Tom
@tombomb.bsky.social
Husband, dad, aging hipster. I sell software and play a mean guitar.
📍Maine, USA
📍Maine, USA
1. Presocratic philosophy
2. Intro to Shakespeare
3. The Civil War and Reconstruction
4. Aesthetics
5. Art in the Dutch Golden Age
2. Intro to Shakespeare
3. The Civil War and Reconstruction
4. Aesthetics
5. Art in the Dutch Golden Age
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:
1. Marine Biology (we got to go out on a boat!)
2. The History of the Holocaust
3. Logic and Critical Thinking
4. Eastern Religions
5. The French Revolution
1. Marine Biology (we got to go out on a boat!)
2. The History of the Holocaust
3. Logic and Critical Thinking
4. Eastern Religions
5. The French Revolution
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:
1. Origins of Nazism
2. Dante’s Divine Comedy
3. Behavioral Ecology & Conservation Biology
4. Principles of Evolution
5. Thinking and Speaking About Thinking and Speaking
1. Origins of Nazism
2. Dante’s Divine Comedy
3. Behavioral Ecology & Conservation Biology
4. Principles of Evolution
5. Thinking and Speaking About Thinking and Speaking
January 31, 2026 at 5:21 PM
1. Presocratic philosophy
2. Intro to Shakespeare
3. The Civil War and Reconstruction
4. Aesthetics
5. Art in the Dutch Golden Age
2. Intro to Shakespeare
3. The Civil War and Reconstruction
4. Aesthetics
5. Art in the Dutch Golden Age
I feel like it’s notable that Elon wrote one of these emails to Epstein at dawn on Christmas morning.
Elon Musk last year: "Epstein tried to get me to go to his island and I REFUSED"
Musk to Epstein emails:
• “What day/night will be the wildest party on your island?”
• "I really want to hit the party scene"
• "Is there a good time to visit?
Story: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
Musk to Epstein emails:
• “What day/night will be the wildest party on your island?”
• "I really want to hit the party scene"
• "Is there a good time to visit?
Story: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
January 31, 2026 at 12:34 AM
I feel like it’s notable that Elon wrote one of these emails to Epstein at dawn on Christmas morning.
weird freak
JD Vance: "To our fellow Americans we say, you're never gonna find great meaning in a cubicle or in front of a computer screen. But you will find great meaning if you dedicate yourself to the creation and sustenance of human life."
January 23, 2026 at 6:58 PM
weird freak
NYT framing an historically embarrassing and disastrous 48 hours for the country as some sort of triumph for Trump is certainly a choice
January 22, 2026 at 3:09 AM
NYT framing an historically embarrassing and disastrous 48 hours for the country as some sort of triumph for Trump is certainly a choice
Of course this will be bad in its own very special way, but the obsequiousness from the press is straight out of Iraq 2.0, baby.
The Washington Post editorial board comes out in favor of the Venezuela attack/operation to capture Maduro
January 3, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Of course this will be bad in its own very special way, but the obsequiousness from the press is straight out of Iraq 2.0, baby.
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I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.
September 19, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.
NYC, Mumbai, Buenos Aires, Montreal, LA
If you could get a crib in any five cities (five cribs) of your choice in the world, which would you choose?
Me: NYC, London, Florence, Hong Kong, Auckland
Me: NYC, London, Florence, Hong Kong, Auckland
If you could get a crib in any five cities (five cribs) of your choice in the world, which would you choose?
