Shouting Thomas
@postbrechtian.bsky.social
Playwright, organizer, seminarian, study group enthusiast, worm compost evangelist, weird angel creature, they/them, AuDHD
I post about left politics, spirituality, music, and very occasionally, theatre
Views expressed are my own so don't tag my boss
I post about left politics, spirituality, music, and very occasionally, theatre
Views expressed are my own so don't tag my boss
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Help trans disabled artist organizer Seeley stay housed, in Canada, and recover
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fundrazr.com
If you have financial room to help and disabled, trans American stay housed in Toronto. Sie's not on social media, so it's hard to reach people and raise money.
fundrazr.com/campaigns/42...
fundrazr.com/campaigns/42...
I would say that even if I were married (I'm not) and was ethically non-monogemous (support the theory but dont personally have time for the practice) and had a couples profile (see above), I still wouldn't include a photo from my wedding in my Hinge profile
That's just me I guess
That's just me I guess
January 26, 2026 at 2:58 AM
I would say that even if I were married (I'm not) and was ethically non-monogemous (support the theory but dont personally have time for the practice) and had a couples profile (see above), I still wouldn't include a photo from my wedding in my Hinge profile
That's just me I guess
That's just me I guess
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You know me I don't share fundraisers unless I can tell you I trust them with my whole heart and my own wallet. This one gets protective gear to legal observers in Minneapolis / Saint Paul
www.gofundme.com/f/help-equip...
www.gofundme.com/f/help-equip...
Donate to Help Equip Twin Cities Legal Observers with PPE, organized by Jac Kovarik
I have been involved in rapid response in the Twin Cities area since the b… Jac Kovarik needs your support for Help Equip Twin Cities Legal Observers with PPE
www.gofundme.com
January 24, 2026 at 6:26 PM
You know me I don't share fundraisers unless I can tell you I trust them with my whole heart and my own wallet. This one gets protective gear to legal observers in Minneapolis / Saint Paul
www.gofundme.com/f/help-equip...
www.gofundme.com/f/help-equip...
My mentor once told me Chekhov gets funnier as you get older because you're like, "of course your in love with the wrong person. Who else would you be in love with?"
January 25, 2026 at 6:04 PM
My mentor once told me Chekhov gets funnier as you get older because you're like, "of course your in love with the wrong person. Who else would you be in love with?"
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a state is a machine for killing jesuses
January 24, 2026 at 6:02 PM
a state is a machine for killing jesuses
Didn't count the chicken
Chicken didn't hatch
We're calling that a moral victory and a professional disappointment
Chicken didn't hatch
We're calling that a moral victory and a professional disappointment
Just looking at some eggs, trying not to make any assumptions about whether they will successfully hatch
January 25, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Didn't count the chicken
Chicken didn't hatch
We're calling that a moral victory and a professional disappointment
Chicken didn't hatch
We're calling that a moral victory and a professional disappointment
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a new third thing
January 24, 2026 at 1:26 PM
a new third thing
I meditate with my eyes open* and I was doing a sit while I waited for a date to start so set up my phone in my line of sight w a timer on but with the screen dark so I dont fixate
This meant a stranger would see me, dressed for a date, staring at a blank phone screen, motionless for half an hour
This meant a stranger would see me, dressed for a date, staring at a blank phone screen, motionless for half an hour
January 25, 2026 at 12:29 AM
I meditate with my eyes open* and I was doing a sit while I waited for a date to start so set up my phone in my line of sight w a timer on but with the screen dark so I dont fixate
This meant a stranger would see me, dressed for a date, staring at a blank phone screen, motionless for half an hour
This meant a stranger would see me, dressed for a date, staring at a blank phone screen, motionless for half an hour
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The city of Toronto need to buy some of these, stat
January 24, 2026 at 1:40 PM
The city of Toronto need to buy some of these, stat
Trying to reconcile treating others as you would want to be treated with the fact that the desires of the other are not always knowable.
(I would Not want an email confirmation confirming receipt of an email confirmation but perhaps this person (a prospective employer) does???)
