Dave Toms
@davetoms.bsky.social
All people deserve shelter, food, healthcare, education, and to live with dignity. Nerd. Vegan. He/Him.
Human rights (e.g.: LGBTQ+ rights) are non-negotiable.
Anti-genocide. Anti-invasion. Peace.
Ready to live long and prosper.
https://linktr.ee/davetoms
Human rights (e.g.: LGBTQ+ rights) are non-negotiable.
Anti-genocide. Anti-invasion. Peace.
Ready to live long and prosper.
https://linktr.ee/davetoms
oh gawd... thank you.
I've been telling people about how exciting Bluesky is, both the prospects of the protocol and also just the app itself. Guess I'm done with that. Forget supporting this place. For f***'s sakes.
Can't we just have nice things??
I've been telling people about how exciting Bluesky is, both the prospects of the protocol and also just the app itself. Guess I'm done with that. Forget supporting this place. For f***'s sakes.
Can't we just have nice things??
October 7, 2025 at 12:54 AM
oh gawd... thank you.
I've been telling people about how exciting Bluesky is, both the prospects of the protocol and also just the app itself. Guess I'm done with that. Forget supporting this place. For f***'s sakes.
Can't we just have nice things??
I've been telling people about how exciting Bluesky is, both the prospects of the protocol and also just the app itself. Guess I'm done with that. Forget supporting this place. For f***'s sakes.
Can't we just have nice things??
I've been trying to find what happened but I'm just finding memes and inside jokes 😭 I left Twitter because of Elon Shitler, I left Meta because they repealed rules against transphobia, (and both supportedPresident Cheeto) ...any help finding what Bluesky's done?
October 7, 2025 at 12:27 AM
I've been trying to find what happened but I'm just finding memes and inside jokes 😭 I left Twitter because of Elon Shitler, I left Meta because they repealed rules against transphobia, (and both supportedPresident Cheeto) ...any help finding what Bluesky's done?
Love to see it. But... when ICE inevitably ignores this (just another law they'll ignore) what will Chicagoans do? Actually do?
October 7, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Love to see it. But... when ICE inevitably ignores this (just another law they'll ignore) what will Chicagoans do? Actually do?
WAIT DID STUFF STILL HAPPEN?!
Gawd- and I cannot stress this enough -DAMNIT.
Gawd- and I cannot stress this enough -DAMNIT.
October 6, 2025 at 3:10 AM
WAIT DID STUFF STILL HAPPEN?!
Gawd- and I cannot stress this enough -DAMNIT.
Gawd- and I cannot stress this enough -DAMNIT.
I went back to TikTok to catch the vibe of the U.S. and haven't seen talk of the ownership change. I've mostly seen an upswell of artists raging against the current rise of fascism. Artists who hold a mirror up to society and choose to create. Artists who give me hope for the future of humanity.
October 5, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I went back to TikTok to catch the vibe of the U.S. and haven't seen talk of the ownership change. I've mostly seen an upswell of artists raging against the current rise of fascism. Artists who hold a mirror up to society and choose to create. Artists who give me hope for the future of humanity.
I heard that last line in Geddy Lee's voice. Thank you for that :)
October 5, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I heard that last line in Geddy Lee's voice. Thank you for that :)
Also, remember: The only time it's okay to deadname when we call X by its birth name, Twitter.
October 5, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Also, remember: The only time it's okay to deadname when we call X by its birth name, Twitter.
I support your decision while refusing to support X, myself. As a journalist, your observation of and participation on that platform serves an entirely different role than my participation would. I deleted my account in protest of, well... *gestures broadly at Twitter* but support you staying there.
October 5, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I support your decision while refusing to support X, myself. As a journalist, your observation of and participation on that platform serves an entirely different role than my participation would. I deleted my account in protest of, well... *gestures broadly at Twitter* but support you staying there.
You mean "ICE broke a man's leg during an abduction" and not "A man broke his leg".
He didn't do it.
They did.
He didn't do it.
They did.
October 5, 2025 at 11:24 AM
You mean "ICE broke a man's leg during an abduction" and not "A man broke his leg".
He didn't do it.
They did.
He didn't do it.
They did.
The wealthiest Americans stole so much from the working class that even if they kept 92% of it and gave back the rest (only 8%) it would DOUBLE the wealth of the POOREST HALF OF AMERICANS.
This is why the people are suffering.
Wage theft. Wage suppression.
Mass corruption.
This is why the people are suffering.
Wage theft. Wage suppression.
Mass corruption.
