Tom Welch
@goblueandmaize.bsky.social
“Authority always fails. Anxiety reasserts itself. A new, amended authority emerges.”
…or one can resist/embrace anxiety.
…or one can resist/embrace anxiety.
June 22, 2025 at 9:48 PM
“Authority always fails. Anxiety reasserts itself. A new, amended authority emerges.”
…or one can resist/embrace anxiety.
…or one can resist/embrace anxiety.
Republicans have been telling us for years that government is the enemy. They didn’t tell us that was their plan.
June 8, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Republicans have been telling us for years that government is the enemy. They didn’t tell us that was their plan.
It’s taking a while to reframe in mind that the government is now corrupt.
June 1, 2025 at 3:11 PM
It’s taking a while to reframe in mind that the government is now corrupt.
Make america backward by “unschooling” your kids. Let them indulge their love of making wagon wheels as they learn how to sharpen scissors. They can build water troughs to learn how water runs downhill. Prepare your children for the coming past. It was great then and it will be great again.
May 28, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Make america backward by “unschooling” your kids. Let them indulge their love of making wagon wheels as they learn how to sharpen scissors. They can build water troughs to learn how water runs downhill. Prepare your children for the coming past. It was great then and it will be great again.
In case you were wondering…
The purpose of life is to experience it.
The purpose of life is to experience it.
May 20, 2025 at 2:36 AM
In case you were wondering…
The purpose of life is to experience it.
The purpose of life is to experience it.
Presidential executive orders have no legal standing. They are administrative direction to those departments comprising the executive branch of the federal government. If you do not report to the president in a work role, you are under no obligation to respond or in any way comply.
April 24, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Presidential executive orders have no legal standing. They are administrative direction to those departments comprising the executive branch of the federal government. If you do not report to the president in a work role, you are under no obligation to respond or in any way comply.
An ideology is a narrative about how the world works and how it should work. This can be the social world or the natural world. It prescribes how we should think, how we should act and interact with other people, and it condemns deviation from its prescribed rules.
Can ideology ever be good for us?
Can ideology ever be good for us?
April 9, 2025 at 5:29 PM
An ideology is a narrative about how the world works and how it should work. This can be the social world or the natural world. It prescribes how we should think, how we should act and interact with other people, and it condemns deviation from its prescribed rules.
Can ideology ever be good for us?
Can ideology ever be good for us?
Question of the Day:
Do beliefs hold themselves accountable to fact?
Do beliefs hold themselves accountable to fact?
April 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Question of the Day:
Do beliefs hold themselves accountable to fact?
Do beliefs hold themselves accountable to fact?
We know Republican voters might wish to wake up and vote their interests (though largely they don’t). What is surprising is that Republican office holders, who are supposed to be politically astute, all seem to be asleep.
April 4, 2025 at 8:21 PM
We know Republican voters might wish to wake up and vote their interests (though largely they don’t). What is surprising is that Republican office holders, who are supposed to be politically astute, all seem to be asleep.
If I am mercurial and keep changing my negotiating positions, the best I can get is a swap. No one will want to develop a relationship with me.
April 2, 2025 at 8:49 PM
If I am mercurial and keep changing my negotiating positions, the best I can get is a swap. No one will want to develop a relationship with me.
Is the price of eggs more or less important that gangs invading us—AI will help me decide.
Are tariffs a good or a bad thing—AI will have an answer.
Which is more important, habeas corpus or free speech—AI will pick one or the other, and it will be right.
AI—a voting tool that’s right for you!
Are tariffs a good or a bad thing—AI will have an answer.
Which is more important, habeas corpus or free speech—AI will pick one or the other, and it will be right.
AI—a voting tool that’s right for you!
March 29, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Is the price of eggs more or less important that gangs invading us—AI will help me decide.
Are tariffs a good or a bad thing—AI will have an answer.
Which is more important, habeas corpus or free speech—AI will pick one or the other, and it will be right.
AI—a voting tool that’s right for you!
Are tariffs a good or a bad thing—AI will have an answer.
Which is more important, habeas corpus or free speech—AI will pick one or the other, and it will be right.
AI—a voting tool that’s right for you!
Life is the ocean of possibility; swaying kelp, strands of what must be earnestly believed, competing for attention; shifting sand beneath the waves moving slowly as does our common perceived reality; rocks and sharp coral avoided as best we are able, us fish in the sea. Relax, all is well.
March 25, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Life is the ocean of possibility; swaying kelp, strands of what must be earnestly believed, competing for attention; shifting sand beneath the waves moving slowly as does our common perceived reality; rocks and sharp coral avoided as best we are able, us fish in the sea. Relax, all is well.
Middle school class project
Research countries—which have stable political and economic systems, value human rights, not on obvious human migration paths, can best withstand global warming. Find out what’s needed to establish residence and citizenship.
Research countries—which have stable political and economic systems, value human rights, not on obvious human migration paths, can best withstand global warming. Find out what’s needed to establish residence and citizenship.
March 12, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Middle school class project
Research countries—which have stable political and economic systems, value human rights, not on obvious human migration paths, can best withstand global warming. Find out what’s needed to establish residence and citizenship.
