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Retired Cali public policy guy, recovering academic. Proud literacy tutor at my #PublicLibrary #CarletonCollege grad. #UCSD #PoliticalScience #PhD Long-suffering Minnesota sports fan No bio, no follow back.

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doc brianS @docbs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Was it one of these?
Douchebag mesh tee
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doc brianS @docbs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Gazerbeam from The Incredibles
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doc brianS @docbs.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Started/going
Screenshot" of NYT article "The Versatile Steak That's More Affordable, Too.Screenshot of NYT article. The caption on the photo notes that the "more affordable" steak "typically runs between $20 to $30 a pound."

Only in NYC is that "affordable"
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doc brianS @docbs.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
It's Lake Ontario, You Wankers
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doc brianS @docbs.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Screen shot of Lake Ontario in Google Maps with a custom label, "It's Lake Ontario, You Wankers"
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doc brianS @docbs.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Really?
1989 Dodge Arues K Sedan
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doc brianS @docbs.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Burned the boat AND set sail!
Reply 1: "Trump and the Republicans burned the boat, folks...."
Reply 2: "Nope. That ship has sailed"

Beautiful juxtaposition.
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doc brianS @docbs.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
For science.
Minnesota Twins hat, iconic white T through red C on dark blue background., sitting on a shoulder bag next to a suitcase.
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doc brianS @docbs.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Yellow diamond street sign with "PAIN" in black letters
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doc brianS @docbs.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Paul Newman as Butch Cassidy, riding a bike, wearing a bowler. Katharine Ross as Etta Place, wearing a white dress, is sitting on the handlebars.
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doc brianS @docbs.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
My daughter was supposed to be at NYP Lower Manhattan Hospital this morning to be induced. Oops. (Delayed until tonight) #Knicks
Screenshot of NYT headline reading "Knicks fans jam parade route to celebrate long-awaited champions". Oblivious of my impending grandfather hood. Below the headline is a photo of a massive crowd on the streets, ready to party.
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doc brianS @docbs.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Waffle House: it's not just for fighting.
Screenshot of post from @bradleyisamonkey 
"Not a tourist but a tourist related story. I heard two German guys this weekend laughing and talking about asking a group of people (in Alabama) about a recommendation for a good local restaurant.... the group they asked "adopted" them, took them out for barbecue for dinner, beers until late, then Waffle House. They kept laughing that everyone told them they'd hate America but the two guys were having a ball."
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doc brianS @docbs.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Started/Going. She's a troll and good riddance. But this is funny.
Tweet: Nancy Mace in front of a BBQ dinner with sides of greens, beans, etc. Her caption says husband a kids took her out for birthday dinner. 

QuoteTweet reply from "Secular Talk": "That's a lot of beans you nasty ass bitch"Tweet from Nancy Mace acknowledging her loss in the SC gubernatorial primary. "Some people expect me to be eating a pint of ice cream after my loss
 I have other plans." 

