A Tom in Texas
@tommyyork.bsky.social
DTX
River's Dad.
Structural Steel Engineer, Woodworker, and other arts; went to UNT majoring in Political Science
River's Dad.
Structural Steel Engineer, Woodworker, and other arts; went to UNT majoring in Political Science
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A Tom in Texas
@tommyyork.bsky.social
· Apr 13
Just finished my piece depicting Dido upon the pyre. Honduran Mahogany
Tommy York 2025
Tommy York 2025
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Why does this bit from Le Guin's THE LEFT HAND OF DARKNESS always feel like such good advice, in every age? "As they say in Ekumenical School, when action grows unprofitable, gather information; when information grows unprofitable, sleep."
April 26, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Why does this bit from Le Guin's THE LEFT HAND OF DARKNESS always feel like such good advice, in every age? "As they say in Ekumenical School, when action grows unprofitable, gather information; when information grows unprofitable, sleep."
Just finished my piece depicting Dido upon the pyre. Honduran Mahogany
Tommy York 2025
Tommy York 2025
April 13, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Just finished my piece depicting Dido upon the pyre. Honduran Mahogany
Tommy York 2025
Tommy York 2025
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This year is the 50th anniversary of "Gil e Jorge," an album that will make your day/life better. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLZ1...
Filhos De Gandhi
YouTube video by Gilberto Gil - Topic
www.youtube.com
February 26, 2025 at 2:15 PM
This year is the 50th anniversary of "Gil e Jorge," an album that will make your day/life better. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLZ1...
Human artists, use only one piece to convince people to follow you
My mahogany Dido!
My mahogany Dido!
February 16, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Human artists, use only one piece to convince people to follow you
My mahogany Dido!
My mahogany Dido!
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"All the Christian faithful and people of good will are called upon to consider the legitimacy of norms and public policies in the light of the dignity of the person and his or her fundamental rights, not vice versa."
I'm not really a Catholic (or Christian) but this was clarifying and moving.
I'm not really a Catholic (or Christian) but this was clarifying and moving.
Lettera del Santo Padre ai Vescovi degli Stati Uniti d’America
press.vatican.va
February 11, 2025 at 1:43 PM
"All the Christian faithful and people of good will are called upon to consider the legitimacy of norms and public policies in the light of the dignity of the person and his or her fundamental rights, not vice versa."
I'm not really a Catholic (or Christian) but this was clarifying and moving.
I'm not really a Catholic (or Christian) but this was clarifying and moving.
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I completely agree with this. It infects young kids too, which can, and will, damage them throughout adulthood - permanently if it is not addressed.
Empathy is cringe. Compassion is cringe. Responsibility is super cringe.
Fidelity to anything that isn’t your own feral instincts is fucking cringe.
Empathy is cringe. Compassion is cringe. Responsibility is super cringe.
Fidelity to anything that isn’t your own feral instincts is fucking cringe.
I'd like to see more writing on how the Musk/Trump junta feels like a frontal attack on the entire concept of virtue, in even the most traditional senses.
They are actively demonizing and punishing everyone who doesn't worship Mammon.
They are actively demonizing and punishing everyone who doesn't worship Mammon.
February 8, 2025 at 12:07 PM
I completely agree with this. It infects young kids too, which can, and will, damage them throughout adulthood - permanently if it is not addressed.
Empathy is cringe. Compassion is cringe. Responsibility is super cringe.
Fidelity to anything that isn’t your own feral instincts is fucking cringe.
Empathy is cringe. Compassion is cringe. Responsibility is super cringe.
Fidelity to anything that isn’t your own feral instincts is fucking cringe.
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We’re seeing a total dismissal and mockery of all civic, traditional values, from stuff like “sharing is good” to “service and self-sacrifice to help others above one’s self is morally good.”
Even Dubya paid lip service to that stuff sometimes.
Even Dubya paid lip service to that stuff sometimes.
February 7, 2025 at 10:48 PM
We’re seeing a total dismissal and mockery of all civic, traditional values, from stuff like “sharing is good” to “service and self-sacrifice to help others above one’s self is morally good.”
Even Dubya paid lip service to that stuff sometimes.
Even Dubya paid lip service to that stuff sometimes.
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I'd like to see more writing on how the Musk/Trump junta feels like a frontal attack on the entire concept of virtue, in even the most traditional senses.
They are actively demonizing and punishing everyone who doesn't worship Mammon.
They are actively demonizing and punishing everyone who doesn't worship Mammon.
February 7, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I'd like to see more writing on how the Musk/Trump junta feels like a frontal attack on the entire concept of virtue, in even the most traditional senses.
They are actively demonizing and punishing everyone who doesn't worship Mammon.
They are actively demonizing and punishing everyone who doesn't worship Mammon.
