Corey Tomsons
@tomsons.bsky.social
‘There is a lot about what is going on here that I don’t understand. But I am participating anyway.’ Martha Wells, Network Effect
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WATCH: If you REALLY want to understand a BIG reason why cycling [aka riding a bike] is so dangerous in North America, and one of the biggest villains in the origin story of our unsafe status quo, invest some time watching this one, by NOT JUST BIKES (aka @theurbanistagenda.com here). Then share it.
This is Why Cycling is Dangerous in America
YouTube video by Not Just Bikes
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 11:04 PM
WATCH: If you REALLY want to understand a BIG reason why cycling [aka riding a bike] is so dangerous in North America, and one of the biggest villains in the origin story of our unsafe status quo, invest some time watching this one, by NOT JUST BIKES (aka @theurbanistagenda.com here). Then share it.
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Ireland’s basic income for the arts scheme becomes permanent
When piloted, initiative that provided €325 a week to eligible artists recouped more than its net cost, study shows
When piloted, initiative that provided €325 a week to eligible artists recouped more than its net cost, study shows
Ireland’s basic income for the arts scheme becomes permanent
When piloted, initiative that provided €325 a week to eligible artists recouped more than its net cost, study shows
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Ireland’s basic income for the arts scheme becomes permanent
When piloted, initiative that provided €325 a week to eligible artists recouped more than its net cost, study shows
When piloted, initiative that provided €325 a week to eligible artists recouped more than its net cost, study shows
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we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
February 10, 2026 at 8:18 PM
we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
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People on Reddit are getting Amazon to refund their Ring products because of their partnership with Flock and that creepy Super Bowl ad
www.reddit.com/r/FlockSurve...
www.reddit.com/r/FlockSurve...
February 10, 2026 at 9:55 AM
People on Reddit are getting Amazon to refund their Ring products because of their partnership with Flock and that creepy Super Bowl ad
www.reddit.com/r/FlockSurve...
www.reddit.com/r/FlockSurve...
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Bad Bunny's historical advisor is an assistant professor at UW-Madison.
Hell of a flex for your tenure file.
Hell of a flex for your tenure file.
Not at all surprised to learn that Bad Bunny has a historical adviser. His halftime show was a reminder that our history and culture are deeply intertwined with the rest of the western hemisphere. We should think of his performance as part of #America250. #SuperBowl
news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...
news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...
Pop star Bad Bunny needed a Puerto Rican history scholar. UW–Madison had just the one.
Bad Bunny collaborated with UW–Madison history professor Jorell Meléndez-Badillo on Puerto Rican narratives that accompany the new album “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS.”
news.wisc.edu
February 9, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Bad Bunny's historical advisor is an assistant professor at UW-Madison.
Hell of a flex for your tenure file.
Hell of a flex for your tenure file.
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There are a lot of folks in their 20s & 30s who need to learn more about cooking & are making basic errors, so here’s a Cooking Basics 101 thread while I make some refried beans.
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Stove dials go between, say, 1 and 10. Use them. Some things need cooking slowly. Some fast. It changes everything.
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Stove dials go between, say, 1 and 10. Use them. Some things need cooking slowly. Some fast. It changes everything.
February 7, 2026 at 9:10 PM
There are a lot of folks in their 20s & 30s who need to learn more about cooking & are making basic errors, so here’s a Cooking Basics 101 thread while I make some refried beans.
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Stove dials go between, say, 1 and 10. Use them. Some things need cooking slowly. Some fast. It changes everything.
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Stove dials go between, say, 1 and 10. Use them. Some things need cooking slowly. Some fast. It changes everything.
Is there a word to describe the falling-into-an-uncanny-valley discomfort of hearing people say “on accident”?
February 7, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Is there a word to describe the falling-into-an-uncanny-valley discomfort of hearing people say “on accident”?
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I don't know what to tell you. You can't sit at a piano for the first time ever and play a sonata. You can't pick up a tennis racket for the first time and serve a 110MPH Ace.
You have to fuck up.
You have to be able to handle failing.
You have to love it enough to not get it right and keep on.
You have to fuck up.
You have to be able to handle failing.
You have to love it enough to not get it right and keep on.
February 7, 2026 at 5:10 AM
I don't know what to tell you. You can't sit at a piano for the first time ever and play a sonata. You can't pick up a tennis racket for the first time and serve a 110MPH Ace.
You have to fuck up.
You have to be able to handle failing.
You have to love it enough to not get it right and keep on.
You have to fuck up.
You have to be able to handle failing.
You have to love it enough to not get it right and keep on.
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A data-driven mosaic of our warming planet - now updated through 2025 🥵
Download graphic at zacklabe.com/climate-chan...
Download graphic at zacklabe.com/climate-chan...
February 2, 2026 at 12:39 PM
A data-driven mosaic of our warming planet - now updated through 2025 🥵
Download graphic at zacklabe.com/climate-chan...
Download graphic at zacklabe.com/climate-chan...
