Torberg M. Tonnessen
@tmtonnessen.bsky.social
Torberg M. Tonnessen ("Tor") (he/him/his)
Got tired of using "Antisocial Misanthrope" as my display name; sorry for any confusion.
NYC origin; Baltimore resident
Husband of @lynbelzer.bsky.social
Got tired of using "Antisocial Misanthrope" as my display name; sorry for any confusion.
NYC origin; Baltimore resident
Husband of @lynbelzer.bsky.social
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When picking my kid up from work they informed me their manager told all of them that due to her position they had to treat her with respect.
I informed my child they have to follow the manager’s directions but they absolutely don’t have to respect her just because she’s a manager.
I informed my child they have to follow the manager’s directions but they absolutely don’t have to respect her just because she’s a manager.
December 6, 2025 at 3:16 AM
When picking my kid up from work they informed me their manager told all of them that due to her position they had to treat her with respect.
I informed my child they have to follow the manager’s directions but they absolutely don’t have to respect her just because she’s a manager.
I informed my child they have to follow the manager’s directions but they absolutely don’t have to respect her just because she’s a manager.
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Joint Statement of the Acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery by Netflix.
December 5, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Joint Statement of the Acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery by Netflix.
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this is your fault, Bill
personally, specifically, your fault
you could have blocked this guy, you more than anyone had the power, and you chose not to do it
you own this and I hope you choke on it
personally, specifically, your fault
you could have blocked this guy, you more than anyone had the power, and you chose not to do it
you own this and I hope you choke on it
December 5, 2025 at 4:17 PM
this is your fault, Bill
personally, specifically, your fault
you could have blocked this guy, you more than anyone had the power, and you chose not to do it
you own this and I hope you choke on it
personally, specifically, your fault
you could have blocked this guy, you more than anyone had the power, and you chose not to do it
you own this and I hope you choke on it
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Irony is dead
BARTIROMO: How is it possible that the Democrats have been able to rally around 'affordability' and make people think that's what they're focused on and not what Republicans are focused on?
HASSETT: It's just what happens sometimes when one political party has the media echoing what they're saying
HASSETT: It's just what happens sometimes when one political party has the media echoing what they're saying
December 5, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Irony is dead
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Cartoon: Mari Lewd. With thanks to my wonderful and talented friend IG @gingerlymade for letting me steal her idea (and you can totally see her excellent art including this and more on her IG!)
December 5, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Cartoon: Mari Lewd. With thanks to my wonderful and talented friend IG @gingerlymade for letting me steal her idea (and you can totally see her excellent art including this and more on her IG!)
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The fact that a second strike like that in an armed conflict is definitely a war crime should not completely negate the fact that *there is no war* and ALL the strikes are cold-blooded murder. The whole chain of command are murderers.
December 5, 2025 at 1:20 AM
The fact that a second strike like that in an armed conflict is definitely a war crime should not completely negate the fact that *there is no war* and ALL the strikes are cold-blooded murder. The whole chain of command are murderers.
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It's good—very good, and very important—that district courts keep issuing these 100-page rulings upholding the law. It must be incredibly dispiriting to see them overturned in a two-page, lawless, unsigned order, but please, keep them coming. They expose SCOTUS' corruption like nothing else.
December 5, 2025 at 12:41 AM
It's good—very good, and very important—that district courts keep issuing these 100-page rulings upholding the law. It must be incredibly dispiriting to see them overturned in a two-page, lawless, unsigned order, but please, keep them coming. They expose SCOTUS' corruption like nothing else.
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what's telling at this point is that this is also the consensus outlook of any serious legal observer
even people who spent years arguing about how there was a consistent legal philosophy, even if we disagreed with it, have now come around to "yeah they're just partisan hacks"
even people who spent years arguing about how there was a consistent legal philosophy, even if we disagreed with it, have now come around to "yeah they're just partisan hacks"
December 4, 2025 at 11:37 PM
what's telling at this point is that this is also the consensus outlook of any serious legal observer
even people who spent years arguing about how there was a consistent legal philosophy, even if we disagreed with it, have now come around to "yeah they're just partisan hacks"
even people who spent years arguing about how there was a consistent legal philosophy, even if we disagreed with it, have now come around to "yeah they're just partisan hacks"
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Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
Minipax
In a post on X tonight, the State Department says it “renamed the former Institute of Peace to reflect the greatest dealmaker in our nation's history.”
“Welcome to the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace.”
“Welcome to the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace.”
December 4, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Minipax
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Our guide to listening to the #xpncountdown. Did we say it starts tomorrow morning at 8am w/ @kristenkurtis.bsky.social? xpn.org/how-to-liste...
