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Thomas Swords 🇮🇪🇵🇸🇺🇦

@thomasswords.bsky.social

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Race, gender, and class traitor I block antisemites and Zionists alike. Tiocfaidh ár lá. Saoirse Don Phalaistín.

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Thomas Swords 🇮🇪🇵🇸🇺🇦 @thomasswords.bsky.social · Apr 11

I’m willing to ally with any liberal, centrist, or fellow leftist willing to fight fascism, but I can ✊never✊ trust or respect you if you were silent as Joe Biden funded the Gaza genocide.

As always:

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Polite Yet Ultimately Malevolent Mailman @usps.bsky.social · 7h

Good evening, my name is Bari Weiss. Tonight, a lively roundtable discussion on a topic near to me: 'Human Babies: Do Their Lives Matter?' joining me on the distinguished panel are two dingos and the New York Times bestselling author of "The Joy Of Cooking Babies."

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 8h

New: Bari Weiss booked Hillary Clinton, Mike Pompeo, and Antony Blinken for a roundtable on Gaza, her first major move at CBS.

Notably on a CBS call today in which the panel was floated, one producer also repeatedly emphasized the need to hear from Palestinians in Gaza (Weiss did not respond).

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Liliana Segura @lilianasegura.bsky.social · 7h

Say it louder Nashville

An 8x12 sign on a telephone pole reading: “Whatever you allow your government to do to others they will eventually do to you.”

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Thomas Swords 🇮🇪🇵🇸🇺🇦 @thomasswords.bsky.social · 3h

*thousands of hostages held by Israel

Thomas Swords 🇮🇪🇵🇸🇺🇦 @thomasswords.bsky.social · 3h

Warm potato guy?

Thomas Swords 🇮🇪🇵🇸🇺🇦 @thomasswords.bsky.social · 3h

Here’s Johnny, being uncool 🙄

Johnny Cash shakes a fan’s hand while performing at Folsom Prison

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The Onion @theonion.com · 11h

Israel Agrees To Go Back To Killing Palestinians On Less Frequent Basis

CAIRO—As part of a historic ceasefire agreement with Hamas following two years of war, the Israeli government reportedly agreed Thursday to go back to killing Palestinians on a less frequent basis. “I...

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 8h

trump was prosecuted for real crimes and now he's punishing the people who prosecuted him with fake crimes

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Thomas Swords 🇮🇪🇵🇸🇺🇦 @thomasswords.bsky.social · 10h

sending love to my autistic friends and family today. you deserve better.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11h

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Thomas Swords 🇮🇪🇵🇸🇺🇦 @thomasswords.bsky.social · 10h

"It's OK to circumcise kids as long as we don't give them any painkillers after"

This man is in charge of this nation's public health?

Thomas Swords 🇮🇪🇵🇸🇺🇦 @thomasswords.bsky.social · 10h

I wonder if Kennedy even knows how babies are made

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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 11h

thinking about how fucked up it is to give kids measles on purpose and then withhold tylenol from them

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Thomas Swords 🇮🇪🇵🇸🇺🇦 @thomasswords.bsky.social · 10h

"Kennedy also tried to suggest on Thursday that circumcision could be linked to autism because kids are given Tylenol after the procedure." 🫠

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Thomas Swords 🇮🇪🇵🇸🇺🇦 @thomasswords.bsky.social · 11h

I liked everything about this conversation except for Christopher's egregious lack of costume lol

Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 11h

Really enjoyed talking with @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social & @trentrichardnelson.bsky.social about antifa & the history of the antifa bogeyman.

Think it’s a good listen after that batshit White House presser abt antifa yesterday www.liberalcurrents.com/half-the-ans...

Half the Answer #39: What Is Antifa, and How Do You Catch a Fascist?

Christopher Mathias, author of "To Catch a Fascist," speaks to Caitlin and Trent about the events of 2020, clashes between violent fascist clubs and "community defense" groups. They discuss misconcept...

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Thomas Swords 🇮🇪🇵🇸🇺🇦 @thomasswords.bsky.social · 11h

a "silicone rod" lol

Thomas Swords 🇮🇪🇵🇸🇺🇦 @thomasswords.bsky.social · 11h

this is from the latest AP Stylebook update on the Middle East and I hate it. Apparently, Palestinians are split on whether to accommodate or "destroy Israel" but Israelis are divided
on if there should be a Palestinian state or whether they want "continued control over occupied territories."

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Ernest Penfold @penfoldsfiv.bsky.social · 15h

sounds like a skill issue Tom. I can tell them apart just fine

Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 1d

The thing is, you can't distinguish far-left accounts from the MAGA-prankster accounts, because the horseshoe theory is real.

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Thomas Swords 🇮🇪🇵🇸🇺🇦 @thomasswords.bsky.social · 14h

all these companies think the country/world has turned rightward, but there's an increasingly large backlash to fascism. They should learn from Target's mistakes.

chart showing Target Corp's stock during 2025, when it has fallen by 41.84%

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Thomas Swords 🇮🇪🇵🇸🇺🇦 @thomasswords.bsky.social · 14h

these colors don't run

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Thomas Swords 🇮🇪🇵🇸🇺🇦 @thomasswords.bsky.social · 15h

he's such a psychopath

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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 16h

Whenever anyone says how much of the U.S. economy is tied to AI right now, I'm like...damn, what if a single rich person had any idea other than "try to zero out labor costs through theft."

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Thomas Swords 🇮🇪🇵🇸🇺🇦 @thomasswords.bsky.social · 15h

these fucking people want to bring about Gilead

Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 17h

Listening and learning

Thomas Swords 🇮🇪🇵🇸🇺🇦 @thomasswords.bsky.social · 16h

I've been more afraid than ever this week of a brutal crackdown by the state, NGL. It seems inevitable at this point, so we had better be ready.

Thomas Swords 🇮🇪🇵🇸🇺🇦 @thomasswords.bsky.social · 16h

As @kneecapceol.bsky.social clearly said: Fuck Israel. Free Palestine.

Aaliyah 🇮🇪🇵🇸 ‼️SAVE GAZA‼️ @aaliyahxx.bsky.social · 17h

BREAKING: Israeli tanks fired directly at civilians on Al-Rashid Street while the latter were trying to return to northern Gaza, shortly after the ceasefire agreement had supposedly taken effect.

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Thomas Swords 🇮🇪🇵🇸🇺🇦 @thomasswords.bsky.social · 17h

counterpoint: she ran a terrible campaign, didn't distance herself from her unpopular boss, and abandoned her left flank entirely. She couldn't beat a convicted felon who had promised insane policies.