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> Alison Luchs, who has worked at the National Gallery of Art for 47 years, agreed to learn Gen Z slang and make videos because she wanted to raise interest in the museum’s art.
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> She never expected to slay.
stolen from https://wapo.st/4qIqlTl
#nationalgalleryofart #genz #slang #art #maiolica
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> She never expected to slay.
stolen from https://wapo.st/4qIqlTl
#nationalgalleryofart #genz #slang #art #maiolica
January 31, 2026 at 3:37 PM
> Alison Luchs, who has worked at the National Gallery of Art for 47 years, agreed to learn Gen Z slang and make videos because she wanted to raise interest in the museum’s art.
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> She never expected to slay.
stolen from https://wapo.st/4qIqlTl
#nationalgalleryofart #genz #slang #art #maiolica
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> She never expected to slay.
stolen from https://wapo.st/4qIqlTl
#nationalgalleryofart #genz #slang #art #maiolica
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For International Privacy Day, a client asked me to speak with their employees about privacy, online scams, and steps individuals can take to protect themselves. I’ve seen a lot of this in my practice, & thought a wider audience might benefit from those observations. www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4Ut...
Privacy, Online Fraud, and What You Can Do About It
YouTube video by PrivacyLawyer - David Fraser
www.youtube.com
February 1, 2026 at 11:20 PM
For International Privacy Day, a client asked me to speak with their employees about privacy, online scams, and steps individuals can take to protect themselves. I’ve seen a lot of this in my practice, & thought a wider audience might benefit from those observations. www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4Ut...
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Ep 301 of Leverage Redemption S3 had a villa in France full of evil billionaires colluding to pillage trillions in public goods who were keeping a small town activist in the basement until they could execute her led by a guy who admired Putin, and we did not, in fact, go hard enough. Apologies.
February 1, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Ep 301 of Leverage Redemption S3 had a villa in France full of evil billionaires colluding to pillage trillions in public goods who were keeping a small town activist in the basement until they could execute her led by a guy who admired Putin, and we did not, in fact, go hard enough. Apologies.
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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Join me and Jenny Lewis—the esteemed casting director of Heated Rivalry and, yes, my sister—for a conversation about politics, entertainment, and what it will take to support Canadian-made film and television!
I'm excited for this one!
I'm excited for this one!
January 28, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Join me and Jenny Lewis—the esteemed casting director of Heated Rivalry and, yes, my sister—for a conversation about politics, entertainment, and what it will take to support Canadian-made film and television!
I'm excited for this one!
I'm excited for this one!
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![3-panel comic. (1) [Three small arthropods on ocean floor.] ARTHROPOD 1: Now that we’re multicellular, what are your plans? I’m gonna evolve little legs and swim around with them! ARTHROPOD 2: I’m gonna evolve sharp pincers and use them to crunch stuff! ARTHROPOD 3: I’m gonna evolve glands to make string from my butt and use it to construct elaborate geometric nets hundreds of times my size to catch other animals. (2) [Silence] (3) ARTHROPOD 1: *Dude.* ARTHROPOD 2: Can you *please* just be normal about this? ARTHROPOD 3: *What??!*](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreia3p425asp237hjolbn5lly6g6hzm2eoygqjpkd5dii6zrwqnp7qi@jpeg)
January 28, 2026 at 7:57 PM
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!!!BOOK NEWS!!!
Do you want a signed copy of *The Edge of Space-Time*? Do you want to support a queer/Black and Asian-owned bookstore?
Through 30 March, if you preorder from @loyaltybooks.bsky.social, you are guaranteed a signed AND personalized copy:
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😻 📚💙
Do you want a signed copy of *The Edge of Space-Time*? Do you want to support a queer/Black and Asian-owned bookstore?
Through 30 March, if you preorder from @loyaltybooks.bsky.social, you are guaranteed a signed AND personalized copy:
loyaltybookstores.com/preordersspa...
😻 📚💙
January 28, 2026 at 7:34 PM
!!!BOOK NEWS!!!
Do you want a signed copy of *The Edge of Space-Time*? Do you want to support a queer/Black and Asian-owned bookstore?
Through 30 March, if you preorder from @loyaltybooks.bsky.social, you are guaranteed a signed AND personalized copy:
loyaltybookstores.com/preordersspa...
😻 📚💙
Do you want a signed copy of *The Edge of Space-Time*? Do you want to support a queer/Black and Asian-owned bookstore?
Through 30 March, if you preorder from @loyaltybooks.bsky.social, you are guaranteed a signed AND personalized copy:
loyaltybookstores.com/preordersspa...
😻 📚💙
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52. Instead of cutting Canada Post, expand it to invest in digital communications, including email (not Google), secure servers (not Amazon), secure data management (not Microsoft), and rural high speed internet, alongside traditional mail.
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
Canada Post paints bleak financial picture, hints at big job cuts | CBC News
At its annual public meeting Tuesday, Canada Post revealed that it continues to bleed cash and hinted at big job cuts through attrition.
www.cbc.ca
January 25, 2026 at 3:57 PM
52. Instead of cutting Canada Post, expand it to invest in digital communications, including email (not Google), secure servers (not Amazon), secure data management (not Microsoft), and rural high speed internet, alongside traditional mail.
