Tommy Boy
Tommy Boy
@slownomaguy.bsky.social
Wine lover, cat dad, curmudgeon. The "Golden Years" are a myth, so live for today.
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"Thank you for gathering here at what will be a state-of-the-art condo building: Muwekma Gardens. See what we did there? We took an Indigenous name and put 'Gardens' after it. It’s called whitewashing, and we in the real estate business are obsessed with it." buff.ly/UOKbkwG
Time to bring this one back. Happy Columbus Day you all.
Now we've gone from authoritarian to dystopian madman. Caligula would be proud of Trump.
“…most commonly carried out in a handful of countries including Iran, North Korea and the Taliban-led government in Afghanistan. “releasing video of executions is most often associated with extremist militant groups like the Islamic State...” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/u...
Satire punching hard.
"Can a rapist’s prose elicit remorse for sexual assault? What word count best equates to appropriate jail time? In this class, we will dissect what empathy and accountability might look like so undergrads may successfully mimic them on paper in pursuit of avoiding just punishment." buff.ly/5na4oMY
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If I can't have it, no one can. Trump is a malignant tumor who just happens to occupy the highest elected office in America. But his intent to destroy the Kennedy Center is the act of a vengeful petulant child..
From Kevin J. Wallace: So, this childish president wants to destroy the Kennedy Center because his name can't be put on it.......how long do we have to endure this insanity?
Trump says he’s lifting a 10% tariff on Irish whiskey because ‘everybody’s been bugging me’ about it. This is how decisions are made in Trump world.
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A summer poem thevoicesf.org/if-blue-a-po...
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// WE ARE // // UX LUNATICS // METH HEADS OF HUSTLE // DESIGN INFLUENCERS // INFLUENCE DESIGNERS // FLAX FLEXERS // FLIX FLUXERS // FAX FIXERS // IMPACT COBBLERS // UNTRADITIONAL DEGENERATES // STEVE //... www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...
When @mayor.nyc.gov posted about discounted tickets available for $100 (early rounds, maybe SRO) I thought, they must really be expensive. I know this was put together as a parody, but... is it?
"The US Open prides itself on being an inclusive tennis event for people of all upper-income brackets. Here are some budget-friendly ticket options that are still available..." buff.ly/ZPmXCf5
We live in a world where a Supreme Court Justice says something is "likely unlawful". Mr Chief Justice, either it is or it isn't. If you don't know, who does? "Beats me" isn't a dissent or a ruling... it's just a cowards way out.
In a 5-4 decision, the Court’s conservative majority can’t find the spine to tell Trump no about the ballroom. Chief Justice Roberts is joined by the 3 liberal Justices in dissent, calling what Trump is doing “likely unlawful.”
Greta should know, having gone from CNN to FOX to Gray TV to Newsmax. Ironic that Fetterman is having this conversation with someone who knows first-hand what it's like to pick a side and then watch their career gone down the toilet.
Here’s the other thing he doesn’t understand - the second he switches parties Republicans will turn on him because his views and stated positions on hundreds of issues are the exact opposite of theirs. His popularity with Rs only lasts while he’s a Dem criticizing Dems.
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He sends love & heaps praise on his buddies in N. Korea, Russia, Saudi Arabia & China, then declares a trade war on our lifelong friends & neighbors, Canada. 🇨🇦 Up is Down & Down is Up in the Bizarro MAGAverse! 🤪 #MakeItMakeSense shorturl.at/FO8Nn
“Strategy”? Don’t use big words Trump clearly doesn’t understand.
There it is. Trump and his minions rail against the press, because their #1 job is to hold power accountable. Without an active press free to do its job, they are free to dismantle our democracy in the shadows, and no one will know it's happen until it's over.
At an invitation-only gathering in Italy, white supremacists mapped out strategies to target rural America while local press coverage vanishes www.confrontthehate.com/p/white-nati...
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And now that the dust has settled it's safe for @amyklobuchar.com to get up off the sidelines and actually support Peggy for her Senate run.
Congratulations to @peggyflanagan.bsky.social on this huge win for working families! Peggy's people-powered campaign just overcame an opponent backed by Chuck Schumer and establishment Democrats, and funded by crypto and corporate PACs. Voters want elected officials who will actually represent them!
If that "interest" is protecting our Democracy and the Constitution, it's certainly "an obvious conflict". But graft, self-dealing, insider trading, influence peddling, etc is exactly the sort of thing that is of interest to Trump and his cronies, and they don't seem at all conflicted.
Last year, Todd Blanche issued a memo to shut down enforcement against crypto companies while he still held more than $150,000 in crypto investments, ProPublica found. One expert called it “an obvious conflict of interest.” (Published Dec. 2025)
What the internet and social media has never understood (or encouraged) is that it’s ok to have an unexpressed thought.
I just finished telling my colleagues that the performance of “free thinking contrarian” demands a foil. These fools have run all of theirs off and so they go around trying to bully people into fighting them.
What's in your wallet?
Remember when Obama joked that @jaketapper.bsky.social "left journalism to join CNN"? Now that was a mic-drop.
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Infantino; Refuses to address legitimate issues and attacks critics. Moves forward while ignoring negative backlash. Accuses the press of bias. The lead at JP Morgan is Joshua Kushner, brother of Jared Kushner and Trump’s son in law. Yup, it’s “Trump-linked” alright.
Red Flag: Community Notes Hit FIFA Over Trump-Linked World Cup Deal FIFA’s World Cup is “not for sale”’claim challenged meidasnews.com/news/red-fla...
#Trump and his minions blame Biden for the dwindling stockpiles. I have plenty of ammunition, so let's shoot a few holes in that argument... If it's really Biden's fault, you knew about it when you took office, and did nothing about it. From January 20th, 2025, any depletion is on your watch.
The USA is running out of missiles. Kinda makes all of Trump’s threats sound like bullshit.
I was also struck by Trump’s phrasing, and I imagine he said something similar to E Jean Carrol and other victims of his “I take what I want” approach to life.
They want you to see AI and AI data centers as inevitable. Just give up. Just lay back and take it, baby. Never give in to these evil men who want to rape the whole world. Not in your mind, not in reality, never.
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We found that the sepsis rate in second-trimester pregnancy loss hospitalizations increased by more than 50% under Texas’ abortion ban. Here’s how we did our analysis. (Published Feb. 2025)
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"Old intelligence or a mistake". And the final Jeopardy question: "Why do some people still vote for Trump"
Trump tells Fox that images of the Minab School strike that left 100+ children dead and show fragments from US missiles are possibly AI Yingst: Is is possible old intelligence or a mistake ... led to this event? Trump: It is, but it's also possible those images that you have are AI generated
Exactly. McConnell's condition is between him, his family, his doctors, a right-wing cabal bent on consolidating power while crushing all resistance, and a mysterious portrait he keeps hidden in a secret vault.
"Even if McConnell did have a health emergency, leftists have no right to come between him and his doctor. There are some lines you just don’t cross, and every American deserves the right to make decisions on their health in accordance with the medical professionals they trust."
Unfortunately, at this level they don't hand out participation trophies. For all the flag waving, jingoistic bravado, and ham-fisted maneuvers (by Trump) we are still miles behind the best in the world... and it showed. FYI, we've gotten this far before, but never been beaten so soundly.
My weekend on the Iron Range even kept me smiling through last night’s World Cup game. Thanks to Team USA 🇺🇸 for making it this far. Lots of new fans!
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