Tim Isakson
@loiosh13.bsky.social
Board and TTRPG gamer, Science Fiction and Fantasy reader, Homeschool Dad
If you squint, you can just see it …
December 17, 2025 at 12:31 PM
If you squint, you can just see it …
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My favorite tyrant joke: a man comes every day and peers at the front page of the newspaper without buying it.
The newspaper vendor says, "what are you looking for?"
"An obituary."
"Obituaries aren't on the front page."
"This one will be."
The newspaper vendor says, "what are you looking for?"
"An obituary."
"Obituaries aren't on the front page."
"This one will be."
December 16, 2025 at 5:02 PM
My favorite tyrant joke: a man comes every day and peers at the front page of the newspaper without buying it.
The newspaper vendor says, "what are you looking for?"
"An obituary."
"Obituaries aren't on the front page."
"This one will be."
The newspaper vendor says, "what are you looking for?"
"An obituary."
"Obituaries aren't on the front page."
"This one will be."
They’ve had 15 years.
Not even the concept of a plan
Status update on House Republicans and a health care plan, after this morning’s conference meeting:
“The consensus is we need to come up with something,” Rep. Ralph Norman says.
“The consensus is we need to come up with something,” Rep. Ralph Norman says.
December 10, 2025 at 7:14 PM
They’ve had 15 years.
This definitely rings largely true to me, and gets at why I have discomfort about Newsome and the rest of the more traditional Democrats.
Stand for something shouldn’t be a radical idea!
Stand for something shouldn’t be a radical idea!
Gavin "I have one good idea for every three monstrous acts I perform" Newsom is in the news demanding that Democrats be more "socially normal", and this one is definitely not ending up in the "good idea" bucket.
It's just a new way to spin the failing "embrace the center", but there's a fun twist.
It's just a new way to spin the failing "embrace the center", but there's a fun twist.
December 8, 2025 at 5:26 PM
This definitely rings largely true to me, and gets at why I have discomfort about Newsome and the rest of the more traditional Democrats.
Stand for something shouldn’t be a radical idea!
Stand for something shouldn’t be a radical idea!
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“This irresponsible and purposely misleading guidance will lead to more hepatitis B infections in infants and children.” Read our full statement by AAP President Dr. Susan J. Kressly:
www.aap.org/en/news-room...
www.aap.org/en/news-room...
December 5, 2025 at 7:15 PM
“This irresponsible and purposely misleading guidance will lead to more hepatitis B infections in infants and children.” Read our full statement by AAP President Dr. Susan J. Kressly:
www.aap.org/en/news-room...
www.aap.org/en/news-room...
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One of CDC’s final blows. And what it means for you.
open.substack.com/pub/yourloca...
open.substack.com/pub/yourloca...
One of CDC’s final blows. And what it means for you.
Where to find trusted health information now?
open.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:49 PM
One of CDC’s final blows. And what it means for you.
open.substack.com/pub/yourloca...
open.substack.com/pub/yourloca...
I’m sad to see he has passed, but I am glad to have found his music when I was young.
😔 I loved the songs and the film. Thank you, Jimmy.
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Star of The Harder They Come had hits including You Can Get It If You Really Want and I Can See Clearly Now
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I’m sad to see he has passed, but I am glad to have found his music when I was young.
A good thread - the whole 🧵is worth reading - that both made me chuckle AND pushed me to ponder a bit.
A thing I genuinely love about D&D, even if it sometimes frustrates me, is that is presents as a polished, well thought out product, but in reality a large portion of it represents the winning move in decade old flamewars about what is or isn't cool in D&D.
November 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
A good thread - the whole 🧵is worth reading - that both made me chuckle AND pushed me to ponder a bit.
A much more reasonable proposal, unlike the Russian plan being pushed by Trump.
Trump pushing a Russian plan (with Russian language) sure doesn’t seem on the up and up to me.
Trump pushing a Russian plan (with Russian language) sure doesn’t seem on the up and up to me.
European counter plan to the Russian authored Trump Ukraine surrender plan.
November 23, 2025 at 8:14 PM
A much more reasonable proposal, unlike the Russian plan being pushed by Trump.
Trump pushing a Russian plan (with Russian language) sure doesn’t seem on the up and up to me.
Trump pushing a Russian plan (with Russian language) sure doesn’t seem on the up and up to me.
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Beware anyone who loudly labels themselves a "truth-teller."
November 23, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Beware anyone who loudly labels themselves a "truth-teller."
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If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand”
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
November 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand”
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
Outrageous.
Thanks to his new Tesla pay package, Elon Musk could stand to make $3 billion more per year than all 1.4 million elementary school teachers in the U.S. combined. Still wondering if inequality is out of control?
November 21, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Outrageous.
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This is the Democratic “behavior” that Trump says is punishable by death, just in case you haven’t seen it yet.
We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
November 20, 2025 at 3:39 PM
This is the Democratic “behavior” that Trump says is punishable by death, just in case you haven’t seen it yet.
What a sad, empty husk of a man.
*laughs in historian* “… ranks among the 10 minds in history, rivalling polymaths like da Vinci or Newton…”
November 20, 2025 at 3:14 PM
What a sad, empty husk of a man.
Fracking hell.
I wanted to share probably the most important sermon I’ve given and it’s while I’m being arrested. It’s torture pure and simple what happens at #Broadview. I’m ok, though I was thrown to the ground and choked with my pectoral cross. A review of the video shows I was peaceful - did I deserve this?
November 16, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Fracking hell.
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It's not my fault that it's a DORK TOWER FRIDAY! Blameless new strip up at the Mothership now!
www.dorktower.com/2025/11/14/1...
Repost/Reblog/You know the drill! Thanks!
www.dorktower.com/2025/11/14/1...
Repost/Reblog/You know the drill! Thanks!
November 14, 2025 at 12:15 PM
It's not my fault that it's a DORK TOWER FRIDAY! Blameless new strip up at the Mothership now!
www.dorktower.com/2025/11/14/1...
Repost/Reblog/You know the drill! Thanks!
www.dorktower.com/2025/11/14/1...
Repost/Reblog/You know the drill! Thanks!
I will not be buying Starbucks products, and encourage you to join me in not crossing the picket line.
Reminder that Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024.
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I will not be buying Starbucks products, and encourage you to join me in not crossing the picket line.
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November 13, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Not surprised, but this story deserves wider attention.
Maybe it really was all a grift to Wells Fargo and/or the landlords.
Maybe it really was all a grift to Wells Fargo and/or the landlords.
NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
November 13, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Not surprised, but this story deserves wider attention.
Maybe it really was all a grift to Wells Fargo and/or the landlords.
Maybe it really was all a grift to Wells Fargo and/or the landlords.
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Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
November 13, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.