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P'rfesser

@prfesser.bsky.social
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OldGuy™, retired prof/scientist (actual ROCKET scientist!), author, fierce atheist, huge Taylor Swift fan, very cat person. Antifa and woke forever; love astronomy, machining, foundry, and building & flying rockets; a little gardening.

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P'rfesser @prfesser.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Just put up a big banner in the front yard for the Dem senate candidate Charles Booker. I'll be disappointed but unsurprised to see it run over soon. Go ahead, redneck MAGAt. A new sign will cost a lot less than the scratches on you purdy red pickup. And if one of those posts hits your oil pan...🤣
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P'rfesser @prfesser.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Searched for an item on Amazon. Found it. Searched for that company's name. Found it. Ordered the item directly from that company. With free shipping. Suck it, you dead-eyed human-impersonating billionaire exploiter extraordinaire.
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P'rfesser @prfesser.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Not. A. Surprise. Predators go to where the prey is. According to the McCracken County Sheriff's Office, detectives opened an investigation at the end of August into allegations that an adult man — identified as 37-year-old Jared Denney — had sent a 15-year-old girl sexually explicit messages.
MCCRACKEN COUNTY, Ky. — After a monthlong investigation, law enforcement arrested a McCracken County youth pastor and church leader on Friday.

According to the McCracken County Sheriff's Office, detectives opened an investigation at the end of August into allegations that an adult man — identified as 37-year-old Jared Denney — had sent a 15-year-old girl sexually explicit messages.
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P'rfesser @prfesser.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Just got word (5 min ago) that the university team I'm mentoring has been selected to participate in the NASA Space Launch Initiative! Over the next few months they'll have to build a large rocket with a payload designed by them, launch it, and have the payload land safely and perform tasks.
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P'rfesser @prfesser.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Do The Trumpstein Files show much worse than pedo acts? I'd bet long odds that we'd see murder on camera. Even cooking and eating human flesh. Yes, really. It'd take much more than pedophilia to horrify hardened Repubs who have seen them -- some of whom are themselves pedophiles.
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P'rfesser @prfesser.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
They'll claim that the $5k is just money to be distributed equally after a certain event; they're not giving specific people money before the election. He'll combine it with the DOGE check and the tariff rebate. But we won't need it; gas will be $2/gal, groceries & housing cheap...in two weeks...
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P'rfesser @prfesser.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Heinlein's quote on voting; when in doubt, vote "against". By this rule you will rarely go wrong.
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P'rfesser @prfesser.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
When he kicks off, the US gov't MUST confiscate every cent, every asset of that porky sonofabitch. Same for every one of his piglets, his grandpiglets, his boars and sows in the Senate & House. Every nickel from every piggy who's made their name and their fortune from his action/inaction.
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P'rfesser @prfesser.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Pastrami is not sold within an hour's drive of here (PartsUnknown, KY). One of the disadvantages of SmallTown USA. So I just splurged and ordered 2 lb of Katz's best. Some provolone cheese, my special kraut, thousand-island, and a sourdough roll will complete the picture when the order arrives.
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P'rfesser @prfesser.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Governor Brashear better have one GODDAMN GOOD REASON for not bringing in a new senator. Even if that senator isn't seated by the Senate. Flex that goddamn power.
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P'rfesser @prfesser.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Governor Brashear better have one GODDAMN GOOD REASON for not bringing in a new senator. Even if that senator isn't seated by the Senate. Flex that goddamn power.
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P'rfesser @prfesser.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
I am well and truly baked. It's cookies-and-milk time. Oreos may be milk's favorite cookie, but orange creamsicle is, by His Holiness The FSM, a close second.
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P'rfesser @prfesser.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Watching "In The Heat Of The Night"; the irony never struck me before. About racism in the 60s. Who won the Oscar? Not black Sidney Portier, who absolutely MADE the movie as Virgil Tibbs. Nope, it was Rod Steiger. Good, but Chief Gillespie could have been played well by any of a dozen white actors.
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P'rfesser @prfesser.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Ersatz TV and megachurch preachers...for years they screamed that hurricanes, tornadoes, flooding in northern states was gawd's retribution for their sinful support of LGBTQ+ rights and treatment... Seems they're being awwwwwfully quiet when it comes to Texas flooding...😁
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P'rfesser @prfesser.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Now Moscow Mitch has a good friend to talk to, along with Charlie Kirk, Jeff Epstein, and Pat Robertson.
