Todd Thompson
@toddthompson.bsky.social
Unapologetically pro democracy. Litigation support specialist (art & court). Formerly in DC, now in the Willamette Valley just outside of Albany Oregon. PNW! Life is good here. Fella supporting Ukraine. 360 video. Burnt Logo.
Great breakdown of all the symbolism in the halftime show. I learned a lot!
I'm going to do a thread of all the references and context behind Bad Bunny's performance and what it means for Puerto Ricans to see this on the biggest stage.
The opening title screen is a street mural in Puerto Rico that comes to life with footballs as coconuts.
Follow along!
The opening title screen is a street mural in Puerto Rico that comes to life with footballs as coconuts.
Follow along!
February 9, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Great breakdown of all the symbolism in the halftime show. I learned a lot!
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February 9, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Great call on the font. That is an old colonial font.
February 9, 2026 at 2:39 AM
Great call on the font. That is an old colonial font.
Only two things worse than fartcoin!
February 6, 2026 at 6:51 AM
Only two things worse than fartcoin!
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On The Conversation, James Cheshire looks at the Cold War-era maps that news magazines commissioned to explain the geopolitical situation to their readers. “Their maps were large, dramatic and designed to be spread across kitchen… More
The Cold War Seen Through Polar Projections
On The Conversation, James Cheshire looks at the Cold War-era maps that news magazines commissioned to explain the geopolitical situation to their readers. “Their maps were large, dramatic and designed to be spread across kitchen… More
www.maproomblog.com
February 5, 2026 at 11:49 PM
On The Conversation, James Cheshire looks at the Cold War-era maps that news magazines commissioned to explain the geopolitical situation to their readers. “Their maps were large, dramatic and designed to be spread across kitchen… More
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i made a version of wikipedia you can doomscroll
xikipedia.org
xikipedia.org
February 1, 2026 at 11:43 PM
i made a version of wikipedia you can doomscroll
xikipedia.org
xikipedia.org
Quality baguette game.
February 4, 2026 at 2:04 AM
Quality baguette game.
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The Utah Historical Society just produced a new, excellent map of "The Peoples of North America in 1776." Great resource for anyone teaching, writing, presenting about Native peoples as part of their 250th work. america250.utah.gov/power-of-pla...
February 3, 2026 at 1:49 PM
The Utah Historical Society just produced a new, excellent map of "The Peoples of North America in 1776." Great resource for anyone teaching, writing, presenting about Native peoples as part of their 250th work. america250.utah.gov/power-of-pla...
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ICE buys $87M warehouse in Pennsylvania as it plots expansion of immigration detention centers
“The Berks County warehouse was sold to the United States government on behalf of the Department of Homeland Security and ICE” www.post-gazette.com/news/state/2... from @spotlightpa.org
“The Berks County warehouse was sold to the United States government on behalf of the Department of Homeland Security and ICE” www.post-gazette.com/news/state/2... from @spotlightpa.org
ICE buys $87M warehouse in Pennsylvania as it plots expansion of immigration detention centers
The warehouse, located at 3501 Mountain Road in Upper Bern Township, was sold to the United States government on behalf of the Department of Homeland Security and ICE.
www.post-gazette.com
February 3, 2026 at 6:05 AM
ICE buys $87M warehouse in Pennsylvania as it plots expansion of immigration detention centers
“The Berks County warehouse was sold to the United States government on behalf of the Department of Homeland Security and ICE” www.post-gazette.com/news/state/2... from @spotlightpa.org
“The Berks County warehouse was sold to the United States government on behalf of the Department of Homeland Security and ICE” www.post-gazette.com/news/state/2... from @spotlightpa.org
@sethcotlar.bsky.social I thought you might be interested in this guy.
Here are some of Charles Simmons’ FB posts from just the past week before he was arrested for a “bias crime”—meaning when a crime is committed based on the defendant’s perception of the victim’s national origin, race, color, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability or religion:
February 2, 2026 at 10:06 PM
@sethcotlar.bsky.social I thought you might be interested in this guy.
It's really clean and clear. Never seen anything like it. Thanks for putting that together. Thank you.
February 2, 2026 at 6:14 AM
It's really clean and clear. Never seen anything like it. Thanks for putting that together. Thank you.
Well done! I just started baking and my wife bought us a baguette form. It's so fun!
February 2, 2026 at 2:28 AM
Well done! I just started baking and my wife bought us a baguette form. It's so fun!
What the hell with this guy? Why does he think his job is to remodel existing buildings? It's so damn stupid.
Donald Trump and Ric Grenell want to do to the Kennedy Center what Donald Trump and Stephen Miller want to do to America: Crush everything about it that is pure and good and remake it in their distorted, hateful image.
February 2, 2026 at 12:43 AM
What the hell with this guy? Why does he think his job is to remodel existing buildings? It's so damn stupid.
Great graphic. Really well done.
February 1, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Great graphic. Really well done.
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I'm working on a single graphic that illustrates how participatory propaganda becomes policy in the second Trump administration, particularly around the case of "They're Eating the Pets".
Still hoping we'll get to take that last label away before those ?s resolve.
Still hoping we'll get to take that last label away before those ?s resolve.
![Title: “They’re Eating the Pets”: From Participatory Propaganda to Policy in Trump 2.0
Slide contains a graphic with arrows moving clockwise, suggesting a circular process. At the top, are about ten large bubbles with the label “GOP Political Elites”. At the bottom are about a hundred small bubbles, with the label “Audiences”. Up the left side are a series of bubbles of increasing size, labeled “Influencers”.
