Reposted by Tom Parkerfairmountjack.bsky.social @fairmountjack.bsky.social · 15/10/2026This is great until the Phillies announce that they're bringing in Kevin Long and Bobby Dickerson to coach the hitting and defense 011 0
Reposted by Tom ParkerAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 09/10/2026This thing has made me go do a lot of reading tonight, and the Wikipedia page about the last public execution in the United States is well-written. It was Rainey Bethea, a Black man hanged in front of a crowd of 20,000 in 1936, a spectacle which embarrassed Kentucky enough that they ended hangings. 412416838 0
Reposted by Tom ParkerBrendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The news just since I left work: -A planned livestream of an execution by firing squad -Trump basically trying to incite a pogrom against Somalis Nothing mysterious or complicated about what's happening. 391855420 0
Reposted by Tom ParkerLpeterp @lpeterp.bsky.social · 01/10/2026NOTE: these positions are now CENTER in the US... 18861552134 0
Tom Parker @coloneltom.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Let’s not forget that we couldn’t call up a AAA pitcher to help with this game because we are afraid of losing Rafael Marchan and his .099 batting average. His last plate appearance was 9/12 (and only 3 total since being recalled 9/1). 010 0
Tom Parker @coloneltom.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Third time (at least) this season with first and third or bases loaded and one out, Mattingly plays the middle infield way in instead of double play depth and they rip a ball where Turner should have been playing. Mattingly should he fired before the finale. Absolutely inexcusable. 010 0
Reposted by Tom ParkerThe Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Insider trading cannot be covered by presidential immunity. There is no way to justify it. It must be challenged and taken back to the court. 210947 0
Tom Parker @coloneltom.bsky.social · 12/09/2026It’s unreal that Mattingly keeps going to Raley over Mayza at this point. Bullpen mismanagement costs us another game. 111 0
Reposted by Tom ParkerDawn Summers real or fake @dawnsummers.bsky.social · 23/08/2026If you can find common ground with Jared kusher, but not zohran mamdani, you shouldn't be in democratic leadership 20384972228 0
Reposted by Tom ParkerRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21/08/2026I’ve been saying it longer than this, but this was nearly 8 months ago. 591694363 0
Reposted by Tom ParkerRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 20/08/2026When your government says it’s planning to open multiple prisons that will house up to 3,000 children, it’s time to demand a new government. There is no context in which this is legitimate or acceptable. 7333491543 0
Reposted by Tom ParkerRyan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 18/08/2026The MMR vaccine is one half of a milliliter and these people are all liars 25616127 0
Tom Parker @coloneltom.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Someone explain to me why JT is calling for slider after slider from Painter to lefties? He has no command of it and it’s generally been terrible for him against lefties. Fastball and changeup mix to lefties has been much more effective the last couple times out. 130 0
Reposted by Tom ParkerRyan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 16/08/2026The same people who want you to show specialized government ID to vote in popular elections don’t think you need to show *proof of life* to vote in the *United States Senate* 151293393 0
Reposted by Tom ParkerRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 14/08/2026A bunch of cops cheering at a political rally — in uniform — as the president and AG endorse a candidate and attack their political opponents is not normal. And it is not okay. 31972222287 0
Reposted by Tom ParkerMatt Ortega @mattortega.com · 13/08/2026Just setting our money on fire for no reason at all.wsj.comExclusive | Trump Orders Navy to Restore Old Technology in Aircraft Carriers, Costing BillionsThe Navy spent years fighting the president’s push to go back to steam catapults. 46400130 0
Reposted by Tom ParkerJudd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 13/08/20261. Mitch McConnell suffered a fall on June 14 and has not been in the Senate for two months. But he's continued to get paid his salary of 174K/year. Since he entered the Senate in 1985, McConnell has voted against creating or expanding medical leave — paid and unpaid — at least 23 times. 24584213877 0
Reposted by Tom ParkerJen Keane @zenbuffy.bsky.social · 11/08/2026I'm loathe to share this man, but this one is personal. My masters thesis was on the MMR controversy, so believe me when I say that this path of separation of the MMR will result in nothing but increased sales of too-small coffins, and children with life-altering medical conditions. 542003640 0
