tomas
@stricklandt.bsky.social
Astrophysics PhD (they/them) 🌌🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
I can’t explain why, but this is one of my most personal art pieces I’ve ever made. I can just stare at it and think about its meaning in a specific point in time.
Finished a triptych inspired by my trip to Ireland a year ago
January 17, 2026 at 6:42 AM
I can’t explain why, but this is one of my most personal art pieces I’ve ever made. I can just stare at it and think about its meaning in a specific point in time.
Weird confession: I’m a gay AMAB NB… mostly. Every once in a while I find a woman genuinely attractive, but they’re usually bi or lesbian. This is my most accurate gaydar. If I think a woman is hot, she’s queer 100% of the time.
January 17, 2026 at 2:49 AM
Weird confession: I’m a gay AMAB NB… mostly. Every once in a while I find a woman genuinely attractive, but they’re usually bi or lesbian. This is my most accurate gaydar. If I think a woman is hot, she’s queer 100% of the time.
Hot music take: I like “HOW I’M FEELING NOW” more than “BRAT”
Also hot music take (apparently): I like “detonate” more than “forever”.
Also hot music take (apparently): I like “detonate” more than “forever”.
January 17, 2026 at 12:52 AM
Hot music take: I like “HOW I’M FEELING NOW” more than “BRAT”
Also hot music take (apparently): I like “detonate” more than “forever”.
Also hot music take (apparently): I like “detonate” more than “forever”.
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Can't say it often enough: every Trump administration accusation is a confession.
January 16, 2026 at 1:19 AM
Can't say it often enough: every Trump administration accusation is a confession.
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Trump’s goal is to force the resistance into obedience. He has stated that beginning February 1, his administration will deny federal funding to any state that is home to local governments resisting his immigration crackdown carried out by ICE.
Trump threatens to halt federal money next month not only to sanctuary cities but also their states
President Donald Trump says that his administration is planning to halt federal payments to "sanctuary cities" and the states where they're located starting Feb. 1.
apnews.com
January 14, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Trump’s goal is to force the resistance into obedience. He has stated that beginning February 1, his administration will deny federal funding to any state that is home to local governments resisting his immigration crackdown carried out by ICE.
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This should alarm everyone. The FBI searched a journalist’s home and seized her work devices, despite no criminal charges. This is a direct threat to press freedom.
FBI executes search warrant at Washington Post reporter’s home
The search came as part of an investigation into a government contractor accused of illegally retaining classified government materials.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 14, 2026 at 7:03 PM
This should alarm everyone. The FBI searched a journalist’s home and seized her work devices, despite no criminal charges. This is a direct threat to press freedom.
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This was the plan
January 14, 2026 at 2:58 PM
This was the plan
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If only we'd been warned. 😜
January 14, 2026 at 12:03 AM
If only we'd been warned. 😜
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..,in 1941 Dr Seuss could see "America First" was a slogan for Nazis: and an attempt to other and denigrate other countries.
It was Nazi then and remains so today
(Cartoon in PM Magazine, 1941: collections Univ. So Cal San Diego)
It was Nazi then and remains so today
(Cartoon in PM Magazine, 1941: collections Univ. So Cal San Diego)
January 13, 2026 at 9:46 AM
..,in 1941 Dr Seuss could see "America First" was a slogan for Nazis: and an attempt to other and denigrate other countries.
It was Nazi then and remains so today
(Cartoon in PM Magazine, 1941: collections Univ. So Cal San Diego)
It was Nazi then and remains so today
(Cartoon in PM Magazine, 1941: collections Univ. So Cal San Diego)
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Under Trump's watch, a DHS agent shot a protestor in the face with a non-lethal round at close range, fractured his skull, and then dragged him around as he choked and bled. He is now permanently blind in his left eye.
Anti-ICE protester blinded by federal agent during demonstration in Santa Ana, family says
A young protester narrowly avoided being killed but was left permanently blind after a Department of Homeland Security agent fired a nonlethal round at close range during a Santa Ana protest last week...
www.latimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Under Trump's watch, a DHS agent shot a protestor in the face with a non-lethal round at close range, fractured his skull, and then dragged him around as he choked and bled. He is now permanently blind in his left eye.
