Tom Eastman
@tom.eastman.nz
It might seem obvious that if you value something, you'll make an effort to get better at it.
What's less intuitive is that if you make an effort to get better at something you're not good at, you'll learn its value.
What's less intuitive is that if you make an effort to get better at something you're not good at, you'll learn its value.
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Four-time Grammy Award nominee Jesse Welles performs his song "Join Ice."
Bob Dylan once said a single folk singer could defeat an entire army. Ladies and gentlemen, I think we have our man.
Bob Dylan once said a single folk singer could defeat an entire army. Ladies and gentlemen, I think we have our man.
January 24, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Four-time Grammy Award nominee Jesse Welles performs his song "Join Ice."
Bob Dylan once said a single folk singer could defeat an entire army. Ladies and gentlemen, I think we have our man.
Bob Dylan once said a single folk singer could defeat an entire army. Ladies and gentlemen, I think we have our man.
Do I know anyone with the album "Baby, I'll Play" by The Thomas Oliver Band?
My copy got lost, but I simply can't find it at *all* on the internet. No streaming, videos pulled from Youtube. Not even on his website..
Almost no evidence it ever existed at all. I'd love to find a copy again somehow.
My copy got lost, but I simply can't find it at *all* on the internet. No streaming, videos pulled from Youtube. Not even on his website..
Almost no evidence it ever existed at all. I'd love to find a copy again somehow.
January 26, 2026 at 7:46 AM
Do I know anyone with the album "Baby, I'll Play" by The Thomas Oliver Band?
My copy got lost, but I simply can't find it at *all* on the internet. No streaming, videos pulled from Youtube. Not even on his website..
Almost no evidence it ever existed at all. I'd love to find a copy again somehow.
My copy got lost, but I simply can't find it at *all* on the internet. No streaming, videos pulled from Youtube. Not even on his website..
Almost no evidence it ever existed at all. I'd love to find a copy again somehow.
And these are the FIRST WAVE.
These are the cream of the crop.
Imagine how the barrel scrapings are gonna be in another year or two.
These are the cream of the crop.
Imagine how the barrel scrapings are gonna be in another year or two.
i can’t get over how stupid these dudes are. a secret paramilitary force made up of the dumbest guys you’ve ever met
Minneapolis, MN -
Very developing situation here. FPS agents ran into the hotel. Tear gas deployed. Hotel patrons forced to put their hands up. One agent’s nose bloodied.
Very developing situation here. FPS agents ran into the hotel. Tear gas deployed. Hotel patrons forced to put their hands up. One agent’s nose bloodied.
January 26, 2026 at 7:27 AM
And these are the FIRST WAVE.
These are the cream of the crop.
Imagine how the barrel scrapings are gonna be in another year or two.
These are the cream of the crop.
Imagine how the barrel scrapings are gonna be in another year or two.
They actually *are* sending their best.
January 26, 2026 at 6:57 AM
They actually *are* sending their best.
I think I simply would not have elected the decomposing fascist.
January 26, 2026 at 6:35 AM
I think I simply would not have elected the decomposing fascist.
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Here's a regular white guy (literally "Chad") not a protester. because, "It seemed pointless, or just a way for people to expiate their sense of guilt." Chad witnessed something shattering. And, that all changed in a moment.
Excellent article!
Excellent article!
January 26, 2026 at 4:33 AM
Here's a regular white guy (literally "Chad") not a protester. because, "It seemed pointless, or just a way for people to expiate their sense of guilt." Chad witnessed something shattering. And, that all changed in a moment.
Excellent article!
Excellent article!
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One of the best things I’ve read in a while:
January 25, 2026 at 10:39 PM
One of the best things I’ve read in a while:
An adversary wouldn't attack Signal's encryption. They'd attack Signal's distribution.
Signal is "open source", but you have no choice but to trust that the source you can read is the source that was compiled into the app given to you by the Google app store.
Signal is "open source", but you have no choice but to trust that the source you can read is the source that was compiled into the app given to you by the Google app store.
