TommyBen
@tbapple.bsky.social
Nihilist in the kitchen, humanist in the bedroom and an actor at work, in the role of civil servant.
Live long and prosper.
Live long and prosper.
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TommyBen
@tbapple.bsky.social
· Dec 5
The battle between burn it all down billionaires and status quo billionaires has begun.
I wonder how many non-psychopathic local law enforcement leaders are pissed they are being lumped in with these ICE psychopaths? It’s not zero.
WELKER: It appears Pretti was shot 10 times. He was pummeled & sprayed with gas. Why shouldn't every American be bothered by what they see?
BLANCHE: Every American should be bothered. But they should be bothered that ICE is going to arrest a criminal & they have 0 support from law enforcement
BLANCHE: Every American should be bothered. But they should be bothered that ICE is going to arrest a criminal & they have 0 support from law enforcement
January 25, 2026 at 3:44 PM
I wonder how many non-psychopathic local law enforcement leaders are pissed they are being lumped in with these ICE psychopaths? It’s not zero.
Not sure if we are going to Greenland but it's weather is coming here:
January 25, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Not sure if we are going to Greenland but it's weather is coming here:
Aging quite well.
My optimistic take is this all leads to a national strike.
January 23, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Aging quite well.
Can they take it in-kind in the form of nuclear weapons?
Ukraine will be offered $800B for leaving Donbas including its residents.
That’s the Putin/Kushner/Wikoff scenario.
That’s the Putin/Kushner/Wikoff scenario.
January 23, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Can they take it in-kind in the form of nuclear weapons?
The Alabama National Guard are going love it.
Canadians you are not prepared for the temperature he tells you he is experiencing here.
January 22, 2026 at 12:49 AM
The Alabama National Guard are going love it.
28% of MLB is non-US and not included below.
Using public voter files, Peter Lutz takes a first-of-its-kind look at partisan registration among pro athletes by league.
January 21, 2026 at 2:06 AM
28% of MLB is non-US and not included below.
ICE in NYC gonna be lit 🔥
Incredible and inevitable—
Police chief says ICE agents violated his own officers' civil rights while off-duty.
A female officer was boxed in by ICE agents who demanded her papers, pulled their guns on her, and knocked her phone down as she tried to film.
Police chief says ICE agents violated his own officers' civil rights while off-duty.
A female officer was boxed in by ICE agents who demanded her papers, pulled their guns on her, and knocked her phone down as she tried to film.
January 21, 2026 at 1:11 AM
ICE in NYC gonna be lit 🔥
Fallout is a documentary
Trump Building Secret White House Bunker to Withstand Nuclear Attack—Report
Trump building secret White House bunker to withstand nuclear attack—report
Such highly-fortified facilities are designed to keep the president and top officials alive during an attack on the United States.
www.newsweek.com
January 20, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Fallout is a documentary
Stalinesque
ABC News: "here's a list of those targeted by his administration" with *50+* names
abcnews.go.com/US/list-indi...
abcnews.go.com/US/list-indi...
In year since Trump's return to office, here's a list of those targeted by his administration
The DOJ's probe into Jerome Powell is the latest salvo in what critics call a campaign of retribution since Donald Trump returned to the presidency one year ago.
abcnews.go.com
January 20, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Stalinesque
Trump is trying to get Greenland so Canadians can’t fly over it for their European vacations.
January 20, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Trump is trying to get Greenland so Canadians can’t fly over it for their European vacations.
Punishment sure, but outing these bullies is their biggest fear. I’m sure many have mugs shots.
BRENNAN: Tell me about the officer, Jonathan Ross
KRISTI NOEM: Don't say his name! I mean, for heaven's sake, we shouldn't have people continue to dox law enforcement
BRENNAN: His name is public
NOEM: I know, but that doesn't mean it should continue to be said
KRISTI NOEM: Don't say his name! I mean, for heaven's sake, we shouldn't have people continue to dox law enforcement
BRENNAN: His name is public
NOEM: I know, but that doesn't mean it should continue to be said
January 18, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Punishment sure, but outing these bullies is their biggest fear. I’m sure many have mugs shots.
Would we call this a “Specific Strike”?
Protecting staff is a euphemism for no one would show up for work and we can’t fire everyone.
Protecting staff is a euphemism for no one would show up for work and we can’t fire everyone.
ICE agents at a hotel in St. Paul woke up this morning to news that they’re getting kicked out of their hotel today at noon.
January 18, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Would we call this a “Specific Strike”?
Protecting staff is a euphemism for no one would show up for work and we can’t fire everyone.
Protecting staff is a euphemism for no one would show up for work and we can’t fire everyone.
Democracy tacked at the one yard line on 1st and goal.
Sports photo of the year
Sports photo of the year
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 17, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Democracy tacked at the one yard line on 1st and goal.
Sports photo of the year
Sports photo of the year
Man, the right wing are really shitting the bed on the whole “A man’s home is his castle” thing.
a man is standing in front of a wall with the words ice ice baby on it .
Alt: Vanilla Ice rapping his iconic “ICE ICE BABY”
media.tenor.com
January 17, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Man, the right wing are really shitting the bed on the whole “A man’s home is his castle” thing.
Hate to see it, love to see it, expected to see it.
January 17, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Hate to see it, love to see it, expected to see it.
The scenes in Iran are why Trump isn’t being allowed to invoke the insurrection act.
Iran’s “success” in shutting down the protests would be unrecoverable for America.
Example: cutting off internet an cell service nationwide is certainly outside Trump’s power.
Iran’s “success” in shutting down the protests would be unrecoverable for America.
