West Valley Tom
@tomwvv.bsky.social
I collect stuff. I sell other stuff. I’m not old, I’m vintage.
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Normal reasoning would start with what Trump was saying and doing.
“This is super racist. That it’s popular says something about that group!”
Instead we get:
“It’s super popular so it can’t be white supremacy which is fringe according to my priors.”
“This is super racist. That it’s popular says something about that group!”
Instead we get:
“It’s super popular so it can’t be white supremacy which is fringe according to my priors.”
December 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Normal reasoning would start with what Trump was saying and doing.
“This is super racist. That it’s popular says something about that group!”
Instead we get:
“It’s super popular so it can’t be white supremacy which is fringe according to my priors.”
“This is super racist. That it’s popular says something about that group!”
Instead we get:
“It’s super popular so it can’t be white supremacy which is fringe according to my priors.”
Anybody else concerned that Trump doesn’t recognize doctors who have been treating him for nearly nine years?
December 10, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Anybody else concerned that Trump doesn’t recognize doctors who have been treating him for nearly nine years?
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“Fewer than 60,000 people – 0.001% of the world’s population – control three times as much wealth as the entire bottom half of humanity, according to a report that argues global inequality has reached such extremes that urgent action has become essential.”
Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:52 PM
“Fewer than 60,000 people – 0.001% of the world’s population – control three times as much wealth as the entire bottom half of humanity, according to a report that argues global inequality has reached such extremes that urgent action has become essential.”
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Remember, insurance carriers pay nothing if the beneficiary can't afford their deductible and avoids care
December 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Remember, insurance carriers pay nothing if the beneficiary can't afford their deductible and avoids care
You’d think a POTUS unable to remember what he said 5 days ago would be a big news story.
Q: “You said you would have no problem with releasing the full video of that strike on September 2nd.”
Trump: “I didn’t say that. You said that. I didn’t say that. This is ABC fake news.”
Trump on Dec. 3: “Whatever they have, we’d certainly release. No problem.”
Trump: “I didn’t say that. You said that. I didn’t say that. This is ABC fake news.”
Trump on Dec. 3: “Whatever they have, we’d certainly release. No problem.”
December 9, 2025 at 4:14 PM
You’d think a POTUS unable to remember what he said 5 days ago would be a big news story.
Looking forward to seeing @petersagal.bsky.social and Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me at AZ Financial Theater tonight. Don’t forget to donate to @npr.org before 12/31!
a little girl is laughing and saying `` i 'm so excited '' while holding her fist in the air .
ALT: a little girl is laughing and saying `` i 'm so excited '' while holding her fist in the air .
media.tenor.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Looking forward to seeing @petersagal.bsky.social and Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me at AZ Financial Theater tonight. Don’t forget to donate to @npr.org before 12/31!
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I named my fists Troilus and Cressida because they're rarely produced, lackluster, and mostly just offer a lesson about the futility of violence.
i named my fists Rodgers and Hammerstein cuz theyre always in my own little corner
I named my fists Gilbert and Sullivan because they are slaves to duty
December 1, 2025 at 2:21 AM
I named my fists Troilus and Cressida because they're rarely produced, lackluster, and mostly just offer a lesson about the futility of violence.
There are currently TWENTY THREE Great Pyr mixes at the Oregon Humane Society available for adoption, rescued from a huge neglect case out in Polk County. If you’ve ever wanted a LORG fren for your family, you can’t do much better than Pyrs.
Animal Details
Details about each animal available at the Oregon Humane Society.
www.oregonhumane.org
November 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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The Pentagon is being weaponized against Trump's political opponents
thehill.com/policy/defen...
thehill.com/policy/defen...
November 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The Pentagon is being weaponized against Trump's political opponents
thehill.com/policy/defen...
thehill.com/policy/defen...
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A great investigative piece by @translucent.org.uk brilliant work.
translucent.org.uk/how-many-com...
translucent.org.uk/how-many-com...
