Thomas Larson
@nosralmat.bsky.social
Journalist, memoirist, critic. www.thomaslarson.com
#Epstein What is so sad here is that gossip about the men's proclivities replaces justice for the victims. Gossip is lawless and not prosecutable. It holds no one to account and, in fact, increases in a sick way the rapists' ability to survive being "in the files."
January 31, 2026 at 9:34 PM
#Epstein What is so sad here is that gossip about the men's proclivities replaces justice for the victims. Gossip is lawless and not prosecutable. It holds no one to account and, in fact, increases in a sick way the rapists' ability to survive being "in the files."
Stats. 13% of drug arrests are for selling drugs in the US. 17% of that 13% involve non-citizens, illegal and legal immigrants. That's 2.21% of the immigrant population who traffic drugs. Of those, 32% are black & brown. ICE's target is .7072% of people, less than 1 in 100. That means an occupation?
January 19, 2026 at 4:07 AM
Stats. 13% of drug arrests are for selling drugs in the US. 17% of that 13% involve non-citizens, illegal and legal immigrants. That's 2.21% of the immigrant population who traffic drugs. Of those, 32% are black & brown. ICE's target is .7072% of people, less than 1 in 100. That means an occupation?
Trump is calling for protesters worldwide to overthrow their tyrannical regimes via street fights and getting in the faces of the storm troopers who occupy their cities. DOES THAT INCLUDE THE UNITED STATES OF ICE?
January 15, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Trump is calling for protesters worldwide to overthrow their tyrannical regimes via street fights and getting in the faces of the storm troopers who occupy their cities. DOES THAT INCLUDE THE UNITED STATES OF ICE?
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The defining feature of Rogan and his ilk is knowing nothing about things but talking about them anyway, saying things that sounds smart to other people who don’t know anything about them.
It’s good he is catching on but damned of his and our collective ignorance haven’t run us off a cliff.
It’s good he is catching on but damned of his and our collective ignorance haven’t run us off a cliff.
“Are we really going to be the Gestapo? ‘Where’s your papers?’ Is that what we’ve come to?” www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/...
Joe Rogan criticizes ICE tactics: 'Are we really going to be the Gestapo?'
The influential podcaster, who endorsed Donald Trump in 2024, has been increasingly critical of the president’s mass deportation strategy.
www.nbcnews.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:17 AM
The defining feature of Rogan and his ilk is knowing nothing about things but talking about them anyway, saying things that sounds smart to other people who don’t know anything about them.
It’s good he is catching on but damned of his and our collective ignorance haven’t run us off a cliff.
It’s good he is catching on but damned of his and our collective ignorance haven’t run us off a cliff.
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Couldn't have said it better!
January 13, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Couldn't have said it better!
Re: RFK Diet! You don't think the meat/dairy lobbies' fix was in?
NBC News:
Four of the nine scientists involved in crafting and reviewing the new guidelines disclosed financial ties to the dairy and meat industries, including receiving research grants and consulting and speaker’s fees.
NBC News:
Four of the nine scientists involved in crafting and reviewing the new guidelines disclosed financial ties to the dairy and meat industries, including receiving research grants and consulting and speaker’s fees.
January 8, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Re: RFK Diet! You don't think the meat/dairy lobbies' fix was in?
NBC News:
Four of the nine scientists involved in crafting and reviewing the new guidelines disclosed financial ties to the dairy and meat industries, including receiving research grants and consulting and speaker’s fees.
NBC News:
Four of the nine scientists involved in crafting and reviewing the new guidelines disclosed financial ties to the dairy and meat industries, including receiving research grants and consulting and speaker’s fees.
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Republican cover-ups and crimes are stacking up.
January 3, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Republican cover-ups and crimes are stacking up.
Let the woman who won the Nobel Peace Prize run the country she was duly elected to run before Maduro seized it from her! Trump won't let her because she may not allow Exxon and the rest of the fossil fuel oligarchs do Trump's bidding.Why do I feel that this stinks of Bush/Iraq, post Saddam Hussein.
January 3, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Let the woman who won the Nobel Peace Prize run the country she was duly elected to run before Maduro seized it from her! Trump won't let her because she may not allow Exxon and the rest of the fossil fuel oligarchs do Trump's bidding.Why do I feel that this stinks of Bush/Iraq, post Saddam Hussein.
JD Vance, name one white man who EVER in the history of WHITE MEN ever "apologized" for being WHITE. Just the opposite. HE/SHE/THEY have only ever thanked God or evolution or luck or a fertile mom choosing correctly for being with a WHITE dude. One more thing. Why is there only a WHITE lie?
December 23, 2025 at 7:41 PM
JD Vance, name one white man who EVER in the history of WHITE MEN ever "apologized" for being WHITE. Just the opposite. HE/SHE/THEY have only ever thanked God or evolution or luck or a fertile mom choosing correctly for being with a WHITE dude. One more thing. Why is there only a WHITE lie?
Here's an Idea. Let the "victims" whose names are in files determine whether or not the file can be seen by the public. If they give their consent, they don't need to be protected. What's more they know who their rapists are, why not let the rest of us see the rapists' names. Transparency.
December 22, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Here's an Idea. Let the "victims" whose names are in files determine whether or not the file can be seen by the public. If they give their consent, they don't need to be protected. What's more they know who their rapists are, why not let the rest of us see the rapists' names. Transparency.
@bariweiss We know left and right don't talk, so quit. How about conversations, w/o Weiss, between writers, artists, musicians, labor leaders, judges, new citizens, ex-felons, NO CELEBS NO POLS NO SYDNEY SWEENEY. Real people do talk; they need not be oppositional. Elevate conversation, not debate.
