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Milcom Miasma

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∙ Poor Disco skills ∙ Retired in a small town in a big state with no people. That can't be coincidence ∙ Wondering what's next - I hope it's something ∙ I love […] 🌉 bridged from ⁂ mastodon.sdf.org/@mmiasma, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 8h

Signing up for Medicare is it's own test for dementia, stamina and persistence. If I were still working I would list it under the achievements section of my resume. #OldPeopleOfMastodon

Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 19/10/2026

Buy American. "The corruption that hides in plain sight is the real threat to our democracy." --Zephyr Teachout I would argue anybody bold enough to throw out a Nazi salute in public isn't bothering to hide much these days. "Musk throws $276M behind Republicans in midterms" src […]

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Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

@lednaBM Maybe this speaks to how skeptical I've become but I immediately thought "this guy's a shill." The answers were too perfect, the questioner played right into the trap and didn't double down when he was verbally getting his ass whupped. And then there's the exit without shouting to have […]

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👁Pooka🫣Boo🫵 @lednabm.stranger.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

I'm an atheist and anti-theist that approves this message...

Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026

A distinction without a difference. White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia wants us to know it's totally okay because Pepperdine University said she could call herself a "lawyer" just not an attorney. She also claims to have passed the bar exam in China. Totally on-brand for a Trump […]

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Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

Family first. "Baby, please." --Ambassador Kimberly Guilfoyle's last press release (probably) “She has been a wonderful asset to the team, and we wish her well.” --Stepford Press Secretary Katie Zacharia Today's lesson - if you aren't family, you don't get to grift on the presidential seal […]

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Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

"...people need to understand that there’s serious consequences for these types of things" --Some guy with a "God Wills It" tattoo. Announcing his intention to livestream Nidal Malik Hasan's execution seems totally on-brand for our Secretary of Defense and weekend Whiskey-bro Pete Hegseth. I'm […]

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Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

A new thing to be afraid of... My friend just got his flu shot this morning. He asked if it was the new mRNA based vaccine. "No" replied the pharmacist. "Nobody wants it so we only give it on request." "I think mRNA vaccines are the future" my buddy said. "Let's hope not" replied the pharmacist […]

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Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

I shouldn't have said that. Last night at book club we were talking about the responsibilities a creator has for the created when someone said "God loved his creations Adam and Eve" and I said (without stopping to think first...) "Eve was a do-over. Adam decided Lilith wasn't submissive enough […]

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Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

@jonathankoren I can tell you from personal experience that the people in charge of my physical training while in the military were extremely focused on our safety (as weird as that may sound). When we ran, we ran with full canteens of water and all of our handlers were trained to recognize […]

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M.S. Bellows, Jr. @msbellows.c.im.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

Well, fuck, it's October already.

Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

How Mrs. Miasma and I felt when we retired from the workforce: #ModernWorkCulture

Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

Dropping the ball. Here in the U.S., sports culture has increasingly bound itself to military culture over the past twenty years. Former military people are hired to motivate and condition young athletes. There's a lot wrong with this model that nobody wants to talk about. "The players […]

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Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

"Careful, it's hot." --Prometheus, inventor of the oven-mitt. Reading Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's "Frankenstein", I was struck by Frankenstein's initial refusal to understand the consequence of and for the creature he created. I don't know why pictures of Sam Altman kept popping into my head […]

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Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

Really enjoyed this guys video on why Gen X doesn't care about the workplace anymore. He's not wrong but I'm Generation Jones and I felt the exact same way back in 2010. Also, I finally have my answer to the team-building question "What appliance are you?" […] [Original post on mastodon.sdf.org]

Vince Schlomi, the huckster who peddled the "Sham-Wow!" product line as well as the "Slap Chop" manual food processor. He later went on to a successful career in prostitution patronage and unsuccessfully ran for Congress.

Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

When I was your age... If you want to worry yourself sick over what's happening to our younger generations, talk to a 22 year-old while you're waiting for the concert to start. * Also, maybe don't mention that concert tickets used to cost around $15. They have enough to feel sad about […]

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Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

A Wet Sheet and a Flowing Sea... Didn't see this coming. Not one but _multiple sea-shanties played by a local radio station when we were just a few miles inside the Montana border. I certainly didn't mind but somebody needs to tell the D.J. he's land-locked. #Radio #SeaShanty […]

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Vee @veroniqueb99.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

@TimWardCam Yeah. Don't get me started on 'designed obsolescence' as a business model. Dante needed to devise a whole new circle in hell for them and them alone. 😆 😈 Me to my wife: "Plastic screws?!? Who the hell thinks a plastic screw is going to hold _anything_ together?"

Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

@TimWardCam I guess I was operating under the premise that the creation of appliance firmware begat the need for firmware updates; certainly at some point when the internet could connect to our appliances and vehicles. Yours and my microwaves have failure points previous versions didn't have […]

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Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

Three things I knew about firmware updates when I worked for a company that pushed firmware updates to customers 1. Pushing firmware updates to systems out in the wild was a semi-malicious act. Like lighting the fuse on a bomb or a dud, and handing it to the customer to deal with.. 2. I never […]

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Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

Surprise guest at lunch today. We told him he was welcome to sit with us but that he'd have to find his own lunch.

A red-tailed hawk sitting on the corner railing of our deck looking for prey out over a very brown field.

A red-tailed hawk sitting on the corner railing of our deck looking for prey out over a very brown field.

A red-tailed hawk sitting on the corner railing of our deck looking for prey out over a very brown field.

Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

My plan for success. I like to believe that I've made under-delivering on expectations the signature characteristic of my personal brand. #OldPeopleOfMastodon

Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026

Never thought anyone would be able to cover this song and do it justice. Have to say I still prefer the original but damn, this is a very good cover. youtu.be/AWNH9xx_NWg #Music #CoverSongs

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Warner Crocker @warnercrocker.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

The way these jamokes won’t let this go I have a gut feeling that bulldozers are going to show up in the middle of some night. Judge blocks Kennedy Center board from putting Trump's name on the building or grounds in any way #Politics #KennedyCenter […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

My... what a tiny rake you have Grandpa. My prompt said nothing about a "tiny" rake. I feel disrespected. My prompt: An old man holding a rake and shouting at the clouds while standing on the front porch of his weathered house. #OldPeopleOfMastodon #AIDrawing #AI

An old man holding a tiny rake and shouting at the clouds while standing on the front porch of his weathered house.

Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026

I don't know... It seems kind of important to me. Why did publishers decide to drop the most import part of the title from Mary Wollstonecraft's book I wonder? #Books

The title page of the first edition of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's book "Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus."

The cover further includes the following:
"In Three Volumes"

The quote
"Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay
To mould me man? Did I solicit thee
From darkness to promote me?"
-- Paradise Lost.

"Vol. I."

"London:
Printed For
Lackington Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones,
Finsbury Square"

"1818"

Attribution: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstein

Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026

@mizblueprint I can see why that title would require quotes. 😆

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mizblueprint @mizblueprint.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026

@mmiasma I had a city council colleague who used to do 24 hours of lemons races with his sons. The stories were hilarious.

Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026

"I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country... corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the […]

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Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026

@lowqualityfacts Well they did make us recite a loyalty oath with our hands over our hearts and under God. We should've figured out then where all this was heading.

Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026

Broken dreams. A couple of my former bosses are racing today in the "24 Hours of Lemons", which is an endurance race for $500 cars. I find their optimism inspiring. I wouldn't even do a fifteen minute daily commute in a $500 car. src: 24hoursoflemons.com

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24 Hours of Lemons - Wheel to Wheel Racing for $500 Cars

Because racing isn't just for rich idiots... it's for all idiots.

Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026

Well, who could've predicted _that_ I wonder? Imagine my complete lack of surprise in discovering that the millions of identity documents stolen in the IDScan data breach will result in absolutely NO ONE being held accountable. Thank you for your attention to this sadly unremarkable event […]

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Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026

The appliance whisperer. Not only did I find the only appliance repairman operating in this part of the country, but he visited with our ailing, 5 year-old refrigerator and determined it needs a new fan. It is being over-nighted from Denver today and we expect to have our very average (and […]

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Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026

Hotel parlor tricks. "You have a water leak in the bathroom of room 410" says I to person at the front desk. "You're in room 410?" says they. "No. We're in 310 appreciating the modern art show that's evolving on our bathroom ceiling." A photo of the […] [Original post on mastodon.sdf.org]

The ceiling in our hotel room bathroom during a recent stay. The ceiling is discolored in expanding circles with areas of the circles showing darker patches where more recent amounts of water has leaked into the drywall.

Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026

"Another depressing song with the Colorado Symphony" --Gregory Alan Isakov, Red Rocks performance September 7th, 2026 Honestly, I'd say it was the best concert I've ever been to. If you like folk/blue grass don't miss a chance to see these guys live […] [Original post on mastodon.sdf.org]

The stage at Red Rocks Amphitheater just west of Denver. Gregory Alan Isakov is sharing the stage with his band members and the Colorado Symphony. The band is on the front part of the stage closest to the audience while the symphony is arrayed across the back of the stage.

Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026

Treasure hunt. Aside for the all the weirdness of this last trip to Denver (genital coca-cola bath and a vodka-spritzer colonic (attempted but refused), we came home to a refrigerator that has quit refrigerating. Quite the problem in a one-horse town. I spent all afternoon trying to find a […]

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Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026

Two pairs of jeans per road trip is usually enough. Last Saturday night a good friend accidentally dumped her entire Coke into my lap during dinner and bathing jeans no. 1 Tonight at a concert, a man mis-stepped and kicked a $12 vodka and seltzer directly onto my behind soaking pair of jeans […]

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Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2026

It’s true. You can never go home again. Especially if you’ve forgotten how to get there. After living the majority of my life in the Denver-metro area (55 years), how delightful to discover that in the five short years since moving away, I’ve managed to forget 90% of what I knew about how to […]

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Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2026

@VeroniqueB99 Abolutely corrugate. * You’ve no idea the fight I had with autocorrect to include both a mis-spelling and a non-sequitur in the same sentence (and then it automatically changed sequitur to “sequins”). Stop this madness.

Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 03/09/2026

The end of this year's campaign draws near. The mornings have turned cold again thankfully, and it won't be long before I give Jean-Michel his yearly bath and stable him for the winter. (He loves to adorn himself in the offal of the vanquished.) #NorthernWyomingGrassWars #OldPeopleOfMastodon

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`Da Elf @elfin.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/09/2026

I am sick of "Prediction Market" as a moniker. It's Gambling. Gambling is the fucking word. Gambling that you can manipulate (or create) the outcome. I don't like gambling (four years of statistics will do that to a person) and I'm not fond of people who gamble (lotto anyone?) ... but that […]

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Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 01/09/2026

"Yeah. Well, what Jesus blatantly fails to appreciate is that it's the meek who are the problem." --Reg, Leader of The People's Front of Judea (PFJ), commentary on the shortfalls of Christ's 'Sermon on the Mount' Who knew we'd end up sillier that a Monty Python parody? #Poverty #AgedWell #Comedy

Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 01/09/2026

Happy 35th anniversary to Mrs Miasma. For a decision so important we didn't dare take it seriously. Her quote this morning: "I feel like I've lived every day of those 35 years." I'll let you all know when I've figured out if that was meant as a compliment. #Marriage #OldPeopleOfMastodon

Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 30/08/2026

Must've been something in the water. I was part of a group of four friends that were pretty much always together in Junior High (now called middle school). From that group: 3 went to college 1 became an alcoholic (now in recovery) 1 died early (just past thirty) 1 got married 0 had any […]

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Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 29/08/2026

"Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss" --Pete Townsend Kidnapping the corrupt leader of a sovereign nation and acquiring access it's oil reserves "at cost" sure seems like a crime syndicate worthy move to me. "The U.S. government will control 55% of the joint venture, split between equity […]

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Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026

Sorry Britain. In an ironic twist, it seems you're getting your hateful racist Milo Yiannopoulos back. Any chance we can make it a 'twofer' deal and ship Kanye West (his boss) back with him? "Milo Yiannopoulos is in ICE custody facing a final removal order, sources say" src […]

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Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2026

Mrs. Miasma when I told her that Trump wants to rename Lake Ontario. youtube.com/shorts/tWIWR5kJH28

Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2026

Not so fast... Turns out the COVID booster is not yet available and our (very kind) pharmacist doesn't know when it will be. "It's coming, we're just not sure when" he said. "Probably mid-September." Since irony is dead, does wishing for RFK Jr to catch COVID make me a bad person? #Vaccines […]

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Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2026

Off to get my COVID booster and flu shot... Looking forward to feeling wretched by late afternoon. <sigh> #COVID #OldPeopleOfMastodon