Middle-aged, middle-class, middle-brow.
#Foodie | #Software #engineer | Former #physicist | #Blind | #Jew
Avatar is a shoulders-up photo of me, outdoors, smiling.
Header is an image of a Julia Set in warm colors on a black background--looks a bit like a fractal collision of an infinite number of galaxies.
| Location | Boulder CO, USA |
| My old blog | https://fatmanfittown.com |
I'm trying something new, and migrating to the new instance set up by the hosts of Hard Fork (Kevin Roose & Casey Newton) and the host of Search Engine (PJ Vogt).
New account is @rickgoldstein. If you follow me here, please look for me at the new location. If I follow you from this account, I've already migrated the follow to that one.
Been learning Italian a little, just for fun (and hope for a nice holiday there sometime soon). Not the first person to point this out (pace Mark Twain), but, _santa mucca_ , Batman, grammatical gender is weird.
Today's example: “finger" is masculine, but "fingers" is feminine. Say what?
I, for one, look forward to the 30 ft high portraits of Dear Leader on every street corner.
#politics #AuthoritarianPlaybook #NiceCountryWeHadHere
https://politicalwire.com/2025/12/22/new-class-of-warship-to-be-named-after-trump/
I’m lucky, as a mostly blind person, to still be working at a well-paid job. But my vision is getting worse, and I was hoping to retire a little early on SSDI in the next year or two. A year ago, post-Covid staff shortages in the SSA were would've meant waiting at least a year for benefits, then 2 years after that for Medicare, just a little early.
Now, I imagine the wait is worse, and my retirement savings is evaporating. Welcome to the #Kakistocracy.
* “Invading” immigrant gang members who aren’t
* Other immigrants
* Judges who rule the “wrong" way
* Politcal opponents
* LGBT+
* #Disabled and other “unfit" people
* Eventually, and inevitably, the #Jews
Anybody got an attic I can hide in?
Not that optimistic today.
#GodwinsLawNoLongerApplies #Trump #GOP #DOGE #Musk #EndOfAmerica
Happy #Purim to those who celebrate!
Shout out this year to a (new to me) hamantaschen recipe from Nosher. Filled ours with chunky date-pistachio paste and with peach jam. Absolutely amazing, and I'm going to use that dough recipe for butter cookies from now to eternity.
https://www.myjewishlearning.com/the-nosher/best-hamantaschen-recipe/
Happy π Day to all who celebrate. Eat something round in celebration of existing in a locally Euclidean space.
My wife heard from a former student today. The student had a job offer in hand from the National Park Service for a fee clerk position at a park visitor center. A worker position, not a policy job.
They got an email today that the job offer had been rescinded, and they'd be notified if the position re-opened so they could apply again.
This is no way to run a business, much less the government of the richest country in the world.
Dan Moren