Tom Streeter
@crankybear.net
Too much being, not enough nothingness.
Astros fan since 1975. Recovering college professor. Digital sausage maker. Beer blogger & beer competition co-director. Curmudgeon. Animal lover currently owned by cats. Full time cautionary tale.
Astros fan since 1975. Recovering college professor. Digital sausage maker. Beer blogger & beer competition co-director. Curmudgeon. Animal lover currently owned by cats. Full time cautionary tale.
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Tom Streeter
@crankybear.net
· Nov 7
Not talking and just doing — or mindfully declining to do — will be how decent people survive this. They broke it, they bought it. Not your job to clean up their messes. Your job is to make the crack you live in be habitable as you can. There’s always an underground society. That’s us now.
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I've often thought that the best revenge for all this fashy misery would be affordable social housing, workers rights, a functional health service, sustainable energy and all the other good stuff they apparently hate. But I do keep glancing thoughtfully at lampposts.
With genuine shame, recent years in politics have given me my first taste for what it is to have moralised contempt for my opponents. Not hatred, not fear; contempt. There's some core element of the right wing coalition at the moment which seems to me best described as a revolt of the loser men...
November 13, 2025 at 12:22 PM
I've often thought that the best revenge for all this fashy misery would be affordable social housing, workers rights, a functional health service, sustainable energy and all the other good stuff they apparently hate. But I do keep glancing thoughtfully at lampposts.
Let’s face it folks. It doesn’t matter what comes out. The people who could do something about it won’t, and they won’t until they’re more scared of doing nothing than doing something.
Get back to me when you get that part figured out. Because nothing’s changing until then.
Get back to me when you get that part figured out. Because nothing’s changing until then.
November 12, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Let’s face it folks. It doesn’t matter what comes out. The people who could do something about it won’t, and they won’t until they’re more scared of doing nothing than doing something.
Get back to me when you get that part figured out. Because nothing’s changing until then.
Get back to me when you get that part figured out. Because nothing’s changing until then.
I don’t do the Amazon-Industrial Complex so a Goodreads review is a non-starter for me, but I loved this little book. I’m pretty sure I was made aware of its existence here on Bluesky, so it seems appropriate to yell about it here. Like fables? Here’s a new one for you.
Coming up on two months out in the world, and I'm gobsmacked at how many people have read and reviewed this lil story of time travel and trickster gods. I really didn't know if Audition For The Fox would ever receive this kind of attention, and I'm just grateful as hell <3
November 11, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I don’t do the Amazon-Industrial Complex so a Goodreads review is a non-starter for me, but I loved this little book. I’m pretty sure I was made aware of its existence here on Bluesky, so it seems appropriate to yell about it here. Like fables? Here’s a new one for you.
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She smiles and says, "I will always love you."
November 11, 2025 at 1:33 PM
She smiles and says, "I will always love you."
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girl are you the Edmund Fitzgerald because you’ve definitely gone down with 29 men
November 10, 2025 at 4:37 PM
girl are you the Edmund Fitzgerald because you’ve definitely gone down with 29 men
And now we know why the shutdown is ending.
The Federal Aviation Administration will limit business jets and other private flights to some of the country’s largest airports to ease strains on air-traffic personnel.
FAA Limits Private Aircraft Flights at Major Airports
The restrictions will affect private jet flights at a dozen airports, including Atlanta, Dallas-Fort Worth, Denver, and Chicago’s O’Hare, according to the National Business Aviation Association trade group.
on.wsj.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:11 PM
And now we know why the shutdown is ending.
Shithole country with two shit political parties.
November 10, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Shithole country with two shit political parties.
Another reason to call your Senator if they’re one of the useless ones. The bill to open the government kills the THC industry.
NEW: Buried in 141-page text of the latest draft text of the Senate's ag appropriations bill is a restriction on hemp-derived THC products w/ >0.4mg per container—an effective ban on the existing market. Would go into effect 1yr from passage: www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
November 9, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Another reason to call your Senator if they’re one of the useless ones. The bill to open the government kills the THC industry.
If the Democrats cave now, they have no reason to exist.
November 9, 2025 at 10:05 PM
If the Democrats cave now, they have no reason to exist.
Describe your cat’s personality with one photo.
November 9, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Describe your cat’s personality with one photo.
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This is the food distribution line at Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas 11/7/25. This is what Trump doesn't want you to see.
November 8, 2025 at 7:17 PM
This is the food distribution line at Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas 11/7/25. This is what Trump doesn't want you to see.
Dick Cheney might be the Republican who had the best day.
November 5, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Dick Cheney might be the Republican who had the best day.
New reading material for our upcoming cruise just dropped. Thanks @maureenogle.bsky.social!!!!!!
November 4, 2025 at 4:19 PM
New reading material for our upcoming cruise just dropped. Thanks @maureenogle.bsky.social!!!!!!
Close the the Internet, we have a winner.
I’d only add that he’s a two-time VP *from the same party that’s currently in power.*
I’d only add that he’s a two-time VP *from the same party that’s currently in power.*
Fuck Dick Cheney for eternity
BUT
the man was a two-term vice president and he's not going to get 1/100 of the pageantry that a stupid fuckin podcaster who got plugged in the neck got
probably because the current VP doesn't want to fuck his widow
BUT
the man was a two-term vice president and he's not going to get 1/100 of the pageantry that a stupid fuckin podcaster who got plugged in the neck got
probably because the current VP doesn't want to fuck his widow
November 4, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Close the the Internet, we have a winner.
I’d only add that he’s a two-time VP *from the same party that’s currently in power.*
I’d only add that he’s a two-time VP *from the same party that’s currently in power.*
Dick Cheney is dead, eh?
May piss perpetual rain upon him. And may the moment you heard of his death be a blessing to you forever.
May piss perpetual rain upon him. And may the moment you heard of his death be a blessing to you forever.
November 4, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Dick Cheney is dead, eh?
May piss perpetual rain upon him. And may the moment you heard of his death be a blessing to you forever.
May piss perpetual rain upon him. And may the moment you heard of his death be a blessing to you forever.
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Spare a thought for centrist dem consultants this morning.
They just learned their ideal candidate for the Democratic 2028 presidential ticket has passed away.
They just learned their ideal candidate for the Democratic 2028 presidential ticket has passed away.
November 4, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Spare a thought for centrist dem consultants this morning.
They just learned their ideal candidate for the Democratic 2028 presidential ticket has passed away.
They just learned their ideal candidate for the Democratic 2028 presidential ticket has passed away.
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Well, hell. Looks like I'm going to need to drink more coffee. Dick Cheney died and I'm going to need a full bladder for the funeral.
November 4, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Well, hell. Looks like I'm going to need to drink more coffee. Dick Cheney died and I'm going to need a full bladder for the funeral.
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November 3, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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Paramount Global, CBS, and 60 Minutes literally sold their credibility and their integrity for CEO bonuses and shareholder value. Trump rubbed their noses in their own shit last night and they sat there and took it, because the Press has been a collaborator with Trump from the beginning.
November 3, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Paramount Global, CBS, and 60 Minutes literally sold their credibility and their integrity for CEO bonuses and shareholder value. Trump rubbed their noses in their own shit last night and they sat there and took it, because the Press has been a collaborator with Trump from the beginning.
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RIP, Duane Roberts, inventor of the frozen burrito
November 3, 2025 at 1:54 AM
RIP, Duane Roberts, inventor of the frozen burrito