Tommaso Sciortino
@sciortino.bsky.social
Dad, Husband, East Bay YIMBY, socdem🧦, founding board member of @eb4everyone, singer/pianist, 🇺🇸🇮🇹🇪🇺, I � Unicode, Gemini CLI Dev
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Shoutout to GOP Senator Cassidy, who was the deciding vote to destroy health care research in the US
February 13, 2026 at 1:37 AM
Shoutout to GOP Senator Cassidy, who was the deciding vote to destroy health care research in the US
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“my ‘we’re not out scouring the streets to disappear people or deny people their civil rights or due process’ shirt is raising a lot of questions that are answered by the shirt”
Homan: "ICE is a legitimate federal law enforcement agency. We're not out scouring the streets to disappear people or deny people their civil rights or due process."
February 12, 2026 at 2:44 PM
“my ‘we’re not out scouring the streets to disappear people or deny people their civil rights or due process’ shirt is raising a lot of questions that are answered by the shirt”
When I heard that Spider Noir was getting his own series and that they get Nick Cage to star in it that was fine. But then I found out it's live action and I'm now a fanboy.
February 12, 2026 at 7:58 PM
When I heard that Spider Noir was getting his own series and that they get Nick Cage to star in it that was fine. But then I found out it's live action and I'm now a fanboy.
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>story about how a new measure has made transit better for everyone
But have you considered the feelings of the I-Should-Be-Allowed-To-Freebase-And-Jack-Off-On-Public-Transit Caucus?
But have you considered the feelings of the I-Should-Be-Allowed-To-Freebase-And-Jack-Off-On-Public-Transit Caucus?
People should put down their phones and pay attention in freshman social studies
February 11, 2026 at 9:30 PM
>story about how a new measure has made transit better for everyone
But have you considered the feelings of the I-Should-Be-Allowed-To-Freebase-And-Jack-Off-On-Public-Transit Caucus?
But have you considered the feelings of the I-Should-Be-Allowed-To-Freebase-And-Jack-Off-On-Public-Transit Caucus?
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He got out after 3 months in an ICE gulag.
My electrician is a green card holder who's been here since he was a kid. He got married to a citizen, applied for citizenship, went to court for the papers and when he got there ICE kidnapped him and he's been locked up for a month.
February 11, 2026 at 6:56 PM
He got out after 3 months in an ICE gulag.
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“It says a lot that I thought it was real” yeah it says a lot about you and your habits on here
February 11, 2026 at 3:21 PM
“It says a lot that I thought it was real” yeah it says a lot about you and your habits on here
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they said it couldn't be done, folks, big strong men with tears in their eyes, they came up to me and said "no president could completely wreck an entire united states economy twice", they said "no one's ever put more people out of work than you"
US HIRING AT RECESSION LEVELS: HIRING RATE AT 3.3%, MATCHING THE 2020 CRISIS AND NEAR A 13-YEAR LOW.
February 11, 2026 at 3:12 AM
they said it couldn't be done, folks, big strong men with tears in their eyes, they came up to me and said "no president could completely wreck an entire united states economy twice", they said "no one's ever put more people out of work than you"
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You cannot allow the acceptable fringes to be policed by wildly anti-social weirdos looking for things to take offense at. Go away. That’s woke 1 shit.
February 9, 2026 at 7:28 PM
You cannot allow the acceptable fringes to be policed by wildly anti-social weirdos looking for things to take offense at. Go away. That’s woke 1 shit.
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counterpoint: unaccountable party bosses generally have a better record of selecting candidates than The People
Do people not realize it is illegal for parties to do this in the United States because we decided around the turn of the last century that we didn't want unaccountable party bosses to decide who we could vote for
People pay because they want their ideology to win
February 10, 2026 at 8:44 PM
counterpoint: unaccountable party bosses generally have a better record of selecting candidates than The People
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This is just one of many scenarios that would end this in as little as four swift moves. We are currently teetering at the precipice of oblivion.
February 10, 2026 at 9:38 AM
This is just one of many scenarios that would end this in as little as four swift moves. We are currently teetering at the precipice of oblivion.