(I would Not want an email confirmation confirming receipt of an email confirmation but perhaps this person (a prospective employer) does???)
January 21, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Trying to reconcile treating others as you would want to be treated with the fact that the desires of the other are not always knowable.
(I would Not want an email confirmation confirming receipt of an email confirmation but perhaps this person (a prospective employer) does???)
(I would Not want an email confirmation confirming receipt of an email confirmation but perhaps this person (a prospective employer) does???)
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I have another #journorequest -- I'm writing about nail art as a type of feminine resistance but I need an expert on the sociology of femininity and political resistance... any recommendations on experts or academic I could speak to?
January 21, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Today's Wikipedia mission is adding citations to the article for Amilcar Cabral, the Pan-African guerrilla leader and agronomist. His article is ok, if a little short, but almost none of the claims are cited
January 21, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Today's Wikipedia mission is adding citations to the article for Amilcar Cabral, the Pan-African guerrilla leader and agronomist. His article is ok, if a little short, but almost none of the claims are cited
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I know a few of these
January 21, 2026 at 4:29 PM
I know a few of these
"She swing both ways like Spiderman
She loves Mary Jane like Spiderman"
She loves Mary Jane like Spiderman"
January 21, 2026 at 3:37 AM
"She swing both ways like Spiderman
She loves Mary Jane like Spiderman"
She loves Mary Jane like Spiderman"
I am doing fine. I am doing well. I am handing in my assignments. I am getting the groceries. I am making soup in the background of the Zoom meeting. I'm crossing things off the list.
January 19, 2026 at 8:59 PM
I am doing fine. I am doing well. I am handing in my assignments. I am getting the groceries. I am making soup in the background of the Zoom meeting. I'm crossing things off the list.
If the headline is a question, the answer is No
It does mention pension funds several times so now I'm wondering how much power unions, and especially their members, have over their own funds
Massive pension funds are a part of the terrain that we engage on, can they be a tool to change it?
It does mention pension funds several times so now I'm wondering how much power unions, and especially their members, have over their own funds
Massive pension funds are a part of the terrain that we engage on, can they be a tool to change it?
The latest twist in The Apprentice: American Carnage has triggered talk that Europe could “weaponise” its nearly $13tn holdings of US assets.
But how credible is that threat, really? www.ft.com/content/beea...
But how credible is that threat, really? www.ft.com/content/beea...
Could Europe really leverage its $12.6tn pile of US assets?
NIIPing an outlandish idea in the bud
www.ft.com
January 19, 2026 at 2:15 PM
If the headline is a question, the answer is No
It does mention pension funds several times so now I'm wondering how much power unions, and especially their members, have over their own funds
Massive pension funds are a part of the terrain that we engage on, can they be a tool to change it?
It does mention pension funds several times so now I'm wondering how much power unions, and especially their members, have over their own funds
Massive pension funds are a part of the terrain that we engage on, can they be a tool to change it?
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This crew of comrades offer some of the best training and they are generously offering another on Monday. It is a virtual session and they have asked this to be shared in particular with MN folks if you want to join. Open to others too.
January 17, 2026 at 12:46 PM
This crew of comrades offer some of the best training and they are generously offering another on Monday. It is a virtual session and they have asked this to be shared in particular with MN folks if you want to join. Open to others too.
After a week of false confidence that everything would be fine, we are back to our regularly scheduled screams
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH
January 16, 2026 at 5:55 PM
After a week of false confidence that everything would be fine, we are back to our regularly scheduled screams
Snow Day! Or, Toronto Doesn't Have (or Need) a Montreal-Style Snow Clearing Corps So Sometimes You Just Have to Shut the City Down for a Day. And it's even on a day I was going in for practicum so rather than being pivoted to Zoom I just have some free time to hang out.
January 15, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Snow Day! Or, Toronto Doesn't Have (or Need) a Montreal-Style Snow Clearing Corps So Sometimes You Just Have to Shut the City Down for a Day. And it's even on a day I was going in for practicum so rather than being pivoted to Zoom I just have some free time to hang out.
