Tom DePlonty
@tomdeplonty.bsky.social
Composer and software professional living in MA. Equality and justice for all, and compassion always. All unattributed pictures posted are mine.
Find my music at https://paragate.bandcamp.com/ and https://soundcloud.com/tomdeplonty.
Find my music at https://paragate.bandcamp.com/ and https://soundcloud.com/tomdeplonty.
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I don't believe in Hell, but if I did I would die happy knowing there was a special seating section for anyone currently railing against "the sin of empathy," and every one of those seats is made with hot rusty barbs
February 22, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I don't believe in Hell, but if I did I would die happy knowing there was a special seating section for anyone currently railing against "the sin of empathy," and every one of those seats is made with hot rusty barbs
Playing with bubble glazing
February 8, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Playing with bubble glazing
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if I understand American politics correctly, progressivism is something that requires 60 senate votes to work, while national conservatism doesn’t require any votes at all
February 3, 2025 at 1:54 PM
if I understand American politics correctly, progressivism is something that requires 60 senate votes to work, while national conservatism doesn’t require any votes at all
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So, DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) is being replaced with WUL (White, Unqualified but Loyal)
February 1, 2025 at 2:36 PM
So, DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) is being replaced with WUL (White, Unqualified but Loyal)
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The president can veto or support legislation. He can make recommendations to Congress. But he doesn't have the unilateral right to change laws.
Trump has very little respect for the rule of law & our Constitution. He is moving us toward authoritarianism.
We must stop him.
Trump has very little respect for the rule of law & our Constitution. He is moving us toward authoritarianism.
We must stop him.
January 28, 2025 at 10:22 PM
The president can veto or support legislation. He can make recommendations to Congress. But he doesn't have the unilateral right to change laws.
Trump has very little respect for the rule of law & our Constitution. He is moving us toward authoritarianism.
We must stop him.
Trump has very little respect for the rule of law & our Constitution. He is moving us toward authoritarianism.
We must stop him.
Here’s something, anyway
Every single Democratic senator signed a resolution Monday condemning Trump’s mass pardon of the January 6 insurrectionists.
Every Single Democratic Senator Managed to Agree on Something
Democrats are condemning Trump’s pardon of the January 6 insurrectionists in a stunning show of force.
newrepublic.com
January 27, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Here’s something, anyway
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Would love to understand why every Democrat is not out there every second of the day explaining in plain English that Donald Trump has declared war on cancer patients.
From a source inside the National Cancer Institute:
“Everyone is scrambling to figure out how we’re supposed to work to serve the public when we can’t engage at all.”
“Everyone is scrambling to figure out how we’re supposed to work to serve the public when we can’t engage at all.”
January 27, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Would love to understand why every Democrat is not out there every second of the day explaining in plain English that Donald Trump has declared war on cancer patients.
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Saw a "Democratic strategist" say "we have to earn people's trust back." Just mind-boggling that so many don't understand how this works.
Did voters in 2024 say "I trust the Republican Party"? No. They were mad at those in power. Democrats have to get them mad at Republicans. It's not complicated.
Did voters in 2024 say "I trust the Republican Party"? No. They were mad at those in power. Democrats have to get them mad at Republicans. It's not complicated.
January 27, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Saw a "Democratic strategist" say "we have to earn people's trust back." Just mind-boggling that so many don't understand how this works.
Did voters in 2024 say "I trust the Republican Party"? No. They were mad at those in power. Democrats have to get them mad at Republicans. It's not complicated.
Did voters in 2024 say "I trust the Republican Party"? No. They were mad at those in power. Democrats have to get them mad at Republicans. It's not complicated.
Feels like we may have just had an earthquake here (northern MA).
January 27, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Feels like we may have just had an earthquake here (northern MA).
I’ve voted for Democrats straight down the ballot since the early 90s, and I’ll do it again in the upcoming midterms (everyone except Seth Moulton), but what I want to know right now is where are they and when are they going to start speaking up?
