Tom
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Writer, veteran, daily alternation between problem-solver and problem.
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when right wingers boycott brands
March 11, 2025 at 7:25 PM
when right wingers boycott brands
I feel like the universe we're in is the Monkey's Paw-version of Air Bud, where any traitorous dickhead can have any job, because it's probably not explicitly prohibited by reason or decency.
August 18, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I feel like the universe we're in is the Monkey's Paw-version of Air Bud, where any traitorous dickhead can have any job, because it's probably not explicitly prohibited by reason or decency.
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Trump Will Pardon Anyone (Full video on YouTube) youtu.be/YDIpvuE-leo?...
August 1, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Trump Will Pardon Anyone (Full video on YouTube) youtu.be/YDIpvuE-leo?...
It's an almost liberating experience, seeing the leaders of your nation drop the act and reveal their utter contempt for their constituents. These politicians have forgotten that they are not the gentry, they are our servants.
July 16, 2025 at 3:48 PM
It's an almost liberating experience, seeing the leaders of your nation drop the act and reveal their utter contempt for their constituents. These politicians have forgotten that they are not the gentry, they are our servants.
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78 souls lost to a flood that might have been able to reach safe ground, but the regime has decided any expenditure that doesn't directly benefit them is "waste, fraud, and abuse".
July 6, 2025 at 10:06 PM
78 souls lost to a flood that might have been able to reach safe ground, but the regime has decided any expenditure that doesn't directly benefit them is "waste, fraud, and abuse".
It takes a special type of callousness to look at a concentration camp and say "You know what this place needs? A gift shop."
July 3, 2025 at 11:30 AM
It takes a special type of callousness to look at a concentration camp and say "You know what this place needs? A gift shop."
So we're sanctioning ICC judges now? I'm genuinely convinced this is late-stage neural syphilis.
June 5, 2025 at 8:30 PM
So we're sanctioning ICC judges now? I'm genuinely convinced this is late-stage neural syphilis.
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RFK Jr. said: Don’t take medical advice from me.
We agree.
Now resign and let someone who actually understands medicine and public health do the job.
We agree.
Now resign and let someone who actually understands medicine and public health do the job.
May 14, 2025 at 2:54 PM
RFK Jr. said: Don’t take medical advice from me.
We agree.
Now resign and let someone who actually understands medicine and public health do the job.
We agree.
Now resign and let someone who actually understands medicine and public health do the job.
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Man, I never thought I'd see the day when the government is siding against the citizenry in favor of would-be eradicated pathogens, and yet here we are.
May 1, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Man, I never thought I'd see the day when the government is siding against the citizenry in favor of would-be eradicated pathogens, and yet here we are.
My personal head-canon is that the Pope walked in on Vance with the Pontiff's couch and shuffled off his mortal coil.
April 21, 2025 at 5:14 PM
My personal head-canon is that the Pope walked in on Vance with the Pontiff's couch and shuffled off his mortal coil.
So far the most impressive thing this regime has accomplished in the US is getting air travel incidents to nearly the same frequency as mass shootings.
April 11, 2025 at 7:25 PM
So far the most impressive thing this regime has accomplished in the US is getting air travel incidents to nearly the same frequency as mass shootings.
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💜 "With further representation and understanding of asexuality, I have been able to understand this more about myself."
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/asexuality-is-a-spectrum-that-answered-a-lifetime-of-questions/
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/asexuality-is-a-spectrum-that-answered-a-lifetime-of-questions/
Asexuality is a spectrum that answered a lifetime of questions
Asexuality is a spectrum, and all of us who fall somewhere on that spectrum have different relationships with sex and sexual attraction
www.wearequeeraf.com
April 11, 2025 at 12:05 PM
💜 "With further representation and understanding of asexuality, I have been able to understand this more about myself."
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/asexuality-is-a-spectrum-that-answered-a-lifetime-of-questions/
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/asexuality-is-a-spectrum-that-answered-a-lifetime-of-questions/
Refresh my memory, please:
April 9, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Refresh my memory, please:
I guess Idaho police SOP for a suffering person in distress is a fucking firing squad. 12 seconds from exiting their cruisers to opening fire.
April 8, 2025 at 11:46 PM
I guess Idaho police SOP for a suffering person in distress is a fucking firing squad. 12 seconds from exiting their cruisers to opening fire.
USA at it again as world champion, this time as any% speedrun to moral rock bottom.
April 2, 2025 at 10:58 PM
USA at it again as world champion, this time as any% speedrun to moral rock bottom.
One of my all-time favorites:
April 2, 2025 at 8:36 PM
One of my all-time favorites:
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Remembering Val Kilmer in Real Genius (1985). Somehow laser science got an astonishingly accurate pop culture movie. It didn’t have to accurately depict building and troubleshooting excimer lasers and yet somehow it did.
April 2, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Remembering Val Kilmer in Real Genius (1985). Somehow laser science got an astonishingly accurate pop culture movie. It didn’t have to accurately depict building and troubleshooting excimer lasers and yet somehow it did.
Do you possess empathy, bitch?!
Gang Initiate Forced To Peacefully Deescalate Conflict To Prove He Not A Cop
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March 28, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Do you possess empathy, bitch?!
Somehow, the cast of Sesame Street and the starting lineup of Real Madrid found their way onto an ICBM development chat:
‘I Messed Up At Work Again,’ Crestfallen Michael Waltz Texts Wife, National Geographic Editorial Staff
March 26, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Somehow, the cast of Sesame Street and the starting lineup of Real Madrid found their way onto an ICBM development chat:
Any one else get a pang of disappointment every time Tesla stock makes any attempt to pull out of the current nosedive?
March 22, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Any one else get a pang of disappointment every time Tesla stock makes any attempt to pull out of the current nosedive?
Exactly the reason why there's no such thing as a good billionaire:
mehdi hasan on elon: imagine having infinite money and not eradicating malaria just for your own ego
March 20, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Exactly the reason why there's no such thing as a good billionaire:
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Trump Gaining Momentum Among 9-Year-Olds Whose Parents Suck
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Trump Gaining Momentum Among 9-Year-Olds Whose Parents Suck
A new Quinnipiac University poll suggested that President Trump’s approval ratings hit an all-time high among nine-year-olds whose parents are total dogshit.
thehardtimes.net
March 20, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Trump Gaining Momentum Among 9-Year-Olds Whose Parents Suck
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