Tom Baker
@thomaslbaker.bsky.social
🛸NOT THE DOCTOR🚀⏱️
🟥 Software developer
🟧 Aspiring writer
🟨 Confirmed introvert
🟩 Part-time cynic
🟦 Cat dad
🟪 Knows how tariffs work and what BS smells like
🟥 Software developer
🟧 Aspiring writer
🟨 Confirmed introvert
🟩 Part-time cynic
🟦 Cat dad
🟪 Knows how tariffs work and what BS smells like
Reposted by Tom Baker
Local authorities in Minnesota say they have been impeded from investigating how federal agents shot and killed Alex Pretti, a Minneapolis resident and U.S. citizen. It is the second time in three weeks that the Department of Homeland Security has blocked local investigators from reviewing evidence.
Once Again, Federal Officials Exclude Minnesota From Investigation of a Fatal Shooting
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Local authorities in Minnesota say they have been impeded from investigating how federal agents shot and killed Alex Pretti, a Minneapolis resident and U.S. citizen. It is the second time in three weeks that the Department of Homeland Security has blocked local investigators from reviewing evidence.
The National Institutes of Health failed to protect brain scans that an international group of fringe researchers used to argue for the intellectual superiority of white people.
GIfted Article: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
GIfted Article: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
Genetic Data From Over 20,000 U.S. Children Misused for ‘Race Science’
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2026 at 9:26 PM
The National Institutes of Health failed to protect brain scans that an international group of fringe researchers used to argue for the intellectual superiority of white people.
GIfted Article: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
GIfted Article: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
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The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
January 25, 2026 at 5:39 PM
The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
Maximalist, and "Late Stage Autocracy" Gilding are good descriptors.
Gifted Article: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Gifted Article: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
See All of Trump’s Changes to the White House So Far (Gift Article)
In a year, the president has altered 10 spaces in the White House.
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Maximalist, and "Late Stage Autocracy" Gilding are good descriptors.
Gifted Article: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Gifted Article: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Reposted by Tom Baker
Videos verified by The New York Times show the man federal agents shot and killed in Minneapolis on Saturday was holding a phone, not a gun, before the agents took him to the ground and shot him. At least 10 shots appear to have been fired within five seconds. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
January 25, 2026 at 3:21 AM
Videos verified by The New York Times show the man federal agents shot and killed in Minneapolis on Saturday was holding a phone, not a gun, before the agents took him to the ground and shot him. At least 10 shots appear to have been fired within five seconds. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Van Hollen: "They really think the American people are stupid. I mean, we can all see the video. We saw the video with Renee Good. We saw the video with Alex Pretti. The real domestic terrorists are in the White House right now."
January 25, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Van Hollen: "They really think the American people are stupid. I mean, we can all see the video. We saw the video with Renee Good. We saw the video with Alex Pretti. The real domestic terrorists are in the White House right now."
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Alex Jeffrey Pretti, 37, ICU Nurse, Outdoorsman. Illinois born firearm owner.
January 24, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Alex Jeffrey Pretti, 37, ICU Nurse, Outdoorsman. Illinois born firearm owner.
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Live Updates: Federal Agents Shoot and Kill a Person in Minneapolis
www.nytimes.com
January 24, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
The White House also said that if Machado had turned down the Peace Prize when presented, and said it belongs to Trump, she would be President of Venezuela today.
#Venal #MAGA #Trump #Nobel #Machado #Venezuela
www.newser.com/story/381675...
#Venal #MAGA #Trump #Nobel #Machado #Venezuela
www.newser.com/story/381675...
Trump Says He'll Accept a Second-Hand Peace Prize
He says he'll meet Venezuela's Machado soon and it would be a 'great honor' if she gives him her prize
www.newser.com
January 10, 2026 at 2:51 PM
The White House also said that if Machado had turned down the Peace Prize when presented, and said it belongs to Trump, she would be President of Venezuela today.
#Venal #MAGA #Trump #Nobel #Machado #Venezuela
www.newser.com/story/381675...
