Tom Bergman
@bergman.bsky.social
American in the UK, Dad, Beer Dude, Cat Guy
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rumor has it the millennial front office is desperate to trade jd vance to whichever generation will take him. they're working the wires, especially targeting gen x and boomers, and are open to any deal for a politician to be named later. no chance of getting an actual prospect in return
January 8, 2026 at 4:54 AM
rumor has it the millennial front office is desperate to trade jd vance to whichever generation will take him. they're working the wires, especially targeting gen x and boomers, and are open to any deal for a politician to be named later. no chance of getting an actual prospect in return
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Hawkeye: Easy, Father. Tell me, who goes to Hell?
Mulcahy: Sinners, I believe.
Hawkeye: Exactly. There are no innocent bystanders in Hell. War is chock full of them -- little kids, cripples, old ladies. In fact, except for some of the brass, almost everybody involved is an innocent bystander.
Hawkeye: Easy, Father. Tell me, who goes to Hell?
Mulcahy: Sinners, I believe.
Hawkeye: Exactly. There are no innocent bystanders in Hell. War is chock full of them -- little kids, cripples, old ladies. In fact, except for some of the brass, almost everybody involved is an innocent bystander.
NYT:
At least 40 people were killed in the US attack on Venezuela, including military personnel and civilians.
At least 40 people were killed in the US attack on Venezuela, including military personnel and civilians.
January 4, 2026 at 7:33 AM
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Hawkeye: Easy, Father. Tell me, who goes to Hell?
Mulcahy: Sinners, I believe.
Hawkeye: Exactly. There are no innocent bystanders in Hell. War is chock full of them -- little kids, cripples, old ladies. In fact, except for some of the brass, almost everybody involved is an innocent bystander.
Hawkeye: Easy, Father. Tell me, who goes to Hell?
Mulcahy: Sinners, I believe.
Hawkeye: Exactly. There are no innocent bystanders in Hell. War is chock full of them -- little kids, cripples, old ladies. In fact, except for some of the brass, almost everybody involved is an innocent bystander.
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Hawkeye: War isn't Hell. War is war, and Hell is Hell. And of the two, war is a lot worse.
Mulcahy: How do you figure, Hawkeye?
Mulcahy: How do you figure, Hawkeye?
My whole life, advocating war has been fed to me as “the adult position,” akin to drinking your coffee black or reading the business section of the newspaper. Let’s be very clear — war is the childish nonsense of impulsive destructive idiots playing baby-brained video games with real human lives.
January 4, 2026 at 7:31 AM
Hawkeye: War isn't Hell. War is war, and Hell is Hell. And of the two, war is a lot worse.
Mulcahy: How do you figure, Hawkeye?
Mulcahy: How do you figure, Hawkeye?
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I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war
January 3, 2026 at 9:13 AM
I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war
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my plan to get this country back on track consists of one bullet point: i propose we stop pretending stupid people arent stupid just because theyre loud and theres a lot of them
January 3, 2026 at 3:49 PM
my plan to get this country back on track consists of one bullet point: i propose we stop pretending stupid people arent stupid just because theyre loud and theres a lot of them
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The world must boycott the World Cup and the Olympics.
It is both the only moral choice and will actually get the attention of these dead-eyed clout demons.
It is both the only moral choice and will actually get the attention of these dead-eyed clout demons.
January 3, 2026 at 7:22 AM
The world must boycott the World Cup and the Olympics.
It is both the only moral choice and will actually get the attention of these dead-eyed clout demons.
It is both the only moral choice and will actually get the attention of these dead-eyed clout demons.
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Perhaps more images of the most beautiful woman you've ever seen in your life will turn you against New York's new mayor and his plan for less expensive buses.
January 1, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Perhaps more images of the most beautiful woman you've ever seen in your life will turn you against New York's new mayor and his plan for less expensive buses.
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another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
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Cats were domesticated about 10,000 years ago, when wild cats encountered the first human settlements and saw an opportunity to constantly be in the way
December 24, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Cats were domesticated about 10,000 years ago, when wild cats encountered the first human settlements and saw an opportunity to constantly be in the way
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Bari Weiss saying the story she spiked didn’t “advance the ball” is so Carter Burke coded
December 22, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Bari Weiss saying the story she spiked didn’t “advance the ball” is so Carter Burke coded
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One of the things Trump had going for him was normal people didn't hear or read about like 90% of the insane shit he said and they voted with their empty pocketbooks in 2024 and he got too high on his supply and now those same broke people have him interrupting Survivor to yell at immigrants
December 18, 2025 at 3:14 AM
One of the things Trump had going for him was normal people didn't hear or read about like 90% of the insane shit he said and they voted with their empty pocketbooks in 2024 and he got too high on his supply and now those same broke people have him interrupting Survivor to yell at immigrants
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Reminder that the excellent, universally-praised former Mayor Jamie was barred from the Labour party's list of candidates at the 2024 North East Mayoral elections. His crime: appearing at an event with Ken Loach.
