Tom Pandolfo
@tompandolfo.bsky.social
Public defender in Seattle, WA. Recovering software dev. Queer, he/him. I have friends everywhere.
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This is like the British Museum complaining that someone took their stuff
December 21, 2025 at 5:46 AM
This is like the British Museum complaining that someone took their stuff
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I understand that a lot of folks have been misled by fear-mongering and powerful regressive voices but it’s still astonishing to me that so many have fallen for the idea that oppressively policing other people’s gender identity and expression could in any way be part of an enlightened future.
December 13, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I understand that a lot of folks have been misled by fear-mongering and powerful regressive voices but it’s still astonishing to me that so many have fallen for the idea that oppressively policing other people’s gender identity and expression could in any way be part of an enlightened future.
It's a late entry, but No Other Choice might be the best movie of 2025???
December 9, 2025 at 7:58 AM
It's a late entry, but No Other Choice might be the best movie of 2025???
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Good on Penn Jillette. Having to come to terms with your entire political identity and philosophy being wrong is not easy and most people could never do it.
December 7, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Good on Penn Jillette. Having to come to terms with your entire political identity and philosophy being wrong is not easy and most people could never do it.
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a lot of words, none of them denying that Hegseth gave an order to kill helpless people who were stranded at sea after he blew up their boats
November 29, 2025 at 12:47 AM
a lot of words, none of them denying that Hegseth gave an order to kill helpless people who were stranded at sea after he blew up their boats
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So many men go through life like that. You can play poker because it's right-coded, you can't enjoy fruity alcoholic drinks because they're women-coded, you can't lick an ice cream cone because it's gay-coded. All day, every day, choosing and judging things based on coding for narrow norms.
November 26, 2025 at 3:02 PM
So many men go through life like that. You can play poker because it's right-coded, you can't enjoy fruity alcoholic drinks because they're women-coded, you can't lick an ice cream cone because it's gay-coded. All day, every day, choosing and judging things based on coding for narrow norms.
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Saying "vaccines are safe" is an irrelevant detail when you voted to hand all of the US government's health organizations over to someone who adamantly insists they are not.
TAPPER: Dr Cassidy, RFK Jr lied to you
CASSIDY: First let me say what's most important -- vaccines are safe.
CASSIDY: First let me say what's most important -- vaccines are safe.
November 23, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Saying "vaccines are safe" is an irrelevant detail when you voted to hand all of the US government's health organizations over to someone who adamantly insists they are not.
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Trump calls for Democratic members of Congress to be hanged
November 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Trump calls for Democratic members of Congress to be hanged
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the actual reason for this is so that robots can be easily plugged into human roles. the more human-like a robot is, the more readily it can replace a human.
one of the things I really do not understand is why so much of the development of robots seems to be focused on making them bipedal like humans. Why? It's an insane allocation of resources when it would be much easier to give them three or four "legs" or come up with some new system
November 19, 2025 at 7:39 PM
the actual reason for this is so that robots can be easily plugged into human roles. the more human-like a robot is, the more readily it can replace a human.
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when I was young, i used to wonder how people like this would fare in life, as they didn't seem suited for gainful employment. it turns out, the internet allowed them to accumulate a massive audience of similar idiots, enriching them and turning them into a presidential advisor
November 20, 2025 at 12:58 AM
when I was young, i used to wonder how people like this would fare in life, as they didn't seem suited for gainful employment. it turns out, the internet allowed them to accumulate a massive audience of similar idiots, enriching them and turning them into a presidential advisor
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Trump defends Mohammed bin Salman over the 2018 murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi:
"A lot of people didn't like that gentleman... Things happen... He knew nothing about it."
A US intelligence report concluded that bin Salman personally "approved an operation" to "kill or capture" Khashoggi.
"A lot of people didn't like that gentleman... Things happen... He knew nothing about it."
A US intelligence report concluded that bin Salman personally "approved an operation" to "kill or capture" Khashoggi.
November 18, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Trump defends Mohammed bin Salman over the 2018 murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi:
"A lot of people didn't like that gentleman... Things happen... He knew nothing about it."
A US intelligence report concluded that bin Salman personally "approved an operation" to "kill or capture" Khashoggi.
"A lot of people didn't like that gentleman... Things happen... He knew nothing about it."
A US intelligence report concluded that bin Salman personally "approved an operation" to "kill or capture" Khashoggi.
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Imagine looking around America in 2025 and thinking, "What we need less of is morality."