#Venal #MAGA #Trump #Nobel #Machado #Venezuela
www.newser.com/story/381675...
Trump Lays Out a Vision of Power Restrained Only by ‘My Own Morality’
www.nytimes.com
January 9, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Has anyone bough one of these yet? Would you recommend it?
Have you used it on the Tesla Supercharging network? What car do you own?
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Have you used it on the Tesla Supercharging network? What car do you own?
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January 9, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Has anyone bough one of these yet? Would you recommend it?
Have you used it on the Tesla Supercharging network? What car do you own?
ev-lectron.com/products/lec...
Have you used it on the Tesla Supercharging network? What car do you own?
ev-lectron.com/products/lec...
This sounds about right for this administration.
apnews.com/live/minneap...
Live updates: State investigators say they can't access ICE shooting evidence after FBI takes case
apnews.com/live/minneap...
Live updates: State investigators say they can't access ICE shooting evidence after FBI takes case
Live updates: State investigators say they can't access ICE shooting evidence after FBI takes case
The Minneapolis shooting of Renee Good by an ICE officer will be investigated solely by the FBI, which has barred Minnesota investigators from accessing evidence.
apnews.com
January 8, 2026 at 11:01 PM
This sounds about right for this administration.
apnews.com/live/minneap...
Live updates: State investigators say they can't access ICE shooting evidence after FBI takes case
apnews.com/live/minneap...
Live updates: State investigators say they can't access ICE shooting evidence after FBI takes case
The visual and the guidelines are at odds with each other, and some of it is at odds with science.
Gift Article: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Gift Article: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
See How Kennedy’s Inverted Food Pyramid Stacks Up (Gift Article)
The new pyramid is the picture of the Make America Healthy Again movement, prioritizing whole foods, proteins and fats.
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:29 PM
The visual and the guidelines are at odds with each other, and some of it is at odds with science.
Gift Article: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Gift Article: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
According to some reports, 66 different organizations, including 30 UN bodies.
Gift Article: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/u...
Gift Article: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/u...
Trump Withdraws the U.S. From More International Organizations
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 3:31 PM
According to some reports, 66 different organizations, including 30 UN bodies.
Gift Article: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/u...
Gift Article: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/u...
Reposted by Tom Baker
Authorities at the CDC are now calling this year’s flu season “moderately severe,” with an estimated 11 million illnesses in the U.S. so far.
Flu May Be At Highest Rate On Record—With 5,000 Deaths As Vaccinations Have Lagged Behind Previous Years
Authorities at the CDC are now calling this year’s flu season “moderately severe,” with an estimated 11 million illnesses in the U.S. so far.
www.forbes.com
January 5, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Authorities at the CDC are now calling this year’s flu season “moderately severe,” with an estimated 11 million illnesses in the U.S. so far.
www.govtrack.us/congress/bil...
* Only natural persons have constitutional rights
* Money is not speech
* Only natural persons have constitutional rights
* Money is not speech
January 2, 2026 at 9:46 PM
www.govtrack.us/congress/bil...
* Only natural persons have constitutional rights
* Money is not speech
* Only natural persons have constitutional rights
* Money is not speech
This is a thing?
#Bears #BrownBears #SouthKorea #TraditionalMedicine #AnimalCruelty #AnimalRights
www.cnn.com/2025/12/30/a...
#Bears #BrownBears #SouthKorea #TraditionalMedicine #AnimalCruelty #AnimalRights
www.cnn.com/2025/12/30/a...
South Korea will end breeding of bears and extraction of their bile | CNN
South Korea said it will formally end its dwindling yet much-criticized bear bile farming industry this week, though about 200 bears are still kept in pens and raised for their gallbladders.
www.cnn.com
December 30, 2025 at 7:43 PM
GIft article: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/s...
Don’t Like Eating Insects? Your Pet Might.
www.nytimes.com
December 30, 2025 at 6:15 PM
GIft article: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/s...