Thomas Effing Paine
@tom-effing-paine.bsky.social
Dr. Bryan Register
Professionally philosophical, highly historical, avidly antifascist, gleefully gaming, merrily movieviewing. ATX.
Scalawag fighting the long Civil War. (Views not those of employer or expressed in the classroom.)
Professionally philosophical, highly historical, avidly antifascist, gleefully gaming, merrily movieviewing. ATX.
Scalawag fighting the long Civil War. (Views not those of employer or expressed in the classroom.)
Words fail.
Grok: "The real Final Solution was the friends we gassed along the way"
November 21, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Words fail.
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"An army of principles will penetrate where an army
of soldiers cannot — It will succeed where diplomatic
management would fail — It is neither the Rhine, the
Channel, nor the Ocean, that can arrest its progress —
It will march on the horizon of the world, and it will
conquer." - Thomas Paine
of soldiers cannot — It will succeed where diplomatic
management would fail — It is neither the Rhine, the
Channel, nor the Ocean, that can arrest its progress —
It will march on the horizon of the world, and it will
conquer." - Thomas Paine
November 21, 2025 at 2:44 AM
"An army of principles will penetrate where an army
of soldiers cannot — It will succeed where diplomatic
management would fail — It is neither the Rhine, the
Channel, nor the Ocean, that can arrest its progress —
It will march on the horizon of the world, and it will
conquer." - Thomas Paine
of soldiers cannot — It will succeed where diplomatic
management would fail — It is neither the Rhine, the
Channel, nor the Ocean, that can arrest its progress —
It will march on the horizon of the world, and it will
conquer." - Thomas Paine
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This Texas woman developed preeclampsia, leading to still-birth. She DIED, leaving her young son behind.
This happens while an all-male panel in South Carolina is deciding whether women should be charged w/ murder for their pregnancies.
Abortion is healthcare.
How many more women have to die?
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This happens while an all-male panel in South Carolina is deciding whether women should be charged w/ murder for their pregnancies.
Abortion is healthcare.
How many more women have to die?
🧪
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
www.propublica.org
November 19, 2025 at 11:17 PM
This Texas woman developed preeclampsia, leading to still-birth. She DIED, leaving her young son behind.
This happens while an all-male panel in South Carolina is deciding whether women should be charged w/ murder for their pregnancies.
Abortion is healthcare.
How many more women have to die?
🧪
This happens while an all-male panel in South Carolina is deciding whether women should be charged w/ murder for their pregnancies.
Abortion is healthcare.
How many more women have to die?
🧪
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Wow. That early.
Ponied up for a month of newspapers.com, went right to the New York Daily News and quickly found this gem from Feb 16, 1936.
November 18, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Wow. That early.
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I don’t want to hear about norms, I don’t want to hear about looking forward not back, I don’t want to hear about “bipartisanship”
I want the filibuster gone, the court packed, new states, and a top to bottom cleaning of the federal government that ends with a lot of people in jail
I want the filibuster gone, the court packed, new states, and a top to bottom cleaning of the federal government that ends with a lot of people in jail
November 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I don’t want to hear about norms, I don’t want to hear about looking forward not back, I don’t want to hear about “bipartisanship”
I want the filibuster gone, the court packed, new states, and a top to bottom cleaning of the federal government that ends with a lot of people in jail
I want the filibuster gone, the court packed, new states, and a top to bottom cleaning of the federal government that ends with a lot of people in jail
I don't know what an olivia nuzzi is and I need y'all to stop trying to make me learn.
November 18, 2025 at 4:32 AM
I don't know what an olivia nuzzi is and I need y'all to stop trying to make me learn.
Trump angrily says to a reporter, "Quiet! Quiet, piggy!"
Here's a link to the whole video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LcB...
Here's a link to the whole video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LcB...
November 18, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Trump angrily says to a reporter, "Quiet! Quiet, piggy!"
Here's a link to the whole video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LcB...
Here's a link to the whole video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LcB...
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Always great to see my friend and fellow historian Scott Hancock reminding Gettysburg residents during its annual Remembrance Day Parade that Confederates "fought for slavery." 🗃️
November 15, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Always great to see my friend and fellow historian Scott Hancock reminding Gettysburg residents during its annual Remembrance Day Parade that Confederates "fought for slavery." 🗃️
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WW2 era sex education was so crazy
November 16, 2025 at 7:44 PM
WW2 era sex education was so crazy
Marvelous!
