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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* You know how Van Halen had a contract rider demanding bowls of M&Ms with the brown ones removed?
They later claimed that was all a test to make sure venues were reading their contracts. Clever!
BUT WAIT, that claim itself is actually false. I fact-checked it.
Snack Stack exclusive:
They later claimed that was all a test to make sure venues were reading their contracts. Clever!
BUT WAIT, that claim itself is actually false. I fact-checked it.
Snack Stack exclusive:
In Search of Van Halen's Brown M&Ms
Contract riders and the meaning of a modern pop star
snackstack.net
November 25, 2025 at 4:37 AM
* You know how Van Halen had a contract rider demanding bowls of M&Ms with the brown ones removed?
They later claimed that was all a test to make sure venues were reading their contracts. Clever!
BUT WAIT, that claim itself is actually false. I fact-checked it.
Snack Stack exclusive:
They later claimed that was all a test to make sure venues were reading their contracts. Clever!
BUT WAIT, that claim itself is actually false. I fact-checked it.
Snack Stack exclusive:
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we all thought we needed AI to create the figure of the paperclip maximizer, but contemporary American capitalism, in its genius, has instead possessed the CFOs of every major tech company instead
November 25, 2025 at 12:09 AM
we all thought we needed AI to create the figure of the paperclip maximizer, but contemporary American capitalism, in its genius, has instead possessed the CFOs of every major tech company instead
whipping an umbrella out of my external backpack pocket and flipping it open without breaking stride like a badass
November 25, 2025 at 12:02 AM
whipping an umbrella out of my external backpack pocket and flipping it open without breaking stride like a badass
No, blood for oil!
November 24, 2025 at 10:42 PM
No, blood for oil!
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The water that submerged the church in Iznik for more than 700 years has receded due to climate change. 🥲
Basilica emerges from lake, illuminating early Church life in Turkey.
Known as the Basilica of the Holy Fathers, it marks the site of one of the early Church's most important gatherings which took place in Nicaea 12 years after the Roman Empire legalised Christianity in AD 325
u.afp.com/Sh5e
Known as the Basilica of the Holy Fathers, it marks the site of one of the early Church's most important gatherings which took place in Nicaea 12 years after the Roman Empire legalised Christianity in AD 325
u.afp.com/Sh5e
November 24, 2025 at 9:51 AM
The water that submerged the church in Iznik for more than 700 years has receded due to climate change. 🥲
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Plausible worst case scenario with Venezuela in four steps:
1. Rubio and Venezuelan exiles sell the idea of decapitation strikes against Maduro to Trump as the one big thing that solves Venezuela, cartels and Cuba for the US.
1. Rubio and Venezuelan exiles sell the idea of decapitation strikes against Maduro to Trump as the one big thing that solves Venezuela, cartels and Cuba for the US.
November 24, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Plausible worst case scenario with Venezuela in four steps:
1. Rubio and Venezuelan exiles sell the idea of decapitation strikes against Maduro to Trump as the one big thing that solves Venezuela, cartels and Cuba for the US.
1. Rubio and Venezuelan exiles sell the idea of decapitation strikes against Maduro to Trump as the one big thing that solves Venezuela, cartels and Cuba for the US.
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Okay I don't think that Maine voters specifically hate Janet Mills anymore, they're just tired of elders
UNH poll | 11/13-11/17 LV
Massachusetts Democratic Senate primary
Ed Markey 34% (incumbent)
Seth Moulton 25%
Alex Rikleen 2%
Write in someone else 3%
Don’t know/undecided 35%
scholars.unh.edu/cgi/viewcont...
Massachusetts Democratic Senate primary
Ed Markey 34% (incumbent)
Seth Moulton 25%
Alex Rikleen 2%
Write in someone else 3%
Don’t know/undecided 35%
scholars.unh.edu/cgi/viewcont...
November 24, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Okay I don't think that Maine voters specifically hate Janet Mills anymore, they're just tired of elders
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This THE A TEAM remake sucks
Nine Russian “volunteers” killed their escort after deciding not to go fight in Ukraine. Taken straight from prison to the front under contract, they murdered the convoy driver en route and are now on the run in Leningrad region. Russian police are actively searching the outskirts of Kudrovo.
November 24, 2025 at 8:47 PM
This THE A TEAM remake sucks
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I think I've come across the worst toy ever invented: a 1915 toy WW1 trench that allowed British children to simulate the mass deaths of their fathers, uncles, brothers, and cousins. Fun!