Welcome to the Green Party, @jamiedriscoll.bsky.social, Former Mayor of the North of Tyne Combined Authority 💚
December 17, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Reminder that the excellent, universally-praised former Mayor Jamie was barred from the Labour party's list of candidates at the 2024 North East Mayoral elections. His crime: appearing at an event with Ken Loach.
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A podcast asked me to record a voice note about my prediction for 2026 and here it is.
December 16, 2025 at 9:57 PM
A podcast asked me to record a voice note about my prediction for 2026 and here it is.
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This is the compromise? This is the bipartisanship? This is the civility? This is the return to normalcy? This is the price of winning? WHAT WILL YOU HAVE WON
Here are the 28 Dem Senators who voted to advance the first federal ban on trans athletes & a federal definition of sex that would make trans & intersex people non-existent: Angela Alsobrooks (MD), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Chris Coons (DE), ->
By a vote of 76-23, S 1071 passes the motion to proceed to the motion to concur. Won't know who voted for this until the roll call is uploaded, but safe to say it passed with the support of at least 24 members of the Democratic caucus. (Rand Paul probably voted nay and Steve Daines has been absent).
December 16, 2025 at 9:28 AM
This is the compromise? This is the bipartisanship? This is the civility? This is the return to normalcy? This is the price of winning? WHAT WILL YOU HAVE WON
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What a friendly thing to say. Very generous to of you to think of us during our most recent mass shooting and share news of your better one. Thanks for this friendly message, friend. I don’t think any of us were aware there could be such laws or indeed a better way of living. Good lookin’ out
Just want to share with my American friends how the Australians respond to a shooting tragedy. Action, rather than thoughts and prayers.
December 15, 2025 at 6:59 AM
What a friendly thing to say. Very generous to of you to think of us during our most recent mass shooting and share news of your better one. Thanks for this friendly message, friend. I don’t think any of us were aware there could be such laws or indeed a better way of living. Good lookin’ out
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This is so extremely stupid, but honestly it's also very funny.
December 11, 2025 at 4:39 PM
This is so extremely stupid, but honestly it's also very funny.
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My love for em dashes is as old as the hills and as mighty as my inability to make a transition between thoughts literally any other way and I will be damned if I let the clankers take that from me
December 10, 2025 at 3:00 AM
My love for em dashes is as old as the hills and as mighty as my inability to make a transition between thoughts literally any other way and I will be damned if I let the clankers take that from me
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i read stuff like this and can genuinely angry at guys like jd vance who insist that this country belongs to some narrow vision of the "native born"
December 9, 2025 at 11:58 PM
i read stuff like this and can genuinely angry at guys like jd vance who insist that this country belongs to some narrow vision of the "native born"
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"We can't allow fact checkers into the country" is late-stage USSR shit, real end-of-empire stuff
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 8, 2025 at 9:23 PM
"We can't allow fact checkers into the country" is late-stage USSR shit, real end-of-empire stuff
I wish all Kiers Starmer a very [redacted]
Boris Johnson's slurs are one thing. Keir Starmer overseeing the introduction of a new Section 28 in schools for trans and non-binary people, supporting segregation and backing Wes Streeting as he drives kids to suicide after stripping them of their healthcare is on a whole other level.
i hate it when i mention how bigoted keir starmer is and someone is like 'huh? are you forgetting that boris johnson called gay men bum boys?!'.
no. i haven't forgotten that. that's nothing compared to the shit keir starmer has done.
no. i haven't forgotten that. that's nothing compared to the shit keir starmer has done.
December 8, 2025 at 1:02 PM
I wish all Kiers Starmer a very [redacted]
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Between this and the absolute permeation of the chili pepper in Asian cuisines the mesoamerican/andean culinary victory is essentially without exception
December 7, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Between this and the absolute permeation of the chili pepper in Asian cuisines the mesoamerican/andean culinary victory is essentially without exception