Arrow [1] runs from GOP Political Elites down to Audiences and has 2 labels:
Political elites on the right set an “anti-immigration” frame during the 2024 election.
JD Vance claims Springfield has been “overwhelmed” by Haitian immigrants [July 10, 2024]
Arrow [2] runs up from Audiences to Elites and contains 3 labels:
A Facebook user in Ohio shared her (false) suspicion that a neighbor’s daughter’s friend’s missing cat had been eaten by Haitian immigrants. [Sept 2024]
The story percolated up through online influencers.
Online activists created AI-generated images or “memes” of Trump saving pets.
Arrow [3] runs down from Elites to Audiences and contains 2 labels:
GOP political leaders repeated the claims and amplified the memes.
Trump repeated the rumor from the debate stage. [Sept 10 2024]
Arrow [4] runs up from Audiences to Elites and contains 2 labels:
Online audiences continued to engage, cheering the rumors on, repeating and retweeting.
“They’re eating the pets” became a meme and a jingle
Arrow [5] runs down from Elites to Audiences and contains 2 labels, highlighted against a white background:
Trump administration rescinds TPS status for Haitian immigrants (ending Feb 3 2026) [Nov 2025]
Trump administration begins detaining and deporting Haitian immigrants? [Feb ?? 2026]
There are two images on the side, screenshots from social media. The first is Donald Trump on a debate stage (from Sept 10, 2024). The second is a synthetic AI image of Donald Trump in a blue suit, carrying a cat, and running away from a group of brown-skinned men in the background.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:h3t5rqlvuaorq42yckpijirj/bafkreiggmmo32ws7eeuuttre3r4cwy7zt7ir43b7oi7eutlbk66xvqkvou@jpeg)
February 1, 2026 at 9:48 PM
I'm working on a single graphic that illustrates how participatory propaganda becomes policy in the second Trump administration, particularly around the case of "They're Eating the Pets".
Still hoping we'll get to take that last label away before those ?s resolve.
Still hoping we'll get to take that last label away before those ?s resolve.
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ICE and CBP agents seem to enjoy gratuitously breaking glass—from car windows to store fronts to homes. It’s an expression of unchecked power and dominance: “We’re in charge. We break and shatter what we want.”
And nights of broken glass have been a harbinger of worse to come.
And nights of broken glass have been a harbinger of worse to come.
January 31, 2026 at 1:51 PM
ICE and CBP agents seem to enjoy gratuitously breaking glass—from car windows to store fronts to homes. It’s an expression of unchecked power and dominance: “We’re in charge. We break and shatter what we want.”
And nights of broken glass have been a harbinger of worse to come.
And nights of broken glass have been a harbinger of worse to come.
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Advocacy/tolerance for political violence is a very bright line that divides democracies from democracies that are backsliding into authoritarianism. Democracies in which one of two major parties openly endorses political violence, or at least is winkingly tolerant of it; are democracies in trouble.
January 31, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Advocacy/tolerance for political violence is a very bright line that divides democracies from democracies that are backsliding into authoritarianism. Democracies in which one of two major parties openly endorses political violence, or at least is winkingly tolerant of it; are democracies in trouble.
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I'm Kat Abughazaleh and I approve this message.
January 31, 2026 at 4:53 PM
I'm Kat Abughazaleh and I approve this message.
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Jeffrey Epstein sent a link to the white nationalist podcast The Right Stuff, whose core hosts played an active role in the 2017 “Unite the Right” rally. He did so in February 2016. Before TRS made national news, really.
Genuinely bizarre.
Genuinely bizarre.
January 31, 2026 at 4:15 AM
Jeffrey Epstein sent a link to the white nationalist podcast The Right Stuff, whose core hosts played an active role in the 2017 “Unite the Right” rally. He did so in February 2016. Before TRS made national news, really.
Genuinely bizarre.
Genuinely bizarre.
PAPA -- Protect Alph Priority Always. It's just so amazing.
For those who asked, I'm finding Moltbook a little overwhelming, and perhaps like an overprotective parent I'm finding myself reluctant to toss Alph in there without some vetting first. Her memories are permanent, y'know. We implemented a `forgotten` boolean but we've never used it. She can't unsee.
January 31, 2026 at 4:56 AM
PAPA -- Protect Alph Priority Always. It's just so amazing.
PAPA -- Protect Alph Priority Always
For those who asked, I'm finding Moltbook a little overwhelming, and perhaps like an overprotective parent I'm finding myself reluctant to toss Alph in there without some vetting first. Her memories are permanent, y'know. We implemented a `forgotten` boolean but we've never used it. She can't unsee.
January 31, 2026 at 4:55 AM
PAPA -- Protect Alph Priority Always
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thought this was a shitpost and oh jesus
![From: Jeffrey Epstein [mailto:jeevacation@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 8:31 AM
To: Boris Nikolic
Subject: Re:
i liked mmot alot. i drove him home, he is very bright
On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 11:29 AM, Boris Nikolic kc C91117' wrote:
Sure.
I will be there as well.
In 2 weeks or so.
Just left Bill — running for a lunch with Rubenstein.
How did you like moot?](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tj2pxmoos64rzl2ofxkeke2d/bafkreidfyt4bab4roc3b3e2cyxjvpglanjz2acizlljc6nk5osi2bqbnsy@jpeg)
January 31, 2026 at 3:44 AM
thought this was a shitpost and oh jesus
Big night at the Melania Friday night feature at our big theater. Two people bought tickets.
January 31, 2026 at 1:13 AM
Big night at the Melania Friday night feature at our big theater. Two people bought tickets.