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Thomas Crofts

@hypermetrix.bsky.social

professor (medieval lit and classics), drummer (punk). east tennessee. hometown: san antonio, tx. poemz at commoncrofts (https://commoncrofts.blogspot.com/)

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Truth

11.07.2025 12:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Good for them, but troubling that only the group under attack is speaking out. Their colleagues in congress of all backgrounds should be raising hell.

27.06.2025 17:57 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Fucking hell.

08.06.2025 19:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hard truth:

Most people in the US see the reality of mass deportation, and are horrified.

But more than half of all white folk in the US *support* mass deportation.

And everyone: stop lying to me and pretending that you didn't know that it would be this. You knew.

Lie to yourself. Not to me.

31.05.2025 19:52 β€” πŸ‘ 185    πŸ” 58    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2

Same.

27.05.2025 18:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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CBS reporter Scott Pelley:

This is a warning that I fear many will look back on in five or six years and think β€œhe was so right”.

If you haven’t already shared this, please do.

27.05.2025 12:20 β€” πŸ‘ 17473    πŸ” 8381    πŸ’¬ 473    πŸ“Œ 487

Well, maybe there's some *kairos* afoot: I was just about to throw myself into the letters, which will be the more poignant now; glad to have your essay for company.

14.05.2025 16:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Looking forward to reading this but, shit, this is how I learned Joris died.

14.05.2025 15:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Cato Institute’s Director of immigration studies πŸ‘‡πŸ½

09.05.2025 17:36 β€” πŸ‘ 11471    πŸ” 5064    πŸ’¬ 411    πŸ“Œ 295
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Ken Cheng - I want to connect with you, emotionally)

Al will never be able to write like me. Why? Because | am now inserting random sentences into every post to throw off their language learning models. Any Al emulating me will radiator freak yellow horse spout nonsense. 1 wiite all my emails, That's Not My Baby and reports like this to protect my data waffle iron 40% off. 1 suggest all writers and artists do the same Strawberry mango Forklift. The robot nerds will never get the better of Ken Hey can | have whipped cream please? Cheng. We can tuna fish tango foxtrot defeat Al. We just have to talk like this. All. The. Time. Piss on carpet

linkedin post screenshot: Ken Cheng - I want to connect with you, emotionally) Al will never be able to write like me. Why? Because | am now inserting random sentences into every post to throw off their language learning models. Any Al emulating me will radiator freak yellow horse spout nonsense. 1 wiite all my emails, That's Not My Baby and reports like this to protect my data waffle iron 40% off. 1 suggest all writers and artists do the same Strawberry mango Forklift. The robot nerds will never get the better of Ken Hey can | have whipped cream please? Cheng. We can tuna fish tango foxtrot defeat Al. We just have to talk like this. All. The. Time. Piss on carpet

unfollowing everyone on linkedin except this guy

23.04.2025 06:35 β€” πŸ‘ 45919    πŸ” 11672    πŸ’¬ 722    πŸ“Œ 969

I am old enough to remember when a movie character said "PAPERS PLEASE" it was a universally understood signifier of an evil regime

19.04.2025 00:12 β€” πŸ‘ 6505    πŸ” 1727    πŸ’¬ 51    πŸ“Œ 0
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Grabbed at his appointment to become a citizen. Is this who we are? πŸ˜•πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

14.04.2025 20:38 β€” πŸ‘ 26293    πŸ” 12115    πŸ’¬ 2807    πŸ“Œ 1625
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Johnson City, TN

06.04.2025 16:15 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Yes. We were out in numbers yest.

06.04.2025 13:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Tracy should know you don't hyphenate compound adjectives in the predicate position.

26.03.2025 12:19 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

holy shit

25.03.2025 12:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Nicanor Parra
translated by Miller Williams

22.03.2025 17:59 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hyrca hyrca nazaza!

20.03.2025 16:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sharon Olds

19.03.2025 13:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Nice people do not notice their country is fascist all at once... Ukranian poet Lyudmyla Khersonska.

08.03.2025 03:56 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Even as a crusader for the total fact that 'none' is singular, I support this.

10.03.2025 01:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Vet found hanging draped in trans flag The suicide letter they won't publish

"Fuck You America!

I don’t want your hatred.

I don’t want the military decorations and medals you awarded me.

I don’t want your pension money for my distinguished military service and service-connected disabilities."

zerodoesntsleep.substack.com/p/vet-found-...

13.02.2025 00:53 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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So to be clear - in Tennessee unidentified white men in hoodies can grab any immigrant that "looks" undocumented, and if officials even as much as vote to protect them it's a felony.

This is where we are now.

Video: www.facebook.com/share/v/1AQh...

11.02.2025 13:07 β€” πŸ‘ 2712    πŸ” 1335    πŸ’¬ 237    πŸ“Œ 142
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Exactly this.

05.02.2025 15:06 β€” πŸ‘ 10466    πŸ” 2893    πŸ’¬ 424    πŸ“Œ 114

I don't deserve you, Onion.

06.02.2025 00:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Man. Wherever history goes, some poet got there first.

01.02.2025 19:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Again, thanks!

31.01.2025 02:08 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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