How To Listen (And Fall Deep Into The Wormhole) Of The 885 Greatest Cover Songs Countdown - WXPN | Vinyl At Heart
Ahhhhhhh! The 885 Greatest Cover Songs Countdown will be officially underway TOMORROW at 8am! All week long, WXPN is playing your favorite reimagined songs, as voted on by thousands of listeners, reve...
xpn.org
December 4, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Our guide to listening to the #xpncountdown. Did we say it starts tomorrow morning at 8am w/ @kristenkurtis.bsky.social? xpn.org/how-to-liste...
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“Once sprayed into the nostril, noroxone works quickly to free up opioid receptors in the brain, allowing compounds like heroin, fentanyl, oxycodone, hydrocodone, codeine, and morphine to reattach and fatally interrupt respiration.”
FDA Approves New Drug That Reverses Effects Of Narcan
SILVER SPRING, MD—Praising the drug’s ability to quickly and effectively increase fatalities amongst the nation’s opioid users, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a new nasal spray Wednesd...
theonion.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:30 AM
“Once sprayed into the nostril, noroxone works quickly to free up opioid receptors in the brain, allowing compounds like heroin, fentanyl, oxycodone, hydrocodone, codeine, and morphine to reattach and fatally interrupt respiration.”
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So here’s the thing: I, a certified Disabled™️ Person, do not actually care if anyone fakes for an extra 20 minutes on the test. I care deeply about how the fear of that very thing puts up flaming hoops disabled people have to jump through.
Maybe listen to disabled folk on this one.
Maybe listen to disabled folk on this one.
Balancing "no person with a disability should be denied accommodations" with "it's important to discourage non-disabled people from pretending to be disabled to take advantage of these accommodations" is really difficult and I don't have a great answer for what anyone should do about it.
December 2, 2025 at 9:21 PM
So here’s the thing: I, a certified Disabled™️ Person, do not actually care if anyone fakes for an extra 20 minutes on the test. I care deeply about how the fear of that very thing puts up flaming hoops disabled people have to jump through.
Maybe listen to disabled folk on this one.
Maybe listen to disabled folk on this one.
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No paywall. No subscription. No login. Just free community-centered journalism — accessible to everyone in Baltimore, regardless of income or internet access.https://support.baltimorebeat.com/page/NEIGHBORHOOD
December 3, 2025 at 1:00 AM
No paywall. No subscription. No login. Just free community-centered journalism — accessible to everyone in Baltimore, regardless of income or internet access.https://support.baltimorebeat.com/page/NEIGHBORHOOD
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an actual lefty candidate managed a 13 point shift left from 2024 on midterm-level turnout in fucking Tennessee
we are going to win
we are going to win
December 3, 2025 at 4:22 AM
an actual lefty candidate managed a 13 point shift left from 2024 on midterm-level turnout in fucking Tennessee
we are going to win
we are going to win
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I’m also gonna start posting stuff I don’t have the authority to order.
Andrew Garfield shall be my husband.
Thank you for your attention to this matter!
Andrew Garfield shall be my husband.
Thank you for your attention to this matter!
December 2, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I’m also gonna start posting stuff I don’t have the authority to order.
Andrew Garfield shall be my husband.
Thank you for your attention to this matter!
Andrew Garfield shall be my husband.
Thank you for your attention to this matter!
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I'm like 90% sure that's an innocent typo.
85%
85%
December 2, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I'm like 90% sure that's an innocent typo.
85%
85%
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Day 39 of inserting a random Muppet into a random Star Trek screenshot
#StarTrek #StarTrekGenerations #StarTrekTNG #TheMuppets #MuppetTreasureIsland
#StarTrek #StarTrekGenerations #StarTrekTNG #TheMuppets #MuppetTreasureIsland
November 29, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Day 39 of inserting a random Muppet into a random Star Trek screenshot
#StarTrek #StarTrekGenerations #StarTrekTNG #TheMuppets #MuppetTreasureIsland
#StarTrek #StarTrekGenerations #StarTrekTNG #TheMuppets #MuppetTreasureIsland
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ATTN: Fellow artists perpetually in search of background noise!
www.myretrotvs.com
This site streams retro TV, divided up by genre and decade.
Watch news broadcasts from the 70s
Movie trailers from the 80s
Cartoons from the 50s
Soap operas from the 60s
And a lot more
It's pretty fuk'n great!
www.myretrotvs.com
This site streams retro TV, divided up by genre and decade.
Watch news broadcasts from the 70s
Movie trailers from the 80s
Cartoons from the 50s
Soap operas from the 60s
And a lot more
It's pretty fuk'n great!
