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Thom Mitchell

@thomm.bsky.social
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Lots of interests - really too many to list (bicycling, hiking, Sci-fi, Gardening, etc) . Still learning how this all works. Navy Submarine Vet, Mizzou J-School, Babson MBA. Currently working at Microsoft; Toots are my own. Preferred pronouns he/him/his.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h
Troy Jackson after Collins takes credit for rural healthcare cuts in big beautiful bill not being as bad as they could've been even though she voted to advance the bill: "Sen. Collins is like an arsonist who helped set the fire, and then she wants credit for bringing a cup of water to put it out"
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Dr. Todd Arrington @btarrington.bsky.social · 15h
“The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.” ~President Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936. Image: Universal History Archive/Getty Images.
This black and white photo shows a clean-shaven man, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, sitting at a desk and wearing a suit. He holds a paper in his right hand and appears to be speaking into a microphone that sits on the desk.
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Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I don’t think I’m ever going to get the appeal of pivoting to video for podcasts. I’ve been listening to podcasts for 20 years, and never once have I thought, my God, I need to SEE these people! I’m on a walk or doing the dishes, I don’t need video. 
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Sundance @sundance.bikesky.social · 04/10/2026
The dollar feels a lot smaller than it used to be… Thought with all the warming oceans, we wouldn’t see this sort of shrink-inflation.
A very tiny sand dollar on my finger with the ocean in the back with my dog in the surf
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“Originalism is an incoherent doctrine. It allows you to prove anything. Thus what it amounts to is a ritual invocation of the Founders, gesturing at this or that piece of text, before delivering whatever conclusion was approved on Fox News the night before.” www.liberalcurrents.com/we-have-no-s...
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We Have No Supreme Court
The philosophical incoherence of originalism prevents the Court from performing its core functions as a supreme court.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I’ve known many other defense secretaries, starting with Cap Weinberger, who served as defense secretary under Reagan. I can say without fear of contradiction that Pete Hegseth is the stupidest and least qualified of them all. He is a danger to the entire world. He must be impeached.
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The Capybaron @thecapybaron.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Again, much of Pete Hegseth’s deal is the only skill his job demanded for a long time was keeping a trim figure to be conventionally pretty for stay-at-home moms watching daytime tv. His job was “be pretty,” but he knows that’s a girl job, so he’s deeply insecure and is trying to make it a boy job.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Maybe time for those who don't experience this directly to return to this thread (which I posted when PTSD was being weaponized to relieve Graham Platner of responsibility for his actions).
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I’ve been saying for a while, someone needs to estimate the net cost of millions of people having to spend a chunk of every day worrying about what the insane president has done or will do.
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Thom Mitchell @thomm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
So much this. He is not playing Nth dimensional chess.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 23/09/2026
Jim Crow was on the ash heap of history. Then came the Roberts Court. Our September + October cover story: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I know we're all* numb to this by now, but it really needs to be said that any one of the batshit insane tyrant tweets from our special little boy would've led to swift efforts to remove any other previous president.
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Sad excuse for journalism: Big profile of DOGE lord doesn’t say a word about all the damage he did. And it was not an “ill fated cost-cutting effort.” It was a malignant, catastrophic attack on the government and its workers by arrogant and ignorant assholes. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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He spent 11 months inside DOGE. Now he wants to set the record straight.
In his first major interview about his tell-all memoir, Tyler Hassen describes the culture clash surrounding DOGE’s mission and the backlash that followed.
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Ned Pyle @nedpyle.com · 21/09/2026
How about some nedwalkies through Shanghai for some Sunday scrolling? 🧵
The bladerunner looking tv-playing skyscrapers in bright colors of the financial district at the edge of the Huangpo RiverA red bowl that looks like a flower of chicken and peppers and spices that screams spicy flavorAn old dark wood and gold temple entrance gate crowded with Chinese tourists, its roof full of ornate dragons and guarded by stone dragons
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Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026
Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!
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Thom Mitchell @thomm.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This thread.
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Matt Bors @mattbors.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It was exactly ten years ago today, on my 33rd birthday, that I posted this comic online.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Jared Kushner is not "on the other side of the aisle." He's not an elected official. He's not an administration official. He's the president's son-in-law and a private citizen. You do not, in fact, have to take meetings with relatives of the president. Some might even say you should *not* do that
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 10/09/2026
You know, when you find out that the art you like is made by people you've learned hold views you find wholly repugnant, I don't think you need to disavow ever having enjoyed the art. It's okay to acknowledge you liked or loved that art, but are now putting it aside. That was then, this is now.
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Effin' Birds @effinbirds.com · 08/09/2026
Oh yeah, if your Teams admin left the GIPHY extension active, put sweartrek in the GIF search box (or any other GIF box powered by GIPHY).
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Thom Mitchell @thomm.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The constant, relentless bombardment by political campaigns is exhausting - I've been averaging 10+ calls a day and 10+ texts a day. Increasingly I just treat them like the spam that they are. Just because it is easy to call people, maybe you should think about whether you should. #Providence
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caroline cash @cashbrowns.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Nancy 9/7/26 … Happy Labor Day 🛠️
8 Hours for Work, 8 Hours for Rest, 8 Hours for What We Will. Based on a screenprint by Ricardo Levins Morales after the organizing work done by Robert Owen.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The tax rate for the richest was much higher when the middle class was strongest It was much higher even under Reagan But now they want you to behave raising taxes on the rich is “COmMuNiSm” ? Bottom line: They think we’re all idiots
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threddy 🦖 @threddyrex.org · 06/09/2026
status reports
[PANEL 1 - Threddy and Freddy standing in the office. The wall behind them is purple.]

Threddy: If I'm using AI to write my status reports, and you're using AI to read my status reports, can we just skip the status reports?

