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@tom2001.bsky.social

Retired electrical engineer, avid reader and science fiction fan. And, yes, very political.

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I'd say this cartoonist got it right.

10.10.2025 22:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Insecure with your masculinity?  C student at best in high school?  Too ugly to show your face?  JOIN ICE!

Insecure with your masculinity? C student at best in high school? Too ugly to show your face? JOIN ICE!

Saw this at the Contrarian:

09.10.2025 00:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, please push him into that other universe...

08.10.2025 15:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And yet...the people who support this creep think we're the ones with the overheated rhetoric.

07.10.2025 21:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Let those MAGA assholes show that they like us first. I'm not holding my breath.

07.10.2025 21:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This cartoon accurately describes not just Mike Johnson but most of the right-wing "Christians", including Texas' own Ken Paxton.

06.10.2025 18:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Actually, I'd say that cartoon shows that you know exactly what Mike Johnson is.

06.10.2025 18:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh, please! You're equating Hillary Clinton, a woman who has repeatedly been attacked, hacked, harassed, and threatened by Donald Trump with Cuomo, when the latter is willing to cozy up to Trump. That's absurd.

30.09.2025 00:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm struggling to understand how Andrew Cuomo thinks that becoming the de facto MAGA candidate for NYC mayor is a winning strategy...

30.09.2025 00:37 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, I've noticed. Makes one wonder what really drove the protesters who spouted that Genocide Joe BS. Because things are worse now, but they no longer care enough to protest against Trump.

26.09.2025 22:20 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

In fairness, chlamydia can be treated with antiobiotics, whereas Trump is a lot harder to get rid of. So, yeah, if you had me rank those in terms of popularity, I would rank Trump below chlamydia.

18.09.2025 19:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That's how authoritarians and fascists have defined it for decades.

17.09.2025 16:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

True. F Troop was entertaining and fun, Patel is neither of those things.

14.09.2025 15:55 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The FBI under Kash Patel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-K4B...

13.09.2025 20:04 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

For that matter, I still haven't forgotten how the right responded when Nancy Pelosi's husband was attacked in their own home. To them, violence is a joke -- until it happens to one of their own.

10.09.2025 20:14 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

More to the point, they don't care about protecting our allies, and Russia knows it. Trump and his entourage stayed and enjoyed their leisurely dinner while Poland faced Russian drones for the simple reason that they don't give a damn what happens to Poland.

10.09.2025 20:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Depends on the EV. I see that is a roughly 450-mile trip, and so I'd figure two charging stops along the way for my car (342 miles of EPA range, but less at highway speeds). For the fastest charging EVs, that's an extra 30 to 40 minutes, but for the slowest it could easily be over two hours.

01.09.2025 05:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The latest is that I see that Abbott is now running digital ads urging your constituents to call you and demand you do your job. But you are doing your job by being where you are right now -- you are representing the people of District 70, whereas Abbott is just serving as Trump's lapdog.

06.08.2025 03:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So accurate. Abbott, Patrick, Paxton, and the rest of them see themselves as real Texas he-men, but this is what they actually are.

05.08.2025 15:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Still to complicated for the MAGA crowd -- the contents of three whole circles is way more than they can comprehend.

04.08.2025 15:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ha! Unfortunately, the MAGA cultists will continue to insist that the price increase is actually due to DEI or whatever -- they simply won't believe the truth that their orange messiah is the cause.

04.08.2025 15:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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And I have to give Gavin Newsom credit for this one...whoever is coming up with these responses is really on the ball.

02.08.2025 22:16 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This really gets to the truth.

02.08.2025 22:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That is just so accurate.

02.08.2025 22:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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While the NYT still does excellent journalism at times, this bit of mush from today's NYT morning newsletter is a perfect example of what they do wrong. No, it's not "unclear", because there is no way that tariffs will lower prices. None. And they know it, but are afraid to be that blunt.

31.07.2025 14:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks. I just submitted a comment.

29.07.2025 00:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Worth reading as a reminder of how addled Trump is. Better yet, start following Rex Huppke here on BlueSky because his stuff is consistently worth reading.

29.07.2025 00:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What saddens me is that you're one of the very few journalists working for a mainstream publication in the U.S. who really talks about how weird and addled Trump's speeches and Q&A sessions really are.

29.07.2025 00:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So she wants us to believe that she's a complete idiot instead of a sellout.

21.07.2025 22:15 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Those alligators are in for a case of severe food poisoning it they do eat him.

14.07.2025 16:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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