Thomas V. Bona
@tvbona.bsky.social
Bronx boy, NY sports fan, Electric Mennonite researching/writing about progressive politics, infrastructure, religion, music. Now with ADHD/anxiety expansion pack!
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The man couldn't type a coherent sentence or use a backspace key and was ragging on other people's test scores
January 31, 2026 at 12:45 PM
The man couldn't type a coherent sentence or use a backspace key and was ragging on other people's test scores
Adam ruins everything.
They said "free speech" and "academic freedom" but never believed in either and now in texas you need a permission slip to mention race in class and they're fine with it. Might not have worked if people with large platforms weren't furious about marginal increases of black people in their offices
January 31, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Adam ruins everything.
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btw the civility panic a few years ago was about precisely this: the ability to have polite conversations about how black people are racially inferior in public without criticism or backlash bsky.app/profile/hann...
Jeffrey Epstein sent a link to the white nationalist podcast The Right Stuff, whose core hosts played an active role in the 2017 “Unite the Right” rally. He did so in February 2016. Before TRS made national news, really.
Genuinely bizarre.
Genuinely bizarre.
January 31, 2026 at 12:33 PM
btw the civility panic a few years ago was about precisely this: the ability to have polite conversations about how black people are racially inferior in public without criticism or backlash bsky.app/profile/hann...
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The same political press that brought the “He’s disavowed Project 2025” narrative.
January 31, 2026 at 1:54 PM
The same political press that brought the “He’s disavowed Project 2025” narrative.
He’s becoming Jonathan Haidt in real time.
He may be a Good Person offline, but he is a shitty researcher online.
He may be a Good Person offline, but he is a shitty researcher online.
It’s a problem on the left, right, and center! The social relationships and incentives that they find on the internet feel just as real to them as anything they’re actually experiencing in real life, but vastly greater in number and intensity
I’ve personally known a couple of people who in 2020 were thoroughly decent, rational and agreeable but are now actual monsters online.
January 31, 2026 at 1:43 PM
He’s becoming Jonathan Haidt in real time.
He may be a Good Person offline, but he is a shitty researcher online.
He may be a Good Person offline, but he is a shitty researcher online.
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This is what I’ve been thinking about too.
the downside of these releases is that a bunch of the most salacious stuff is the result of anonymous tips left on a tip line and people are assuming every one of those is true. you really do need to do a bit more work than that if you care about the truth.
January 31, 2026 at 3:41 AM
This is what I’ve been thinking about too.
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Even with a billion dollars in quarters you would still not win this game. No one has ever won this game.
If I was a billionaire I would not take trips to Crime Island. I would own The Simpsons arcade machine
January 31, 2026 at 3:40 AM
Even with a billion dollars in quarters you would still not win this game. No one has ever won this game.
Off all the other things you discussed, you list “movies” first?
January 31, 2026 at 3:37 AM
Off all the other things you discussed, you list “movies” first?
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It always feels like all the wrong people die, but I think it’s because there are far more beloved people than there are bastards.
January 31, 2026 at 12:28 AM
It always feels like all the wrong people die, but I think it’s because there are far more beloved people than there are bastards.
Ugh, Clippy probably in the files too.
Wild: (Microsoft) Xbox Live banned Epstein for being a sex offender in 2013, but Microsoft founder Bill Gates kept making appointments with him
January 31, 2026 at 3:28 AM
Ugh, Clippy probably in the files too.
Indivisible walks, talks and quacks like a useful idiot for Republicans.
Republicans are flailing after being forced to defend the indefensible: Continued funding for a lawless DHS. We’re glad Democrats are finally waking up to this reality, but the bill that just passed the Senate is not a solution. 🧵
Senate passes bill to resolve shutdown clash, punting on DHS for two weeks
The House is not in Washington and plans to vote when it returns Monday. That means a government shutdown this weekend, which will have little impact if it remains brief.
www.nbcnews.com
January 31, 2026 at 3:16 AM
Indivisible walks, talks and quacks like a useful idiot for Republicans.
“Looks like Democrats got a win despite being the minority party, how can we spin it to stay on brand??”
Democrats must hold the line now more than ever. It’s their fight to lose.
January 31, 2026 at 3:15 AM
“Looks like Democrats got a win despite being the minority party, how can we spin it to stay on brand??”
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Anyway congrats to our Free Speech Champions(tm) who helped usher in the most censorious American government since the Palmer Raids
January 30, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Anyway congrats to our Free Speech Champions(tm) who helped usher in the most censorious American government since the Palmer Raids
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Boney M’s “Rasputin” is an example of egregious historical inaccuracy that is entirely forgivable because it’s such a banger.