December 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
@bariweiss We know left and right don't talk, so quit. How about conversations, w/o Weiss, between writers, artists, musicians, labor leaders, judges, new citizens, ex-felons, NO CELEBS NO POLS NO SYDNEY SWEENEY. Real people do talk; they need not be oppositional. Elevate conversation, not debate.
How ironical that any criticism of Charlie Kirk's right-wing views was met by 600 people being fired from their jobs while Trump, the only person I know of who bashed Rob Reiner as "bad for our country" kept his position. BTW, "our" is the operative possessive: not "the," which includes everyone.
December 17, 2025 at 10:29 PM
How ironical that any criticism of Charlie Kirk's right-wing views was met by 600 people being fired from their jobs while Trump, the only person I know of who bashed Rob Reiner as "bad for our country" kept his position. BTW, "our" is the operative possessive: not "the," which includes everyone.
When Trump issues a deranged post (re: the Reiners' deaths), his legions come to his aid NOT by saying his comments are disgusting/cruel BUT by saying, "I wouldn't have put it that way," thus not criticizing the Orange Jesus and feebly placing themselves on some personal moral ground. Weasels
December 16, 2025 at 5:53 PM
When Trump issues a deranged post (re: the Reiners' deaths), his legions come to his aid NOT by saying his comments are disgusting/cruel BUT by saying, "I wouldn't have put it that way," thus not criticizing the Orange Jesus and feebly placing themselves on some personal moral ground. Weasels
So much for Trump being the greatest friend the Jews ever had after saying the Reiners were "incurably afflicted" with what, good Jewish humor?
December 16, 2025 at 12:23 AM
So much for Trump being the greatest friend the Jews ever had after saying the Reiners were "incurably afflicted" with what, good Jewish humor?
Doesn't Trumps "message" on Truth Social about the Reiners' murder by their son to spare them living with Trump Derangement Syndrome make Trump an accomplice in the way manufacturers of AR-15s are accomplices in mass shootings?
December 15, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Doesn't Trumps "message" on Truth Social about the Reiners' murder by their son to spare them living with Trump Derangement Syndrome make Trump an accomplice in the way manufacturers of AR-15s are accomplices in mass shootings?
Much larger "If Blue States Secede," circa 2005.
December 9, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Much larger "If Blue States Secede," circa 2005.
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"Individual liberty" is when conservatives decide everything. Their concept of liberty is just domination, not freedom to do what they want, but freedom to force everyone else to do what they want. bsky.app/profile/donm...
The only way to assure individual liberty is to hand unprecedented governmental power to the guy engaged in blatant democratic backsliding
Kavanaugh: Broad delegations to unaccountable agencies are dangerous for individual liberty! We have used the major questions doctrine to prevent agencies from overreaching.
Sauer: MQD not a substitute for the removal power for the president
Sauer: MQD not a substitute for the removal power for the president
December 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
"Individual liberty" is when conservatives decide everything. Their concept of liberty is just domination, not freedom to do what they want, but freedom to force everyone else to do what they want. bsky.app/profile/donm...
I have been arguing this forever. Go into any 7-11 and you'll see most everything to eat is "nonfood," just chemical synthetics. Such crap sickens, shortens the life of, and kills more people than any drug lord's product. Finally, SF is suing U.S. food criminals. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
San Francisco Sues Ultraprocessed Food Companies
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I have been arguing this forever. Go into any 7-11 and you'll see most everything to eat is "nonfood," just chemical synthetics. Such crap sickens, shortens the life of, and kills more people than any drug lord's product. Finally, SF is suing U.S. food criminals. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
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December 3, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Are you hunkered down getting your manuscript ready to submit for the Wandering Aengus & Trail to Table Book Awards?
We're eager to read full-length mss of *literary* fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. One submission fee ($30USD) -- up to four prize winners published.
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We're eager to read full-length mss of *literary* fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. One submission fee ($30USD) -- up to four prize winners published.
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Wandering Aengus Press call for contest submissions. Thanks, from Thomas Larson, editor and judge.
December 1, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Wandering Aengus Press call for contest submissions. Thanks, from Thomas Larson, editor and judge.
Our prizewinning literary books: poetry and nonfiction.
December 1, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Our prizewinning literary books: poetry and nonfiction.
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🎩Get this POS outta the White House! 🇺🇸
November 29, 2025 at 5:25 PM
🎩Get this POS outta the White House! 🇺🇸
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Our Pushcart Noms!
Barret Baumgart: The Refusal to Be Useful
L. Annette Binder: The Residents of the Second Floor
@majda.bsky.social: Ode to One Thousand
@jessicagigot.bsky.social: Territory
Amanda Hawkins: Bears Ears National Monument and Other Diminishing Lands
Daniel Meltz: Intrinsic Marimbas
Barret Baumgart: The Refusal to Be Useful
L. Annette Binder: The Residents of the Second Floor
@majda.bsky.social: Ode to One Thousand
@jessicagigot.bsky.social: Territory
Amanda Hawkins: Bears Ears National Monument and Other Diminishing Lands
Daniel Meltz: Intrinsic Marimbas
November 28, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Our Pushcart Noms!
Barret Baumgart: The Refusal to Be Useful
L. Annette Binder: The Residents of the Second Floor
@majda.bsky.social: Ode to One Thousand
@jessicagigot.bsky.social: Territory
Amanda Hawkins: Bears Ears National Monument and Other Diminishing Lands
Daniel Meltz: Intrinsic Marimbas
Barret Baumgart: The Refusal to Be Useful
L. Annette Binder: The Residents of the Second Floor
@majda.bsky.social: Ode to One Thousand
@jessicagigot.bsky.social: Territory
Amanda Hawkins: Bears Ears National Monument and Other Diminishing Lands
Daniel Meltz: Intrinsic Marimbas