Tom Bombeardil
@rantipole.bsky.social
Husband. Acupuncturist. Bear. Nerd. Vegan. Pagan. He/him. NJ.
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Tom Bombeardil
@rantipole.bsky.social
· Nov 6
We’re heading into dark times. This is how to be your own light in the Age of Trump
Having studied authoritarian states for over a decade, I would never exaggerate the severity of the threat we now face. But an American kleptocracy is exactly where president-elect Trump and his backe...
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I've come back to this article several times since it was published. It's a hard read but it's needed. Many of us should start putting its ideas into practice.
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We were watching the American Revolution doc so I've got George Washington, Sam Adams, Col. Prescott, etc. I think I'm in ok.
You've been kidnapped! The characters from the last TV show you watched are your only hope for rescue. Who's coming to save you?
I think I'm in good shape
I think I'm in good shape
November 25, 2025 at 2:14 PM
We were watching the American Revolution doc so I've got George Washington, Sam Adams, Col. Prescott, etc. I think I'm in ok.
My picks:
Geronimo
Spanish-American War
Irish Potato Famine
Immigration to US, pre 1900
The Cold War
Hawaii
Geronimo
Spanish-American War
Irish Potato Famine
Immigration to US, pre 1900
The Cold War
Hawaii
I figure Ken Burns has one, maybe two big documentary series in him before he fully retires. What do you think they should be? My votes include Football, Hip-Hop, World War 1, Reconstruction (though Skip Gates did this one well), Iraq/Afghanistan, 19th Century Expansionism.
November 25, 2025 at 1:50 AM
My picks:
Geronimo
Spanish-American War
Irish Potato Famine
Immigration to US, pre 1900
The Cold War
Hawaii
Geronimo
Spanish-American War
Irish Potato Famine
Immigration to US, pre 1900
The Cold War
Hawaii
This is unhinged.
My aunt who famously can’t cook tried to make a pumpkin pie. She didn’t know what cloves were, so she put garlic cloves in it. Whole.
November 25, 2025 at 1:18 AM
This is unhinged.
Great book!
#witchsky
#witchsky
You, too, can make an author feel all warm and fuzzy inside!
*cough cough*
www.ladyalthaea.com/books.html
*cough cough*
www.ladyalthaea.com/books.html
Witchcraft Books
Witchcraft books to help you deepen your practice and become a more functional witch.
www.ladyalthaea.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Great book!
#witchsky
#witchsky
🎶I've been raising up my hands,
drive another nail in.
Got enough guilt to start
my own religion.🎶
drive another nail in.
Got enough guilt to start
my own religion.🎶
November 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
🎶I've been raising up my hands,
drive another nail in.
Got enough guilt to start
my own religion.🎶
drive another nail in.
Got enough guilt to start
my own religion.🎶
Don't like finding a huge puddle of water in the cabinet under the bathroom sink. Don't like it one bit.
November 24, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Don't like finding a huge puddle of water in the cabinet under the bathroom sink. Don't like it one bit.
We had a fantastic evening in NYC yesterday to celebrate our meet-iversary. Holiday market at Bryant Park; an amazing meal at Delice & Sarrasin; ending with drinks at Ty's Bar, where I left a message on the restroom chalkboard. Happy 21 years to my sweetest sweetie! 🥰
November 23, 2025 at 9:39 PM
We had a fantastic evening in NYC yesterday to celebrate our meet-iversary. Holiday market at Bryant Park; an amazing meal at Delice & Sarrasin; ending with drinks at Ty's Bar, where I left a message on the restroom chalkboard. Happy 21 years to my sweetest sweetie! 🥰
And now I'm so over caffeinated! 🫨🫨🫨🫨
Hungover! In the Kitchen
Hammered! At the train station
November 23, 2025 at 8:51 PM
And now I'm so over caffeinated! 🫨🫨🫨🫨
Hell yeah!
In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
November 23, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Hell yeah!
Hungover! In the Kitchen
Hammered! At the train station
November 23, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Hungover! In the Kitchen
🎶Give me peace, love, peace, love
Give me peace, love, and a hard cock🎶
Give me peace, love, and a hard cock🎶
November 23, 2025 at 4:36 AM
🎶Give me peace, love, peace, love
Give me peace, love, and a hard cock🎶
Give me peace, love, and a hard cock🎶
Hammered! At the train station
November 23, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Hammered! At the train station
I love this movie so very much but it is rough.