How Many Complaints About Trans Women Using Toilets? - TransLucent
Data from local authorities representing over 16.5 million people reveals that complaints about trans women using toilets are virtually non-existent
translucent.org.uk
November 21, 2025 at 5:06 PM
A great investigative piece by @translucent.org.uk brilliant work.
translucent.org.uk/how-many-com...
translucent.org.uk/how-many-com...
Trump has gone ‘round the bend and he’s not coming back.
Here's Trump spraying Al-Sharaa with his cologne, asking him how many wives he has..at the Oval Office.
Published, naturally, by the Syria team.
Published, naturally, by the Syria team.
November 12, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Trump has gone ‘round the bend and he’s not coming back.
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Remember the trove of media I acquired with lost GD footage from the '82 Jamaica music fest + much more?
Good: 1300 tapes saved (link)
We've a film deal with rolling stone for the lost documentary that was found about the fest!
But I need more $ to get the final tapes
archive.org/details/mark...
Good: 1300 tapes saved (link)
We've a film deal with rolling stone for the lost documentary that was found about the fest!
But I need more $ to get the final tapes
archive.org/details/mark...
Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine
archive.org
November 5, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Remember the trove of media I acquired with lost GD footage from the '82 Jamaica music fest + much more?
Good: 1300 tapes saved (link)
We've a film deal with rolling stone for the lost documentary that was found about the fest!
But I need more $ to get the final tapes
archive.org/details/mark...
Good: 1300 tapes saved (link)
We've a film deal with rolling stone for the lost documentary that was found about the fest!
But I need more $ to get the final tapes
archive.org/details/mark...
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Hey rest of the United States!Head’s up! New Mexico oilman Steve Pearce is going to be nominated to lead the BLM. Millions of acres of pristine BLM land is vulnerable to mining & oil exploitation. Unleashed Steve will destroy our public lands. Call your reps and senators and block his appointment.
November 6, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Hey rest of the United States!Head’s up! New Mexico oilman Steve Pearce is going to be nominated to lead the BLM. Millions of acres of pristine BLM land is vulnerable to mining & oil exploitation. Unleashed Steve will destroy our public lands. Call your reps and senators and block his appointment.
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harvard medical school got bombed yesterday and it barely made news
A device exploded inside the Goldenson Building in Harvard’s Longwood medical campus early Saturday morning, according to a message from the Harvard University Police Department to University affiliates.
Matan H. Josephy and Laurel M. Shugart report.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Matan H. Josephy and Laurel M. Shugart report.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Authorities Investigating Explosion on Harvard’s Medical Campus, Believed To Be Intentional | News | The Harvard Crimson
A device exploded inside the Goldenson Building in Harvard’s Longwood medical campus early Saturday morning, according to a message from the Harvard University Police Department to University…
www.thecrimson.com
November 2, 2025 at 7:14 PM
harvard medical school got bombed yesterday and it barely made news
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Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
November 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
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You didn’t hear this from us, but the Old English word 'sibb' meant “related by blood.”
This is where we get the 'sibling.'
And 'godsibb' essentially meant “godparent.”
Over time, it came to mean "close friend."
Now it is something we share w/ close friends...
'gossip.'
This is where we get the 'sibling.'
And 'godsibb' essentially meant “godparent.”
Over time, it came to mean "close friend."
Now it is something we share w/ close friends...
'gossip.'
October 30, 2025 at 6:16 PM
You didn’t hear this from us, but the Old English word 'sibb' meant “related by blood.”
This is where we get the 'sibling.'
And 'godsibb' essentially meant “godparent.”
Over time, it came to mean "close friend."
Now it is something we share w/ close friends...
'gossip.'
This is where we get the 'sibling.'
And 'godsibb' essentially meant “godparent.”
Over time, it came to mean "close friend."
Now it is something we share w/ close friends...
'gossip.'
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Father of one of the men:
"I can guarantee that he’s not part of the Sinaloa Cartel... He isn’t a high-ranking member of anything. He’s high-ranking dumb.”
"I can guarantee that he’s not part of the Sinaloa Cartel... He isn’t a high-ranking member of anything. He’s high-ranking dumb.”
