Corey Tomsons
@tomsons.bsky.social
‘There is a lot about what is going on here that I don’t understand. But I am participating anyway.’ Martha Wells, Network Effect
Opening Bluesky in the morning and going, “What’s the fascism today?” like it’s the weather.
November 14, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Opening Bluesky in the morning and going, “What’s the fascism today?” like it’s the weather.
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As you can see from the graph, it began to be "a time to be alive" during the interwar period. And then again in the 90s, presumably due to britpop. But the 2020s are easily the most "what a time to be alive" era of all time.
November 13, 2025 at 12:47 PM
As you can see from the graph, it began to be "a time to be alive" during the interwar period. And then again in the 90s, presumably due to britpop. But the 2020s are easily the most "what a time to be alive" era of all time.
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I’ve seen this shared several times with the header and footer not visible, so you can’t see the artists’s name.
Credit: Leo the Alien — alienyrox on redbubble and other platforms.
Credit: Leo the Alien — alienyrox on redbubble and other platforms.
November 12, 2025 at 5:00 AM
I’ve seen this shared several times with the header and footer not visible, so you can’t see the artists’s name.
Credit: Leo the Alien — alienyrox on redbubble and other platforms.
Credit: Leo the Alien — alienyrox on redbubble and other platforms.
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Sometimes I wonder if our many years of jokes about writers hating writing and doing anything but writing, etc, have convinced people that the writing part is the hurdle and the goal is just to have a thing in hand. But I am here to tell you: the writing is the best part. The act is the thing.
November 9, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Sometimes I wonder if our many years of jokes about writers hating writing and doing anything but writing, etc, have convinced people that the writing part is the hurdle and the goal is just to have a thing in hand. But I am here to tell you: the writing is the best part. The act is the thing.
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Making waves:
You can see Saturn’s little moon Daphnis (8 km) and the waves it’s raised with its gravitational pull, along this gap in the rings of Saturn. (NASA/Cassini)
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You can see Saturn’s little moon Daphnis (8 km) and the waves it’s raised with its gravitational pull, along this gap in the rings of Saturn. (NASA/Cassini)
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November 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Making waves:
You can see Saturn’s little moon Daphnis (8 km) and the waves it’s raised with its gravitational pull, along this gap in the rings of Saturn. (NASA/Cassini)
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You can see Saturn’s little moon Daphnis (8 km) and the waves it’s raised with its gravitational pull, along this gap in the rings of Saturn. (NASA/Cassini)
🧪
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JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing.
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
October 30, 2025 at 8:07 AM
JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing.
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
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The last eight words explain why not everybody can, in fact, write books.
"I am of the firm belief that everybody could write books and I never understand why they don't. After all, everyone speaks. Once the grammar has been learnt it is simply talking on paper and in time learning what not to say."
—Beryl Bainbridge
—Beryl Bainbridge
October 27, 2025 at 12:09 PM
The last eight words explain why not everybody can, in fact, write books.
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A portion of every dollar spent on Harry Potter merchandise goes to anti-transgender campaigns.
October 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
A portion of every dollar spent on Harry Potter merchandise goes to anti-transgender campaigns.
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I had a question about writers block from the highschool students. I told them that when this happens it means I need to step away and shift to work on a different creative project. It means my mind needs space to figure it out. So I do other creative things. Draw, work in my yard, talk to friends+
October 27, 2025 at 12:22 PM
I had a question about writers block from the highschool students. I told them that when this happens it means I need to step away and shift to work on a different creative project. It means my mind needs space to figure it out. So I do other creative things. Draw, work in my yard, talk to friends+
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who hasn’t
brought themselves to harm because
they thought they had to? The dead can be kinder
than the living, if you are not related to them.
From ‘Orion’, a poem by Karen Solie, published in her collecton ‘Wellwater’, joint winner of this year’s Forward Prize.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
brought themselves to harm because
they thought they had to? The dead can be kinder
than the living, if you are not related to them.
