Tom S.
@tcstoll.bsky.social
Leftist, atheist, feminist, environmentalist, guitarist, music fan, gourmand, husband, curmudgeon, historian, antifa, multiple sclerosis haver, he/him pronoun user, traveler, father, Michigander, cat lover, architecture enthusiast, more...
I've enjoyed as much of this as I can stand.
December 3, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I've enjoyed as much of this as I can stand.
People are appropriately outraged that Hegseth used the US military to target and kill civilians. Hope people remember that Obama helped set the precedent when he drone killed civilians.
December 3, 2025 at 5:16 PM
People are appropriately outraged that Hegseth used the US military to target and kill civilians. Hope people remember that Obama helped set the precedent when he drone killed civilians.
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I know it's too easy to grow numb to the constant flood of bigotry that comes out of his mouth but it does seem morally important you don't allow yourself or anyone else to become desensitized to this vile racism as a normal part of our politics
Trump on Somalis: "We're gonna go the wrong way if we keep taking in garbage into our country. Ilhan Omar is garbage. She's garbage. Her friends are garbage."
December 2, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I know it's too easy to grow numb to the constant flood of bigotry that comes out of his mouth but it does seem morally important you don't allow yourself or anyone else to become desensitized to this vile racism as a normal part of our politics
Health insurance companies are parasites who don't contribute to patients' well-being. #MedicareForAll
December 2, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Health insurance companies are parasites who don't contribute to patients' well-being. #MedicareForAll
I want to see Hegseth fired or forced to resign in disgrace, sure. But that's not enough. I want to see him prosecuted and imprisoned. That's what should happen if our society had any kind of commitment to morality.
December 2, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I want to see Hegseth fired or forced to resign in disgrace, sure. But that's not enough. I want to see him prosecuted and imprisoned. That's what should happen if our society had any kind of commitment to morality.
ikr?
"Just a few years ago, conservatives struggled to navigate a world in which everyone was expected to pay fealty (whether sincerely or not) to the idea the US could be a multi-racial democracy in which equality was the goal toward which we all strove. But now, they’re pretending nothing of the sort."
This is what a white supremacist administration looks like
Also: Can Democrats pull off a huge upset tonight in deep red Tennessee?
www.publicnotice.co
December 2, 2025 at 3:39 PM
ikr?
"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it." -- Upton Sinclair
December 2, 2025 at 3:05 PM
"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it." -- Upton Sinclair
U.S. gov't is controlled by people who make *a lot* of money under the current healthcare system.
December 2, 2025 at 2:59 PM
U.S. gov't is controlled by people who make *a lot* of money under the current healthcare system.
Life After Death is a very useful concept to get you to accept being treated like shit in this (your only) life.
December 2, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Life After Death is a very useful concept to get you to accept being treated like shit in this (your only) life.
I don't really understand why the president has ever had the power to pardon anyone.
December 1, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I don't really understand why the president has ever had the power to pardon anyone.
The US is committing war crimes in the Caribbean.
December 1, 2025 at 5:18 PM
The US is committing war crimes in the Caribbean.
Happy birthday to Eric Bloom of Blue Oyster Cult.
December 1, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Happy birthday to Eric Bloom of Blue Oyster Cult.
Happy birthday to John Densmore of The Doors.
December 1, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Happy birthday to John Densmore of The Doors.
Happy birthday to Billy Idol.
November 30, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Happy birthday to Billy Idol.
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You know how billionaires end up with severe cognitive deficits as a result of becoming surrounded by yes men who constantly tell them their every idea is genius? What if we made a bot that just does that to everyone. I think that would be a good idea.
October 17, 2025 at 5:00 AM
You know how billionaires end up with severe cognitive deficits as a result of becoming surrounded by yes men who constantly tell them their every idea is genius? What if we made a bot that just does that to everyone. I think that would be a good idea.
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The president is about to start a war for no real reason. All of the things he has blamed on the country he’s targeting — fentanyl distribution, “emptying the asylums” and sending patients to the U.S., alignment with Tren de Aragua— are provably, obviously false.
Lots of people are going to die.
Lots of people are going to die.
November 29, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The president is about to start a war for no real reason. All of the things he has blamed on the country he’s targeting — fentanyl distribution, “emptying the asylums” and sending patients to the U.S., alignment with Tren de Aragua— are provably, obviously false.
Lots of people are going to die.
Lots of people are going to die.
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Trump, with no authority to do so, demands the airspace “above and surrounding” Venezuela be closed as he threatens to bomb and invade the country.
November 29, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Trump, with no authority to do so, demands the airspace “above and surrounding” Venezuela be closed as he threatens to bomb and invade the country.
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Creating a military conflict with Venezuela gives this administration a legal "hook" to invoke the Alien Enemies Act. In other words, the foreign war is being manufactured in order to facilitate court deference for its domestic mass deportation policy. It's a Stephen Miller Special.
November 29, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Creating a military conflict with Venezuela gives this administration a legal "hook" to invoke the Alien Enemies Act. In other words, the foreign war is being manufactured in order to facilitate court deference for its domestic mass deportation policy. It's a Stephen Miller Special.
ICE garage blockaded in lower Manhattan with dozens of agents stuck inside as more and more New Yorkers gather.
NYPD observed staging on Canal & Broadway, expected come over for crowd control.
NYPD observed staging on Canal & Broadway, expected come over for crowd control.
November 29, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Just imagine how awful a person you'd need to be before you'd even consider working for ICE.
November 29, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Just imagine how awful a person you'd need to be before you'd even consider working for ICE.
“If one man has a dollar he didn't work for, some other man worked for a dollar he didn't get.” -- William "Big Bill" Haywood
November 29, 2025 at 4:57 PM
“If one man has a dollar he didn't work for, some other man worked for a dollar he didn't get.” -- William "Big Bill" Haywood
Chuck Mangione was born on this date in 1940. If you're of a certain age, you'll remember his unlikely jazz-fusion hit Feels So Good.
November 29, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Chuck Mangione was born on this date in 1940. If you're of a certain age, you'll remember his unlikely jazz-fusion hit Feels So Good.
John Mayall was born on this date in 1933.
November 29, 2025 at 11:24 AM
John Mayall was born on this date in 1933.
Merle Travis was born on this date in 1917. A VERY influential guitarist, Travis picking technique, named for him, is a syncopated style of fingerpicking rooted in ragtime in which alternating chords and bass notes are plucked by the thumb, while melodies are plucked by the index finger.
November 29, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Merle Travis was born on this date in 1917. A VERY influential guitarist, Travis picking technique, named for him, is a syncopated style of fingerpicking rooted in ragtime in which alternating chords and bass notes are plucked by the thumb, while melodies are plucked by the index finger.