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Tom

@subtleslander.bsky.social
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He/him. British in Vancouver. Professional writer; semi-professional banterer.

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Tom @subtleslander.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
"She's in a class by herself" Yeah because everyone else graduated.
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Congratulations Australia
The Australian prime minister naked on an inner tube drinking a fosters
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Tom @subtleslander.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
The sigh of relief seeing a conservative lockout
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Tom @subtleslander.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Really excited for the new Conclave album, the Christian Rock genre is very underappreciated. #RockLikePontifex
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Tom @subtleslander.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
As a British pseudo-Canadian, I’m really quite bored of Americans wargaming the idea of our assimilation; Canada is an independent, sovereign state with as much history, culture and right to self-determination as the US itself. We are not your toy; our land is not yours for the taking.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
The Bashar Al-Assad I Knew How did the nerdy, Oasis-loving ophthalmology resident I shared a flat with in London become one of this generation’s most ruthless dictators?
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FᎪᎢ ᏩᎪNᎠᎪᏞF @sofarrsogud.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
I'm a soldier In a Greek horse I hide I'm one of Several others inside - Trojon Bon Jovi
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Tom @subtleslander.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
I’m a fierce advocate for journalism in all its forms—except food journalism, which should be banned.
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Tom @subtleslander.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Good to see the BBC investigating this; influencers operating with impunity under the guise of freedom of speech is utterly abhorrent. Preying on those suffering from health struggles—particularly in a nation that limits ways to support your health—needs urgent regulation.
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Influencers selling fake cures for polycystic ovary syndrome
Influencers posing as medical experts are exploiting the lack of easy solutions for PCOS by selling fake cures.
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Tom @subtleslander.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Renege your pardon of Hunter then ya hotdog.
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Tom @subtleslander.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Typically I tweet about politics, foreign affairs and social issues; today I want to know why a man named Barry, of all names, would cheat on Sabrina Carpenter, of all beings.
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Tom @subtleslander.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Oh hi
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👓 Byunghwan 'Ben' Son @textvulture.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
It should be noted that, given what I gathered from various live footages, both the military and those resisting them around the National Assembly building used utmost restraints and effectively avoided violence. People even stopped an old man swearing at the soldiers. #Korea #attempted_insurrection
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Christine Huck @regalc1921.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Self-owns are always the best.
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Tom @subtleslander.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Ironically it isn’t about Hunter, it’s about the optics of a president using the most extreme of powers to benefit his family; remind you of anyone?
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Tom @subtleslander.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Biden pardoning Hunter is absolutely outrageous; he was found guilty by a jury of his peers
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Tom @subtleslander.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Get a new family?
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Tom @subtleslander.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Admittedly I didn’t have a second Syrian Civil War (first?) on my bingo card, but given how Iran and Russia have kept al-Assad propped up, and their attention is now elsewhere, I suppose it makes sense.
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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
if the twitter exodus also diminishes the sub stack dude discourse it will be a good thing tbh
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Tom @subtleslander.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
One of my favourite quotes, Trek or otherwise, is from the great @unamccormack.bsky.social in her book ST: The Last Best Hope: “A simple, magnificent equation: ingenuity plus hope equals change.” Sums up Star Trek perfectly.
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Mark Sumner 🌒 @devilstower.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Six decades later, Star Trek may still be the only franchise based on the ideas that diversity is strength, justice is the measure of civilization, bounty is to be shared, peace is worth the price, and all these things can be achieved. We need more shows that look ahead and find goodness.
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Star Trek Minus Context @nocontexttrek1.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
#HappyThanksgiving
Star Trek The Next Generation scene. The Enterprise D gang is in Ten Forward standing around a beautifully decorated banquet table adorned with exotic flowers and lots of food. Seems like a fancy party is happening, I'm guessing some light chitter chatter is in the background, dishes and flatware tinkling and clanking, maybe some nice soft harpy music, but this is a picture so it's tough to say. Ok, back to the story, so Captain Picard is carving a large round turkey. Bev Crusher, Geordi, Data, and a very very tall Klingon, all in uniform, stand and observe. Closed caption reads, "I shall try some of your burned, replicated bird meat."
