NoCoolNameTom
@tom.nocoolnametom.com
I'm a programmer, Ancient Greek reader, feminist, spouse and partner, and a dad. My mom thinks I'm cool, too! On Mastodon/ActivityPub as @Tom@nocoolnametom.com
So it's time to place your bets on how many years until Mormons call themselves "Mormons" again! And how many years until Moroni goes back up on temples and is used as a logo for something?
Breaking News: Russell Nelson, who led significant changes to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as its president, died at 101.
Russell M. Nelson, 17th President of the Mormon Church, Dies at 101
He left a career as a pioneering surgeon to become a church leader, diversifying its policies and its senior ranks. He became its president at 93.
nyti.ms
September 28, 2025 at 11:47 AM
So it's time to place your bets on how many years until Mormons call themselves "Mormons" again! And how many years until Moroni goes back up on temples and is used as a logo for something?
Here's a sentence I don't usually write, but what Trump is saying in this quote is 100% correct (when divorced from the context of his "speech"): the personal "carbon footprint" was dreamed up by BP as a way to promote "individual responsibility" as a smokescreen against "corporate responsibility"
Trump to the UN: "The 'carbon footprint' is a hoax made up by people with evil intentions, and they're heading down a path of total destruction."
September 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Here's a sentence I don't usually write, but what Trump is saying in this quote is 100% correct (when divorced from the context of his "speech"): the personal "carbon footprint" was dreamed up by BP as a way to promote "individual responsibility" as a smokescreen against "corporate responsibility"
This is amazing to me, and so simple. Turns out that the 9s Times Table from 0 to 10 is a palindrome!?
Applying the divisibility rule of 9 feels like a superpower
September 23, 2025 at 1:11 PM
This is amazing to me, and so simple. Turns out that the 9s Times Table from 0 to 10 is a palindrome!?
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🚨 HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨
For the next month, we're doing an experiment: live-streaming as a core campaign strategy.
Every Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday, I'll be streaming with guests, games, and (of course) my cat, Heater. And if this works, we'll keep doing it.
Join us tomorrow, 7 PM CT.
For the next month, we're doing an experiment: live-streaming as a core campaign strategy.
Every Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday, I'll be streaming with guests, games, and (of course) my cat, Heater. And if this works, we'll keep doing it.
Join us tomorrow, 7 PM CT.
September 22, 2025 at 10:07 PM
🚨 HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨
For the next month, we're doing an experiment: live-streaming as a core campaign strategy.
Every Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday, I'll be streaming with guests, games, and (of course) my cat, Heater. And if this works, we'll keep doing it.
Join us tomorrow, 7 PM CT.
For the next month, we're doing an experiment: live-streaming as a core campaign strategy.
Every Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday, I'll be streaming with guests, games, and (of course) my cat, Heater. And if this works, we'll keep doing it.
Join us tomorrow, 7 PM CT.
I thought something seemed off about this whole thing of the "leftist antifa" sniper & now Washington Country convinces me more than ever the shooter is politically to the _right_ of Charlie Kirk and either didn't like some position he took or saw him as a useful martyr to light the fuse for unrest
The Daily Mail has identified the suspect in the Charlie Kirk murder as Tyler Robinson, from Washington, Utah.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Charlie Kirk 'killer' identified as Tyler Robinson
The suspect in Charlie Kirk's assassination has been identified as Tyler Robinson, a 22-year-old Utah resident.
www.dailymail.co.uk
September 12, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I thought something seemed off about this whole thing of the "leftist antifa" sniper & now Washington Country convinces me more than ever the shooter is politically to the _right_ of Charlie Kirk and either didn't like some position he took or saw him as a useful martyr to light the fuse for unrest
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Charlie Kirk was a martyr for free speech, which is why we're going to deport anyone who "makes light" of his death.
September 11, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Charlie Kirk was a martyr for free speech, which is why we're going to deport anyone who "makes light" of his death.
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The Founders who wrote and passed the legal language "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion" actually meant "Congress shall mandate a national religion, and it's 21st century evangelicalism mixed with some catholic converts," they just accidentally wrote something else.
September 7, 2025 at 11:58 AM
The Founders who wrote and passed the legal language "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion" actually meant "Congress shall mandate a national religion, and it's 21st century evangelicalism mixed with some catholic converts," they just accidentally wrote something else.
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We can set an example for the whole nation in this election.
September 7, 2025 at 10:44 PM
We can set an example for the whole nation in this election.
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“It is not a radical idea to say that every man, woman and child in America can have a decent standard of living.”
September 6, 2025 at 11:02 PM
“It is not a radical idea to say that every man, woman and child in America can have a decent standard of living.”
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IF👏THE👏PRESS👏IS👏OWNED👏BY👏BILLIONAIRES👏IT'S👏NOT👏FREE!
