Tom Seiple
@tomlovesdata.bsky.social
Someone once accused me of being too damn curious, and I took it as a compliment. Data and design nerd, history and economics obsessed, eternally curious as to how the world works.
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Tom Seiple
@tomlovesdata.bsky.social
· Dec 28
The other day, I received a Target gift card. I went to use it but encountered an issue, the bar code wouldn’t scan correctly for the cashier. Turns out, the “bar code” was to be scratched off to reveal another barcode and access code below.
This is horribly designed, a thread 🧵 to follow:
This is horribly designed, a thread 🧵 to follow:
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Amazon just announced another round of 16,000 layoffs, months after it laid off 14,000 workers.
Reminder that Amazon CEO Andy Jassy raked in over $40M in 2024.
And Amazon is spending at least $75 million producing and promoting the Melania documentary.
The system is rigged.
Reminder that Amazon CEO Andy Jassy raked in over $40M in 2024.
And Amazon is spending at least $75 million producing and promoting the Melania documentary.
The system is rigged.
January 29, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Amazon just announced another round of 16,000 layoffs, months after it laid off 14,000 workers.
Reminder that Amazon CEO Andy Jassy raked in over $40M in 2024.
And Amazon is spending at least $75 million producing and promoting the Melania documentary.
The system is rigged.
Reminder that Amazon CEO Andy Jassy raked in over $40M in 2024.
And Amazon is spending at least $75 million producing and promoting the Melania documentary.
The system is rigged.
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The officer who shot Alex worked for DHS for 8 years. The officer who shot Renee worked for DHS for over 10 years. Both are considered “highly trained.”
The problem isn’t "training." DHS was built to violate our rights and has been empowered to act with impunity. We must MELT ICE and dismantle DHS.
The problem isn’t "training." DHS was built to violate our rights and has been empowered to act with impunity. We must MELT ICE and dismantle DHS.
January 26, 2026 at 7:28 PM
The officer who shot Alex worked for DHS for 8 years. The officer who shot Renee worked for DHS for over 10 years. Both are considered “highly trained.”
The problem isn’t "training." DHS was built to violate our rights and has been empowered to act with impunity. We must MELT ICE and dismantle DHS.
The problem isn’t "training." DHS was built to violate our rights and has been empowered to act with impunity. We must MELT ICE and dismantle DHS.
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Needless to say that Renee Good and Alex Pretti will go down as heroes here in Minnesota and nationally, their names synonymous with sacrifice and caring for vulnerable neighbors even at the risk of your own life. And hopefully no more innocent lives are lost.
January 26, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Needless to say that Renee Good and Alex Pretti will go down as heroes here in Minnesota and nationally, their names synonymous with sacrifice and caring for vulnerable neighbors even at the risk of your own life. And hopefully no more innocent lives are lost.
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"Many struggle w/ the pretext that ICE/CBP are in Mpls to enforce immigration law. Bondi’s letter makes vividly clear the real purpose is to compel opposition states — Free States if you will — through violence, to surrender sovereignty to brutal outside rule which treats them as a conquered people"
Remembering the Boston Massacre as Minneapolis Writhes Under Occupation
Opposition to garrisoning soldiers in civilian towns was a cornerstone of the...
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January 26, 2026 at 7:51 PM
"Many struggle w/ the pretext that ICE/CBP are in Mpls to enforce immigration law. Bondi’s letter makes vividly clear the real purpose is to compel opposition states — Free States if you will — through violence, to surrender sovereignty to brutal outside rule which treats them as a conquered people"
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In the first half of the 20th century, tens of thousands of people (mostly children) suffered paralysis from polio. The first vaccine was introduced in the USA in 1955. Notice the trend afterwards.
(by @ourworldindata)
(by @ourworldindata)
January 26, 2026 at 7:55 PM
In the first half of the 20th century, tens of thousands of people (mostly children) suffered paralysis from polio. The first vaccine was introduced in the USA in 1955. Notice the trend afterwards.
(by @ourworldindata)
(by @ourworldindata)
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I love how this graphic is totally unhelpful for determining whether you're going to get 30 inches of snow or half an inch of ice.
January 23, 2026 at 8:57 PM
I love how this graphic is totally unhelpful for determining whether you're going to get 30 inches of snow or half an inch of ice.
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If people don't actually use the shitty AI we keep violently thrusting at them, the bubble will pop, and our wasteful investments into water guzzling, anti-human infrastructure will bankrupt us. Despite spouting shit about free markets/consumer first, we have decided you WILL use our slopgorithms.
January 20, 2026 at 10:51 PM
If people don't actually use the shitty AI we keep violently thrusting at them, the bubble will pop, and our wasteful investments into water guzzling, anti-human infrastructure will bankrupt us. Despite spouting shit about free markets/consumer first, we have decided you WILL use our slopgorithms.
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Felon47 made more money last year, (2025), than he's made his entire miserable life...
Tell me again how he's not taking a paycheck... He's robbing Americans.
Tell me again how he's not taking a paycheck... He's robbing Americans.
