Tom Coates
@tomcoates.bsky.social
English technologist, founder and product designer living in San Francisco. Prev: BBC, Yahoo, Time Out, Nokia, Jawbone, Wired & Eero. Founded things too. Currently trying to find something to get excited rather than angry about. http://www.plasticbag.org
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A decade of trans advocacy has taught me people believe lies because they want to, not because they don't know they are lies. They believe trans people will regret our transition because they want us to regret our transition. They believe we are a "social contagion" because that is how they see us
January 23, 2026 at 1:18 PM
A decade of trans advocacy has taught me people believe lies because they want to, not because they don't know they are lies. They believe trans people will regret our transition because they want us to regret our transition. They believe we are a "social contagion" because that is how they see us
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Why would you post instructions like this?
Not exaggerating when I say that the collective action in Minnesota will be studied for generations if not centuries to come
January 23, 2026 at 5:02 AM
Why would you post instructions like this?
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Freedom House freedom rankings of The Board of Peace - which Trump described as the most prestigious group of world leaders ever assembled.
44% of the board ranks as “not free”, 50% as “partly free” and everyone else is the United States.
44% of the board ranks as “not free”, 50% as “partly free” and everyone else is the United States.
January 23, 2026 at 4:28 AM
Freedom House freedom rankings of The Board of Peace - which Trump described as the most prestigious group of world leaders ever assembled.
44% of the board ranks as “not free”, 50% as “partly free” and everyone else is the United States.
44% of the board ranks as “not free”, 50% as “partly free” and everyone else is the United States.
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I've talked to people on the ground about the strike here tomorrow, and the single thing everyone brings up is just how shockingly wide the support for the strike is. Businesses that no one would have expected to support it are doing so.
National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
January 23, 2026 at 12:15 AM
I've talked to people on the ground about the strike here tomorrow, and the single thing everyone brings up is just how shockingly wide the support for the strike is. Businesses that no one would have expected to support it are doing so.
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President Donald Trump called for criminal charges to be filed against pollsters who find results he doesn't like after a new survey found his reputation spinning into freefall.
Trump demands criminal charges as NY Times reports he's in freefall
President Donald Trump called for criminal charges to be filed against pollsters who find results he doesn't like after a new survey found his reputation spinning into freefall.The New York Times released polling data Thursday showing fewer than one-third of voters believe the country is better off ...
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January 22, 2026 at 6:36 PM
President Donald Trump called for criminal charges to be filed against pollsters who find results he doesn't like after a new survey found his reputation spinning into freefall.
I saw this video of Trump at Davos talking to the rich about how their net worth had doubled since he became President. Has your net worth doubled in the last year? Just checking.
January 23, 2026 at 2:09 AM
I saw this video of Trump at Davos talking to the rich about how their net worth had doubled since he became President. Has your net worth doubled in the last year? Just checking.
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The “don’t take down history” crowd is awfully silent.
Signs about the history of slavery in the U.S. and the 9 people George Washington enslaved are being removed right now at the President’s House Site in Philadelphia, across from Independence Hall, months after the Trump administration threatend to do so.
How far we have not come in 250 years.
How far we have not come in 250 years.
January 22, 2026 at 10:35 PM
The “don’t take down history” crowd is awfully silent.
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Funny how the right is outraged at Fanone flipping off a congressman just days after celebrating a president flipping off a working American .
January 22, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Funny how the right is outraged at Fanone flipping off a congressman just days after celebrating a president flipping off a working American .
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People want to have their basic needs met.
They want to be paid a living wage.
They want to stop being nickle and dimed by powerful corporations who control so much of our lives.
They do not want Venezuela.
They do not want Greenland.
They do not want masked thugs terrorizing our communities.
They want to be paid a living wage.
They want to stop being nickle and dimed by powerful corporations who control so much of our lives.
They do not want Venezuela.
They do not want Greenland.
They do not want masked thugs terrorizing our communities.
January 22, 2026 at 8:50 PM
People want to have their basic needs met.
They want to be paid a living wage.
They want to stop being nickle and dimed by powerful corporations who control so much of our lives.
They do not want Venezuela.
They do not want Greenland.
They do not want masked thugs terrorizing our communities.
They want to be paid a living wage.
They want to stop being nickle and dimed by powerful corporations who control so much of our lives.
They do not want Venezuela.
They do not want Greenland.
They do not want masked thugs terrorizing our communities.
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this ad is so badass and is relevant whether you're in the UK or in the USA
Help us make hope normal again.
Join the Green Party now.
Join the Green Party now.
January 22, 2026 at 8:32 PM
this ad is so badass and is relevant whether you're in the UK or in the USA
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We don't need a dictator. And we certainly don't need you, Donald.
January 22, 2026 at 8:30 PM
We don't need a dictator. And we certainly don't need you, Donald.
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I will never shut up about this - Prince Adam *literally* has a magical gender-affirming sword. That's it. That's the text.
January 22, 2026 at 8:32 PM
I will never shut up about this - Prince Adam *literally* has a magical gender-affirming sword. That's it. That's the text.
Very cursory, back of the napkin maths - every country on this list combined has about 2.5x times the population of the US, but altogether have about a third of the US’s GDP - or to put it another way, half of China’s GDP or Japan and Germany combined.
Here's the "Board of Peace" representatives on stage at Trump's launch event.
January 22, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Very cursory, back of the napkin maths - every country on this list combined has about 2.5x times the population of the US, but altogether have about a third of the US’s GDP - or to put it another way, half of China’s GDP or Japan and Germany combined.
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The director of the FBI: "I don't read."
His staff (paraphrased): "he doesn’t like meetings in office settings. What he wants is social events."
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
His staff (paraphrased): "he doesn’t like meetings in office settings. What he wants is social events."
