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TinkeringTailorTom-Dread is no longer Existential

@tinkeringtailortom.bsky.social

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Personally irrelevant, Textile Tinkerer, Sewist, Tailor, amateur photographer. I do recreations of 16th-17th c. Clothing as time allows and recently became a vintage sewing machine enthusiast.

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TinkeringTailorTom-Dread is no longer Existential @tinkeringtailortom.bsky.social · 17d

1) So, still working on repairs. Currently scheduled for Oct 7th, the Tomato is going in the shop to have the timing belt, alternator and AC/power steering belts and head gasket replaced, to the tune of $1500 total.
gofund.me/412c9425

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TinkeringTailorTom-Dread is no longer Existential @tinkeringtailortom.bsky.social · 1m

You couldn't get a third row of doors?

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Dread Pirate Sex Badger @badgercult.bsky.social · 23m

We're at the neighbors hiding neighbors stage.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 19h

My first thought was “wow I hope this guy didn’t give out his name because he could absolutely be charged” and yup, he is correct to stay anonymous.

This man’s account is shocking. His neighbors’ situation is shocking. The entire Chicago raid is shocking.

On the other side was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for his help.
"I wasn't planning on letting her stay, but I didn't know what the hell was going on," the man said of his Venezuelan migrant neighbors. But he quickly relented. The little girl was inconsolable and hid under his bed.
"I didn't want them to take her," said the man, who didn't want to be named because he fears he'll be targeted by federal authorities for his actions.
"I gave her my bedroom, and I just told her,
'Just stay there. Don't open, don't, shh, just stay quiet," he recalled telling the mom and daughter as he choked back tears.

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Dread Pirate Sex Badger @badgercult.bsky.social · 18m

The next time there's even a remote chance, we need to pass and sign Durbin's 2010 Crimes Against Humanity Act.

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Scout and T @scoutandt.bsky.social · 10m

Gift.

Thank you @mrussellart

mrussellart.bsky.social @mrussellart.bsky.social · 2h

Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders

www.nytimes.com

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Dread Pirate Sex Badger @badgercult.bsky.social · 1h

USAA fucking over the military?!?!

Excuse me while I keel over of not surprise.

taskandpurpose.com/military-lif...

Troops stung by ‘hard’ credit checks and unexpected denials in USAA’s relief loans

Some troops were surpised by hard credit checks and unexpected denials for relief loans by military-friendly lender USAA.

taskandpurpose.com

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Scout and T @scoutandt.bsky.social · 1h

Thiel is insane.

Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 9h

What Thiel is saying about tax havens = what Altman is saying about copyright:

"I can't be rich unless you let me steal from you."

This is how Broligarchs differ from oligarchs of yore: the latter tried to hide their thievery; the Broligarchs trumpet their entitlement to steal as a natural right.

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Scout and T @scoutandt.bsky.social · 1h

Yeah, why is stephen miller running the US government?

Who elected #presidentmiller?

Scott @scottloose.bsky.social · 2h

Why is Stephen Miller running the US Government??

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TinkeringTailorTom-Dread is no longer Existential @tinkeringtailortom.bsky.social · 1h

Same.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 1h

I can't emphasize how important it is for people to understand that unless something FAR BIGGER than an election win happens, this is a pipe dream.

It would take quite a bit to get past qualified immunity.

Jesse Berney Has a Skeleton Inside @jesseberney.com · 1h

I can't emphasize enough how important it is that the next attorney general set a team to go through ICE records with a fine tooth comb and prosecute individual agents.

It's the only way to stop this from happening again.

LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 5h

ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas

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TinkeringTailorTom-Dread is no longer Existential @tinkeringtailortom.bsky.social · 1h

And because of the Republican cheating, it forces the Democrats to be more restrictive to be able to get what few wins they do. Eliminate the cheating and the Democrats would be able to open up more.

Emma Evans @trance.bsky.social · 1h

This is often said. I might've even said it at some times.

But honestly it's not true.

They win because they cheat. If we had free and fair elections without barriers

It'd be a different world. IMO.

Mayor of Crazy Town @sunmonkey23.bsky.social · 1h

You know why the Republicans continue to win? They’re loyal to their party. None of this kind of circular firing squad purity testing. It will continue to sink us. Save those conversations for after we wrestle control from the fascists. I’m just saying. It’s go time and we need a solid line! ✌️☮️🕊️

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Sarah E. Minnis, PhD @saraheminnisphd.bsky.social · 1h

She’s left an incredible legacy of work. www.tmz.com/2025/10/11/d...

