Tom Pain
@tompain.bsky.social
He/him. Co-host of Ten Thousand Losses. Lefty educator and Philly native in exile. History, beer, language, and transit nerd. Go birds.
60 hours of workers and resources this week and I’m noticing substations more and more these days
January 17, 2026 at 3:30 PM
60 hours of workers and resources this week and I’m noticing substations more and more these days
slapping the table yelling BSL S-Bahn
The Broad Street Subway maintains strong operational performance, with fast service speeds and a smooth ride.
Its original design envisioned a trunk line configuration with branches extending to the northeast, northwest, and southwest.
It's never been fully utilized.
Its original design envisioned a trunk line configuration with branches extending to the northeast, northwest, and southwest.
It's never been fully utilized.
January 17, 2026 at 3:27 PM
slapping the table yelling BSL S-Bahn
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This video shows ICE holding children hostage to bait parents out of their homes.
Just unspeakable levels of cruelty and inhumanity.
Just unspeakable levels of cruelty and inhumanity.
January 16, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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Stephen Miller claiming to be a Star Trek fan is just perfect evidence that it doesn’t matter how explicit you make the messaging in your fiction, there is always going to be a subsection of your audience who is to stupid to understand it.
January 16, 2026 at 12:42 PM
Stephen Miller claiming to be a Star Trek fan is just perfect evidence that it doesn’t matter how explicit you make the messaging in your fiction, there is always going to be a subsection of your audience who is to stupid to understand it.
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The Dave Matthews tour bus has parked on a bridge high above a unit of ICE officers
January 16, 2026 at 12:38 AM
The Dave Matthews tour bus has parked on a bridge high above a unit of ICE officers
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This dude is intense and correct
January 15, 2026 at 9:05 AM
This dude is intense and correct
cancel elections okay well I’m electing my own government
it should have a lot of workers in it, maybe there’s some sort of council I wonder if there is a nice succinct name for that
it should have a lot of workers in it, maybe there’s some sort of council I wonder if there is a nice succinct name for that
January 15, 2026 at 11:59 PM
cancel elections okay well I’m electing my own government
it should have a lot of workers in it, maybe there’s some sort of council I wonder if there is a nice succinct name for that
it should have a lot of workers in it, maybe there’s some sort of council I wonder if there is a nice succinct name for that
bringing my wife into the room to show her my rail construction complex that's under construction, getting tingly thinking about the drastically expanded import capacity I'll have soon
think about all the asphalt, folks, that I'll be able to ship in
it's destined to pave our road to progress
think about all the asphalt, folks, that I'll be able to ship in
it's destined to pave our road to progress
January 15, 2026 at 1:46 AM
bringing my wife into the room to show her my rail construction complex that's under construction, getting tingly thinking about the drastically expanded import capacity I'll have soon
think about all the asphalt, folks, that I'll be able to ship in
it's destined to pave our road to progress
think about all the asphalt, folks, that I'll be able to ship in
it's destined to pave our road to progress
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Back when I was a little kid my older brother would punch me on the shoulder and as soon as I was like “I’m telling.” He would say “Bryan made me hurt my hand” anyway, I saw that the ICE dipshit got internal bleeding from standing next to a car
January 14, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Back when I was a little kid my older brother would punch me on the shoulder and as soon as I was like “I’m telling.” He would say “Bryan made me hurt my hand” anyway, I saw that the ICE dipshit got internal bleeding from standing next to a car
celebrated every day in my house
January 14, 2026 at 11:36 PM
celebrated every day in my house
found where we record our pod
January 14, 2026 at 11:35 PM
found where we record our pod
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Happening Now: Students have walked out of school and are protesting against ICE in Saint Paul, Minnesota
January 14, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Happening Now: Students have walked out of school and are protesting against ICE in Saint Paul, Minnesota
liberals will equate a fake one-off award issued to placate a reactionary and a real discontinued (last issued in 1991) award issued to honor actual achievement, but I guess everything to ever have come out of Russia is bad, even shit that predates Putin’s bullshit by a decade
Order of Lenin and FIFA Peace Prize. Two of the most respected achievements in the world.
