Tom McCudden
@tbmccudden.bsky.social
“Can we forget about this? I try to be a good person. Please. Please. Please don’t do in the news nothing about me.”
I stood on a corner waiting for the light. A group of three people were across the street also waiting. They were dressed in similar colors, shades of dark brown. Just for a second my brain said that looks like an AI palette. Then I reminded myself I don’t live in the matrix. As far as I know.
January 7, 2026 at 3:52 PM
I stood on a corner waiting for the light. A group of three people were across the street also waiting. They were dressed in similar colors, shades of dark brown. Just for a second my brain said that looks like an AI palette. Then I reminded myself I don’t live in the matrix. As far as I know.
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The US is an authoritarian regime so I guess Brazil can bomb Florida and kidnap the fascist in chief now? This is how it goes, right?
January 3, 2026 at 9:48 AM
The US is an authoritarian regime so I guess Brazil can bomb Florida and kidnap the fascist in chief now? This is how it goes, right?
Trump team workshopping insulting name for new NYC Mayor, but Trump keeps suggesting “sexy Mamdani” for him; has to be wrestled away from phone before he invites mayor to sleepover. Aides rush to assure public “he’s still super racist but he does does have a thing for people half his age.”
January 2, 2026 at 3:34 AM
Trump team workshopping insulting name for new NYC Mayor, but Trump keeps suggesting “sexy Mamdani” for him; has to be wrestled away from phone before he invites mayor to sleepover. Aides rush to assure public “he’s still super racist but he does does have a thing for people half his age.”
I have been informed that Toyotathon is still going on. The sales crew are beyond pair and exhaustion now; they stumble across the showroom floor, desiring only the sweet release of death, but how to stop is one of the many things they have forgotten, along with family, God, and joy.
December 29, 2025 at 1:49 AM
I have been informed that Toyotathon is still going on. The sales crew are beyond pair and exhaustion now; they stumble across the showroom floor, desiring only the sweet release of death, but how to stop is one of the many things they have forgotten, along with family, God, and joy.
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I've been thinking about this sign for 6 months. a phrase I'll treasure forever. a metaphor with boundless potential
December 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I've been thinking about this sign for 6 months. a phrase I'll treasure forever. a metaphor with boundless potential
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I used to say that this was my head shot for "Beetlejuice: The Musical" but then they actually MADE a "Beetlejuice: The Musical" and people thought I was being serious, also I currently have nowhere near the amount of hair to pull this off anymore
Who needs Scalzi stock images when we already have this gem?
December 24, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I used to say that this was my head shot for "Beetlejuice: The Musical" but then they actually MADE a "Beetlejuice: The Musical" and people thought I was being serious, also I currently have nowhere near the amount of hair to pull this off anymore
Just watched It’s A Wonderful Life so imma need about 3 liters of saline to replace those tears.
December 24, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Just watched It’s A Wonderful Life so imma need about 3 liters of saline to replace those tears.
Hallelujah! New Bishop of NYC, a Chicagoanvnamed by Da Pope Leo: "Bishop Hicks roots for the Chicago Cubs, not the White Sox."
December 18, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Hallelujah! New Bishop of NYC, a Chicagoanvnamed by Da Pope Leo: "Bishop Hicks roots for the Chicago Cubs, not the White Sox."
bookshop.org/p/books/the-... Just read this, an intriguing history of how Truman grappled with basic questions about how to manage the control and use of nukes. Very thoughtful and detailed reporting, and very well told by @wellerstein.bsky.social
The Most Awful Responsibility: Truman and the Secret Struggle for Control of the Atomic Age
Truman and the Secret Struggle for Control of the Atomic Age
bookshop.org
December 17, 2025 at 6:28 PM
bookshop.org/p/books/the-... Just read this, an intriguing history of how Truman grappled with basic questions about how to manage the control and use of nukes. Very thoughtful and detailed reporting, and very well told by @wellerstein.bsky.social
December 15th ... a date which will live in infamy... the air and naval forces of the Empire of Venezuela attacked the United State possessions of Greenland, Canada, and Christmas Island... occupying them and seizing the inventory of the Calgary West Side Jiffy Lube....
December 17, 2025 at 12:57 AM
December 15th ... a date which will live in infamy... the air and naval forces of the Empire of Venezuela attacked the United State possessions of Greenland, Canada, and Christmas Island... occupying them and seizing the inventory of the Calgary West Side Jiffy Lube....
Turns out the second boat strike happened because Jeffrey Goldberg didn't hear something on the Zoom call and said "come again?".... whoosh!
December 4, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Turns out the second boat strike happened because Jeffrey Goldberg didn't hear something on the Zoom call and said "come again?".... whoosh!
Canada—North America’s gift shop.
December 1, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Canada—North America’s gift shop.
Just re-watched Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead in light of the news. I had totally forgotten about the post-credits scene with Samuel L. Jackson.