Reposted by Tom ParkerArs Technica @arstechnica.com · 12/08/2026What makes this destruction extra painful is that it doesn’t have to be this way—non-destructive book-scanning technology has existed since 2009, which AI firms could use if they were willing to slow down and invest in the process.arstechnica.comBooksellers suspect AI firms are buying and then destroying rare booksAI firms quietly bulk buying rare books face resistance from booksellers. 714679 0
Reposted by Tom ParkerDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 02/08/2026I worked for New York’s largest medical center at the start of the pandemic. There were morgue trucks on the streets. They set up emergency medical tents in Central Park. Healthcare worker colleagues died. It is horrific that RFK Jr is on national TV lying that ICUs were empty. 22662983010336 0
Reposted by Tom ParkerSecretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Still can’t over the fact that the president of the United States just told an entire state to pound sand after getting cyberattacked by a foreign adversary because they didn’t vote for him and it was treated like a Tuesday lol 17776021798 0
Reposted by Tom ParkerRandi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 25/07/2026I'm sorry. "ICE facility for kids" should be where this loses everyone. WTF, America? 731605560 0
Reposted by Tom ParkerJonathan Harris @jonathan-a-thon.bsky.social · 24/07/2026He's quite possibly one of the worst people to have ever lived. 3413512635 0
Reposted by Tom ParkerSpooky Back From The Dead Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 21/07/2026You might get sick of hearing this but if he keeps doing it I'm gonna keep saying it: this is an unconstitutional impoundment, violating both Congress' Article I spending authority and the 1974 Impoundment Control act, and immediately impeachable. 11961552224 0
Reposted by Tom ParkerJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 21/07/2026🚨Caught on camera: Ken Paxton PANICS when asked about owning 15 homes worth $9 million on a $153,000 government salary. Paxton dodges, stammers, then says “I’d like to keep today to law enforcement!” Classic Paxton—refuses to answer, cuts the presser short. Texans deserve better. 1374175176364 0
Reposted by Tom ParkerJill Sargent Russell, PhD @jsargentr.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Domestic violence and violent extremism tend to go hand in hand. bsky.app/profile/mari... 23110 0
Reposted by Tom ParkerCorey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social · 17/07/2026People have become jaded to it, but a President who threatens to outlaw media in a free society should be immediately removed from office. Trump's words are completely antithetical to the core American commitments of free speech and free press. 161107334 0
Reposted by Tom ParkerMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 16/07/2026As always: if there's any class of people who do not have due process rights, then *nobody* has due process rights, because the government can just claim someone is in that class and there's no process to establish otherwise. 192335860 0
Reposted by Tom ParkerDrH @drhaup.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Cool move: Trump’s sons team up with banned foreign partners, sneak in fine print exempting the family from taxes, & Treasury just shrugs when asked. Scot-free has a new ring to it now. Corrupt Republicans keep protecting their guy. #TrumpRepublicanCorruption 30637339 0
Reposted by Tom ParkerAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/07/2026Bookmark this Trump post and check to see if he bought Micron on his next disclosure 32854751433 0
Reposted by Tom ParkerJack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 01/07/2026A foreign monarchy handed the President a $400 MILLION jet. Wednesday, it becomes Air Force One. Friday, it leads the July 4th flyover for America's 250th birthday. A gift from Qatar. Flying the President. On Independence Day. Let that one sink in, friend. 71382182827 0
Reposted by Tom ParkerLeah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Trump actually thinks asylum seekers are people from “insane asylums”—and he’s enabled by people in the administration and the media who do not correct him. 691521337 0
Reposted by Tom ParkerThe Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 20/06/2026“I don’t think about Americans’ financial situation. I don’t think about anybody.” 1543892 0
Reposted by Tom Parkergeoffrey 💀 (scary now) @parsnip.bsky.social · 19/06/2026i for one have full confidence in the trump administration's ability to adequately refit a plane donated by a foreign government into a highly secure mobile command center for the united states executive, following their unquestionably successful renovation of A Large Pool of Water 13452241293 0
