Thomas
@thomaslstrickland.bsky.social
aspiring film bro, non-native new yorker // experience strategist & designer & researcher
also, abolish 🧊, thank you.
also, abolish 🧊, thank you.
The only Straight Talk I need.
January 27, 2026 at 6:18 PM
The only Straight Talk I need.
I grew up around grown adults who would bore out the stocks of brand new rifles to “get rid of those secret government tracking devices the manufacturers have to install” and I can’t imagine they’re taking this well.
Trump: "You can't have guns...You can't walk in with guns. You can't do that."
January 27, 2026 at 6:09 PM
I grew up around grown adults who would bore out the stocks of brand new rifles to “get rid of those secret government tracking devices the manufacturers have to install” and I can’t imagine they’re taking this well.
When you’ve lost Tor Johnson…
January 27, 2026 at 2:05 PM
When you’ve lost Tor Johnson…
NYC? At the ”border.”
Philadelphia? At the ”border.”
Chicago? NOLA? Boston?
Yep. Lawless border towns, all of ‘em.
Philadelphia? At the ”border.”
Chicago? NOLA? Boston?
Yep. Lawless border towns, all of ‘em.
fucking hell just remembered, "CBP stays at border" and the way 'border' is defined in this country is this bullshit. awesome work, guys
January 27, 2026 at 1:36 PM
NYC? At the ”border.”
Philadelphia? At the ”border.”
Chicago? NOLA? Boston?
Yep. Lawless border towns, all of ‘em.
Philadelphia? At the ”border.”
Chicago? NOLA? Boston?
Yep. Lawless border towns, all of ‘em.
“We're starting this site because we want to do the kind of work that's hard to maintain on a traditional ad-funded games website.”
Yep, that’s an instant follow.
Yep, that’s an instant follow.
January 27, 2026 at 1:09 PM
“We're starting this site because we want to do the kind of work that's hard to maintain on a traditional ad-funded games website.”
Yep, that’s an instant follow.
Yep, that’s an instant follow.
A Sephora warehouse full of lipstick couldn’t do a makeover on this pig.
Restrictions and restraints aren’t going to rewrite history or restore any reputation ICE had, as if it had one to begin with. They set out to be Guys In Masks Who Kidnap / Shoot Your Neighbors and there’s no going back.
Restrictions and restraints aren’t going to rewrite history or restore any reputation ICE had, as if it had one to begin with. They set out to be Guys In Masks Who Kidnap / Shoot Your Neighbors and there’s no going back.
Dems coalescing around 5 restrictions on ICE, I'm told:
DHS required to cooperate with state probes (big)
CBP stays at border
warrants for arrests
IDs, bodycams
ICE out of churches, schools
"That package unites a lot of Dems," Sen Chris Murphy tells me on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
DHS required to cooperate with state probes (big)
CBP stays at border
warrants for arrests
IDs, bodycams
ICE out of churches, schools
"That package unites a lot of Dems," Sen Chris Murphy tells me on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
A Dem Senator’s Harsh Takedown of Trump Hits Home: “Breaking Point”
As Trump scrambles to contain the damage from the latest ICE horrors, Senator Chris Murphy offers a sharp indictment of Trump-ICE lawlessness—and explains how Dems can meet the urgency of the moment.
newrepublic.com
January 27, 2026 at 11:48 AM
A Sephora warehouse full of lipstick couldn’t do a makeover on this pig.
Restrictions and restraints aren’t going to rewrite history or restore any reputation ICE had, as if it had one to begin with. They set out to be Guys In Masks Who Kidnap / Shoot Your Neighbors and there’s no going back.
Restrictions and restraints aren’t going to rewrite history or restore any reputation ICE had, as if it had one to begin with. They set out to be Guys In Masks Who Kidnap / Shoot Your Neighbors and there’s no going back.
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It's hardly the most egregious failure of fact checking from the New York Times recently, but this outrageous assertion tells me that nobody who edited this story has actually read this book to a child. The entire book is narrated (beautifully) in the third person. 1/ www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/s...
January 27, 2026 at 10:15 AM
It's hardly the most egregious failure of fact checking from the New York Times recently, but this outrageous assertion tells me that nobody who edited this story has actually read this book to a child. The entire book is narrated (beautifully) in the third person. 1/ www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/s...
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I hate to be that guy, but the NY Daily News broke this story more than four hours before this Times piece sauntered along to get everyone’s eyeballs.