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
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MUST READ thread before Monday night's forecasted G4 / SEVERE geomagnetic storm. Auroras could be seen as far south as the U.S.-Mexico border at times. Widespread mid-latitude displays are possible. Here's what you need to know to have a successful aurora chase tonight! 🧵
#heliophysics #aurora
#heliophysics #aurora
January 19, 2026 at 6:30 PM
MUST READ thread before Monday night's forecasted G4 / SEVERE geomagnetic storm. Auroras could be seen as far south as the U.S.-Mexico border at times. Widespread mid-latitude displays are possible. Here's what you need to know to have a successful aurora chase tonight! 🧵
#heliophysics #aurora
#heliophysics #aurora
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Pretty thin piece but spot on.
"As Canada faces another year of uncertainty and its most serious challenges since the Second World War, Prime Minister Mark Carney would be wise to employ a much stronger communications strategy to bring Canadians on board in a 'far more substantive way."
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"As Canada faces another year of uncertainty and its most serious challenges since the Second World War, Prime Minister Mark Carney would be wise to employ a much stronger communications strategy to bring Canadians on board in a 'far more substantive way."
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Carney needs a much stronger communications strategy with Canadians at this hinge moment
Canadians are worried, and the prime minister should be communicating more clearly and more regularly with them.
www.hilltimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Pretty thin piece but spot on.
"As Canada faces another year of uncertainty and its most serious challenges since the Second World War, Prime Minister Mark Carney would be wise to employ a much stronger communications strategy to bring Canadians on board in a 'far more substantive way."
1/2
"As Canada faces another year of uncertainty and its most serious challenges since the Second World War, Prime Minister Mark Carney would be wise to employ a much stronger communications strategy to bring Canadians on board in a 'far more substantive way."
1/2
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Intrusive thoughts about Canadian fictional characters : at one point Wolverine and Anne of green gables were alive at the same time
January 17, 2026 at 1:35 AM
Intrusive thoughts about Canadian fictional characters : at one point Wolverine and Anne of green gables were alive at the same time
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What's Up With COVID and What We Can Do About It: 2026 Edition
I've thoroughly updated this public health propaganda zine! With new information about:
Adjusting mask fit
CO2 monitoring
Improving ventilation for infection control
Read at newlevant.com/COVIDzine or in the thread below 👇
I've thoroughly updated this public health propaganda zine! With new information about:
Adjusting mask fit
CO2 monitoring
Improving ventilation for infection control
Read at newlevant.com/COVIDzine or in the thread below 👇
![[COVID zine front cover]
[bold, handwritten] What’s Up With COVID and What We Can Do About It: 2026 Edition
[Drawing of a person (me) with a shoulder-length shag haircut, wearing head-strap respirator mask a sweatshirt, carrying a Corsi-Rosenthal box (a DIY air purifier made with a box fan and furnace filters)]
[word balloon] clean the air, basically! By Hazel Newlevant
[COVID zine back cover]
[handwritten text, circled by a chain which is breaking on the bottom]
“Every chain of transmission that is broken is VALUABLE. Every person that doesn’t GET SICK, that doesn’t lose that WEEK OF WORK, that doesn’t become DISABLED or DIE, from the minorest of inconveniences, to the GREATEST of losses: every single one of those things is VALUABLE.” -Becca on DEATH PANEL podcast 2/16/23.
Print and distribute this zine yourself! Download a PDF here. [arrow pointing to the citations QR code]
[drawing of this zine, getting stapled with a long-arm stapler]
[Creative Commons license logo] CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Citations:
[QR code] newlevant.com/COVIDzine
[bold, handwritten] ALWAYS FREE](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:twccexjsbh6y2tyhysjrhc2v/bafkreicg6f3tsxzbhi6hesaqppsfaaidnee33exrrwoalyxyaihaxxdk3a@jpeg)
January 16, 2026 at 3:17 PM
What's Up With COVID and What We Can Do About It: 2026 Edition
I've thoroughly updated this public health propaganda zine! With new information about:
Adjusting mask fit
CO2 monitoring
Improving ventilation for infection control
Read at newlevant.com/COVIDzine or in the thread below 👇
I've thoroughly updated this public health propaganda zine! With new information about:
Adjusting mask fit
CO2 monitoring
Improving ventilation for infection control
Read at newlevant.com/COVIDzine or in the thread below 👇
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Oh, and my website remains the same, but it’s now a professional site rather than a portfolio:
robsonfletcher.com
robsonfletcher.com
Robson Fletcher: Data & Storytelling Strategist
Robson Fletcher offers data analytics, public opinion research, communciation and consulting services to help organizations make better decisions and explain their work clearly to the people who matte...
robsonfletcher.com
January 14, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Oh, and my website remains the same, but it’s now a professional site rather than a portfolio:
robsonfletcher.com
robsonfletcher.com