The main Signal vulnerabilities are:
* Someone is looking at your physical device IRL (either because it was seized or you have it open in public)
* You are in a large group chat or one that was insufficiently vetted or both
* Someone else's device was seized and they failed to delete records
* Someone is looking at your physical device IRL (either because it was seized or you have it open in public)
* You are in a large group chat or one that was insufficiently vetted or both
* Someone else's device was seized and they failed to delete records
I think it is *incredibly* irresponsible for someone like @stonekettle.bsky.social, with a huge following, to claim that Signal is just as insecure as texts or other public social media.
This is a classic “making perfect the enemy of the good” error.
This is a classic “making perfect the enemy of the good” error.
January 25, 2026 at 7:54 PM
An adversary wouldn't attack Signal's encryption. They'd attack Signal's distribution.
Signal is "open source", but you have no choice but to trust that the source you can read is the source that was compiled into the app given to you by the Google app store.
Signal is "open source", but you have no choice but to trust that the source you can read is the source that was compiled into the app given to you by the Google app store.
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If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.
January 24, 2026 at 8:29 PM
If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.
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I was a sensitive kid. I loved cats. I had OCD, undiagnosed.
When I was 9, a fraternity brother tortured a cat to death in my hometown. The details even now are beyond imagination. archive.is/xdmUL
I was traumatized for years from reading the news story.
The torturer? Now the head of the NRA.
When I was 9, a fraternity brother tortured a cat to death in my hometown. The details even now are beyond imagination. archive.is/xdmUL
I was traumatized for years from reading the news story.
The torturer? Now the head of the NRA.
January 25, 2026 at 4:55 AM
I was a sensitive kid. I loved cats. I had OCD, undiagnosed.
When I was 9, a fraternity brother tortured a cat to death in my hometown. The details even now are beyond imagination. archive.is/xdmUL
I was traumatized for years from reading the news story.
The torturer? Now the head of the NRA.
When I was 9, a fraternity brother tortured a cat to death in my hometown. The details even now are beyond imagination. archive.is/xdmUL
I was traumatized for years from reading the news story.
The torturer? Now the head of the NRA.
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“this moment requires you not to worship your own life anymore” audience is stone cold “this moment requires you to put your life between them and their targets” audience erupts
i know there’s a selection bias here but. there is a Hunger in this room i’ve never seen before
i know there’s a selection bias here but. there is a Hunger in this room i’ve never seen before
January 25, 2026 at 2:00 AM
“this moment requires you not to worship your own life anymore” audience is stone cold “this moment requires you to put your life between them and their targets” audience erupts
i know there’s a selection bias here but. there is a Hunger in this room i’ve never seen before
i know there’s a selection bias here but. there is a Hunger in this room i’ve never seen before
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One of the things I've learned from bluesky is that while I would agree it's pretty much an echo chamber, an echo chamber doesn't have to be isolating or pacifying if it's filled with curious, inquisitive, and self-aware people. Being surrounded by people like yourself who actually care about...
January 25, 2026 at 1:02 AM
One of the things I've learned from bluesky is that while I would agree it's pretty much an echo chamber, an echo chamber doesn't have to be isolating or pacifying if it's filled with curious, inquisitive, and self-aware people. Being surrounded by people like yourself who actually care about...
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Reminder:
If you get exhausted and burn out and give up, you lose. If you stay in, you win. Just by existing, you win!
So taking little breaks for joy is fine! Good actually!
Helping other people find joy, gives you joy too! Joy is not conserved! The laws of thermodynamics don't apply to joy!
If you get exhausted and burn out and give up, you lose. If you stay in, you win. Just by existing, you win!
So taking little breaks for joy is fine! Good actually!
Helping other people find joy, gives you joy too! Joy is not conserved! The laws of thermodynamics don't apply to joy!
mekka okereke :verified: (@[email protected])
Reminder:
If you get exhausted and burn out and give up, you lose. If you stay in, you win. Just by existing, you win!
So taking little breaks for joy is fine! Good actually!
Helping other people f...
hachyderm.io
January 23, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Reminder:
If you get exhausted and burn out and give up, you lose. If you stay in, you win. Just by existing, you win!
