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Tom Ciancaglini (Tori’s version)

@tomciancaglini.myatproto.social

310 followers 520 following 1.8K posts

Father, husband, he/him, 49-year-💀 crocheter with imposter syndrome. NOT FLIRTING with you irl; not flirting with you in the skyline. A ducky mess. Granted the superpower of Meme Manipulation by Brioche. The only DM I will sanction is Don Mattingly.

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🜲 James @jamesskeets.blacksky.app · 5h

#NowPlaying “Devil’s Pie: D’Angelo” documentary.

This documentary was hard to find for years, but it got uploaded to YouTube today.

RIP D’Angelo

Devil's Pie: D'Angelo 2019 documentary

YouTube video by Madnouz

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Mark Madsen @markmadsen.bsky.social · 9h

OpenAI's models are amazing. They can replace your radiologist with a bot that cheerfully misdiagnoses and congratulates you, then offers to send you hyper-realistic dick pics when you get home.

Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.bsky.social · 10h

i don't have the words to emphasise how seriously bad things are gonna get

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A. Whitney Brown @awhitneybrown.bsky.social · 1d

I have survived 4 wars; the war on poverty, the war on drugs, the war on Christmas, and the ongoing war on woke. Where’s my parade? Can I get a simple,
“Thank you for your service, you broke ass, drug fueled, bad Santa, woke motherfucker?” Anyone?

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

yearly reminder to people insisting that we view Christopher Columbus as "a man of his time" that *the people responsible for the Spanish Inquisition* thought Columbus was out of pocket

Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 1d

Christopher Columbus was dragged back to Spain in chains by a crusading knight, convicted of tyranny and immeasurable cruelty, pardoned by Isabella but banned from returning to Hispaniola.

Fuck Columbus.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 1d

John Oliver is good at his job

youtu.be/gieTx_P6INQ?...

Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

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Tom Ciancaglini (Tori’s version) @tomciancaglini.myatproto.social · 2d

The hardest I’ve ever cried at the end of any television show episode.

Our children are going to speak of Calypso the way my generation speaks of Yoda.

Tom Ciancaglini (Tori’s version) @tomciancaglini.myatproto.social · 2d

Blocked Sally Jenkins.
Sorry. Over it.

Tom Ciancaglini (Tori’s version) @tomciancaglini.myatproto.social · 3d

“if this is so, which it is”

a man is standing in front of a sign that says ' usted leadership for a stronger america '

Alt: Jeb! instructing the silent crowd to “please clap”

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Tom Ciancaglini (Tori’s version) @tomciancaglini.myatproto.social · 3d

And since no one did anything worse than sight seeing on January 6th, they will all be given medals for modeling such good behavior for all his little insurrectionists.
Right?

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Tom Ciancaglini (Tori’s version) @tomciancaglini.myatproto.social · 3d

Congratulations to the Seattle Mariners, for figuring out how to trend twice concurrently.

Trending topics:
1. Diane Keaton
2. Mariners
3. Caturday
4. Jared Leto
5. Mariners

Tom Ciancaglini (Tori’s version) @tomciancaglini.myatproto.social · 3d

MENSA guy says Trump‘s 312 - 226 electoral victory gives him a mandate.
James Woods must have just forgotten to tweet soliloquies about Obama’s rightful mandate, following his 365 - 173 landslide over McCain.

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Ebony Elizabeth Thomas @ebonyteach.blacksky.app · 3d

Happy birthday, MC Lyte! Way back when hip hop was ours and ours alone... the CNN of Black Gen X 🎧

open.spotify.com/track/1McWPM...

Cha Cha Cha

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Tom Ciancaglini (Tori’s version) @tomciancaglini.myatproto.social · 3d

Machado should be in the running for the modern day land speed record. It’s like watching the duck drink a milkshake from a cup that’s clearly marked “RACISM.”

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PHANTOM_SPECTER @amiyatzin.bsky.social · 4d

we need to turn gamers into nutrient pellets for domestic farm animals

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Tom Ciancaglini (Tori’s version) @tomciancaglini.myatproto.social · 3d

Who’s starting the GoFundMe to get Kid Rock a mirror?

Tom Ciancaglini (Tori’s version) @tomciancaglini.myatproto.social · 3d

I’ve been getting this message since moving from the Bluesky app to a browser all week:
“Your browser does not support the video format. Please try a different browser.”
Tonight, that’s a huge win, because I haven’t been subjected to a single clip of Kid Rock.

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O @omagus.bsky.social · 4d

Listen to me now. Believe me later on.

White supremacy has plenty of use for non-White people willing to carry its water. But it will never, ever let you forget that you are not actually White.

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Tom Ciancaglini (Tori’s version) @tomciancaglini.myatproto.social · 4d

I truly wonder if this guy has deluded himself into believing his own lies about leftists wishing him harm.
Is there some therapist out there being tortured by an hour of milkshake trauma every week?

Tom Ciancaglini (Tori’s version) @tomciancaglini.myatproto.social · 4d

Who does he think he’s calling “boy?”
Andy’s been dining out on his family name since high school.

Tom Ciancaglini (Tori’s version) @tomciancaglini.myatproto.social · 4d

Help Wanted sign at the State Department in 5, 4, 3 . . .

Robert is Typing @robert-is-typing.bsky.social · 4d

Even better, Marco Rubio was one of a group of Florida politicians who wrote letters suggesting she be awarded the prize.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 5d

There’s now an entire frog brigade outside the ICE facility.

Peacefully protesting fascism while bringing whimsy to the streets.

The whimsy and silliness directly contradict Trump & Miller who want you to believe it’s a war zone.

Protect the frogs!

Three people in frog costumes are seen outside the Portland ice facility

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 6d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Tom Ciancaglini (Tori’s version) @tomciancaglini.myatproto.social · 6d

How in the FUCK is this not a headline from The Onion??

“Jack Posobiec at Trump's roundtable on antifa”

Tom Ciancaglini (Tori’s version) @tomciancaglini.myatproto.social · 6d

Having a handle with “myatproto.social” vs. “blacksky.app” does nothing to limit my ability to participate in this platform, and only confirms what anyone could have safely assumed from my profile photo.

Tom Ciancaglini (Tori’s version) @tomciancaglini.myatproto.social · 6d

I disagree with the notion that any marginalized community creating their own space is “segregation.”

But that’s not even what this is.
I’m a non-Black user who’s migrated to a Blacksky server. I’m not allowed to use a blacksky.app handle, which is a completely reasonable condition.