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“Tell Andrew it was me”

“Aks” and “ain’t” definitely bothered by my parents and one grandmother. Now “ain’t” is frequently better then “is not” for casual conversation and implying tone in writing. In my family “aks” was “axe” and usually prompted a dad joke as the corrective.

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TommyBen @tbapple.bsky.social · 15h

In NY we fund them with a 2% surcharge on home owners insurance.

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TommyBen @tbapple.bsky.social · 17h

“D2 College Player” who never got a degree ?

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TommyBen @tbapple.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

“Trump offers Los Angeles to Iran to lower Diesel Prices”

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TommyBen @tbapple.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

We see both within the same brand and you have to check the prices because sometimes two 2 stick packs are less expensive than one 4 stick pack.

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TommyBen @tbapple.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

They’re both wrong but if you add their ignorance together it’s actually correct.

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TommyBen @tbapple.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This is a good tactic, especially if she can paint Blakeman with the RFK brush.

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TommyBen @tbapple.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

If MLB is going to have balls in play after hitting the ceilings, they need to get some tracker shots like golf.

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TommyBen @tbapple.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The US is both enforcer and monetary leader (currently) enabling their behavior through capture.

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TommyBen @tbapple.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Yes I was alluding to a situation where corrupt CO’s influence the incarcerated to take over a municipality.

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TommyBen @tbapple.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Not in the small municipalities they are frequently located. Small municipalities with large prisons could be run by a coalition of prison employees and prisoners. The trick would be allowing them to vote in the places where they live and were arrested rather than the place they are incarcerated.

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TommyBen @tbapple.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

What he means by “engendered reliance interests” is banks want to continue to be able to attach debts to same-sex spouses.

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TommyBen @tbapple.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

You’re being played by the same exploitative billionaires that are playing us here in America, and racism is a tool of the right-wing everywhere.

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TommyBen @tbapple.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Convenient and accurate. The US, with it's unfettered capitalist exploitative aspirations, has a lengthly history of sabotaging left-wing governments and financing right-wing efforts in South and Central America.

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TommyBen @tbapple.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I remembered everyone loved the internet because it was a great way to evade sales tax.

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TommyBen @tbapple.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

If this was done to a Republican, the media…wait, what, who?

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TommyBen @tbapple.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Most seniors have the Medicare Premiums deducted from their Social Security automatically and many don’t think about it more than once a year, if that much. Seems like giving back $100 will just remind them that they pay from $202.90-$689.90 per month already. (www.cms.gov/newsroom/fac...)

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2026 Medicare Parts A & B Premiums and Deductibles

2026 Medicare Parts A & B Premiums and Deductibles2026 Medicare Part D Income-Related Monthly Adjustment AmountsOn November 14, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 20...

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TommyBen @tbapple.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Don’t believe the restaurant receipt, a Big Mac is still $1.00.

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TommyBen @tbapple.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Great job by show runners introducing an Odd Couple storyline to the timeline.

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TommyBen @tbapple.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Not to mention the interesting tag line: “Skydance: a creative first ho”

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TommyBen @tbapple.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

“Why does my car’s speedometer go above 100 MPH” has entered the chat.

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TommyBen @tbapple.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I freaking love the simplicity of Sankey diagrams.

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TommyBen @tbapple.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Did they also swap out shoes for one size smaller and put foot cream in their toothpaste?

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TommyBen @tbapple.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

As a Long Islander, Upstate is anything north of Yonkers.

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TommyBen @tbapple.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Would not be surprised if the source of these are GOP ratf$&king operatives.

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TommyBen @tbapple.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The Bureaucracies for basic services strongly disagree with you.

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TommyBen @tbapple.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

“gdb” is worthy of a psych paper.

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TommyBen @tbapple.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

They are paying obscene amounts of money on advertising and it’s only a couple of hours work for probably millions.

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TommyBen @tbapple.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Now NY Post is scoring on Schmitt, Oh that is it!

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TommyBen @tbapple.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

MLB seems to have solved the electronic strike zone debate. These call corrections are entertaining.

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TommyBen @tbapple.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Medicare For All and Universal Pre-school get all the press but Universal College is another realistic goal for the wealthiest country in the world.

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TommyBen @tbapple.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The real money is in selling tariff exemptions.

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TommyBen @tbapple.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Just like David Sterns planned. 😂😰

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TommyBen @tbapple.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

If you told me 30 years ago that Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz would be looking hot in a romantic comedy in their fifties, I would have said "well, obviously".

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TommyBen @tbapple.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

"Tesla Owner Just as Corrupt as Tesla Owner"

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TommyBen @tbapple.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

It's also very tone-deaf. Local GOP candidates in NY are already running away from Trump (though not his racist policies). "Paid for by the US Government" is a reminder to voters that every re-elected GOP candidate empowers Trump's stupidity. And this vibe will only increase over the next 5 weeks.

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TommyBen @tbapple.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

LOL Supreme Court doing a Friday News Dump on Trump.

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TommyBen @tbapple.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

NPR is where all the interview candidates are above average children.

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TommyBen @tbapple.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

@traveliniceland.bsky.social - Great thread (still in progress) from a journalist who needs a free trip to Enjoy Iceland. Do you have any connections? #Iceland

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TommyBen @tbapple.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Tired: "When I read The Right Stuff, I wanted to become an Astronaut" Wired: "When I read 1984, I wanted to become Big Brother"

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TommyBen @tbapple.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

So many of the people behind these ideas must read dystopian science fiction as aspiration.

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TommyBen @tbapple.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The issue with Never Trump conservatives is they never correct their own conservatism as though Trump wasn't a predictable descendant of "The nine MOST TERRIFYING words..." They all love the code numbered phrases they use to justify their fascism and anti-socialism.

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TommyBen @tbapple.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Or Cuomo was willing the take ONE cent on the dollar to sell out citizens.

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TommyBen @tbapple.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Or Cuomo was willing the take ONE cent on the dollar to sell out citizens.

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TommyBen @tbapple.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

It worked for decades until they realized they could prevent sharing with paywalls.

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