Rasputin (with Lyrics & HD) - Boney M in Discoteka 80 Moscow
YouTube video by Cuong Pham
youtu.be
January 31, 2026 at 3:09 AM
Boney M’s “Rasputin” is an example of egregious historical inaccuracy that is entirely forgivable because it’s such a banger.
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From the screenshots I've seen it looks like Will Stancil is having it out with a particularly annoying anarchist, and, okay.
They are both annoying.
AT THE SAME TIME. Opsec stuff matters, right now, actually. It is not a LARP, even if folks who are being annoying are the ones advocating for it.
They are both annoying.
AT THE SAME TIME. Opsec stuff matters, right now, actually. It is not a LARP, even if folks who are being annoying are the ones advocating for it.
January 31, 2026 at 2:44 AM
From the screenshots I've seen it looks like Will Stancil is having it out with a particularly annoying anarchist, and, okay.
They are both annoying.
AT THE SAME TIME. Opsec stuff matters, right now, actually. It is not a LARP, even if folks who are being annoying are the ones advocating for it.
They are both annoying.
AT THE SAME TIME. Opsec stuff matters, right now, actually. It is not a LARP, even if folks who are being annoying are the ones advocating for it.
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Sure are a lot of journalists and commentators on here who suddenly think they are experts on how internal activist comms should work, and I feel compelled to remind you that actually that is not your fucking job.
Come on, now. When have any of you EVER been deep in street organizing work?
Come on, now. When have any of you EVER been deep in street organizing work?
January 31, 2026 at 2:41 AM
Sure are a lot of journalists and commentators on here who suddenly think they are experts on how internal activist comms should work, and I feel compelled to remind you that actually that is not your fucking job.
Come on, now. When have any of you EVER been deep in street organizing work?
Come on, now. When have any of you EVER been deep in street organizing work?
Hopefully this framing is what cures us the ridiculously outdated single-axis politics.
Curious. What percentage of American voters would you say are to the left of Ezra Klein and Will Stancil?
January 31, 2026 at 2:50 AM
Hopefully this framing is what cures us the ridiculously outdated single-axis politics.
The Mar-a-Lago Comma
Why the fuck does Epstein put like five spaces on either side of every comma and shit this is driving me mad.
January 31, 2026 at 2:46 AM
The Mar-a-Lago Comma
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Jeffrey Epstein’s fuckin intolerable writing has actually saved me from a lot of psychic damage, because I simply cannot read it.
Why the fuck does Epstein put like five spaces on either side of every comma and shit this is driving me mad.
January 31, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Jeffrey Epstein’s fuckin intolerable writing has actually saved me from a lot of psychic damage, because I simply cannot read it.
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@snchalmers.bsky.social can’t decide if the name or the bio is better.
January 31, 2026 at 2:33 AM
@snchalmers.bsky.social can’t decide if the name or the bio is better.
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This is just a rebranding because there's big money to be made in evangelicalism as an ex-[whatever], telling evangelicals what they want to hear
Months after accepting an award recognizing her as one of OnlyFans’ highest-earning creators, Nala Ray was baptized at Fearless Church and quit making the content that she says generated more than $14 million from 270,000 subscribers.
religionnews.com/2026/01/30/f...
religionnews.com/2026/01/30/f...
From OnlyFans mega-star to evangelical darling, Nala Ray now hopes to reach other models
(RNS) — With her new podcast project, 'The Nala Ray Show,' Ray said she hopes to create a safe space for women involved in online sex work to speak openly and to ask candid questions about their…
religionnews.com
January 31, 2026 at 1:59 AM
This is just a rebranding because there's big money to be made in evangelicalism as an ex-[whatever], telling evangelicals what they want to hear
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...how exactly is Chuck Schumer supposed to "organise a general strike to shut down the economy to stop Trump" when's the SENATE MINORITY LEADER and Taft-Hartley has made organised sympathy strikes ILLEGAL for near-on 80 years now?
I want him to organize a general strike to shut down the economy to stop Trump.
We cannot act like this motherfucker is normal. This is not normal. He needs to act outside the box like our enemies are.
Because I'm not congratulating Democrats for constantly losing. I'm not proud of failure.
We cannot act like this motherfucker is normal. This is not normal. He needs to act outside the box like our enemies are.
Because I'm not congratulating Democrats for constantly losing. I'm not proud of failure.
January 31, 2026 at 1:45 AM
...how exactly is Chuck Schumer supposed to "organise a general strike to shut down the economy to stop Trump" when's the SENATE MINORITY LEADER and Taft-Hartley has made organised sympathy strikes ILLEGAL for near-on 80 years now?