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Luke Thomas
@lukethomas.bsky.social
Combat sports analyst. One half of @MorningKombat. Occasional learner.
January 10, 2026 at 4:31 PM
It has never been more important in my lifetime to support independent media than right now.
January 5, 2026 at 12:09 PM
NEW: @patrickwyman.bsky.social has a history podcast not on great leaders, but more common folk. The theme for this season? World slavery:

“Power is inseparable from labor. Power is inseparable from work. Slavery, studying it, what it tells us, is just how inseparable those two things are.”
December 16, 2025 at 8:33 PM
December 11, 2025 at 2:33 PM
(Almost) every week, I create a list of interesting stories or articles I read on a variety of topics. This week it's forever chemicals, Buffalo Bills stadium financing, why Hollywood should remake *bad* movies & thoughts on the male loneliness epidemic: lthomas.substack.com/p/what-i-rea...
December 3, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The replies to this will fry your brain.
October 25, 2025 at 12:26 AM
This interview is now UNLOCKED and open to all.

I asked Khan about the FTC before her time investigating UFC twice but electing to not take action. What, if anything, can we infer from that? Here's what she said:
October 24, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Khan on gamers apologizing to her over her attempt to stop Microsoft purchasing Activision now that layoffs are here and prices have skyrocketed for Game Pass:
October 23, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I spoke to the former head of the FTC behind click to cancel rules, the attempted blocking of Microsoft buying Activision & much more: antitrust hero @linamkhan.bsky.social (full interview out tomorrow!).

In this clip, she discusses TKO trying to legislate in exemptions to the Ali Act.

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October 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
NEW: I spoke to comedian @wkamaubell.bsky.social about why the Riyadh Comedy Festival resulted in so much controversy.

“The reason why it’s a big deal is because their fans care. I think if it was only us snowflakes and social justice warriors, Bill Burr wouldn’t feel the need to address it.”

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October 10, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Here’s what you need to know about UFC White House: it’s two events, not one, and nothing about it is politically neutral.

READ: open.substack.com/pub/lthomas/...
September 26, 2025 at 9:16 PM
NEW: UFC White House is two events: a grandiose spectacle of historical MMA significance AND agitprop for an increasingly authoritarian government.

It’s fine to just care about having good fights, but it’s also not a crime to notice this broader dual reality: lthomas.substack.com/p/ufc-white-...
September 25, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Can a new crop of Dem leaders fix the party?

My interview with Bernie Sanders- endorsed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social is live:

- Restoring Dem party priorities
- Gaza genocide
- Medicare for All
- DC home rule and the filibuster
- RFK and the CDC

+ more.

WATCH: open.substack.com/pub/lthomas/...
September 5, 2025 at 11:23 AM
September 4, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Frankly, this is the kind of media coverage MMA has earned itself.
September 2, 2025 at 10:19 PM
How it started
How it’s going
August 30, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Is it bad for DC’s economy if Trump’s surge of police and National Guard kills foot traffic to essentially all DC neighborhoods where commerce is important?
August 29, 2025 at 12:51 PM
🚨What’s Trump doing to D.C.?🚨

I spoke with award-winning journalist @maustermuhle.bsky.social who covers D.C. affairs about the truth of what Trump is doing, what the impact on the city actually is and what might be next.

Full interview on Substack: open.substack.com/pub/lthomas/...
August 25, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Spotted at Union Market this morning.
August 21, 2025 at 2:11 PM
MAGA when they have to wear seatbelts in DC:
August 15, 2025 at 10:08 PM
August 15, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Trump got booed loudly by WWE fans at tonight's Summer Slam event.
August 3, 2025 at 2:08 AM
You'll hear lots of comparisons about our political moment to the movie 'Idiocracy' and wouldn't you know it, but YouTube is now letting you view the film *for free*.

WATCH: youtu.be/0Tv5shB4Gg0?...
August 2, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Watch Pasha Osman brace so hard on this 410kg squat attempt that he starts pouring blood out from the pores on his scalp and forehead.
August 2, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Mark Zuckerberg's view on what's next in tech, particularly as it relates to breakthroughs or paradigm changes, is directly tied to whether he has a product that can sell you that vision.
July 30, 2025 at 2:43 PM