Tom Chapman🐸
@realtomchapman.bsky.social
Retired professor. Cranky old gay man. Amateur Photographer. Orchid grower.
🚫 MAGAs, 🚫 Nazis
Virginia Colony, British America 🇬🇧
🚫 MAGAs, 🚫 Nazis
Virginia Colony, British America 🇬🇧
I keep thinking about Mel Brooks & the news about Rob Reiner. He knew Reiner from the time he was a child. Poor guy must be devastated. 😢
December 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I keep thinking about Mel Brooks & the news about Rob Reiner. He knew Reiner from the time he was a child. Poor guy must be devastated. 😢
My heart goes out to the Australian people ❤️😢
December 14, 2025 at 2:04 PM
My heart goes out to the Australian people ❤️😢
Reposted by Tom Chapman🐸
So worried
Grandchild at Brown. In hiding.
Multiple ppl shot
Grandchild at Brown. In hiding.
Multiple ppl shot
December 13, 2025 at 11:22 PM
So worried
Grandchild at Brown. In hiding.
Multiple ppl shot
Grandchild at Brown. In hiding.
Multiple ppl shot
I used to live less than a mile from Brown. I am absolutely devastated.
December 14, 2025 at 1:32 AM
I used to live less than a mile from Brown. I am absolutely devastated.
The Chapman boys, c. 1906
l to r:
Albert (granduncle)
Russell (grandfather)
Eldred (granduncle)
#photorestoration
#colorized
l to r:
Albert (granduncle)
Russell (grandfather)
Eldred (granduncle)
#photorestoration
#colorized
December 13, 2025 at 1:37 PM
The Chapman boys, c. 1906
l to r:
Albert (granduncle)
Russell (grandfather)
Eldred (granduncle)
#photorestoration
#colorized
l to r:
Albert (granduncle)
Russell (grandfather)
Eldred (granduncle)
#photorestoration
#colorized
Reposted by Tom Chapman🐸
Happy 100th birthday to Dick Van Dyke!
December 13, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Happy 100th birthday to Dick Van Dyke!
On this day in 1972, the "Poseidon Adventure" premiered. It was worth the price of a ticket just to watch Shelley Winters hold her breath underwatwr for 3 minutes. 😉
December 12, 2025 at 12:50 PM
On this day in 1972, the "Poseidon Adventure" premiered. It was worth the price of a ticket just to watch Shelley Winters hold her breath underwatwr for 3 minutes. 😉
Reposted by Tom Chapman🐸
Kids have it so easy nowadays. When I was young, I had to walk through 9ft of shag carpet to change the TV channel.
December 11, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Kids have it so easy nowadays. When I was young, I had to walk through 9ft of shag carpet to change the TV channel.
You don't have to be a neurologist to know Trump's dementia is getting worse by the day, yet the media responds with crickets. Unbelievable.
December 11, 2025 at 6:39 PM
You don't have to be a neurologist to know Trump's dementia is getting worse by the day, yet the media responds with crickets. Unbelievable.
I have 37 exams and 35 essays to grade. 😒
an older man wearing sunglasses is sitting at a desk in a classroom
ALT: an older man wearing sunglasses is sitting at a desk in a classroom
media.tenor.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I have 37 exams and 35 essays to grade. 😒
This guy ❤️
I had fun reading to some Burke Elementary students at the Chicago Public Library today. When the Obama Presidential Center opens next year, we’ll have a new branch of the library for the community to enjoy.
December 10, 2025 at 12:54 PM
This guy ❤️
The United Kingdom & the United States, 2 countries separated by a common language.
December 9, 2025 at 1:56 PM
The United Kingdom & the United States, 2 countries separated by a common language.
"Although I look like a drag queen's Christmas tree on the outside, I am at heart a simple country girl."
-Dolly Parton
I hear ya Dolly 😂
-Dolly Parton
I hear ya Dolly 😂
December 9, 2025 at 3:53 AM
"Although I look like a drag queen's Christmas tree on the outside, I am at heart a simple country girl."