Diane Keaton Dead at 79

Diane Keaton -- famed actress, director and producer -- has died.

www.tmz.com

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TinkeringTailorTom-Dread is no longer Existential @tinkeringtailortom.bsky.social · 1h

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Force Ghost™ @fieldmontgomery.bsky.social · 3h

Dear ICE thugs.

Please bear in mind that when you break the law, as you seem hellbent on doing, a time will come when you will be accountable.

And when you are, the Republicans will happily throw you all under the bus and leave the liability, criminal and civil, in your hands.

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TinkeringTailorTom-Dread is no longer Existential @tinkeringtailortom.bsky.social · 2h

Except they don't recognize that Christianity, only their version of it

TinkeringTailorTom-Dread is no longer Existential @tinkeringtailortom.bsky.social · 7h

The really sad part is that that's pretty much normal, it's just getting focus now.

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TinkeringTailorTom-Dread is no longer Existential @tinkeringtailortom.bsky.social · 8h

😂👍

TinkeringTailorTom-Dread is no longer Existential @tinkeringtailortom.bsky.social · 9h

Fact

Ella - or PJ if you like #VoteYesOnCAProp50 @ellaorpj.bsky.social · 1d

My god. We could've had this. But white people.

EktaShahMD @ektashahmd.bsky.social · 1d

Credit to @domainunlimited.bsky.social for showing me this on fb

But I love love love love love this

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leftynavyseal.bsky.social @leftynavyseal.bsky.social · 10h

Politico: At a hearing yesterday to get Abrego Garcia out of immigration prison, his lawyers proved that ICE has made desultory attempts to deport him to Ghana, Uganda, and Eswaitini, all of whom refused. It’s all about ICE Barbie vowing Abrego Garcia would never walk the streets of America.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 1d

it’s said all the time but I think we should continue to hammer home how insane it is that we got dead-eyed bros trying to sell us robots that will free us from the supposedly cruel burden of “creative careers” instead of the actual cruel burden of “doing menial household chores”

Assistant HR Director of Antifa @sethdmichaels.bsky.social · 1d

AI HUCKSTER: "i built you a machine that reads books for you."

ME: "can you build me a machine that unloads the dishwasher for me so *i* can read a book?"

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 22h

This is true and they are super endangered by poachers who shovel them up by the hundreds and sell them at flea markets and shit. You should not buy the plants and if you happen to kick the poacher in the shins on accident, no one will hear about it from me.

mossworm.bsky.social @mossworm.bsky.social · 1d

still amazing to me the number of movies, games, etc. which have Venus Flytrap-based creatures in some form compared to the actual native range of Venus Flytrap, which is like, the great untamed jungles of a few wet pine savannas in North Carolina

map illustrating the native range of Venus Flytrap plants, just a little half circle around coastal North and South Carolina in USA

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TinkeringTailorTom-Dread is no longer Existential @tinkeringtailortom.bsky.social · 18h

After seeing that Starbucks is offering protein enhanced Cold Foam, I'm convinced that protein is the new pumpkin spice.

Not everything needs or should have protein added to it.

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TinkeringTailorTom-Dread is no longer Existential @tinkeringtailortom.bsky.social · 18h

@sykoscorch.bsky.social, saw these at work today, yours are better

A costume styled set of TMNT Michelangelo nunchuks

Cartoon styled costume TMNT Raphael Sai.

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TinkeringTailorTom-Dread is no longer Existential @tinkeringtailortom.bsky.social · 19h

What's a quote from a show that lives in your head?

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George Penney @georgepenney.bsky.social · 19h

🧵Spotted on Market Day in Aotearoa New Zealand:

A small human (4?) is strutting along next to Dad, gripping a cheese scone that's almost as big as his face, munching on it like an apple.
Bare feet.
The sun's shining.
Crumbs flying everywhere and no one cares.
He's having a GOOD day. (1)

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TinkeringTailorTom-Dread is no longer Existential @tinkeringtailortom.bsky.social · 20h

2) Didn't really notice any difference on the way home, but most of that would be classified as "maintenance" work to prevent future problems, rather than actual repair work.