Brutkey

That Old Guy with the Beard
@IanAMartin@mstdn.ca

This meeting could have been a nap.

That Old Guy with the Beard
@IanAMartin@mstdn.ca

I’ll just take this moment to point out that while Sunday is #StarWarsDay, it is also the 55th anniversary of the moment at Kent State when National Guardsmen opened fire using live ammunition on peacefully protesting students, killing four and wounding others.

For me, this is where things began the slide downward. When the Armed Forces shoot their fellow citizens, anything becomes possible, and there is no turning back.

Thus, we are here.

Protest safely, America.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_shootings?wprov=sfti1#

That Old Guy with the Beard
@IanAMartin@mstdn.ca

For those who are new to my timeline, I boost funny things like cats who protect @Cookies@mstdn.social, as well as biting (both meanings) political commentary from large space war lords with cool capes like His LRRR-ship @LRRRonEarth@beige.party.

You now have been warned and have no justification for complaining.

Also,

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Nazi Punks Fuck Off.
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https://youtu.be/PzHLPnGuVSQ

That Old Guy with the Beard
@IanAMartin@mstdn.ca

For those of you wondering; yes, I moved instances. I'm now on ​ mstdn.ca, just like all the cool kids! ​

I moved simply to reduce server load on mastodon.social, as well as to even things out across the Fediverse.

Previous toots dating back to August 07, 2022 can be found at https://mastodon.social/@IanAMartin should you wish to peruse.

For those of a particular interest in completeness, head to https://mastodon.online/@IanAMartin for anything posted on a Mastodon instance dating to April 27, 2022!

That Old Guy with the Beard
@IanAMartin@mstdn.ca

I should introduce myself at this new instance for me. I’m Ian and I love movies, photography, cats, and very silly puns. I am also known for droning on and on about music and ‘high culture’ like theatre, architecture, and literature. Also history. Do not ask me about Cato the Elder, because apparently I would like to personally drop the guy into a raging, lava-filled volcano (something I wasn’t aware of until a few days ago). Cato has been dead for well-over two millennia. Some wounds cut deep.

That Old Guy with the Beard
@IanAMartin@mstdn.ca

This seems an odd thing to promote for your shop. https://tech.intersects.art/@roadside/115023136880447377

That Old Guy with the Beard
@IanAMartin@mstdn.ca

Ava would get first pick, then I would ask if she wanted to hear Ferde Grofé’s five-movement symphonic poem, “Grand Canyon Suite.” I’d also suggest Miles Davis’ album Kind of Blue in the hope it might get her in the mood for some sweet sweet love!

I am, obviously, dreaming at this point. https://mastodon.world/@VintageCuties/115019655131392539

That Old Guy with the Beard
@IanAMartin@mstdn.ca

Please do not normalize Sarah Palin’s insanity. Please also do not normalize PotUS45+47’s insanity, despite it not being present in the headline or lede.

Someone please get the USA to join the International Criminal Court so that RF Pres VP can be rendered to the court for charges long overdue being laid. https://flipboard.com/@associatedpress/top-stories-u7govdf1z/-/a-k_ip_h3uTFSd5bRtSbrYTQ%3Aa%3A3199720-%2F0

That Old Guy with the Beard
@IanAMartin@mstdn.ca

Then, a few decades later, PotUS45 came along and tore it up because he wanted everyone to be just like him: a massive, irreparable butthead.
https://mastodon.social/@onthisday/115014260209169696

That Old Guy with the Beard
@IanAMartin@mstdn.ca

No one should volunteer for the World Cup Football. FIFA is an organization which is more corrupt and greed-riven than the Olympic Committee.

Yes, it really is possible to be that awful, and FIFA is the proof.
https://flipboard.com/@cbcnews/british-columbia-i8sdok9nz/-/a-3qkd8SnnRBujYighrZnGSQ%3Aa%3A107108217-%2F0

That Old Guy with the Beard
@IanAMartin@mstdn.ca

All together now…

But President Carter had to sell his family’s peanut farm, because the Republican Party doesn’t believe the laws apply to them anymore.
https://journa.host/@z_everson/115012835269950177

That Old Guy with the Beard
@IanAMartin@mstdn.ca

Congratulations to CBC Reporter Julia Wong for working every single pun and side-reference to pickles, cucumbers, and even their containers into the text of this story. Read the article to learn the complexities of Bick’s situation, as well as appreciate what skill can do for your writing. https://flipboard.com/@cbcnews/british-columbia-i8sdok9nz/-/a-1-EiD8f1TMe0ljEbK556Qw%3Aa%3A107108217-%2F0

That Old Guy with the Beard
@IanAMartin@mstdn.ca

@giflian@techhub.social Kraftwerk released the album Computer World (aka «Computerwelt») in 1981, which included the track ‘Pocket Calculator” (aka ‘Taschenrechner’), and they’d been around for a fair few years by that point, with all sorts of multiplication and square root and other functions.

That Old Guy with the Beard
@IanAMartin@mstdn.ca

@giflian@techhub.social However, you knew all that.

I am simply providing the information your card might have, if they were gifted with the voice of angels such as myself.

You’re welcome.

That Old Guy with the Beard
@IanAMartin@mstdn.ca

@giflian@techhub.social Calculator watches were A Real Thing in like the very early 1980s. Electronic Adding Machines in the very early 1970s.

That Old Guy with the Beard
@IanAMartin@mstdn.ca

@giflian@techhub.social Kraftwerk released the album Computer World (aka «Computerwelt») in 1981, which included the track ‘Pocket Calculator” (aka ‘Taschenrechner’), and they’d been around for a fair few years by that point, with all sorts of multiplication and square root and other functions.

That Old Guy with the Beard
@IanAMartin@mstdn.ca

You cannot possibly imagine how much I want this car. ‘Want’ is too weak a word, really. ‘Require,’ even, is to… uh… asexual to cover the matter. ‘Lust for with my entire groin,’ is probably on the right track, and yet…
https://mastodon.infrageeks.social/@erik/115005859283382002

That Old Guy with the Beard
@IanAMartin@mstdn.ca

Listen; when you fire this car up (so to speak), the shocks turn on and the whole thing rises up from being easier to get into when closer to the ground. They were Executive Cars with leather seats that were more like chairs than anything else. We are talking LUXURY here, people; with smooth rides like you would get in Lincolns of the same era! Plus, with an electric motor, you now have an amazing top speed performance vehicle!

Plus, that yellow is pretty great.