Reposted by Tom ParkerAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/06/2026it's notable to me that the administration tried to frame tonight's UFC event as a "gift to Americans" but you can't watch it unless you have a paid subscription to Paramount+ 1170221734806 0
Reposted by Tom ParkerThe Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 10/06/2026Makes sense when you realize inflation is a wealth transfer from the poor to the rich. 15630271240 0
Reposted by Tom ParkerJeffrey Vagle @jvagle.me · 08/06/2026When Johnson uses terms like “diabolical” and “impossible to prove,” he’s encouraging extrajudicial solutions to his asserted problems. 1041864 0
Reposted by Tom ParkerKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 02/06/2026When it comes to campaign messaging, it's easy to become overwhelmed with all of the things that Trump's doing, but corruption really seems like the simplest and most effective theme 13620148 0
Reposted by Tom ParkerChris Kluwe, adjudicated poaster @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Some of those who work forces Are the same who burn crosses 221019210 0
Reposted by Tom ParkerRyan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Not only is this $300B of our money to reopen a shipping lane that was already wide open for free but the entire SNAP budget is $100B/year and I was told we couldn’t afford to feed American children fruits and vegetables 281340529 0
Tom Parker @coloneltom.bsky.social · 31/05/2026static.klipy.comEverything Is Fine All Ok - Chemical AliALT: Everything Is Fine All Ok - Chemical Ali 010 0
Reposted by Tom ParkerThe Questionable Authority @questauthority.bsky.social · 27/05/2026"No Preference shall be given by any Regulation of Commerce or Revenue to the Ports of one State over those of another" U.S. Const. Art 1, s. 9, cl. 6 1263441967 0
Reposted by Tom ParkerAnthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 25/05/2026In which Professor Wurman candidly admits why he sees the history of the common law differently than anyone who has honestly studied it, and why rather than doing scholarship he just wrote and op-ed and a (terrible, demonstrably wrong) article about the common law that should have been rejected. 1681903276 0
Reposted by Tom ParkerDenny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 26/05/2026They stole the internet’s knowledge and all the work that went into it and they want to sell it back to us for a fee. What a business model. 562115573716 0
Reposted by Tom ParkerMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 25/05/2026Another reminder: if there exists *any* class of people who don't have due process rights, then *nobody* actually has due process rights because the government can always just say you're in that class. 152129765101 0
Reposted by Tom ParkerIan Bassin @ianbassin.bsky.social · 24/05/2026So Trump blew up Obama's deal with Iran, launched a new war, depleted our arsenal, cost us tens of billions, exposed the US as weaker to the world, and ended up just going back to a version of Obama's deal but worse? Do I have that right? 27841061063 0
![Hanna placed the noose around Bethea's neck, adjusted it, and then signaled to Hash to pull the trigger. Instead, Hash, who was drunk, did nothing. Hanna shouted at Hash, "Do it!" A deputy then leaned onto the trigger, which sprang the trap door. citation needed! Bethea fell 8 feet (2.4 m), and his neck was instantly broken.
Afterward, two doctors confirmed he was dead.
His body was taken to Andrew & Wheatley
Funeral Home. Icitation needed! He wanted his body to be sent to his sister in South Carolina so that she could arrange for him to be interred next to his father, but against these wishes, he was buried in a pauper's grave at Owensboro Cemetery (also known as City Cemetery and
"Potter's Field") in Owensboro. 14]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreiafwdmp63odeydunst4aizjbnunnu5s26f6bk22yqg6drbdmutqf4)
![It was estimated that a crowd of about 20,000 people gathered to watch the execution.!9! One man, 36-year-old Leonard A. Peters, was killed in a car accident while driving to Owensboro to witness the hanging. Three others, including his wife, were injured. 15. Afterwards, Hanna complained that Hash should not have been allowed to perform the execution in his drunken
condition. Hanna further said it was the worst display he experienced in the 70 hangings he had supervised. citation needed]
The spot where the scaffold stood
(approximately 37.775248° -87.116462°) is now part of a drop-off/pick-up lane in front of the Owensboro Convention Center. citation needed]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreidewrh2r7x4l3whf3llsqoenslqugawxzj3p43gflsa5pd4zqmuhi)
