tommyspoon
@tommyspoon.bsky.social
https://www.tommyspoon.net/
Writer, actor, dancer, geek living near PDX.
"I hope your words are working for you!"
#horror #writing
Writer, actor, dancer, geek living near PDX.
"I hope your words are working for you!"
#horror #writing
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Olivia Nuzzi is a tulpa dreamed into life by Shonda Rhimes and nobody will ever convince me otherwise
December 5, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Olivia Nuzzi is a tulpa dreamed into life by Shonda Rhimes and nobody will ever convince me otherwise
I know that most Americans don't give two cents about Eurovision, but it's a big freaking deal. And to have FOUR prominent nations boycott (with another 4 possibly to follow suit) over Israel's conduct in Palestine is a HUGE deal.
Losing Spain (one of the Big Five), the Netherlands (biggest financial contributor outside the Big 5), Ireland (most Eurovision wins), and Slovenia (pivotal in getting more of Eastern Europe involved post-Cold War) will break Eurovision. All because the EBU want to protect the Special Country
December 4, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I know that most Americans don't give two cents about Eurovision, but it's a big freaking deal. And to have FOUR prominent nations boycott (with another 4 possibly to follow suit) over Israel's conduct in Palestine is a HUGE deal.
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Maybe instead of committing atrocities, we could just make the rich pay their fair share and have universal healthcare and affordable housing instead.
Idk, just spitballing here.
Idk, just spitballing here.
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Alex Karp vows to use his "whole influence" on immigration and defense policy.
gizmodo.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Maybe instead of committing atrocities, we could just make the rich pay their fair share and have universal healthcare and affordable housing instead.
Idk, just spitballing here.
Idk, just spitballing here.
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“The decision was made to exclude me from the filmed production of Swan Lake because I was told my brown skin would disrupt the aesthetic.” ~ Misty Copeland
When folks gripe about DEI, remind them who benefited from shutting out dancers like Copeland. That pattern runs through our whole history.
When folks gripe about DEI, remind them who benefited from shutting out dancers like Copeland. That pattern runs through our whole history.
December 4, 2025 at 1:22 AM
“The decision was made to exclude me from the filmed production of Swan Lake because I was told my brown skin would disrupt the aesthetic.” ~ Misty Copeland
When folks gripe about DEI, remind them who benefited from shutting out dancers like Copeland. That pattern runs through our whole history.
When folks gripe about DEI, remind them who benefited from shutting out dancers like Copeland. That pattern runs through our whole history.
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The good news:
1) Aftyn Behn moved a ruby red district 12 points more blue.
2) She can and should run again in the midterm election.
3) With real investment and good candidates, every R+ 7 or less seat is now in play.
The bad news:
Rural white voters are still the absolute worst.
1) Aftyn Behn moved a ruby red district 12 points more blue.
2) She can and should run again in the midterm election.
3) With real investment and good candidates, every R+ 7 or less seat is now in play.
The bad news:
Rural white voters are still the absolute worst.
December 3, 2025 at 12:17 PM
The good news:
1) Aftyn Behn moved a ruby red district 12 points more blue.
2) She can and should run again in the midterm election.
3) With real investment and good candidates, every R+ 7 or less seat is now in play.
The bad news:
Rural white voters are still the absolute worst.
1) Aftyn Behn moved a ruby red district 12 points more blue.
2) She can and should run again in the midterm election.
3) With real investment and good candidates, every R+ 7 or less seat is now in play.
The bad news:
Rural white voters are still the absolute worst.
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No-strings-attached, zero-means-testing, no-questions-asked cash payouts have been proven, over and over again, to be the most effective form of charity/aid going.
It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.
It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
December 3, 2025 at 7:12 AM
No-strings-attached, zero-means-testing, no-questions-asked cash payouts have been proven, over and over again, to be the most effective form of charity/aid going.
It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.
It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.
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“Our union represented the endless cycle of life, death, and rebirth, and the eternal, unending nature of time. Sometimes I didn’t know where the worm ended, and our love began.”
More Excerpts from Olivia Nuzzi’s American Canto
“Forget the sex; the real scandal here is the crime against language.” — Brian Phillips, The Ringer, on Olivia Nuzzi’s new memoir, American Canto, ...
buff.ly
December 1, 2025 at 7:26 PM
“Our union represented the endless cycle of life, death, and rebirth, and the eternal, unending nature of time. Sometimes I didn’t know where the worm ended, and our love began.”
Tag yourself in the floor plan below.
I call dibs on the COAT BATH.
I call dibs on the COAT BATH.
December 2, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Tag yourself in the floor plan below.
I call dibs on the COAT BATH.
I call dibs on the COAT BATH.
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If you'd like some good news on AI, the last few weeks have seen execs across multiple industries strive to hide AI usage labeling on their products because, as many of us have said FOR YEARS, the audience that *doesn't* want AI is substantial and we will reject your product whole hog for using it.
December 1, 2025 at 9:35 PM
If you'd like some good news on AI, the last few weeks have seen execs across multiple industries strive to hide AI usage labeling on their products because, as many of us have said FOR YEARS, the audience that *doesn't* want AI is substantial and we will reject your product whole hog for using it.
