Tin Man walking
@tinmanbs.bsky.social
Reluctant socialist. Committed pessimist. Worships Woke Jesus. Refugee from Social Media Formerly Known As Twitter since Nov'24.
Everything that isn't about our slide into an authoritarian abyss is a distraction.
Everything that isn't about our slide into an authoritarian abyss is a distraction.
Jobs crashing while stocks were hitting all time highs. Go figure.
..."It's OK— everybody has a share."
— Milo Minderbinder (Catch-22)
..."It's OK— everybody has a share."
— Milo Minderbinder (Catch-22)
November 13, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Jobs crashing while stocks were hitting all time highs. Go figure.
..."It's OK— everybody has a share."
— Milo Minderbinder (Catch-22)
..."It's OK— everybody has a share."
— Milo Minderbinder (Catch-22)
Meanwhile, research on the vaccine for greed appears to have stalled.
#TaxTheSoddingRich (or eat them. I'm fine either way.)
#TaxTheSoddingRich (or eat them. I'm fine either way.)
November 13, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Meanwhile, research on the vaccine for greed appears to have stalled.
#TaxTheSoddingRich (or eat them. I'm fine either way.)
#TaxTheSoddingRich (or eat them. I'm fine either way.)
And it only took [checks notes] ...3½ years! Way to go!
November 13, 2025 at 2:52 PM
And it only took [checks notes] ...3½ years! Way to go!
Also, when it comes to birth control I am firmly pro-choice.
November 13, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Also, when it comes to birth control I am firmly pro-choice.
Back in '22 an evangelical pastor testified to a Congressional committee on the reason evangelicals support the GQP: We 'made a deal with the devil'.
...How little they knew.
...How little they knew.
November 13, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Back in '22 an evangelical pastor testified to a Congressional committee on the reason evangelicals support the GQP: We 'made a deal with the devil'.
...How little they knew.
...How little they knew.
If only somebody had warned them, amirite?
November 12, 2025 at 9:44 PM
If only somebody had warned them, amirite?
Why indeed. Was Patel in one of his "Got Kompromat?" tee-shirts?
November 12, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Why indeed. Was Patel in one of his "Got Kompromat?" tee-shirts?
"The era of procrastination, of half-measures, of soothing and baffling expedients, of delays, is coming to its close. In its place we are entering a period of consequences."
— Winston Churchill
— Winston Churchill
November 12, 2025 at 8:54 PM
"The era of procrastination, of half-measures, of soothing and baffling expedients, of delays, is coming to its close. In its place we are entering a period of consequences."
— Winston Churchill
— Winston Churchill
Hmmm. Good catch.
November 12, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Hmmm. Good catch.
Trump's intel sharing practices should have put them off sooner.
November 12, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Trump's intel sharing practices should have put them off sooner.
That such a damaged, deranged nincompoop could be *RE*elected says more about the electorate than the elected. As the previous title holder of Idiot in Residence once said, "Fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again."
November 12, 2025 at 5:27 PM
That such a damaged, deranged nincompoop could be *RE*elected says more about the electorate than the elected. As the previous title holder of Idiot in Residence once said, "Fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again."
But do any have nearly the gravitational effect as the Moon? I doubt it.
November 12, 2025 at 1:49 PM
But do any have nearly the gravitational effect as the Moon? I doubt it.
Wing destruction, as I'm imagining it
November 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Wing destruction, as I'm imagining it
They took the hostages.
We paid the ransom.
We paid the ransom.
November 11, 2025 at 5:46 PM
They took the hostages.
We paid the ransom.
We paid the ransom.
If by "demanding" they really mean "begging", then yes.
November 11, 2025 at 3:37 PM
If by "demanding" they really mean "begging", then yes.
If we had a parliament, that would be a sensible position. The Biden years were heaven by comparison to this Kafkaesque nightmare Wonderland 2.0 we're stuck in. 3rd party fantasies only serve to make our predicament permanent.
November 11, 2025 at 3:33 PM
If we had a parliament, that would be a sensible position. The Biden years were heaven by comparison to this Kafkaesque nightmare Wonderland 2.0 we're stuck in. 3rd party fantasies only serve to make our predicament permanent.
If we had a parliament, that would be a sensible position.
November 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
If we had a parliament, that would be a sensible position.
November 11, 2025 at 3:24 PM
...Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.
May 2025, Sen. Joni Ernst responded to criticisms that GQP cuts to health care were going to cause deaths with "Well, we're all going to die." At this point, MAGAts might as well unironically own Grayson's interpretation of their plans.
May 2025, Sen. Joni Ernst responded to criticisms that GQP cuts to health care were going to cause deaths with "Well, we're all going to die." At this point, MAGAts might as well unironically own Grayson's interpretation of their plans.
November 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM
...Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.
May 2025, Sen. Joni Ernst responded to criticisms that GQP cuts to health care were going to cause deaths with "Well, we're all going to die." At this point, MAGAts might as well unironically own Grayson's interpretation of their plans.
May 2025, Sen. Joni Ernst responded to criticisms that GQP cuts to health care were going to cause deaths with "Well, we're all going to die." At this point, MAGAts might as well unironically own Grayson's interpretation of their plans.