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...
The rules based international order would indeed be a very good idea and I hope someone tries it within my lifetime
I mean this is just the "should we hug the flag or not?" argument again. "Restore the international rules-based order but without the hypocrisy" is the same thing as a new order, just framed differently.
i guess my critique of the AOC remarks at the munich security conference (and ig biden's people as well) is that they all want to frame the current status quo as the result of a "system betrayed" and not, instead, as the result of deliberate choices, the system itself *being* the issue.
February 14, 2026 at 12:03 AM
The rules based international order would indeed be a very good idea and I hope someone tries it within my lifetime
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Elon Musk downgrades empty Mars Colony pledge to empty Lunar Colony pledge
Elon Musk downgrades empty Mars Colony pledge to empty Lunar Colony pledge
BROWNSVILLE, TX - Tech visionary Elon Musk astounded observers when he set aside more than a decade of unfulfilled vows to colonize the Red Planet in favour of the seemingly more modest goal of failin...
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February 13, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Elon Musk downgrades empty Mars Colony pledge to empty Lunar Colony pledge
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My assumption for now is that they know this is not happening and the whole thing is a pretext to declare the elections fraudulent when it doesn't happen, which they very wrongly believe is an instant win button
The funny thing about the MAGA voter ID crusade is...are they SURE they want to do that? Increase the hurdles to advantage the most motivated? Because I assure you, Democratic voters will jump through any hoop you put in front of them to get a ballot cast. Can MAGA say the same of its voters?
February 13, 2026 at 10:52 PM
My assumption for now is that they know this is not happening and the whole thing is a pretext to declare the elections fraudulent when it doesn't happen, which they very wrongly believe is an instant win button
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you know, it still seems like it should be an even bigger issue that the president has been sending armed forces to kidnap and assault people in an ethnic cleansing campaign, with a specific geographic focus on regions that didn't vote for him in the last election
February 13, 2026 at 8:38 PM
you know, it still seems like it should be an even bigger issue that the president has been sending armed forces to kidnap and assault people in an ethnic cleansing campaign, with a specific geographic focus on regions that didn't vote for him in the last election
just complete monsters
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
February 13, 2026 at 8:28 PM
just complete monsters
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my name’s heraclitus and I’m here to say, this river’s not the same as yesterday
February 13, 2026 at 4:11 PM
my name’s heraclitus and I’m here to say, this river’s not the same as yesterday
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the concern that we were losing young people to trumpism is refuted by 1. recent polling and 2. olympians speaking out
February 13, 2026 at 2:59 PM
the concern that we were losing young people to trumpism is refuted by 1. recent polling and 2. olympians speaking out
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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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