Tomochman (he/him)
@tomhochman.bsky.social
Not a Democrat, nor independent. Rather zealous humanist, fiercely hopeful ...
(my real name's a pseudonym).
(my real name's a pseudonym).
It was announced that RFKJr will be given the first FIFA prize in public health, physiology, or medicine!
December 8, 2025 at 7:17 AM
It was announced that RFKJr will be given the first FIFA prize in public health, physiology, or medicine!
"Poverty isn't a mistake of capitalism, it's the invoice for someone else's luxury."
– Karl Marx
– Karl Marx
December 8, 2025 at 4:00 AM
"Poverty isn't a mistake of capitalism, it's the invoice for someone else's luxury."
– Karl Marx
– Karl Marx
"An Inuit hunter asked the local missionary priest: If I did not know about God and sin, would I go to hell? No, said the priest, not if you did not know. Then why, asked the Inuit earnestly, did you tell me?"
– Annie Dillard
– Annie Dillard
December 7, 2025 at 8:31 PM
"An Inuit hunter asked the local missionary priest: If I did not know about God and sin, would I go to hell? No, said the priest, not if you did not know. Then why, asked the Inuit earnestly, did you tell me?"
– Annie Dillard
– Annie Dillard
Groovy, Snazzy or Stylin'?
December 7, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Groovy, Snazzy or Stylin'?
How is Spotify supposed to pay artists now that they've stopped making pennies?
December 7, 2025 at 7:17 AM
How is Spotify supposed to pay artists now that they've stopped making pennies?
Alligator Bags Intrigue Me,
but if I'm just home from the grocery store, and I have the canned peas ... I like having hands. Peas are not that important.
but if I'm just home from the grocery store, and I have the canned peas ... I like having hands. Peas are not that important.
December 7, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Alligator Bags Intrigue Me,
but if I'm just home from the grocery store, and I have the canned peas ... I like having hands. Peas are not that important.
but if I'm just home from the grocery store, and I have the canned peas ... I like having hands. Peas are not that important.
“I struggle in the dark with the enormity of my soul, trying desperately to be a great rememberer redeeming life from darkness…”
– Jack Kerouac
– Jack Kerouac
December 7, 2025 at 5:00 AM
“I struggle in the dark with the enormity of my soul, trying desperately to be a great rememberer redeeming life from darkness…”
– Jack Kerouac
– Jack Kerouac
Death has many benefits people won't talk about.
Awkward pauses. The invitations that are accepted because they should be. Hiccoughs. Gas bills. Gallagher and Jackass on YouTube. Stubbing one's toe. Food stuck in our front teeth. Smiling to be considerate. Getting dirty right after bathing ...
Awkward pauses. The invitations that are accepted because they should be. Hiccoughs. Gas bills. Gallagher and Jackass on YouTube. Stubbing one's toe. Food stuck in our front teeth. Smiling to be considerate. Getting dirty right after bathing ...
December 7, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Death has many benefits people won't talk about.
Awkward pauses. The invitations that are accepted because they should be. Hiccoughs. Gas bills. Gallagher and Jackass on YouTube. Stubbing one's toe. Food stuck in our front teeth. Smiling to be considerate. Getting dirty right after bathing ...
Awkward pauses. The invitations that are accepted because they should be. Hiccoughs. Gas bills. Gallagher and Jackass on YouTube. Stubbing one's toe. Food stuck in our front teeth. Smiling to be considerate. Getting dirty right after bathing ...
This is a Norton Anthology. Released in June 2007. 𝑨 𝒈𝒍𝒐𝒃𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒊𝒏 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒓 𝑬𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒉. It's a good time to look at pigin and creole as sources of serious literature.
December 7, 2025 at 3:29 AM
This is a Norton Anthology. Released in June 2007. 𝑨 𝒈𝒍𝒐𝒃𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒊𝒏 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒓 𝑬𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒉. It's a good time to look at pigin and creole as sources of serious literature.
𝑭𝑰𝑪𝑬 should be someone's word of the year.
December 7, 2025 at 3:27 AM
𝑭𝑰𝑪𝑬 should be someone's word of the year.
I Figured it Out!
By covering and creating every base like the FIFA peace prize, MFOTUS and friends have conspired to kill all the jokes.
By covering and creating every base like the FIFA peace prize, MFOTUS and friends have conspired to kill all the jokes.
December 7, 2025 at 3:27 AM
I Figured it Out!
By covering and creating every base like the FIFA peace prize, MFOTUS and friends have conspired to kill all the jokes.
By covering and creating every base like the FIFA peace prize, MFOTUS and friends have conspired to kill all the jokes.
International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service
...
