Tom McCormick
@tommcc.bsky.social
Husband, Dad, Real Estate Broker, Milwaukee WI
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You are ABSOLUTELY NOT going to regret listening to this bird:
A male rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) in winter plumage.
Ptarmigan is from Gaelic 'tarmachan' meaning "croaker". The p- was added when people mistakenly assumed it was a Greek word.
A bird forever warning people: "A werewolf!" (just in case of werewolves).
Ptarmigan is from Gaelic 'tarmachan' meaning "croaker". The p- was added when people mistakenly assumed it was a Greek word.
A bird forever warning people: "A werewolf!" (just in case of werewolves).
December 6, 2025 at 5:10 PM
You are ABSOLUTELY NOT going to regret listening to this bird:
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A thread on obscenity. I'll get back to these cars. But first: tonight I took my 12yrold to see Nuremberg. He's a pretty serious movie watcher. Thought Zone of Interest was genius. I knew he could handle this. But this isn't a movie review. It's about IRL... 1/
December 6, 2025 at 12:33 AM
A thread on obscenity. I'll get back to these cars. But first: tonight I took my 12yrold to see Nuremberg. He's a pretty serious movie watcher. Thought Zone of Interest was genius. I knew he could handle this. But this isn't a movie review. It's about IRL... 1/
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“Preservation of one’s own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures.”
~Cesar Chavez
Image: Santa Clara University.
~Cesar Chavez
Image: Santa Clara University.
December 3, 2025 at 12:27 PM
“Preservation of one’s own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures.”
~Cesar Chavez
Image: Santa Clara University.
~Cesar Chavez
Image: Santa Clara University.
This
*channeling Sassy Mag*
It Happened to Me: My Country Pivoted from Democracy to Kleptocracy
It Happened to Me: My Country Pivoted from Democracy to Kleptocracy
December 1, 2025 at 4:05 PM
This
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Continuing my series that no one asked for: “People and history portrayed in ‘Death by Lightning’ that you should really know more about whether you want to or not.”
Today, I give you this piece from 2016, which argues that President Chester A. Arthur deserves a better historical reputation.
Today, I give you this piece from 2016, which argues that President Chester A. Arthur deserves a better historical reputation.
President Chester A. Arthur
Why the Twenty-First President Matters
werehistory.org
November 29, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Continuing my series that no one asked for: “People and history portrayed in ‘Death by Lightning’ that you should really know more about whether you want to or not.”
Today, I give you this piece from 2016, which argues that President Chester A. Arthur deserves a better historical reputation.
Today, I give you this piece from 2016, which argues that President Chester A. Arthur deserves a better historical reputation.
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Time to ask: In whose interests is American foreign policy being conducted?
"By dangling multibillion-dollar rare-earth and energy deals, Moscow could reshape the economic map of Europe—while driving a wedge between America and its traditional allies"
Read this excellent @wsj.com account of the business deals behind the "peace"negotiations
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Read this excellent @wsj.com account of the business deals behind the "peace"negotiations
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine
The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.
www.wsj.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Time to ask: In whose interests is American foreign policy being conducted?
@wisn12news.bsky.social accepted not excepted... The guy on the far right of my screen, front row, has a little whiteboard with a spelling error...
November 26, 2025 at 11:05 PM
@wisn12news.bsky.social accepted not excepted... The guy on the far right of my screen, front row, has a little whiteboard with a spelling error...
Sigh
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Sigh
@baldwin.senate.gov don't give away the leverage!
November 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
@baldwin.senate.gov don't give away the leverage!
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Absolutely right.
October 28, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Absolutely right.
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Norms & duct tape. That's all the Republic has turned out to be, because the laws & the Constitution do not enforce themselves. There are about 30 people in Washington who can fix this. We should stop giving them free passes all day every day & laser-focus on getting them to do their damn jobs.
It is incredibly difficult to get folks to understand that there are literally 20-30 people in DC who could end all of this tomorrow, & all of them are Republicans in Congress, & no one in the National Conversation seems interested in paying attention to that.
October 22, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Norms & duct tape. That's all the Republic has turned out to be, because the laws & the Constitution do not enforce themselves. There are about 30 people in Washington who can fix this. We should stop giving them free passes all day every day & laser-focus on getting them to do their damn jobs.
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Does seem like there’s a non-zero chance that the shutdown never really ends and that Congress has already abolished itself.
I find it amazing too that Republicans’ boycott of Washington isn’t the biggest story of them all.
The shutdown can’t end if they refuse to show up for work.
The shutdown can’t end if they refuse to show up for work.
October 21, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Does seem like there’s a non-zero chance that the shutdown never really ends and that Congress has already abolished itself.
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Release the unredacted Senate Intelligence Committee Report on Russian Interference in the 2016 United States presidential election!
Or the Senate Intel Committee report. Chaired by Rubio. History indeed. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senate_...
Senate Intelligence Committee report on Russian interference in the 2016 United States presidential election - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
October 22, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Release the unredacted Senate Intelligence Committee Report on Russian Interference in the 2016 United States presidential election!
LFG Brewers! #winitforUeck #thisismycrew
October 12, 2025 at 2:57 AM
LFG Brewers! #winitforUeck #thisismycrew
Annoyed with all the doom and gloom by Brewers fans on this platform. Brewers have put up how many innings with four runs this year? Come on. We got this.
#thisismycrew #Brewers
#thisismycrew #Brewers
October 10, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Annoyed with all the doom and gloom by Brewers fans on this platform. Brewers have put up how many innings with four runs this year? Come on. We got this.
#thisismycrew #Brewers
#thisismycrew #Brewers
October 10, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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251 years ago today: Britain passes the “Quebec Act,” which cedes control of the future state of Wisconsin (as well as much of the Midwest) to Canada.
This act infuriated American colonists and fueled the anger that would build into the American revolution 6 months later.
This act infuriated American colonists and fueled the anger that would build into the American revolution 6 months later.
October 7, 2025 at 12:50 PM
251 years ago today: Britain passes the “Quebec Act,” which cedes control of the future state of Wisconsin (as well as much of the Midwest) to Canada.
This act infuriated American colonists and fueled the anger that would build into the American revolution 6 months later.
This act infuriated American colonists and fueled the anger that would build into the American revolution 6 months later.
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this. edit.
the brewers video team is killing it.
go crew.
the brewers video team is killing it.
go crew.
October 7, 2025 at 3:58 AM
this. edit.
the brewers video team is killing it.
go crew.
the brewers video team is killing it.
go crew.
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This Photo of Chourio's HR 🔥🔥🔥
October 7, 2025 at 4:11 AM
This Photo of Chourio's HR 🔥🔥🔥
Omfg... Did TBS not even bother to send their announcers to the actual game?
October 7, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Omfg... Did TBS not even bother to send their announcers to the actual game?
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Keep on counting out the Brewers, national media! WE DARE YOU. 💙🩵💛🍻⚾️
October 7, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Keep on counting out the Brewers, national media! WE DARE YOU. 💙🩵💛🍻⚾️
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Power, speed, fielding, contact, stuff, command
The Brewers are playing... Modern Baseball
The Brewers are playing... Modern Baseball
October 7, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Power, speed, fielding, contact, stuff, command
The Brewers are playing... Modern Baseball
The Brewers are playing... Modern Baseball
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Someone should do a FOIA request for the raw footage of the videos they took of that Chicago raid and then edited into a fascist ad for ICE.
October 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Someone should do a FOIA request for the raw footage of the videos they took of that Chicago raid and then edited into a fascist ad for ICE.