Gerry Doyle

Weird Spy Satellite @weirdsatellite.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 06:51 UTC

Dispatch #745 from FalconSAT-8 (L CLEARANCE) 1. Oblique Sewage 2. Illegal Heat Domes 3. Webkinz Villa

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Gerry Doyle @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 06:48 UTC

actually capital one arena is better sized and climate controlled

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Gerry Doyle @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 06:47 UTC

this would be one of the funniest political moves ever imo congress would meet in rfk stadium

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Gerry Doyle @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 06:32 UTC

when the king has absolute power for one hour between governments he should nuke the moon. 100 percent, this is not even up for discussion

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Gerry Doyle @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 04:00 UTC

also, and I know I am not the first to say this, all the place names could be made up and I wouldn't know!

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Gerry Doyle @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 03:56 UTC

it's kind of amazing how every british person on social media knows the name of every single tory mp and is specifically calling out each loss

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Gerry Doyle @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 03:09 UTC

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Gerry Doyle @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 02:40 UTC

hey waiiiiiiiiit a second

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Gerry Doyle @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 02:30 UTC

this is iirc an afterburner test of a j79, famously used in the f-104 and also iirc one of the last (maybe the last?) turbojet used in a u.s. military aircraft before the more efficient low-bypass turbofans became standard anyway why did they do this to elmo

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Gerry Doyle @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 02:15 UTC

this is a thing that I find curiously under-discussed, is that if people are genuinely worried about biden's competence, or his dying, there is an actual plan for that built in to the constitution and everything

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Gerry Doyle @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 02:08 UTC

risky business, a patriotic classic

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Gerry Doyle @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 02:03 UTC

phrasing

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Gerry Doyle @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 01:40 UTC

the short campaign time would I think do a lot for my sanity

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Gerry Doyle @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 01:40 UTC

also don't forget the key part: there is no electoral college, so if people vote a certain way it creates the expected outcome

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Gerry Doyle @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 00:59 UTC

anyway. america is a good place. its government has done a lot of bad things, and it's ok to acknowledge those while also embracing the goodness, of which there is also a lot

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Gerry Doyle @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 00:55 UTC

what if you only want fans to visit your space

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Gerry Doyle @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 00:44 UTC

I asked chatgpt about this and it said ai was the most lucrative industry in the world

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Gerry Doyle @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 00:42 UTC

yeah I mean, if we are being honest, the idea that whether someone is a "star" or not is important is pretty much a made up thing relative to performance in office

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Gerry Doyle @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 00:40 UTC

the thing about this one that makes it shine is the scottish vernacular I have always loved, unironically, how scottish folks know how to write like they talk. it's beautiful

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Gerry Doyle @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 00:35 UTC

balmbottom on rickshaw, a village between kidneypaste and halbardshire

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Gerry Doyle @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 00:30 UTC

overcoverage of a "national crime problem" that didn't exist sort of willed it into existence as a voter concern.

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Gerry Doyle @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 00:28 UTC

ok so, without knowing the article this headine is attached to, it sort of shows how you can report a story straight (the first clause) but completely change the framing by including something analytical (the second clause)

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Gerry Doyle @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 00:20 UTC

anyway, happy fourth of july. that was yesterday here. it wasn't a holiday but I grilled burgers for my family and thought about how nice it would be to have a baseball game on the radio

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Gerry Doyle @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 00:15 UTC

well-heeled donors are privately saying we should choose a different sun

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