Ten unfortunates from small-town New Hampshire the Trump administration says are Sinaloa cartel
October 29, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Father of one of the men:
"I can guarantee that he’s not part of the Sinaloa Cartel... He isn’t a high-ranking member of anything. He’s high-ranking dumb.”
"I can guarantee that he’s not part of the Sinaloa Cartel... He isn’t a high-ranking member of anything. He’s high-ranking dumb.”
Vance: “Make ghettoes great again”!
Vance says it is "totally reasonable and acceptable" for people to not want to live next door to people who speak a different language than they do
October 29, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Vance: “Make ghettoes great again”!
For those keeping track at home, we’re at 1937 now.
Stephen Miller: "The scandal is how Democrats & the left scarred the landscape of our country w/grotesque so-called modern art that celebrates ugliness ... very importantly, President Trump is making sure it's in the neo-classical design around which our nation's architecture has long been directed"
October 24, 2025 at 9:05 PM
For those keeping track at home, we’re at 1937 now.
I wonder how much Ka$h Patel lost on the Raptors while running the FBI from Las Vegas.
an FBI official says the alleged NBA gambling ring involves the "Toronto Rangers" (not a real team), which doesn't exactly inspire confidence in the quality of their investigation
October 23, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I wonder how much Ka$h Patel lost on the Raptors while running the FBI from Las Vegas.
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Federal investigators say a Phoenix man who worked as a youth group leader has been arrested for alleged sex crimes, and they are asking for the public's help in finding potential victims.
Phoenix youth group leader arrested for alleged child sex crimes
Federal investigators say a Phoenix man who worked as a youth group leader has been arrested for alleged sex crimes, and they are asking for the public's help in finding potential victims.
www.azfamily.com
October 21, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Federal investigators say a Phoenix man who worked as a youth group leader has been arrested for alleged sex crimes, and they are asking for the public's help in finding potential victims.
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There seems to be a concerted, coordinated effort from the White House and various governmental agencies to join Bluesky en masse prior to the "No Kings" protest and flood the zone.
A reminder that the Trump admin is monitoring social media platforms to find excuses to revoke visas:
A reminder that the Trump admin is monitoring social media platforms to find excuses to revoke visas:
October 17, 2025 at 10:50 PM
There seems to be a concerted, coordinated effort from the White House and various governmental agencies to join Bluesky en masse prior to the "No Kings" protest and flood the zone.
A reminder that the Trump admin is monitoring social media platforms to find excuses to revoke visas:
A reminder that the Trump admin is monitoring social media platforms to find excuses to revoke visas:
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I made a feed, it's an ongoing collection of things Mike Johnson haven't seen or heard about.
bsky.app/profile/numb...
Based on great clips posted by @atrupar.com
bsky.app/profile/numb...
Based on great clips posted by @atrupar.com
October 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM
I made a feed, it's an ongoing collection of things Mike Johnson haven't seen or heard about.
bsky.app/profile/numb...
Based on great clips posted by @atrupar.com
bsky.app/profile/numb...
Based on great clips posted by @atrupar.com
How many of these young Republicans were brought into the party by Charlie Kirk and TPUSA?
Young Republican leaders from across nation were caught sharing openly racist, anti-Semitic, sexist and pro-fascist messages. Yet the corrupt corporate media all but ignores it. I'm not ignoring it! This deserves far more coverage. My new article deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/young-gop-...
Young GOP leaders racist, fascist, anti-Semitic and sexist messages are vile--but perfectly sum up MAGA
The future of the GOP on parade
deanobeidallah.substack.com
October 15, 2025 at 2:47 PM
How many of these young Republicans were brought into the party by Charlie Kirk and TPUSA?
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Today, we celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day and honor Arizona’s 22 federally recognized tribes.
Their history, heritage, and culture are vital to the story of our state and our country.
Their history, heritage, and culture are vital to the story of our state and our country.
October 13, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Today, we celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day and honor Arizona’s 22 federally recognized tribes.
Their history, heritage, and culture are vital to the story of our state and our country.
Their history, heritage, and culture are vital to the story of our state and our country.