T. S. McAdams
@tsmcadams.bsky.social
Writer, teacher, dog person. Fiction in Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Santa Monica Review, Pembroke, Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet, South Carolina Review, New Ohio Review, and other fine periodicals near you.
Republicans are soulless and hateful. Democrats are feckless and weak. We desperately need a third option.
November 10, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Republicans are soulless and hateful. Democrats are feckless and weak. We desperately need a third option.
What do you say, @schumer.senate.gov?
Bloomberg notes that, “Any one senator can force days of delay and votes.”
If Schumer, or any other Democratic senator, really objects to the deal being worked out right now, they can do something about it.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
If Schumer, or any other Democratic senator, really objects to the deal being worked out right now, they can do something about it.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
November 10, 2025 at 2:34 AM
What do you say, @schumer.senate.gov?
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“Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be ‘no more prayer’ in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility
In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after ...
blockclubchicago.org
November 8, 2025 at 12:04 PM
“Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be ‘no more prayer’ in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
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My tears have been my food day and night, while they continually say to me, “Where is your God?” (Psalm 42:1-3)
“Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be ‘no more prayer’ in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility
In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after ...
blockclubchicago.org
November 8, 2025 at 2:31 PM
My tears have been my food day and night, while they continually say to me, “Where is your God?” (Psalm 42:1-3)
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Here’s an oldie but a goodie: “DOGE rebates” 🤡
“..the proposal would distribute .. $5,000 per household for the 78 million households that pay federal income tax.”
@wutangforchildren.bsky.social
“..the proposal would distribute .. $5,000 per household for the 78 million households that pay federal income tax.”
@wutangforchildren.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Here’s an oldie but a goodie: “DOGE rebates” 🤡
“..the proposal would distribute .. $5,000 per household for the 78 million households that pay federal income tax.”
@wutangforchildren.bsky.social
“..the proposal would distribute .. $5,000 per household for the 78 million households that pay federal income tax.”
@wutangforchildren.bsky.social
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@theradr.bsky.social explains the sin of Sodom, which sounds a lot like what is happening right now: refusing to feed and help the poor.
Sodom "had plenty of bread and untroubled tranquility, yet she did not support the poor and needy.” (Ezekiel 16:49-50)
open.substack.com/pub/lifeisas...
Sodom "had plenty of bread and untroubled tranquility, yet she did not support the poor and needy.” (Ezekiel 16:49-50)
open.substack.com/pub/lifeisas...
On the sin of Sodom
Hint: It's not sodomy
open.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:34 AM
@theradr.bsky.social explains the sin of Sodom, which sounds a lot like what is happening right now: refusing to feed and help the poor.
Sodom "had plenty of bread and untroubled tranquility, yet she did not support the poor and needy.” (Ezekiel 16:49-50)
open.substack.com/pub/lifeisas...
Sodom "had plenty of bread and untroubled tranquility, yet she did not support the poor and needy.” (Ezekiel 16:49-50)
open.substack.com/pub/lifeisas...
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it doesn’t get any clearer that america’s betrothal to fossil fuels is about letting energy companies pick our pockets to prop up their obsolete industry
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 1:19 PM
it doesn’t get any clearer that america’s betrothal to fossil fuels is about letting energy companies pick our pockets to prop up their obsolete industry
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US citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents children would be coming to get bus, lawyers say
U.S. citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents about children gathering at bus stop, lawyers say
Lawyers for Carlos Jimenez said he was in fear after an agent threatened him with chemical spray, then pointed a gun at him.
www.latimes.com
November 2, 2025 at 11:25 PM
US citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents children would be coming to get bus, lawyers say
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American citizens have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot. They’ve had their necks kneeled on. They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
October 30, 2025 at 7:41 PM
American citizens have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot. They’ve had their necks kneeled on. They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
Apparently Bad Bunny, who is American, isn’t American ENOUGH, so they found an Englishman, which makes perfect sense, unless you’re expecting an explanation that DOESN’T begin with “race” and end with “ism.”
www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...
www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...
NFL announces Sting will headline Super Bowl-branded concert amid Bad Bunny controversy
The "Every Breath You Take" singer will perform in San Francisco as part of a two-night extravaganza two days before Bad Bunny's halftime show.
www.yahoo.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Apparently Bad Bunny, who is American, isn’t American ENOUGH, so they found an Englishman, which makes perfect sense, unless you’re expecting an explanation that DOESN’T begin with “race” and end with “ism.”
www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...
www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...
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Saw a TikTok today of a woman who went to the doctor for a biopsy, and when the results came back, confidently announced that she didn't believe the results, because she had described her condition to ChatGPT, and it had a different opinion.
Yeeeah.
The hallucination machine is gonna kill people.
Yeeeah.