September 7, 2025 at 3:20 PM
IF👏THE👏PRESS👏IS👏OWNED👏BY👏BILLIONAIRES👏IT'S👏NOT👏FREE!
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Following up my Kagi post from yesterday, if you decide to give it a go this guy came up with some block lists to help improve your results. Apparently there’s, like, 16 companies whose properties make up the bulk of search results and this filters them out.
How I Use Kagi
My block list and some fun search lenses. Don't @ me that damn article about the guy whinging about Kagi.
flamedfury.com
August 6, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Following up my Kagi post from yesterday, if you decide to give it a go this guy came up with some block lists to help improve your results. Apparently there’s, like, 16 companies whose properties make up the bulk of search results and this filters them out.
The only major worry I have about the Blue State Purposeful Gerrymander Project is that it makes primaries SO much more important, which is worrying for a system that is not controlled by laws. We saw how the will of the people has been thwarted by "superdelegates" and calendars before for the Dems.
August 4, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The only major worry I have about the Blue State Purposeful Gerrymander Project is that it makes primaries SO much more important, which is worrying for a system that is not controlled by laws. We saw how the will of the people has been thwarted by "superdelegates" and calendars before for the Dems.
My mental metaphor: the country has been kidnapped and taken for a wild ride far from our civil home using a truck of invented executive power. If the Dems manage to wrest control in an election I don't want them to set up a cot and pretend everything is okay where we are: I want them to DRIVE HOME.
July 9, 2025 at 11:01 PM
My mental metaphor: the country has been kidnapped and taken for a wild ride far from our civil home using a truck of invented executive power. If the Dems manage to wrest control in an election I don't want them to set up a cot and pretend everything is okay where we are: I want them to DRIVE HOME.
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July 8, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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By SCOTUS's logic, a law banning all treatments for erectile dysfunction would not discriminate on the basis of sex so long as it was applied to everyone.
Roberts writes for the conservative supermajority to uphold Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for minors. He says the law does not discriminate on the basis of sex OR transgender status, and says this issue must be left to the democratic process. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
June 18, 2025 at 3:13 PM
By SCOTUS's logic, a law banning all treatments for erectile dysfunction would not discriminate on the basis of sex so long as it was applied to everyone.
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Good reference for my Utah/Mormon folks
June 14, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Good reference for my Utah/Mormon folks
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Did you know someone reverse-engineered the Weather Channel computer system from the 80s/90s and now you can generate your own private weather channel for your location?
weatherstar.netbymatt.com
weatherstar.netbymatt.com
May 29, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Did you know someone reverse-engineered the Weather Channel computer system from the 80s/90s and now you can generate your own private weather channel for your location?
weatherstar.netbymatt.com
weatherstar.netbymatt.com
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President Donald Trump's approval rating in deep-red Utah has dropped to just +11.5% since taking office.
Utahns aged 18-34 now disapprove of Trump by 17 points.
www.utahpoliticalwatch.news/trumps-appro...
Utahns aged 18-34 now disapprove of Trump by 17 points.
www.utahpoliticalwatch.news/trumps-appro...
Trump's Utah approval plunges: Young voters lead defection
President Donald Trump's approval rating in Utah has dropped to just +11.5% since taking office. Young Utahns disapprove by 17 points, while older voters still support him.
www.utahpoliticalwatch.news
May 28, 2025 at 8:52 PM
President Donald Trump's approval rating in deep-red Utah has dropped to just +11.5% since taking office.
Utahns aged 18-34 now disapprove of Trump by 17 points.
www.utahpoliticalwatch.news/trumps-appro...
Utahns aged 18-34 now disapprove of Trump by 17 points.
www.utahpoliticalwatch.news/trumps-appro...
One thing, of many, that I like about some of the people I follow, like @aoc.bsky.social, is how their replies usually reveal a few more trolls I need to block. It's really made my experience here so much better, and not being listened to is the biggest reason racist X users don't stick around.
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February 27, 2025 at 2:54 PM
One thing, of many, that I like about some of the people I follow, like @aoc.bsky.social, is how their replies usually reveal a few more trolls I need to block. It's really made my experience here so much better, and not being listened to is the biggest reason racist X users don't stick around.
In 2025 it turns out one secret to Internet sanity is simply weeding your garden: block each and every troll, every time. Leave a couple nice wildflowers who you disagree with but they're actually nice and nuanced for sake of good diversity of thought, but don't even wait to toss the trollish weeds.
February 27, 2025 at 1:07 PM
In 2025 it turns out one secret to Internet sanity is simply weeding your garden: block each and every troll, every time. Leave a couple nice wildflowers who you disagree with but they're actually nice and nuanced for sake of good diversity of thought, but don't even wait to toss the trollish weeds.
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I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
January 31, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
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