Reposted by Tom SchmitzDreadnought Holiday @dreadships.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Losing it at this 918646
Tom Schmitz @tschmitzwrites.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Help Behind-the-Meter come out of the closet. Free the VPP! 000
Tom Schmitz @tschmitzwrites.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Batteries as a peaker alternative are a game changer. Traditional peaker plants use gas turbines and are typically the dirtiest generators in the grid system. Huge advance! 000
Tom Schmitz @tschmitzwrites.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Caught this show the night before when he performed in San Diego. Absolutely amazing. 000
Reposted by Tom SchmitzDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Would be nice if there was one aspect of my life that was Bezos free. Like next week I'm going to read he has purchased a stake in one of my kids. 2232047
Tom Schmitz @tschmitzwrites.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Glorious. We were fortunate to have one of these in our backyard when we lived in Oakland. We even chose to have our outdoor wedding beneath its canopy during the pandemic. Its blooming season was a source of endless enjoyment. Miss it still. 020
Tom Schmitz @tschmitzwrites.bsky.social · 03/08/2026This can't be pointed out often enough, and I find myself having to do it far too often. "Lockdown" is what happened in China, where people were forcibly confined inside their apartments. Nothing like that happened in the U.S. We suffered through mild inconvenience, not at-home incarceration. 000
Reposted by Tom SchmitzTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 31/07/2026BIG DEAL on voting rights this morning: Governor Spanberger just restored the voting rights of some 60,000+ Virginians. Her move reverses Youngkin's abrupt decision in 2023 to end automatic voting rights restoration, which brought Virginia back to a system of default lifetime disenfranchisement.boltsmag.orgVirginia Governor Restores Voting Rights for Thousands With Past Felony Convictions - BoltsThis is the only state that, absent action by the governor, bans people convicted of any felony from voting for life. Virginians have an opportunity to end that system for good in November. 283363926
Reposted by Tom SchmitzCosta Samaras @costasamaras.com · 24/07/2026Why is your current, and future, energy bill higher than before? Here's a reason. 24617
Reposted by Tom SchmitzTKarney @pecunium.bsky.social · 19/07/2026The worst part is I have no problem believing this is legitimate. 3303
Reposted by Tom SchmitzSean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Why I’m a fan of the Oxford comma. 845222213628
Tom Schmitz @tschmitzwrites.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Now that is some innovative ratemaking. Way to go, OR & PGE! 000
Tom Schmitz @tschmitzwrites.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Drape some black crepe around this thread, in mourning for what our nation has lost. 000
Tom Schmitz @tschmitzwrites.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Exactly this. Not a cause for celebration or veneration, but examination and regulation. 000
Tom Schmitz @tschmitzwrites.bsky.social · 03/06/2026I fear that while this is not yet universally true, it soon will be, at least for corporate media. 000
Reposted by Tom Schmitzjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 02/06/2026another day, another story about the administration's war on knowledge itself, all in service of allow its corporate patrons free rein to rob us blind and poison our world www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/c...nytimes.comTrump Administration to Dismantle Ocean Monitoring System 14457252050
Tom Schmitz @tschmitzwrites.bsky.social · 15/05/2026There it is. AI now adjudicating claims for a health insurer that is already so infamous for driving customers to despair that its CEO was shot in the street. Oh, the humanity... 000
Reposted by Tom Schmitzjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/05/2026yes. change the statute on which this decision turned and redistrict according to the legitimacy conferred by the people of the state 112118902829
Tom Schmitz @tschmitzwrites.bsky.social · 08/05/2026The Virginia Supreme Court just invalidated my vote on redistricting because they did not like the way the election turned out and they seem to think that having a measure pass by a small margin is illegitimate somehow. 030
Tom Schmitz @tschmitzwrites.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Love this man's work. Here's hoping it outlives him for generations to come. 020
Reposted by Tom SchmitzIda B Wells' Winchester Rifle @dytsras.bsky.social · 03/05/2026I still cant get over this. How you steal somebody's life... (he was 28 years incarcerated for a crime he DID NOT commit) He gets out, gets a law degree. Runs for office.... WINS... and then they steal the job 5637021708
Tom Schmitz @tschmitzwrites.bsky.social · 28/04/2026When politicians understand that a fundamental purpose of government in a liberal democracy is to create the conditions that help people live better lives, then that's exactly what happens. 000
Tom Schmitz @tschmitzwrites.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Come for the practical advice, stay for the last four words of the final sentence. 010
Reposted by Tom SchmitzRep. James Walkinshaw @repwalkinshaw.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Under Pam Bondi, DOJ failed survivors: missed deadlines, withheld millions of files, and illegally redacted thousands. We cannot allow this to stand. Release all the files. Put Bondi under oath. Survivors deserve the truth, and they deserve it now. 11912
Reposted by Tom SchmitzTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Update: This bill still sits on the desk of Governor Spanberger. The deadline for her to take action one way or the other is this MONDAY evening. 19980279
Tom Schmitz @tschmitzwrites.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Definitionally true. Writing is a creative act of the human mind. Texts assembled by computer algorithms are something else. We're going to need a new word for that. 110
Reposted by Tom SchmitzMatt Keeter @mattkeeter.com · 28/03/2026if you really hate someone, teach them to recognize LLM-generated text 27678128
Reposted by Tom SchmitzStephen Wolf @stephenwolf.bsky.social · 28/03/2026The Declaration of Independence specifies 27 grievances with King George III and Britain. Donald Trump and his regime have committed at least 20 of those same offenses highlighted in yellow. #NoKings 6643572206
Reposted by Tom SchmitzAdventures in Theater History: Philadelphia @aithpodcast.bsky.social · 26/03/2026A superb piece by a longtime Friend of the Podcast - Mary B. Robinson!!! Read how the "anti-Communist" investigations of the mid-20th century affected the theater industry, and how it was instrumental in leading to the founding of the SDC (the Stage Directors & Choreographers Society).issuu.com"Un-American": Theatre Artists vs. the 1950s Blacklist - IssuuLong before the phrase “witch-hunting” became a president’s attempt to tarnish investigations into his own acts, it was the title of a chapter of director Margaret Webster’s autobiography Don’t Put Yo... 011
Reposted by Tom SchmitzSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 23/03/2026Not one of them has ever stood in a line for 4 hours or more to vote in person. Not one of them has been turned away at the polls because they are suddenly “not on the list.” Not one has had their pay docked b/c they arrived late to work b/c they went to vote in the morning. 412780846
Tom Schmitz @tschmitzwrites.bsky.social · 19/03/2026So gratified that my new Rep is wasting no time in going straight at this corrupt administration after only a few months in office. We need more of this from every Dem. Walkinshaw is showing the way. 000
Reposted by Tom SchmitzDaren Chapin @dchapin.bsky.social · 11/03/2026This is something I tell to everyone on the East Coast that I can. If you have never gone out and physically stood in front of The West before but just seen it in photos, you absolutely must. You think you have an idea, but you have no idea: it is stupendously, ridiculously bigger than you think 106913
Tom Schmitz @tschmitzwrites.bsky.social · 08/03/2026Well, my brother is in the cast, for starters. 010