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
January 22, 2026 at 7:21 PM
The director of the FBI: "I don't read."
His staff (paraphrased): "he doesn’t like meetings in office settings. What he wants is social events."
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
His staff (paraphrased): "he doesn’t like meetings in office settings. What he wants is social events."
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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And now something positive:
solar and wind energy production in the EU surpasses fossil energy for the first time.
☀️ 💨
#TippingPoint
Source: dr.dk
solar and wind energy production in the EU surpasses fossil energy for the first time.
☀️ 💨
#TippingPoint
Source: dr.dk
January 22, 2026 at 6:41 AM
And now something positive:
solar and wind energy production in the EU surpasses fossil energy for the first time.
☀️ 💨
#TippingPoint
Source: dr.dk
solar and wind energy production in the EU surpasses fossil energy for the first time.
☀️ 💨
#TippingPoint
Source: dr.dk
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This man is an idiot.
Isn't this a telling aspiration? To want robots to look after your kids, so you can do stuff, rather than robots to do stuff, so you can spend time with your kids?
The darkness inside these shrivelled men must be like a gaping unfillable void.
The darkness inside these shrivelled men must be like a gaping unfillable void.
January 22, 2026 at 7:02 PM
This man is an idiot.
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Because the Titanic is famous for being the ship that turned around, hmmm?
Vance on the economy:
"You don't turn the Titanic around overnight"
"You don't turn the Titanic around overnight"
January 22, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Because the Titanic is famous for being the ship that turned around, hmmm?
You guys know what to do. Support our friends!
Kaleb Blain, a 35-year old trans man and pitmaster, was fired from the legendary BBQ restaurant Terry Black’s after he was doxxed over Charlie Kirk comments.
Now he’s running his own barbecue spot in Waco: “I feel better than I ever have.”
By @kitoconnell.com
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Now he’s running his own barbecue spot in Waco: “I feel better than I ever have.”
By @kitoconnell.com
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‘Barbecue Saved My Life’: Meet Waco’s Antifascist Transgender Pitmaster
Kaleb Blain went from the fast-paced world of 911 dispatching to the “low and slow” of BBQ, where he’s built a following.
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January 22, 2026 at 5:01 PM
You guys know what to do. Support our friends!
You know what, the world is actually not always that terrible. Hoping this is true @nigella.bsky.social xx
Nigella Lawson reportedly set to replace Prue Leith as judge on The Great British Bake Off #GBBO alongside Paul Hollywood. More details:
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NIGELLA LAWSON 'SET TO JOIN BAKE OFF' AS NEW JUDGE ALONGSIDE PAUL HOLLYWOOD
Nigella Lawson is reportedly set to join The Great British Bake Off next series as judge alongside Paul Hollywood. It follows the news that Prue Leith announced she is stepping down as judge after nin...
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January 22, 2026 at 4:48 PM
You know what, the world is actually not always that terrible. Hoping this is true @nigella.bsky.social xx
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If you know me irl, feel free to ask me, too. The refusal of the political class to give a damn about people with AIDS was appalling & infuriating. Same for the American public, tbh. Homophobia, xenophobia, & racism are a hell of a brew. AIDS activists were almost entirely on their own.
if you are surprised that politicians aren't joining or at least supporting the people protesting ICE, let me tell you about the AIDS crisis years.
January 22, 2026 at 4:43 AM
If you know me irl, feel free to ask me, too. The refusal of the political class to give a damn about people with AIDS was appalling & infuriating. Same for the American public, tbh. Homophobia, xenophobia, & racism are a hell of a brew. AIDS activists were almost entirely on their own.
The report is in the reply to this post. Just skip to the findings. They are … pretty damning.
The House Ethics Committee found that Matt Gaetz did all of the horrible things previously claimed—sex trafficking minors, prostitution (including of minors), drugs, drunk driving, obstruction, the works. The Florida Bulldog has secured and published the House report this evening.
January 22, 2026 at 5:12 AM
The report is in the reply to this post. Just skip to the findings. They are … pretty damning.
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Dire consequences in Florida of Trump/Republicans' federal decision to eliminate ACA subsidies:
Cutting off HIV+ Americans from the medications **they're currently taking** that are keeping them alive.
www.wtxl.com/downtown-tal...
Cutting off HIV+ Americans from the medications **they're currently taking** that are keeping them alive.
www.wtxl.com/downtown-tal...
HIV advocates rally against changes to AIDS drug assistance program at Florida State Capitol
Advocates and patients warn thousands of Floridians living with HIV could lose access to life-saving medications under proposed changes to the AIDS Drug Assistance Program.
www.wtxl.com
January 22, 2026 at 1:51 AM
Dire consequences in Florida of Trump/Republicans' federal decision to eliminate ACA subsidies:
Cutting off HIV+ Americans from the medications **they're currently taking** that are keeping them alive.
www.wtxl.com/downtown-tal...
Cutting off HIV+ Americans from the medications **they're currently taking** that are keeping them alive.
www.wtxl.com/downtown-tal...
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Appalled to your core by what Trump's fascist henchmen are doing in the United States? Well, read for yourself: Nigel Farage wants to repeat it in the United Kingdom.
January 21, 2026 at 11:58 PM
Appalled to your core by what Trump's fascist henchmen are doing in the United States? Well, read for yourself: Nigel Farage wants to repeat it in the United Kingdom.
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His name is Liam Ramos, and he is 5. He was abducted from Minneapolis and trafficked to a detention camp in Texas.
This picture making the rounds on reddit, Columbia Heights. I'm not OK.
January 21, 2026 at 11:27 PM
His name is Liam Ramos, and he is 5. He was abducted from Minneapolis and trafficked to a detention camp in Texas.