Here’s a gift link.
www.nydailynews.com/2026/01/26/a...
Here’s a gift link.
www.nydailynews.com/2026/01/26/a...
January 27, 2026 at 2:39 AM
I hate to be that guy, but the NY Daily News broke this story more than four hours before this Times piece sauntered along to get everyone’s eyeballs.
Here’s a gift link.
www.nydailynews.com/2026/01/26/a...
Here’s a gift link.
www.nydailynews.com/2026/01/26/a...
After giving the matter some serious thought (and watching this video about 15 times).
Go Seahawks.
Go Seahawks.
Fuck it, Sam Darnold there’s a bomb in my car highlights
January 27, 2026 at 2:29 AM
After giving the matter some serious thought (and watching this video about 15 times).
Go Seahawks.
Go Seahawks.
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Another story from me, this time about the fears that the feds will cover up Alex Pretti's killing.
From the court and the streets:
@notus.com:
www.notus.org/courts/minne...
From the court and the streets:
@notus.com:
www.notus.org/courts/minne...
Fight Over Evidence From Minneapolis Shooting Kicks Off in Federal Court
Twin Cities residents have taken to the icy streets to express a deep dread that federal agents will engage in a cover-up of this weekend’s fatal shooting.
www.notus.org
January 27, 2026 at 2:03 AM
Another story from me, this time about the fears that the feds will cover up Alex Pretti's killing.
From the court and the streets:
@notus.com:
www.notus.org/courts/minne...
From the court and the streets:
@notus.com:
www.notus.org/courts/minne...
“Carrying out the simple commands of Jesus—feeding the hungry, caring for the sick, visiting prisoners, making peace—now involves risks for the church and grave danger for those we serve.“
Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church doesn’t say “Abolish ICE,” but he sure doesn’t -not- say it either.
Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church doesn’t say “Abolish ICE,” but he sure doesn’t -not- say it either.
From Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe: Death and despair do not have the last word
Dear people of God in The Episcopal Church: Like Jesus, we live in frightening times. His earthly ministry began, as we heard in today’s Gospel reading, when John the Baptist was imprisoned by authori...
www.episcopalchurch.org
January 27, 2026 at 2:05 AM
“Carrying out the simple commands of Jesus—feeding the hungry, caring for the sick, visiting prisoners, making peace—now involves risks for the church and grave danger for those we serve.“
Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church doesn’t say “Abolish ICE,” but he sure doesn’t -not- say it either.
Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church doesn’t say “Abolish ICE,” but he sure doesn’t -not- say it either.
An unsung hero in this category is To Be Or Not To Be (1942), which is basically Lubitsch’s Inglourious Basterds.
January 27, 2026 at 1:43 AM
An unsung hero in this category is To Be Or Not To Be (1942), which is basically Lubitsch’s Inglourious Basterds.
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anyway I need more of you to watch this movie so that when I say its ending provides some ideas about possible next steps for the little guy, you’ll know what I mean and agree
a movie you could watch today is Bacurau, which I mention only because it’s a very good movie if you’re looking for a movie to watch during the snow day boxd.it/cOxUWR
A ★★★★½ review of Bacurau (2019)
now more than ever // get in loser we’re resigning our part in the casual comedy // every film’s a propaganda film, but some of them are right
boxd.it
January 27, 2026 at 1:00 AM
anyway I need more of you to watch this movie so that when I say its ending provides some ideas about possible next steps for the little guy, you’ll know what I mean and agree
Well, that’s one small step…
BREAKING Greg Bovino has been removed as Border Patrol "commander at large" and will return to El Centro Calif, where he is expected to retire soon. A stunning turnaround after Pretti killing. Bovino's traveling blue city crackdown is over www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Gregory Bovino Gets Demoted
The Border Patrol chief was the public face of a traveling immigration crackdown on cities governed by Democrats.
www.theatlantic.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:27 AM
Well, that’s one small step…
It’s like watching a drunk try to reverse an F-250 all the back out of a quarter-mile dirt driveway in a thunderstorm.
January 26, 2026 at 10:40 PM
It’s like watching a drunk try to reverse an F-250 all the back out of a quarter-mile dirt driveway in a thunderstorm.
“I failed to view the DHS funding vote as a referendum on the illegal and immoral conduct of ICE in Minneapolis.”
But that’s even worse, right?
To approve funding for any enterprise without a thought to how those funds would be used or what that enterprise does or could do, that’s actually worse!