The hallucination machine is gonna kill people.
a relative interested in my work told me their search results claim i'm married to three different women. they did of course do an AI search, and the AI search in question has mixed me up with two other chris boyds. please stop using the content theft marriage hallucination machine
October 27, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Saw a TikTok today of a woman who went to the doctor for a biopsy, and when the results came back, confidently announced that she didn't believe the results, because she had described her condition to ChatGPT, and it had a different opinion.
Yeeeah.
The hallucination machine is gonna kill people.
Yeeeah.
The hallucination machine is gonna kill people.
I’m glad my son went to college in D.C. and got a good look at the White House before occupying Confederate forces tore it down.
October 25, 2025 at 12:30 AM
I’m glad my son went to college in D.C. and got a good look at the White House before occupying Confederate forces tore it down.
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I should note: by my count, this makes at least four clergy members *that I know of* who have been shot with pepper balls or rubber bullets fired by ICE/DHS agents in recent weeks — two Presbyterians, two Methodists and a UCCer.
Big year for photos of clergy enduring pain while protesting ICE.
· Rev. David Black, Chicago Sun-Times: chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...
· Rev. Jorge Bautista, SF Chron: www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
· Rev. Hannah Kardon, Chicago Protest Photography: www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1...
· Rev. David Black, Chicago Sun-Times: chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...
· Rev. Jorge Bautista, SF Chron: www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
· Rev. Hannah Kardon, Chicago Protest Photography: www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1...
October 23, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I should note: by my count, this makes at least four clergy members *that I know of* who have been shot with pepper balls or rubber bullets fired by ICE/DHS agents in recent weeks — two Presbyterians, two Methodists and a UCCer.
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Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
October 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
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What if the unidentified masked men with guns don't accept the validity of your papers?
October 14, 2025 at 1:12 AM
What if the unidentified masked men with guns don't accept the validity of your papers?
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We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.
When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.
When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.
October 12, 2025 at 4:44 PM
We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.
When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.
When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.
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"President Trump continued to describe Portland as a city on fire Friday even as residents enjoyed the first fall rain and the lone demonstrator at the city’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement building was dressed as a pink Care Bear."
Sometimes there is a good sentence or two in the NYT.
Sometimes there is a good sentence or two in the NYT.
October 11, 2025 at 12:06 AM
"President Trump continued to describe Portland as a city on fire Friday even as residents enjoyed the first fall rain and the lone demonstrator at the city’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement building was dressed as a pink Care Bear."
Sometimes there is a good sentence or two in the NYT.
Sometimes there is a good sentence or two in the NYT.
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aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage
During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.
It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.
He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’
During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...
chicago.suntimes.com
October 10, 2025 at 10:31 PM
aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage
Since I disabled the AI crap in Microsoft Office, I can no longer embed online videos in a PowerPoint presentation. Soon, they won’t let you online at all unless you let them steal your shit. The answer will still be no.
October 10, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Since I disabled the AI crap in Microsoft Office, I can no longer embed online videos in a PowerPoint presentation. Soon, they won’t let you online at all unless you let them steal your shit. The answer will still be no.
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I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
October 7, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
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SCOOP — Pennsylvania prosecutors were alerted to possible voting irregularities by one of MAGA's leading voices against voter fraud. A long paper trail shows Jack Posobiec has been living in Maryland but voting using his parents' PA address for years.
From @jsweetli.bsky.social, @slate.com + me:
From @jsweetli.bsky.social, @slate.com + me:
MAGA’s “Voter Fraud” Watchdog Votes in a Swing State. He Doesn’t Live There.
A long paper trail shows that Jack Posobiec casts a ballot in one state and lives in another.
slate.com
October 3, 2025 at 11:39 AM
SCOOP — Pennsylvania prosecutors were alerted to possible voting irregularities by one of MAGA's leading voices against voter fraud. A long paper trail shows Jack Posobiec has been living in Maryland but voting using his parents' PA address for years.
From @jsweetli.bsky.social, @slate.com + me:
From @jsweetli.bsky.social, @slate.com + me:
He truly doesn’t understand that his executive orders are not laws. Is that a sign of dementia? Someone check whether he can even still repeat “person, man, woman, camera, tv.”
October 4, 2025 at 3:15 AM
He truly doesn’t understand that his executive orders are not laws. Is that a sign of dementia? Someone check whether he can even still repeat “person, man, woman, camera, tv.”
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The government is in full shutdown and the Republicans are refusing to call the House back into session.
Want to know why?
Because we have secured the final vote on releasing the Epstein Files and they don’t want it out.
Call GOP and tell them to swear in @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social.
Want to know why?
Because we have secured the final vote on releasing the Epstein Files and they don’t want it out.
Call GOP and tell them to swear in @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social.
October 3, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The government is in full shutdown and the Republicans are refusing to call the House back into session.
Want to know why?
Because we have secured the final vote on releasing the Epstein Files and they don’t want it out.
Call GOP and tell them to swear in @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social.
Want to know why?
Because we have secured the final vote on releasing the Epstein Files and they don’t want it out.
Call GOP and tell them to swear in @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social.