Thomas Theodore Welborn
@oyyzz1.bsky.social
Progressive all the way- musically and politically.
I am a retired technician of thirty years. A drummer. A musician/ composer with my own home studio in which I have released my 18th solo album: The Mystic Visions of NostraThomas.
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I am a retired technician of thirty years. A drummer. A musician/ composer with my own home studio in which I have released my 18th solo album: The Mystic Visions of NostraThomas.
DMs get you blocked.
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“This is what democracy looks like.”
“This is what America looks like.”
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“This is what America looks like.”
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If you really want to know…
How important today was…
Watch this video muted while listening to John Williams’s Theme to Schindler’s List, played by Itzhak Perlman… for thousands of people here in the United States, this is all too real. And they have plans for us all.
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How important today was…
Watch this video muted while listening to John Williams’s Theme to Schindler’s List, played by Itzhak Perlman… for thousands of people here in the United States, this is all too real. And they have plans for us all.
bsky.app/profile/stev...
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🩸🩸🩸 I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x POS convicted felon who incites political violence, adjudicated rapist & pedophile Trump did 🩸🩸🩸
December 14, 2025 at 2:18 PM
🩸🩸🩸 I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x POS convicted felon who incites political violence, adjudicated rapist & pedophile Trump did 🩸🩸🩸
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Why I switched from Google Chrome to DuckDuckGo. And you should too.
The Top 5 Reasons to Use DuckDuckGo
Here are the top five reasons to scrape Chrome from your devices, and download DuckDuckGo for mobile and desktop.
www.linkedin.com
December 14, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Why I switched from Google Chrome to DuckDuckGo. And you should too.
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The A.I. oligarch takeover of 🇺🇸 continues:
“Google paid state lawmakers upwards of $2,000 as “gifts” to cover their attendance at a secret all-inclusive summit with “educational” sessions extolling the benefits of A.I. & other issues they’ll vote on…” jacobin.com/2025/12/goog...
“Google paid state lawmakers upwards of $2,000 as “gifts” to cover their attendance at a secret all-inclusive summit with “educational” sessions extolling the benefits of A.I. & other issues they’ll vote on…” jacobin.com/2025/12/goog...
December 14, 2025 at 12:52 PM
The A.I. oligarch takeover of 🇺🇸 continues:
“Google paid state lawmakers upwards of $2,000 as “gifts” to cover their attendance at a secret all-inclusive summit with “educational” sessions extolling the benefits of A.I. & other issues they’ll vote on…” jacobin.com/2025/12/goog...
“Google paid state lawmakers upwards of $2,000 as “gifts” to cover their attendance at a secret all-inclusive summit with “educational” sessions extolling the benefits of A.I. & other issues they’ll vote on…” jacobin.com/2025/12/goog...
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☝️Read: [In terms of political socialization, it matters when and how you become an active voter. Voting, as scholars Alan S. Gerber, Donald P. Green and Ronald Shachar have argued, “may be habit forming.”]
[It’s plausible a MAGA-fied GOP retains these voters over multiple cycles as loyal partisans]
[It’s plausible a MAGA-fied GOP retains these voters over multiple cycles as loyal partisans]
Trump is a dire threat to American democracy. But, for a whole generation of voters, he’s entirely normal.
My first for MSNBC:
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
My first for MSNBC:
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Opinion | A whole generation of voters has never experienced politics without Trump
Worries about “normalizing” Trump are years out of date. Younger voters have never known politics without Trump.
www.msnbc.com
January 22, 2025 at 5:09 AM
☝️Read: [In terms of political socialization, it matters when and how you become an active voter. Voting, as scholars Alan S. Gerber, Donald P. Green and Ronald Shachar have argued, “may be habit forming.”]
[It’s plausible a MAGA-fied GOP retains these voters over multiple cycles as loyal partisans]
[It’s plausible a MAGA-fied GOP retains these voters over multiple cycles as loyal partisans]
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"The Trump Administration plans to abruptly eliminate as many as 35,000 health care positions at the Dept of Veterans Affairs this month...
"The cuts come after a reorganization effort already resulted in the loss of almost 30,000 V.A. employees this year..."
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
"The cuts come after a reorganization effort already resulted in the loss of almost 30,000 V.A. employees this year..."
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
VA plans to abruptly eliminate tens of thousands of health care jobs
Strains on the Veterans Affairs system could grow with the elimination of as many as 35,000 mostly unfilled health care positions, including doctors and nurses.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 14, 2025 at 3:50 AM
"The Trump Administration plans to abruptly eliminate as many as 35,000 health care positions at the Dept of Veterans Affairs this month...
