Tom Dixon
@twdixon.bsky.social
Work, weekend, repeat. Then retire and go hiking
Twin Cities, MN
Twitter @twdixon
Instagram @dixontomw
Trying to make Bluesky my primary place
Twin Cities, MN
Twitter @twdixon
Instagram @dixontomw
Trying to make Bluesky my primary place
Well Congressman, if Congress can’t or won’t check the Executive Branch, it’s time for the courts to step up. Ask the Judicial Branch to rule on this and EVERY questionable or illegal White House action. #ChecksAndBalances #RuleOfLaw
December 17, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Well Congressman, if Congress can’t or won’t check the Executive Branch, it’s time for the courts to step up. Ask the Judicial Branch to rule on this and EVERY questionable or illegal White House action. #ChecksAndBalances #RuleOfLaw
An oldie but a goodie? 9 seasons of 24 streaming on Hulu. Does it hold up after all these years?
www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/24
www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/24
24 - watch tv show streaming online
Find out how and where to watch "24" online on Netflix, Prime Video, and Disney+ today – including 4K and free options.
www.justwatch.com
December 16, 2025 at 10:25 PM
An oldie but a goodie? 9 seasons of 24 streaming on Hulu. Does it hold up after all these years?
www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/24
www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/24
Your map (again) misrepresents reality. People vote, land does not. Here's a map that represents people, not acreage.
December 16, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Your map (again) misrepresents reality. People vote, land does not. Here's a map that represents people, not acreage.
Google AI Overview: As of November 2025, a tracker maintained by Boston University epidemiologist Brooke Nichols estimated that the dismantling of USAID had already caused the deaths of approximately 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children.
www.impactcounter.com/dashboard?vi...
www.impactcounter.com/dashboard?vi...
Impact Dashboard - Impact Counter | Impact Counter
Visualize the human impact of funding changes for aid and support organizations.
www.impactcounter.com
December 15, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Google AI Overview: As of November 2025, a tracker maintained by Boston University epidemiologist Brooke Nichols estimated that the dismantling of USAID had already caused the deaths of approximately 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children.
www.impactcounter.com/dashboard?vi...
www.impactcounter.com/dashboard?vi...
counting down five fav articles from my year of reporting at @wired.com, starting with number five…
the Monday afternoon blog that Elon Musk hated so much he posted about it
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
the Monday afternoon blog that Elon Musk hated so much he posted about it
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
Elon Musk's Grokipedia Pushes Far-Right Talking Points
The new AI-powered Wikipedia competitor falsely claims that pornography worsened the AIDS epidemic and that social media may be fueling a rise in transgender people.
www.wired.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Quite a quote... Are we just living in an SNL skit? WTH
"As you probably know, we’ve just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela," Trump said. "Large tanker, very large, largest one ever seized actually."
"As you probably know, we’ve just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela," Trump said. "Large tanker, very large, largest one ever seized actually."
December 10, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Quite a quote... Are we just living in an SNL skit? WTH
"As you probably know, we’ve just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela," Trump said. "Large tanker, very large, largest one ever seized actually."
"As you probably know, we’ve just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela," Trump said. "Large tanker, very large, largest one ever seized actually."
Love @philplait.bsky.social I do wonder if his telescope advice 5 years on from this post would be different with the recent introduction of auto telescopes? 🔭
Phil, you out there? Updated thoughts??
Phil, you out there? Updated thoughts??
December 7, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Love @philplait.bsky.social I do wonder if his telescope advice 5 years on from this post would be different with the recent introduction of auto telescopes? 🔭
Phil, you out there? Updated thoughts??
Phil, you out there? Updated thoughts??
Should we condemn Target until there's reporting that they cooperated with ICE? They say they did not
December 7, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Should we condemn Target until there's reporting that they cooperated with ICE? They say they did not
People vote, land does not.
Here's a much better representation of the 2016 US Presidential election.
Source "Helping Introductory Statistics Students Find Their Way Using Maps" - Scientific Figure on ResearchGate
Here's a much better representation of the 2016 US Presidential election.
Source "Helping Introductory Statistics Students Find Their Way Using Maps" - Scientific Figure on ResearchGate
November 28, 2025 at 7:11 PM
People vote, land does not.
Here's a much better representation of the 2016 US Presidential election.
Source "Helping Introductory Statistics Students Find Their Way Using Maps" - Scientific Figure on ResearchGate
Here's a much better representation of the 2016 US Presidential election.
Source "Helping Introductory Statistics Students Find Their Way Using Maps" - Scientific Figure on ResearchGate
"So now we'll see if they're really gonna work w/us"
Narrator voice:
They were not, in fact, going to work with them.