‘Sweet Smell of Success’ is “a bleak and unsparing depiction of obeisance before power in a morally bankrupt culture,” @splicedpersonality.bsky.social writes: crookedmarquee.com/classic-corn...
November 22, 2025 at 2:01 AM
I love this movie so very much but it is rough.
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People say socialism is unrealistic. I say infinite growth on a finite planet is a fairy tale for adults.
November 21, 2025 at 10:18 PM
People say socialism is unrealistic. I say infinite growth on a finite planet is a fairy tale for adults.
Another reason for me to go back to Orkney.
November 21, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Another reason for me to go back to Orkney.
Rosie is having a "Paint me like one of your French girls" moment.
November 21, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Rosie is having a "Paint me like one of your French girls" moment.
Tattoo Thursday! Here's the where my whole-thigh piece is at right now. Next session in January.
November 20, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Tattoo Thursday! Here's the where my whole-thigh piece is at right now. Next session in January.
This sentiment has been true every day since Agent Orange came down the escalator in 2015 and I'm so damn tired.
Omg everything is so stupid.
November 20, 2025 at 7:29 PM
This sentiment has been true every day since Agent Orange came down the escalator in 2015 and I'm so damn tired.
Introduce yourself with the last five concerts you saw:
William Elliott Whitmore
Crawfish Festival (Marcia Ball, Terrance Simien, etc.)
Indigo Girls
William Elliott Whitmore
Tori Amos
William Elliott Whitmore
Crawfish Festival (Marcia Ball, Terrance Simien, etc.)
Indigo Girls
William Elliott Whitmore
Tori Amos
Introduce yourself with the last five concerts you saw
Cyndi Lauper
Green Day with Rancid
The Pretenders
Alanis Morissette with Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
Adam Ant with the English Beat
Cyndi Lauper
Green Day with Rancid
The Pretenders
Alanis Morissette with Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
Adam Ant with the English Beat
Introduce yourself with the last five concerts you saw
Minus The Bear
Shelia E
OMD
Kraftwerk
They Might Be Giants
Minus The Bear
Shelia E
OMD
Kraftwerk
They Might Be Giants
November 20, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Introduce yourself with the last five concerts you saw:
William Elliott Whitmore
Crawfish Festival (Marcia Ball, Terrance Simien, etc.)
Indigo Girls
William Elliott Whitmore
Tori Amos
William Elliott Whitmore
Crawfish Festival (Marcia Ball, Terrance Simien, etc.)
Indigo Girls
William Elliott Whitmore
Tori Amos
Reposted by Tom Bombeardil
ask your doctor if lying down in the forest to be consumed by the earth is right for you
November 19, 2025 at 6:10 AM
ask your doctor if lying down in the forest to be consumed by the earth is right for you
Today is the 21st anniversary of me and my husband meeting! He's not on BlueSky, but I wanted to post about it anyway. This is one of my favorite pictures of us, taken on Isla Mujeres, Mexico. It was short but lovely trip.
November 19, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Today is the 21st anniversary of me and my husband meeting! He's not on BlueSky, but I wanted to post about it anyway. This is one of my favorite pictures of us, taken on Isla Mujeres, Mexico. It was short but lovely trip.
Reposted by Tom Bombeardil
I feel obligated to post my favorite glyptodon meme
November 19, 2025 at 12:38 AM
I feel obligated to post my favorite glyptodon meme
Reposted by Tom Bombeardil
I don’t want to hear about norms, I don’t want to hear about looking forward not back, I don’t want to hear about “bipartisanship”
I want the filibuster gone, the court packed, new states, and a top to bottom cleaning of the federal government that ends with a lot of people in jail
I want the filibuster gone, the court packed, new states, and a top to bottom cleaning of the federal government that ends with a lot of people in jail
November 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I don’t want to hear about norms, I don’t want to hear about looking forward not back, I don’t want to hear about “bipartisanship”
I want the filibuster gone, the court packed, new states, and a top to bottom cleaning of the federal government that ends with a lot of people in jail
I want the filibuster gone, the court packed, new states, and a top to bottom cleaning of the federal government that ends with a lot of people in jail
This could be from the big scene in a horror movie where the audience finally gets to see the painting one of the characters has been working on and it's like this absolute nightmare.
This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
November 18, 2025 at 5:09 PM
This could be from the big scene in a horror movie where the audience finally gets to see the painting one of the characters has been working on and it's like this absolute nightmare.