Tom Swanson
@swansontea.bsky.social
Retired clockmaker of the atomic persuasion. Formerly at the US Naval Observatory.
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"don't worry, he's just into 15-year-olds" perhaps not as exculpatory as you think
Also 15-year-olds are not "barely legal." They are minors.
Also 15-year-olds are not "barely legal." They are minors.
Megyn Kelly: "I know somebody very close to this case…Jeffrey Epstein, in this person's view, was not a pedophile…He was into the barely legal type, like he liked 15 year old girls…He wasn't into like 8 year olds…There's a difference between a 15 year old and a 5 year old."
November 13, 2025 at 5:21 PM
"don't worry, he's just into 15-year-olds" perhaps not as exculpatory as you think
Also 15-year-olds are not "barely legal." They are minors.
Also 15-year-olds are not "barely legal." They are minors.
Has anyone done a CGI version of the exploding whale over Lakehurst, NJ? “Oh, the Cetaceanity!”
Asking for…me
Asking for…me
November 14, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Has anyone done a CGI version of the exploding whale over Lakehurst, NJ? “Oh, the Cetaceanity!”
Asking for…me
Asking for…me
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People inevitably ask, "How do you "celebrate" Exploding Whale Day?" when I ask them if they do. Pay it forward. Tell them where to find the video. Describe some highlights. I introduced it to at least a half-dozen people yesterday.
Last night, I shared the holiest of social media days, "Exploding Whale Day," with Husband. He had never seen or heard of it before! 55 years!
What both a comfort & sweet joy that every year we celebrate Exploding Whale Day together! A connection in humor, absurdity and commonality of amazement.
What both a comfort & sweet joy that every year we celebrate Exploding Whale Day together! A connection in humor, absurdity and commonality of amazement.
November 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
People inevitably ask, "How do you "celebrate" Exploding Whale Day?" when I ask them if they do. Pay it forward. Tell them where to find the video. Describe some highlights. I introduced it to at least a half-dozen people yesterday.
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Scientists Confirm Aurora Borealis Will Be Visible On Google Images Tonight https://theonion.com/scientists-confirm-aurora-borealis-will-be-visible-on-google-images-tonight/
November 13, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Scientists Confirm Aurora Borealis Will Be Visible On Google Images Tonight https://theonion.com/scientists-confirm-aurora-borealis-will-be-visible-on-google-images-tonight/
Cannibal oreos
oh wow that’s crazy
oreos with bits of
of oreos. in them
Real Bits of Oreos
oreos with bits of
of oreos. in them
Real Bits of Oreos
November 13, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Cannibal oreos
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CLAIM: The government is run by a secret society of pedophiles
RATING: FALSE. This society is in no way a secret
RATING: FALSE. This society is in no way a secret
November 13, 2025 at 2:06 AM
CLAIM: The government is run by a secret society of pedophiles
RATING: FALSE. This society is in no way a secret
RATING: FALSE. This society is in no way a secret
The Penguin’s boss
November 13, 2025 at 5:14 PM
The Penguin’s boss
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Cartoonists are insane — this is a totally recognizable portrait and sharp comment with like three lines
November 13, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Cartoonists are insane — this is a totally recognizable portrait and sharp comment with like three lines
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November 12, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Goon a movie
The Goonfather
The Goonfather
Goon a movie
"Top Goon"
"Top Goon"
Goon a movie
Gune
Gune
November 13, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Goon a movie
The Goonfather
The Goonfather
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QANON CULTIST IN 2017: "In this 1,879 page thread I will unravel the byzantine system of codewords and phrases the global elite use to mask their pedophile cabal."
JEFFREY EPSTEIN WRITING AN EMAIL AT THE SAME TIME: "helo its me jeff had fun cmmitting sex crimes wit u lst weeknd"
JEFFREY EPSTEIN WRITING AN EMAIL AT THE SAME TIME: "helo its me jeff had fun cmmitting sex crimes wit u lst weeknd"
pretty funny in retrospect that QAnon hinged on the idea that powerful elites at the highest levels of government were smart enough to talk in code when sending emails to each other about their despicable crimes
November 12, 2025 at 10:15 PM
QANON CULTIST IN 2017: "In this 1,879 page thread I will unravel the byzantine system of codewords and phrases the global elite use to mask their pedophile cabal."
JEFFREY EPSTEIN WRITING AN EMAIL AT THE SAME TIME: "helo its me jeff had fun cmmitting sex crimes wit u lst weeknd"
JEFFREY EPSTEIN WRITING AN EMAIL AT THE SAME TIME: "helo its me jeff had fun cmmitting sex crimes wit u lst weeknd"
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This isn’t even the stuff they’re trying to actually stop from getting out.
