Tuomas Leone
@tuomasleone.bsky.social
Traveler, urbanist. Fool, learner. IDIC 🖖🏼
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I've seen this going around today and it's beautiful, so here's a gift link.
Opinion | Martin Scorsese: ‘Rob Reiner Was My Friend’
www.nytimes.com
December 25, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I've seen this going around today and it's beautiful, so here's a gift link.
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That -11% YoY traffic reduction is actually a bit more impressive than it seems bc traffic was actually getting 3-5% *worse* each year prior.
The true reduction is closer to 14%-16% compared to where we would be without the tolls today.
The true reduction is closer to 14%-16% compared to where we would be without the tolls today.
December 25, 2025 at 2:45 PM
That -11% YoY traffic reduction is actually a bit more impressive than it seems bc traffic was actually getting 3-5% *worse* each year prior.
The true reduction is closer to 14%-16% compared to where we would be without the tolls today.
The true reduction is closer to 14%-16% compared to where we would be without the tolls today.
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Here’s the U.S. government being officially religious in a country with no official religion.
December 25, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Here’s the U.S. government being officially religious in a country with no official religion.
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Andrea Pitzer, who wrote a global history of concentration camps, on why we must call a concentration camp "a concentration camp."
One of the most important things I've ever worked on.
One of the most important things I've ever worked on.
December 25, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Andrea Pitzer, who wrote a global history of concentration camps, on why we must call a concentration camp "a concentration camp."
One of the most important things I've ever worked on.
One of the most important things I've ever worked on.
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American social media platforms are banned in Russia. Have you noticed Donald isn't sanctioning anyone over that?
December 24, 2025 at 10:46 AM
American social media platforms are banned in Russia. Have you noticed Donald isn't sanctioning anyone over that?
Concentration camps in the U.S.A. - not fiction but a horrid reality that all Americans need to come to terms with.
I highly recommend Andrea Pitzer's #OneLongNight to better understand the history of the concentration camp. We can move past this barbarism.
I highly recommend Andrea Pitzer's #OneLongNight to better understand the history of the concentration camp. We can move past this barbarism.
🧊 WAREHOUSING HUMANS 😲
ICE plans to herd their captives "into one of seven large-scale warehouses holding 5,000 to 10,000 people each, where they would be staged for deportation." www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
ICE plans to herd their captives "into one of seven large-scale warehouses holding 5,000 to 10,000 people each, where they would be staged for deportation." www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
ICE documents reveal plan to hold 80,000 immigrants in warehouses
The Trump administration wants to build seven large-scale deportation hubs to speed up deportations, internal ICE documents show.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 24, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Concentration camps in the U.S.A. - not fiction but a horrid reality that all Americans need to come to terms with.
I highly recommend Andrea Pitzer's #OneLongNight to better understand the history of the concentration camp. We can move past this barbarism.
I highly recommend Andrea Pitzer's #OneLongNight to better understand the history of the concentration camp. We can move past this barbarism.
Happy Festivus to all who celebrate!
two men standing in front of an american video store
Alt: A Festivus for the rest of us!
media.tenor.com
December 24, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Happy Festivus to all who celebrate!
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(With tears in my eyes) sir no one has ever mastered that ceremony better
Trump: "Tell me what you think of my 'Master of Ceremony' abilities. If really good, would you like me to leave the Presidency in order to make “hosting” a full time job?"
December 23, 2025 at 3:14 PM
(With tears in my eyes) sir no one has ever mastered that ceremony better
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we, in the United States, through Trump’s mass deportation scheme, have engaged in abductions and torture for the past year, none of it in secret, much of it attested to in legal documents. there is nothing to expose, only to face.
December 22, 2025 at 11:10 PM
we, in the United States, through Trump’s mass deportation scheme, have engaged in abductions and torture for the past year, none of it in secret, much of it attested to in legal documents. there is nothing to expose, only to face.
I used to have a grey market Canadian satellite dish up on my roof so I could watch Hockey Night in Canada and live coverage of the Olympics.
I guess I need to do that again, but for the news.
I guess I need to do that again, but for the news.
December 23, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I used to have a grey market Canadian satellite dish up on my roof so I could watch Hockey Night in Canada and live coverage of the Olympics.
I guess I need to do that again, but for the news.
I guess I need to do that again, but for the news.
Not sure how to interpret this, but I'll reach for the sky!
Also, I'll try to phone home and say hi to mom more often.
Also, I'll try to phone home and say hi to mom more often.
December 19, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Not sure how to interpret this, but I'll reach for the sky!
Also, I'll try to phone home and say hi to mom more often.
Also, I'll try to phone home and say hi to mom more often.
It's been a dark, dark time in the news for quite some time now. While there are, and will continue to be, bright spots, we must use these times as a learning opportunity.
If there is one (and there are many!) thing I've learned from reading Andrea Pitzer's #OneLongNight, it is perseverance.
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If there is one (and there are many!) thing I've learned from reading Andrea Pitzer's #OneLongNight, it is perseverance.
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December 18, 2025 at 8:04 PM
It's been a dark, dark time in the news for quite some time now. While there are, and will continue to be, bright spots, we must use these times as a learning opportunity.
If there is one (and there are many!) thing I've learned from reading Andrea Pitzer's #OneLongNight, it is perseverance.
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If there is one (and there are many!) thing I've learned from reading Andrea Pitzer's #OneLongNight, it is perseverance.
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Remember the old saw...much easier to destroy than it is to grow.
This will haunt Finland, perhaps rightly, for quite some time.
This will haunt Finland, perhaps rightly, for quite some time.
Maakuva sen kuin rapautuu rapautumistaan.
