Mark Hall

@bobapril

Husband, father, retired soldier, former USPS carrier, liberal heading towards leftist in a deep red part of Georgia. SF fan (esp. Star Trek), 3D printing, Halloween, and sleep. c.im/@BobApril, www.tumblr.com/bobapril, www.printables.com/@MarkHall/models

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Mark Hall@bobapril· 16d

Oh, sorry, I didn't realize we had devolved to arguing in memes.

The Tamarian Captain from the Star Trek episode "Darmok," looking off into the middle distance. Caption - "Picard, his face in his hand."

Mark Hall@bobapril· 19d

When you have Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations...some of them are gonna suck. This applies to both the shows AND the fans. My wife and I are watching tonight at dinner.

Shoulders-and-up image of the Salt Vampire from Star Trek "The Man Trap" - a fan of McCoy's that literally sucked.

Mark Hall@bobapril· 21d

Pawn Stars "Best I Can Do" meme. Caption - Best I can do is Fed Up With People.

Mark Hall@bobapril· 22d

And if that's the level of argument you want to stoop to, you can fuck RIGHT the Hell off.

Image of Cary Grant with one hand pointing firmly off to the right, while displaying irritation on his face. Text overlay - "You can fuck off with that shit. You can fuck straight off to Fuck Off Mountain while riding your fuck horse to the land of Awwww Hell No."

Mark Hall@bobapril· 26d

Tweet from Patty Walker (@pwalker8510) - If you're racist and you're fired, it's your fault. *clap clap* If you're racist and you're fired, it's your fault. *clap clap* If you're hollerin' 'white power!', And you're jobless the next hour, If you're racist and you're fired, it's your fault. *clap clap*

Mark Hall@bobapril· Jun 29

A clip from a Queen video shows the band, with a screen in the top left corner showing a scene from the movie Flash Gordon. Caption text over the image - "This morning's unprecedented total eclipse is no cause for alarm."

Mark Hall@bobapril· Jun 27

Southern Georgia. I admit I'm an import, but why would anyone voluntarily eat boiled peanuts?

A can labelled as Peanut Patch Boiled Peanuts - Original - Slow Kettle Cooked - The South's Favorite Snack - Pop Open and Enjoy. The label is green with a broad yellow strip at the top, and includes an image of peanuts in a black pot with steam rising from them. In small print at the bottom, the size of the can is noted - 6 lbs (2.72 kg).

Mark Hall@bobapril· Jun 23

Kendra (for the Vampire Slayer). Mushie-face (with a long u) Mush Fuzz Brat or Brat-Girl (especially when she runs to get in front of us).

A small black Persian cat with vague tortoiseshell markings lying on a folded pile of shirts, which itself lies on a bedspread with a repeating pattern of TARDISes from Doctor Who.

Mark Hall@bobapril· Jun 15

Y'know, last time I heard about this movie, they were at least in the same sport.

Movie poster for The Cutting Edge. Tagline, The ultimate love/skate relationship. Poster shows a male hockey player on the left with his hockey stick raised aggressively, and a female figure skater on the right with her hand raised in a fist, both with motion blur indicating they are skating directly at each other.

Mark Hall@bobapril· Jun 10

Oops, I'm wrong - I DID get a pic. Been almost 15 years now, I forgot, but it was still in my photo albums.

A banana held on top of a scratched metal table. It shows a name and address inked on the skin, with first name and box number obscured - "Johnson, VSU Box Number - 1500 North Patterson Street, Valdosta, GA 31698." An adhesive barcode sticker is wrapped around the top end.

Mark Hall@bobapril· Jun 8

Here's an example of what our hand-filled ballots look like.

A white sheet with tracking marks on the edges, marked Douglas County Official Absentee/Provisional/Challenged Ballot. Below the instructions are blocks for each race, then names of candidates listed in each block with an empty oval next to each name.

Mark Hall@bobapril· May 17

I'm not the best at turning images into memes, but here's an attempt, which I will be sharing. If you use it, please keep (or improve) the alt-text.

Text - "Some Republicans would rather Black Americans pick cotton than pick their Congressperson" - Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley.
Text is shown over an image of the Congresswoman standing at a microphone on stage in front of a mostly blue background. She is wearing a black dress with a large pearl-like necklace.

Mark Hall@bobapril· May 13

I think to do that to Atlanta, it's going to have to look like a smashed mirror - one central point with 14 districts radiating out all the way to the borders. The Albany, Macon, Savannah, Augusta, and Columbus wedges will be a little narrower than the rest.

Black and white image of a mirror smashed in the center, with cracks making wedges out from that point to the edges.

Mark Hall@bobapril· May 8

Oh. Of course.

A space alien (Weyoun from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) stares to the side with a worried expression. Caption - *internal screaming*

Mark Hall@bobapril· May 3

Ninja Adam Savage says "Confirmed."

Adam Savage from Mythbusters slicing an apple in mid-air with a sword as he attempts to replicate the play style of the video game "Fruit Ninja."

Mark Hall@bobapril· May 1

Well...yes. But who wants to give up a perfectly good argument?

Odo from Star Trek:Deep Space Nine stares just to the side of the camera. Caption - "*grumbles*"

Mark Hall@bobapril· Apr 29

Text image - "Pardons for everyone who threatened to kill Mike Pence, but you can't say 8647."

