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Tom Cavnar

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Father, partner, cat lover, audio nerd, rock climber, novice luthier | he/him

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 18h
CA law requires employers to provide tools unless workers earn double min. wage. Many growers and contractors ignore the law despite farm workers making far less. With a union contract they can stand up to the bosses. Make your donation today. act.seiu.org/a/tools?ms=b... #WeFeedYou
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A UFW union contract can stop farm workers being ripped off by growers
CA law requires employers to provide tools unless workers earn double min. wage. Many growers and contractors ignore the law despite farmworkers making far less. With a union contract they can stand u...
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
"Lupe" shares, "Today's my first day harvesting grapes at night. I had to buy my own gloves, scissors, and flashlight because the foreman told me the crew was full, but he'd make an exception if I bought my own tools. What I earned today will go towards these costs." #WeFeedYou
Worker harvesting wine grapes at night
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Tom Cavnar @sonusexmachina.com · 21h
Hey Bay Area Punk Rock Fans... The Descendents are playing a surprise show at the UC Theatre TONIGHT! I'll be there, you should be too! www.theuctheatre.org/shows/descen...?
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Descendents / The Chats
Sep 29, 2026 at The UC Theatre
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Siri Dahl @siridahl.com · 23h
Wild that no officials will admit we’re in an economic DEPRESSION, not even a recession - because “THE DOW JONES!” I’ve never seen so many people go from living somewhat comfortably to barely scraping by in such a short period of time, all because NOTHING in this fuckass country is affordable.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
i hope that men notice how whenever a rape story gets widespread coverage, women use it as an opportunity to vent about how fucking disgusting we think many of you are and how many have made our lives measurably worse, and take a few moments to deeply process that.
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Tom Cavnar @sonusexmachina.com · 29/09/2026
I am so fucking weary. Being an adult is thankless and exhausting work. I just want to live in a quiet, uncluttered, orderly house with a normal functional electrical system and basic-ass high speed internet that just works. These aren't unreasonable desires, I hope?
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Tom Cavnar @sonusexmachina.com · 29/09/2026
My life for the last few week has been an ongoing real-life version of one of my worst work stress nightmares: Everything is fucked. Everyone is waiting on me to fix problems I don't know how to fix. It is my fault that they are inconvenienced, annoyed, and waiting for me to fix everything.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/09/2026
Google finally updated some of its satellite images of Gaza and my god, it's horrific. The entirety of Rafah has been demolished. The majority of Khan Younis is in ruins. Entire towns completely leveled and erased of the map.
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CausticMF @causticmf.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
MADISON WI PEOPLE! Stabbing Westward, Acumen Nation, and 16Volt are playing tonight. If you're old you may remember those bands, but if you're young you should KNOW these bands, so come out and watch a lot of fans complain about their knees.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
On this day in 1994, the Clinton administration's heathcare reform plan was declared "dead" by Congress. Over 30 years later, the US is still the only industrialized country without universal healthcare. This should be a national outrage.
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Kambriel 🌿🎻🌔 @kambriel.com · 26/09/2026
Unto this day an Unwoman was born! 💋🎻🗡️ Treat yourself to the reverie of listening (or crying along with, dancing with abandon, exacting revenge, enjoying daliances, or gussying yourself up for the speakeasy) to the soundtrack of her vast catalogue of music: unwoman.bandcamp.com/music
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Unwoman
Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Unwoman is a self-produced cellist-singer-songwriter. Layered with skillful cello, rich vocals, and electronically arranged beats, her solo music is a futuristic h...
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 26/09/2026
Being a leftist means taking big shots. And making them.
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Tom Cavnar @sonusexmachina.com · 26/09/2026
I have identified which breakers being active cause stray voltage to show up on a the ground wire and cabinet of our interior cable coax distribution box. Now I just need to get an electrician out to deal with it.
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Tom Cavnar @sonusexmachina.com · 26/09/2026
Another thrilling Friday night solo parenting, this time with no internet. So I’ve started rewatching Sarah Connor Chronicles on DVD.
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Plain Kate @k8thek8.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This made my brain go kind of squiggly, it was uncomfy
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Black Hole Sun with Stand By Me lyrics #soundgarden #shorts
YouTube video by Anthony Vincent
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Tom Cavnar @sonusexmachina.com · 25/09/2026
My crippling anxiety and imposter syndrome?
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Tom Cavnar @sonusexmachina.com · 25/09/2026
