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Tom BunchOfNumbers

@tombunchofnumbers.bsky.social

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Amateur epistemologist. Change my mind. Come for the bad jokes, stay for the lukewarm takes. REPOST ≈ endorsement. 📍𝙎𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚, 𝙒𝘼

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Tom BunchOfNumbers @tombunchofnumbers.bsky.social · Sep 11

There is no place in our democracy for political violence.

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Tom BunchOfNumbers @tombunchofnumbers.bsky.social · 4h

Here's a copy of the 2-week temporary restraining order:

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

storage.courtlistener.com

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Rick McKee @rmckee.bsky.social · 5h

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Tom BunchOfNumbers @tombunchofnumbers.bsky.social · 5h

The new situation room in his upgraded bunker is just a hemisphere of TV screens showing every Democrat-majority city continuously burning.

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Tom BunchOfNumbers @tombunchofnumbers.bsky.social · 5h

Why is he spending so much time watching girls on school campuses?

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Tom BunchOfNumbers @tombunchofnumbers.bsky.social · 6h

can't win 'em all

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 7h

AI videos being sent to him by Miller, Noem et al, right?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Tom BunchOfNumbers @tombunchofnumbers.bsky.social · 6h

is this like the FOIA for the e-mail attachment that never existed?

Tom BunchOfNumbers @tombunchofnumbers.bsky.social · 6h

it's very simple. You just have to look for the differences:

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Tom BunchOfNumbers @tombunchofnumbers.bsky.social · 9h

surely

a football player catches a pass in front of a crowd with a sign that says 20

ALT: a football player catches a pass in front of a crowd with a sign that says 20

media.tenor.com

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slowhed @slowhed-comics.bsky.social · 1d

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Tom BunchOfNumbers @tombunchofnumbers.bsky.social · 11h

Tom BunchOfNumbers @tombunchofnumbers.bsky.social · 12h

He should really hire @brendelbored.bsky.social

Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 15h

Day 53 of trying to be hired by Andrew Cuomo

The cereal spittake meme but it’s about Andrew Cuomo saying “Free the Horses”

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Tom BunchOfNumbers @tombunchofnumbers.bsky.social · 12h

Thune out here accidentally making perfect Dem campaign ads for 2026. 💙

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 13h

Congratulations to new Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado for her courageous struggle to bring democracy to Venezuela.

Live Updates: María Corina Machado of Venezuela Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

www.nytimes.com

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Cornish Skipper #FBPE #RejoinEU 🇪🇺 〓〓 🔶🌹💚💙 @cornishskipper.bsky.social · 1d

“We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies.” defenddemocracy.eu/macron-democ...

"Europeans, let's wake up!" — Defend Democracy

“We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks.” President Macron on the occasion of German Unity Day, 3 October 2025.

defenddemocracy.eu

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Tom BunchOfNumbers @tombunchofnumbers.bsky.social · 1d

@thelouvreof.bsky.social, is there a Louvre of reddit?

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ACLU @aclu.org · 1d

BREAKING: A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Trump from deploying federalized National Guard troops into Chicago.

This ruling reinforces what we already knew: It is illegal for the president to use manufactured emergencies to send soldiers into our cities.

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Tom BunchOfNumbers @tombunchofnumbers.bsky.social · 1d

...is this real or A.I.?

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Tom BunchOfNumbers @tombunchofnumbers.bsky.social · 1d

that's how you write a headline

Tom BunchOfNumbers @tombunchofnumbers.bsky.social · 1d

The headline phrasing is awkward and may somewhat read like the fraud charge is related to a case against Trump.

Rephrase it.

Tom BunchOfNumbers @tombunchofnumbers.bsky.social · 1d

a woman says " it does n't even matter anymore " in front of a purple background

Alt: https://youtu.be/ZJkc_C5-Cd8 a woman says " it doesn't even matter anymore " in front of a purple background

media.tenor.com

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Tom the Dancing Bug, by Ruben Bolling @rubenbolling.bsky.social · 1d

Unprecedented crime in Chicago in 2025 that justifies the invocation of the Insurrection Act?
Trust Trump

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Tom BunchOfNumbers @tombunchofnumbers.bsky.social · 1d

is the 'event' a funeral? or a pizza party?

Tom BunchOfNumbers @tombunchofnumbers.bsky.social · 1d

yup. it's true. he saw it. 🙃

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Science Magazine @science.org · 1d

In an analysis of 1.2 million news stories about scholarly research, men-led papers were found to receive more attention overall and were heavily overrepresented in the top 5% of most covered studies. https://scim.ag/4o7l5a5

When women researchers publish, media attention doesn’t always follow

Men-led papers receive more media coverage than women’s, new study finds

scim.ag

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