A. Torch
@torcho.bsky.social
Activist, Surrealist artist, vintage shopkeeper, anti-racist. Music is life-giving.
#Jazz #Punk #CraftBeer
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#surrealism #yourbackseat #twinpeaks #STL
#Jazz #Punk #CraftBeer
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#surrealism #yourbackseat #twinpeaks #STL
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A. Torch
@torcho.bsky.social
· Jan 16
A watercolor of Senorita Dido I created after watching the masterpiece: Part 8 (The Return) of #TwinPeaks #art #davidlynch
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Reason 2: There is a literacy crisis already! People can’t read generally, not just the Magna Carta
January 2, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Reason 2: There is a literacy crisis already! People can’t read generally, not just the Magna Carta
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Reason 1: Most historical documents are not written in English, and if they are written in English it would like not be an English easily recognized by a 21st century teen, regardless of cursive fluency
January 2, 2026 at 12:35 PM
Reason 1: Most historical documents are not written in English, and if they are written in English it would like not be an English easily recognized by a 21st century teen, regardless of cursive fluency
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Came across this on Instagram and was immediately annoyed - most people currently alive can’t read most historical documents for a myriad of reasons that far exceed handwriting. That’s why people who actually do read those documents (historians) learn palaeography!
January 2, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Came across this on Instagram and was immediately annoyed - most people currently alive can’t read most historical documents for a myriad of reasons that far exceed handwriting. That’s why people who actually do read those documents (historians) learn palaeography!
A beverage rep was nice enough to give me a cooler-bag with my ‘name’ on it. The products are strong, be very careful with the 100+ drink, get ready for bed. He said they would probably be re-regulated again this year, and layoffs had already begun w/an uncertain future.
January 2, 2026 at 4:22 PM
A beverage rep was nice enough to give me a cooler-bag with my ‘name’ on it. The products are strong, be very careful with the 100+ drink, get ready for bed. He said they would probably be re-regulated again this year, and layoffs had already begun w/an uncertain future.
Homemade peanut brittle! Thanks @stateofstlouis.bsky.social and the Mr.
January 2, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Homemade peanut brittle! Thanks @stateofstlouis.bsky.social and the Mr.
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The villain of the American Revolution is a hero for second Trump administration. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Hero of 2025: King George III
The villain of the American Revolution is the patron saint of Donald Trump's second term.
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January 2, 2026 at 12:14 AM
The villain of the American Revolution is a hero for second Trump administration. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Butter-Cups Cereal (1965-circa 1967): Puffed, light, crispy, flower-shaped corn cereal pieces from General Mills. A commercial featured children picking and eating real-life buttercups (which are poisonous), which led to parental complaints of copycat behavior and ultimately its discontinuation
January 2, 2026 at 2:49 PM
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1) "Capped" by a tornado? That happened in May.
2) This is the only mention of the tornado in the whole piece: the first sentence. Nothing about how bad the City's response was. Nothing about how people had their roofs tarped as the winter freeze set in. Nothing about the North side *at all*.
2) This is the only mention of the tornado in the whole piece: the first sentence. Nothing about how bad the City's response was. Nothing about how people had their roofs tarped as the winter freeze set in. Nothing about the North side *at all*.
January 2, 2026 at 2:28 PM
1) "Capped" by a tornado? That happened in May.
2) This is the only mention of the tornado in the whole piece: the first sentence. Nothing about how bad the City's response was. Nothing about how people had their roofs tarped as the winter freeze set in. Nothing about the North side *at all*.
2) This is the only mention of the tornado in the whole piece: the first sentence. Nothing about how bad the City's response was. Nothing about how people had their roofs tarped as the winter freeze set in. Nothing about the North side *at all*.
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The Iranian regime has killed at least eight protesters during the last six days, one of them a 15-year-old boy.
January 2, 2026 at 2:12 PM
The Iranian regime has killed at least eight protesters during the last six days, one of them a 15-year-old boy.
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Trump threatens military action against Iran in a 3 AM post:
January 2, 2026 at 12:11 PM
Trump threatens military action against Iran in a 3 AM post:
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Grok's new "feature" that allows users to undress women in photos posted to X is a new low for the platform. If you're somehow still active over there, I urge you to let this be your final straw.