But that’s even worse, right?
To approve funding for any enterprise without a thought to how those funds would be used or what that enterprise does or could do, that’s actually worse!
Rep. Tom Suozzi(D-NY), getting raked over the coals for his vote for more ICE funding, says in a campaign email that he didn’t understand what he was doing
January 26, 2026 at 4:13 PM
“I failed to view the DHS funding vote as a referendum on the illegal and immoral conduct of ICE in Minneapolis.”
But that’s even worse, right?
To approve funding for any enterprise without a thought to how those funds would be used or what that enterprise does or could do, that’s actually worse!
But that’s even worse, right?
To approve funding for any enterprise without a thought to how those funds would be used or what that enterprise does or could do, that’s actually worse!
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Out in the streets in solidarity with Minnesota. Our movements don’t stop at city lines. Safety, dignity, and accountability are non-negotiable.
January 26, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Out in the streets in solidarity with Minnesota. Our movements don’t stop at city lines. Safety, dignity, and accountability are non-negotiable.
We love seeing a Mayor who loves his job.
Also, the fit!
Also, the fit!
Our city has prepared for this weather, but please move with caution. A hazardous travel advisory is still in effect today. Stay safe, New York!
January 26, 2026 at 2:17 PM
We love seeing a Mayor who loves his job.
Also, the fit!
Also, the fit!
On theme with the snow day, Helena and I started watching the televised version of Bergman’s Fanny and Alexander. Two episodes in, some observations:
- An unabridged Swedish Christmas party might kill me
- Gunnar Björnstrand can do pathos with an lit candle stuck on his head
- A ghost can be dapper?
- An unabridged Swedish Christmas party might kill me
- Gunnar Björnstrand can do pathos with an lit candle stuck on his head
- A ghost can be dapper?
January 26, 2026 at 3:14 AM
On theme with the snow day, Helena and I started watching the televised version of Bergman’s Fanny and Alexander. Two episodes in, some observations:
- An unabridged Swedish Christmas party might kill me
- Gunnar Björnstrand can do pathos with an lit candle stuck on his head
- A ghost can be dapper?
- An unabridged Swedish Christmas party might kill me
- Gunnar Björnstrand can do pathos with an lit candle stuck on his head
- A ghost can be dapper?
Yeah, doing a CTRL-F and I’m not seeing “Abolish ICE” in this anywhere, Barry.
The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
January 25, 2026 at 11:41 PM
Yeah, doing a CTRL-F and I’m not seeing “Abolish ICE” in this anywhere, Barry.
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WNBA MVP Breanna Stewart during player intros today.
Time for the men to follow her lead.
Time for the men to follow her lead.
January 25, 2026 at 7:24 PM
WNBA MVP Breanna Stewart during player intros today.
Time for the men to follow her lead.
Time for the men to follow her lead.
Download that Libby app, folks!
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdami advises New Yorkers to stay home and read ‘Heated Rivalry’ during the winter storm
via hearts530
via hearts530
January 25, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Download that Libby app, folks!
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building supers Siberian huskies
with snow gear or similar
🤝
hell yes it’s my time to shine
with snow gear or similar
🤝
hell yes it’s my time to shine
Let’s hear it for the NYC building superintendents who got to break out their once-a-year sidewalk clearing gear.
Saw a guy on a John Deere riding mower with a snow plow attachment practically doing donuts in front of his Mitchell-Lama building.
Saw a guy on a John Deere riding mower with a snow plow attachment practically doing donuts in front of his Mitchell-Lama building.
January 25, 2026 at 4:43 PM
building supers Siberian huskies
with snow gear or similar
🤝
hell yes it’s my time to shine
with snow gear or similar
🤝
hell yes it’s my time to shine
Let’s hear it for the NYC building superintendents who got to break out their once-a-year sidewalk clearing gear.
Saw a guy on a John Deere riding mower with a snow plow attachment practically doing donuts in front of his Mitchell-Lama building.
Saw a guy on a John Deere riding mower with a snow plow attachment practically doing donuts in front of his Mitchell-Lama building.
January 25, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Let’s hear it for the NYC building superintendents who got to break out their once-a-year sidewalk clearing gear.
Saw a guy on a John Deere riding mower with a snow plow attachment practically doing donuts in front of his Mitchell-Lama building.
Saw a guy on a John Deere riding mower with a snow plow attachment practically doing donuts in front of his Mitchell-Lama building.