Thomas A. Long
@thomasalong.bsky.social
Law-talking guy. Writer/editor. IP enthusiast. Uptown Chicagoan. Stronger Than Dirt Pete Moss. Colicky Baby Records and Tapes.
I ❤️ Waukegan. (My almost home town.)
Video of Greg Bovino in Waukegan, with residents following and shouting, “You a bitch!” Taken by Armando Sanchez
November 7, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I ❤️ Waukegan. (My almost home town.)
I listened to the arguments in the tariffs case. Everyone knows the one. As usual, I was hung up for about the first five minutes about how they always call the Solicitor General "General," as if it's a military position. I will never be able to accept that tradition.
November 5, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I listened to the arguments in the tariffs case. Everyone knows the one. As usual, I was hung up for about the first five minutes about how they always call the Solicitor General "General," as if it's a military position. I will never be able to accept that tradition.
Reposted by Thomas A. Long
A gift from Weasel Walter to all who might partake, available as a free download on Bandcamp: Chicago No Wave Audio Documentary, various artists
Chicago No Wave Audio Documentary, by Various Artists
28 track album
weaselwalter.bandcamp.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:27 AM
A gift from Weasel Walter to all who might partake, available as a free download on Bandcamp: Chicago No Wave Audio Documentary, various artists
I'll be your bat mirror
Nico, New York City, 1967 #ChristaPäffgen #TheVelvetUnderground
November 2, 2025 at 1:31 AM
I'll be your bat mirror
New Rankin/Bass animated special dropped in Chicago, titled "The Year the Leaves Didn't Get Picked Up," starring Dick Shawn as ICE Miser.
Feds protecting white america from dangerous landscrapers.
Feds protecting white america from dangerous landscrapers.
October 29, 2025 at 11:49 PM
New Rankin/Bass animated special dropped in Chicago, titled "The Year the Leaves Didn't Get Picked Up," starring Dick Shawn as ICE Miser.
Feds protecting white america from dangerous landscrapers.
Feds protecting white america from dangerous landscrapers.
Going bold with the "oops forgot my pants" look. And the strategically placed napkin.
Aaron Rodgers in the Steelers 1933 throwback uniforms 🔥
October 27, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Going bold with the "oops forgot my pants" look. And the strategically placed napkin.
Don't give me a cactus
I want some nice snacks, sis
And that's what the facts is
I want some nice snacks, sis
And that's what the facts is
October 23, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Don't give me a cactus
I want some nice snacks, sis
And that's what the facts is
I want some nice snacks, sis
And that's what the facts is
It's always Halloween season for Wednesday Addams the cat, here enjoying the afternoon gloom with her buddy Yorick.
October 19, 2025 at 7:54 PM
It's always Halloween season for Wednesday Addams the cat, here enjoying the afternoon gloom with her buddy Yorick.
Here's a nice clip only a few days old about the Horseshoe Curve, which I have visited several times. It's cool. Coincidentally, I am wearing my Altoona Curve (baseball team) t-shirt today.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiyG...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiyG...
Horseshoe Curve Visit, Altoona, Pennsylvania
YouTube video by Robert Zinn
www.youtube.com
October 19, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Here's a nice clip only a few days old about the Horseshoe Curve, which I have visited several times. It's cool. Coincidentally, I am wearing my Altoona Curve (baseball team) t-shirt today.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiyG...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiyG...
The sound of choppers
Circling over
I'm getting used to it now
(apologies to David Byrne)
Circling over
I'm getting used to it now
(apologies to David Byrne)
October 18, 2025 at 12:51 AM
The sound of choppers
Circling over
I'm getting used to it now
(apologies to David Byrne)
Circling over
I'm getting used to it now
(apologies to David Byrne)
So now we pretty much know that "the law" is whatever one wants it to be, as long as one has the physical might to back it up. Right? I began suspecting as much during my first year of law school, but it no longer feels like callow cynicism.
October 17, 2025 at 11:10 PM
So now we pretty much know that "the law" is whatever one wants it to be, as long as one has the physical might to back it up. Right? I began suspecting as much during my first year of law school, but it no longer feels like callow cynicism.
When an ad tells me I have a "complimentary gift waiting," the redundancy irritates me. If they have such a thick dossier of info about me, they should know that ahead of time.
October 17, 2025 at 10:50 PM
When an ad tells me I have a "complimentary gift waiting," the redundancy irritates me. If they have such a thick dossier of info about me, they should know that ahead of time.
If the Brewers face the Mariners in the World Series, I'd like to see Milwaukee wear throwback Seattle Pilots uniforms for at least one game. Seattle vs Seattle.
October 12, 2025 at 8:02 PM
If the Brewers face the Mariners in the World Series, I'd like to see Milwaukee wear throwback Seattle Pilots uniforms for at least one game. Seattle vs Seattle.