From ‘Orion’, a poem by Karen Solie, published in her collecton ‘Wellwater’, joint winner of this year’s Forward Prize.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Karen Solie · Poem: ‘Orion’
www.lrb.co.uk
October 27, 2025 at 12:50 PM
who hasn’t
brought themselves to harm because
they thought they had to? The dead can be kinder
than the living, if you are not related to them.
From ‘Orion’, a poem by Karen Solie, published in her collecton ‘Wellwater’, joint winner of this year’s Forward Prize.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
brought themselves to harm because
they thought they had to? The dead can be kinder
than the living, if you are not related to them.
From ‘Orion’, a poem by Karen Solie, published in her collecton ‘Wellwater’, joint winner of this year’s Forward Prize.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Beep boop still working on secret things. Here's some money I designed for the Canadian Mint last year.
October 27, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Beep boop still working on secret things. Here's some money I designed for the Canadian Mint last year.
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who creates the lively art and music scenes if the rent is too high? who makes cultural life? who serves you food or washes your dishes? who creates the fancy little restaurants that draw you to urban living? affordable housing is at the heart of what makes city life worthwhile.
October 26, 2025 at 6:04 AM
who creates the lively art and music scenes if the rent is too high? who makes cultural life? who serves you food or washes your dishes? who creates the fancy little restaurants that draw you to urban living? affordable housing is at the heart of what makes city life worthwhile.
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So much of "cancel culture" discourse is a re-description of the normal functioning of a democracy and public discourse by people who didn't like the results of one, or both, or how it made them feel.
Saying that someone doesn’t deserve to be a senator isn’t canceling them, that is the public opinion candidates are subject to in a democracy.
October 25, 2025 at 3:24 PM
So much of "cancel culture" discourse is a re-description of the normal functioning of a democracy and public discourse by people who didn't like the results of one, or both, or how it made them feel.
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He tells me he’s stopped
paying attention to the news
about the virus,
there’s so much information,
so many worrying details,
and when he reads it all
he feels there’s nothing
there’s nothing he can really do,
so I handed him a mask
and said:
here’s something you can do.
paying attention to the news
about the virus,
there’s so much information,
so many worrying details,
and when he reads it all
he feels there’s nothing
there’s nothing he can really do,
so I handed him a mask
and said:
here’s something you can do.
October 24, 2025 at 10:05 PM
He tells me he’s stopped
paying attention to the news
about the virus,
there’s so much information,
so many worrying details,
and when he reads it all
he feels there’s nothing
there’s nothing he can really do,
so I handed him a mask
and said:
here’s something you can do.
paying attention to the news
about the virus,
there’s so much information,
so many worrying details,
and when he reads it all
he feels there’s nothing
there’s nothing he can really do,
so I handed him a mask
and said:
here’s something you can do.
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I was intrigued to see which two of the Vatican’s ten Raphael tapestries were chosen for today’s unprecedented service in the Sistine Chapel. The tapestries are very rarely shown - was Pope Leo XIV conveying any message in the choice?
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October 23, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I was intrigued to see which two of the Vatican’s ten Raphael tapestries were chosen for today’s unprecedented service in the Sistine Chapel. The tapestries are very rarely shown - was Pope Leo XIV conveying any message in the choice?
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@sketchplanations.bsky.social has a terrific illustration of this: the Emotional Hot Potato Effect! sketchplanations.com/emotional-ho...
October 23, 2025 at 11:36 AM
@sketchplanations.bsky.social has a terrific illustration of this: the Emotional Hot Potato Effect! sketchplanations.com/emotional-ho...
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hey 3D animators in vancouver and montreal, the next couple months are a real good time to apply to sony imageworks. just sayin
October 22, 2025 at 12:46 AM
hey 3D animators in vancouver and montreal, the next couple months are a real good time to apply to sony imageworks. just sayin
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I never knew that in the United States literally the president can do anything as long as everybody agrees not to stop them. Very weird, realizing the entire thing was made of cotton candy
October 21, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I never knew that in the United States literally the president can do anything as long as everybody agrees not to stop them. Very weird, realizing the entire thing was made of cotton candy
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Life is cruel.
