Ross

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Former future astronaut | Xitter refugee, same handle | bio pinned | opinions my own | science, politics, stray thoughts, some swearing | no porn, crypto, scams, plz | he/him | pathologically unable to do things that make no fucking sense | YMMV, LLAP 🖖✌️

Picture of Carl von Clausewitz with the words "DA FUQ?" above his head in the painted portrait.
The Prophecy - Lindsey Graham posts on Twitter, dated 2016 May 03, " If we nominate Trump, we will get destroyed.......and we will deserve it. "
Cover of Kurt Vonnegut, Jr's. 1963 book "Cat's Cradle".
Count Binface done in the style of the Obama "Hope" image.
George Washington photoshopped onto the head of the Ben Affleck smoking a cigarette in tired resignation at what an absolute catastrophuck the Trump presidency has been.
The White House gets exploded by evil extraterrestrial aliens in the 1996 film "Independence Day"
Closer view of the wildfires burning in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, and Utah. Most of the map is colored red with dozens of fire flame icons scattered across all of the state's areas.
A Watch Duty map of extensive wildfire activity in the western-most third of the continental United States of America.
A supersonic single-pilot aircraft looks very small with short wings from the front. It is being serviced prior to flight by some people on the right side of the aircraft (left side of the photo) Behind the aircraft, the horizon is a deep warm orange just before dawn.
Video still from the 1999 movie "The Matrix" depicting thousands of human beings in machine-tended power pods.
1-week per-share stock price graph for SPACEX (NASDAQ SPCX) showing $160 at the left side of the graph climbing to $200 and then down to $158.84 today. The curve looks a lot like a ballistic trajectory.
The future paradise meme photo depicting a science fiction future city with a green park in the foreground.
News report showing a photo of a dead duckling in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. The water around the dead duckling is green & black with algae growth & pond scum.
Climate stripe graph of average temperatures in the state of California, USA - mostly blue (cooler) stripes towards the left side (1895)and red (warmer) to the right side of the graph.
Lauren Smith told Eyewitness News KBAK-CBS and FOX58 that her husband, Jeromy Smith, was among the victims. He was a flight test engineer for the U.S. Department of Defense and died doing what he loved, she said. “It is such a horrible hurt, and I’m still processing everything that happened,” she said.
Donald Trump's social media post, March 2026 : " UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER! "
Salvador Dali painting - "The Persistence of Memory" with clocks melting on a stylized landscape.
Weather forecast for Washington DC showing hot muggy weather during the dates given for this National 250 Rodeo
A zoomed in map of Washington DC showing Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport directly south of the South Lawn of the White House, almost perfectly aligned with the main runways.
Book cover - "The Demon-Haunted World - Science as a Candle in the Dark" by Carl Sagan
Star Wars Andor - "I have friends everywhere"
The Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC, but Honest Abe has his face in his hands.
"Jesus, I see what you've done for other people, and I want that for me" meme
Mork & Mindy promo poster
A calico cat resting on her pillow pile looks sleepy after waking up from her nap.
A black cat sits on a purple fuzzy blanket laying in an armchair.
Repost of a tweet describing a meteor explosion in the atmosphere southeast of Boston, Massachusetts.
Olivia Newton-John in 1980.
An overcast sky hangs over a mountain about 3000 feet east of my house, with the clouds obscuring the eastern peak. The point of view is from the foot of the mountain looking up. The tan mountainside's dried grasses are obscured nearly everywhere by olive green juniper, lighter green oak trees, and pine trees. The trees and mountainsides vanish into the clouds abruptly such that the peak itself cannot be seen because it is f150 feet up into the clouds.
Star Trek : Voyager title card with the episode title given as "Ronald D. Moore Could Have Made This Battlestar Galactica For Star Trek"
Star Trek : The Next Generation title card with the episode title given as "Time Shenanigans, Donald Trump Must Be Prevented From The US Presidency"
Star Trek : Deep Space Nine title card meme with the episode title given as "What are men? Mortal gods" by Heraclitus.
Trofim Lysenko in 1938 - a plain looking while man with an intense expression on his face and an oily, meticulously kept hairstyle.
The scene in the Star Wars : Rogue One where the Empire's first Death Star arrives at the end to blow up our heroes on the planet below.
"I am not a cat" work-from-home lawyer on a zoom call meme.
AI slop image of Trump pressing a giant red button to fire laser beams in space to destroy various targets.
The Artemis Moonship launching for the moon (Artemis II)
Cover of the book " The Mythical Man-Month" by Frederick P. Brooks
Photo of the Kensington Expert Mouse with a large trackball surrounded by 4 buttons.
A right-wing meme attempt flattering Trump as the "greatest of all time"
A redistricting map of California showing all blue (Democratic) congressional representation.
Pie chart showing the sources of crude oil supply to California for 2025 by nation of crude production - the top three suppliers are Brazil, Iraq, and Guyana while the Middle East countries of Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates together contribute just over 11% of supply.
Book cover for Carl Sagan's " The Demon-Haunted World : Science as a candle in in the dark " featuring a lone candle in the dark.
Confederate battle flag - an " X " shaped blue ribbon of 13 stars on a field of red. The words " The flag for losers since 1865 " are written over the flag.
Burger King logo meme - " Where's The Beef " in between the buns of the stylized hamburger, with the tagline " Really, where did it go?"
Chevron gas station sign showing $8 per gallon regular unleaded gasoline and $8.50 per gallon of diesel fuel.
Two dogs meme - the larger, muscular dog is labeled " Ukrainian Rednecks " while the small scared looking dog is labeled " American Rednecks "
A full moon is rising over the crest of lightly forested mountains to the east. In the foreground is a field of scrub and tall grasses. In the lower right hand corner is the roof of a small tractor shed.
A cartoon of a person face-palming with their hand pushing through the back of their skull.
A rendering of Earth's north pole area and Arctic Ocean without ice.
A 1990s Geo Metro converted into a an "El Camino" style pickup.
Cartoon of a person face-palming so hard that their hand has gone through their head and emerged on the backside.
Picture of a sunset in the western sky with hills & mountains in the foreground. There are 2 lonely power poles in the lower center, seeming to frame the crescent moon, Venus, and multiple stars in the darkening skies in the rest of the photo.
Cover of the 1980s sci-fi book called "Oath of Fealty" by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle.
An adult dog is sleeping soundly on the floor, his jowls spread out from his mouth on a tile floor.
A tiny 8-week-old rescue puppy - he is all-white with soft fur and a curious face.
A picture of Pope Leo from Chicago smiling at the camera while holding a black baseball bat. The caption reads "Hello There, I heard you didn't love your immigrant neighbor."
Photo of Pope Leo from his younger Chicago days.
New York Times headline - "U.S. and Iran Fail to Reach Deal After Marathon Peace Talks" where the word Marathon has been crossed out with "Short, Stupid" in red, and quotation marks placed around the word Peace. The NYT knows how to piss people off with their flamboyantly idiotic takes on world events.
Size comparison of Trump's ridiculous "triumphant arch" next to the Statue of Liberty. The Statue of Liberty is dwarfed by even just a single column of the stupid arch.