Reposted by Tom BaconAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I think people should listen to what the administration trying to bring back spectacle lynchings, race riots, and middle passage-esque deportation voyages are trying to tell you about themselves. bsky.app/profile/bren... 8751261860
Reposted by Tom BaconLuke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 30/09/2026If you want "personalized music" made just for you pick up a fucking guitar. Or else break the heart of someone who already has. 171447230
Reposted by Tom BaconMoira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 01/07/2026The knowledge of how many innocents’ deaths he is directly responsible for is clearly tormenting Musk psychologically, and I think he should be confronted with it roothlessly at every opportunity until he has a psychological break like the guy in The Tell-Tale Heart. 662528566
Tom Bacon @tjbacon.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Absolute best: www.georgesdeepdish.comgeorgesdeepdish.comGeorge's Deep Dish Chicago's Best Deep Dish and Tavern Style Pizzas | George's Deep Dish Chicago's Best Deep Dish and Cracker Thin PizzasAward winning sourdough deep dish and tavern thin pizzas 000
Reposted by Tom BaconMicah @rincewind.run · 17/05/2026there are two types of people in the world: people who think Moby Dick is fucking awesome and people who are wrong 7712
Tom Bacon @tjbacon.bsky.social · 25/04/2026The Last House on Needless Street - Catriona Ward, is one of the best audiobook performances I have heard. 110
Reposted by Tom BaconDisappointed But Not Surprised @heliocide.bsky.social · 05/04/2026The reason Moby Dick is the most American novel ever written is because it is about a violent white man enacting a confusing revenge fantasy against a cheap source of oil. 2734241174
Reposted by Tom BaconEmily Serwadczak @thenobleplatypus.bsky.social · 11/03/2026As a poor old freelancer, I'd love to get this some views (I only get paid if it does well 🫠) but also because I admire and genuinely respect @mikeflanaganfilm.com. I really hope it comes across in my work 🙂 @katesiegel.bsky.social @rahulkohli13.bsky.social 36618
Reposted by Tom BaconTiago Peixoto @tiago.skewed.de · 07/03/2026In 2013 Aaron Swartz committed suicide for facing 35 years in prison for mass downloading scientific articles. 13 years later, Meta is almost getting away with an infraction orders of magnitude larger. The law didn't change. torrentfreak.com/uploading-pi...torrentfreak.comUploading Pirated Books via BitTorrent Qualifies as Fair Use, Meta Argues * TorrentFreakIn an ongoing lawsuit, Meta now argues that uploading pirated books to strangers via BitTorrent qualifies as fair use. 111512607
Tom Bacon @tjbacon.bsky.social · 06/01/2026Wilson and it’s a fantastic translation. www.emilyrcwilson.com/the-odysseyemilyrcwilson.comThe Odyssey — Emily Wilson 111
Tom Bacon @tjbacon.bsky.social · 31/12/2025So we would be means-testing communism? Do I have that right? Probably through in some AI just to be safe. 010
Reposted by Tom BaconThe Onion @theonion.com · 10/11/2025Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage 370283008647
Reposted by Tom BaconBen Daniel (he/him) @revbennyd.bsky.social · 23/10/2025Here's a photo of my friend and colleague, Jorge Bautista, getting shot in the face with a flashbang grenade. The ICE Agent is so afraid of Jorge (who was posing no threat) that he has wet himself. Please share this photo. Everyone needs to know what cowards ICE agents are. 322126396300
Tom Bacon @tjbacon.bsky.social · 24/10/2025From a high school teacher: “You can’t do everything, but you can do anything.” 0201
Reposted by Tom BaconJessica Ritchey @jmritchey.bsky.social · 17/10/2025If I had explain American history in one sentence, I could do worse than "John Brown was hung for treason, but Robert E. Lee was not." 110150725346
Reposted by Tom BaconAlex Bertram-Powell @alexbpart.bsky.social · 27/08/2025It's getting harder and harder to deny that AGI is a near certainty. This kind of rapid expansion, this level of investment and infrastructural shift, this amount of *risk* - it doesn't happen without astronomical reward. The other day I saw a big barn, which can only mean one thing: giant horses 342679604
Reposted by Tom BaconGarrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 25/08/2025The precise moment when and where in recent weeks America crossed that invisible line from democracy into authoritarianism can and will be debated by future historians, but it’s clear that the line itself has been crossed. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/america-ti...doomsdayscenario.coAmerica Tips Into FascismToday is different than before. 44498594054
Reposted by Tom BaconKate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 04/08/2025I’ve been having a few too many conversations like this. Them: Hi Kate, how are things with your work, with the world? Me: the university is under attack, democratic norms being broken in half, so, pretty bad. Them: But everything is going to come back and be okay after the midterms. Me: Uhh, no. 973302560