Where do you ppl look for distancing running races? I went through all of RaceRoster for Toronto looking for races that the antifascist run club I'm in could take part in. I found very few, and then, way too late to take part, I found out about two separate races we would have been very aligned with
January 13, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Where do you ppl look for distancing running races? I went through all of RaceRoster for Toronto looking for races that the antifascist run club I'm in could take part in. I found very few, and then, way too late to take part, I found out about two separate races we would have been very aligned with
You could write a really pompous article about how Gen Z doesn't answer the phone w the implied conceit that that makes them morally weak and call it Refusing the Call
January 13, 2026 at 2:04 PM
You could write a really pompous article about how Gen Z doesn't answer the phone w the implied conceit that that makes them morally weak and call it Refusing the Call
A train of associations led me to an older friend's memory of her Italian grandfather in Montreal during WW II getting nabbed by cops as a possible enemy infiltrater but managing to talk his way out of it by pretending to be Jewish
So many layers of bordering and bias and identity in one anecdote
So many layers of bordering and bias and identity in one anecdote
January 13, 2026 at 1:45 PM
A train of associations led me to an older friend's memory of her Italian grandfather in Montreal during WW II getting nabbed by cops as a possible enemy infiltrater but managing to talk his way out of it by pretending to be Jewish
So many layers of bordering and bias and identity in one anecdote
So many layers of bordering and bias and identity in one anecdote
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Which Canadian workers could strike this year?
I combed through the government's database to put together a list of the biggest contracts that are expiring across sectors and across the country for @pressprogress.ca
I combed through the government's database to put together a list of the biggest contracts that are expiring across sectors and across the country for @pressprogress.ca
Who could strike in 2026?
We round up the biggest collective agreements set to expire this year:
pressprogress.ca/who-could-st...
We round up the biggest collective agreements set to expire this year:
pressprogress.ca/who-could-st...
Who Could Strike in 2026?
An overview of the biggest collective agreements set to expire this year
pressprogress.ca
January 12, 2026 at 11:56 PM
Which Canadian workers could strike this year?
I combed through the government's database to put together a list of the biggest contracts that are expiring across sectors and across the country for @pressprogress.ca
I combed through the government's database to put together a list of the biggest contracts that are expiring across sectors and across the country for @pressprogress.ca
Today's Wikipedia mission was to add something, literally anything, to the article on AD 69 that was Not about the Roman Empire
January 12, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Today's Wikipedia mission was to add something, literally anything, to the article on AD 69 that was Not about the Roman Empire
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here's my homemade sticker recipe:
1. print at high quality on printable vinyl sticker paper (not paper label paper)
2. (optional for longevity/sun protection) spray with krylon uv-resistant spray
3. carefully cover with a stick-on lamination sheet. smooth + remove bubbles with a credit card
1. print at high quality on printable vinyl sticker paper (not paper label paper)
2. (optional for longevity/sun protection) spray with krylon uv-resistant spray
3. carefully cover with a stick-on lamination sheet. smooth + remove bubbles with a credit card
January 11, 2026 at 6:19 PM
here's my homemade sticker recipe:
1. print at high quality on printable vinyl sticker paper (not paper label paper)
2. (optional for longevity/sun protection) spray with krylon uv-resistant spray
3. carefully cover with a stick-on lamination sheet. smooth + remove bubbles with a credit card
1. print at high quality on printable vinyl sticker paper (not paper label paper)
2. (optional for longevity/sun protection) spray with krylon uv-resistant spray
3. carefully cover with a stick-on lamination sheet. smooth + remove bubbles with a credit card
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Here is a video of a frozen creek that had begun to thaw, and the water was flowing beneath the thin ice on top. I took this because it was soothing and wonderfully bloopy and I wanted to listen to it for hours. You are all welcome to enjoy it, too. Let your brain settle here and rest for a moment.
January 10, 2026 at 4:57 AM
Here is a video of a frozen creek that had begun to thaw, and the water was flowing beneath the thin ice on top. I took this because it was soothing and wonderfully bloopy and I wanted to listen to it for hours. You are all welcome to enjoy it, too. Let your brain settle here and rest for a moment.