Freddy: No, it needs to look like we are doing something.
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Thom Mitchell @thomm.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Although I'm not a former professional football player, I am a veteran. And this is the analysis I'm here for.
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Thom Mitchell @thomm.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
This thread bring me joy every year. It's a saga. It should be on Imax too.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I know the whole “if this shocks you you haven’t been paying attention” thing is frowned upon, but the damn ship’s been operating at sea for better than 9 months straight. No maintenance, no nothing.What did people think it was going to look like?
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The Onion @theonion.com · 03/09/2026
Google Maps Introduces Crawling Directions For Cyclists Hit By Truck theonion.com/google-maps-introduces…
Google Maps Introduces Crawling Directions For Cyclists Hit By Truck
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Jay Kirell @jasonkirell.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Kurt Schlicter once told a disabled veteran to off himself. I know because I was that veteran.
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𝒩𝒾𝒸𝑜𝓁𝒶𝓈 𝒸 𝒢𝓇𝑒𝓎 @nicolascgrey.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 29/08/2026
Let's be clear: this isn't a win. This is proof Trump put our service members at risk to get Venezuelan oil for his billionaire buddies.  Putting our soldiers’ lives on the line for private profit is a gross dereliction of his constitutional duty.  www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/b...
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The Needling @theneedling.com · 27/08/2026
Shit: Time Warp Back to When Dolly, Tim Curry and U.S. Constitution Were Alive Not Working: tinyurl.com/4nsnvpx5
Woman with hands on hips frustratingly looking at directions for Time Warp dance in the Rocky Horror Picture Show movie that directs viewers to take just a jump to the left.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 25/08/2026
This girl I used to waitress with in Austin, we moved to New York together in 2003 on a literal Greyhound bus. Shared a fifth floor walk-up studio that, when it rained, had more leaks in the ceiling than we had pots and pans. We used to get drunk and smoke off the fire escape and do “sad-offs.”
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I started my PhD program with an eight week old at home, sole income being my doctoral stipend, in a history program, in Knoxville, TN. And every month we got a new book to read to my son, free, mailed to us, so my kid, my kids, grew up in rooms full of books even when I had no money. That's Dolly.
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Thom Mitchell @thomm.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
She put so much good into the world. I fear some people will try to turn the world's love for her into their own personal spotlight to bask in her rightful glory.
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Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Hear me out: The John F. Kennedy and Dolly Parton Memorial Center for the Performing Arts
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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 24/08/2026
When blocking laws that make it easier for people to vote, the Supreme Court has repeatedly emphasized that courts can't interfere with voting rules close to elections. Weirdly, now that Trump is trying to take over mail-in voting 10 weeks before the midterms, the Court has forgotten all about it.
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Lana 🌺 ❤️💛💚💙💜 @mahalomalama.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
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5 Supreme Court Judges Raising The Confederate Flag While Trampling Over Paper That Says, Voting Rights Act
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 25/08/2026
Retired Navy Commander Bobby Jones on the part of Doris Miller’s story too many Americans were never taught: His heroism at Pearl Harbor should have earned him the Medal of Honor. Why didn’t it? “I’ll give you one guess. He was a Black man.” Now they want to take his name off an aircraft carrier
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
After fifteen years of studying the anti-vax movement, I came to the conclusion that upholding legal requirements for vaccines for school entry is the single most important thing we can do. You cannot use facts to convince someone who did not employ facts to make their decision. So use the law.
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Bill Amend @billamend.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I feel like the kids who did poorly in science and history class are trying to get revenge on the kids who did well at science and history class and now we’re all going to die
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Drew Scanlon @drewscanlon.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Hi Internet! I'm Drew and THIS IS MY FACE. If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease! Donate at blinkingguy.com
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Thom Mitchell @thomm.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Astonishing that so many marketing departments do not understand that just because you can send out a daily spam message to buy/subscribe, doesn't mean that you should.
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Ian Malcolm's Iconic Jurassic Park Quote
Alt: Ian Malcolm's Iconic Jurassic Park Quote about could and should.
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Mekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · 24/08/2026
If we had journalism instead of access journalism, someone would have asked Jeffries: * Who called the meeting, you or Jared? * What was the topic of the meeting? * What was decided at that meeting? * Jared is not an official member of the government, so in what capacity did you meet with him?
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
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Thom Mitchell @thomm.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Lugged the Macro lens outside. Decided to try and catch a photo of some of the bees that were all over this bush. At least 3 different species, this was one of the small ones. #Photograhy #Bees #Macro #flowers
A small bee sitting on a flower
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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
This isn't the first time the USA has placed 50% tariffs on Canada. In 1890, the USA's Tariff Act was touted as a way to build up American industry, but the true goal was forcing the annexation of Canada. It backfired and made Canada stronger. This is the story. 📸 LoC 🧵1/10
Political cartoon criticizing the Republican platform for favoring untaxed whiskey (jug labeled "Untaxed Whiskey 20¢ Gal.") while presenting war‑taxed common cloth with an 89% tariff, highlighting perceived hypocrisy.
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delayedtriple.bsky.social @delayedtriple.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
rideonmagazine.com.au/an-ear-on-th... A bike rider with ear-bud earphones playing music at a reasonable volume hears much more outside noise than a car driver, even when that driver has no music playing.
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An Ear On The Traffic
Who hears more of the traffic buzz—a driver using his in-car music system or a bike rider using an iPod and earphones? Simon Vincett and Stephen Huntley went seeking evidence. On a busy arterial r…
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Mark Ruffalo @markruffalo.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
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Helene Meisler @hmeisler.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I know Grassly is old but do you think he knows who is in charge in the 3 branches of government now?
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