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P'rfesser @prfesser.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Poor baby kitten, stuck under a car and frightened to no end. Props to L&W tire service in Metropolis, IL for getting him out of there.
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P'rfesser @prfesser.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Hypothesis: the tarps on the Kennedy Center are there because the Tangerine Palpatine's name was first removed, then re-applied. And of course he wants to keep that under wraps - literally.
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P'rfesser @prfesser.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Mitch McConnell is talking, yes, but with a pedophile who didn't hang himself in his cell. And Pat Robertson. And Charlie Kirk.
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P'rfesser @prfesser.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Republicans are liars. If he can talk on the phone he can video a news conference. The Turtlehead is dead. Brashear must take the initiative and appoint a new senator. NOW.
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P'rfesser @prfesser.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
KY governor Steve Brashear should take the initiative and appoint a new senator. Leave it to the POS Repubs to demonstrate that TurtleBoy is alive and can do his job.
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P'rfesser @prfesser.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
As an American I find ranch dressing rather ordinary. Maybe it's time for Europeans to start dressing up some of those traditional (but insipid) dishes. Canned beans on toast? For the love of the FSM, get a recipe for American style baked beans! Overly sweet and salty and marvelous!!
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P'rfesser @prfesser.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
What is the love affair that car manufacturers have with black interiors? At a time when 80F temps are considered balmy, and sun escalates that to 125F? For the love of the FSM, at least go with light grey!!
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P'rfesser @prfesser.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Woke up just after midnight, queasy. Around 1AM I leaped out of bed and made it to the bathroom in time. Second time in two weeks that this has happened. Putting it down to "something at dinner disagreed with me." For now. If it happens again, the GI doctor will be in my future.😞
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P'rfesser @prfesser.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Obama in front of the Capitol Building. "We appreciate YOU, June 14th, President Obama Appreciation Day
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P'rfesser @prfesser.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
She's a treasure that we desperately need. In these dark times when "feeling good" is at a premium, Taylor Swift literally makes more people feel good than any other individual on the skin of this planet.
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P'rfesser @prfesser.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Happy Barack Obama Appreciation Day! Spread photos of him all over social media. On Truth Social, if you have access.
Obama smiling and looking presidential, at the podium in his tan suit.
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P'rfesser @prfesser.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Dinner (supper?) was a grilled cheese AND JAM sandwich. Amazing. And the great thing: any cheese. Any jam. We had no sharp cheddar which is my favorite but pepper jack works nicely. I flipped a coin and homemade strawberry won over seedless black raspberry.
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P'rfesser @prfesser.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Apart from some intractable haters, she's almost universally liked/loved. IMO it's partly because she's never lost her child-like innocence. Not naivety, but the innocence that allows one to be universally happy and friendly. To truly love everyone they meet. I've met just one like her in my life.
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P'rfesser @prfesser.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Musing about the fact that a really good mortar could lob several pounds of finely ground dried ghost pepper well over a half mile away. Possibly farther. Scantily-clad men in a wrestling arena...oh, never mind...just spitballing.
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P'rfesser @prfesser.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Just tried to reset my voicemail. Told I needed my Passcode. WHAT PASSCODE? I'M LOGGED INTO YOUR FUCKING ACCOUNT WITH A PASSWORD! I have a PIN to open the phone and a PIN to access voicemail. Neither is my passcode. If you MUST have different codes, call 'em PINA, PINB, PINC, etc.
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P'rfesser @prfesser.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
In "If This Goes On" (R. Heinlein) the "resistance" re-takes the US from a theocratic dictator by interfering with the annual words from the prophet. They create a false film where he says "Rise up! Kill them all!" (re. theocratic leaders) Y'know, there's still an EBS. And AI. Just sayin'.
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P'rfesser @prfesser.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Any reporter who is recognized by tRump in a press conference or interview should ask the same questions that Ms. Welker asked. Eventually those platelets will arrive at a constriction.
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P'rfesser @prfesser.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Modernizing a bit of Mark Twain: Spose people left money laying around where he was- what did he do? He collared it. Spose he contracted to do a thing; and you paid him, and didn't set down there and see that he done it- what did he do? He always done the other thing.
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P'rfesser @prfesser.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Ever noticed how so many teachers who get caught SA their students are also coaches? It's like youth pastors and churches; predators go where the prey is. And coaches have more frequent (and more intimate) contact with their prey than most teachers.