Organization
The IERS was established in 1987 by the International Astronomical Union and the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics.
www.iers.org
...
Organization
The IERS was established in 1987 by the International Astronomical Union and the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics.
www.iers.org
IERS
International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS) - Homepage
www.iers.org
December 5, 2025 at 2:40 AM
International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service
...
Organization
The IERS was established in 1987 by the International Astronomical Union and the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics.
www.iers.org
...
Organization
The IERS was established in 1987 by the International Astronomical Union and the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics.
www.iers.org
The little car just sits there, and the clowns keep emerging.
December 4, 2025 at 9:22 PM
The little car just sits there, and the clowns keep emerging.
"A demagogue must be neither an educated nor an honest man; he has to be an ignoramus and a rogue."
– Ἀριστοφάνης (Aristophanes)
– Ἀριστοφάνης (Aristophanes)
December 2, 2025 at 8:17 PM
"A demagogue must be neither an educated nor an honest man; he has to be an ignoramus and a rogue."
– Ἀριστοφάνης (Aristophanes)
– Ἀριστοφάνης (Aristophanes)
I bet MFOTUS would whine, lie, and desecrate less if he was given a nice grave!
December 1, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I bet MFOTUS would whine, lie, and desecrate less if he was given a nice grave!
Someone found out the local zoo is going to close for a couple of days.
I think they have a mole!
I think they have a mole!
December 1, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Someone found out the local zoo is going to close for a couple of days.
I think they have a mole!
I think they have a mole!
This is what failure looks like. Thank you, to all law enforcement, and all sworn elected officials.
December 1, 2025 at 2:39 AM
This is what failure looks like. Thank you, to all law enforcement, and all sworn elected officials.
Thomas Merton –
"Love is not a matter of getting what you want. Quite the contrary. The insistence on always having what you want, on always being fulfilled, makes love impossible."
"Love is not a matter of getting what you want. Quite the contrary. The insistence on always having what you want, on always being fulfilled, makes love impossible."
December 1, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Thomas Merton –
"Love is not a matter of getting what you want. Quite the contrary. The insistence on always having what you want, on always being fulfilled, makes love impossible."
"Love is not a matter of getting what you want. Quite the contrary. The insistence on always having what you want, on always being fulfilled, makes love impossible."
I've always wanted a surprise party. For my funeral I'd like balloons and a chocolate fountain!!!
November 30, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I've always wanted a surprise party. For my funeral I'd like balloons and a chocolate fountain!!!
I learned something.
• The collective noun for boobies is either 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔, or 𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉.
• The collective noun for tits is 𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒓𝒚.
Because, I'm still 12.
• The collective noun for boobies is either 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔, or 𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉.
• The collective noun for tits is 𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒓𝒚.
Because, I'm still 12.
November 29, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I learned something.
• The collective noun for boobies is either 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔, or 𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉.
• The collective noun for tits is 𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒓𝒚.
Because, I'm still 12.
• The collective noun for boobies is either 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔, or 𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉.
• The collective noun for tits is 𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒓𝒚.
Because, I'm still 12.
When a person dies of some avoidable cause, we all lose that potential. When a person is dismissed through some malignant misanthropy, we kill contribution and potential. While we continue these practices what future are we choosing?
November 29, 2025 at 12:23 AM
When a person dies of some avoidable cause, we all lose that potential. When a person is dismissed through some malignant misanthropy, we kill contribution and potential. While we continue these practices what future are we choosing?
"Capitalism cannot reform itself; it is doomed to self-destruction. No universal selfishness can bring social good to all."
– W.E.B. DuBois
– W.E.B. DuBois
November 28, 2025 at 10:11 PM
"Capitalism cannot reform itself; it is doomed to self-destruction. No universal selfishness can bring social good to all."
– W.E.B. DuBois
– W.E.B. DuBois
via Qi –
"People are almost twice as likely to give up their seat to a pregnant woman if there’s a man dressed as Batman in the same carriage."
"People are almost twice as likely to give up their seat to a pregnant woman if there’s a man dressed as Batman in the same carriage."
November 28, 2025 at 9:32 PM
via Qi –
"People are almost twice as likely to give up their seat to a pregnant woman if there’s a man dressed as Batman in the same carriage."
"People are almost twice as likely to give up their seat to a pregnant woman if there’s a man dressed as Batman in the same carriage."
"If a poem hasn't ripped apart your soul, you haven't experienced poetry."
– Edgar Allen Poe
– Edgar Allen Poe
November 27, 2025 at 8:07 AM
"If a poem hasn't ripped apart your soul, you haven't experienced poetry."
– Edgar Allen Poe
– Edgar Allen Poe