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The phrase "Fox News weekend co-host" appears nowhere in the Constitution, so it's hard to imagine even the most activist judge allowing Pete Hegseth to stand trial for war crimes.
by Jonathan Turley
by Jonathan Turley
December 1, 2025 at 7:39 PM
The phrase "Fox News weekend co-host" appears nowhere in the Constitution, so it's hard to imagine even the most activist judge allowing Pete Hegseth to stand trial for war crimes.
by Jonathan Turley
by Jonathan Turley
This is a long, brutal, and necessary thread.
It also might be the most horrifying thing I've read this year. And it's REAL.
It also might be the most horrifying thing I've read this year. And it's REAL.
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 29, 2025 at 8:41 PM
This is a long, brutal, and necessary thread.
It also might be the most horrifying thing I've read this year. And it's REAL.
It also might be the most horrifying thing I've read this year. And it's REAL.
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Just catching up with the budget coverage in the papers.
November 29, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Just catching up with the budget coverage in the papers.
I may regret this, but could @profanity.accountant perform a scan?
I need to know how "blue" my Bluesky account is...
I need to know how "blue" my Bluesky account is...
November 29, 2025 at 1:26 AM
I may regret this, but could @profanity.accountant perform a scan?
I need to know how "blue" my Bluesky account is...
I need to know how "blue" my Bluesky account is...
My eyes are welling up as I watch this.
I think that's been the hardest thing about the last decade: the absence of kindness.
To see an elected official offering kindness does give me hope.
Sure, it's performative. But it's a KIND performance.
After so much cruelty, this performance soothes.
I think that's been the hardest thing about the last decade: the absence of kindness.
To see an elected official offering kindness does give me hope.
Sure, it's performative. But it's a KIND performance.
After so much cruelty, this performance soothes.
Combatting poverty and hunger in this city will take every single one of us. Myself included.
November 27, 2025 at 8:32 PM
My eyes are welling up as I watch this.
I think that's been the hardest thing about the last decade: the absence of kindness.
To see an elected official offering kindness does give me hope.
Sure, it's performative. But it's a KIND performance.
After so much cruelty, this performance soothes.
I think that's been the hardest thing about the last decade: the absence of kindness.
To see an elected official offering kindness does give me hope.
Sure, it's performative. But it's a KIND performance.
After so much cruelty, this performance soothes.
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Happy Chompsgiving!
November 27, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Happy Chompsgiving!
The matte black ALMOST makes it look cool.
But the rookie parking undercuts the whole look.
But the rookie parking undercuts the whole look.
November 27, 2025 at 6:38 AM
The matte black ALMOST makes it look cool.
But the rookie parking undercuts the whole look.
But the rookie parking undercuts the whole look.
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Now here’s the kind of news you drop going into a long holiday weekend. Maybe no one will notice. 🤡
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
November 26, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Now here’s the kind of news you drop going into a long holiday weekend. Maybe no one will notice. 🤡
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Like a battery…
The thing about Trump stories is that they always have that extra layer of stupidity that you’re not expecting. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
November 26, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Like a battery…
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Stephen A promotes an agenda that’s in sync with The Powers That Be. He doesn’t inform, he entertains. Stephen A’s job is to maintain the status quo. White clowns down need to wear blackface anymore when there’s so many compliant House Negroes willing to do it instead.
November 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Stephen A promotes an agenda that’s in sync with The Powers That Be. He doesn’t inform, he entertains. Stephen A’s job is to maintain the status quo. White clowns down need to wear blackface anymore when there’s so many compliant House Negroes willing to do it instead.
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I take on average 10,000 stills and a half hour of video every week. Most I'll never think about again. This I'll hold onto until I grow old. 4 hours ago.
Zero edits. No recoloring. No cropping. Nothing. Just straight up reality. 🦑
Zero edits. No recoloring. No cropping. Nothing. Just straight up reality. 🦑
November 23, 2025 at 5:21 AM
I take on average 10,000 stills and a half hour of video every week. Most I'll never think about again. This I'll hold onto until I grow old. 4 hours ago.
Zero edits. No recoloring. No cropping. Nothing. Just straight up reality. 🦑
Zero edits. No recoloring. No cropping. Nothing. Just straight up reality. 🦑
Chrome users, do this now.
Oh wait! Figured out how to get rid of the garbage Gemini button in Chrome:
- Right-click
- Unpin
Gone!
- Right-click
- Unpin
Gone!
November 23, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Chrome users, do this now.
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How I feel about the whole Olivia Nuzzi story is that there are a lot of talented, ethical, underemployed or unemployed black and brown journalists right now who are ready to work.
November 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
How I feel about the whole Olivia Nuzzi story is that there are a lot of talented, ethical, underemployed or unemployed black and brown journalists right now who are ready to work.
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Put it in The Louvre of US political history. The look on Mamdani's face is priceless.
November 22, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Put it in The Louvre of US political history. The look on Mamdani's face is priceless.
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Anyway the reason you dismiss Platner at this stage is not because you think he's a secret nazi, you dismiss him because he should have seen this coming from a million miles away and had all his ducks in a row on it before running for political office
November 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Anyway the reason you dismiss Platner at this stage is not because you think he's a secret nazi, you dismiss him because he should have seen this coming from a million miles away and had all his ducks in a row on it before running for political office