Research countries—which have stable political and economic systems, value human rights, not on obvious human migration paths, can best withstand global warming. Find out what’s needed to establish residence and citizenship.
Trump says red states should impose tariffs on goods from blue states so the red states can all get rich from tariffs and the people can get big tax cuts except for states with no state income tax where people can only get satisfaction even Mick Jagger.
March 11, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Trump says red states should impose tariffs on goods from blue states so the red states can all get rich from tariffs and the people can get big tax cuts except for states with no state income tax where people can only get satisfaction even Mick Jagger.
Trump on air traffic controllers: Only hire people from MIT. They need to be geniuses.
Reasonable person: How much ATC can be automated? If we can improve safety this way, we should start at a smaller airport to test the process. The overall objective is to improve air safety, no compromises.
Reasonable person: How much ATC can be automated? If we can improve safety this way, we should start at a smaller airport to test the process. The overall objective is to improve air safety, no compromises.
March 7, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Trump on air traffic controllers: Only hire people from MIT. They need to be geniuses.
Reasonable person: How much ATC can be automated? If we can improve safety this way, we should start at a smaller airport to test the process. The overall objective is to improve air safety, no compromises.
Reasonable person: How much ATC can be automated? If we can improve safety this way, we should start at a smaller airport to test the process. The overall objective is to improve air safety, no compromises.
Trump as traitor is now undeniable, which though painful for Europe is a good thing. It demonstrates that the U.S. populace which elected him can no longer be trusted. Europe must come together and be ready to stand alone.
March 7, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Trump as traitor is now undeniable, which though painful for Europe is a good thing. It demonstrates that the U.S. populace which elected him can no longer be trusted. Europe must come together and be ready to stand alone.
My five things I did, for Musk reply:
- wrote training materials for teaching lobsters to type
- watered office plants
- counted pennies in a jar
- followed trail of ants to see where they went
- took frequent naps
- wrote training materials for teaching lobsters to type
- watered office plants
- counted pennies in a jar
- followed trail of ants to see where they went
- took frequent naps
March 2, 2025 at 6:03 PM
My five things I did, for Musk reply:
- wrote training materials for teaching lobsters to type
- watered office plants
- counted pennies in a jar
- followed trail of ants to see where they went
- took frequent naps
- wrote training materials for teaching lobsters to type
- watered office plants
- counted pennies in a jar
- followed trail of ants to see where they went
- took frequent naps
Zelenskyy has a lot to lose, yet tells Trump the truth. Congressional Republicans have only their seats to lose, yet cower. Home of the Braves only in Atlanta.
March 1, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Zelenskyy has a lot to lose, yet tells Trump the truth. Congressional Republicans have only their seats to lose, yet cower. Home of the Braves only in Atlanta.
Now We Know
Our country is over you know
The one we thought we had
We thought we were over
Our slave and racist past
But now we find ourselves unclothed
For all the world to see.
And it’s all over us again
At last, at last, at last.
Our country is over you know
The one we thought we had
We thought we were over
Our slave and racist past
But now we find ourselves unclothed
For all the world to see.
And it’s all over us again
At last, at last, at last.
February 23, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Now We Know
Our country is over you know
The one we thought we had
We thought we were over
Our slave and racist past
But now we find ourselves unclothed
For all the world to see.
And it’s all over us again
At last, at last, at last.
Our country is over you know
The one we thought we had
We thought we were over
Our slave and racist past
But now we find ourselves unclothed
For all the world to see.
And it’s all over us again
At last, at last, at last.
Late in the afternoon the gardener came and lovingly raked me with his tool. Sometimes I think he loves it more than me. What am I to him?
Rewsna: nedrag nez a
Rewsna: nedrag nez a
February 22, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Late in the afternoon the gardener came and lovingly raked me with his tool. Sometimes I think he loves it more than me. What am I to him?
Rewsna: nedrag nez a
Rewsna: nedrag nez a
It’s time to recognize that Trump and Putin are working together to destroy western democracy and split up the spoils.
February 20, 2025 at 2:32 PM
It’s time to recognize that Trump and Putin are working together to destroy western democracy and split up the spoils.
He’s already ignoring the Constitution and the law, why would he not ignore the courts? He’ll leverage this willingness to pressure the Supreme Court. Chances congressional elections are held in 2026? About fifty-fifty, and declining.
February 10, 2025 at 5:06 PM
He’s already ignoring the Constitution and the law, why would he not ignore the courts? He’ll leverage this willingness to pressure the Supreme Court. Chances congressional elections are held in 2026? About fifty-fifty, and declining.
“We are not here for ourselves. We are here to love and serve others.”
February 8, 2025 at 11:37 PM
“We are not here for ourselves. We are here to love and serve others.”
What’s interesting, the GOP, in charge of the House and Senate, have ceased to funtionally exist. Do they even care?
February 7, 2025 at 6:24 PM
What’s interesting, the GOP, in charge of the House and Senate, have ceased to funtionally exist. Do they even care?
Will the Democratic Party please wake up and SHUT THE GOVERNMENT DOWN!
February 6, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Will the Democratic Party please wake up and SHUT THE GOVERNMENT DOWN!