January 1, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Grok's new "feature" that allows users to undress women in photos posted to X is a new low for the platform. If you're somehow still active over there, I urge you to let this be your final straw.
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how can we exist in a world ran by people who don’t think this shit is a problem
January 2, 2026 at 2:08 AM
how can we exist in a world ran by people who don’t think this shit is a problem
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more on the nightmarish situation on X where users are apparently generating non consenting pirnographic imagery & sexual images of minors (csam) using xAI’s Grok. Musk merged xAI and X (fka twitter) last year.
January 2, 2026 at 3:07 AM
more on the nightmarish situation on X where users are apparently generating non consenting pirnographic imagery & sexual images of minors (csam) using xAI’s Grok. Musk merged xAI and X (fka twitter) last year.
Your #backseat for the night is a 1962 Chevy Impala. #yourbackseat
January 2, 2026 at 3:09 AM
Your #backseat for the night is a 1962 Chevy Impala. #yourbackseat
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Once a douchebag, always a douchebag.
January 2, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Once a douchebag, always a douchebag.
‘My Oklahoma Home Blowed Away’, Pete Seeger 🌪️
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January 2, 2026 at 1:52 AM
‘My Oklahoma Home Blowed Away’, Pete Seeger 🌪️
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Today is a day for self-care.
Play some music.
Chill.
Put a face mask on and cucumbers on your eyes.
The sun will rise tomorrow. Smile.
#ResistanceoftheDay
#Day1
Play some music.
Chill.
Put a face mask on and cucumbers on your eyes.
The sun will rise tomorrow. Smile.
#ResistanceoftheDay
#Day1
January 1, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Today is a day for self-care.
Play some music.
Chill.
Put a face mask on and cucumbers on your eyes.
The sun will rise tomorrow. Smile.
#ResistanceoftheDay
#Day1
Play some music.
Chill.
Put a face mask on and cucumbers on your eyes.
The sun will rise tomorrow. Smile.
#ResistanceoftheDay
#Day1
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Now, that's what I'm talking about. Rather than pretending any of it was good, he did the right thing and did away with the fruit from the poisonous tree. Whoever wins in 2028 should do the same on a national level, by removing every trace of Trump from our laws and our public spaces.
I was wondering what Mamdani's first executive order would be, and I'm not disappointed by this.
He has wiped off the books EVERY Eric Adams executive order issued on or after September 26, 2024, the day Adams was indicted on federal bribery charges.
He has wiped off the books EVERY Eric Adams executive order issued on or after September 26, 2024, the day Adams was indicted on federal bribery charges.
January 2, 2026 at 1:14 AM
Now, that's what I'm talking about. Rather than pretending any of it was good, he did the right thing and did away with the fruit from the poisonous tree. Whoever wins in 2028 should do the same on a national level, by removing every trace of Trump from our laws and our public spaces.
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so x dot com’s ai generated CSAM and they admitted it may violate US law and … i haven’t seen in anyone in power say much at all or call to stop using the platform
January 2, 2026 at 12:43 AM
so x dot com’s ai generated CSAM and they admitted it may violate US law and … i haven’t seen in anyone in power say much at all or call to stop using the platform
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Former Republican NYC Mayor candidate Curtis Sliwa calls out Donald Trump about the Venezuela boat strikes in wild interview:
"Why are you lying to us again?"
"Why are you lying to us again?"
January 2, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Former Republican NYC Mayor candidate Curtis Sliwa calls out Donald Trump about the Venezuela boat strikes in wild interview:
"Why are you lying to us again?"
"Why are you lying to us again?"
This is the other dynamic which will occur when 🍊, Vance & Miller are ejected, there will be a pendulum swing back Left. The counter-culture will rise again without apologies; Mamdani is the first of many wins to come. pandora.app.link/sHnRZ7puAZb
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January 2, 2026 at 1:01 AM
This is the other dynamic which will occur when 🍊, Vance & Miller are ejected, there will be a pendulum swing back Left. The counter-culture will rise again without apologies; Mamdani is the first of many wins to come. pandora.app.link/sHnRZ7puAZb