January 14, 2026 at 9:16 PM
liberals will equate a fake one-off award issued to placate a reactionary and a real discontinued (last issued in 1991) award issued to honor actual achievement, but I guess everything to ever have come out of Russia is bad, even shit that predates Putin’s bullshit by a decade
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i hope all the people resisting ICE on the ground know how fucking inspiring they are. minneapolis right now, and chicago and LA and charlotte and DC and portland before them, you’re setting the blueprint for the future battles sure to come. thank you.
January 13, 2026 at 1:54 AM
i hope all the people resisting ICE on the ground know how fucking inspiring they are. minneapolis right now, and chicago and LA and charlotte and DC and portland before them, you’re setting the blueprint for the future battles sure to come. thank you.
Two rivers, the Delaware and the Schuylkill formed my life’s blood, never shall I be parted from them in my heart despite any distance thence.
January 12, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Two rivers, the Delaware and the Schuylkill formed my life’s blood, never shall I be parted from them in my heart despite any distance thence.
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Surely we can start getting Moderate Democrats on board when they see that more training doesn’t stop the incessant horrors they commit.
Also Moderate Democrats:
Also Moderate Democrats:
January 12, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Surely we can start getting Moderate Democrats on board when they see that more training doesn’t stop the incessant horrors they commit.
Also Moderate Democrats:
Also Moderate Democrats:
I’m very tired of feeling this way
a man with a beard is standing next to another man with the words it 's the deep breath
Alt: “It’s the deep breath before the plunge” from ROTK
media.tenor.com
January 12, 2026 at 5:49 PM
I’m very tired of feeling this way
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You notice how thousands and thousands of cops aren't coming out to condemn Jonathan Ross for senselessly killing Renee Good?
This is what people mean by "all cops are bastards". If this were any other profession, the entire group would condemn it. With cops it's the reverse, they all justify it.
This is what people mean by "all cops are bastards". If this were any other profession, the entire group would condemn it. With cops it's the reverse, they all justify it.
January 12, 2026 at 4:33 PM
You notice how thousands and thousands of cops aren't coming out to condemn Jonathan Ross for senselessly killing Renee Good?
This is what people mean by "all cops are bastards". If this were any other profession, the entire group would condemn it. With cops it's the reverse, they all justify it.
This is what people mean by "all cops are bastards". If this were any other profession, the entire group would condemn it. With cops it's the reverse, they all justify it.
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Anything less than abolishing ICE is unacceptable. I don't want to hear people talk about training these motherfuckers or throwing more money at them. The entire institution needs to be permanently disbanded. Do not let politicians sell you on anything less.
January 12, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Anything less than abolishing ICE is unacceptable. I don't want to hear people talk about training these motherfuckers or throwing more money at them. The entire institution needs to be permanently disbanded. Do not let politicians sell you on anything less.
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the thing about “ICE needs training” is that Jonathan Ross was a ten year DHS vet and a firearms instructor
he’s the kind of guy they get training from
the whole institution is rotten, throw it out
he’s the kind of guy they get training from
the whole institution is rotten, throw it out
Democrats officially going all in on the mealy mouthed “ICE needs training” narrative.
No. ABOLISH ICE.
No. ABOLISH ICE.
WARNER: It used to take 5 to 6 months to get trained. They've now lowered the training period to 47 days. Why 47 days? Because Donald Trump's the 47th president. Tell me that's a rational approach
KERNEN: I'm not taking that bait
WARNER: Joe! You can't pick your facts
KERNEN: I'm not taking that bait
WARNER: Joe! You can't pick your facts
January 12, 2026 at 4:45 PM
the thing about “ICE needs training” is that Jonathan Ross was a ten year DHS vet and a firearms instructor
he’s the kind of guy they get training from
the whole institution is rotten, throw it out
he’s the kind of guy they get training from
the whole institution is rotten, throw it out
how it feels in the staff room eating lunch while my colleagues talk about the eagles
January 12, 2026 at 5:16 PM
how it feels in the staff room eating lunch while my colleagues talk about the eagles