So taking little breaks for joy is fine! Good actually!
Helping other people find joy, gives you joy too! Joy is not conserved! The laws of thermodynamics don't apply to joy!
If you get exhausted and burn out and give up, you lose. If you stay in, you win. Just by existing, you win!
So taking little breaks for joy is fine! Good actually!
Helping other people find joy, gives you joy too! Joy is not conserved! The laws of thermodynamics don't apply to joy!
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Pam Bondi just sent a letter to Minnesota officials saying ICE will leave if the state turns over its voter database to Trump.
Guess what? This has never been about safety or immigration. It’s a pretext for Trump to take over elections in swing states.
Guess what? This has never been about safety or immigration. It’s a pretext for Trump to take over elections in swing states.
January 25, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Pam Bondi just sent a letter to Minnesota officials saying ICE will leave if the state turns over its voter database to Trump.
Guess what? This has never been about safety or immigration. It’s a pretext for Trump to take over elections in swing states.
Guess what? This has never been about safety or immigration. It’s a pretext for Trump to take over elections in swing states.
I've gone to great lengths to turn off autoplay on bluesky, but for some reason embedded quoted posts auto play snuff films in my feed.
January 24, 2026 at 10:36 PM
I've gone to great lengths to turn off autoplay on bluesky, but for some reason embedded quoted posts auto play snuff films in my feed.
I live in the timezone where every morning I wake up after the murder, but before we know the name of who was murdered.
January 24, 2026 at 9:29 PM
I live in the timezone where every morning I wake up after the murder, but before we know the name of who was murdered.
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Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.
White. Hot. Rage.
White. Hot. Rage.
January 24, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.
White. Hot. Rage.
White. Hot. Rage.
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ICE is now responsible for 66% of the homicides in Minneapolis this year.
January 24, 2026 at 4:51 PM
ICE is now responsible for 66% of the homicides in Minneapolis this year.
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Settings > Content and Media > Autoplay Video and GIFs
Turn it off, now.
Turn it off, now.
January 24, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Settings > Content and Media > Autoplay Video and GIFs
Turn it off, now.
Turn it off, now.
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Discworld QOTD, from Night Watch
"Two types of people laugh at the law: those that break it and those that make it."
"Two types of people laugh at the law: those that break it and those that make it."
Discworld QOTD, from Witches Abroad
January 24, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Night Watch
"Two types of people laugh at the law: those that break it and those that make it."
"Two types of people laugh at the law: those that break it and those that make it."
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![a Kirby frame, inspired by Anthony Moser
Frame (F is happening!): The protestor had a gun!
Negation (F is not true!): The observer had a gun permit
Kirby (K is happening. That's why they're saying F): THEY ARE NAZI DEATH SQUADS
[eats the frame saying "gun man bad"]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eawrzkefxggvqbrmagkhsmcc/bafkreifkywskuzbxiuoyfbasyous2f2fsvuukhcckmiet43f4yhwtslo4e@jpeg)
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Democrats can and must make it clear there will be trials and anyone even somewhat associated with ICE will face them. Maybe give a quit-your-job deadline on appeasement and give people 72 hours. I don't know. But currently the plan is to let them murder us in the street and get away with it.
January 24, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Democrats can and must make it clear there will be trials and anyone even somewhat associated with ICE will face them. Maybe give a quit-your-job deadline on appeasement and give people 72 hours. I don't know. But currently the plan is to let them murder us in the street and get away with it.
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Reminder: All it would take to end the murder of American citizens by an untrained government goon squad is 16 Republicans in Congress voting with Dems to defund ICE (or 23 to impeach and remove Trump — 3 in House & 20 in Senate). That’s it. 23 Americans can vote for the public and end all of this.
January 24, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Reminder: All it would take to end the murder of American citizens by an untrained government goon squad is 16 Republicans in Congress voting with Dems to defund ICE (or 23 to impeach and remove Trump — 3 in House & 20 in Senate). That’s it. 23 Americans can vote for the public and end all of this.
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We must stop funding DHS.
January 24, 2026 at 6:21 PM
We must stop funding DHS.