Narrator voice:
They were not, in fact, going to work with them.
November 11, 2025 at 3:52 AM
"So now we'll see if they're really gonna work w/us"
Narrator voice:
They were not, in fact, going to work with them.
Narrator voice:
They were not, in fact, going to work with them.
It begs the question... Who's really running the Oval Office these days 🤔
November 3, 2025 at 2:12 AM
It begs the question... Who's really running the Oval Office these days 🤔
Five ⭐ minus one for the missing payoff? Maybe leaving us to fill in the "what's next" might have been the point or maybe "what's next" was never the point.
It WAS very interesting to be reminded that normal, imperfect people are in positions that demand perfect decisions.
It WAS very interesting to be reminded that normal, imperfect people are in positions that demand perfect decisions.
October 27, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Five ⭐ minus one for the missing payoff? Maybe leaving us to fill in the "what's next" might have been the point or maybe "what's next" was never the point.
It WAS very interesting to be reminded that normal, imperfect people are in positions that demand perfect decisions.
It WAS very interesting to be reminded that normal, imperfect people are in positions that demand perfect decisions.
In the "old days" didn't we get metro and outstate editions? Why can't the e-Edition maintain that logic and have a later deadline. I recently dropped the print edition but still start my day with the e-Edition. There's a lot to be said for a curated, thoughtfully laid out *newspaper*
October 21, 2025 at 3:02 AM
In the "old days" didn't we get metro and outstate editions? Why can't the e-Edition maintain that logic and have a later deadline. I recently dropped the print edition but still start my day with the e-Edition. There's a lot to be said for a curated, thoughtfully laid out *newspaper*
Why don't the Democrats just swear her in themselves? Maybe that's not "normal" or "legal" but that doesn't stop the White House from doing all sorts of... things
October 17, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Why don't the Democrats just swear her in themselves? Maybe that's not "normal" or "legal" but that doesn't stop the White House from doing all sorts of... things
"Like Fed Governor" ?!?!??
Hey @bloomberg.com no accusation against the Fed Governor Lisa Cook has been proven or even had evidence presented! Not a very accurate headline 👎
Hey @bloomberg.com no accusation against the Fed Governor Lisa Cook has been proven or even had evidence presented! Not a very accurate headline 👎
September 17, 2025 at 10:18 PM
"Like Fed Governor" ?!?!??
Hey @bloomberg.com no accusation against the Fed Governor Lisa Cook has been proven or even had evidence presented! Not a very accurate headline 👎
Hey @bloomberg.com no accusation against the Fed Governor Lisa Cook has been proven or even had evidence presented! Not a very accurate headline 👎
What a GREAT tip. I've just added this to my "hiking" list 🙂
September 14, 2025 at 5:34 PM
What a GREAT tip. I've just added this to my "hiking" list 🙂
I don't think I'd want to fly with the crew of the Maginot. What a bunch of incompetent misfits 😲
And the eyeball octopus 😬
And the eyeball octopus 😬
September 3, 2025 at 2:36 AM
I don't think I'd want to fly with the crew of the Maginot. What a bunch of incompetent misfits 😲
And the eyeball octopus 😬
And the eyeball octopus 😬
They say "competent" but they're really saying "compliant"
August 1, 2025 at 8:00 PM
They say "competent" but they're really saying "compliant"
Look at that shiny Lockheed Constellation 😲
Great 📸
Great 📸
July 22, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Look at that shiny Lockheed Constellation 😲
Great 📸
Great 📸
Remember Baghdad Bob?
nicknamed for his notable and colorful television appearances as the Information Minister of Iraq
US intelligence analysts later concluded that al-Sahhaf confidently made false statements because he genuinely believed in what he was saying.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhamma...
nicknamed for his notable and colorful television appearances as the Information Minister of Iraq
US intelligence analysts later concluded that al-Sahhaf confidently made false statements because he genuinely believed in what he was saying.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhamma...
Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
June 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Remember Baghdad Bob?
nicknamed for his notable and colorful television appearances as the Information Minister of Iraq
US intelligence analysts later concluded that al-Sahhaf confidently made false statements because he genuinely believed in what he was saying.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhamma...
nicknamed for his notable and colorful television appearances as the Information Minister of Iraq
US intelligence analysts later concluded that al-Sahhaf confidently made false statements because he genuinely believed in what he was saying.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhamma...
The make America great again agenda is... strange (or more accurately, dangerous?)
June 15, 2025 at 4:49 PM
The make America great again agenda is... strange (or more accurately, dangerous?)