A new vending machine at Durham Food Hall sells zines about different aspects of Durham's history and culture — from urban foraging to the best spots in the city to cry in public.
www.wunc.org/arts-culture...
www.wunc.org/arts-culture...
This vending machine will feed you zines about Durham's history and culture
Artist Kelsey Graywill recently installed the Hyperlocal Durham vending machine at Durham Food Hall, which sells zines about different aspects of Durham's history and culture — from urban foraging to ...
www.wunc.org
November 16, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Marvelous!
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One of the true glories of a citizen-army (air force) is that you get kids that name their planes after Thomas Paine.
November 15, 2025 at 11:04 PM
One of the true glories of a citizen-army (air force) is that you get kids that name their planes after Thomas Paine.
Not to bury the lede, but the Lewinsky jokes are bullshit, people.
November 15, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Not to bury the lede, but the Lewinsky jokes are bullshit, people.
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Can anybody tell me what the fuck this means?
A person I'm on a discord on found this in the emails and I hasn't seen anyone else post it yet so I thought I'd share.
November 13, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Can anybody tell me what the fuck this means?
I really needed to get some work done on Sunday, and then the day was eaten by the Senate caving. Now I need to get some work done and the day is being eaten by Epstein bullshit.
I need things to stop happening, just until the semester is over. K?
I need things to stop happening, just until the semester is over. K?
November 13, 2025 at 3:04 AM
I really needed to get some work done on Sunday, and then the day was eaten by the Senate caving. Now I need to get some work done and the day is being eaten by Epstein bullshit.
I need things to stop happening, just until the semester is over. K?
I need things to stop happening, just until the semester is over. K?
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Wow no wonder he knows the exact car Bladerunner, the hero of the popular movie Bladerunner, would drive.
November 11, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Wow no wonder he knows the exact car Bladerunner, the hero of the popular movie Bladerunner, would drive.
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General vibe after those election numbers
November 10, 2025 at 8:27 PM
General vibe after those election numbers
THIS FUCKER JINXED IT.
November 10, 2025 at 5:59 PM
THIS FUCKER JINXED IT.
Four days, people. We had *four days* of feeling slightly less shitty.
November 10, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Four days, people. We had *four days* of feeling slightly less shitty.
I really think that those Quisling Dems should have considered that by betraying me and my country while I was both trying to work and also had access to social media, they were ruining my productivity. This will have lasting consequences for growth, since now I'll have to grade faster tomorrow.
November 10, 2025 at 7:05 AM
I really think that those Quisling Dems should have considered that by betraying me and my country while I was both trying to work and also had access to social media, they were ruining my productivity. This will have lasting consequences for growth, since now I'll have to grade faster tomorrow.
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They saw us tasting hope after Tuesday and they REALLY did not like that, huh
November 10, 2025 at 1:03 AM
They saw us tasting hope after Tuesday and they REALLY did not like that, huh
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Popular opinion: New Senate minority leader
November 10, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Popular opinion: New Senate minority leader
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Schumer & Jeffries should have the integrity to resign from their positions in leadership. They've failed, badly. Either they cannot control their caucuses or they're lying & secretly pushed this vote through behind the scenes.
Either way, their betrayal of the American people is indefensible.
Either way, their betrayal of the American people is indefensible.
November 10, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Schumer & Jeffries should have the integrity to resign from their positions in leadership. They've failed, badly. Either they cannot control their caucuses or they're lying & secretly pushed this vote through behind the scenes.
Either way, their betrayal of the American people is indefensible.
Either way, their betrayal of the American people is indefensible.
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The survival of the Republic genuinely depends upon it. The current Democratic caucus is not fit for purpose. If we win with this caucus, we will just have another Bidenian interregnum before the next monster.
make the reconstruction caucus real
November 10, 2025 at 3:44 AM
The survival of the Republic genuinely depends upon it. The current Democratic caucus is not fit for purpose. If we win with this caucus, we will just have another Bidenian interregnum before the next monster.