November 18, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Imagine looking around America in 2025 and thinking, "What we need less of is morality."
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epstein emails released and everyone coming out as a pedophile to defend donald trump
November 16, 2025 at 11:22 PM
epstein emails released and everyone coming out as a pedophile to defend donald trump
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Seattle has had a series of mayors who got elected promising to “finally” use police to crack down on homelessness — the existing policy that every previous mayor has deployed.
Once they get into office they don’t deliver because it doesn’t work. We waste four years and the problem gets worse.
Once they get into office they don’t deliver because it doesn’t work. We waste four years and the problem gets worse.
The story about the gun got buried, virtually nobody in any position of influence talked about it. The more significant element of this was money. The business class within Seattle really liked his harsh-crackdowns-on-unhoused-people policy, and they put a lot of resources behind his campaign.
November 13, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Seattle has had a series of mayors who got elected promising to “finally” use police to crack down on homelessness — the existing policy that every previous mayor has deployed.
Once they get into office they don’t deliver because it doesn’t work. We waste four years and the problem gets worse.
Once they get into office they don’t deliver because it doesn’t work. We waste four years and the problem gets worse.
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DO: Run as a progressive with an actionable agenda.
DON’T: Pull a gun on a pregnant woman in a parking lot
DON’T: Pull a gun on a pregnant woman in a parking lot
Katie Wilson wins Seattle mayoral race, incumbent Bruce Harrell appears to be preparing to concede
The exciting race for Mayor of Seattle can now be called. With almost no ballots left to count, challenger Katie Wilson has an advantage that incumbent Bruce Harrell cannot overcome.
The exciting race for Mayor of Seattle can now be called. With almost no ballots left to count, challenger Katie Wilson has an advantage that incumbent Bruce Harrell cannot overcome.
Katie Wilson wins Seattle mayoral race, incumbent Bruce Harrell appears to be preparing to concede
The exciting race for Mayor of Seattle can now be called. With almost no ballots left to count, challenger Katie Wilson has an advantage that incumbent Bruce Harrell cannot overcome.
www.nwprogressive.org
November 13, 2025 at 5:31 AM
DO: Run as a progressive with an actionable agenda.
DON’T: Pull a gun on a pregnant woman in a parking lot
DON’T: Pull a gun on a pregnant woman in a parking lot
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99% of Republicans understand nothing about intraleft politics. they’re still saying shit like “you won’t be so happy when BILL CLINTON is implicated will you?”
November 13, 2025 at 1:29 AM
99% of Republicans understand nothing about intraleft politics. they’re still saying shit like “you won’t be so happy when BILL CLINTON is implicated will you?”
Justt saw Bugonia (VERY good btw) and opened up Letterboxd to log it.
Hey, Letterboxd? That's pretty fucking funny.
Hey, Letterboxd? That's pretty fucking funny.
November 11, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Justt saw Bugonia (VERY good btw) and opened up Letterboxd to log it.
Hey, Letterboxd? That's pretty fucking funny.
Hey, Letterboxd? That's pretty fucking funny.
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lmao just find out whether it's true rather than accusing her of spreading misinformation, what do you think journalism is
“New York Times conducts hostile interview with children’s education influencer questioning her recognition of comprehensively documented war crimes” is not a sentence I could have imagined a few years ago
November 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
lmao just find out whether it's true rather than accusing her of spreading misinformation, what do you think journalism is
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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The way all of these people convinced themselves that Mamdani is antisemitic is a subject far more worthy of media examination than any of the ‘groupthink on campuses!’ thinkpieces we’ve been subjected to
November 5, 2025 at 8:58 PM
The way all of these people convinced themselves that Mamdani is antisemitic is a subject far more worthy of media examination than any of the ‘groupthink on campuses!’ thinkpieces we’ve been subjected to
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As many have pointed out, Mamdani didn't stand apart from our trans brothers and sisters. He didn't play the "Gee, gosh, it sure is complicated," milquetoast moderate card. And he crushed.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
November 5, 2025 at 2:52 AM
As many have pointed out, Mamdani didn't stand apart from our trans brothers and sisters. He didn't play the "Gee, gosh, it sure is complicated," milquetoast moderate card. And he crushed.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
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damn bro owned
Mamdani: "I wish Andrew Cuomo only the best in private life but let tonight be the final time I utter his name."
November 5, 2025 at 4:33 AM
damn bro owned