Thomas
@thomaslstrickland.bsky.social
aspiring film bro, non-native new yorker // experience strategist & designer & researcher
also, abolish 🧊, thank you.
also, abolish 🧊, thank you.
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.
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Federal agents kill again; gunmen still at large: defector.com/federal-agen...
Federal Agents Kill Again; Gunmen Still At Large | Defector
On Saturday in Minneapolis, federal agents surrounded 37-year-old Veterans Affairs intensive care nurse Alex Jeffrey Pretti, who’d been filming them in the street with his phone camera as they conduct...
defector.com
January 25, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Federal agents kill again; gunmen still at large: defector.com/federal-agen...
‘[Peaches] attempted to write songs with Kelis – a difficult encounter that ended when Peaches walked into a glass door and bust her own nose. “I went boom into the glass, and then I went to the bathroom and saw the blood and was, like: ‘Sorry Kelis, I’m going to go home.’”’
January 25, 2026 at 1:17 PM
‘[Peaches] attempted to write songs with Kelis – a difficult encounter that ended when Peaches walked into a glass door and bust her own nose. “I went boom into the glass, and then I went to the bathroom and saw the blood and was, like: ‘Sorry Kelis, I’m going to go home.’”’
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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 25, 2026 at 6:04 AM
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
Bacurau (2019) is some brilliant filmmaking and storytelling, making sure we not only know this community, but that we fall head over heels for these people, that we’re invested, heavily invested. So that by the time the world beyond Bacurau makes its presence known, the threat feels personal.📽️
A ★★★★½ review of Bacurau (2019)
What a day to watch a movie where the clear-as-crystal message is both “nobody is coming to save us” and “who keeps us safe? we keep us safe.” Bacurau is some brilliant filmmaking, sure, but the way ...
boxd.it
January 25, 2026 at 5:59 AM
Bacurau (2019) is some brilliant filmmaking and storytelling, making sure we not only know this community, but that we fall head over heels for these people, that we’re invested, heavily invested. So that by the time the world beyond Bacurau makes its presence known, the threat feels personal.📽️
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Hey you know that uncomfortable, existentially reorienting realization you might be having right now that America is harmful, has always been harmful, is built on harm — and you are in & of it, even as you might choose to rage against it?
January 25, 2026 at 1:17 AM
Hey you know that uncomfortable, existentially reorienting realization you might be having right now that America is harmful, has always been harmful, is built on harm — and you are in & of it, even as you might choose to rage against it?
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Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
"Please get the truth out about our son."
January 25, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
"Please get the truth out about our son."
It’s that 40th verse in Matthew 25, that’s when the beat drops.
“And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.”
“And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.”
Matthew 25 is what got him. Then:
"I dont want to believe in hell. I dont want to believe youre going there. But this is what Jesus says. You can walk away. You can choose justice. You can use your skills and training for good. You can be a protector. But right now you're not."
"I dont want to believe in hell. I dont want to believe youre going there. But this is what Jesus says. You can walk away. You can choose justice. You can use your skills and training for good. You can be a protector. But right now you're not."
Preaching at CBP officers about justice and repentence and one started crying and had to walk to a different area
January 24, 2026 at 10:19 PM
It’s that 40th verse in Matthew 25, that’s when the beat drops.
“And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.”
“And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.”
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It’s weird how I remember these NRA-funded mailers that would show up in our mailbox in the mid 90s, all about how we needed an unrestricted 2nd amendment to keep the government’s “jack-booted thugs” at bay.
Well, the jack-booted thugs are here.
And I don’t see any 2Aers keeping them at bay.
Well, the jack-booted thugs are here.
And I don’t see any 2Aers keeping them at bay.
January 8, 2026 at 2:11 AM
It’s weird how I remember these NRA-funded mailers that would show up in our mailbox in the mid 90s, all about how we needed an unrestricted 2nd amendment to keep the government’s “jack-booted thugs” at bay.
Well, the jack-booted thugs are here.
And I don’t see any 2Aers keeping them at bay.
Well, the jack-booted thugs are here.
And I don’t see any 2Aers keeping them at bay.
Weird to see the “It’s Coming Right For Us” defense from South Park circa 1997 become federal policy.
"He had a gun" is just the latest MAGA variation of "we are allowed to kill you whenever we want."
Because they definitely think they're allowed to carry loaded weapons wherever they like.
Because they definitely think they're allowed to carry loaded weapons wherever they like.
January 24, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Weird to see the “It’s Coming Right For Us” defense from South Park circa 1997 become federal policy.
Spent a little time this afternoon shouting politely into my phone in the general direction of my Senators and Congressperson.
PS - @schumer.senate.gov, not cool to have such a short time limit on your voicemail when there’s so much to say.
PS - @schumer.senate.gov, not cool to have such a short time limit on your voicemail when there’s so much to say.
Stop ICE’s Aggressive Attacks on Immigrants and Citizens (UPDATED 1/24) ⭑ 5 Calls
The Trump administration has continually attacked immigrant communities across the country with aggressive ICE raids, abusive and inhumane detention …
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January 24, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Spent a little time this afternoon shouting politely into my phone in the general direction of my Senators and Congressperson.
PS - @schumer.senate.gov, not cool to have such a short time limit on your voicemail when there’s so much to say.
PS - @schumer.senate.gov, not cool to have such a short time limit on your voicemail when there’s so much to say.
This is beautiful.
January 24, 2026 at 7:45 PM
This is beautiful.
Tractor Supply Co can hook you up with a gas mask. As can Lowes, Home Depot, Ace Hardware…
Bondi: "It's extremely organized. The signs they have are all matching, they're well written. And look at what's happening today. How did these people go out & get gas masks? These protesters. Would you know how to walk out on the street and buy a gas mask? Think about that. We're not gonna have it"
January 24, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Tractor Supply Co can hook you up with a gas mask. As can Lowes, Home Depot, Ace Hardware…
So they shot and killed a nurse.
January 24, 2026 at 6:58 PM
So they shot and killed a nurse.
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As tens of thousands across America protest the violence that ICE sows with impunity, federal agents shot and killed another person in Minneapolis today.
ICE terrorizes our cities. ICE puts us all in danger. Abolish ICE.
January 24, 2026 at 6:00 PM
As tens of thousands across America protest the violence that ICE sows with impunity, federal agents shot and killed another person in Minneapolis today.
ICE terrorizes our cities. ICE puts us all in danger. Abolish ICE.