November 30, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Just re-watched Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead in light of the news. I had totally forgotten about the post-credits scene with Samuel L. Jackson.
Dammit. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/t...
Tom Stoppard, Award-Winning Playwright of Witty Drama, Dies at 88
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Dammit. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/t...
My lazy eye often makes me look like I’m apprehensive about objects in the background but it’s an illusion. I think. Is that the same tree that was two rows ahead of me on Southwest???
November 25, 2025 at 2:46 PM
My lazy eye often makes me look like I’m apprehensive about objects in the background but it’s an illusion. I think. Is that the same tree that was two rows ahead of me on Southwest???
This Epstein/Larry Summers Cinematic Universe stuff is like the Sandy Hook shooting. If we can't take action in light of this blatantly evil dysfunction we never will. Name, shame, and blame them all. Now.
November 17, 2025 at 3:36 AM
This Epstein/Larry Summers Cinematic Universe stuff is like the Sandy Hook shooting. If we can't take action in light of this blatantly evil dysfunction we never will. Name, shame, and blame them all. Now.
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The film #AHouseOfDynamite ends before the bomb hits Chicago, where @bulletinatomic.bsky.social is based. They asked me to describe what it would happen to the Windy City, so I dropped 20 KT and 4 MT bombs using @wellerstein.bsky.social's Nuke Map. (Hint: it's bad.)
thebulletin.org/2025/11/vide...
thebulletin.org/2025/11/vide...
Video: What to know about nuclear weapons
In this video, Jeffrey Lewis explains why it is so incredibly difficult to convey the size and destructive force of nuclear weapons.
thebulletin.org
November 9, 2025 at 8:53 PM
The film #AHouseOfDynamite ends before the bomb hits Chicago, where @bulletinatomic.bsky.social is based. They asked me to describe what it would happen to the Windy City, so I dropped 20 KT and 4 MT bombs using @wellerstein.bsky.social's Nuke Map. (Hint: it's bad.)
thebulletin.org/2025/11/vide...
thebulletin.org/2025/11/vide...
Two woman are stranded in Florida before Thanksgiving (ATC issues). They both need to get to Atlanta. Kate McKinnon is a denim-clad gator-wrangler. Generic costar is a corporate executive with a temper. "Planes, Trains and automobiles"? No! "Air Boats, Drug Submarines, and Stolen Police Cars."
November 9, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Two woman are stranded in Florida before Thanksgiving (ATC issues). They both need to get to Atlanta. Kate McKinnon is a denim-clad gator-wrangler. Generic costar is a corporate executive with a temper. "Planes, Trains and automobiles"? No! "Air Boats, Drug Submarines, and Stolen Police Cars."
Nutriadamus left us hundreds of specific, 100% accurate predictions from around 1300, but they’re all about where aquatic rodents can find good plants to chew on.
November 9, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Nutriadamus left us hundreds of specific, 100% accurate predictions from around 1300, but they’re all about where aquatic rodents can find good plants to chew on.
If the entire crowd outside that ICE Gulag in Chicago isn’t wielding foot longs tomorrow I don’t even know what to say.
November 6, 2025 at 11:38 PM
If the entire crowd outside that ICE Gulag in Chicago isn’t wielding foot longs tomorrow I don’t even know what to say.
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The 2003 Iraq war remains the worst and most costly US foreign policy decision ever. Let us never forget that Dick Cheney was the driving strategist, bureaucratic enforcer and chief anchor behind it.
www.nytimes.com/2005/10/30/b...
www.nytimes.com/2005/10/30/b...
'The Assassins' Gate': Occupational Hazards (Published 2005)
www.nytimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:03 PM
The 2003 Iraq war remains the worst and most costly US foreign policy decision ever. Let us never forget that Dick Cheney was the driving strategist, bureaucratic enforcer and chief anchor behind it.
www.nytimes.com/2005/10/30/b...
www.nytimes.com/2005/10/30/b...
Musk thinks Gondor won the War of the Ring? What a chucklehead. That’s like saying Mr. Pibb won the cola wars.
October 29, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Musk thinks Gondor won the War of the Ring? What a chucklehead. That’s like saying Mr. Pibb won the cola wars.
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If you can't afford to pay your employees a living wage, you do not have a successful business.
October 28, 2025 at 12:49 AM
If you can't afford to pay your employees a living wage, you do not have a successful business.
Dems would support both halves of a AOC/BHO ticket overwhelmingly. GOP/Maga would be tepid at best over a Vance/Trump ticket. So bring it on.
I've been advocating for this approach for a year but NOBODY LISTENS TO THE PSYOP PEOPLE
October 28, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Dems would support both halves of a AOC/BHO ticket overwhelmingly. GOP/Maga would be tepid at best over a Vance/Trump ticket. So bring it on.