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@mhael.bsky.social
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Gen X'er. Researcher. Historian. MSTie. One of SOLMatesPod's Literal Dozen. Friend of DeSoto. Wheel of Time reader. Critter. He/Him. Frequently hyperbolic.
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The Trail of Political Consciousness
Nemik's Manifesto, AKA The Trail of Political Consciousness:

"There will be times when the struggle seems impossible. I know this already. Alone, unsure, dwarfed by the scale of the enemy.

Remember this: Freedom is a pure idea. It occurs spontaneously and without instruction. Random acts of insurrection are occurring constantly throughout the galaxy. There are whole armies, battalions that have no idea that they’ve already enlisted in the cause.

Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere, and even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

And remember this: the Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear.  Remember that. 

And know this, the day will come when all these skirmishes and battles, these moments of defiance will have flooded the banks of the Empires’s authority and then there will be one too many. One single thing will break the siege.

Remember this: Try.
mhael.bsky.social
"Ambashador Sharek... I jusht want you to be aware that... well, thish may be a delicate shubject, but - as a DOWD - I am aware that human beings don't have quite the shame life shpan as Vulcans do.

That being shaid, if you're ever in the market for a new companion, posht-Amanda... I can ashisht."
mhael.bsky.social
TL;DR: yeah, you did some evil shit back then. You WERE a Bad Person.

Are you now? Seems like the jury might still be out, since you're frantically trying to convince everyone that NOTHING Mini-Reagans believed was evil, simply because you didn't scream "God hates F-gs!" when you did.

🤷
mhael.bsky.social
Not glaring, in-your-face evil. Not the murdered someone or rounded up an entire apartment building in the dead of night evil.

The kind of evil where you listen to Brent from Accounting bitch about how HIS taxes are going to pay for THOSE people, and you nod along because he makes great pies.
mhael.bsky.social
If you believed in that trickle-down, not taxing the rich bs, that people never need help and wouldn't deserve YOUR MONEY even if they did, and that the govt is by definition incapable of helping anyone do anything (like develop a vaccine for AIDS, for ex.) - ya know... a REAGANITE - yeah. Evil.
mhael.bsky.social
And YES, ACTUALLY, that stuff IS evil. Is it serial killer evil, gas chamber evil, Klan evil? No.

Is it turning a blind eye to the trampling - AT BEST - of the less fortunate, of treating greed as good, of putting MONEY over PEOPLE? THAT kind of evil? YES.

Shouting that it wasn't is DENIAL.
mhael.bsky.social
OH MY GOD, will you turn off the "But what about ME??" pity shrieking?

I GET what you're saying, YOU weren't a Nazi, the people you HUNG OUT with weren't Nazis. Selfish, myopic, self-absorbed, and lacking in empathy, yeah, I'd bet money on THAT one, but not Nazis.
mhael.bsky.social
The fuck? O.o

I tried to re-post this with a picture of my own choice, but... they're gone. ALL of them. Even the ones *I* took with SWIMW!

It's as if someone... somewhere... eliminated all... couples pics... everywhere.

#NoOneFucksWithTheUx
#GreatestTrek
(😬Am I still allowed to use that?)
woodmally1979.bsky.social
relationship goals. And remember love is.... wiping out the Hushnock and recreating your loved ones.
mhael.bsky.social
I was gonna go with "the love child of Guy Gardner and Brett Favre," but I like yours better. 😆
mhael.bsky.social
I also hesitate to label a pantry stable like "basic ass coffee" as a *luxury.* That thinking leads to "Obama phone" myths.

What's next that becomes unaffordable but we shit on people for wanting even though it's technically "bad?" Milk? Sugar? Crackers? (The food kind, not the WASP kind) Candy?
mhael.bsky.social
To be fair, there's a big difference between coffee meaning "a latte at [Insert Coffee House]" and coffee from a fucking tin of Folgers that used to be affordable, and has been for generations, but now isn't because of these fools.
mhael.bsky.social
But I DO know a few people who do and might get a chuckle, @celticdragon1.bsky.social being one of them! 😉
mhael.bsky.social
*blinks*

"Yeah, I don't know what any of that means."
HISHE Superman looking confused at some weird bullshit that HISHE Batman just tried to sell him, and saying, "Yeah, I don't know what any of that means..."
mhael.bsky.social
Hey, I did say I was scrollin.' It's not like I saw you and went, "WTF, Pam Bondi??" 😉
mhael.bsky.social
Yaaaaay! I know stuff like that won't *fix* things, per se, but... I know from experience it helps patch the tires a bit. 😉
mhael.bsky.social
“I was shocked and disgusted to learn...

You're lying or stupid.

...about the racist, anti-Semitic, and misogynistic comments...”

That's 99% of the GOP, dude.

“This behavior is indefensible and has no place in our party...

It LIVES in your party.

"...or anywhere in public life.”

Correct.
carlquintanilla.bsky.social
POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
mhael.bsky.social
I got real excited when you followed me back, `cause you're cool af; is that anything?

Uhhhh... I also have... *rummage rummage rummage* one sec... a cute kitty on a pillow throne!

Does this help?
Orange snd white tabby snoozing on pillows.
mhael.bsky.social
Holy fucking shit, Void, until I looked at the username I legit thought that was a random picture of Katee Sackhoff somebody posted.
mhael.bsky.social
In fairness, I know a guy named Jeff, and while I could ask his assistance in a variety of things, if @jeffeweisen.bsky.social entered the battlefield on my behalf... well... you best be steppin' back.
leyawn.bsky.social
mtg in 1997: this card is selenia, a guardian angel from the heavenly realm of serra. twisted by the phyrexians, she drove crovax of urborg insane with unrequited love

mtg in 2025: this card is spongebob. from spongebob squarepants

mtg in 2035: we ran out of ideas. this card is your coworker jeff
mhael.bsky.social
I started around The Dark and went up through Visions. Gave away allllll my cards a few years ago to a friend of a friend who lost all his cards in a fire.

Wish I could've seen his face when he found Lim-Dul's Vault and the OG Jester's Cap and Jester's Mask. 😁
mhael.bsky.social
Banger ep, if not quite as great as her intro episode, "The House of Quark."

Nevertheless, it's never a bad day to die for Grilka. 😍
trekmovie.bsky.social
OTD, the #StarTrekDS9 episode "Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places" premieres, featuring the return of Grilka, Quark's ex-wife, described by Worf as "glorious." The episode was written by Ron Moore and directed by Andrew Robinson (Garak).
mhael.bsky.social
What's cool is they just released a sequel to it called, "Harry Potter and the Books That Can Return to the Library Book Shelf If You Take Them From Back of the Overstuffed Game Room Closet YOURSELF and Return Them to the Downstairs Bookshelf, but You'll Need to Make Room For Them Now."

Rated P/A
mhael.bsky.social
Wait, I thought this one was called, "Harry Potter and the Continuing Tug-of-War Between SWIMW and Myself Over Whether The Books Should Be Placed In Our Bookshelf BECAUSE WE HAVE A TRANS KID, IT BOTHERS HER THAT WE STILL SHELVE THEM, AND YOU NEVER READ THEM ANYWAY, FFS, HONEY!"’
mhael.bsky.social
[This film has not yet been rated.]
mhael.bsky.social
*Slow EDM Remix of "Shiny Happy People" begins playing*

In 2026, James Wan, the visionary Horror director of "Saw," returns to tell a new tale about the old game we know.

Next summer... try to sate their starvation, but nothing can save you from:

HUNGRY, HUNGRY HIPPOS

"You'll lose your marbles."