Nineteen-hundred sixty-eight is over, it's over
Nineteen-hundred eighty-one is over
Future is now!
- Nina Hagen
Nineteen-hundred eighty-one is over
Future is now!
- Nina Hagen
'CDC is over': RFK Jr. lays off over 1,000 employees in Friday night massacre
"CDC is over": RFK Jr. lays off over 1,000 employees in Friday night massacre
Amid the ongoing shutdown, the HHS secretary wiped out entire offices that investigate disease outbreaks, manage infectious disease responses and collect data.
www.msnbc.com
October 12, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Nineteen-hundred sixty-eight is over, it's over
Nineteen-hundred eighty-one is over
Future is now!
- Nina Hagen
Nineteen-hundred eighty-one is over
Future is now!
- Nina Hagen
The brutality is real and an outrage, a tragedy. But the interactions between pols & parties are "works," a la pro wrestling. Pritzker decries federalization of the Nat. Guard but looks the other way as state cops help the fascists. Then Trump threatens to arrest JB, which wins him sympathy points.
Who do they report to @jbpritzker.bsky.social.
Troopers just violently attacked protesters, tackled several, several arrests, shoving activists and press with batons.
October 12, 2025 at 12:44 AM
The brutality is real and an outrage, a tragedy. But the interactions between pols & parties are "works," a la pro wrestling. Pritzker decries federalization of the Nat. Guard but looks the other way as state cops help the fascists. Then Trump threatens to arrest JB, which wins him sympathy points.
Thune has a higher opinion of the Democratic Party than I do. Because I don't believe they'd do any of these things. Doing good is not their style.
Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "
October 10, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Thune has a higher opinion of the Democratic Party than I do. Because I don't believe they'd do any of these things. Doing good is not their style.
The Nobel Peace Prize should be like membership in Oulipo. If you ask for it, you are permanently disqualified.
October 10, 2025 at 4:33 PM
The Nobel Peace Prize should be like membership in Oulipo. If you ask for it, you are permanently disqualified.
Justin Turner leading off for the Cubs tonight is so crazy it just might work.
Hahahahahaha!!
Just kidding. It's completely insane. Craig Counsell has gone full Monty Burns.
youtu.be/abq9Y7YVDWA?...
Hahahahahaha!!
Just kidding. It's completely insane. Craig Counsell has gone full Monty Burns.
youtu.be/abq9Y7YVDWA?...
Monty Burns - Playing the Percentages
YouTube video by Peter
youtu.be
October 6, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Justin Turner leading off for the Cubs tonight is so crazy it just might work.
Hahahahahaha!!
Just kidding. It's completely insane. Craig Counsell has gone full Monty Burns.
youtu.be/abq9Y7YVDWA?...
Hahahahahaha!!
Just kidding. It's completely insane. Craig Counsell has gone full Monty Burns.
youtu.be/abq9Y7YVDWA?...
Every time I see the word "waffles" around here lately, I think of this. For some (or no) reason.
a cartoon of a girl in a wheelchair with the words gobbles below her
Alt: A snip from a "South Park" cartoon of Timmy dressed contrabinaraily in a wheelchair, pointing at a pathetically (yet comically) sick turkey, with the subtitle "GOBBLES!" at the bottom, indicating that the sick turkey is named Gobbles.
media.tenor.com
October 6, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Every time I see the word "waffles" around here lately, I think of this. For some (or no) reason.
I guess there's just gonna be helicopters circling around every night now. Choppers are the new cicadas.
October 6, 2025 at 12:12 AM
I guess there's just gonna be helicopters circling around every night now. Choppers are the new cicadas.
The bloom really seems to be off the rose around here.
October 5, 2025 at 8:30 PM
The bloom really seems to be off the rose around here.
POTUS JB Pritzker ... What (probably) could (not) have been, but definitely will not be now.
October 5, 2025 at 1:16 AM
POTUS JB Pritzker ... What (probably) could (not) have been, but definitely will not be now.
I'm trying not to have pet peeves about word things, but this is one of mine that I haven't been able to squelch.
Y'know I'm not supposed to say that word things are correct or incorrect because that's classist and snobby and gatekeeping etc.?
"Woah" is incorrect.
"Woah" is incorrect.
How about doing your copy editing better?
October 5, 2025 at 1:00 AM
I'm trying not to have pet peeves about word things, but this is one of mine that I haven't been able to squelch.
In an era of political lies, this is a particularly juicy one. Chef's kiss. Time for progressives to move on to the next false savior.
State, county, and local law enforcement have been working together and coordinating to ensure public safety around the Broadview ICE facility, and to protect people’s ability to peacefully exercise their constitutional rights.
October 4, 2025 at 8:11 PM
In an era of political lies, this is a particularly juicy one. Chef's kiss. Time for progressives to move on to the next false savior.