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.
Charles II was at least a good hang, dunno about this dude.
January 16, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Charles II was at least a good hang, dunno about this dude.
Keep it up, like I said you’re already sounding a lot healthier.
January 16, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Keep it up, like I said you’re already sounding a lot healthier.
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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
maybe some sort of bureau in charge of politics need a catchy name for this too
January 16, 2026 at 12:02 AM
maybe some sort of bureau in charge of politics need a catchy name for this too
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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
I spent 5 seconds trying to remember posting this.
January 14, 2026 at 9:33 PM
I spent 5 seconds trying to remember posting this.
You don’t have to like any of Russia’s governments but a take that reductive is the epitome of chauvinism.
Taking an entire nation and reducing it to a good/bad binary leads to some very dark alleys of thought.
Taking an entire nation and reducing it to a good/bad binary leads to some very dark alleys of thought.
January 14, 2026 at 9:32 PM
You don’t have to like any of Russia’s governments but a take that reductive is the epitome of chauvinism.
Taking an entire nation and reducing it to a good/bad binary leads to some very dark alleys of thought.
Taking an entire nation and reducing it to a good/bad binary leads to some very dark alleys of thought.
And for the record the Order of Lenin was a legit award, recipients are statesmen, cosmonauts, scientists, engineers, writers, directors, composers, even whole fucking cities for their resistance against the Nazi scourge in WW2.
January 14, 2026 at 9:23 PM
And for the record the Order of Lenin was a legit award, recipients are statesmen, cosmonauts, scientists, engineers, writers, directors, composers, even whole fucking cities for their resistance against the Nazi scourge in WW2.
It only happened 35 years ago, it takes time for news to get out.
January 14, 2026 at 9:19 PM
It only happened 35 years ago, it takes time for news to get out.
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
As a HS English teacher (and human) I empathize.
January 13, 2026 at 2:32 PM
As a HS English teacher (and human) I empathize.
I believe they’re doing what humans refer to as “a joke.”
a man is holding a red object with the word joke written on it
Alt: a man is holding a red object with the word joke written on it
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January 13, 2026 at 1:27 PM
I believe they’re doing what humans refer to as “a joke.”
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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.
keep it; this will help us both in court
January 13, 2026 at 1:52 AM
keep it; this will help us both in court
