Tom Doyle
@tomdoyle.bsky.social
science fiction and fantasy writer, author of the American Craftsmen trilogy, Border Crosser, and the Agent of Exiles audio adventure series.
Watching the American Revolution documentary, does anyone else think about Peter in the Brady Bunch whining about playing Benedict Arnold in the school play?
November 30, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Watching the American Revolution documentary, does anyone else think about Peter in the Brady Bunch whining about playing Benedict Arnold in the school play?
In ep. 1 of The American Revolution documentary, Burns et al. highlight the pre-revolution outrage of the colonials to a military force occupying a city--they see the act as pure tyranny.
November 26, 2025 at 3:41 AM
In ep. 1 of The American Revolution documentary, Burns et al. highlight the pre-revolution outrage of the colonials to a military force occupying a city--they see the act as pure tyranny.
Reached the Brooklyn Heights part of the American Revolution doc, and no mention of poor old Philip "Foggy" Morton! #AmericanCraftsmen.
November 24, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Reached the Brooklyn Heights part of the American Revolution doc, and no mention of poor old Philip "Foggy" Morton! #AmericanCraftsmen.
I'm wondering if Vince Gilligan likes Wagner.
November 22, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I'm wondering if Vince Gilligan likes Wagner.
@charliejane.bsky.social Welp, it happened (sorta)! Something you might enjoy (and many have thought of): www.tiktok.com/@mcluvs2laug...
Had to be done, Derry Girls in Welcome to Derry #derrygirls #pennywise #derry #welcometoderry #impressions #sketch #ireland #irishtiktok #trending
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November 18, 2025 at 5:24 PM
@charliejane.bsky.social Welp, it happened (sorta)! Something you might enjoy (and many have thought of): www.tiktok.com/@mcluvs2laug...
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Cat’s out of the bag! 📡🎥🎬 The NSF NRAO is thrilled to officially share that the Very Large Array appears in Vince Gilligan’s new AppleTV+ series #Pluribus.
We’re honored to have served as a filming site and for the chance to work with such a talented team!
📸 Credit: Matt Credle
#VLA #Astronomy
We’re honored to have served as a filming site and for the chance to work with such a talented team!
📸 Credit: Matt Credle
#VLA #Astronomy
November 17, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Cat’s out of the bag! 📡🎥🎬 The NSF NRAO is thrilled to officially share that the Very Large Array appears in Vince Gilligan’s new AppleTV+ series #Pluribus.
We’re honored to have served as a filming site and for the chance to work with such a talented team!
📸 Credit: Matt Credle
#VLA #Astronomy
We’re honored to have served as a filming site and for the chance to work with such a talented team!
📸 Credit: Matt Credle
#VLA #Astronomy
@astrokatie.com Over on the other place, Eric Idle is saying nice things about you!
November 16, 2025 at 9:10 PM
@astrokatie.com Over on the other place, Eric Idle is saying nice things about you!
For those needed a response to being dissed by the regime, Miller's Crossing has got you covered: "Tell [him] he's not God on the throne, he's just a cheap political boss with more hair tonic than brains."
November 15, 2025 at 2:35 PM
For those needed a response to being dissed by the regime, Miller's Crossing has got you covered: "Tell [him] he's not God on the throne, he's just a cheap political boss with more hair tonic than brains."
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a word to comics people - I have been loving The Power Fantasy by @kierongillen.bsky.social and @casparw.bsky.social - it's very smart and fun and fast paced and issue #13 is a massive payoff that ends with a crazy "uhh now what???" scenario. Get on board if you're not already
November 13, 2025 at 3:24 AM
a word to comics people - I have been loving The Power Fantasy by @kierongillen.bsky.social and @casparw.bsky.social - it's very smart and fun and fast paced and issue #13 is a massive payoff that ends with a crazy "uhh now what???" scenario. Get on board if you're not already
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I will not support a deal that does nothing to make health care more affordable.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
November 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I will not support a deal that does nothing to make health care more affordable.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
VERY VAGUE PLURIBUS SPOILER BELOW:
A lot of stuff is going on in #Pluribus, but I'll add one thing--a structure like Asimov's 3 Laws (with considerable differences in those laws) has been set up, and the tensions and contradictions of that will drive some of the action.
A lot of stuff is going on in #Pluribus, but I'll add one thing--a structure like Asimov's 3 Laws (with considerable differences in those laws) has been set up, and the tensions and contradictions of that will drive some of the action.
November 9, 2025 at 12:30 PM
VERY VAGUE PLURIBUS SPOILER BELOW:
A lot of stuff is going on in #Pluribus, but I'll add one thing--a structure like Asimov's 3 Laws (with considerable differences in those laws) has been set up, and the tensions and contradictions of that will drive some of the action.
A lot of stuff is going on in #Pluribus, but I'll add one thing--a structure like Asimov's 3 Laws (with considerable differences in those laws) has been set up, and the tensions and contradictions of that will drive some of the action.
Some of the current splitting on the right may be connected to apocalyptic disappointment. They've done what they should for the kingdom of heaven to come to earth (e.g. elect the last good emperor, etc.), but it doesn't appear to be happening as planned. This disappointment is always dangerous.
November 8, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Some of the current splitting on the right may be connected to apocalyptic disappointment. They've done what they should for the kingdom of heaven to come to earth (e.g. elect the last good emperor, etc.), but it doesn't appear to be happening as planned. This disappointment is always dangerous.