Example: cutting off internet an cell service nationwide is certainly outside Trump’s power.
January 16, 2026 at 10:57 PM
The scenes in Iran are why Trump isn’t being allowed to invoke the insurrection act.
Iran’s “success” in shutting down the protests would be unrecoverable for America.
Example: cutting off internet an cell service nationwide is certainly outside Trump’s power.
Iran’s “success” in shutting down the protests would be unrecoverable for America.
Example: cutting off internet an cell service nationwide is certainly outside Trump’s power.
ICE is just state sanctioned European Football Hooliganism.
Roaming from town to town, drunk and disorderly, beating up any home fan hapless enough to run into them outnumbered.
Roaming from town to town, drunk and disorderly, beating up any home fan hapless enough to run into them outnumbered.
January 16, 2026 at 10:53 PM
ICE is just state sanctioned European Football Hooliganism.
Roaming from town to town, drunk and disorderly, beating up any home fan hapless enough to run into them outnumbered.
Roaming from town to town, drunk and disorderly, beating up any home fan hapless enough to run into them outnumbered.
That this pathetically insecure, unhappy, ignoramus is President is sorta funny and gives me Schadenfreude at his miserable existence.
Reporter: Why would you want someone else’s Nobel Prize?
Trump: She offered it to me.
Trump: She offered it to me.
January 16, 2026 at 10:19 PM
That this pathetically insecure, unhappy, ignoramus is President is sorta funny and gives me Schadenfreude at his miserable existence.
Mamdani with Tisch are keeping ICE from big time events in NYC.
Credit where credit is due.
Credit where credit is due.
January 16, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Mamdani with Tisch are keeping ICE from big time events in NYC.
Credit where credit is due.
Credit where credit is due.
Police in smalls town have boring jobs. Big towns need competence and citizen cooperation.
Guys who couldn’t cut in either are now trying to bully the citizens in the big towns.
Competent big town police are going to get impatient with out of town hooliganism.
Guys who couldn’t cut in either are now trying to bully the citizens in the big towns.
Competent big town police are going to get impatient with out of town hooliganism.
January 16, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Police in smalls town have boring jobs. Big towns need competence and citizen cooperation.
Guys who couldn’t cut in either are now trying to bully the citizens in the big towns.
Competent big town police are going to get impatient with out of town hooliganism.
Guys who couldn’t cut in either are now trying to bully the citizens in the big towns.
Competent big town police are going to get impatient with out of town hooliganism.
Self driving buses are a solution without a problem.
Does a driverless bus wait a few extra seconds while the bus drivers neighbors are waiting to cross a street for the bus stop?
Does a driverless bus wait a few extra seconds while the bus drivers neighbors are waiting to cross a street for the bus stop?
The U.S. Department of Transportation brought to D.C. an automated bus to showcase its work on self-driving vehicles, taking officials from around the country on a ride.
One of those trips was interrupted when the bus got rear-ended by a Tesla.
One of those trips was interrupted when the bus got rear-ended by a Tesla.
Officials showed off a robo-bus in D.C. It got hit by a Tesla driver.
A Beep automated shuttle bus displayed by the U.S. Department of Transportation in D.C. this week got into a collision with a driver on H Street.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 16, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Self driving buses are a solution without a problem.
Does a driverless bus wait a few extra seconds while the bus drivers neighbors are waiting to cross a street for the bus stop?
Does a driverless bus wait a few extra seconds while the bus drivers neighbors are waiting to cross a street for the bus stop?
Mets are going to have the highest payroll ever for a Moneyball team.
BREAKING NEWS
Bo Bichette to sign a 3-year deal with the Mets, per Will Sammon.
Bo Bichette to sign a 3-year deal with the Mets, per Will Sammon.
January 16, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Mets are going to have the highest payroll ever for a Moneyball team.
Americans already can use 401k funds for home purchases. WSJ isn’t too good at this financial journalism thing.
President Trump will issue a plan next week for letting Americans tap their 401(k)s for a down payment on a home, a senior White House official said Friday.
Trump Plan Would Let Americans Use 401(k)s for Down Payments on Homes, Official Says
President Trump will issue a plan next week for letting Americans tap their 401(k)s for a down payment on a home, a senior White House official said Friday.
on.wsj.com
January 16, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Americans already can use 401k funds for home purchases. WSJ isn’t too good at this financial journalism thing.
Bluesky is just one guy posting “you’ve got a big head” every time they break up with you.
a woman wearing a necklace with a cross on it smiles for the camera
Alt: Julia Louis Dreyfus making a “You go” gesture with a pained smiled.
media.tenor.com
January 16, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Bluesky is just one guy posting “you’ve got a big head” every time they break up with you.
Oh to be rich enough that my employees make hundreds of millions of dollars.
Shohei Ohtani: 10 years, $700,000,000
Mookie Betts: 12 years, $365,000,000
Yoshinobu Yamamoto: 12 years, $325,000,000
Kyle Tucker: 4 years, $240,000,000
Blake Snell: 5 years, $182,000,000
Freddie Freeman: 6 years, $162,000,000
Will Smith: 10 years, $140,000,000
Tyler Glasnow: 5 years, $136,562,500
Mookie Betts: 12 years, $365,000,000
Yoshinobu Yamamoto: 12 years, $325,000,000
Kyle Tucker: 4 years, $240,000,000
Blake Snell: 5 years, $182,000,000
Freddie Freeman: 6 years, $162,000,000
Will Smith: 10 years, $140,000,000
Tyler Glasnow: 5 years, $136,562,500
January 16, 2026 at 12:46 PM
Oh to be rich enough that my employees make hundreds of millions of dollars.