Reposted by Tom BaconThe Onion @theonion.com · 23/07/2025Shocking Video Captures Calm Police Officers Handling Situation Nonviolently 155134732778
Reposted by Tom BaconCE (Catie) Murphy @cemurphy.bsky.social · 19/07/2025Left: Hugh Jackman in the male gaze Right: Hugh Jackman in the female gaze i mean like literally. one's a muscle mag for lads & the other is GOOD HOUSEKEEPING, for god's sake 361693370
Reposted by Tom BaconBenjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 02/07/2025#copyediting No, we're not calling it Alligator Alcatraz. It's a Florida concentration camp. 563295696
Reposted by Tom BaconMidge @midge.bsky.social · 01/07/2025Stages of life: 1. Birth 2. You gotta be fucking kidding me 3. Death 171870538
Reposted by Tom BaconDaniel Radosh @radosh.bsky.social · 26/06/2025I feel like I'm losing my mind. Here is the transcript of what Zohran Mamdani actually said about the phrase "globalize the intifada." This is his "refusal to disavow it." This is what has people terrified. Just fucking read it. Source: podscripts.co/podcasts/the... 19186972850
Reposted by Tom BaconBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 19/05/2025People keep asking why The Onion is doing well right now, and it's simply because we just refuse to kowtow. I cannot stress enough how good it is for your business and your soul be strong and even fun in the face of the ongoing horror and bullshit. www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/st... 7476391440
Reposted by Tom BaconJohn Green @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social · 08/05/2025I, for one, am tired of [gestures broadly]. I have grown weary of [points in all directions simultaneously]. 563508894
Reposted by Tom BaconZombies. The undead. You know, ghouls. @edgarallanbro.bsky.social · 02/04/2025I'm 18. The economy enters a once-in-a-century recession. A Republican president is responsible. I'm 29. There is once-in-a-century pandemic that leads to a once-in-century-recession. A Republican is responsible. I'm 35. Tarriffs trigger a once-in-a-century recession. A Republican is responsible. 202148135040
Reposted by Tom BaconCeej @ceejoyner.bsky.social · 27/02/202549% of Troy was like "they tried to kill us yesterday" but 51 were chanting HORSE! HORSE! really loud 2647551062
Reposted by Tom BaconAngus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · 19/03/2025As always, not a lawyer, but one thing that leaps out at me about how things are going down in the courts right now is that the US court system is not designed to be responsive to a crisis like this one. A crisis like this one is not what it's FOR. 663545731
Tom Bacon @tjbacon.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Recently switched to StoryGraph from Goodreads: www.thestorygraph.comthestorygraph.comThe StoryGraphWe'll help you track your reading and choose your next book. 041
Reposted by Tom BaconAdam Rowe @airowe.online · 11/03/2025Fender affirming care is ok for these douches apparently 342381
Reposted by Tom BaconMax Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 05/03/2025Sesame Street really tells the story of America: - Created for PBS to educate young (especially Black!) children - Becomes a beloved institution cherished by the entire country - Gets privatized and kicked to premium cable due to budget cuts - Unionization leads to mass layoffs What a country! 5153551928
Reposted by Tom BaconJay Willis @jaywillis.net · 03/03/2025If you were looking for a unified theory explaining the last 20 years of Supreme Court politics, you could do a lot worse than “Citizens United was a direct reaction to Obama winning, and Shelby County was a direct reaction to Obama winning again” 11777551705
Reposted by Tom BaconJason P. Steed @profsteed.bsky.social · 02/03/2025This sounds so smart — until you realize that it makes the whole problem worse. It ignores Musk’s lawlessness, it legitimizes the project of privatizing government services, and ultimately taxpayers end up paying more for the same work. Maybe the capitalists aren’t the source for solutions here. 821847
Reposted by Tom BaconEduardo García-Molina @egarcmol.bsky.social · 18/02/2025Poor casting choice, they really should have hired a nobody to play Odysseus. 1315619
Reposted by Tom BaconBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 04/01/2025“As an editorial cartoonist, my job is to hold powerful people and institutions accountable. For the first time, my editor prevented me from doing that job. So I have decided to leave the Washington Post” — Ann Telnaes, after drawing this cartoon, which included the image of a supplicant Jeff Bezos 323165434599
Reposted by Tom BaconKathleen Belew @kathleenbelew.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Thanks for sharing this, and the link to the doc (in thread)--yes, this is critical. The OKC bombing is comparable in American history only to Pearl Harbor and 9/11, and hardly anybody remembers it as what it was: an act of domestic terrorism by the white power movement. (1) 621708582
Reposted by Tom BaconJerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 14/11/2024mental health break? you bet it did 188335496112