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This week's newsletter! One week away from DIE: LOADED! Golden Rage: Mother Knows Best trade is out! A general check in with where we are with the Power Fantasy! Stuff! Things!
347: let’s not be actively masochistic for a change
HulloLoadingRageNovemberClubLinksBye **** A huge week next week. In fact, it may end up being a big week, every month, as DIE: Loaded and The Power Fantasy...
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November 5, 2025 at 4:02 PM
This week's newsletter! One week away from DIE: LOADED! Golden Rage: Mother Knows Best trade is out! A general check in with where we are with the Power Fantasy! Stuff! Things!
It's the 5th of November, and unfortunately the Valerie sequence of V for Vendetta has never been more relevant. So here it is (and here we are) again. Of these, hope. www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_Gb...
Valerie's Story.wmv
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November 5, 2025 at 10:37 PM
It's the 5th of November, and unfortunately the Valerie sequence of V for Vendetta has never been more relevant. So here it is (and here we are) again. Of these, hope. www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_Gb...
@aiannucci.bsky.social Just saw your last post on the bad place, so following you here.
November 3, 2025 at 12:25 AM
@aiannucci.bsky.social Just saw your last post on the bad place, so following you here.
Everyone focuses on the Gatsby party, but that's just a front for the once and future Salò party.
November 2, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Everyone focuses on the Gatsby party, but that's just a front for the once and future Salò party.
Halloween on U St., and the occupiers seemed a bit nervous with an occasion where everyone is in disguise and acting out. Other cultures have maybe one day a year as a social steamvalve of misrule--we contain multitudes. I wonder which ones they'll try to contain.
November 2, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Halloween on U St., and the occupiers seemed a bit nervous with an occasion where everyone is in disguise and acting out. Other cultures have maybe one day a year as a social steamvalve of misrule--we contain multitudes. I wonder which ones they'll try to contain.
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Free, no-strings archived version of my Post story on the proposed national-security ban of top-selling #TP-Link routers. archive.ph/PhA3w
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October 31, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Free, no-strings archived version of my Post story on the proposed national-security ban of top-selling #TP-Link routers. archive.ph/PhA3w
A kickstarter for an anthology of stories by cancer survivors (but not about cancer), including yours truly!
On November 1st, the Kickstarter campaign for the 𝑨𝑫𝑽𝑬𝑹𝑺𝑰𝑻𝒀 𝑨𝑵𝑫 𝑨𝑼𝑫𝑨𝑪𝑰𝑻𝒀 anthology will open. The funding goal is fairly modest, but to ensure success I'm asking folks to help spread the word. Use the link below to get notified/reminded when we go live.
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Coming soon: ADVERSITY AND AUDACITY
Tales by Cancer Survivors
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November 1, 2025 at 5:21 PM
A kickstarter for an anthology of stories by cancer survivors (but not about cancer), including yours truly!
I've assumed this was either designed by Morgoth or that Sauron was able to tap his former master's power somehow in this region (which also explains the strange characteristics of Mt. Doom). Sauron might even be sentimental about how the region feels close to his banished boss.
only huge dorks complain about tolkein's unrealistic plate tectonics. yes mordor is shaped like a bigass square but maybe thats because mordor's mountains were not formed the way mountain ranges in our world are
November 1, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I've assumed this was either designed by Morgoth or that Sauron was able to tap his former master's power somehow in this region (which also explains the strange characteristics of Mt. Doom). Sauron might even be sentimental about how the region feels close to his banished boss.
I enjoyed #OneBattleAfterAnother --it's odd in the way I like but far from trite. In fact, its relevance is a bit unnerving, like some message from a slightly different timeline. And strangely hopeful. The window is closing on seeing it in theaters, but see it when you can.
November 1, 2025 at 2:20 AM
I enjoyed #OneBattleAfterAnother --it's odd in the way I like but far from trite. In fact, its relevance is a bit unnerving, like some message from a slightly different timeline. And strangely hopeful. The window is closing on seeing it in theaters, but see it when you can.
Happy Halloween! 270 years ago tomorrow, an earthquake destroyed much of Lisbon. It was All Saints' Day, so many were at mass at the time. This leads in a fairly straight line to Hannibal Lecter's interest in churches collapsing on worshippers. "Watch the papers. God always stays ahead."
October 31, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Happy Halloween! 270 years ago tomorrow, an earthquake destroyed much of Lisbon. It was All Saints' Day, so many were at mass at the time. This leads in a fairly straight line to Hannibal Lecter's interest in churches collapsing on worshippers. "Watch the papers. God always stays ahead."
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If the British Royal Family has more accountability than your own leaders, you have a serious problem.
October 30, 2025 at 10:00 PM
If the British Royal Family has more accountability than your own leaders, you have a serious problem.
Hot Halloween take--Blue Oyster Cult's "E.T.I." is a scarier song than "Reaper," but the music is so peppy that no one can tell.
October 30, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Hot Halloween take--Blue Oyster Cult's "E.T.I." is a scarier song than "Reaper," but the music is so peppy that no one can tell.
It's Halloween Eve--unleash the cowbell! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy4H...
Blue Oyster Cult - (Don't Fear) The Reaper (Official Audio)
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October 30, 2025 at 11:20 AM
It's Halloween Eve--unleash the cowbell! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy4H...