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Rod Townsend

@rodtownsend.bsky.social
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Gen X gay guy in Astoria, NY Political whisperer, especially in lgbtq+ & nyc. Manage national directory of lgbtq+ dem clubs (stonewalldems.us). Reader of biography, history, comics. See you on the dance floor. Put away your phone occasionally.

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Rod Townsend @rodtownsend.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
About to hit my fourth and final poll site of the day* and turnout has been really underwhelming. This is one of those elections where calling your friends can really make an impact, folks! *New School for @ryderkessler.bsky.social Come by!
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Rod Townsend @rodtownsend.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Truth spoken.
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Rod Townsend @rodtownsend.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
She’s exactly the kind of person needed to flip this seat from red to blue, but she needs resources to make it happen. Take a look at her campaign and consider making a donation to make it happen! www.maryallenforcongress.com
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Mary Allen for Congress
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Rod Townsend @rodtownsend.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
I’m in Indiana on an extended Mother’s Day visit and got to sit down with local congressional candidate Mary Allen. I’ve never been so optimistic for a candidate in my old home town!
Rod Townsend with IN-8 congressional candidate Mary Allen
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Rod Townsend @rodtownsend.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
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Rod Townsend @rodtownsend.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
As someone that attended during the winning Bob Knight era (pre-publicly problematic), I hear you!
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Zach Rabiroff @zachrabiroff.com · 05/05/2026
Every journalist on earth is just a foot soldier in a weird psychosexual argument between six rich people at an orgy.
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Rod Townsend @rodtownsend.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
My mind goes elsewhere,elsewhen … youtu.be/eEb0cYq6dvI?...
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Fanta Fantanas Invasion 2000s Commercial (2004)
YouTube video by Rewind Me
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Rod Townsend @rodtownsend.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Maybe he's friends with Gunther Eagleman. Or maybe they are rivals and hate each other's guts. Just no clue.
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Rod Townsend @rodtownsend.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
If you zoom in, you can see that I’ve aged a little.
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Rod Townsend @rodtownsend.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
As are empanadas.
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Rod Townsend @rodtownsend.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
It's getting really good responses on Reddit, one of the tougher crowds out there! Congrats!
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Rod Townsend @rodtownsend.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
"Special Envoy for The Shield of the Americas"
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 02/03/2026
Franco - died of illness at old age Pinochet - died of illness at old age Stalin - died of illness at old age Pol Pot - died of illness at old age Kissinger - died peacefully at the age of 100 I could go on and on.
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Esheru @esherukweku.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
One of my favourite sides of politics/media.
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Rod Townsend @rodtownsend.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Sorry to be shallow, but she looks great.
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Rod Townsend @rodtownsend.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Getting very quiet out there
Snowy 29th Street in Astoria
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Rod Townsend @rodtownsend.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
The only acceptable blizzard.
A blizzard treat from Dairy Queen
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Cops arrested a man who opposed a data center being built because his went ever so slightly over his allotted speaking time www.404media.co/man-opposing...
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Man Opposing Data Center Arrested for Speaking Slightly Too Long
An Oklahoma man tried to talk about a data center coming to his community. Police arrested him when he went a few seconds over his time limit.
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𝙽𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝙸𝚜 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝙸𝚝 @nashishereforit.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Wow.
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Rod Townsend @rodtownsend.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Ive never gotten to the point in a relationship where curling opinions even came up, so … WIN?
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Rod Townsend @rodtownsend.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Grateful to the two people I follow that are following the Olympics for reminding me that there is an Olympics going on.
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Rod Townsend @rodtownsend.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Blizzard?
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Rod Townsend @rodtownsend.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
TLDR
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 29/01/2026
Trump: "I don't want to drive housing prices down. I want to drive housing prices up for people who own homes."
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Rod Townsend @rodtownsend.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
It's a face that was just meant for print.
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Rod Townsend @rodtownsend.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
And Assembly 74 to replace Harvey Epstein
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Rod Townsend @rodtownsend.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
If things were so bad, wouldn't people be bringing their potatoes from home and sticking them in the office microwave?
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Rod Townsend @rodtownsend.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Isn't the biggest welfare fraud of the current century when Mississippi Republicans stole welfare-targeted money for pet projects, like a volleyball stadium? And it wasn't that long ago.
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HELL Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 18/01/2026
This is such a cool illustration of how the Mercator map distorts the size of Greenland, which looks as big as the whole continent of Africa on that map but is actually the size of Mexico.
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Rod Townsend @rodtownsend.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
She’s running!
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Rod Townsend @rodtownsend.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
This looks like the guy under the ghost costume whose plan has been foiled by Scooby and "those meddling kids".
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 09/01/2026
The leading cause of death by far among ICE officers is COVID-19.
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How dangerous is it really to work for ICE?
According to ICE’s own data, none of its officers have been killed by an immigrant in the agency’s history.
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WIRED @wired.com · 08/01/2026
We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.
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Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 07/01/2026
Fuck Bari Weiss, fuck bootlicking regime propaganda
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Rod Townsend @rodtownsend.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Well, they can’t put him in the MCC in lower Manhattan and have people remembering that Jeffrey Epstein died there.
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leon @leyawn.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
this is your mission. our pedophile president needs you to jump out of a helicopter to kidnap a head of state and his wife so some oil ceos can make a lot of money. we’ll be watching from a resort in florida that still serves wedge salad and checking how many retweets we get. good luck soldier
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Oscar Goff @theoscargoff.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
At least we don’t live in a world of staggering class disparity in which a tech magnate attempts to quash left-wing sentiment using sexualized artificial intelligence!
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Rod Townsend @rodtownsend.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Just because football didn’t get a movie doesn’t mean that football isn’t huge in Indiana. I went to a football powerhouse in the high school system there. My high school’s football stadium sat over 10,000 people. townsquare.media/site/782/fil...
Reitz High School football stadium
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Rod Townsend @rodtownsend.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Day one
Plow NYC is not working
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Rod Townsend @rodtownsend.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
At midnight, millions of New Yorkers will collectively celebrate that Randy Mastro is no longer a Deputy Mayor.
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Rod Townsend @rodtownsend.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
I was unserious.
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Rod Townsend @rodtownsend.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
It’s for the entire winter.
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Rod Townsend @rodtownsend.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
I'm not a good wife, so I would create a burner account on Reddit for stuff like this.
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Rod Townsend @rodtownsend.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
Always forget Threads exists. Then someone reminds. And then forget once again.
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Rod Townsend @rodtownsend.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
The good news is that, like many of her contemporaries on the right, Bari Weiss sucks at her job.
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Rod Townsend @rodtownsend.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
I don’t post that often. But, sorry, oligarchs, you don’t get to suppress information. If having a free press means a bunch of people repost things then I guess we’re gonna have to start reposting things. now aren’t we? It’s time to unleash and uplift whistleblowers and independent journalists
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Rod Townsend @rodtownsend.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
20. Makes me want a waterbed.
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Rod Townsend @rodtownsend.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
I met Keith when he was working a campaign for a Democratic State Senator on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. It doesn’t get much more “Dem” than that.
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Rod Townsend @rodtownsend.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
But what if this account has been taken over by Grok in retribution for today's episode and this is the actual scam?
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