Finland Apologizes to China, Japan and South Korea for Racist Gesture
www.nytimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Remember the old saw...much easier to destroy than it is to grow.
This will haunt Finland, perhaps rightly, for quite some time.
This will haunt Finland, perhaps rightly, for quite some time.
A reckoning is going to come to Finland, and Finns had better be prepared for it.
The current racism crisis brings it all together for those who wish to see the truth of the matter. What is being enjoyed by the right today (tax cuts and bigotry) is destroying the Finland of tomorrow.
The current racism crisis brings it all together for those who wish to see the truth of the matter. What is being enjoyed by the right today (tax cuts and bigotry) is destroying the Finland of tomorrow.
(The root causes of Finland's economic woes are 1. very rapidly aging demographic with 1a. low immigration, which increases healthcare and 1b. pension expenditures, which counts almost completely as public expenditure in Finland; and 2. lack of economic growth, largely due to 2a. low investment.)
December 18, 2025 at 12:10 PM
A reckoning is going to come to Finland, and Finns had better be prepared for it.
The current racism crisis brings it all together for those who wish to see the truth of the matter. What is being enjoyed by the right today (tax cuts and bigotry) is destroying the Finland of tomorrow.
The current racism crisis brings it all together for those who wish to see the truth of the matter. What is being enjoyed by the right today (tax cuts and bigotry) is destroying the Finland of tomorrow.
American exceptionalism
not even the pretense of a coalition of the willing this time
December 17, 2025 at 11:11 PM
American exceptionalism
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not even the pretense of a coalition of the willing this time
December 17, 2025 at 1:06 AM
not even the pretense of a coalition of the willing this time
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The U.S. is giving dying mall vibes.
I can't explain it, but you know I'm right.
I can't explain it, but you know I'm right.
December 17, 2025 at 8:56 PM
The U.S. is giving dying mall vibes.
I can't explain it, but you know I'm right.
I can't explain it, but you know I'm right.
Ok, good. Now *do* something.
Orpo’s apology appears on social media channels of the Finnish embassies in China, Japan and South Korea.
Finnish PM apologises for Finns Party politicians' offensive social media posts
Orpo’s apology appears on social media channels of the Finnish embassies in China, Japan and South Korea.
yle.fi
December 17, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Ok, good. Now *do* something.
Sigh. The search for a new browser starts now.
December 16, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Sigh. The search for a new browser starts now.
But it did happen! This like this have happened and with milquetoast responses like this, they will continue to happen.
This needs to be condemned completely and resoundingly so. Using clear language that this is racist behavior and will not be tolerated in the governing coalition.
This needs to be condemned completely and resoundingly so. Using clear language that this is racist behavior and will not be tolerated in the governing coalition.
"This should not happen. Not now and not in the future," said Jukka Kopra, the National Coalition Party's parliamentary group chair.
Government parliamentary group leaders condemn Finns Party members' "Asian eyes" posts
"This should not happen. Not now and not in the future," said Jukka Kopra, the National Coalition Party's parliamentary group chair.
yle.fi
December 16, 2025 at 12:12 PM
But it did happen! This like this have happened and with milquetoast responses like this, they will continue to happen.
This needs to be condemned completely and resoundingly so. Using clear language that this is racist behavior and will not be tolerated in the governing coalition.
This needs to be condemned completely and resoundingly so. Using clear language that this is racist behavior and will not be tolerated in the governing coalition.
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Dr Russell D. Moore is a theologian, pastor, and the editor in chief of Christianity Today.
December 15, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Dr Russell D. Moore is a theologian, pastor, and the editor in chief of Christianity Today.
Blatant Islamophobia from a sitting U.S. Senator. Disgusting. He should be censured and expelled.
This is from a Republican senator. He doesn't attack extremists or terrorists, nope, he attacks 1.7 billion people.
Meanwhile, he still supports Trump and makes excuses for the Jan 6 violent insurrection.
Hateful, hypocritical, and stupid.
Meanwhile, he still supports Trump and makes excuses for the Jan 6 violent insurrection.
Hateful, hypocritical, and stupid.
December 14, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Blatant Islamophobia from a sitting U.S. Senator. Disgusting. He should be censured and expelled.
A reminder that the camp that starts the narrative in #onelongnight is still there. Concentration camps continue to plague this world, and we must learn to understand their existence, and how to root them out when our governments attempt to bring them to use.
Good morning from Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, where three military judges are taking the bench in the course of this week in the 9/11 and USS Cole bombing cases. The two 9/11 case judges are new and subject to questioning to probe for ethical conflicts at their first military commission appearances.
December 14, 2025 at 4:43 PM
A reminder that the camp that starts the narrative in #onelongnight is still there. Concentration camps continue to plague this world, and we must learn to understand their existence, and how to root them out when our governments attempt to bring them to use.
As Fred Rogers once advised, look to the helpers in times of trouble.
7News Australia reports that the hero who jumped and disarmed one of the terrorist shooters
His name is Ahmed el-Ahmed
A 43 year old married father of two
He owns a fruit shop in Sutherland
No experience with guns
He was walking past
He has two bullets in his arm
His name is Ahmed el-Ahmed
A 43 year old married father of two
He owns a fruit shop in Sutherland
No experience with guns
He was walking past
He has two bullets in his arm
December 14, 2025 at 4:40 PM
As Fred Rogers once advised, look to the helpers in times of trouble.
The well-trained militia never stops its work.
Breaking News: Multiple people have been shot at Brown University, officials said. Follow live updates.
Live Updates: Multiple People Shot at Brown University, Police Say
The university told students and faculty members to lock doors and hide after reports of a shooting at the engineering building on the Rhode Island campus. A suspect was not in custody.
nyti.ms
December 14, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The well-trained militia never stops its work.