Tom Chapman🐸
@realtomchapman.bsky.social
Retired professor. Cranky old gay man. Amateur Photographer. Orchid grower.
🚫 MAGAs, 🚫 Nazis
Virginia Colony, British America 🇬🇧
🚫 MAGAs, 🚫 Nazis
Virginia Colony, British America 🇬🇧
This guy's uncanny ability to peer into a crystal ball and accurately predict Republicans and oligarchs in the 1920s would bring us to our knees in the 1930s is something to behold.
November 8, 2025 at 2:48 PM
This guy's uncanny ability to peer into a crystal ball and accurately predict Republicans and oligarchs in the 1920s would bring us to our knees in the 1930s is something to behold.
Say what you will about the governor of California, but his trolling skills are superb 😆
November 5, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Say what you will about the governor of California, but his trolling skills are superb 😆
Democrats are not wasting time in Virginia...protecting women's reproductive rights and marriage equality.
Elections have consequences.
Elections have consequences.
November 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Democrats are not wasting time in Virginia...protecting women's reproductive rights and marriage equality.
Elections have consequences.
Elections have consequences.
CONGRATS to Democrat Abigail Spanberger, who was elected Virginia's next governor. The first female governor in the state's history. 😊
November 5, 2025 at 2:19 AM
CONGRATS to Democrat Abigail Spanberger, who was elected Virginia's next governor. The first female governor in the state's history. 😊
Tomorrow is election day in Virginia. The Democrat gubernatorial candidate, Abigail Spanberger, is leading in the polls by double digits.
Virginia is about to have its first female governor. Democrats will control the governor's office and the legislature.
Virginia is about to have its first female governor. Democrats will control the governor's office and the legislature.
November 3, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Tomorrow is election day in Virginia. The Democrat gubernatorial candidate, Abigail Spanberger, is leading in the polls by double digits.
Virginia is about to have its first female governor. Democrats will control the governor's office and the legislature.
Virginia is about to have its first female governor. Democrats will control the governor's office and the legislature.
My 2nd great granduncle John Quincy Adams Chapman (yes, his real name).
Too bad I didn't have a son, I would have named him Barack Hussein Obama Chapman. 😆
Too bad I didn't have a son, I would have named him Barack Hussein Obama Chapman. 😆
November 1, 2025 at 12:45 AM
My 2nd great granduncle John Quincy Adams Chapman (yes, his real name).
Too bad I didn't have a son, I would have named him Barack Hussein Obama Chapman. 😆
Too bad I didn't have a son, I would have named him Barack Hussein Obama Chapman. 😆
My great-great grandfather and family, c. 1900. The photo was so badly faded, I wasn't sure it could be restored. Manual edits in photoshop + two different AI models. I think it turned out pretty good.
October 31, 2025 at 6:52 PM
My great-great grandfather and family, c. 1900. The photo was so badly faded, I wasn't sure it could be restored. Manual edits in photoshop + two different AI models. I think it turned out pretty good.
I don't do sportsball but I will be rooting for the Blue Jays tonight.
I like their uniforms.
I like their uniforms.
October 31, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I don't do sportsball but I will be rooting for the Blue Jays tonight.
I like their uniforms.
I like their uniforms.
Jamaica's PM has declared the entire island nation a disaster area. The country's infrastructure has been severely damaged.
Volunteers in Miami are preparing relief packages. Nobody knows when airports will reopen.
Source: NPR
Volunteers in Miami are preparing relief packages. Nobody knows when airports will reopen.
Source: NPR
October 29, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Jamaica's PM has declared the entire island nation a disaster area. The country's infrastructure has been severely damaged.
Volunteers in Miami are preparing relief packages. Nobody knows when airports will reopen.
Source: NPR
Volunteers in Miami are preparing relief packages. Nobody knows when airports will reopen.
Source: NPR
I heard you go upstairs, which you never do unless it's raining and you have to find a place to poop.
What will I find if I go up there? You can't fool me, sister. 🙄
What will I find if I go up there? You can't fool me, sister. 🙄
October 29, 2025 at 12:52 PM
I heard you go upstairs, which you never do unless it's raining and you have to find a place to poop.
