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Tom Streeter

@crankybear.net

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Too much being, not enough nothingness. Astros fan since 1975. Recovering college professor. Digital sausage maker. Beer blogger & beer competition co-director. Curmudgeon. Animal lover currently owned by cats. Full time cautionary tale.

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Tom Streeter @crankybear.net · Nov 7

Not talking and just doing — or mindfully declining to do — will be how decent people survive this. They broke it, they bought it. Not your job to clean up their messes. Your job is to make the crack you live in be habitable as you can. There’s always an underground society. That’s us now.

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Tom Streeter @crankybear.net · 7h

Dick Cheney might be the Republican who had the best day.

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Tom Streeter @crankybear.net · 19h

New reading material for our upcoming cruise just dropped. Thanks @maureenogle.bsky.social!!!!!!

A hand holds a book that has a painted illustration featuring meat as it might be displayed in a butcher’s case. The illustration appears to be from the 19th or early 20th century. The words on the cover are

THE PRICE PLENTY
A History of Meat in America
MAUREEN OGLE

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Tom Streeter @crankybear.net · 19h

Close the the Internet, we have a winner.

I’d only add that he’s a two-time VP *from the same party that’s currently in power.*

Simon @bauxoffice.bsky.social · 19h

Fuck Dick Cheney for eternity

BUT

the man was a two-term vice president and he's not going to get 1/100 of the pageantry that a stupid fuckin podcaster who got plugged in the neck got

probably because the current VP doesn't want to fuck his widow

Tom Streeter @crankybear.net · 19h

The only part of working at a university (either as faculty or staff) that I truly enjoyed were the students, though departmental office support staffs often came a close second.

You’ve been through the wringer the last few weeks. You deserve a day like today.

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Tom Streeter @crankybear.net · 20h

I’m sure the apology and payoff are forthcoming.

Tom Streeter @crankybear.net · 20h

Dick Cheney is dead, eh?

May piss perpetual rain upon him. And may the moment you heard of his death be a blessing to you forever.

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Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 22h

Spare a thought for centrist dem consultants this morning.

They just learned their ideal candidate for the Democratic 2028 presidential ticket has passed away.

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Stonekettle @stonekettle.bsky.social · 21h

Well, hell. Looks like I'm going to need to drink more coffee. Dick Cheney died and I'm going to need a full bladder for the funeral.

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Tom Streeter @crankybear.net · 1d

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amy brown @amybrown.xyz · 1d

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Seth Trueger @mdaware.org · 1d

My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look upon my works, which were processed in a facility that also processes peanuts.

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Tom Streeter @crankybear.net · 1d

It’s amazing what you can do when you’re not in your mid-60s.

I say that as someone who’s 62.

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Stonekettle @stonekettle.bsky.social · 1d

Paramount Global, CBS, and 60 Minutes literally sold their credibility and their integrity for CEO bonuses and shareholder value. Trump rubbed their noses in their own shit last night and they sat there and took it, because the Press has been a collaborator with Trump from the beginning.

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Tom Streeter @crankybear.net · 2d

I’ll vote for a Democrat. I’ll just never call myself one again.

Tom Streeter @crankybear.net · 2d

Speed skating, ski-cross, and snowboard cross. Bobsled. Skeleton. Luge.

All crack to me.

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Gummy Arts @gummyarts.bsky.social · 2d

RIP, Duane Roberts, inventor of the frozen burrito

Colored-pencil card drawing of Duane Roberts, with burrito

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Tom Streeter @crankybear.net · 2d

It’s a nicely spiced ice cream. I really enjoyed it.

Tom Streeter @crankybear.net · 2d

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Tom Streeter @crankybear.net · 2d

That sign is the least noticeable characteristic of the 4th official. #AskWxm

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Tom Streeter @crankybear.net · 2d

Major beard sighting near the TNS bench. #AskWxm

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Tom Streeter @crankybear.net · 2d

Red — for reasons way too tedious to get into — is uniquely difficult to reproduce accurately on screen. Especially in full sun. I suspect that onsite the hues don’t look as similar.

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Tom Streeter @crankybear.net · 2d

Barker!!!!!!! #AskWxm

Tom Streeter @crankybear.net · 2d

@finalwhistle.bsky.social mentioned the company’s name & I looked them up. Very impressive bunch. If I were a lot younger and lived in the UK, they’re exactly the kind of place I’d be trying to work with.

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Tom Streeter @crankybear.net · 2d

The longer we go without being out there, the more curious I get about what they’re doing.

Hope the delay is worth it and not from just silly reasons.

Tom Streeter @crankybear.net · 2d

Went to bed when the game went to extras and woke up to the disappointing news the Blue Jays lost. Take it from this 2019 Astros fan: it’s never not going to hurt a little, but the good times WILL come and they’ll be all the sweeter for it. Don’t get down on them.

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Tom Streeter @crankybear.net · 2d

I was going to ask how someone was possibly making *that* connection, and then I realized I really didn’t want to know.

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