Below: a large white oval bowl filled with baked beans.
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doc brianS @docbs.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Infrastructure Week!
NYT headline 5.28.26: "U.S. Officials say they are closing in on arrangements to reopen Strait of Hormuz". Subhead says Trump has not signed off on the framework but blah blah blah.
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doc brianS @docbs.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
#Spurs coach #MitchJohnson is not gonna miss his shot.
Is it Anthony Ramos or Mitch Johnson?
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doc brianS @docbs.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
I can't believe no one has mentioned Shazam!
Shazam! The Complete Live Action Series. Billy Batson,center, in a red longhsleeved T-shirt, Mentor at top left and Captain Marvel, top right.
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doc brianS @docbs.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
It gives off dimestore Frederican Rococo vibes. The real thing, gaudy though it is, is less cheesy.
Interior view of a room in Sanssouci, Potsdam. The walls and ceiling have a great deal of gilding.
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doc brianS @docbs.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Original cover of The Selfish Gene (1976), by Richard Dawkins
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doc brianS @docbs.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Cover of Contacting Aliens. An Illustrated Guide to David Brin's Uplift Universe. By David Brin and Kevin Lenagh.
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doc brianS @docbs.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Does anyone sell #Cameo #China #retail? I need to replace three 7.25 inch diameter bowls (great for #noodles, #pho, big #salads). But restaurant supply companies only sell by the case.
Bottom of Cameo China model 210-74, 7.25 inch diameter soup bowl.
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doc brianS @docbs.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Pew graphic of US population by race and age cohort. It shows that older Americans are much more likely to be white than are middle age and younger Americans.
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doc brianS @docbs.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Cartoon depicting equality (3 children of different sizes standing on identical boxes to watch a baseball game, such that shorter one can't see) vs equity (3 children of different sizes standing on boxes of different sizes, allowing the shorter one to see).
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doc brianS @docbs.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Ivan, RIP.
Ivan the Great and Terrible, a Russian Blue rescue, looking at the camera from a top a gray sofa. He was the goodest boy.
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doc brianS @docbs.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Quote post with something good that lasted longer than the Confederacy (1861-65) UCLA won 7 consecutive NCAA Men's basketball titles, 1967-73 (and it would have been 10 straight had freshman Lew Alcindor been eligible in 1966).
John Wooden
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doc brianS @docbs.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
I stole some of my neighbor's smoke to smoke a piece of #feta (he was smoking cream cheese). Za'atar seasoning sprinkled on top. One hour over oak. ZOMG.
A square of smoked feta on aluminum foil over a small, white bone china plate.
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doc brianS @docbs.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Goodbye to the bestest boy, Ivan the Great and Terrible. There's never enough time.
Ivan the Great and Terrible, a Russian Blue, on my lap
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doc brianS @docbs.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Ivan the Great and Terrible
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doc brianS @docbs.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Ivan agrees. Everybody's gotta serve some kitty.
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doc brianS @docbs.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
This cat erasure cannot stand, man.
Ivan staring into the camera with questions
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doc brianS @docbs.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Siri, please define "lethal attack"
NYT headline, "Hegseth ordered lethal attack but not killing of survivors, officials say" above a photo of Secretary of Defense and ass-clown Pete Hegseth
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doc brianS @docbs.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
When did The Hood become coach of the Spurs?
Anthony RamosMitch Johnson
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doc brianS @docbs.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
You've just died. The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you. I can see that.
Baked potato with sour cream, steamed asparagus and pieces of grilled ribeye on a plate.
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doc brianS @docbs.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Johnny Oates Forever
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doc brianS @docbs.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Can you spot the difference?
Angus King, "standing up to Trump doesn't work"Neville Chamberlain, "peace in our time"
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doc brianS @docbs.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Selig shrug
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doc brianS @docbs.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Ivan has given up.
Ivan has given up on this game
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doc brianS @docbs.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
I purchased this tube, alleged to be of Livfresh dental gel, on walmart.com. It was imported from China, but otherwise appears to be packaged identically to the genuine, domestically produced product.
A tube that looks like Livfresh dental gel, but shrink-wrapped as "made in China." Purchased on Walmart.com.
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doc brianS @docbs.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Meme of JFK saying "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what my nephew's fucking problem is."
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doc brianS @docbs.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
That's just mean. You should have gone with
Ryan Reynolds as DeadpoolRyan Reynolds as "Deadpool" with no mouth, from X-Men Origins: Wolverine
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doc brianS @docbs.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Gee, I wonder where the NYT will be on the mayoral race?
Leading headline on the NYT website at 7:33 pm Eastern time. 

1. "Mamdani's success spotlights a deepening rupture among U.S. Jews."

2. "As Donors Work Against Mamdani, Top Democrats Stop Short of Backing Him."
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doc brianS @docbs.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
But hear me out. Sexy internment camps!
Screen cap of Drew Pavlou tweet. The tweet says "These are the camps that Zohran's wife is going to run in NYC now. A fucked up fate that I would not wish on my worst enemy."

The picture is a drawing of a tall, blonde dominatrix in black leather and spike heels, holding a whip. She is overlooking a pit mine with naked men being overseen by other dominatrixes.

The drawing has the text "This is the future liberals want." 

But I don't see a single taco truck. 🙁
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doc brianS @docbs.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Screenshot and share
USC law students have started a hotline for people to call when they have an immigration-related court hearing but don't want to show up in person for fear of being arrested/detained by ICE outside the courthouse. The students will help people complete and submit a "Motion to Change Hearing Format," which can allow someone to have a remote/online hearing instead of in-person.
Hotline # is (888) 462-5211
They can help in English or Spanish
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doc brianS @docbs.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Woodland, CA
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doc brianS @docbs.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
He's since deleted the sheet because of nut job responses. But, yea. Still, "no kings" rolls off the tongue.
Jacob T. Levy writes: "[whispers in Canadian] pretty much every king in the last thousand years other than Louis XIV has always had more legal and constitutional limits than Trump and his Claremont apologists accept. The phrase you're all looking for is "no dictators.""
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doc brianS @docbs.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
"Imagine if there was an old tweet of our current secretary of homeland security being an absolute hypocrite clown about Joe Biden federalizing the National Guard." 
The picture shows a tweet by Kristi Noem, screen capping her on a split screen with Sean Hannity. The text reads, in part, "If Joe Biden federalizes the National Guard, that would be a direct attack on states' rights."
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doc brianS @docbs.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
The enemy is US.
Pogo sitting in a tree, chin on hand, saying "We have met the enemy, and he is us."
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doc brianS @docbs.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Regretfully, I put the Rifleman and Old Hoss in first, before deciding to load up on Twins (plus one homie)
Immaculate Grid results
Chuck Connors, George Mitterwald, Michael Wuertz (from my hometown); Tsuyoshi Nishioka, Old Hoss Radborn, Eddie Bane; Steve Braun, Eric Soderholm, Steve Brye.
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doc brianS @docbs.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
I'm this old:
A Jarts(tm) lawn dart set in its open box.
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doc brianS @docbs.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Doonesbury from Sunday, February  18, 2025. A teacher in a Florida high school teaches about the Civil War.
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doc brianS @docbs.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Ivan is disdainful of the paparazzi. #cats #caturday #CatsOfBluesky
Ivan the Terrible, a Russian Blue, from his good side (they are all good).
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