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.
There are definitely men who claim the fire escape is a myth.
January 14, 2026 at 3:16 PM
There are definitely men who claim the fire escape is a myth.
Looks like another day social media isn’t good for me. Nothing specific. Just all of it. And I’m so very tired of being angry all the time.
January 14, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Looks like another day social media isn’t good for me. Nothing specific. Just all of it. And I’m so very tired of being angry all the time.
Hey @5chw4r7z.bsky.social: happy birthday!
January 13, 2026 at 11:40 PM
Hey @5chw4r7z.bsky.social: happy birthday!
But how will we ever attract the votes of people who won’t vote for us in a million years?
January 13, 2026 at 11:32 PM
But how will we ever attract the votes of people who won’t vote for us in a million years?
A tiny, tiny middle finger.
WATCH: Trump shows his middle finger and appears to say "fuck you" after Ford worker yells "pedophile protector" - TMZ
January 13, 2026 at 9:36 PM
A tiny, tiny middle finger.
It looks like a painting, but it’s actually detail from a photo by Jeff Wheeler of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune that captures perfectly what true patriotism looks like.
January 13, 2026 at 4:18 PM
It looks like a painting, but it’s actually detail from a photo by Jeff Wheeler of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune that captures perfectly what true patriotism looks like.
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At the rate we're going, Larry Ellison is going to have Paramount Pictures put out a prestige drama about the valiant officers who tracked down Anne Frank
January 12, 2026 at 4:39 PM
At the rate we're going, Larry Ellison is going to have Paramount Pictures put out a prestige drama about the valiant officers who tracked down Anne Frank
I watched the Watergate hearings when I was 10 and confused my mom quite a bit when I ran into the kitchen all excited when Alexander Butterfield testified that there were tapes. I have less than zero doubt you heard this.
January 12, 2026 at 4:32 PM
I watched the Watergate hearings when I was 10 and confused my mom quite a bit when I ran into the kitchen all excited when Alexander Butterfield testified that there were tapes. I have less than zero doubt you heard this.
He’s a convicted felon.
Q: "Do you believe that deadly force was necessary?"
Trump: "It was highly disrespectful of law enforcement. The woman and her friend were highly disrespectful of law enforcement…Law enforcement should not be in a position where they have to put up with this stuff."
Trump: "It was highly disrespectful of law enforcement. The woman and her friend were highly disrespectful of law enforcement…Law enforcement should not be in a position where they have to put up with this stuff."
January 12, 2026 at 2:12 PM
He’s a convicted felon.
I spent about 2 seconds on a skateboard, though most of it was spent falling. Years later my mom admitted the x-rays showed I cracked my hip slightly. I was & am a hypochondriac & not telling me was the right move. Staying the hell off my feet was the only treatment & that was my natural state.
January 12, 2026 at 1:48 PM
I spent about 2 seconds on a skateboard, though most of it was spent falling. Years later my mom admitted the x-rays showed I cracked my hip slightly. I was & am a hypochondriac & not telling me was the right move. Staying the hell off my feet was the only treatment & that was my natural state.
We don’t see that weird picture of him on the horse when he was like 5 nearly enough. He wasn’t tall at that point, but he was already at his peak.
January 12, 2026 at 12:38 PM
We don’t see that weird picture of him on the horse when he was like 5 nearly enough. He wasn’t tall at that point, but he was already at his peak.
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You can’t tout Donald Trump’s sub-40 approval rating while handwaving Chuck Schumer having a sub-40 approval rating *among Democrats.* No one is excited about him becoming majority leader, so why would voters be motivated to make it happen? Do people really not understand this?
January 12, 2026 at 11:55 AM
You can’t tout Donald Trump’s sub-40 approval rating while handwaving Chuck Schumer having a sub-40 approval rating *among Democrats.* No one is excited about him becoming majority leader, so why would voters be motivated to make it happen? Do people really not understand this?
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Not only do they want all the money, they also want to control the concept of money. It is not enough to have it all, they want to foreclose the possibility of you having it, no matter how small. It’s simply not sustainable to do this to a freedom loving people.
January 12, 2026 at 6:04 AM
Not only do they want all the money, they also want to control the concept of money. It is not enough to have it all, they want to foreclose the possibility of you having it, no matter how small. It’s simply not sustainable to do this to a freedom loving people.
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It's outrageous that a section of their population is being targeted, harassed and potentially harmed by armed thugs who are often masked with no legal accountability.
Oops.
“US citizens in Venezuela should leave the country immediately…
“There are reports of groups of armed militias, known as colectivos, setting up roadblocks and searching vehicles for evidence of US citizenship or support for the United States.”
“US citizens in Venezuela should leave the country immediately…
“There are reports of groups of armed militias, known as colectivos, setting up roadblocks and searching vehicles for evidence of US citizenship or support for the United States.”
January 11, 2026 at 9:46 PM
It's outrageous that a section of their population is being targeted, harassed and potentially harmed by armed thugs who are often masked with no legal accountability.
If I was scared for my life I wouldn’t be trying to hold a cell phone and a weapon at the same time. I’d also stay the hell back from the car.
January 11, 2026 at 4:51 PM
If I was scared for my life I wouldn’t be trying to hold a cell phone and a weapon at the same time. I’d also stay the hell back from the car.
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The SPEAKER implies.
The LISTENER infers.
The DUDE abides.
The LISTENER infers.
The DUDE abides.
January 11, 2026 at 3:00 PM
The SPEAKER implies.
The LISTENER infers.
The DUDE abides.
The LISTENER infers.
The DUDE abides.
We’ve missed you but sending all the positive thoughts for your pup. We’re saving a seat for you.
January 11, 2026 at 4:41 PM
We’ve missed you but sending all the positive thoughts for your pup. We’re saving a seat for you.
May light perpetual shine upon him.
January 11, 2026 at 2:25 AM
May light perpetual shine upon him.
“Wait’ll you hear what the President did!”
January 10, 2026 at 9:30 PM
“Wait’ll you hear what the President did!”
I’m increasingly of the belief that there are no Democratic victories, just misattributed Republican failures.
January 10, 2026 at 2:03 PM
I’m increasingly of the belief that there are no Democratic victories, just misattributed Republican failures.
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I have no obligation or desire to be decent to people who make proud, aggressive indecency their entire brand.
January 9, 2026 at 2:14 PM
I have no obligation or desire to be decent to people who make proud, aggressive indecency their entire brand.
Share a cartoon you will always love.
January 9, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Share a cartoon you will always love.
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When fascism came to America, no one consented faster than my III%er Libertarian Militia neighbors with the We Do Not Consent bumper stickers and Punisher Skulls on the backs of their trucks.
January 9, 2026 at 1:30 PM
When fascism came to America, no one consented faster than my III%er Libertarian Militia neighbors with the We Do Not Consent bumper stickers and Punisher Skulls on the backs of their trucks.