Anybody in the East Bay have a recommendation for an emergency electrician? We need an issue sorted out, and soon.
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Tom Cavnar @sonusexmachina.com · 25/09/2026
Exciting new from our Xfinity internet outage shit-show: There's voltage, ~20-24VAC, from our house, back-feeding into the cable coax network, effectively taking down our whole neighborhood's cable/internet, which is why they blocked our connections. So now it's emergency electrician time.
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🇨🇦 🇺🇸 Zoë Keating @zoekeating.com · 25/09/2026
Are you registered to vote? Check again, just in case!
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Tom Cavnar @sonusexmachina.com · 25/09/2026
Just checked mine, still registered. California voters, here's a link to how to check your voter registration, per CA county: www.sos.ca.gov/elections/re...
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Check Your Voter Registration Status :: California Secretary of State
Find out how to check your voter registration status here.
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Tom Cavnar @sonusexmachina.com · 25/09/2026
Today's tech support is brought to you by going to bed stone cold sober, allegedly getting "enough" sleep, and being even more tired than normal in the morning. Sleep apnea sucks. I'm going to need a lot of coffee if I'm going to survive today.
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Tom Cavnar @sonusexmachina.com · 25/09/2026
I wish I lived somewhere that I could get fiber internet access at home. Using antiquated technology (coaxial cable TV networks with fiber backbones) with asymmetrical throughput pisses me right the fuck off. I want gigabit speeds in both directions, dammit. This is 2026, for chrissakes!
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Tom Cavnar @sonusexmachina.com · 24/09/2026
Damnit all to hell, our fucking Xfinity internet isn’t just having shitty upload speeds, it’s now completely down again. Just as I noticed it was offline, I saw a goodamned Xfinity lift truck parked outside under the telephone pole our service comes from.
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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
God, grant me the courage to change the things I can and incredible new powers to change the things I can't.
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Tom Cavnar @sonusexmachina.com · 24/09/2026
I'm tired of being treated like a fucking indentured servant from another century. I am worthy of better treatment than this. (And so were the indentured servants.)
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Tom Cavnar @sonusexmachina.com · 24/09/2026
I deeply want to quit my job. I'm fucking sick of the disrespect, the demanding entitled people, and the toxically chaotic company culture. I want less responsibilities, not more. I want to be respected & thanked for my nearly 18 years of hard diligent work. No such luck.
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Tom Cavnar @sonusexmachina.com · 24/09/2026
Really weary of working in customer support. People in ProAV can be such territorial assholes, and so reactionary when they get told they're proposing doing something foolish which will break a functional system. Never a good deed goes unpunished.
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Sassi Miko @sassimiko.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Oakland, California!! Someone is missing their bunny plushie!!
Missing poster for a white and pink stuffed bunny. $100 reward. Call/text 216-477-5368
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Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
HAPPY INTERNATIONAL BI VISIBILITY DAY
cover of NOT POUNDED BY BI ERASURE BECAUSE MY CURRENT HETERO-PRESENTING RELATIONSHIP DOES NOT INVALIDATE MY QUEERNESS featuring a ladybuck in a red suit lookin over at a VERY ANGRY sentient eraser they are on a long street with lush green plants on either side
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Tom Cavnar @sonusexmachina.com · 23/09/2026
Today has too many demands. I woke up a bunch of stuff on fire (figuratively). I cannot remotely handle all of it myself in a timely fashion, and nobody can/will help.
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Michael Legel @mjlegel.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Tom Cavnar @sonusexmachina.com · 22/09/2026
It super sucks being the utility-bill-paying responsible adult when shit just isn't working. Everybody's low-key mad at me, especially my kid, because I can't magically fix the internet this time. This is the second utterly broken utility I'm dealing with this year.
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Tom Cavnar @sonusexmachina.com · 22/09/2026
Ugh. Our internet is out, and has been since this morning. It was intermittently out over the weekend. This is the worst possible day to have no internet. I'm trying to catch up on work comms and email support after being in the field working for a whole week.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
MS NOW reporter and WABJ member Akayla Gardner was denied entry into the White House grounds and asked to hand over her badge.
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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 19/09/2026
Alan Ritchson seems like a forthright dude. (Original image with alt text)
Screenshot of an exchange on threads:

fattys_revenge:
Every season of Reacher so far has been great, and I understand that they may be avoiding the earlier novels due to their slightly less standalone nature, but every year I'm sad to learn that next season won't be the book where he kills his way through a white supremacist militia camp.