-Dolly Parton
I hear ya Dolly 😂
-Dolly Parton
I hear ya Dolly 😂
2025 Kennedy Center Honors Recipients:
- Fake peace prize recipient Donald Trump
- Accordion trio "The Oompa Loompas"
- Ronald McDonald
- Chachi from 'Happy Days'
- Nazi filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl (posthumous)
- Fake peace prize recipient Donald Trump
- Accordion trio "The Oompa Loompas"
- Ronald McDonald
- Chachi from 'Happy Days'
- Nazi filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl (posthumous)
December 8, 2025 at 8:37 PM
2025 Kennedy Center Honors Recipients:
- Fake peace prize recipient Donald Trump
- Accordion trio "The Oompa Loompas"
- Ronald McDonald
- Chachi from 'Happy Days'
- Nazi filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl (posthumous)
- Fake peace prize recipient Donald Trump
- Accordion trio "The Oompa Loompas"
- Ronald McDonald
- Chachi from 'Happy Days'
- Nazi filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl (posthumous)
College professor here: 95% of my students think you're a delusional psychopath. They would be right.
Trump lies: "Young people are respecting us again too. I won the young vote. Republicans never win the young vote. I won it easily."
December 8, 2025 at 2:18 PM
College professor here: 95% of my students think you're a delusional psychopath. They would be right.
Snowstorm right in the middle of final exams. Provost: put your exams online.
a black and white photo of a woman wearing a striped shirt and a scarf making a funny face .
ALT: a black and white photo of a woman wearing a striped shirt and a scarf making a funny face .
media.tenor.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Snowstorm right in the middle of final exams. Provost: put your exams online.
60 Minutes has reached a new low interviewing that Georgia hillbilly howler monkey.
December 8, 2025 at 3:49 AM
60 Minutes has reached a new low interviewing that Georgia hillbilly howler monkey.
December 7, 2025 at 6:19 PM
We're gonna need another Lincoln or Roosevelt to clean up this mess.
December 7, 2025 at 4:47 PM
We're gonna need another Lincoln or Roosevelt to clean up this mess.
🤣
December 6, 2025 at 7:48 PM
🤣
On this day in 1933, Prohibition ended.
Canadian liquor distillers celebrated by slapping "imported from Canada" labels onto huge stocks of aged whiskey, then flooded the newly opened American market.
Americans got stinking drunk while they got stinking rich. It's called capitalism. 😉
Canadian liquor distillers celebrated by slapping "imported from Canada" labels onto huge stocks of aged whiskey, then flooded the newly opened American market.
Americans got stinking drunk while they got stinking rich. It's called capitalism. 😉
December 6, 2025 at 3:34 PM
On this day in 1933, Prohibition ended.
Canadian liquor distillers celebrated by slapping "imported from Canada" labels onto huge stocks of aged whiskey, then flooded the newly opened American market.
Americans got stinking drunk while they got stinking rich. It's called capitalism. 😉
Canadian liquor distillers celebrated by slapping "imported from Canada" labels onto huge stocks of aged whiskey, then flooded the newly opened American market.
Americans got stinking drunk while they got stinking rich. It's called capitalism. 😉
Doing the family genealogy sometimes reveals an ancestor that blows your mind.
Frank Chapman enlisted in the Union Army at 16 and was with the famous "Wolverine Battalion" at Gettysburg under General Custer.
Frank and his mustache were eventually captured by the rebels. Both managed to escape. 👀
Frank Chapman enlisted in the Union Army at 16 and was with the famous "Wolverine Battalion" at Gettysburg under General Custer.
Frank and his mustache were eventually captured by the rebels. Both managed to escape. 👀
December 6, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Doing the family genealogy sometimes reveals an ancestor that blows your mind.
Frank Chapman enlisted in the Union Army at 16 and was with the famous "Wolverine Battalion" at Gettysburg under General Custer.
Frank and his mustache were eventually captured by the rebels. Both managed to escape. 👀
Frank Chapman enlisted in the Union Army at 16 and was with the famous "Wolverine Battalion" at Gettysburg under General Custer.
Frank and his mustache were eventually captured by the rebels. Both managed to escape. 👀
HEAR YE, HERE YE.
The Queen is holding court today. Line up in an orderly fashion. You each have 1 minute to plead your case and beg for mercy.
The Queen is holding court today. Line up in an orderly fashion. You each have 1 minute to plead your case and beg for mercy.
December 5, 2025 at 4:09 PM
HEAR YE, HERE YE.
The Queen is holding court today. Line up in an orderly fashion. You each have 1 minute to plead your case and beg for mercy.
The Queen is holding court today. Line up in an orderly fashion. You each have 1 minute to plead your case and beg for mercy.