Joseph Thomas
@jtskatkat.bsky.social
Writer | Comedian | Speaker | Educator | 5th-Generation Funeral Director/Embalmer
I feel like we’re about to get the Trump of Popes.
April 23, 2025 at 3:31 AM
I feel like we’re about to get the Trump of Popes.
I'm so accustom to not watching TV that I missed the whole opening night of the #SNL50 celebration.
12-year-old me would be so, so disappointed.
12-year-old me would be so, so disappointed.
February 15, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I'm so accustom to not watching TV that I missed the whole opening night of the #SNL50 celebration.
12-year-old me would be so, so disappointed.
12-year-old me would be so, so disappointed.
If I’m not mistaken, Serena Williams and Drake used to date.
February 10, 2025 at 10:56 PM
If I’m not mistaken, Serena Williams and Drake used to date.
If only there were a group of people who could fight this kind of behavior through the legal system.
👋 legal profession!
"With the Trump administration warning career lawyers to follow orders even if they have ethical qualms, pressure is building on professional legal associations to take a stance against efforts to upend long-standing norms of public service..."
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"With the Trump administration warning career lawyers to follow orders even if they have ethical qualms, pressure is building on professional legal associations to take a stance against efforts to upend long-standing norms of public service..."
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
Government lawyers with ethics concerns look for help amid Trump crackdown
Some lawyers hope that bar associations, which have themselves been targeted by Trump, will come to their aid.
www.nbcnews.com
February 6, 2025 at 9:16 PM
If only there were a group of people who could fight this kind of behavior through the legal system.
Me, an adult with ADHD, a few minutes after I let my dog out.
a close up of a man wearing sunglasses and the word who
ALT: a close up of a man wearing sunglasses and the word who
media.tenor.com
February 6, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Me, an adult with ADHD, a few minutes after I let my dog out.
So the response to everything that’s happening is to start saying “broligarchs”?
January 28, 2025 at 5:50 PM
So the response to everything that’s happening is to start saying “broligarchs”?
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I was confused by the first sentence but the second sentence cleared it up.
January 26, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I was confused by the first sentence but the second sentence cleared it up.
I’ve really enjoyed watching JJJ become unguardable.
The Jazz have no-one to guard Jaren Jackson Jr. They are not alone in this league.
January 26, 2025 at 2:05 AM
I’ve really enjoyed watching JJJ become unguardable.
Last night, I learned the secret ingredient in Dairy Queen’s honey bbq sauce is apparently laxatives.
January 18, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Last night, I learned the secret ingredient in Dairy Queen’s honey bbq sauce is apparently laxatives.
“That’s a nice country you got there. It’s be a shame if something were to, uh, happen to it.”
Talking about a treaty ally like a mob boss running a protection racket: "maybe things have to happen with respect to Denmark"
Trump: "The people of Greenland would love to become a state of the United States of America. Now, Denmark maybe doesn't like it. But then we can't be too happy with Denmark and maybe things have to happen with respect to Denmark having to do with tariffs."
January 10, 2025 at 3:22 PM
“That’s a nice country you got there. It’s be a shame if something were to, uh, happen to it.”
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It’s that time again! The ornament on my mother-in-law’s tree that I thought for years was a surfing baby Jesus.
December 23, 2024 at 5:04 PM
It’s that time again! The ornament on my mother-in-law’s tree that I thought for years was a surfing baby Jesus.
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I almost have more @bsky.app followers than people I am following, a social media rarity for me.
a man in a suit says i 'm doing the best at this while sitting at a table
ALT: a man in a suit says i 'm doing the best at this while sitting at a table
media.tenor.com
December 14, 2024 at 5:30 PM
I almost have more @bsky.app followers than people I am following, a social media rarity for me.
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We see this all the time in Tennessee: they underfund government-funded programs (like public schools), then say “see? they don’t work” — then try to privatize them to benefit their donors (aka vouchers).
The playbook is obvious.
The playbook is obvious.
December 14, 2024 at 2:50 PM
We see this all the time in Tennessee: they underfund government-funded programs (like public schools), then say “see? they don’t work” — then try to privatize them to benefit their donors (aka vouchers).
The playbook is obvious.
The playbook is obvious.
This is 100% accurate.
A tricky thing about this new Timothée Chalamet movie is that it's inherently funny when anyone (including Bob Dylan) talks like Bob Dylan.
December 14, 2024 at 4:05 PM
This is 100% accurate.
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“Privatizing” the post office.
“Privatizing” public schools.
Tax cuts for the rich & corporations.
Etc.
The Greed Over People GOP is focused on steering as many taxpayer dollars into private pockets as possible.
It’s not “trickle down” economics — it’s geyser up economics.
“Privatizing” public schools.
Tax cuts for the rich & corporations.
Etc.
The Greed Over People GOP is focused on steering as many taxpayer dollars into private pockets as possible.
It’s not “trickle down” economics — it’s geyser up economics.
December 14, 2024 at 2:32 PM
“Privatizing” the post office.
“Privatizing” public schools.
Tax cuts for the rich & corporations.
Etc.
The Greed Over People GOP is focused on steering as many taxpayer dollars into private pockets as possible.
It’s not “trickle down” economics — it’s geyser up economics.
“Privatizing” public schools.
Tax cuts for the rich & corporations.
Etc.
The Greed Over People GOP is focused on steering as many taxpayer dollars into private pockets as possible.
It’s not “trickle down” economics — it’s geyser up economics.
I wrote this about open mic #comedy in #Memphis, and I'd love for people to read it. joseph-thomas.com/2024/12/09/o...
Open mic nights helping Memphis comedy make a comeback
Zach Williams, host of Bell Curve Comedy, tries out some new jokes to open the show at Urban Consequence Brewing Company in Cooper Young on Friday, December 7, 2024. By Joseph Thomas Dec. 9, 2024 B…
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December 12, 2024 at 3:34 AM
I wrote this about open mic #comedy in #Memphis, and I'd love for people to read it. joseph-thomas.com/2024/12/09/o...
Wait, is Ingraham upset that people are celebrating a criminal?
Ingraham: The instagram posts from nut bag people ..people celebrating. This this is a sickness, honestly, it's so disappointing, but I guess we shouldn't be surprised.. up next, the other big news out of New York, Daniel Penny, a lot of people think he is a hero.
December 10, 2024 at 3:45 AM
Wait, is Ingraham upset that people are celebrating a criminal?
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when I'm listening to Steely Dan's Countdown To Ecstasy and track six comes on:
December 8, 2024 at 11:23 PM
when I'm listening to Steely Dan's Countdown To Ecstasy and track six comes on:
I've been digging late 60s and 70s easy listening lately, so I put together a list.
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In My Easy Listening Era by Joseph Thomas on Apple Music
Playlist · 28 Songs
music.apple.com
December 5, 2024 at 6:36 PM
I've been digging late 60s and 70s easy listening lately, so I put together a list.
music.apple.com/us/playlist/...
music.apple.com/us/playlist/...
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Ugh FINE I'll show up to work "sober" to lead the department of defense. YES without "sexually assaulting" everyone, christ anything else?
December 5, 2024 at 2:17 PM
Ugh FINE I'll show up to work "sober" to lead the department of defense. YES without "sexually assaulting" everyone, christ anything else?
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her: So, what do ya think about kids?
guy who invented banana flavored candy: I hate them.
guy who invented banana flavored candy: I hate them.
December 5, 2024 at 2:41 PM
her: So, what do ya think about kids?
guy who invented banana flavored candy: I hate them.
guy who invented banana flavored candy: I hate them.