Prestidigitator John 🇵🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦
@tomscud.bsky.social
Editor and writer for an undisclosed publication. Auguste Piccard and Frank Wilhoit stan. Pope Sixtus VI papal name advocate. He/him.
Pinned
Adam the Golem was a calm, reflective soul
With his chiseled jaw
And his sculpted abs
And two eyes made out of coal.
Adam the Golem was a fairytale they say.
He was made of clay
But the rabbis say
That he came to life one day.
With his chiseled jaw
And his sculpted abs
And two eyes made out of coal.
Adam the Golem was a fairytale they say.
He was made of clay
But the rabbis say
That he came to life one day.
Pinned thread with various creative works I want to be able to find later. First, Adam the Golem, the story of the golem of Prague set to a possibly familiar tune: bsky.app/profile/toms...
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"everyone has to get back to the office because the important thing about business is human interaction" is dying, but "white collar jobs will be replaced by AI agents within 18 months" cannot yet be born; in this interregnum a variety of morbid symptoms appear.
February 13, 2026 at 9:52 AM
"everyone has to get back to the office because the important thing about business is human interaction" is dying, but "white collar jobs will be replaced by AI agents within 18 months" cannot yet be born; in this interregnum a variety of morbid symptoms appear.
2 Samuel 11:2-5
February 13, 2026 at 1:41 PM
2 Samuel 11:2-5
Insane career in every way
Carl Everett
CF-RF-DH
Debut: 1993 - Retired: 2006
NYM - BOS - CHW - SEA - HOU - WSN - FLA - TEX
CF-RF-DH
Debut: 1993 - Retired: 2006
NYM - BOS - CHW - SEA - HOU - WSN - FLA - TEX
Carl Everett at baseball-reference.com
Career stats of Carl Everett
baseball-reference.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:54 AM
Insane career in every way
That picky eater thing reinforcing the “everyone is twelve” narrative
February 13, 2026 at 3:30 AM
That picky eater thing reinforcing the “everyone is twelve” narrative
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I can respect leaking military secrets to win a forum argument but to do it for profit is just unseemly.
February 13, 2026 at 2:40 AM
I can respect leaking military secrets to win a forum argument but to do it for profit is just unseemly.
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If Moderna is no longer bringing vaccine trials for Epstein-Barr virus (good evidence that EB causes Multiple Sclerosis), herpes, and shingles because of Trump appointees, I want prison time for those appointees.
This might be dooming millions to disease they don’t have to experience.
This might be dooming millions to disease they don’t have to experience.
February 13, 2026 at 1:04 AM
If Moderna is no longer bringing vaccine trials for Epstein-Barr virus (good evidence that EB causes Multiple Sclerosis), herpes, and shingles because of Trump appointees, I want prison time for those appointees.
This might be dooming millions to disease they don’t have to experience.
This might be dooming millions to disease they don’t have to experience.
0. Where’s the advanced version with like natto or salmiakki
February 13, 2026 at 12:47 AM
0. Where’s the advanced version with like natto or salmiakki
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Jewish mama perfection.
Best advertisement I’ve seen so far at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival
February 13, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Jewish mama perfection.
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it's not easy breeding deer for gigantism, but that's why I make the big bucks
February 12, 2026 at 8:48 PM
it's not easy breeding deer for gigantism, but that's why I make the big bucks
Who’s the most famous alum of your high school
Edward Said
Edward Said
Who's the most famous alum of your high school?
I'll go first: David Draiman of Disturbed
I'll go first: David Draiman of Disturbed
guys i just found out i went to the same high school as howard lutnick. please respect my privacy at this time.
February 12, 2026 at 4:19 AM
Who’s the most famous alum of your high school
Edward Said
Edward Said
Lindbergh would not have been much of a poster but he would have inspired some truly epic discourses
FR lindbergh baby kidnapping would have been a top ten social media topic
February 12, 2026 at 4:18 AM
Lindbergh would not have been much of a poster but he would have inspired some truly epic discourses
FR lindbergh baby kidnapping would have been a top ten social media topic
February 12, 2026 at 4:05 AM
FR lindbergh baby kidnapping would have been a top ten social media topic
Welp taking the late Amtrak train makes those two hour delays hit harder
February 12, 2026 at 3:02 AM
Welp taking the late Amtrak train makes those two hour delays hit harder
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PASSED: the House just passed the resolution to end Trump's tariffs on Canada.
