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“Tomb” Swanson @swansontea.bsky.social · Jul 29

The one upside to the eventual Trump statues is that it’s going to be so satisfying to pull them down and toss them in the river.

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“Tomb” Swanson @swansontea.bsky.social · 3h

OTOH he’s likely less delusional (in this instance) than various members of his administration and on SCOTUS who are probably confident that they’re going to heaven

“Tomb” Swanson @swansontea.bsky.social · 3h

The amazing thing is that he’s uncertain.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Trump: "I don't think there's anything that's gonna get me in heaven. I think I'm not maybe heaven bound. I may be in heaven right now as we fly on Air Force One. I'm not sure I'm gonna be able to make heaven."

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“Tomb” Swanson @swansontea.bsky.social · 4h

I asked for shoe drop at the store and they looked at me like I was crazy.

But from time to time I hear people mentioning “the other shoe drops” so not only is there such a thing as shoe drops (!) but some people have two bottles of them.

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Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 1d

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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“Tomb” Swanson @swansontea.bsky.social · 9h

My problem is the person who keeps following me all over the store

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 1d

He got the COVID and flu Vaccines like every 79 year old should this is a good thing.
"Cardiovascular age validated by by ECG and found to be 14 years younger than chronological age" is a nonsensical phrase.
I am an internist this is not something we do or write in medical reports.

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“Tomb” Swanson @swansontea.bsky.social · 10h

Error bars are missing

Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 19h

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

rm -rf ~/

hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 20h

"The chancellor approved it"

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Robert “The Bobby Yaga” McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · 12h

[flashlight under chin]

The Hamiltonian wasn’t diagonalized.

Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 19h

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

rm -rf ~/

hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 20h

"The chancellor approved it"

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“Tomb” Swanson @swansontea.bsky.social · 11h

I’m having flashbacks

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Spooky Boo @spookyboo.bsky.social · 1d

Sorry, not sorry, neighbors.

Multiple plastic skeletons bow down on the grass or kneel with their palms up towards their god - the 12’ plastic skeleton standing behind the fence line

Two plastic skeletons bow on their knees in the grass while one has a single knee down and his palms outstretched towards their god - the 12’ plastic skeleton standing behind the wood fence

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“Tomb” Swanson @swansontea.bsky.social · 13h

Frog profiteering

The Birds The Turtles and The Beast @turtlebee.bsky.social · 2d

The Frog Costume has gone from $25 to almost $40 on amazon over the last week. There's an army brewing.

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“Tomb” Swanson @swansontea.bsky.social · 13h

I think “voucher kids” would be an apt nickname for the Trumpers who act superior but are clearly not.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14h

‼️ CHATTANOOGA - Public school kids outperform voucher kids AGAIN

As @GovBillLee steers more and more taxpayer funds away from public schools to private (mostly Christian) schools for wealthy families who are already there.

More: www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/oc...

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“Tomb” Swanson @swansontea.bsky.social · 1d

“Antifa has yet to reveal his deadliest servant - the one who will lead their armies in war. The one they say no living man can kill. The Unipiper” — Kristi Noem, briefing the president, probably

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

Portland's famous Unipiper was spotted at the Portland ICE protest where he played his bagpipes in front of Santa, Mr. Potato Head, Garfield and more -- all while surrounded by bubbles.

More on how the tone of Portland's protests has shifted: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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“Tomb” Swanson @swansontea.bsky.social · 1d

Oh the humanity

Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 1d

PORTLAND, Ore. — A small group of federal agents in camouflage and face masks watched from atop the immigration processing center Thursday night as a unicorn, peacock, dinosaur and raccoon danced to Cher’s “If I Could Turn Back Time.” www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Costumed protesters in Portland defy description of the city as a 'war zone'

Dancing frogs, peacocks and unicorns outside the federal immigration building present a joyful contrast to the Trump administration's portrait of the Oregon city, they say.

www.nbcnews.com

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 1d

“Can you explain this gap in your resume?”

Me thinking quickly on my feet to explain the period when I worked for ICE: “I was selling drugs… ,uh, to children.”

Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 1d

Some weirdo on Twitter has been absolutely melting down for like 36 straight hours because I posted:

When this is over, do not forget what ICE did, and what ICE is. And do not make room for them in society. Make sure they know that they are, and will continue to be, reviled and beneath contempt.

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“Tomb” Swanson @swansontea.bsky.social · 1d

They’re constructing a giant? Must be nerve-wracking

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 1d

theonion.com/ice-raids-my...

MYTH: ICE agents lack proper training.

FACT: Most have been racists their entire lives.

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Ygrene @ygrene.bsky.social · 1d

reminder to check your kid’s trick or treat candy this year to make sure there isn’t any ai in it

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hannah gais @hannahgais.bsky.social · 1d

Hey, what was happening in Germany in the 1930s? I forget.

James Woods
@RealJamesWoods
For those who actually respect history, the origin story of Antifa is well documented. Antifa is an organization that emerged with the “German Communist Antifaschistische Aktion” movement in the 1930’s.
German Communists smeared anyone to their right as "fascists,” a common ploy used by the ignorant hysterical activists of the Democrat Party today. Like today’s leftist loonies, the German Antifa of the Weimar years even labeled the leftwing SDP as "social fascists." Today’s Antifa are a paramilitary mob used by the usual suspects to foment fake “mass protests” and burn down cities. The same puppet masters of the Democrat activist judges ruining America today also fund these “useful idiots” of Antifa to impede the mandate given to the current President in his landslide last election victory.

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“Tomb” Swanson @swansontea.bsky.social · 1d

I’m watching a syndicated TV show and some super lame FanDuel ads keep running. On a Saturday, i.e. the college football day.

I think if I was one to gamble on college football, I’d be watching one of the channels showing college football. Not Columbo.

“Tomb” Swanson @swansontea.bsky.social · 1d

He was off-limits for dunking on as a kid, but now that he’s an adult and top executive…

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1d

Trump said he deserved a cut for brokering the TikTok deal, and at once there was agreement that his son Baron would have a top executive slot... though he hasn't asked for it, and has no apparent qualifications to hold it. This is how Trump 2.0 works. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...

Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job

US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Grave Boneyard @dconrad.bsky.social · 1d

When I see a politician who stands up for trans rights, even though I am a cis white man, I know that is a politician who will stand up for the most oppressed group in America, and therefore will stand up for everyone, trans, gay, straight, Black, Latin, Asian, anyone.

Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 1d

I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning:

www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...

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Blue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 1d

My unsolicited advice for you today: Don't follow accounts that post rage bait from tiktok or Facebook. There's plenty of verified information to get mad at in this world. 🌠

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“Tomb” Swanson @swansontea.bsky.social · 1d

Plenty of 65 year-olds have bum tickers.

Also: nobody around the president ever lies to fluff his ego and feed his narcissism. Right.

Reuters @reuters.com · 2d

Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says reut.rs/4mZNZbu

Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says

Donald Trump was found to be in "exceptional health" in a medical evaluation, the U.S. president's doctor said in a memo released by the White House on Friday, with his "cardiac age" 14 years younger than in "chronological age."

reut.rs

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