November 24, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I think I've come across the worst toy ever invented: a 1915 toy WW1 trench that allowed British children to simulate the mass deaths of their fathers, uncles, brothers, and cousins. Fun!
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if you read it for too long, Ozymandias becomes Ozymanoches. thank you for your attention to this matter!
November 24, 2025 at 4:57 PM
if you read it for too long, Ozymandias becomes Ozymanoches. thank you for your attention to this matter!
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latest sham investigation just dropped
November 24, 2025 at 4:53 PM
latest sham investigation just dropped
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Really looks like the United States is about to launch a regime change war against Venezuela with:
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
November 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Really looks like the United States is about to launch a regime change war against Venezuela with:
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
not great
Really looks like the United States is about to launch a regime change war against Venezuela with:
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
November 24, 2025 at 3:50 PM
not great
in the beginning was the Word and the Word was with Charlie Brown and the Word was Charlie Brown.
Look at me, Charlie Brown! It's all for you!!!
You cannot kill me in any way that matters, Charlie Brown.
November 24, 2025 at 5:43 AM
in the beginning was the Word and the Word was with Charlie Brown and the Word was Charlie Brown.
It is possible I already had some presentiment of my future, Charlie Brown.
Charlie Brown, I married him
You are privy to a great becoming, but you recognize nothing, Charlie Brown.
November 24, 2025 at 4:43 AM
It is possible I already had some presentiment of my future, Charlie Brown.
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November 23, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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“They tried and failed, all of them?”
“Oh, no.” She shook her head. “They tried and died, Charlie Brown.”
“Oh, no.” She shook her head. “They tried and died, Charlie Brown.”
“There is some good in this world, Charlie Brown. And it’s worth fighting for.”
“And I'm the tyranny of evil men. But I'm tryin', Charlie Brown. I'm tryin' real hard to be the shepherd.”
November 24, 2025 at 4:20 AM
“They tried and failed, all of them?”
“Oh, no.” She shook her head. “They tried and died, Charlie Brown.”
“Oh, no.” She shook her head. “They tried and died, Charlie Brown.”
This place is not a place of honor, Charlie Brown. No highly esteemed deed is commemorated here. nothing valued is here.
What is here was dangerous and repulsive to us. This message is a warning about danger.
What is here was dangerous and repulsive to us. This message is a warning about danger.
November 24, 2025 at 4:17 AM
This place is not a place of honor, Charlie Brown. No highly esteemed deed is commemorated here. nothing valued is here.
What is here was dangerous and repulsive to us. This message is a warning about danger.
What is here was dangerous and repulsive to us. This message is a warning about danger.
Then he drew portraits of each soldier and I finally had to ask him to stop; so many photorealistic portraits.
“One day [trump] sat on the plane with me. We were talking about Syria, and he drew a map of the Mideast for me. And it was a perfect map,” Kennedy told me. “Then he drew in the troop strength of each country, and also the troop strength on various borders.”
NEW: When RFK Jr. first told Trump that Tylenol might cause autism, the president wanted to tweet out a warning. Kennedy told him not to do that. There was nuance, and the drug companies would push back. “I don’t give a shit about that,” Trump responded. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
November 24, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Then he drew portraits of each soldier and I finally had to ask him to stop; so many photorealistic portraits.
i sing of Charlie glad and big
whose warmest heart recoiled at war:
a conscientious object-or
whose warmest heart recoiled at war:
a conscientious object-or
“Laugh while you can, Charlie Brown!”
"It's too bad she won't live...but then again, who does, Charlie Brown?"
November 24, 2025 at 3:31 AM
i sing of Charlie glad and big
whose warmest heart recoiled at war:
a conscientious object-or
whose warmest heart recoiled at war:
a conscientious object-or
Weep for the future, Charlie Brown. Weep for us all.
Fame costs, Charlie Brown. And right here is where you start paying.
We all float down here, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Weep for the future, Charlie Brown. Weep for us all.
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online politics is a fight between cosmopolitan Americans and American nationalists in Nigeria and India
November 23, 2025 at 9:27 PM
online politics is a fight between cosmopolitan Americans and American nationalists in Nigeria and India
Ahhh the neighborhood pizza and borek joint. (Not my neighborhood sadly or we’d be here more often)
November 23, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Ahhh the neighborhood pizza and borek joint. (Not my neighborhood sadly or we’d be here more often)