November 12, 2025 at 10:59 PM
This isn’t even the stuff they’re trying to actually stop from getting out.
So we still have the filibuster, which the dems won’t use effectively because they are serial cavers and/or quislings. But we HAVE it, and that’s the important thing?
November 13, 2025 at 12:19 AM
So we still have the filibuster, which the dems won’t use effectively because they are serial cavers and/or quislings. But we HAVE it, and that’s the important thing?
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Happy Exploding Whale Day to all those who celebrate! #ExplodingWhale www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6CL...
Exploding Whale 50th Anniversary, Remastered!
YouTube video by KATU News
www.youtube.com
November 12, 2024 at 3:43 PM
Happy Exploding Whale Day to all those who celebrate! #ExplodingWhale www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6CL...
Space Weather app says Kp=8. Wowsers. Of course, that also means it’s cloudy here.
November 12, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Space Weather app says Kp=8. Wowsers. Of course, that also means it’s cloudy here.
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This is ART
November 11, 2025 at 11:14 PM
This is ART
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this is literally never not accurate
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
this is literally never not accurate
Even before seeing the details, you have to know that if the GOP wants to implement it, it’s because it helps their corporate buddies
One CEO called the idea a “disgusting insult” and “economic genocide against the Gen Z generation.” 👀
@newsweek.com $XHB
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@newsweek.com $XHB
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November 11, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Even before seeing the details, you have to know that if the GOP wants to implement it, it’s because it helps their corporate buddies
Is there any topic where Trump knows what the fuck he’s talking about?
There might be, but the list is short and I can’t think of any.
There might be, but the list is short and I can’t think of any.
Trump claims that food stamps "puts the country in jeopardy. People that are able-bodied can do a job, they leave their job because they figure they can pick this up, it's easier."
November 11, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Is there any topic where Trump knows what the fuck he’s talking about?
There might be, but the list is short and I can’t think of any.
There might be, but the list is short and I can’t think of any.
We wouldn’t have to “get back” to fighting if senate dems hadn’t, y‘know, STOPPED FIGHTING.
The sooner we get past internal recriminations and back to fighting united, the better off we all are — the likelier our victory next November.
November 11, 2025 at 1:41 AM
We wouldn’t have to “get back” to fighting if senate dems hadn’t, y‘know, STOPPED FIGHTING.
I don’t think this is dems in disarray. This was a well-organized capitulation
Well CNN is running “Dems in disarray” headlines so great job to @kaine.senate.gov and all his buddies you stupid fuckers
November 10, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I don’t think this is dems in disarray. This was a well-organized capitulation
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Whenever some sanctimonious Dem announces that America needs a functioning Republican Party, I always think “I’d settle for a functioning Democratic Party.”
November 10, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Whenever some sanctimonious Dem announces that America needs a functioning Republican Party, I always think “I’d settle for a functioning Democratic Party.”
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Great piece by astronomer and SETI leader Jason Wright on the endless, exhausting claims about 3I/Atlas by Avi Loeb.
"zero planetary scientists give Avi’s claims any credence... because he’s demonstrably wrong"
sites.psu.edu/astrowright/...
"zero planetary scientists give Avi’s claims any credence... because he’s demonstrably wrong"
sites.psu.edu/astrowright/...
Loeb’s 3I/ATLAS “Anomalies” Explained
Avi Loeb continues to claim that 3I/ATLAS has many anomalous behaviors that lead to the conclusion that it “might” be an alien spacecraft. He carefully hedges the probability that it is a spacecraft ...
sites.psu.edu
November 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Great piece by astronomer and SETI leader Jason Wright on the endless, exhausting claims about 3I/Atlas by Avi Loeb.
"zero planetary scientists give Avi’s claims any credence... because he’s demonstrably wrong"
sites.psu.edu/astrowright/...
"zero planetary scientists give Avi’s claims any credence... because he’s demonstrably wrong"
sites.psu.edu/astrowright/...
I put out a shallow dish and a tray feeder on my deck for the ground-feeding birds and today, after a little bit of snow is covering the ground, I had at least 10 dark-eyed juncos visiting.
November 10, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I put out a shallow dish and a tray feeder on my deck for the ground-feeding birds and today, after a little bit of snow is covering the ground, I had at least 10 dark-eyed juncos visiting.
They were already transformed into the NY Giants. Can’t get more Kafka-eque than that.
The NY Football Giants naming Kafka as interim head coach...
The jokes are just too easy.
Have at it, friends.
The jokes are just too easy.
Have at it, friends.
November 10, 2025 at 9:34 PM
They were already transformed into the NY Giants. Can’t get more Kafka-eque than that.