Tony Photon
@tonyphoton.bsky.social
Optical scientist and sci fi fan.
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Every installment of this MTG rehabilitation tour feels like “Nice Scorpion Regrets Past Stings, Needs Help With River Crossing!”
December 29, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Every installment of this MTG rehabilitation tour feels like “Nice Scorpion Regrets Past Stings, Needs Help With River Crossing!”
Racist pater runs another racist story.
socialism is when your former landlord raises the rent after you move out
December 28, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Racist pater runs another racist story.
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A few excerpts from Darmok's Christmas Story:
Ralphie and Flick, at the flagpole.
Randy, his arms down.
The Old Man, when the lamp broke.
Santa and Ralphie, on the mountain.
Ralphie and Flick, at the flagpole.
Randy, his arms down.
The Old Man, when the lamp broke.
Santa and Ralphie, on the mountain.
December 25, 2025 at 9:51 PM
A few excerpts from Darmok's Christmas Story:
Ralphie and Flick, at the flagpole.
Randy, his arms down.
The Old Man, when the lamp broke.
Santa and Ralphie, on the mountain.
Ralphie and Flick, at the flagpole.
Randy, his arms down.
The Old Man, when the lamp broke.
Santa and Ralphie, on the mountain.
Watching this while filling stockings and I'm once again wondering about the rest of that Wallace and Davis crew.
Every time I watch "White Christmas" I wonder about how the rest of the crew feels about Wallace and Davis making their new girlfriends stars of almost every number.
Merry Christmas to all who celebrate!
Merry Christmas to all who celebrate!
December 25, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Watching this while filling stockings and I'm once again wondering about the rest of that Wallace and Davis crew.
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"Are we still capable of talking to each other," asks the woman hired by billionaires whose economic model is predicated on fomenting polarization to install an actual criminal who dismantles the regulatory state that kept them from fully extracting what remaining wealth there was from the lower 99%
December 18, 2025 at 4:48 PM
"Are we still capable of talking to each other," asks the woman hired by billionaires whose economic model is predicated on fomenting polarization to install an actual criminal who dismantles the regulatory state that kept them from fully extracting what remaining wealth there was from the lower 99%
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‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens https://theonion.com/no-way-to-prevent-this-says-only-nation-where-this-regularly-happens-3/
December 15, 2025 at 5:21 PM
‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens https://theonion.com/no-way-to-prevent-this-says-only-nation-where-this-regularly-happens-3/
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all i'm saying is that there were better options
December 12, 2025 at 5:25 AM
all i'm saying is that there were better options
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The official policy of the Trump Administration is ignorant bigotry. We’re asked, under principles including charity, to assume that people support the administration despite that policy, not specifically because of it. I am increasingly unwilling to extend that charity.
December 2, 2025 at 7:24 PM
The official policy of the Trump Administration is ignorant bigotry. We’re asked, under principles including charity, to assume that people support the administration despite that policy, not specifically because of it. I am increasingly unwilling to extend that charity.
Trustworthy, Loyal, Helpful, Friendly, Courteous, Kind, . . .
OK, I see now why Hegseth doesn't like the scouts.
OK, I see now why Hegseth doesn't like the scouts.
November 25, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Trustworthy, Loyal, Helpful, Friendly, Courteous, Kind, . . .
OK, I see now why Hegseth doesn't like the scouts.
OK, I see now why Hegseth doesn't like the scouts.
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X’s New Feature Reveals Why Trust & Safety Work Was Never About The ‘Censorship Industrial Complex’
For the last few years, Matt Taibbi, Michael Shellenberger, and their allies have spent considerable energy attacking both academic researchers studying disinformation and the trust & safety teams…
For the last few years, Matt Taibbi, Michael Shellenberger, and their allies have spent considerable energy attacking both academic researchers studying disinformation and the trust & safety teams…
X’s New Feature Reveals Why Trust & Safety Work Was Never About The ‘Censorship Industrial Complex’
For the last few years, Matt Taibbi, Michael Shellenberger, and their allies have spent considerable energy attacking both academic researchers studying disinformation and the trust & safety teams at social media platforms working to identify and remove coordinated inauthentic behavior—particularly foreign influence operations. They've insisted that any attempt to study and limit such operations is actually just "censorship" with various forms of cover, whether academic or operational.
www.techdirt.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:25 PM
X’s New Feature Reveals Why Trust & Safety Work Was Never About The ‘Censorship Industrial Complex’
For the last few years, Matt Taibbi, Michael Shellenberger, and their allies have spent considerable energy attacking both academic researchers studying disinformation and the trust & safety teams…
For the last few years, Matt Taibbi, Michael Shellenberger, and their allies have spent considerable energy attacking both academic researchers studying disinformation and the trust & safety teams…
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"Didn’t anyone ever teach you manners? Were you raised in a barn, piggy? Our guest came all the way from Camp Crystal Lake. Traffic was a nightmare, but he showed up anyway."
