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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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!
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
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Laying down a control track on a videotape so you could do inset edits.
Without revealing your actual age,what's something you remember that if you told a younger person they wouldn't understand?
January 9, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Laying down a control track on a videotape so you could do inset edits.
The people of these United States are the rightful masters of both congresses and courts, not to overthrow the Constitution, but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.”
— Abraham Lincoln
September 17, 1859
Cincinnati, OH.
digital.cincinnatilibrary.org/digital/api/...
— Abraham Lincoln
September 17, 1859
Cincinnati, OH.
digital.cincinnatilibrary.org/digital/api/...
digital.cincinnatilibrary.org
January 8, 2026 at 4:44 PM
The people of these United States are the rightful masters of both congresses and courts, not to overthrow the Constitution, but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.”
— Abraham Lincoln
September 17, 1859
Cincinnati, OH.
digital.cincinnatilibrary.org/digital/api/...
— Abraham Lincoln
September 17, 1859
Cincinnati, OH.
digital.cincinnatilibrary.org/digital/api/...
I feel vindicated for every fucking Aggie Joke I told growing up.
"I’m going to pause here just to review: an institution that purports to be a university has told a philosophy professor he is forbidden from teaching Plato."
surreal times
dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...
surreal times
dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...
Texas A&M Bans Plato - Daily Nous
Drop the race and gender material from your course and the Plato readings, or teach a different course. You have a day to decide. That's a paraphrase of what Martin Peterson, professor of philosophy a...
dailynous.com
January 7, 2026 at 2:04 PM
I feel vindicated for every fucking Aggie Joke I told growing up.
Close the Internet, we have a winner.
50 runaway sheep ram-paged through a German supermarket in rural Baa-varia, causing shear mania on Monday morning.
After breaking away from their 500-strong herd, the brazen sheep spent 20 minutes milling around in the Penny supermarket before ewe-turning and seeing themselves out.
After breaking away from their 500-strong herd, the brazen sheep spent 20 minutes milling around in the Penny supermarket before ewe-turning and seeing themselves out.
January 7, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Close the Internet, we have a winner.
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It's a position that, conveniently, not only lets the people with power completely off the hook, but also lets you be self-congratulatory because you did the right thing and are one of the good ones from which no further work beyond pushing the proper button is required. Congratulations! You did it!
January 7, 2026 at 1:06 PM
It's a position that, conveniently, not only lets the people with power completely off the hook, but also lets you be self-congratulatory because you did the right thing and are one of the good ones from which no further work beyond pushing the proper button is required. Congratulations! You did it!
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"Personal responsibility" has been the watchword of conservatives for over a century and if you're just doing "you should have voted/voted correctly" discourse without interrogating the system in which that choice occurs or why people made those choices you're just a bog-standard Republican
January 7, 2026 at 1:03 PM
"Personal responsibility" has been the watchword of conservatives for over a century and if you're just doing "you should have voted/voted correctly" discourse without interrogating the system in which that choice occurs or why people made those choices you're just a bog-standard Republican
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If your position is that responsibility for the Current Moment is ultimately individual and not systemic -- that voters (and non-voters) are the most to blame for Trump's misdeeds -- congratulations! You're a conservative
January 7, 2026 at 12:59 PM
If your position is that responsibility for the Current Moment is ultimately individual and not systemic -- that voters (and non-voters) are the most to blame for Trump's misdeeds -- congratulations! You're a conservative
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trump did january 6th. republicans did january 6th. violent traitors did january 6th. they stormed the capitol, destroyed the building and threatened to kill members of congress. ashli babbitt was a violent insurrectionist. the capitol police protected people. these are truths we need to repeat.
January 6, 2026 at 7:30 PM
trump did january 6th. republicans did january 6th. violent traitors did january 6th. they stormed the capitol, destroyed the building and threatened to kill members of congress. ashli babbitt was a violent insurrectionist. the capitol police protected people. these are truths we need to repeat.
I think this another day I can’t be here.
January 6, 2026 at 1:50 PM
I think this another day I can’t be here.
- Wrexham AFC (men & women)
- Astros
- Indycar
- 3D Printing
- CSS/HTML/JavaScript in that order
- Kirby CMS
- Cats. Dogs. Any animal, really. Cats first.
- UK panel shows
- Finding the funny
- Science Fiction. Fantasy, but no swords or Orcs. The Hero’s Journey can fuck right off.
- Beer
- Astros
- Indycar
- 3D Printing
- CSS/HTML/JavaScript in that order
- Kirby CMS
- Cats. Dogs. Any animal, really. Cats first.
- UK panel shows
- Finding the funny
- Science Fiction. Fantasy, but no swords or Orcs. The Hero’s Journey can fuck right off.
- Beer
i think this site really needs to figure out how to grow the non-politics verticals (the baseball moment was a good thing!) because i suspect a lot of the bad clusters come out of the political clusters driving 95% of ENG-lang posts
I'd be happy with big non politics accounts.
January 6, 2026 at 12:46 PM
- Wrexham AFC (men & women)
- Astros
- Indycar
- 3D Printing
- CSS/HTML/JavaScript in that order
- Kirby CMS
- Cats. Dogs. Any animal, really. Cats first.
- UK panel shows
- Finding the funny
- Science Fiction. Fantasy, but no swords or Orcs. The Hero’s Journey can fuck right off.
- Beer
- Astros
- Indycar
- 3D Printing
- CSS/HTML/JavaScript in that order
- Kirby CMS
- Cats. Dogs. Any animal, really. Cats first.
- UK panel shows
- Finding the funny
- Science Fiction. Fantasy, but no swords or Orcs. The Hero’s Journey can fuck right off.
- Beer