"The cuts come after a reorganization effort already resulted in the loss of almost 30,000 V.A. employees this year..."
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
"The cuts come after a reorganization effort already resulted in the loss of almost 30,000 V.A. employees this year..."
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Unfortunately he is absolutely correct. I’ll never view America the same.
"We can never unring the bell that has been rung," @judgeluttig.bsky.social says of Trump's impact on the nation. "Never again will the world view America in the same way that it has for the past 250 years."
December 14, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Unfortunately he is absolutely correct. I’ll never view America the same.
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You voted for “concepts of a plan”. Yes, you voted for this.
December 14, 2025 at 3:20 AM
You voted for “concepts of a plan”. Yes, you voted for this.
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HOT OFF THE PRESS: My latest piece on Germany’s energy transition & the heating law.
It already offers a solid path to phase out fossil heating.
What we need: stable funding, better local planning & skilled workers. Cutting complexity instead of endless political debate.
medium.com/@jan.rosenow...
It already offers a solid path to phase out fossil heating.
What we need: stable funding, better local planning & skilled workers. Cutting complexity instead of endless political debate.
medium.com/@jan.rosenow...
German Heating Law: Stability Instead of Perpetual Debate
This is a machine translation of an article Jan Rosenow wrote for Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik (Journal for Economic Policy). The…
medium.com
December 14, 2025 at 11:42 AM
HOT OFF THE PRESS: My latest piece on Germany’s energy transition & the heating law.
It already offers a solid path to phase out fossil heating.
What we need: stable funding, better local planning & skilled workers. Cutting complexity instead of endless political debate.
medium.com/@jan.rosenow...
It already offers a solid path to phase out fossil heating.
What we need: stable funding, better local planning & skilled workers. Cutting complexity instead of endless political debate.
medium.com/@jan.rosenow...
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🚨 BREAKING: At least 12 people were killed and 11 others injured, including two police officers, in a shooting at Bondi Beach. One gunman was killed, a second in critical condition.
Video shows two gunmen firing multiple shots from a bridge toward the beach.
Still developing.
Video shows two gunmen firing multiple shots from a bridge toward the beach.
Still developing.
December 14, 2025 at 11:03 AM
🚨 BREAKING: At least 12 people were killed and 11 others injured, including two police officers, in a shooting at Bondi Beach. One gunman was killed, a second in critical condition.
Video shows two gunmen firing multiple shots from a bridge toward the beach.
Still developing.
Video shows two gunmen firing multiple shots from a bridge toward the beach.
Still developing.
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Trump really despises the word affordability and seems to lash out at anybody who uses that term around him. Are we sure that this fucking invalid is not mixing that word up with accountability?!
Asking for the millions of Americans who know affordability is not a hoax.
Asking for the millions of Americans who know affordability is not a hoax.
December 13, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Trump really despises the word affordability and seems to lash out at anybody who uses that term around him. Are we sure that this fucking invalid is not mixing that word up with accountability?!
Asking for the millions of Americans who know affordability is not a hoax.
Asking for the millions of Americans who know affordability is not a hoax.
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"The global wealth gap has become so staggering, and its impact on economies and democratic institutions so corrosive, that policymakers should treat it as an emergency."
Richest 0.001% Now Own Three Times More Wealth Than Poorest Half of Humanity Combined | Common Dreams
A landmark report on global inequality shows that
the chasm between the richest slice of humanity and everyone else
continued to expand this year
www.commondreams.org
December 13, 2025 at 11:44 PM
"The global wealth gap has become so staggering, and its impact on economies and democratic institutions so corrosive, that policymakers should treat it as an emergency."
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Remember when we were not losing jobs in droves, or at odds with all our allies, or attacking other nations for their resources, or deploying masked thugs to terrorize our citizens, or pardoning drug traffickers and violent criminals in exchange for bribes?
It was only little over a year ago.
It was only little over a year ago.
December 14, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Remember when we were not losing jobs in droves, or at odds with all our allies, or attacking other nations for their resources, or deploying masked thugs to terrorize our citizens, or pardoning drug traffickers and violent criminals in exchange for bribes?
It was only little over a year ago.
It was only little over a year ago.
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Oh man, this is some sick shit.
Democrats publish more photos from Jeffrey Epstein estate, including of Donald Trump, Bill Clinton and former prince Andrew – live
House oversight committee publishes 19 photos from 95,000 they have received from the disgraced financier’s estate today
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Oh man, this is some sick shit.
