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Tom Andes

@tomandes.bsky.social

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Write mostly noir and noir adjacent fiction, play guitar, and sing songs.

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Tom Andes @tomandes.bsky.social · Feb 28

This, friends, is a vinyl record I made. It's 10 songs recorded with a great band including @misterodom.bsky.social and Beau Bishop and initially released as two EPs. It's now a single album. You can order it from my Bandcamp page, or if you just want to listen it's free to stream there, too.

The Ones That Brought You Home, by Tom Andes

10 track album

tomandes.bandcamp.com

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 9h

ICE just arrested a singing giraffe in Portland.

Robby Roadsteamer @roadsteamer.bsky.social · 11h

🚨 *Breaking News* Robby Roadsteamer has been detained by ICE Portland after singing Rod Stewart with the Portland Frog! We need your help!

Please support Robby's campaign and lawyer fees at robbyroadsteamer.com link on bio 💙🦒🦒🦒

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Tom Andes @tomandes.bsky.social · 12h

She is vile.

Tom Andes @tomandes.bsky.social · 12h

Yup.

Danny Cherry Jr (twitter/Insta/tiktok: @Deecherrywriter) @deecherrywriter.bsky.social · 12h

One of the most consequential SCOTUS cases is going down right now and it feels a little weird that life is kinda happening like normal.

Tom Andes @tomandes.bsky.social · 12h

Please let’s not pretend this woman is anything other than an opportunistic bigot.

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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 13h

Culture might seem a less consequential right than free assembly+ its infringement makes less spectacular news than repressive violence. But the repeal of the right to culture is grave.

honored to be with @isanchezprado.bsky.social in @hyperallergic.com today!

hyperallergic.com/1049388/how-...

How to Protect Your Right to Culture

The United States government’s coordinated repeal of the right to culture has grave consequences for the texture of our daily lives. But there are ways to fight back.

hyperallergic.com

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 1d

"The United States struck another small boat accused of carrying drugs in the waters off Venezuela, killing six people...It’s the fifth deadly strike in the Caribbean"

again, merely political consequences for wanton murder aren't enough.

apnews.com/article/trum...

US kills 6 people in strike on boat accused of carrying drugs near Venezuela, Trump says

President Donald Trump says the U.S. has struck another boat accused of carrying drugs in the waters off Venezuela.

apnews.com

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Tom Andes @tomandes.bsky.social · 20h

Yeah, there are some fantastic folks in this anthology, and I was super happy to be included among them!

Curtis Ippolito @curtisippolito.bsky.social · 23h

Still so proud to have a story in this anthology. If you haven’t read it, I have to say it’s a complimentary read to On Fire and Under Water. So many great authors, like @vondoviak.bsky.social, @jamesdfhannah.bsky.social, @tomandes.bsky.social, @cwblackwell.bsky.social.

Rock and a Hard Place @rhppress.bsky.social · 1d

Don't take it from us, take it from @muchadoaboutnil.bsky.social , THE ONE PERCENT available now from
@rhppress.bsky.social : bit.ly/4j31UMg

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Far too many institutions are bending the knee to Trump and preemptively giving in to his demands. It’s encouraging to see these airports refuse to entertain this administration’s lawlessness. Kudos to them — hopefully their courage inspires others to follow suit. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

US airports refuse to air Kristi Noem video blaming Democrats for shutdown

Airports in Phoenix, Las Vegas, Seattle and elsewhere cite laws barring partisan political content at TSA checkpoints

www.theguardian.com

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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 2d

exceedingly rare mainstream coverage of real college

Jessica Wakeman @jessicawakeman.bsky.social · 2d

www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

He was a homeless college student. He found hope in a parking lot.

Long Beach City College reserves 15 spots in a parking lot for homeless students. For Edgar Rosales Jr., the program has been a lifeline.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 2d

I hope people remember that the @nytimes.com has actively worked to try to sabotage Mamdani at almost every single turn. ACTIVELY. They've been the NY Post.

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Tom Andes @tomandes.bsky.social · 1d

Inside Man. Great Spike Lee thriller. Up there with the greats in that genre from the early oughts.

Sophia_Nyx 🏳️‍⚧️ @sophianyx.bsky.social · 2d

Without saying Malcolm X, fav Denzel Washington Film?

Denzel Washington in a black suit, short black hair. looking away. hot.

“At the end of the day, it's not about what you have or even what you've accomplished. It's about what you've done with those accomplishments. Its about who you've lifted up, who you've made better. It about what you've given back.”
Denzel Washington, A Hand to Guide Me

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 2d

When they keep emailing you that the VIP tickets for a band you’ve never heard of are going fast

Robert Kelchen @robertkelchen.com · 2d

After getting zero firm commitments to this point from the first nine invitees, the Trump administration is extending its proposed compact to all colleges. Expect some red-state publics to say yes.

Trump Offers All Colleges Preferential Funding Plan Rejected by MIT

The Trump administration is inviting all US colleges to participate in a compact — initially rejected by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology — that would grant preferential federal funding in re...

www.bloomberg.com

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Richmond Eustis @reustis.bsky.social · 2d

It is an evil society that requires this of the sick and injured. But this is a great primer on how to do it.

ProPublica @propublica.org · 2d

Few patients appeal a health insurance denial, but a little-known process that requires insurers and plans to seek an independent opinion can force insurers to pay for what can be lifesaving treatment.

Here’s what experts say you need to know.

How to Fight Your Health Insurance Denial with an External Appeal

When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here are six steps experts sugges...

www.propublica.org

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 3d

It would be interesting for someone to run for US president on the platform of firing every one hired to work for ICE over the past 4 years. Firing all of them on day 1.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 4d

an incontestable fact of the second trump administration is it is actively trying to sicken and kill as many americans as it can

Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 4d

NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.”
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4

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Tom Andes @tomandes.bsky.social · 4d

Same. I’m like pass the popcorn.

Furthermore and agreed.

Tom Andes @tomandes.bsky.social · 4d

And maybe also because it’s always been pushed by crypto fascist weirdoes who are rooting for the overthrow of elected governments and enabling international sex trafficking.

Tom Andes @tomandes.bsky.social · 4d

Same. This and AI. I have no empathy for the people who have gone all in on this stuff.

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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 4d

The promotion of pseudoscience about a supposed “cause” or “cure” of autism and the destruction of special education (and all of public education, really) are part of the same project. It is a fascist attempt to expel certain people from the body politic, based in eugenics.

Sara Partridge, PhD @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 4d

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

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Hari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · 4d

As the public health infrastructure is decimated, certain people are protecting themselves

Meg Tirrell @megtirrell.bsky.social · 5d

President Trump got an updated Covid vaccine & flu shot at Walter Reed today www.cnn.com/2025/10/10/p...

Trump received Covid vaccine and flu shot during second physical of the year | CNN Politics

President Donald Trump received a Covid vaccine and flu shot during his visit to Walter Reed Medical Center on Friday, his physician said in a memo released by the White House.

www.cnn.com

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 4d

My publisher’s been very patient. I’m not doing everything I said I’d do to promote this book (out in a few weeks) because I’m an organizer in a city under federal attack. My days are full and emotionally exhausting. Any help getting the word out means a lot. It's a book people need right now.