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Jeff, colourful old coot

@pattersonjeffa.bsky.social

1.5K followers 3.4K following 2K posts

Trotskyist, omni, skeptic, into Tolkien, Brust, MCU, history. Avid indoorsman. Grandfather, husband. Woke AF. Please no DMs if I don't know you.

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Jeff, colourful old coot @pattersonjeffa.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

If you see this we IMPLORE you to post a picture from whatever device you’re using without explanation

Me, in a black tee with grey vest, next to a LEGO Mark Twain.

Jeff, colourful old coot @pattersonjeffa.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

A friend of mine was inspired to do this ...

Jeff, colourful old coot @pattersonjeffa.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

4 panels. 1. John mellencamp says I'm going to eat a chili dog outside the Tastee Freeze
2. Padme, smiling, says by biting chewing and swallowing it, right?
3. Mellencamp stares.
4. Padme repeats her line, not smiling.

Jeff, colourful old coot @pattersonjeffa.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Cartoon of a raccoon in western garb, captioned, my spirit can't thrive where the vibes ain't howdy.

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Jeff, colourful old coot @pattersonjeffa.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Show me a pic that captures your essence. I'm the bearded guy in this pic.

A man with long curly grey/red hair, grey beard, top hat with green lit up goggles, wearing an open vest and holding a walking stick. With a Steam Powered Giraffe Walter Worker in make-up.

Jeff, colourful old coot @pattersonjeffa.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

My 82-0 roster:

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Bradley Beal
Vince Carter
Elvin Hayes
Wilt Chamberlain.

Jeff, colourful old coot @pattersonjeffa.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

We don't usually see each others' headers. Here's mine. Quote post with yours (if you feel like it)!

My header. Background is a needlepoint saying "punch your local nazi."

Bio: Trotskyist, omni, skeptic, into Tolkien, Brust, MCU, history. Avid indoorsman. Grandfather, husband. Woke AF. Please no DMs if I don't know you.

Jeff, colourful old coot @pattersonjeffa.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Man in front seat: "Fibonacci was a pretty influential Italian mathematician."
Woman in back seat: "He's more influential than the next two Italian mathematicians combined."
Man in front seat turns and looks shocked.

Jeff, colourful old coot @pattersonjeffa.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Yeah I don't expect I will.

Screenshot. Google AI overview of the word "disregard".

"Got it! Consider it disregarded. Let me know what you'd like to work on instead."

Jeff, colourful old coot @pattersonjeffa.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Merlin, the red handheld game from the 80s

Jeff, colourful old coot @pattersonjeffa.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Janelle Monae

Janelle Monae

Jeff, colourful old coot @pattersonjeffa.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

San Diego last week.

San Diego gas prices ranging from a low of 6.19 to 6.69.

Jeff, colourful old coot @pattersonjeffa.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Crude line drawing of a person standing at a computer. Dialogue:

Person: say "i am alive"
Computer: >I AM ALIVE
Person: oh my god.

Jeff, colourful old coot @pattersonjeffa.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

1937 Minneapolis May Day parade

Jeff, colourful old coot @pattersonjeffa.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Screenshot of blank bluesky, only saying InternalServerError

Jeff, colourful old coot @pattersonjeffa.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Picture of Willem Dafoe as Jesus.

Caption reads, "you know, I'm something of a doctor myself."

Jeff, colourful old coot @pattersonjeffa.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Shot of Sheriff Brody from Jaws, on the boat, captioned, "we're going to need a smaller violin."

Jeff, colourful old coot @pattersonjeffa.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Dune poster reading Twin Peaks instead .

Jeff, colourful old coot @pattersonjeffa.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Top half: Skeletor reclining captions: Trent Reznor's name backwards is Ron Zertnert.

Bottom half: Skeletor running awayo caption: until next time!

Jeff, colourful old coot @pattersonjeffa.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Jeff, colourful old coot @pattersonjeffa.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Vulpix!

A donation receipt for trans Continental pipeline

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Jeff, colourful old coot @pattersonjeffa.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

If you see this, we IMPLORE you to post a picture from whatever device you're using without explanation

Title page of old book:

First edition.

Ducks:

And,

How to make them pay.

By William Cook.

Jeff, colourful old coot @pattersonjeffa.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Best Buy ad saying, "Remember, turn your computer off before midnight on 12/31/99."

Jeff, colourful old coot @pattersonjeffa.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

You will be visited by three spirits.

Rik, Vyvyan, and Neil from the 80s show "The Young Ones".

Jeff, colourful old coot @pattersonjeffa.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Old comic panel, woman tied up on floor. Panel reads:

As her eyes become accustomed to the dimness, she sees --

And then she exclaims, "HAM!"

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Jeff, colourful old coot @pattersonjeffa.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

It's not difficult, folks.

Image alt text stats for 2025: 27 total images, 100% have alt text, 0 missing alt text, 138 character average alt text length (from Anisota's Annual Bluesky Harvest) .