Me: Philly, NYC, LA, Chicago, Atlanta
Me: Philly, NYC, LA, Chicago, Atlanta
August 14, 2025 at 1:49 AM
NYC, Mumbai, Buenos Aires, Montreal, LA
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Instead of regurgitating the bromide that LLMs are just "autocomplete on steroids" (even by people who know better), maybe we can actually engage in some public education. The problem with genAI is better expressed through a classic computer science concept, known as SYMBOL GROUNDING. 🧵
August 12, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Instead of regurgitating the bromide that LLMs are just "autocomplete on steroids" (even by people who know better), maybe we can actually engage in some public education. The problem with genAI is better expressed through a classic computer science concept, known as SYMBOL GROUNDING. 🧵
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The US economic model it's offering to the world is fartcoin, sports betting, and natural oils, the Chinese economic model is high speed rail and solar panels. Americans have rejected Geist and their country won't survive it
BREAKING: China has officially banned cryptocurrency trading, mining, and related services
August 3, 2025 at 6:04 PM
The US economic model it's offering to the world is fartcoin, sports betting, and natural oils, the Chinese economic model is high speed rail and solar panels. Americans have rejected Geist and their country won't survive it
Project 2025 is a jumble of policies, too, but the right has a trifecta and the policies are mostly destructive rather than constructive, so they are easier to implement.
I do think it says something that whenever we ask ourselves questions like this, we get a jumble of 500 policies. What are the unifying concepts that explain why that agenda is cohesive and desirable? That tells us how and why to prioritize certain goals at certain times? That's what the right has.
The question to ask here is: What would a Democratic Miller even want? Stephen Miller has a crystal clear picture of the America he believes should exist in his head. It motivates him. It determines the policies he prioritizes and the strategies he chooses. What would be the Democratic equivalent?
August 2, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Project 2025 is a jumble of policies, too, but the right has a trifecta and the policies are mostly destructive rather than constructive, so they are easier to implement.
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Better late than never. -- In honor of this, which is genuinely wonderful news if it holds, a story.
Once upon a time, there was a boy who was born in a tiny village in eastern Turkey. I have been to this village. To get there from the nearest town, you catch a minibus going somewhere else ...
Once upon a time, there was a boy who was born in a tiny village in eastern Turkey. I have been to this village. To get there from the nearest town, you catch a minibus going somewhere else ...
Several days after the PKK's arms burning ceremony, Ozge Genc has probably written the most comprehensive article on the subject. No question left unasked, I highly recommend it.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/...
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/...
Analysis: PKK recalibrates from armed struggle to politics in Turkiye
Support from the PKK and Turkiye’s politicians signals a change after decades of conflict, but pitfalls remain.
www.aljazeera.com
July 22, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Better late than never. -- In honor of this, which is genuinely wonderful news if it holds, a story.
Once upon a time, there was a boy who was born in a tiny village in eastern Turkey. I have been to this village. To get there from the nearest town, you catch a minibus going somewhere else ...
Once upon a time, there was a boy who was born in a tiny village in eastern Turkey. I have been to this village. To get there from the nearest town, you catch a minibus going somewhere else ...
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they're calling it the greatest thread of all time
"chief people officer"
you mean HR?
you down to the Coldplay concert with HR?
you mean HR?
you down to the Coldplay concert with HR?
a software ceo got caught in 4k on the jumbotron with the company’s chief people officer at a coldplay concert
July 17, 2025 at 5:50 PM
they're calling it the greatest thread of all time
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ICE is going to end up being basically a Civilian Conservation Corps-style makework program for downwardly mobile young men, but instead of making nice parks and stuff, it will make human misery.
July 3, 2025 at 8:24 PM
ICE is going to end up being basically a Civilian Conservation Corps-style makework program for downwardly mobile young men, but instead of making nice parks and stuff, it will make human misery.
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you have been visited by "Le Boulanger Quebecois"
repost to receive his blessing
repost to receive his blessing
July 1, 2025 at 10:25 AM
you have been visited by "Le Boulanger Quebecois"
repost to receive his blessing
repost to receive his blessing
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The Court had no problem with nationwide injunctions from District judges when, say, the Biden administration used its explicit statutory authority to "waive or modify" student loan payments, but when Trump wants to nullify the explicit text of the Fourteenth Amendment the practice must end
there is no jurisprudence at work here. the republican court believes that anything a republican president is presumptively constitutional, even if it directly violates the unambiguous constitutional text and causes total chaos in law and policy.
