👻 The Ghost of Tom Pain 👻
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He/him. Co-host of Ten Thousand Losses. Lefty educator and Philly native in exile. History, beer, language, and transit nerd. Go birds.
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garlicbuffalo.gobirds.biz
you guys need to have some respect for yourselves and stop holding podcasters in such high regard
tompain.bsky.social
PS: everyone of those guys but Al Schmidt (who’s a decent guy) is MAGA now.
tompain.bsky.social
They were 100% like this. When I was younger, I was a libertarian. I hung out with GOP types, I even went to a fundraiser for a friend of mine for the GOP national convention delegate in 2008. I was so shocked with the racism re: Obama, I dipped. The bigotry was always there.
amandamarcotte.bsky.social
For those tempted to say Young Republicans have always been this way, they really have not. When I worked on campus and did bipartisan college events after, they were very much not like this.

That’s why groups like YCT and eventually TPUSA formed — because Young Republicans weren’t radical enough.
politico.com
EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇
tompain.bsky.social
the train in this case is a philosophical stand-in for things not being dogshit
tompain.bsky.social
Thanks for the reminder not to skip the gym today.
tompain.bsky.social
thinking about how nice the trains would be if they didn’t stop that recount in 2000
tompain.bsky.social
thanks for the reminder to continue to shame my colleagues when I find they’re using AI
lukeplunkett.com
kids teacher just sent this home as part of an assignment he's doing and i want to smash every computer at the school
tompain.bsky.social
blackshirts and reds should be required reading in all American civics classes
tompain.bsky.social
my most conservative opinions are that people who smoke on transit and drive without plates should actually be arrested with full force of the law

I would let a shoplifter walk over a driver without plates or subway smoker
wtyppod.com
Stop smoking on the El or you will be keelhauled
tompain.bsky.social
erotica trained on sonic / BR class 101 slash fic from ao3
abeba.bsky.social
i don't have the words to emphasise how seriously bad things are gonna get
tompain.bsky.social
Had someone swear up and down that you could see Teddy Pendergrass’ ghost at the tree he hit on Lincoln Drive.

This was in 2009, before he died.
emilystjams.bsky.social
What’s the best ghost story from your hometown?
tompain.bsky.social
fuck I did the grocer's apostrophe by accident, never living this one down
tompain.bsky.social
shakespeare: resonates so resoundingly with audiences that many of his lines have become idioms used in the modern day, often unknowingly anymore

modern people: yeah nah he was mid actually
tompain.bsky.social
that said I've said before a reader's should try to read outside of their preference every once in a while. for example, if you read classics all the time, try something new; if you read a lot of non-fiction, try some historical fiction; if you read YA, try reading a book
tompain.bsky.social
classics are considered classics because they're actually good, whining about them being bad is incredibly unserious

like bitch about Shakespeare all you want there's a reason they will be reading and performing him until the end of time
rachelfeder.bsky.social
Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
tompain.bsky.social
Funny, that's where I am in my rewatch.
tompain.bsky.social
time for a 40 minute intermission!
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chriswarcraft.bsky.social
Honestly, it needs to go further than this.

We need to confront the fact that democracy and wealth hoarding cannot coexist. Allowing people to amass the resources of a small state/country allows them to act as such, which is inimical to a shared society of “one person, one vote.”
johnrogers.bsky.social
“No Kings” is great , but we really don't get a functioning democracy back until we internalize, bone deep, the instinctive response to this and every other statement like it: “I don’t care what that rich guy thinks.”

Make it your morning affirmation. Say it ten times at the top of every hour.
the-independent.com
Elon Musk calls for US troops to be sent to San Francisco for war on drugs: ‘It’s the only solution’
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evilcleverdog.bsky.social
Using ChatGPT
edithcharles.bsky.social
What's something that isn't considered embarrassing but you think it should be?
tompain.bsky.social
wife at dinner: “so they had to put in an incident report today because of this moron”

me at dinner: “I think I finally figured out what kind of tree we have out front is”