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Tom Bombeardil
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Husband. Acupuncturist. Bear. Nerd. Vegan. Pagan. He/him. NJ.
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Tom Bombeardil @rantipole.bsky.social · Nov 6
I've come back to this article several times since it was published. It's a hard read but it's needed. Many of us should start putting its ideas into practice.
thecorrespondent.com/5696/were-he...
We’re heading into dark times. This is how to be your own light in the Age of Trump
Having studied authoritarian states for over a decade, I would never exaggerate the severity of the threat we now face. But an American kleptocracy is exactly where president-elect Trump and his backe...
thecorrespondent.com
rantipole.bsky.social
My husband and I are so freaking happy with the way the dining room and basement painting came out. The dining room is exactly how I pictured it. We're thrilled!
Wall of our basement freshly painted a warm peach tan color. You can see the open door to a bathroom on the right and a white door on the left. New Orleans beeads hang on doorknob on the left Wall of our dining room freshly painted a bold blue color. There is a window with blinds on the left. In the right front, you can see the tops of two wicker chairs.
November 14, 2025 at 12:26 AM
rantipole.bsky.social
Busy day booked tomorrow: therapy, tattoo, haircut. I think I'll follow that all with dinner and an edible.
November 13, 2025 at 7:48 PM
rantipole.bsky.social
Get to know your mutuals; list 10 random things you like:

London
Snakes
The beach
The woods
Bob Dylan
TTRPGs
Lilacs
Hawaiian shirts
Blueberries
Reservation Dogs
thornthewitch.bsky.social Thorn Mooney @thornthewitch.bsky.social · 2d
Get to know your mutuals, list 10 random things you like:

Fountain pens
James Frazer
Guitars
Cats
William James
Watercolors
Dredge
Irish music
Werewolves
The Verve Pipe
andenheks.bsky.social Ånden Heks @andenheks.bsky.social · 2d
Get to know your mutuals, list 10 random things you like:

Witchcraft
Pizza
Books
Animal crossing
Tea
Fall
Rainy days
Windy days
The forest
The beach
November 13, 2025 at 3:50 PM
rantipole.bsky.social
Me as a therapist: Have you tried listening to Tori Amos about it?
andymb.bsky.social Andy @andymb.bsky.social · 16h
Me, as a therapist: let’s sit quietly for a bit
hairybadgeridfk.bsky.social Mark 🗿🗻🥾⛷️ @hairybadgeridfk.bsky.social · 17h
Me, as a therapist: fuck me, you're a wrong'un.
November 13, 2025 at 2:21 PM
rantipole.bsky.social
Whipped up some homemade pico de gallo with tomatoes and hot peppers from my garden. The pepper plants were gift and I don't know what they are but they are fiery. 😋🤤
A gray bowl with homemade pico de gallo in it sitting on a granite counter. A spoon is stuck in the pico.
November 13, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Reposted by Tom Bombeardil
50501movement.bsky.social
Call these House Dems and tell them to hold the damn line!

TX Cuellar - 202-225-1640

WA Gluesenkamp Perez 202 225-3536

TX Gonzalez (202) 225-2531

ME Golden (202) 225-6306

NV Susie Lee (202) 225-3252

#Healthcare #Shutdown #HouseDems
November 12, 2025 at 9:35 PM
rantipole.bsky.social
The heat in my office is still not fixed so I ran out on my lunch break and bought this cheap sweater.
Selfie in a gray and tan argyle zip neck sweater with black arms and collar. I have a very grumpy expression.
November 12, 2025 at 7:54 PM
rantipole.bsky.social
The heat in my office crapped out. It was 60 degrees in my treatment rooms before I turned on the space heaters. Can we just close for the day and go home? 🥶😠
November 12, 2025 at 4:42 PM
rantipole.bsky.social
🤔
godysseypodcast.com The Godyssey Podcast @godysseypodcast.com · 1d
For two years the people of Sweden sacrificed first bulls then men to end the famine that devastated the land. On the third year, they seized their King, Domalde, and sacrificed him to the gods. The next year was prosperous. #WyrdWednesday