June 27, 2025 at 8:07 PM
The Court had no problem with nationwide injunctions from District judges when, say, the Biden administration used its explicit statutory authority to "waive or modify" student loan payments, but when Trump wants to nullify the explicit text of the Fourteenth Amendment the practice must end
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holy shit
HASSAN: What is habeas corpus?
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
May 20, 2025 at 2:17 PM
holy shit
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The most grotesque image imaginable is the President flying around on a gilded plane while his Republican allies take away our families Medicare.
May 11, 2025 at 9:32 PM
The most grotesque image imaginable is the President flying around on a gilded plane while his Republican allies take away our families Medicare.
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NOAA just announced a long list of datasets that are going away🧪⚒️🌊: www.nesdis.noaa.gov/about/docume...
Download what you need asap and send comments to: ncei.info@noaa.gov
Download what you need asap and send comments to: ncei.info@noaa.gov
Notice of Changes
Notices of changes are formal public announcements of planned services changes to applications and other products.
www.nesdis.noaa.gov
April 17, 2025 at 12:44 AM
NOAA just announced a long list of datasets that are going away🧪⚒️🌊: www.nesdis.noaa.gov/about/docume...
Download what you need asap and send comments to: ncei.info@noaa.gov
Download what you need asap and send comments to: ncei.info@noaa.gov
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The bipartisan belief that America would be a better place if *other people* worked in a factory.
www.ft.com/content/8459...
www.ft.com/content/8459...
April 13, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The bipartisan belief that America would be a better place if *other people* worked in a factory.
www.ft.com/content/8459...
www.ft.com/content/8459...
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If an administration can get away with falsifying social security records to target individuals, then there is no bottom. There's also no such thing as a "citizen" because that can be changed with a couple button presses too. Mark your SSN and passport as dead then ship you to El Salvador.
what must be understood is that once *some* people can be declared legally dead because they are undocumented, *any* people can be declared legally dead because … well for anything
Exclusive: Two days after the Social Security Administration purposely and falsely labeled 6,100 living immigrants as dead, security guards arrived at the office of a well-regarded senior executive in the agency’s Woodlawn, Maryland, headquarters.
April 12, 2025 at 3:23 PM
If an administration can get away with falsifying social security records to target individuals, then there is no bottom. There's also no such thing as a "citizen" because that can be changed with a couple button presses too. Mark your SSN and passport as dead then ship you to El Salvador.
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These are the worst pigs in the universe torturing all children in a not very wealthy state because the chief pig feels personally slighted, and also is demanding other children be tortured and humiliated as he demands. Of course we can't frame it this way in polite discourse for some reason.
Trump admin announces they will terminate all "federal K-12 education funding, including formula and discretionary grants" for Maine's department of education because the state refuses to discriminate against transgender people.
U.S. Department of Education Announces Consequences for Maine’s Title IX Noncompliance
A press release was just issued Friday, April 11, 2025, at 3:15 p.m., from the U.S.
yourdailydispatch.substack.com
April 11, 2025 at 8:31 PM
These are the worst pigs in the universe torturing all children in a not very wealthy state because the chief pig feels personally slighted, and also is demanding other children be tortured and humiliated as he demands. Of course we can't frame it this way in polite discourse for some reason.
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All I’m saying is that President Harris wouldn’t have us looking at the futures market on a Sunday night.
April 6, 2025 at 11:12 PM
All I’m saying is that President Harris wouldn’t have us looking at the futures market on a Sunday night.
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They’ll never accept it, but everyone who cast a vote for Donald Trump did real, generations-long damage to the United States and the west in exchange for essentially nothing of value.
Carney: "The old relationship we had with the United States based on deepening integration of our economies and tight security and military cooperation is over."
March 27, 2025 at 8:07 PM
They’ll never accept it, but everyone who cast a vote for Donald Trump did real, generations-long damage to the United States and the west in exchange for essentially nothing of value.
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