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Step-brother-in-law is an elite-level poker player. In the 90s he carried a pager because when a whale came to Vegas the manager of the poker room where whale was staying would page him to come in. They wrote a book about one of these games.
February 10, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Step-brother-in-law is an elite-level poker player. In the 90s he carried a pager because when a whale came to Vegas the manager of the poker room where whale was staying would page him to come in. They wrote a book about one of these games.
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some things transcend language
February 9, 2026 at 6:46 PM
some things transcend language
TIL that one member of Please Don't Destroy is the son one of the guys from The Higgins Boys and Gruber
February 10, 2026 at 3:31 AM
TIL that one member of Please Don't Destroy is the son one of the guys from The Higgins Boys and Gruber
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Hey, my name is in the Epstein files! I've told the story before, but should probably re-up.
TLDR: never met the guy, never took (or asked for) any money from him, never visited the island. I was invited to the island, and said no.
It's not that hard to just say no.
TLDR: never met the guy, never took (or asked for) any money from him, never visited the island. I was invited to the island, and said no.
It's not that hard to just say no.
February 9, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Hey, my name is in the Epstein files! I've told the story before, but should probably re-up.
TLDR: never met the guy, never took (or asked for) any money from him, never visited the island. I was invited to the island, and said no.
It's not that hard to just say no.
TLDR: never met the guy, never took (or asked for) any money from him, never visited the island. I was invited to the island, and said no.
It's not that hard to just say no.
Reading Ian Fleming's "Live and Let Die" and boy the race politics in it are pretty bad. Interesting to see how they improved things in the film version.
February 9, 2026 at 3:16 AM
Reading Ian Fleming's "Live and Let Die" and boy the race politics in it are pretty bad. Interesting to see how they improved things in the film version.
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time to remind everybody that the Super Bowl halftime show only exists in this grandiose fashion because a tv show called "In Living Color" stole the ratings from the NFL; the execs notoriously said, "get me Michael Jackson's agent" and thus began all the pomp
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
‘We stole the Super Bowl audience’: how In Living Color pulled off the greatest heist in US TV history
Turning Point USA is plotting its own half-time broadcast in defiance of Bad Bunny – but one of TV’s Blackest shows already perfected the alt-cast in 1992
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 1:40 AM
time to remind everybody that the Super Bowl halftime show only exists in this grandiose fashion because a tv show called "In Living Color" stole the ratings from the NFL; the execs notoriously said, "get me Michael Jackson's agent" and thus began all the pomp
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Ok. But subtitles would have been nice.
February 9, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Ok. But subtitles would have been nice.
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This is what they took from you
January 16, 2026 at 4:36 AM
This is what they took from you
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Who am I rooting for in the Super Bowl? Well, if you put a gun to my head it would come as sweet relief.
February 8, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Who am I rooting for in the Super Bowl? Well, if you put a gun to my head it would come as sweet relief.
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I'm sorry the guy changing the rules on the fly is named what
I stand with County Executive Calvin Ball as he signs emergency legislation today prohibiting privately owned buildings from being used as ICE detention centers.
Howard County chose dignity, accountability, and its people. Tune into our event now:
bit.ly/4a2VtHw
Howard County chose dignity, accountability, and its people. Tune into our event now:
bit.ly/4a2VtHw
Redirecting...
bit.ly
February 7, 2026 at 2:34 PM
I'm sorry the guy changing the rules on the fly is named what
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the fact that they saw Polanski as not being punished despite fleeing to France -- the fact that his social circle did not hold him accountable -- finally makes me understand why the elite media is insane about left activism at elite colleges: nothing anyone else can do to them matters.
February 7, 2026 at 6:21 AM
the fact that they saw Polanski as not being punished despite fleeing to France -- the fact that his social circle did not hold him accountable -- finally makes me understand why the elite media is insane about left activism at elite colleges: nothing anyone else can do to them matters.
I just finished reading the original Casino Royale. Pretty good!
February 7, 2026 at 6:15 AM
I just finished reading the original Casino Royale. Pretty good!
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GM: Charisma check.
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
February 7, 2026 at 5:01 AM
GM: Charisma check.
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