January 27, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I’ve voted for Democrats straight down the ballot since the early 90s, and I’ll do it again in the upcoming midterms (everyone except Seth Moulton), but what I want to know right now is where are they and when are they going to start speaking up?
Beeswax crafts at the Topsfield Fair, Topsfield, Massachusetts
January 27, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Beeswax crafts at the Topsfield Fair, Topsfield, Massachusetts
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Today’s light reading
Now is the moment (to read George Orwell).
Now might be a good time to re-read George Orwell.
“Is it or is it not fascism” is a debate we’re going to be having a lot in the next few years, I’m afraid. And while there is perhaps an intellectual rigor to sussing out an answer, there are also …
lithub.com
January 26, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Today’s light reading
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Living in a PKD novel is less fun than I would have imagined, and I never imagined it would be fun
January 26, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Living in a PKD novel is less fun than I would have imagined, and I never imagined it would be fun
Studio of Daniel Chester French, Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Studies for the Lincoln Memorial statue and the doors of the Boston Public Library are seen in the background. In the foreground is French's last (unfinished) piece, Andromeda.
January 26, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Studio of Daniel Chester French, Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Studies for the Lincoln Memorial statue and the doors of the Boston Public Library are seen in the background. In the foreground is French's last (unfinished) piece, Andromeda.
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Peter Gabriel
photo Andy Fallon
photo Andy Fallon
January 25, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Peter Gabriel
photo Andy Fallon
photo Andy Fallon
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This week's Internet winner goes to...
January 24, 2025 at 8:49 AM
This week's Internet winner goes to...
Coasters. When I was making pottery more actively I used to make these small square blanks all the time, and use them to try different design and carving ideas.
January 24, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Coasters. When I was making pottery more actively I used to make these small square blanks all the time, and use them to try different design and carving ideas.
Holocaust Memorial, Boston, Massachusetts
January 23, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Holocaust Memorial, Boston, Massachusetts
Detail of an untitled installation by Damon Jespersen and Gordon Pryzbyla (2021) at Maudslay State Park, Newburyport, Massachusetts
January 21, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Detail of an untitled installation by Damon Jespersen and Gordon Pryzbyla (2021) at Maudslay State Park, Newburyport, Massachusetts
Imagining the armies of lawyers that must be mobilizing today.
January 20, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Imagining the armies of lawyers that must be mobilizing today.
The courtyard of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, Massachusetts
January 15, 2025 at 8:49 PM
The courtyard of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, Massachusetts
Payala Qiatsuq, Snowy Owl (2004), Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts
January 11, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Payala Qiatsuq, Snowy Owl (2004), Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts
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Every day it becomes clearer that buying groceries and cooking groceries are two completely separate disciplines
January 10, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Every day it becomes clearer that buying groceries and cooking groceries are two completely separate disciplines
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Word of the Day is ‘uhtcearu’ [ucht-kay-aru, with the 'ch' as in the Scottish ‘loch']:
Old English for ‘the sorrow before dawn', when you lie awake in the darkness and worries crowd your mind.
Old English for ‘the sorrow before dawn', when you lie awake in the darkness and worries crowd your mind.
January 10, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Word of the Day is ‘uhtcearu’ [ucht-kay-aru, with the 'ch' as in the Scottish ‘loch']:
Old English for ‘the sorrow before dawn', when you lie awake in the darkness and worries crowd your mind.
Old English for ‘the sorrow before dawn', when you lie awake in the darkness and worries crowd your mind.
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2016-2021 Non-Peaceful Administration
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January 6, 2025 at 11:56 PM
2016-2021 Non-Peaceful Administration
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2021 Non-Peaceful Transition
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2021-2025 Peaceful Administration
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2025 Peaceful Transition
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2025-? Non-Peaceful, Completely Fucked Up Administration of Corruption, Lies, and Chaos
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2021 Non-Peaceful Transition
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2021-2025 Peaceful Administration
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2025 Peaceful Transition
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2025-? Non-Peaceful, Completely Fucked Up Administration of Corruption, Lies, and Chaos