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Tom Bombeardil
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Husband. Acupuncturist. Bear. Nerd. Vegan. Pagan. He/him. NJ.
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I've come back to this article several times since it was published. It's a hard read but it's needed. Many of us should start putting its ideas into practice.
thecorrespondent.com/5696/were-he...
We’re heading into dark times. This is how to be your own light in the Age of Trump
Having studied authoritarian states for over a decade, I would never exaggerate the severity of the threat we now face. But an American kleptocracy is exactly where president-elect Trump and his backe...
thecorrespondent.com
Brussels sprouts are done! No more cooking until tomorrow. Just have to glaze the cupcakes. Whew!
November 26, 2025 at 11:13 PM
That feeling when your giant playlist of faves serves up " The Trapeze Swinger" and now you are fighting off tears. 😓😓😓
November 26, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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November 26, 2025 at 9:37 PM
The cupcakes are out of the oven and cooling. These are chocolate chip pumpkin cupcakes from the fantastic cookbook Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World. They'll get a cinnamon glaze once they cool. One of my favorite desserts of all time.
November 26, 2025 at 9:48 PM
This is one of Emily's best songs. So great!
youtu.be/agXz3XWFHO4?...
November 26, 2025 at 8:41 PM
There's something about the Indigo Girls that makes them one of my favorite bands to listen to when cooking and baking.

🎶And in a moment of forgiveness,
you reach out and take my hand🎶
November 26, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Today is clearly an octopus day.
November 26, 2025 at 5:44 PM
"How did you get into TTRPGs?

I met a young child beside a dead pony
I met a white man who walked a black dog
I met a young woman whose body was burning
I met a young girl, she gave me a Monster Manual
"How did you get into TTRPGs?"

Aboard a shipwreck train
Give my umbrella to the Rain Dogs
For I am a Rain Dog, too.
"How did you get into TTRPGs?"

I met her in a club down in old Soho.
I asked her her name and in a dark brown voice she said, 'Lola.'
November 26, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Happy to be in a -20 state.
Trump’s approval collapses nationwide, turning several deep-red states negative — Economist tracker
November 25, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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this is mesmerizing
November 25, 2025 at 6:31 AM
We were watching the American Revolution doc so I've got George Washington, Sam Adams, Col. Prescott, etc. I think I'm in ok.
You've been kidnapped! The characters from the last TV show you watched are your only hope for rescue. Who's coming to save you?

I think I'm in good shape
November 25, 2025 at 2:14 PM
My picks:
Geronimo
Spanish-American War
Irish Potato Famine
Immigration to US, pre 1900
The Cold War
Hawaii
I figure Ken Burns has one, maybe two big documentary series in him before he fully retires. What do you think they should be? My votes include Football, Hip-Hop, World War 1, Reconstruction (though Skip Gates did this one well), Iraq/Afghanistan, 19th Century Expansionism.
November 25, 2025 at 1:50 AM
This is unhinged.
My aunt who famously can’t cook tried to make a pumpkin pie. She didn’t know what cloves were, so she put garlic cloves in it. Whole.
November 25, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Great book!
#witchsky
November 24, 2025 at 11:57 PM
🎶I've been raising up my hands,
drive another nail in.
Got enough guilt to start
my own religion.🎶
November 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Don't like finding a huge puddle of water in the cabinet under the bathroom sink. Don't like it one bit.
November 24, 2025 at 3:44 PM
We had a fantastic evening in NYC yesterday to celebrate our meet-iversary. Holiday market at Bryant Park; an amazing meal at Delice & Sarrasin; ending with drinks at Ty's Bar, where I left a message on the restroom chalkboard. Happy 21 years to my sweetest sweetie! 🥰
November 23, 2025 at 9:39 PM
And now I'm so over caffeinated! 🫨🫨🫨🫨
Hungover! In the Kitchen
Hammered! At the train station
November 23, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Hell yeah!
In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
November 23, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Hungover! In the Kitchen
Hammered! At the train station
November 23, 2025 at 2:58 PM
🎶Give me peace, love, peace, love
Give me peace, love, and a hard cock🎶
November 23, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Hammered! At the train station
November 23, 2025 at 3:51 AM
I love this movie so very much but it is rough.
‘Sweet Smell of Success’ is “a bleak and unsparing depiction of obeisance before power in a morally bankrupt culture,” @splicedpersonality.bsky.social writes: crookedmarquee.com/classic-corn...
November 22, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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People say socialism is unrealistic. I say infinite growth on a finite planet is a fairy tale for adults.
November 21, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Another reason for me to go back to Orkney.
Seals singing in a sea cave

#Orkney 🦭🎧
November 21, 2025 at 6:22 PM