January 21, 2026 at 3:41 AM
Felon47 made more money last year, (2025), than he's made his entire miserable life...
Tell me again how he's not taking a paycheck... He's robbing Americans.
Tell me again how he's not taking a paycheck... He's robbing Americans.
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I think--a lot--about that one time when Lindsey Graham was correct.
January 20, 2026 at 8:23 PM
I think--a lot--about that one time when Lindsey Graham was correct.
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Mamdani: "I am in support of abolishing ICE. What we see is an entity that has no interest in fulfilling its stated reason to exist. We're seeing a government agency that is supposed to be enforcing some kind of immigration law, but instead what it's doing is terrorizing people."
January 20, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Mamdani: "I am in support of abolishing ICE. What we see is an entity that has no interest in fulfilling its stated reason to exist. We're seeing a government agency that is supposed to be enforcing some kind of immigration law, but instead what it's doing is terrorizing people."
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January 17, 2026 at 2:41 PM
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I found this very interesting perspective thread on FB.
January 17, 2026 at 4:26 AM
I found this very interesting perspective thread on FB.
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. They’re looking into her background to try to find a way to retroactively justify the guy shooting her in the face through her car in a lynching
January 13, 2026 at 1:10 PM
. They’re looking into her background to try to find a way to retroactively justify the guy shooting her in the face through her car in a lynching
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Breaking NYT:
The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter.
The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status.
That is a war crime called "perfidy."
The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter.
The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status.
That is a war crime called "perfidy."
U.S. Attacked Boat With Aircraft That Looked Like a Civilian Plane
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Breaking NYT:
The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter.
The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status.
That is a war crime called "perfidy."
The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter.
The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status.
That is a war crime called "perfidy."
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Someone set fire to the only synagogue in Mississippi’s capital.
No coverage yet in our nations leading publications, outside an AP story in WaPo.
No coverage yet in our nations leading publications, outside an AP story in WaPo.
Suspect arrested in predawn fire that left parts of Mississippi’s largest synagogue in charred ruins
A fire heavily damaged Jackson’s only synagogue before dawn Saturday – the same house of worship that was firebombed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1967 because the rabbi had been an advocate for civil…
A fire heavily damaged Jackson’s only synagogue before dawn Saturday – the same house of worship that was firebombed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1967 because the rabbi had been an advocate for civil…
Suspect arrested in predawn fire that left parts of Mississippi’s largest synagogue in charred ruins
A fire heavily damaged Jackson’s only synagogue before dawn Saturday – the same house of worship that was firebombed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1967 because the rabbi had been an advocate for civil rights.
mississippitoday.org
January 11, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Someone set fire to the only synagogue in Mississippi’s capital.
No coverage yet in our nations leading publications, outside an AP story in WaPo.
No coverage yet in our nations leading publications, outside an AP story in WaPo.
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BREAKING: Staggering scenes as brave Iranians stand up to their illegitimate government in Tehran... um, hang on, I'm being told this is actually Minneapolis. Forget I said anything...
January 11, 2026 at 11:54 AM
BREAKING: Staggering scenes as brave Iranians stand up to their illegitimate government in Tehran... um, hang on, I'm being told this is actually Minneapolis. Forget I said anything...
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We are experiencing the worst people our country has ever produced.
January 9, 2026 at 3:32 AM
We are experiencing the worst people our country has ever produced.
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The murderer's name is Jonathan Ross. It's not "doxxing" to name him. We don't have "secret" law enforcement in the United States. Katie Phang sounds off in a must-watch new report:
Trump PANICS After MN ICE Agent IDENTITY Is REVEALED
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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January 9, 2026 at 7:57 PM
The murderer's name is Jonathan Ross. It's not "doxxing" to name him. We don't have "secret" law enforcement in the United States. Katie Phang sounds off in a must-watch new report:
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The jobs report is in. What a disaster.
January 9, 2026 at 2:47 PM
The jobs report is in. What a disaster.
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🚨 The White House is now actively covering up a murder.
January 8, 2026 at 4:25 PM
🚨 The White House is now actively covering up a murder.
We live in a fascist police state. Only way out is through radical change. Whether you believe “normal” is dead or never existed in the first place; either way, we can only look forward and propose an alternative future.
January 9, 2026 at 12:16 AM
We live in a fascist police state. Only way out is through radical change. Whether you believe “normal” is dead or never existed in the first place; either way, we can only look forward and propose an alternative future.
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At this point, I am begging other countries to sanction us. This country needs to experience deep economic strain for many of his voters to finally realize he is only making their lives more miserable.
After an attack on Venezuela, Trump’s threats to annex Greenland have European leaders on edge.
EU And UK Back Denmark Over Trump’s Threats To Take Over Greenland
After an attack on Venezuela, Trump’s threats to annex Greenland have European leaders on edge.
www.forbes.com
January 5, 2026 at 8:11 PM
At this point, I am begging other countries to sanction us. This country needs to experience deep economic strain for many of his voters to finally realize he is only making their lives more miserable.