Soup is cozy.
Please share your favorite soup recipes in the replies.
Please use alt text for any images so that your delicious recipe is accessible to everyone!
Soup is cozy.
Please share your favorite soup recipes in the replies.
Please use alt text for any images so that your delicious recipe is accessible to everyone!
January 7, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Life is cruel.
Soup is cozy.
Please share your favorite soup recipes in the replies.
Please use alt text for any images so that your delicious recipe is accessible to everyone!
Soup is cozy.
Please share your favorite soup recipes in the replies.
Please use alt text for any images so that your delicious recipe is accessible to everyone!
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I’m currently making this recipe, which is a tried-and-true favorite of mine that’s already listed in The Soup Thread, quoted below.
The Soup Thread is full of favorite recipes from me and others! You should come share your fave soup recipes and discover some new ones.
The Soup Thread is full of favorite recipes from me and others! You should come share your fave soup recipes and discover some new ones.
October 19, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I’m currently making this recipe, which is a tried-and-true favorite of mine that’s already listed in The Soup Thread, quoted below.
The Soup Thread is full of favorite recipes from me and others! You should come share your fave soup recipes and discover some new ones.
The Soup Thread is full of favorite recipes from me and others! You should come share your fave soup recipes and discover some new ones.
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Many parents are now are forgoing minivans for greener alternatives: cargo bikes. They have been around for decades, but the advent of the electric bike motor has made them much more popular. n.pr/3WJyZn9
Why more parents are riding cargo bikes, skipping the minivan
Many parents are now are forgoing minivans for greener alternatives: cargo bikes. They have been around for decades, but the advent of the electric bike motor has made them much more popular.
n.pr
October 19, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Many parents are now are forgoing minivans for greener alternatives: cargo bikes. They have been around for decades, but the advent of the electric bike motor has made them much more popular. n.pr/3WJyZn9
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Except I'm wrong - this view *just* catches the edge of the newly-discovered continent of ZEALANDIA: population 5.4 million, with only New Zealand, New Caledonia, Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island now above sea level - just 5% of the original 4.9m square km (making it 64% the size of Australia).
October 13, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Except I'm wrong - this view *just* catches the edge of the newly-discovered continent of ZEALANDIA: population 5.4 million, with only New Zealand, New Caledonia, Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island now above sea level - just 5% of the original 4.9m square km (making it 64% the size of Australia).
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The US Constitution has no innate defense against lying by public officials and complete shamelessness.
No institutional design can overcome a lawbreaking president, a Congress defending lawbreaking and forfeiting its own power, a Supreme Court that pretends legal text doesn’t count to facilitate lawbreaking, and a citizenry that votes for all that.
Need at least one that wants rule of law. Maybe two.
Need at least one that wants rule of law. Maybe two.
October 12, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The US Constitution has no innate defense against lying by public officials and complete shamelessness.
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Autumn colours along a creek in Alberta, Canada's Bow Valley. It's Canada's Thanksgiving tomorrow but we are celebrating today. I remain thankful for love, joy, compassion, and the strength to keep moving and seeing scenes like this.
#Stunday
#Autumn
#Nature
#Reflections
#Photography
#Beautiful
#Stunday
#Autumn
#Nature
#Reflections
#Photography
#Beautiful
October 12, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Autumn colours along a creek in Alberta, Canada's Bow Valley. It's Canada's Thanksgiving tomorrow but we are celebrating today. I remain thankful for love, joy, compassion, and the strength to keep moving and seeing scenes like this.
#Stunday
#Autumn
#Nature
#Reflections
#Photography
#Beautiful
#Stunday
#Autumn
#Nature
#Reflections
#Photography
#Beautiful