🖼️: E. Werenskiold
Erik Werenskiold's depiction of Domalde being bled from the throat into a bowl, which was then used to drench the statues of the gods in his blood
November 12, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Reposted by Tom Bombeardil
schwajohn.bsky.social
"phillip k dick, but stupid" describes everything now
November 11, 2025 at 7:29 PM
rantipole.bsky.social
I love him and would die for him.
ascalaphid.com ascalaphid @ascalaphid.com · 2d
Brother Gregor never spoke and often spooked the neophytes with his appearance, but he was a gentle soul and a phenomenal cook and knew more ways to prepare a fish than the abbot knew hymns
gharial of the cloth
November 12, 2025 at 1:57 AM
rantipole.bsky.social
This is such bullshit. Unsuspend Sarah @support.bsky.team !
torcho.bsky.social A. Torch @torcho.bsky.social · 2d
WTH @safety.bsky.app @support.bsky.team ? Please reinstate author and historian Sarah Kendzior. #booksky #authors
Sarah Kendzior suspended.
November 11, 2025 at 6:53 PM
rantipole.bsky.social
Goodbye obnoxious pink and institutional green! Thank you for your service but you won't be missed.
An interior wall that is painted a bubble gum pink color. There is a window on and a brass chandelier the left. Part of a dining room table and another table and chair are on the lower left. A wall painted a weird green color. There is a wooden railing and column from the bottom of a staircase on the left. The floor is a tiled peachy brown color.
November 11, 2025 at 5:06 PM
rantipole.bsky.social
WTF @support.bsky.team ? Sarah is one of the best things about BlueSky. Why was she suspended? When will she be back?
courtneymilan.com Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 2d
Hey @support.bsky.team What is going on with Sarah Kendzior? Why was she suspended with no explanation? Are you doing this to lesser-known people that we’re never going to find out about?
November 11, 2025 at 4:04 PM
rantipole.bsky.social
What?!? Holy shit!
November 10, 2025 at 3:16 PM
rantipole.bsky.social
Insomnia makes me so raw and fragile and everything is jagged and I hate it.
November 10, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Reposted by Tom Bombeardil
ianzpotter.bsky.social
Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
It's an artistic representation of a circulatory system walking through a kitchen, as drawn by Dave Gibbons and written about by Alan Moore. It happens a lot 'round here.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Reposted by Tom Bombeardil
maryscottoconnor.com
According to @underthedesknews.bsky.social, it isn’t over yet. There'll be another vote.

CALL THEM ALL, especially these 8 “YES” votes:

Cortez-Masto
Durbin
Fetterman
Hassan
Kaine
King
Rosen
Shaheen

It isn’t over.

(I mean, PROBABLY, but maybe we can SCARE them out of it.)

202-224-3121
November 10, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Reposted by Tom Bombeardil
bradleywhitford.bsky.social
Hey @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social and @schumer.senate.gov: compromising with fascists is compliance. Read the room. Do your jobs. Protect your constituents.
November 9, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Reposted by Tom Bombeardil
jules.su
Call them:

Schumer (NY)
202 224-6542

Booker (NJ)
202 224-3224

King (ME)
202 224-5344

Hassan (NH)
202 224-3324

Durbin (IL)
202 224-2152

Ossoff (GA)
202 224-3521

Shaheen (NH)
202 224-2841

Gillibrand (NY)
202 224-4451

Masto (NV)
202 224-3542

Warner (VA)
202 224-2023

Fetterman (PA)
No Point
November 9, 2025 at 10:14 PM
rantipole.bsky.social
Called @booker.senate.gov and @kim.senate.gov and left messages urging them to not cave on the shutdown unless the ACA is fully funded. Please call your senators and demand the same.

(202) 224-3121
kevinmkruse.bsky.social Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 4d
Call the United States Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and they will connect you with your senator's office.

If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
joshtpm.bsky.social Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 4d
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 9:35 PM
rantipole.bsky.social
I will be laughing about this for the rest of my life. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
November 9, 2025 at 3:55 AM
rantipole.bsky.social
"So when the bridges froze
And you did not come home
I put our snowflake under a microscope"

Day 79 of posting #ToriAmos lyrics every day until I don't.
November 9, 2025 at 2:15 AM
rantipole.bsky.social
This was a fascinating and engaging read. Highly recommended. I'm sure I'm going to reread it someday.
pjrobichaud.bsky.social Paul Robichaud @pjrobichaud.bsky.social · 5d
A very occasional reminder that ‘Pan: the Great God’s Modern Return,’ published by Reaktion Books, is available in paperback through your favorite bookseller.
November 8, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Reposted by Tom Bombeardil
witchways.bsky.social
Halloween is past, but the ancient Celtic fire festival of Samhain was celebrated at many different times. Calendars change and regional markers vary. Depending on where you live, today the sun is at 15 degrees Scorpio, the midpoint between fall equinox & winter solstice. Solar Samhain! #WitchSky
Stonehenge monument against a red and gold sunset.
November 8, 2025 at 3:05 PM