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.)
There's a related story, on the page, that makes me really hope that modern humans did *not* make out with Neanderthals.
<shudder>
<shudder>
November 20, 2025 at 6:59 AM
There's a related story, on the page, that makes me really hope that modern humans did *not* make out with Neanderthals.
<shudder>
<shudder>
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...
And it's not one of the mysterious characters. It's the dumb wifebeating rapist pedophile thug.
November 16, 2025 at 5:40 PM
And it's not one of the mysterious characters. It's the dumb wifebeating rapist pedophile thug.
I teach this in my ethics class.
November 12, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I teach this in my ethics class.
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.
![A square chair that is backed on two, rather than one, sides. Commander William Riker, very angry. (The joke is that Riker has a weird way of sitting down [sometimes called "the Riker maneuver"] that involves pulling one leg over the back of a chair, and it wouldn't work with this chair.)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gqypflwh763yoyhg4bc3cdik/bafkreigrek7zwckxxksf37odciru5weokpu2v4q5ngffx5qt3p2cvsfwt4@jpeg)
A beautiful vane:
October 13, 2025 at 9:01 PM
A beautiful vane:
One begs to differ!
October 12, 2025 at 8:37 PM
One begs to differ!
Some lawyer actually submitted a document containing this.
September 16, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Some lawyer actually submitted a document containing this.
Let me try to explain.
September 15, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Let me try to explain.
Caught you! You threatening threatener, with your threats!
September 11, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Caught you! You threatening threatener, with your threats!
Ralph Wiggum chuckle "I'm in danger!"
Anyhoo this is what I do Tuesday and Thursday mornings:
Anyhoo this is what I do Tuesday and Thursday mornings:
September 10, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Ralph Wiggum chuckle "I'm in danger!"
Anyhoo this is what I do Tuesday and Thursday mornings:
Anyhoo this is what I do Tuesday and Thursday mornings:
The inverted moralists — the evil-for-the-sake-of-evil crowd — have equated Trump with Thanos and now with this iconic Hollywood moron/villain who never got his board back. How long until they unironically make Trump Hitler from some movie?
September 6, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The inverted moralists — the evil-for-the-sake-of-evil crowd — have equated Trump with Thanos and now with this iconic Hollywood moron/villain who never got his board back. How long until they unironically make Trump Hitler from some movie?
This is *entirely* against the Common Sense code. Entirely!
August 25, 2025 at 3:57 AM
This is *entirely* against the Common Sense code. Entirely!
Critical race theory is one instance/application of critical theory. Critical theory broadly is what people are expressing their ignorance about when they complain about "cultural Marxism".
August 24, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Critical race theory is one instance/application of critical theory. Critical theory broadly is what people are expressing their ignorance about when they complain about "cultural Marxism".
It hasn't worked out very well.
August 24, 2025 at 5:12 AM
It hasn't worked out very well.