Solstice!