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Trump gutted U.S. regulatory authority so his cronies could slash costs and dodge oversight, leaving Americans one flammable material away from a Hong Kong-level catastrophe. This is not governance; it is state-sanctioned negligence dressed up as “efficiency.” #RegulationSavesLives #ReadThisNow
Trump gutted U.S. regulatory authority so his cronies could slash costs and dodge oversight, leaving Americans one flammable material away from a Hong Kong-level catastrophe. This is not governance; it is state-sanctioned negligence dressed up as “efficiency.” #RegulationSavesLives #ReadThisNow
Trump has put Americans at real risk — and it's not about politics
On November 26, 2025, in a quiet northern suburb of Hong Kong, an aggressive fire broke out in the middle of the day. The fire was unusual in its intensity and duration, consuming 7 of 8 high rise tow...
www.alternet.org
December 13, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Trump gutted U.S. regulatory authority so his cronies could slash costs and dodge oversight, leaving Americans one flammable material away from a Hong Kong-level catastrophe. This is not governance; it is state-sanctioned negligence dressed up as “efficiency.” #RegulationSavesLives #ReadThisNow
Trump gutted U.S. regulatory authority so his cronies could slash costs and dodge oversight, leaving Americans one flammable material away from a Hong Kong-level catastrophe. This is not governance; it is state-sanctioned negligence dressed up as “efficiency.” #RegulationSavesLives #ReadThisNow
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December 13, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Science just found rare, medicinal compounds in cannabis.
Most cannabis growers discard the plant’s leaves after harvest but new research suggests they might be throwing away chemical gold that might hold powerful therapeutic potential.
www.cannabissciencetech.com/view/phenoli...
Science just found rare, medicinal compounds in cannabis.
Most cannabis growers discard the plant’s leaves after harvest but new research suggests they might be throwing away chemical gold that might hold powerful therapeutic potential.
www.cannabissciencetech.com/view/phenoli...
Phenolic Analysis of Cannabis Reveals Rare Flavoalkaloids in Leaves | Cannabis Science and Technology - Cannabis Industry News, Insights
Using an optimized analytical method for this research, the phenolics of cannabis were tested resulting in new findings.
www.cannabissciencetech.com
December 13, 2025 at 2:13 PM
🔬⚗️👩🔬
Science just found rare, medicinal compounds in cannabis.
Most cannabis growers discard the plant’s leaves after harvest but new research suggests they might be throwing away chemical gold that might hold powerful therapeutic potential.
www.cannabissciencetech.com/view/phenoli...
Science just found rare, medicinal compounds in cannabis.
Most cannabis growers discard the plant’s leaves after harvest but new research suggests they might be throwing away chemical gold that might hold powerful therapeutic potential.
www.cannabissciencetech.com/view/phenoli...
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The ACLU has posted 17 sworn declarations from people locked up at the Trump Adminstration's largest immigrant prison camp, at Fort Bliss in Texas.
In World War Two, the same site was called the "Fort Bliss Enemy Alien Detention Station."
Read the declarations here:
www.aclu.org/documents/fo...
In World War Two, the same site was called the "Fort Bliss Enemy Alien Detention Station."
Read the declarations here:
www.aclu.org/documents/fo...
Fort Bliss Declarations - December 2025 | American Civil Liberties Union
www.aclu.org
December 13, 2025 at 2:28 PM
The ACLU has posted 17 sworn declarations from people locked up at the Trump Adminstration's largest immigrant prison camp, at Fort Bliss in Texas.
In World War Two, the same site was called the "Fort Bliss Enemy Alien Detention Station."
Read the declarations here:
www.aclu.org/documents/fo...
In World War Two, the same site was called the "Fort Bliss Enemy Alien Detention Station."
Read the declarations here:
www.aclu.org/documents/fo...
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You are living in China or Russia now. It's not the USA anymore. Wake the fuck up
youtu.be/W2cMNhfCZHo
youtu.be/W2cMNhfCZHo
Tennessee sheriff defends jailing liberal activist for posting Trump meme
YouTube video by NewsChannel 5
youtu.be
October 29, 2025 at 3:43 PM
You are living in China or Russia now. It's not the USA anymore. Wake the fuck up
youtu.be/W2cMNhfCZHo
youtu.be/W2cMNhfCZHo
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After all these years, this is what a failed administration looks like and it is ugly.
November 21, 2025 at 8:59 PM
After all these years, this is what a failed administration looks like and it is ugly.