Not many crosses from Republicans, a lot of vulnerable incumbents took a dumb vote here to stick with Trump and GOP leadership. Goes to the Senate, which is likely to pass it.
Will share the vote sheet when I have it!
Not many crosses from Republicans, a lot of vulnerable incumbents took a dumb vote here to stick with Trump and GOP leadership. Goes to the Senate, which is likely to pass it.
Will share the vote sheet when I have it!
February 11, 2026 at 11:18 PM
PASSED: the House just passed the resolution to end Trump's tariffs on Canada.
Not many crosses from Republicans, a lot of vulnerable incumbents took a dumb vote here to stick with Trump and GOP leadership. Goes to the Senate, which is likely to pass it.
Will share the vote sheet when I have it!
Not many crosses from Republicans, a lot of vulnerable incumbents took a dumb vote here to stick with Trump and GOP leadership. Goes to the Senate, which is likely to pass it.
Will share the vote sheet when I have it!
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If you saw today's headline that Gallup will stop measuring presidential approval, they did the same thing in 2018. They do it whenever Trump is president.
February 11, 2026 at 7:27 PM
If you saw today's headline that Gallup will stop measuring presidential approval, they did the same thing in 2018. They do it whenever Trump is president.
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There's 17 republicans running and only three Dems, including the 2024 nominee Shawn Harris - since its a jungle primary with only the top two candidates advancing to the runoff, there's a very funny/unlikely world where the GOP vote is so diluted that both Dems make it.
www.ajc.com/politics/202...
www.ajc.com/politics/202...
‘Blood in the water.’ Why Republicans fear an upset in MTG’s backyard.
A 21-person race to succeed Marjorie Taylor in Congress has Georgia Republicans on edge, worried the crowded field could benefit Democrats.
www.ajc.com
February 11, 2026 at 8:01 PM
There's 17 republicans running and only three Dems, including the 2024 nominee Shawn Harris - since its a jungle primary with only the top two candidates advancing to the runoff, there's a very funny/unlikely world where the GOP vote is so diluted that both Dems make it.
www.ajc.com/politics/202...
www.ajc.com/politics/202...
Oldest selfie on your phone
February 11, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Oldest selfie on your phone
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First, the Trump administration said it detained Leqaa Kordia for an immigration violation.
Then, they used her participation in a pro-Palestine Columbia protest to justify it.
Now, they say she supports Hamas because she sent money to family in Palestine.
She has been detained for nearly a year:
Then, they used her participation in a pro-Palestine Columbia protest to justify it.
Now, they say she supports Hamas because she sent money to family in Palestine.
She has been detained for nearly a year:
Why Has This Columbia University Protester Been in ICE Detention for Nearly a Year?
Leqaa Kordia's family worries about her health after she was briefly hospitalized last week. DHS refused to give them information about her condition and she is still 'very sick.'
zeteo.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:51 PM
First, the Trump administration said it detained Leqaa Kordia for an immigration violation.
Then, they used her participation in a pro-Palestine Columbia protest to justify it.
Now, they say she supports Hamas because she sent money to family in Palestine.
She has been detained for nearly a year:
Then, they used her participation in a pro-Palestine Columbia protest to justify it.
Now, they say she supports Hamas because she sent money to family in Palestine.
She has been detained for nearly a year:
Oh Em Gee
February 11, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Oh Em Gee
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This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.
February 11, 2026 at 4:46 PM
This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.
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Vanderbilt Prof. Larry Bartels told me the data show Europeans have become *more* welcoming of immigrants in recent decades, a fact obscured by news coverage of the far-right. Journalists, he said, prefer to write the more alarming story. www.theredoubt.net/the-far-righ...
The far right is still not the future
From America to Europe, most people don't share the values of right-wing extremists.
www.theredoubt.net
February 5, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Vanderbilt Prof. Larry Bartels told me the data show Europeans have become *more* welcoming of immigrants in recent decades, a fact obscured by news coverage of the far-right. Journalists, he said, prefer to write the more alarming story. www.theredoubt.net/the-far-righ...
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having your city noticed by the president is now a natural disaster on par with a hurricane or major flood
February 11, 2026 at 2:12 PM
having your city noticed by the president is now a natural disaster on par with a hurricane or major flood