How Dare You Embarrass My Esteemed Guest, Jason Voorhees
“President Trump assailed an American journalist in the Oval Office on Tuesday for asking Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, about t...
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November 21, 2025 at 2:40 AM
"Didn’t anyone ever teach you manners? Were you raised in a barn, piggy? Our guest came all the way from Camp Crystal Lake. Traffic was a nightmare, but he showed up anyway."
The administration is now literally letting its bigot flag fly!
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U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:55 AM
The administration is now literally letting its bigot flag fly!
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While US venture capitalists were buying monkey jpegs, and DOGE coins, and figuring out how to get Black women fired, and tweeting about white birthrates, and trying to mandate which bathroom trans kids should use, China was making progress on climate change and taking the lead in a real industry.
China has made cheap, clean energy available in huge quantities. The world should take the win econ.st/4oqFszB
Photo: Eyevine
Photo: Eyevine
November 7, 2025 at 11:22 AM
While US venture capitalists were buying monkey jpegs, and DOGE coins, and figuring out how to get Black women fired, and tweeting about white birthrates, and trying to mandate which bathroom trans kids should use, China was making progress on climate change and taking the lead in a real industry.
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Running gag goes meta as Johnson says he knows nothing about Trump knowing nothing
RAJU: Last week you were very critical of Biden's use of the autopen. But Trump admitted on 60 Minutes to not knowing he pardoned a crypto billionaire who pleaded guilty to money laundering. Does that also concern you?
MIKE JOHNSON: I don't know anything about that. I didn't see it. I'm not sure.
MIKE JOHNSON: I don't know anything about that. I didn't see it. I'm not sure.
November 3, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Running gag goes meta as Johnson says he knows nothing about Trump knowing nothing
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The East Wing was originally constructed in 1902 and was renovated in 1942, a period when asbestos was used extensively in government buildings.
Trump’s swift demolition of East Wing may have launched asbestos plumes
There is no confirmation that the Trump admin. followed abatement processes.
arstechnica.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The East Wing was originally constructed in 1902 and was renovated in 1942, a period when asbestos was used extensively in government buildings.
The WP and other news outlets are trying hard to make the Jones texts (VA attouney general race) a big story. But in the age of Trump, nobody cares and this story just doesn't have legs. It's a drop in a bucket of outrage that has been filling for the past decade. It's tame by Trump era standards.
October 9, 2025 at 2:29 AM
The WP and other news outlets are trying hard to make the Jones texts (VA attouney general race) a big story. But in the age of Trump, nobody cares and this story just doesn't have legs. It's a drop in a bucket of outrage that has been filling for the past decade. It's tame by Trump era standards.
Lee Greenwood? Broader audience? Does anyone under 40 even know who he is?
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October 8, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Lee Greenwood? Broader audience? Does anyone under 40 even know who he is?
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These people are evil. Never stop saying so. Don’t be intimidated into shutting up.
October 8, 2025 at 2:22 AM
These people are evil. Never stop saying so. Don’t be intimidated into shutting up.
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A Texas megachurch pastor and GOP leader has been arrested for crimes against children. Not Robert Morris, a different one. Not Josiah Anthony, a different one. Not Luke Cunningham, a different one. Not Tony Evans, a different one. Not Scott Crenshaw, a different one. Not Steve Lawson, a different o
October 5, 2025 at 3:35 PM
A Texas megachurch pastor and GOP leader has been arrested for crimes against children. Not Robert Morris, a different one. Not Josiah Anthony, a different one. Not Luke Cunningham, a different one. Not Tony Evans, a different one. Not Scott Crenshaw, a different one. Not Steve Lawson, a different o
Today I was again reminded that despite looking a good 10 years older than me, Stephen Miller is in fact, well over 10 years younger than me.
October 2, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Today I was again reminded that despite looking a good 10 years older than me, Stephen Miller is in fact, well over 10 years younger than me.
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If you hate the Pope because he is too “liberal”, I have some very bad news for you about Jesus.
October 1, 2025 at 5:43 PM
If you hate the Pope because he is too “liberal”, I have some very bad news for you about Jesus.
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I will say if that whole military meeting had been an email it would have been a pretty weird email
September 30, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I will say if that whole military meeting had been an email it would have been a pretty weird email
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A police officer was killed in the attack on the CDC by an antivaxxer. Trump did not mention it. Use this as a benchmark to compare how the Trump administration responds to an attack on an ICE facility to judge which federal employees are deemed worth protecting.
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1 week after deadly shooting at CDC, some employees feel Trump and RFK Jr. have moved on
In the days after a deadly shooting, CDC employees said they feel frustrated with federal leaders due to a lack of statements and for the peddling of vaccine skepticism.
abcnews.go.com
September 24, 2025 at 6:18 PM
A police officer was killed in the attack on the CDC by an antivaxxer. Trump did not mention it. Use this as a benchmark to compare how the Trump administration responds to an attack on an ICE facility to judge which federal employees are deemed worth protecting.
abcnews.go.com/US/1-week-af...
abcnews.go.com/US/1-week-af...