Mark Hall@bobapril· Apr 24

Cool. I aspire to something better than ashes for both of us, though.

A Black woman holds her hand up to a window with a wistful expression on her face. (Michael Burnham from Star Trek: Discovery.) Caption - "I'm sorry you don't like me, internet stranger."

Mark Hall@bobapril· Apr 9

Grilka, the Klingon woman from Star Trek Deep Space Nine that briefly married Quark. A speech bubble is added at the top of the image to suggest she is saying the OP's comment.

Mark Hall@bobapril· Apr 5

Spock from Star Trek performs the "Vulcan Death Grip" on Kirk. Caption - "My Memes To Your Memes." A tall man in a blue uniform with alien pointed ears has his hands in an awkward grip to bring all his fingertips spread over the face of a shorter man in a gold uniform.

Mark Hall@bobapril· Apr 4

I mean, I know the media isn't reporting it, but we DO have prospective Presidential candidates other than Newsom, right? There's also this news out of Georgia, as our legislature adjourns for the year.

An image of the Georgia Statehouse dome, with text overlay - "All Anti-LGBTQ Legislation Defeated in Georgia as 2026 Session Ends."

"'Scapegoating LGBTQ+ Georgians is not a winning political strategy,' said Georgia Equality's executive director."

Erin In The Morning

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Mark Hall@bobapril· Mar 8

And Kirk is still sad about it!

A white man with brown hair and a green uniform shirt leans over with his arm on top of a TV monitor, and his head pressed to his arm.

Mark Hall@bobapril· Feb 23

Given Trump's recent focus on aliens, I assume that's a spaceship parking spot.

In a scene from the movie Stargate, a massive pyramid-shaped spaceship is poised above and settling onto an Egyptian pyramid, as lightning flashes between the two.

Mark Hall@bobapril· Feb 13

Occupy Democrats post: "BREAKING: Kash Patel was just busted LYING TO CONGRESS in order to protect pedophiles!
Rep. Thomas Massie and Rep. Ro Khanna have successfully been able to view a slew of unredacted Epstein files, and they discovered that Trump’s disgraced and wildly incompetent FBI Director Kash Patel has been lying to Congess, under oath, in order to protect the other rich and powerful men who played major roles in the Epstein sex-trafficking ring.
Thanks to pressure from Massie and Khanna, the DOJ reluctantly unredacted an FBI report naming Jewish billionaire Les Wexner, owner of Victoria’s Secret and notorious Epstein associate, as one of the co-conspirators in the sex-trafficking ring.
“This is significant because Kash Patel testified to Congress that FBI had no evidence of other sex traffickers. This is FBI’s own 2019 document listing Wexner as a coconspirator in child sex trafficking. It wasn’t unredacted until tonight,” said Khanna’s partner-in-justice, Rep. Thomas Massie, on Twitter on February 10th.
The two spent two hours on February 9th examining unredacted Epstein files and were shocked at what they saw.
“Most of the unredacted files were redacted—70 to 80 percent. Massie and I saw that there were six men who were co‑conspirators and were being protected. Those names need to be made public. "
"There’s no excuse for releasing survivors’ names while protecting these six men. There are probably more. In just two hours, we saw that these six men were being protected.”
Kash Patel’s FBI is actively engaged in a cover-up on behalf of serial pedophiles and must be fired immediately — and held accountable for his own role in protecting pedophiles."

Mark Hall@bobapril· Jan 26

From Senator Ossoff's Facebook. He's up for election this year in a red state, too.

Text post - "Jon Ossoff, US Senator for Georgia. Ossoff on DHS: Stop chaos, protect Americans' Constitutional rights. Senator Jon Ossoff demands civil liberties protections before further funds are appropriated to ICE, will oppose measure scheduled for vote this week.
"Massively deployed and ill-trained Federal forces are violating civil liberties with impunity and showing reckless disregard for life and property. Masked federal agents are detaining citizens without cause and raiding Americans' homes without a judge's warrant. A growing number of Americans have been assaulted or killed. This cannot be America. Democrats and Republicans alike must act to stop this spiralling chaos and protect our Constitutional rights."

Mark Hall@bobapril· Jan 16

You have chosen wisely.

The Tamarian Captain from the Star Trek Next Generation episode "Darmok." Caption - "The Grail Knight, his eyes smiling."

Mark Hall@bobapril· Oct 11

"Figured it out" meme from The Good Place, with Trump's face pasted over Michael and Stephen Miller's face pasted over Janet. Full caption - "Marjorie Taylor Greene figured it out? Marjorie? This is a real low point. Yeah, this one hurts."

Mark Hall@bobapril· Oct 7

There is no ethical consumption under capitalism...so you may have to pick your battle on this one. Or check this one from Target - imagine how it'll look on video if they chase you!

A white adult man wearing a doughnut costume that covers him from neck to waist, with cutouts for his head and arms. The doughnut has pink frosting and sprinkles.

Mark Hall@bobapril· Jul 2

Does anyone remember Howard K. Smith from the 1983 series "V"? I think it might be time for some of our modern-day journalists to set up a Freedom Network of their own.

Mark Hall@bobapril· Jul 2