October 4, 2025 at 10:34 PM
The wealthiest Americans stole so much from the working class that even if they kept 92% of it and gave back the rest (only 8%) it would DOUBLE the wealth of the POOREST HALF OF AMERICANS.
This is why the people are suffering.
Wage theft. Wage suppression.
Mass corruption.
This is why the people are suffering.
Wage theft. Wage suppression.
Mass corruption.
Prison for life for every single member of ICE.
EVERY.
FUCKING.
ONE.
EVERY.
FUCKING.
ONE.
October 4, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Prison for life for every single member of ICE.
EVERY.
FUCKING.
ONE.
EVERY.
FUCKING.
ONE.
If I were American, I would vote for any politician who ran on a platform of prison for every single goddamn member of ICE.
Mass arrest of every single one.
"I was just following orders..." wasn't an excuse for the Nazis. It's not an excuse for these Nazi wannabe thugs.
Enough.
Mass arrest of every single one.
"I was just following orders..." wasn't an excuse for the Nazis. It's not an excuse for these Nazi wannabe thugs.
Enough.
October 4, 2025 at 10:12 PM
If I were American, I would vote for any politician who ran on a platform of prison for every single goddamn member of ICE.
Mass arrest of every single one.
"I was just following orders..." wasn't an excuse for the Nazis. It's not an excuse for these Nazi wannabe thugs.
Enough.
Mass arrest of every single one.
"I was just following orders..." wasn't an excuse for the Nazis. It's not an excuse for these Nazi wannabe thugs.
Enough.
A perfect metaphor for how he handles every single goddamn topic he's ever worked on.
October 4, 2025 at 10:08 PM
A perfect metaphor for how he handles every single goddamn topic he's ever worked on.
Reposted by Dave Toms
Anyway watch the whole thing from Broadview. "Proud" isn't even the word, it's nowhere near how I feel about how strong she's been in the last month.
Kat Speaks at Broadview ICE Facility Press Conference | Kat Abughazaleh for Illinois
YouTube video by Kat Abughazaleh
www.youtube.com
October 3, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Anyway watch the whole thing from Broadview. "Proud" isn't even the word, it's nowhere near how I feel about how strong she's been in the last month.
Understood. But I think it's foolish to think some college student who got swept up with the wrong crowd and brainwashed by the manosphere is beyond redemption, deserving only death. Like you said: Words are used for reasonable people. Some self-proclaimed Nazis can be rehabilitated. And should be.
October 3, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Understood. But I think it's foolish to think some college student who got swept up with the wrong crowd and brainwashed by the manosphere is beyond redemption, deserving only death. Like you said: Words are used for reasonable people. Some self-proclaimed Nazis can be rehabilitated. And should be.
Personally, I don't condone kill-on-sight. They'd use that to justify (hypocritically) lethal crackdowns on the "radical left". Lethal force to protect a victim? Sure, if necessary. But intolerance of intolerance can mean elimination of the threat without violence, unless necessary.
October 3, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Personally, I don't condone kill-on-sight. They'd use that to justify (hypocritically) lethal crackdowns on the "radical left". Lethal force to protect a victim? Sure, if necessary. But intolerance of intolerance can mean elimination of the threat without violence, unless necessary.
Nazis want the extermination of everyone who isn't a Nazi. Therefore, when faced with a Nazi, the only ethical stance is to eliminate their threat. Tolerance is not a passive exercise. It requires fierce protection of the innocent and oppressed. Inaction gets people killed.
Make Nazis Afraid Again.
Make Nazis Afraid Again.
October 2, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Nazis want the extermination of everyone who isn't a Nazi. Therefore, when faced with a Nazi, the only ethical stance is to eliminate their threat. Tolerance is not a passive exercise. It requires fierce protection of the innocent and oppressed. Inaction gets people killed.
Make Nazis Afraid Again.
Make Nazis Afraid Again.
That's the plot of the Tool song Ænema 🤘
October 2, 2025 at 3:57 AM
That's the plot of the Tool song Ænema 🤘
Life in prison or worse for every single member of ICE.
Every.
Fucking.
One.
Every.
Fucking.
One.
October 1, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Life in prison or worse for every single member of ICE.
Every.
Fucking.
One.
Every.
Fucking.
One.
I love my SECRET LAB gaming chair. As someone with chronic back pain from the 💫incident💫 it helped a ton. Before I got a standing desk it was my butt's and back's home from 9-to-5 every day.
September 30, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I love my SECRET LAB gaming chair. As someone with chronic back pain from the 💫incident💫 it helped a ton. Before I got a standing desk it was my butt's and back's home from 9-to-5 every day.