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P'rfesser @prfesser.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
By their own words, "all the Epstein files have been released." Therefore...anyone posting the (unredacted) files - especially the #45 stuff - is not just legally protected but is fully ethical. And a hero who will be remembered in history books.
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P'rfesser @prfesser.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
"Andy Barr: The only candidate to be endorsed by President Trump!" Tired of this ad for a POS candidate for Kentucky governor. But that endorsement is the best possible reason to vote for someone else. ANYone else...as long as they're Blue.
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P'rfesser @prfesser.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Arrived at Red Roof Inn near the site where large rockets will be launched from tomorrow thru Sunday. Saw a Jersey Mike's along the way; exited. Am enjoying a regular-size Italian for late dinner, far better than any other sub chain can produce. Wish there was one in my town.😞
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P'rfesser @prfesser.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Hoping that JD will come to KY to endorse and campaign for good ol' repub governor candidate Andy Barr. Keep that trend going, JD!!!
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P'rfesser @prfesser.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Following their trials and convictions, ICE agents should be confined in the same facilities, with the same number of agents per facility, in precisely the same conditions and with the same nourishment and medical treatment as the former occupants. Bonus for hiring former occupants as guards.
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P'rfesser @prfesser.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Dear MSM and To Whom It May Concern: Please recall the claim by Ms. Fired LegalBimbo, that *all* the Trumpstein files "have been released"😂 Therefore...posting of the files by ANYONE ELSE would be fully legal, ethical, and necessary. "Just reposting what Mr. Trumpstein released, your Honor..."😉😁🤣
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P'rfesser @prfesser.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Couldn't accompany SWMBO and daughters back when "The Help" came out. This evening SWMBO saw that it was on Hulu, and switched it on. It was an absolutely marvelous film and it infuriated me. Infuriating because I spent a few years in the deep south in the mid 70s...and the depiction is accurate.
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P'rfesser @prfesser.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Dear JD Vance: won't you PLEASE come to Kentucky? Please campaign for, and endorse, Republican candidate for governor Andy Barr? Your track record is so impressive. Even (especially) Democrats want you here. Well...briefly. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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P'rfesser @prfesser.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Dear Taylor Swift nay-sayers: yes she flies about in a private jet (she'd be mobbed if on a commercial flight). And consider the results of those flights. The sheer, unbridled JOY she brought to over ten million in the Eras tour alone. Swifties are the least problematic when it comes to concerts.
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P'rfesser @prfesser.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
I understand that typhus is popping up in LA. It's carried by fleas. Be aware that it would be very difficult to collect fleas and deposit them on ICE agents. And probably illegal. So don't think about a way to do that.
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P'rfesser @prfesser.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Soldiers, officers, generals, admirals. If you cannot remember your oath, remember the words of wisdom from someone who might have been, in a centuries-ahead possible future: "The needs of the many...outweigh the needs of the few. And the one." Citizens too.
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P'rfesser @prfesser.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Currently enjoying a sesame bagel from Star Bagel in Nashville. Toasted, and with cream cheese laced with green onion, garlic, and dill weed. A colleague who'd lived in New York claimed that you should be able to loose a tooth on a good bagel. This one qualifies.
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P'rfesser @prfesser.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Escalation of tensions; Putin orders nuclear missile drill. www.the-express.com/news/world-n...
the-express.com
WW3 fears surge as Vladimir Putin orders nuclear missile drill
Russia stages nuclear missile drills as WW3 fears grow, while Trump's NATO exit threat raises concerns over Europe's security and global stability
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P'rfesser @prfesser.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Don't forget that Monday is Cheap Candy Day. Go to the store early, find the good candy that's marked half-off. Load the cart. Good chocolate freezes well.
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P'rfesser @prfesser.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
With all the new awards to #45 (he's not #47 and never will be), Democrats should follow suit. Silver award showing a map of the continental US: Second Place United States Peace Prize, awarded to Donold J. Trump (misspelling intended), 1 April 2026. Ignore queries about the first place holder.
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P'rfesser @prfesser.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
YOUR OATH IS TO THE CONSTITUTION! YOUR OATH IS TO THE CONSTITUTION! YOUR OATH IS TO THE CONSTITUTION! YOUR OATH IS TO THE CONSTITUTION! YOUR OATH IS TO THE CONSTITUTION! YOUR OATH IS TO THE CONSTITUTION! YOUR OATH IS TO THE CONSTITUTION! YOUR OATH IS TO THE CONSTITUTION!
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