Jeff, colourful old coot @pattersonjeffa.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Xkcd cartoon. At the foot of a large tree, stick figures. One is saying, "did you know the mighty redwood is actually the same species an broccoli and kale? It's just a different cultivar."
Another is responding, "wow!"

Caption reads, "every year or two, botanists add another plant to brassica olerecea and see if anyone calls them on it."

Jeff, colourful old coot @pattersonjeffa.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Picture of Richard Nixon captioned, "Random Dick Pic".

Jeff, colourful old coot @pattersonjeffa.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

I think about this.

All the brains in the world are powerless against the sort of stupidity that is in fashion.

-- Jean de la Fontaine.

Jeff, colourful old coot @pattersonjeffa.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Quote from Donald Trump in 2013.

"A shutdown falls on the president's lack of leadership. I mean problems start from the top and they have to get solved from the top. A shutdown means the president is weak."

Jeff, colourful old coot @pattersonjeffa.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

He knew.

"As democracy is perfected, the office of the President represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day, the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be occupied by a downright fool and a complete narcissistic moron."

HL Mencken
The Baltimore Evening Sun
July 26, 1920.

Jeff, colourful old coot @pattersonjeffa.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Dril tweet:

The wise man bowed his head solemnly and spoke: "theres actually zero difference between good & bad things. you imbecile. you fucking moron"
.

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Jeff, colourful old coot @pattersonjeffa.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Let's not politicize this, right?

Headline:

Charlie Kirk: "It's worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment."

Subhead:

Kirk: "Having an armed citizenry comes with a price, and that is part of liberty."

Jeff, colourful old coot @pattersonjeffa.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Headstone from the 19th century with a dozen children's names on it.

Labelled Childhood Before Vaccines.

Jeff, colourful old coot @pattersonjeffa.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

A white stone wall with a patch of white bricks. Caption reads:

Definitely coming back here when I unlock bombs.

Jeff, colourful old coot @pattersonjeffa.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Brownish gray yarn being knit into a shawl with periodic lacing. Still on the needles.

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Jeff, colourful old coot @pattersonjeffa.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

QRT with your pride flag(s)

Omni flag, five stripes, top to bottom:
Light pink
Dark pink
Black
Dark blue
Light blue.

Jeff, colourful old coot @pattersonjeffa.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

I love Ankylosaurus!

Picture of an Ankylosaurus

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Jeff, colourful old coot @pattersonjeffa.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Sign reading: For the first time in history, you can simply post "he's an idiot," and 99% of the world will know exactly who you're talking about.

The background appears to be a cartoon of Trump.

Jeff, colourful old coot @pattersonjeffa.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Picture of Richard Nixon captioned, "random dick pic".

Jeff, colourful old coot @pattersonjeffa.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

A rabbit mounting a chicken, captioned "and that's how easter eggs are made."

Jeff, colourful old coot @pattersonjeffa.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Pie chart labeled "you may ask yourself."

Segments: how did I get here?, how do I work this?, where is that large automobile?, what is that beautiful house?, where does that highway go to?, am I right?, am I wrong?, my god! What have I done?

Jeff, colourful old coot @pattersonjeffa.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Here's a shawl i knit recently, still on the needles.

A gray knitted shawl, still on the needles

Jeff, colourful old coot @pattersonjeffa.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

We had to say goodbye to Eris Discordia tonight. After 15 years, she was fading fast. She will be greatly missed.

A tuxedo cat sitting on a Mouse Trap game box.

Jeff, colourful old coot @pattersonjeffa.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Something folks need to remember:

"It is in our power to have no opinion about a thing, and not to be disturbed in our soul; for things themselves have no natural power to form our judgements."
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, Book 6.

Jeff, colourful old coot @pattersonjeffa.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Do they use the same oven?

Two stores next to each other in a strip mall. Left is Cremation Society of Illinois, right is Jets Pizza.

Jeff, colourful old coot @pattersonjeffa.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Got some cool new goggles for the @steampoweredgiraffe.com concert this weekend.

Bearded man (me!) with long curly red hair, a top hat, with brass goggles.

Jeff, colourful old coot @pattersonjeffa.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Tweet from The Substack of Boba Fett reading:

Every lifelong Catholic I've ever met is like "I think we're supposed to give this food to the poor" and every adult convert is like "The Archon of Constantinople's epistle on the Pentacostine rites of the eucharist clearly states women shouldn't have driver's licenses."

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Jeff, colourful old coot @pattersonjeffa.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

"working night and day"

A tweet from Isi Breen reading, "Elon Musk has tweeted 1800 times in the last 6 days"

Jeff, colourful old coot @pattersonjeffa.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

I had no idea ManU had such an elderly roster...

Headline from BBC Sport:

Man Utd's youngest ever player Gaskell dies aged 84.