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more mr. spice guy @juniorhoncho.bsky.social · 27/08/2024
these Alien movies hit different now that i work for the Weyland-Yutani Corporation's bioweapons division
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Tom @subtleslander.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Quite simply, AI can’t tell a story, because AI has no story to tell.
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Tom @subtleslander.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
deceased, reanimated, deceased again
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Tom @subtleslander.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
I have completed my self-imposed social media isolation; good morning from Peach.
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Tom @subtleslander.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
With BlueSky gaining some traction, who are some people that are a must-follow for you?
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Tom @subtleslander.bsky.social · 09/10/2024
The prodigal Tom returns (perhaps).
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 21/07/2024
Obama has endorsed an open Democratic primary process. The Clintons have endorsed Kamala Harris. Optics: a fight is a good thing. A coronation looks like a stitch-up.
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Sarah Everett @goddammitsarah.bsky.social · 21/07/2024
maga shitheads are furious that biden is out which makes it a good move for the rest of us and also very funny
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Tom @subtleslander.bsky.social · 16/07/2024
P.s, if you’re condoning political violence, you are in every sense of the word, a fascist. I don’t care if it’s a joke—because that’s exactly what the right says when they push the line, and look where we are.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 15/07/2024
Like a harbinger of doom, Liz Truss has arrived at the RNC.
Liz Truss in red dress standing outside the RNC hall
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Tom @subtleslander.bsky.social · 14/07/2024
“It won’t change the election” As the DNC pulls a multi-million dollar ad campaign out of fears of inciting further violence. It already has changed the election, as always, many are behind the curve.
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Tom @subtleslander.bsky.social · 14/07/2024
You’re an absolute hotdog if you don’t think this’ll profoundly impact the election.
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S N O R E T W E N N Y @handle.invalid · 31/07/2023
a second jem’hadar war ship has crashed into upper pylon 3
picture of george w bush hearing about the second 9/11 plane but it’s captain benjamin sisko
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Bethany Albertson @albertsonb2.bsky.social · 14/07/2024
making my earlier post more explicit- my expert take is I don't know and neither do you.
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Tom @subtleslander.bsky.social · 13/07/2024
Outstanding
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 12/07/2024
Biden is toxic. Via AP: “Michigan Gov Gretchen Whitmer will not attend Biden's Michigan appearance on Friday. Sen Gary Peters, a Biden supporter, and Rep Elissa Slotkin, who is vying for Michigan’s open Senate seat, will also be absent. UAW President Shawn Fain won't attend either.”
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Tom @subtleslander.bsky.social · 12/07/2024
Beautiful
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 12/07/2024
Politics, unfortunately, is not the Battle of Ideas. It’s the Battle of Stories. And whoever has the best story wins.
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Tom @subtleslander.bsky.social · 12/07/2024
Someone write an article on how getting the most powerful man in the world to withdraw is fundamentally juxtaposed to the American psyche, and anyone defending it is part of the problem that has rendered the US an unstable nation driven by the needs of the individual over the collective.
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Gretchen Leigh 🇨🇦 @gretchenleigh.zone · 12/07/2024
This is fucking brutal to watch
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Tom @subtleslander.bsky.social · 12/07/2024
Going well
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Tom @subtleslander.bsky.social · 11/07/2024
Exactly—it’s a self-propagating issue now that he’ll never shrug off. His campaign is over, the question is just how long it takes for him to accept that and pass the torch.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 11/07/2024
Biden just introduced President Zelenskyy as President Putin.
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Tom @subtleslander.bsky.social · 11/07/2024
He’s out
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Tom @subtleslander.bsky.social · 11/07/2024
I’d be entertained by the Biden-devotees if democracy wasn’t at stake; you are as brainwashed as Trumpers are. Biden is clearly unfit for office—you will oss the election, and your rights, because the leftwing media informed you in 2020 that Biden was your only hope. There are others.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 10/07/2024
Ernie Hudson is 78. Age isn’t an issue. Potency is though.
Ernie Hudson, fit and muscular
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