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Brian Tomson @briantomson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Does anyone know why @npr.org's New Music Friday posts don't include the list of all albums being released anymore? @defector.com I bet you'd have a popular blog if you guys filled this hole.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 14/09/2026

We are not going to get out of the fascism problem by accepting just enough fascism to turn the heads of the fascism-curious.

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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Let me get this straight. Sometimes a famous person dies and everyone is nice about it? Merely because of their deeds during life?

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Opinion Editor @ Bluesky @dly.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

most of my life lately is whispering “what the fuck” to myself and then reluctantly persevering

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Brian Tomson @briantomson.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Same price on Kobo... If you haven't read this book you really should.

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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

To be a historian is to speak ill of the dead and the rest of you should take more history classes and join us.

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Daniel Abraham @abraham.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

And a very happy day to all who believe we are created equal In dignity, rights, and responsibilities to each other.

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pluckylump's evil twin @pluckylump.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Just to be extra clear, plainly violating the constitutions plain language and thus suspending it is what a coup looks like when it isn't a military one.

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Brian Tomson @briantomson.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

I cannot wait till all these disgusting people in charge of our country die.

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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

my actual professional opinion right now is that this has all gotten out of hand and that what we should be focused on is that OUR NATION'S CAPITAL IS UNDER OCCUPATION.

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Ali Garfinkel @aligarchy.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

"are you team pancakes or team waffles" baby i'm team syrup. the foods are simply the vehicle. and sometimes? i'm just walking

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Brian Tomson @briantomson.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Wait, is this a discourse that I have somehow missed? Dictionaries exist people, there's probably one in your pocket. I started reading most of my books on a Kobo a couple years ago, and one of my favorite things is being able to click on a word to get the definition.

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Brian Tomson @briantomson.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

I think the world needs more unrestrained glee from things like the blooming of a beautiful flower. 🧵

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Tired Jamie Lynn @jamielynnkitten.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

I have a moral obligation to repost this every time raw milk is in the news.

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

I’m watching episode 8 of #WidowsBay and I’ve got to upgrade my recommendation. If you’re not watching this show, you’re actually a loser. Please let me know your status so I can act accordingly. I run a tight ship.

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Brian Phillips @brianphillips.lol · 28/05/2026

Here's the serious bit for anyone who'd rather skip the 4000 words of jokes

Because the truth is, tech doesn't have an image problem. It doesn't have a message problem. It has an intention problem. What's wrong with the axe murderer who broke into my house is not that he hasn't successfully persuaded me to buy into his narrative. What's wrong is that he's trying to kill me with an axe. Similarly, when you launch a product that's designed to put millions of people out of work, block access to sources of verifiable truth, replace human creativity with slop, and lower the barriers to every sort of atrocity, the problem isn't that you haven't told the public a good story about those things. The problem is that you are trying to do them. (
There are things in the world that are more important than money. The fact that you seem not to believe this, that you seem to think any motive beyond ruthless acquisitiveness is fake, dishonest, or childish, is the heart of your problem. Your attitude is not by any means unique to tech, but the

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Opinion Editor @ Bluesky @dly.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

John Coltrane made an entire album about his love for sour cream

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Brian Tomson @briantomson.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

How many years are we going to have to endure with crimes committed for political reasons being considered "beliefs" before the pendulum swings back the other way and we can live in a normal world again?

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geoffrey 💀 (scary now) @parsnip.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

this is, yes, a very specific message to a very specific group of cis people but hey we are overrepresented on this app so: when your otherwise well-meaning friends say they don't understand being trans the answer is "you don't have to"

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Brian Tomson @briantomson.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

And yet Google wants to turn search into something like one big AI podcast. Does anyone think it would be any different.

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Brian Tomson @briantomson.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

This needs a Maryland flag paint job.

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Brian Tomson @briantomson.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

We installed solar panels at the beginning of last, and I can't tell you how happy I am to be back in $6 power bill season.

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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Vaping is the seltzer of smoking.

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Brian Tomson @briantomson.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Deadloch is truly phenomenal, and if you're not watching it you should start.

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Brian Tomson @briantomson.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

I've had a pretty good concert week... Courtney Barnett on Sunday and tonight saw The Mountain Goats with my 14yo.

A smiling bald dad with his happy 14 year old daughter in front of a stage set for a concert by The Mountain Goats.

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Brian Tomson @briantomson.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

My wife is currently traveling and this hits very, very close to home.

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Brian Tomson @briantomson.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

I read "Salmon River" and assumed it must have been in Idaho; admittedly I was curious how New York State was involved. But to read that this was actually in NY blows my mind. How the fuck is shit like this still happening anywhere, let alone in NY (I know upstate is a different place but still).

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Brian Tomson @briantomson.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Baseball has such a knack for making the world's best baseball players look so damn silly.

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Brian Tomson @briantomson.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Barkley is absolutely right in this clip as evidenced by the fact that we're all amazed that someone called out the homophobia of the general public on a sports broadcast.

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Brian Tomson @briantomson.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Well I didn't know this happened until seeing this post, but trans rights are human rights, and this is bullshit. I can't wait till these fuckers are in prison.

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NosferaPru @prufrockluvsong.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Melatonin to fight the day's caffeine. Caffeine to fight the night's melatonin.

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Brian Tomson @briantomson.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

This story brings back so many sense memories from having grown up in the Florida panhandle, where you can't hang out on the back porch at night without one of these fuckers flying at your head.

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Brian Tomson @briantomson.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Common Loon calls echoing off the trees surrounding an alpine lake is easily my favorite natural sound.

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Brian Tomson @briantomson.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

How is it that law enforcement types have always stuck out in a crowd." Sorry dude that I just met, I can't hook you up."

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Brian Tomson @briantomson.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

I've been in China for the last week, and one of my favorite things on this and my previous trip, are the signs above public urinals begging men to stop peeing on the floor.

Sign above a Chinese urinal with the English translation stating "one small step for moving forward, one giant leap for civilization." There is also a cute cartoon of a man peeing, but the illustrated pee stream is my favorite touch.

Sign above a Chinese urinal with English translation stating "close to civilization, convenient proximity." Also includes curvy swooshes to artistically and quite romantically" depict a man leaning close to pee.

Sign above a Chinese urinal that translates as "one small step forward, one didn't leap for civilization."

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

I would submit that a gerrymander by politicians saying fuck the voters and one by voters saying fuck the politicians are two wholly different animals

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Stephanie Damassa @shdamassa.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

If you like what happened in Virginia, you’re gonna love DC statehood

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Aiyana White @aiyanaewhite.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

I do not want to create an account or open a subscription I just want to buy a thing and never hear from you again why is this so hard.

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patrick @redford.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

I wrote about the end of the U.S. Forest Service and the arrogance of trying to kill something like a forest: defector.com/the-trump-ad...

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Moudhy Al-Rashid (she/her) @moudhy.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

We therefore learn from this learned commentary made by a Babylonian scribe over 2000 years ago, that in the Akkadian language, the word shitti means "shit"

Photo of a cuneiform tablet with some dark spots on it.

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Mr. President sir, the people want you to die.

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