Roger Grow

@rogergrow.bsky.social

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Star Trek, cats, model trains, politics, music and art, rugby; Vermont. Occasionally ideas found pondering…

Small blue OO gauge model train engine from Hornby with the words Godfrey & Mitchell Coal Merchants on the side in white letters.
A picture of a funny looking dog with the upper teeth shown in a goofy smile. The text reads: “That’s Steven with a ph. Phteven."
The No Kings rally in Montpelier, Vermont. Many people standing with signs in front of the golden dome of the state capital building. Blue skies and few white fluffy clouds.
The Paradox of Tolerance disappears if you look at tolerance, not as a moral standard, but as a social contract. If someone does not abide by the terms of the contract, then they are not covered by it. In other words: The intolerant are not following the rules of the social contract of mutual tolerance. Since they have broken the terms of the contract, they are no longer covered by the contract, and their intolerance should NOT be tolerated. inspired by "Tolerance is not a moral precept" by Yonatan Zunger
Jess Phoenix @jessphoenix2018 Saying it again for emphasis: Must never be operated for profit: 1. Healthcare 2. Prisons 3. Education Those correspond exactly with: 1. Life 2. Liberty 3. Pursuit of happiness @revdrcalebjlines
A drawing of a chicken with the text “Don’t look at this chicken.” A small oval text box on the chicken reads “Game over.”
Picture of Gothmog, Orc Lieutenant from the Lord of the Rings movie.
A picture, white text on a blue background stating a new best time for a sudoku at the extreme level: 25:40
A post that asks, “What trillion dollar problem is AI trying to solve?” Wages. They’re try to use it to solve having to pay wages.
A poem entitled “doors” Some days you feel like you’re in a room with 50 doors(of opportunity) all locked from the inside. but you don’t have a key or a combination so you sit in the middle thinking about how you got here. and you come up with all sorts of reasons but that doesn’t help it only seems to create more locked doors. 🚪
a chart showing attitudes about transgender people based on religious affiliation. chart is from this website: https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2022/07/07/attitudes-about-transgender-issues-vary-widely-among-christians-religious-nones-in-u-s/
a picture of Gothmog, leader of the orcs, from Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings movies. a large irc with a misshapen face.
White text on a black block that reads in capital letters: NOTHING WILL CHANGE UNTIL HE IS DEAD
White text on a black block that reads in capital letters: NOTHING WILL CHANGE UNTIL HE IS DEAD
Several thousand Americans protesting in the cold rain in front of the golden dome of the Statehouse in Montpelier, Vermont.
Those people aren't attacking Telsa dealerships. They are tourists showing love. I learned that on January 6th 2021
A picture of comedian Eddie Izzard wearing a blue jacket, blue skirt, black tights, and tall black boots. The text reads: "They're not women's clothes. They're my clothes, I bought them." - Eddie Izzard
Bezis, Musk, Mickey Mouse and others bend the knee offering bags of cash to a huge statue of Trump.
A bitmoji style illustration of a white man with a short white goatee, large round glasses, and brownish hair.
A picture of Edna Mode, from the animated film “The Incredibles” with the text “No Capes”.
A view of autumn, with a pile of colorful leaves in the foreground, and rolling green field, pine trees and sky in the distance.
Cover for the Frost* album Milliontown. The image is a red British police box on the left with the text Frost and Milliontown. It is night and the police box is illuminated with an obscure, barely seen person inside.
A new dartboard with darts on a countertop, freshly opened.
A small stone bridge carved from foam, for a model railroad. painted gray, with plants growing on it, and a model boxcar on top
A picture of Harold Daggett, the President of the Longshoremen’s union shaking hands with convicted felon and rapist Donald Trump.
A portrait of a white man with dark round glasses, a smile, and graying hair and beard he’s wearing a gray sweatshirt.
Bluesky badge showing that I am number 1,111,106.
A bag of small potatoes with a smiling cartoon potato mascot.
A package of small potatoes with a cartoon of a cute, smiling potato. There is a line of text which reads “Eat me, I’m a potato.”
A package of small potatoes with a cartoon of a cute, smiling potato. There is a line of text which reads “Eat me, I’m a potato.”
A package of small potatoes with a cartoon of a cute, smiling potato. There is a line of text which reads “Eat me, I’m a potato.”
Still photo from Star Trek’s The Wrath of Khan showing an alien worm crawling into Chekov’s ear.
A shoe rack with nearly 30 pairs of Converse All-Stars. Lots of different colors!
Two hands pulling something open, cut out on a white background.
Two cats, one tawny and one gray/white sitting cuddled on my lap.
Two cats, one long-haired and tawny, and one white a gray, sleeping together on the couch.
Elrond from The Lord of the Rings saying, “I was there, 3000 years ago.”
A man from the movie “Airplane” holding an unplugged extension cord.
A white and gray cat sleeping on a man’s legs. Stretched out and very relaxed.
A gray and white cat sitting back like a human.
A photo from the Trump rally of Trump being taken off the podium by the Secret Service with the text: MAGA: shoot your local pedophile GUY IN PENNSYLVANIA: clicks gun MAGA: No! Not like that
A white and gray cat sitting upright like a human.
A model train layout with a yellow locomotive on a bridge in a city, with surrounding tall buildings and cars.
A picture of a Lionel Feininger print over a tv.
Two cats, one short hair grey and white, and the other long hair and a fine gold color.
Early sixties photo of young boy around two years old sitting on his father’s lap.
A “Post hidden” screen stating that I have either blocked someone or they blocked me.
A picture of The Count from Sesame Street with the text “34: 34 convictions!”
New York Times cover with picture of Donald Trump with the headline “TRUMP GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS”.
Older white male with a serious face standing in the bathroom.
An older woman wearing a cowboy hat with a jaunty touch at the rim.
Man napping with an orange cat on his chest and a gray and white cat on his legs.
A picture of the sun during the beginning of the eclipse with around 25% of the sun covered.