What will I find if I go up there? You can't fool me, sister. 🙄
What will I find if I go up there? You can't fool me, sister. 🙄
The historic town of Black River in Jamaica. Whoa 😳
#HurricaneMelissa
#HurricaneMelissa
October 28, 2025 at 9:24 PM
The historic town of Black River in Jamaica. Whoa 😳
#HurricaneMelissa
#HurricaneMelissa
Melissa approaches the Jamaican coast as a rare category 5 hurricane with 175 mph sustained winds.
October 28, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Melissa approaches the Jamaican coast as a rare category 5 hurricane with 175 mph sustained winds.
Hurricane Hunters inside the eyewall. They reported birds trapped there, unable to escape.
October 28, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Hurricane Hunters inside the eyewall. They reported birds trapped there, unable to escape.
People in Jamaica are used to hurricanes, but nothing of this magnitude. Nothing will survive, not even the palm trees. It will change the landscape. An absolute catastrophe.😔
October 27, 2025 at 4:21 PM
People in Jamaica are used to hurricanes, but nothing of this magnitude. Nothing will survive, not even the palm trees. It will change the landscape. An absolute catastrophe.😔
Dear Russia-
Tim Kaine will be surprised that he's giving money to state employees, especially because he's a U.S. senator, not governor. 🙄
Signed,
A Virginia Colonist
#emailscam
Tim Kaine will be surprised that he's giving money to state employees, especially because he's a U.S. senator, not governor. 🙄
Signed,
A Virginia Colonist
#emailscam
October 27, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Dear Russia-
Tim Kaine will be surprised that he's giving money to state employees, especially because he's a U.S. senator, not governor. 🙄
Signed,
A Virginia Colonist
#emailscam
Tim Kaine will be surprised that he's giving money to state employees, especially because he's a U.S. senator, not governor. 🙄
Signed,
A Virginia Colonist
#emailscam
A catastrophe for Jamaicans. The most powerful hurricane in their history is about to slam into Kingston, a city of 900,000. 😟
October 26, 2025 at 2:05 PM
A catastrophe for Jamaicans. The most powerful hurricane in their history is about to slam into Kingston, a city of 900,000. 😟
Canadians conducting a "reenactment" of the war of 1812 by burning down his ballroom in retaliation for arbitrary tarriffs.
October 26, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Canadians conducting a "reenactment" of the war of 1812 by burning down his ballroom in retaliation for arbitrary tarriffs.
First hurdle cleared for membership in "Sons of the American Revolution," a society for direct descendants of Revolutionary War veterans. It's a long, arduous process to document descendancy.
Meet my 5th great grandfather, Private Simon Chapman of the Vermont militia.
#ToriesSuck
Meet my 5th great grandfather, Private Simon Chapman of the Vermont militia.
#ToriesSuck
October 25, 2025 at 2:21 PM
First hurdle cleared for membership in "Sons of the American Revolution," a society for direct descendants of Revolutionary War veterans. It's a long, arduous process to document descendancy.
Meet my 5th great grandfather, Private Simon Chapman of the Vermont militia.
#ToriesSuck
Meet my 5th great grandfather, Private Simon Chapman of the Vermont militia.
#ToriesSuck
Adolf Hitler showing a model of the ballroom extension planned for the Reichstag.
October 24, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Adolf Hitler showing a model of the ballroom extension planned for the Reichstag.
My Scottish DNA comes from my 7th great grandfather Duncan Stewart (1623-1717).
In 1650, he got caught up in the English civil wars and captured by the British.
Grandpa was forced into indentured servitude and deported to the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Lucky for me, he survived the ordeal
In 1650, he got caught up in the English civil wars and captured by the British.
Grandpa was forced into indentured servitude and deported to the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Lucky for me, he survived the ordeal
October 24, 2025 at 1:03 PM
My Scottish DNA comes from my 7th great grandfather Duncan Stewart (1623-1717).
In 1650, he got caught up in the English civil wars and captured by the British.
Grandpa was forced into indentured servitude and deported to the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Lucky for me, he survived the ordeal
In 1650, he got caught up in the English civil wars and captured by the British.
Grandpa was forced into indentured servitude and deported to the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Lucky for me, he survived the ordeal
Today's classroom lecture: 'Transnational Crime, A Sociological Perspective.'
October 21, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Today's classroom lecture: 'Transnational Crime, A Sociological Perspective.'
Favorite signs from yesterday. People are so creative 😂
October 19, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Favorite signs from yesterday. People are so creative 😂