MyRetroTVs
Tune in to the lost decades with these nostalgic TV simulators.
www.myretrotvs.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:38 AM
ATTN: Fellow artists perpetually in search of background noise!
www.myretrotvs.com
This site streams retro TV, divided up by genre and decade.
Watch news broadcasts from the 70s
Movie trailers from the 80s
Cartoons from the 50s
Soap operas from the 60s
And a lot more
It's pretty fuk'n great!
www.myretrotvs.com
This site streams retro TV, divided up by genre and decade.
Watch news broadcasts from the 70s
Movie trailers from the 80s
Cartoons from the 50s
Soap operas from the 60s
And a lot more
It's pretty fuk'n great!
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it’s my first homemade cd from 2003 - it’s fine. i have seven other cds. but someone wanted it so now it’s on bandcamp jackiekashianinc.bandcamp.com/album/cake-i... you’ve been warned completists
December 2, 2025 at 4:21 AM
it’s my first homemade cd from 2003 - it’s fine. i have seven other cds. but someone wanted it so now it’s on bandcamp jackiekashianinc.bandcamp.com/album/cake-i... you’ve been warned completists
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"Republicans will never allow articles of impeachment to be brought to the floor of the House of Representatives, and we know that's the case."
This is a flat-out 100% lie from @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social and he knows it. Impeachment resolutions are privileged, they can force a vote at any time.
This is a flat-out 100% lie from @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social and he knows it. Impeachment resolutions are privileged, they can force a vote at any time.
For some reason Democratic leaders seem to prefer telling voters what they won’t be able to do, rather than what they’d like to do.
If Hegseth ordered a war crime and lied about it, shouldn’t Ds try for impeachment? Put Rs on the spot. They might get a few defections.
www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...
If Hegseth ordered a war crime and lied about it, shouldn’t Ds try for impeachment? Put Rs on the spot. They might get a few defections.
www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...
Jeffries says not to expect Democrats to pursue Hegseth impeachment over boat strikes
"Republicans will never allow articles of impeachment to be brought to the floor," he said.
www.axios.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:15 AM
"Republicans will never allow articles of impeachment to be brought to the floor of the House of Representatives, and we know that's the case."
This is a flat-out 100% lie from @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social and he knows it. Impeachment resolutions are privileged, they can force a vote at any time.
This is a flat-out 100% lie from @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social and he knows it. Impeachment resolutions are privileged, they can force a vote at any time.
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If you'd like some good news on AI, the last few weeks have seen execs across multiple industries strive to hide AI usage labeling on their products because, as many of us have said FOR YEARS, the audience that *doesn't* want AI is substantial and we will reject your product whole hog for using it.
December 1, 2025 at 9:35 PM
If you'd like some good news on AI, the last few weeks have seen execs across multiple industries strive to hide AI usage labeling on their products because, as many of us have said FOR YEARS, the audience that *doesn't* want AI is substantial and we will reject your product whole hog for using it.
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be the bitch doing something yourself that you want to see in the world
there’s a scene in the new documentary where Elizabeth Taylor is talking about the stigma of AIDS and how she got involved in the movement and it’s fucking everything
December 1, 2025 at 8:54 PM
be the bitch doing something yourself that you want to see in the world
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theres a huge problem with academics who cant see the most obvious political attacks. the right uses this like a hacker exploits a bug. these people are never operating in good faith and they use the basic protections of our society to literally undermine the equal rights of others. wake the hell up
December 1, 2025 at 6:58 PM
theres a huge problem with academics who cant see the most obvious political attacks. the right uses this like a hacker exploits a bug. these people are never operating in good faith and they use the basic protections of our society to literally undermine the equal rights of others. wake the hell up
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The 1st of December is an interesting day in my career. For one thing, it's when it began. 27 years ago today I started in the IT department at Doctors' Hospital of Staten Island. I had been a registrar in the ED, but IT had an opening and my boss suggested I could be a good fit.
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The 1st of December is an interesting day in my career. For one thing, it's when it began. 27 years ago today I started in the IT department at Doctors' Hospital of Staten Island. I had been a registrar in the ED, but IT had an opening and my boss suggested I could be a good fit.
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December 1, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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The 1st of December is an interesting day in my career. For one thing, it's when it began. 27 years ago today I started in the IT department at Doctors' Hospital of Staten Island. I had been a registrar in the ED, but IT had an opening and my boss suggested I could be a good fit.
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The 1st of December is an interesting day in my career. For one thing, it's when it began. 27 years ago today I started in the IT department at Doctors' Hospital of Staten Island. I had been a registrar in the ED, but IT had an opening and my boss suggested I could be a good fit.
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