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Tina Smith: "I'm sitting here and I'm thinking about what's happening at the US Treasury tonight, and it seems to be entirely possible that he's trying to distract us all from the ransacking of the Treasury Department's federal payment system that is going on right now under the thumb of Elon Musk."
February 5, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Tina Smith: "I'm sitting here and I'm thinking about what's happening at the US Treasury tonight, and it seems to be entirely possible that he's trying to distract us all from the ransacking of the Treasury Department's federal payment system that is going on right now under the thumb of Elon Musk."
If you really wanted to save the government money, you'd start at the military. We see zero cuts there. This isn't about efficiency, it's about hate.
February 4, 2025 at 2:19 AM
If you really wanted to save the government money, you'd start at the military. We see zero cuts there. This isn't about efficiency, it's about hate.
Can't find anything on Musk's site about his activities today, they're suppressed. He knows he f-ed up.
February 1, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Can't find anything on Musk's site about his activities today, they're suppressed. He knows he f-ed up.
Dido is done. #woodworking #sculpture
January 30, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Dido is done. #woodworking #sculpture
Get into a hobby that is challenging physically, mentally, and creatively and your life will improve. Woodworking gave me abs and sobriety; wish I'd found it sooner.
people over 30 quote this with some life advice for the rest of us?
January 30, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Get into a hobby that is challenging physically, mentally, and creatively and your life will improve. Woodworking gave me abs and sobriety; wish I'd found it sooner.
WIP on this Mahogany carve.
#woodcarving#woodworking
#woodcarving#woodworking
December 10, 2024 at 7:45 AM
WIP on this Mahogany carve.
#woodcarving#woodworking
#woodcarving#woodworking
OhMyTV on YouTube just showed Korean Parliament lifting Martial Law (I believe). I don't speak Korean, but it's a great place to follow what's happening, nonetheless.
December 3, 2024 at 4:33 PM
OhMyTV on YouTube just showed Korean Parliament lifting Martial Law (I believe). I don't speak Korean, but it's a great place to follow what's happening, nonetheless.
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This is the rallying call that I've needed to hear since November 6th. From Roxane Gay in today's New York Times www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/o...
November 17, 2024 at 7:43 PM
This is the rallying call that I've needed to hear since November 6th. From Roxane Gay in today's New York Times www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/o...
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One of fascism's main tactics is to physically and mentally exhaust you. To flood the zone with outrageous bullshit, to make you bite on a dozen pump-fakes — so that when the real shot comes, you're too worn out to react.
We need to pace ourselves. It's only been a week. Alert fatigue is dangerous
We need to pace ourselves. It's only been a week. Alert fatigue is dangerous
November 14, 2024 at 1:59 AM
One of fascism's main tactics is to physically and mentally exhaust you. To flood the zone with outrageous bullshit, to make you bite on a dozen pump-fakes — so that when the real shot comes, you're too worn out to react.
We need to pace ourselves. It's only been a week. Alert fatigue is dangerous
We need to pace ourselves. It's only been a week. Alert fatigue is dangerous
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if your band sucks I’m still gonna say nice set. being in a band that sucks is still pretty cool
March 6, 2024 at 11:11 PM
if your band sucks I’m still gonna say nice set. being in a band that sucks is still pretty cool
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Two straight women pretending to be gay to con each other.
December 12, 2023 at 11:17 PM
Two straight women pretending to be gay to con each other.
Toddler gains are real. Doing what amounts to "farmer's walk" exercises/lifting/squats for hours every day is about to have me SHREDDED.
December 12, 2023 at 8:56 PM
Toddler gains are real. Doing what amounts to "farmer's walk" exercises/lifting/squats for hours every day is about to have me SHREDDED.
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Pushing the button so hard my hand punches straight through the diorama…
November 18, 2023 at 7:20 PM
Pushing the button so hard my hand punches straight through the diorama…
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If you ever want a real deal "the illuminati" style moment, look at what's happening with OpenAI. Several powerful VCs are working to pressure a $2.75 trillion public tech company to force a non profit's board to resign in its entirety because they didn't want to use the VC's special little guy.
November 19, 2023 at 4:20 AM
If you ever want a real deal "the illuminati" style moment, look at what's happening with OpenAI. Several powerful VCs are working to pressure a $2.75 trillion public tech company to force a non profit's board to resign in its entirety because they didn't want to use the VC's special little guy.
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controversual opinion, feel like people were more willing to eat a bunch of rockets exploding all the time 60 years ago because we, like, hadn’t yet figured out how to launch rockets without having them explode all the time?
November 19, 2023 at 3:04 AM
controversual opinion, feel like people were more willing to eat a bunch of rockets exploding all the time 60 years ago because we, like, hadn’t yet figured out how to launch rockets without having them explode all the time?