alanritchson [official]:
My favorite book. Fun fact: I had it approved until someone got re-elected.
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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The world’s ultimate-ever biker belt-buckle!
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Tom Cavnar @sonusexmachina.com · 18/09/2026
Bound for home, after a week of work in Philadelphia! Really looking forward to seeing my family and kitties!! PHL ✈️ SFO
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Tom Cavnar @sonusexmachina.com · 13/09/2026
There’s something very familiar and pleasant to me about drinking at an unfamiliar bar in a city where I’ve never been before. Like this is my natural state, and all the time stuck at home I’d forgotten who I was.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 12/09/2026
New York: Heavy rain and possible flooding are expected beginning late tonight and continuing through tomorrow morning.

Please take this seriously. Flash flooding can develop quickly anywhere in our city.

If you live in a basement apartment or an area that has flooded before, prepare now. If flooding begins, move to higher ground immediately. Stay out of flooded streets and never drive through floodwaters.

If you are trapped or in immediate danger, call 911. Report downed trees, blocked catch basins and other non-emergency hazards to 311.

Sign up for Notify NYC emergency alerts, including basement alerts, at nyc.gov/notify
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Tom Cavnar @sonusexmachina.com · 12/09/2026
🎶On the road again…🎶 Headed to Philadelphia for a week of work. First leg: SFO ✈️ IAH
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Tom Cavnar @sonusexmachina.com · 12/09/2026
So burnt out. Was supposed to be taking today and yesterday off work, as I’m traveling out of state tomorrow and working Sunday through Thursday, then flying home Friday.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Desperate Donnie's panicky plan to bribe voters is not only highly illegal, it's also incredibly expensive (1.3 trillion w/ a "T") & really, REALLY dumb (w/ a "B"). He knows accountability is coming on 11/3/26! #TickTickTick shorturl.at/xXsgXhttps:/...
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Facing Electoral Disaster, Trump Offers $5,000 Voter Bribe If Republicans Win Midterms
The president doesn’t have the authority to just send everyone checks.
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🇨🇦 🇺🇸 Zoë Keating @zoekeating.com · 10/09/2026
So we’ll be getting 5000 imaginary dollars on top of our 2000 imaginary dollar tariff rebate checks and the 5000 imaginary dollar DOGE check? That’s 12000 imaginary dollars! 🙌
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 10/09/2026
It’s 9/11 eve, don’t forget to racially profile yourself and put out those little three ounce bottles of shampoo for TSA Santa
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
🚨 BEWARE of VoteSafe.org 🚨 While it bills itself as a “safe” way to register to vote, it is actually a digital surveillance machine created by Elon Musk’s super PAC.
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Tom Cavnar @sonusexmachina.com · 10/09/2026
Proud of myself. Some work colleagues apparently didn't try very hard, and gave up on finding replacement hardware components to keep a particular older product line serviceable. I went out and found them multiple part sources in a matter of hours.
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Tom Cavnar @sonusexmachina.com · 09/09/2026
Today I went to the climbing gym, followed by a quick lunch taco truck tacos, followed by a filling at the dentist. The first two things were amazing. The third was terrible.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Happy 60th anniversary to the brilliant universe of Star Trek, and all who made it possible. Live long and prosper. 🖖
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Join us in celebrating the people who labor in the fields to put food on our tables. #WeFeedYou #LaborDay
illustration of two farm workers loading the crop onto a truck, with “Happy Labor Day!” text, UFW eagle emblem in a red circle, and 09.07 date.
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Dr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Multiple things can be true at once: we can try to listen to women who have been harmed by doctors and why, we can acknowledge how grift and white privilege based the MAHA movement is, and we can hate Big Pharma for how it fucks over most people.
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