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Thomas Bloom
@thomasjbloom.com
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Based in STL. Mostly news and politics content but also sourdough, Survivor, D&D, and more
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Conducting a social experiment tonight.
A sign that says “1 sour patch per person please, or 6-7 suckers” it has two cartoon ghosts on it.
October 31, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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#NoKings
A selfie of me at the St. Louis No Kings protest. I am wearing a rain jacket and holding a No Kings sign. A sign behind me promotes freedom of speech. The background is the Old Courthouse where Dred Scott once fought for freedom, and the arch, where Percy Green once fought for equality.
October 18, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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I’m convinced the only thing Trump learned from Tiananmen Square is that they should have just immediately run this guy over.
“Tank man” standing in front of a row of tanks at Tiananmen Square
September 27, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Best Survivor player in the world #SurvivorAU
A photo of me with survivor champion Parvati Shallow
September 7, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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My first bake since finding out Taylor Swift and I share a sourdough hobby. Might be some of my finest work. #TS12 #LovingYouWasBread #LifeOfASourdough
Two loaves of sourdough bread sit on a cooling rack on a granite counter top.
August 19, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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Beautiful tribute to Ozzy by Dauzat St. Marie in St. Louis tonight
July 23, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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If it is not corrupt, why is it banned by the NYT Handbook of Values and Practices for the News and Opinion Departments?
Gifts and Other Benefits Staff members may not accept gifts, discounts or other benefits or inducements from any individuals or organizations covered by The Times or likely to be covered by The Times. (Exceptions may be made for trinkets of nominal value, say, $25 or less, such as a mug or a cap with a company logo.) Gifts should be returned with a polite explanation; a sample letter for use in such situations appears in the appendix. In rare cases when returning a gift is impossible or prohibitively expensive, the standards editor may authorize an alternative such as donating the item. Staff members may not enter financial arrangements with or accept employment or compensation of any sort from individuals or organizations who figure or are likely to figure in coverage they provide, edit, package or supervise. No staff member may serve as a ghostwriter or co-author of a book with someone who figures or is likely to figure in Times coverage. Staff members may accept any gifts or discounts available to the general public. Normally they are also free to take advantage of conventional corporate discounts that the Times Company has offered to share with all employees (for example, corporate car rental rates). And staff members may accept free admission at museums or other benefits extended to all Times employees by virtue of the Times Company’s corporate donations.
May 12, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Absolutely iconic.
April 26, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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Ran into @dirtylaundryshow.bsky.social star Parvati Shallow
Photo of me with Parvati. She is wearing her Australia v. The World buff and I am wearing a Dimension 20 Dungeons & Drag Queens tshirt
April 26, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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So the lines are a lie right
Just a bunch of browser windows of retailers who say I’m in line to buy a Switch 2 but will inevitably disappoint me.
April 24, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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Trump has gutted not only efforts to prevent climate change, but also efforts to mitigate its effects www.ft.com/content/6328...
One of his projects, with partners in Germany and the US, is currently on hold, a casualty of the sweeping cuts made to science budgets on President Donald Trump’s watch. Renowned institutes such as the IRRI — which released the world’s first high-yield rice variety, IR8, which kick-started Asia’s green revolution and averted famine — are also wilting as overseas aid falls away. “That’s bad news for science,” Kirk says. It is also unappetising news for a world that will still be facing climate change, water scarcity and conflict in years to come — only with more mouths to feed.
April 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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I mean, yes, gambling addiction is a growing pervasive problem among young men. Not sure enabling it is the solution though. www.fdu.edu/news/fdu-pol...
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March 25, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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A gif of an advertisement for Shen Yun
March 20, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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I found the hidden immunity idol #Survivor48 #STL #FreeDrink
Me smiling by a wooden bar holding a small piece of wood that entitles me to a free drink because it is a hidden immunity idol. I’m wearing a Jeff Probst t-shirt under a button up white shirt with blue stripes.
March 6, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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#Survivor48 at Harvey’s Coffee and Cocktails in #STL
Survivor fans at a cocktail bar watching Survivor on a projector screen
March 6, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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GIF of Sandor "The Hound" Clegane from HBO's Game of Thrones saying "Fuck the King."
February 19, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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My Valentine’s brunch contributions this sourdough Saturday. Loaf, sourdough bagels, and sourdough discard heart waffles. Drowning in carbs. #breadsky
Sourdough loaf with heart and cherubs design Four plain sourdough bagels Four everything sourdough bagels A stack of heart shaped pink sourdough waffles
February 16, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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This part felt brutally familiar to me when I read it.
A page of rise and fall of the third reich describing the failure of Germany’s various political factions to unite against fascism
February 13, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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Peter sellers’ character in Dr. Strangelove attempting and failing to stop himself from performing a nazi salute
January 20, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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Seems like a good day to recommend this book for no reason in particular.
The book cover for Daniel Immerwahr’s “How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States” The cover features a red outline of the contiguous United States with Alaska, Hawaii, and the many U.S. territories in gray along the outside of the red line.
January 8, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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It’s #Survivor47 finale night so here’s something special for #Breadsky
A load of sourdough bread on a white platter. The bread is dusted with cocoa powder over a stencil to appear like the logo for the CBS show Survivor. A photo of survivor host Jeff Probst is attached to a toothpick sticking out of the bread. A photo of two loaves of sourdough bread, one decorated with the survivor logo and the other with scoring resembling Christmas trees. Next to them is a bowl of peanut butter with chocolate bars stuck in it as well as a picture of Jeff Probst
December 19, 2024 at 1:55 AM
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Wonder if all these artists will have a Bluesky presence by this time next year
A list of my Spotify wrapped top artists, from first to last: Taylor Swift, Bleachers, Lawrence, Beyoncé, Noah Kahan
December 4, 2024 at 1:28 PM
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Special #SourdoughSaturday shoutout to @sourdoughbrandon.bsky.social for his sourdough pie crust recipe! veganized with Miyoko’s butter and turned out great! Recipe: sourdoughbrandon.com/sourdough-pi...
Two unbaked pie crusts on a wood cutting board A close up photo of a latticed cherry pie A pumpkin pie on a cooling rack. Decorated on top with fall leaf shapes.
November 30, 2024 at 10:12 PM
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A little early Thanksgiving fun for breadsky this #SourdoughSaturday
Two loaves of bread on a cooling rack. The loaves are shaped like cooked turkeys
November 23, 2024 at 9:08 PM
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Every time a cable news personality does or says something dumb, I just look at this chart and remind myself of their increasing irrelevance and go about my day.
A Nielsen chart listing the median age of viewers of various networks. MSNBC is 70, Fox News is 69 (nice), CNN is 68, HGTV is 66, TBS is 58, MTV is 51
November 18, 2024 at 3:02 PM