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Tom Pain

@tompain.bsky.social

He/him. Co-host of Ten Thousand Losses. Lefty educator and Philly native in exile. History, beer, language, and transit nerd. Go birds.

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I’m convinced a good number of priests, especially the academic ones, are irreligious.

That class’ teacher was a lay teacher but there’s no way that dude was a believer.

09.03.2026 13:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

honkin’ it

09.03.2026 11:45 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
09.03.2026 11:44 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

did you have the β€œwhat if the church was invaded by Nazis and I had a machine gun nest in the organ” fantasy too?

09.03.2026 11:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Doubt spark: god not moving the fan in St Hugh’s church as a kid.

Abandonment spark: learning the textual history of the Bible in my senior year theology class.

09.03.2026 11:36 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Very easy to be a Unitarian, just make sure to talk to the minister and get on the books.

09.03.2026 11:30 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Also for the record, this is a highly Italian-coded business name.

09.03.2026 01:57 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

can I still buy drugs under the station or will that not open up for a bit?

09.03.2026 01:44 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

do yourself a favor folks, if you're 26 or younger, make a plan to dodge the draft. it's not making the problem about you -- the child you don't go overseas to kill will thank you for it in fact. and if it doesn't come to pass, better to have a plan and not need it than need it and not have it

08.03.2026 22:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1649    πŸ” 495    πŸ’¬ 35    πŸ“Œ 25

🎢 the black and tans

like lightning ran

from the furries of the IRA 🎢

08.03.2026 21:20 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Happy international working women’s day. Women’s lives are dramatically improved when they don’t have to economically rely on men in romantic partnership.

08.03.2026 15:32 β€” πŸ‘ 54    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Whom among us can judge her for that?

08.03.2026 15:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

based and morning star-pilled

08.03.2026 14:20 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This and his archeological excitement at the ancient ship. You really get to see the other side of him.

08.03.2026 13:52 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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They attacked the burn treatment center in Tehran before unleashing the fires of hell on the city. They are truly the epitome of all evil in this world x.com/UnboundedVoi...

08.03.2026 03:01 β€” πŸ‘ 745    πŸ” 363    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 0

Put a team in San Juan tbh

08.03.2026 13:32 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I was still a believer until I was 18 but that is my first memory of doubt.

08.03.2026 13:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The death of God happened to me in 4th grade. In the middle of Mass I, begged God to move the fan in the top of the church as a small sign of His existence and nothing happened.

08.03.2026 13:41 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Apple health sleep chart showing The Awakening starting at 3:30 AM instead of 4:30 AM thanks to DST.

Apple health sleep chart showing The Awakening starting at 3:30 AM instead of 4:30 AM thanks to DST.

Proving my cats are assholes, with data.

08.03.2026 13:18 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

TNG S3 E6: Geordi’s AI Girlfriend

08.03.2026 13:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Far more reasonable than I.

07.03.2026 15:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Say what you want about them, but the Irish Republicans always make sure you are notified ahead of time.

07.03.2026 14:47 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I paid that for a starry plough shirt.

07.03.2026 15:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
a black and white British Rail poster titled "The argument for electrifying our railways, will become clearer in time." with four panels showing scenes from 1978, 1987, 1995 and 2005 with oil running out over that period

a black and white British Rail poster titled "The argument for electrifying our railways, will become clearer in time." with four panels showing scenes from 1978, 1987, 1995 and 2005 with oil running out over that period

"The argument for electrifying our railways will become clearer in time."
British Rail, 1979.

07.03.2026 10:49 β€” πŸ‘ 641    πŸ” 175    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 15

waking up to a notification that a package from Sinn Fein is on its way to my house

07.03.2026 14:34 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

hemp oil, that’s right, we’re hotboxing in the Carlin tunnel, and I’m not talking about the journal bearings

06.03.2026 22:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Me when the wife asks me if I remembered to do the trash.

04.03.2026 14:15 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

HMS Bluebell? More like the HMS Blueball.

04.03.2026 14:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There’s also a hidden cache of German machine guns.

04.03.2026 12:41 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

dropping an entire roll of coins at the prudential savings bank on front & Allegheny at 5 years old and getting yelled by by my grandma and the coins kept rolling β€œtom get the coins” but the coins rolled out of my sight and into hidden crevasses never seen again just as the American dream after 9/11

04.03.2026 03:50 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0