For the sake of any semblance of civility (and protecting your own reputation), some of y’all need to learn that when someone you don’t like dies, just shut the fuck up. Unless they were truly a monster, just move on and don’t say anything.
January 14, 2026 at 4:12 AM
For the sake of any semblance of civility (and protecting your own reputation), some of y’all need to learn that when someone you don’t like dies, just shut the fuck up. Unless they were truly a monster, just move on and don’t say anything.
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The klux may change but the klan stays the same
January 1, 2026 at 4:08 PM
The klux may change but the klan stays the same
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A Tale of Failure in Four Parts
January 10, 2026 at 4:36 PM
A Tale of Failure in Four Parts
January 12, 2026 at 4:55 AM
So sometimes when I read, I try to find an ambient album that pairs well with the book and let me just say Ethel Cain’s “Perverts” was *THE* perfect album for Eric LaRocca’s “Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke”
January 11, 2026 at 11:18 PM
So sometimes when I read, I try to find an ambient album that pairs well with the book and let me just say Ethel Cain’s “Perverts” was *THE* perfect album for Eric LaRocca’s “Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke”
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The reactionary centrist logic is simple: if the left does something bad it’s the left’s fault, and if the right does something bad, it’s also the left’s fault for making them do it. It’s a simple formula and once you see it every one of their arguments is the same
January 10, 2026 at 11:24 PM
The reactionary centrist logic is simple: if the left does something bad it’s the left’s fault, and if the right does something bad, it’s also the left’s fault for making them do it. It’s a simple formula and once you see it every one of their arguments is the same
I grew up in a Republican house, but my dad was shocked when I registered democrat at 16. As someone who is 1. gay 2. the child of a Latina immigrant 3. non-binary/trans and now 4. college educated, the GOP has made it *extremely* clear my entire life, they don’t want me in their party or country.
January 10, 2026 at 9:14 PM
I grew up in a Republican house, but my dad was shocked when I registered democrat at 16. As someone who is 1. gay 2. the child of a Latina immigrant 3. non-binary/trans and now 4. college educated, the GOP has made it *extremely* clear my entire life, they don’t want me in their party or country.
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FFS. ICE is targeting Native Americans!
January 10, 2026 at 3:59 AM
FFS. ICE is targeting Native Americans!
I don’t know what’s up recently, but I’ve had the CRAZIEST vivid dreams the last five nights in a row. I used to not remember my dreams much, but I do now and large chunks of them are STRESSFUL.
January 9, 2026 at 1:01 PM
I don’t know what’s up recently, but I’ve had the CRAZIEST vivid dreams the last five nights in a row. I used to not remember my dreams much, but I do now and large chunks of them are STRESSFUL.
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Cartoon by Pat Bagley, The Salt Lake Tribune
January 8, 2026 at 3:55 AM
Cartoon by Pat Bagley, The Salt Lake Tribune
Welp. My heart rate has inexplicably not gone below 100 BPM in over a week, but I’ve been having the most vivid dreams I’ve had in *YEARS*, granted, most of them are unsurprisingly stressful.
January 8, 2026 at 9:50 AM
Welp. My heart rate has inexplicably not gone below 100 BPM in over a week, but I’ve been having the most vivid dreams I’ve had in *YEARS*, granted, most of them are unsurprisingly stressful.
The fact that OpenAI has not been held criminally liable for the chaos caused by ChatGPT4 is horrifying
January 8, 2026 at 1:09 AM
The fact that OpenAI has not been held criminally liable for the chaos caused by ChatGPT4 is horrifying
Full disclosure: the only reason I remember what Δ is on a MacBook is the band Alt-J…
January 7, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Full disclosure: the only reason I remember what Δ is on a MacBook is the band Alt-J…
The main reason tumblr is still superior to every other social media is it’s the only one where the content you see on your feed is *strictly* from the people you follow (and ads). I DON’T WANT an endless feed of algorithmically determined slop.
January 7, 2026 at 5:13 PM
The main reason tumblr is still superior to every other social media is it’s the only one where the content you see on your feed is *strictly* from the people you follow (and ads). I DON’T WANT an endless feed of algorithmically determined slop.