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Happy technologist, physicist, and family man, with a penchant for VR and neuropsychology. Author of https://workingfrom.space
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ptom @ptom.net · Jan 23
Dear Donald J. Trump -

No.
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uncleduke1969.bsky.social
“That there’s a damn shame, Bill. Yeah, no, sorry, I didn’t see anything. I was visiting my sister’s tree over on Morgan. I’ll ask around and let you know if I hear something, though. Geez, what a world, am I right? Anyway, your homeowners policy should cover it, no?”
A squirrel stands next to a partially-chewed pumpkin on a stoop.
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Retaliation

#webcomic #krita #miniFantasyTheater
A comic comic in four panels:

Panel 1: A landscape view of a temple floating above the clouds. The landscape is colored with golden and purple hues, which are unusual for the land of mortals. In the foreground, a sign reads, "Temple of the Goddess of Life."

Panel 2: The Goddess of Life kneels in her garden, watering it while whistling. She is happy and enjoying her peaceful daily routine.

Panel 3: Suddenly, the Goddess of Life is violently punched in the face by a flying lemon coming from below the clouds.

Panel 4: A top-down view of a catapult with lemons. Pepper, a young witch, and her cat, Carrot, are in command. They bump fists in a "Check!" sound while watching the sky with fierce eyes.
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ptom @ptom.net · 14h
Have you had any trouble adapting it to the cold?
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ptom @ptom.net · 14h
I think this presumes that they don't have many rocks on top of the roof…

…with which to stone the prophets.
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ptom @ptom.net · 14h
Can't remember.
jurymgmt.bsky.social
why is no one talking about how depression and anxiety can cause major memory loss?
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ptom @ptom.net · 17h
Also, just because you can go all DARVO on someone doesn't mean you've actually answered the question. Deflect all you want, there's still a correct, factual answer to the questions asked, which were deflected or deferred instead.
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ptom @ptom.net · 1d
I try to avoid doom scrolling, blind reposts, and amplification. I don't sensationalize violence or try to stir up trouble; but some things need to be shared.

There's worse going on than this, by far—but this is a "PG" version of the conduct that's still strong enough to illustrate the inhumanity.
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CW: protester being struck in the head by a pepper ball

Footage I took earlier of the moment Reverend David Black, a regular protester outside of the Broadview Detention Center, was shot in the head with a pepper ball by ICE agents on the roof of the facility.
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ptom @ptom.net · 1d
It takes a *lot* of work to improve on the genius of Bill Waterson, but this? This is genuinely *amazing*.
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ptom @ptom.net · 1d
Bondi is *incredibly* good at playing Bad Argument Bingo: bookofbadarguments.com

So much deflection and counter attack (mostly ad hominem) and very, very little substance. When properly cornered and called on it, she simply falls silent.

What a horrible and horribly unfit person.
An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments
This book is aimed at newcomers to the field of logical reasoning, particularly those who, to borrow a phrase from Pascal, are so made that they understand best through visuals. I have selected a sma...
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ptom @ptom.net · 1d
Bondi is *incredibly* good at playing Bad Argument Bingo: bookofbadarguments.com

So much deflection and counter attack (mostly ad hominem) and very, very little substance. When properly cornered and called on it, she simply falls silent.

What a horrible and horribly unfit person.
An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments
This book is aimed at newcomers to the field of logical reasoning, particularly those who, to borrow a phrase from Pascal, are so made that they understand best through visuals. I have selected a sma...
bookofbadarguments.com
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atrupar.com
"This is supposed to be an oversight hearing" -- Schiff helpfully ticks through all of the incriminating questions -- and there are many of them -- that Bondi refused to answer during today's hearing
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ptom @ptom.net · 1d
"Everybody back to work...(except Grijalva)"
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frogandtoadbot.bsky.social
Toad sat and did nothing. Frog sat with him.
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ptom @ptom.net · 1d
The notion, "if you REALLY liked art you'd create it regardless of circumstance" puts all the onus on the artist and ignores simple facts of human experience.

The overhead of mere existence can quash all creative outlets; pain, uncertainty, health (mental/physical)—we require care and feeding.
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
“.. On closer inspection, however, it turned out that the image was not a photograph of a real event in Portland, but instead a fabrication created by combining two photographs of scenes that unfolded in South America nearly a decade apart ..”

@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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ptom @ptom.net · 1d
“Men are afraid women will laugh at them. Women are afraid men will kill them"
--Atwood (revised)

There's good reason to choose the @&$# bear.
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ptom @ptom.net · 2d
Matt Stairs the baseball player? Because if it is, apparently I bought his old house in Maine. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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ariellaelm.bsky.social
Change is slow.

I know, you don’t want to hear it, but that’s reality.

A lot of people are waiting for that thing that happens that literally snaps us back to Jan 19, 2025.

That thing doesn’t exist. That thing can’t exist.
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ptom @ptom.net · 2d
Yes; let's not underestimate the administration's capacity to be terrible in several dimensions simultaneously.
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ptom @ptom.net · 2d
"Just wait until next year", is, I recall, the current advice from the administration.

They can't even pull the "in the next two weeks" bit anymore.