Tom Vásquez
@tomvasquez.bsky.social
Dad, progressive, troublemaker, grandson of Mexican immigrants, storyteller. All opinions expressed here are my own. Tigers/Mariners fan. He/him.
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I will be the first to admit I couldn’t understand why anyone would oppose Assisted Dying… and then I became disabled and had it “offered” to me.
It’s not compassionate when there’s coercion.
It’s not dignified when it’s offered in lieu of care.
Listen to disabled people.
It’s not compassionate when there’s coercion.
It’s not dignified when it’s offered in lieu of care.
Listen to disabled people.
November 24, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I will be the first to admit I couldn’t understand why anyone would oppose Assisted Dying… and then I became disabled and had it “offered” to me.
It’s not compassionate when there’s coercion.
It’s not dignified when it’s offered in lieu of care.
Listen to disabled people.
It’s not compassionate when there’s coercion.
It’s not dignified when it’s offered in lieu of care.
Listen to disabled people.
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WOW! Autism Society of America, The Autistic Self-Advocacy Network, the Autism Science Foundation, the Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network and Autism Speaks put out a statement denouncing the CDC changing its website on vaccines
autisticadvocacy.org/2025/11/lead...
autisticadvocacy.org/2025/11/lead...
Leading Autism and Disability Organizations Statement on CDC's Vaccines and Autism Page
As national organizations dedicated to advancing the well-being of autistic individuals and partners across the disability and public health sectors, we are deeply disappointed by the latest update to...
autisticadvocacy.org
November 24, 2025 at 11:18 PM
WOW! Autism Society of America, The Autistic Self-Advocacy Network, the Autism Science Foundation, the Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network and Autism Speaks put out a statement denouncing the CDC changing its website on vaccines
autisticadvocacy.org/2025/11/lead...
autisticadvocacy.org/2025/11/lead...
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I take on average 10,000 stills and a half hour of video every week. Most I'll never think about again. This I'll hold onto until I grow old. 4 hours ago.
Zero edits. No recoloring. No cropping. Nothing. Just straight up reality. 🦑
Zero edits. No recoloring. No cropping. Nothing. Just straight up reality. 🦑
November 23, 2025 at 5:21 AM
I take on average 10,000 stills and a half hour of video every week. Most I'll never think about again. This I'll hold onto until I grow old. 4 hours ago.
Zero edits. No recoloring. No cropping. Nothing. Just straight up reality. 🦑
Zero edits. No recoloring. No cropping. Nothing. Just straight up reality. 🦑
Your arms too short to box with God, Charlie Brown.
You're too short for that gesture, Charlie Brown
We all float down here, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Your arms too short to box with God, Charlie Brown.
Big if true.
In other news the Great Lakes really are quite large
November 23, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Big if true.
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You don’t have to like Nuzzi or approve of her conduct to understand that Lizza’s choice to publish the material that he is publishing is meant to sexually humiliate her in public in retaliation for disappointing him romantically. The term for that is revenge porn.
ryan lizza is a bad person
November 23, 2025 at 4:32 AM
You don’t have to like Nuzzi or approve of her conduct to understand that Lizza’s choice to publish the material that he is publishing is meant to sexually humiliate her in public in retaliation for disappointing him romantically. The term for that is revenge porn.
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She's changing her name from Kitty to Karen
She's trading her MG for a white Chrysler Le Baron
I want a girl with a short skirt...
She's trading her MG for a white Chrysler Le Baron
I want a girl with a short skirt...
November 23, 2025 at 4:34 AM
She's changing her name from Kitty to Karen
She's trading her MG for a white Chrysler Le Baron
I want a girl with a short skirt...
She's trading her MG for a white Chrysler Le Baron
I want a girl with a short skirt...
Dear God, hope you get the letter, and-
I pray you can make it better down here
I don't mean a big reduction in the price of beer
But all the people that you made in your image
See them starving on their feet
'Cause they don't get enough to eat from God
I can't believe in you
I pray you can make it better down here
I don't mean a big reduction in the price of beer
But all the people that you made in your image
See them starving on their feet
'Cause they don't get enough to eat from God
I can't believe in you
Now, what you hear is not a test, I'm rapping to the beat
And me, the groove, and my friends are gonna try to move your feet
You see, I am Pontifex and I'd like to say hello
And me, the groove, and my friends are gonna try to move your feet
You see, I am Pontifex and I'd like to say hello
November 23, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Dear God, hope you get the letter, and-
I pray you can make it better down here
I don't mean a big reduction in the price of beer
But all the people that you made in your image
See them starving on their feet
'Cause they don't get enough to eat from God
I can't believe in you
I pray you can make it better down here
I don't mean a big reduction in the price of beer
But all the people that you made in your image
See them starving on their feet
'Cause they don't get enough to eat from God
I can't believe in you
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WHAT THE FUCK IS UP, DENNY'S?!
November 23, 2025 at 3:26 AM
WHAT THE FUCK IS UP, DENNY'S?!
Dancing in the moonlight
Everybody's feelin' warm and bright
It's such a fine and natural sight
Everybody's dancing in the moonlight
Everybody's feelin' warm and bright
It's such a fine and natural sight
Everybody's dancing in the moonlight
November 23, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Dancing in the moonlight
Everybody's feelin' warm and bright
It's such a fine and natural sight
Everybody's dancing in the moonlight
Everybody's feelin' warm and bright
It's such a fine and natural sight
Everybody's dancing in the moonlight
I am getting off the internet. I will read or not read whatever you all are talking about tomorrow. I have my own nightmares already, thanks.
November 22, 2025 at 6:57 AM
I am getting off the internet. I will read or not read whatever you all are talking about tomorrow. I have my own nightmares already, thanks.
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No, he isn’t. There is literally no legal means by which he can do this. It’s not presidential power. TPS by law cannot be terminated early, and Somali TPS is not set to expire until March 17, 2026.
Trump says he’s ending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Somali refugees in Minnesota “immediately.”
November 22, 2025 at 1:50 AM
No, he isn’t. There is literally no legal means by which he can do this. It’s not presidential power. TPS by law cannot be terminated early, and Somali TPS is not set to expire until March 17, 2026.
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This young man has it exactly right.
November 21, 2025 at 11:30 PM
This young man has it exactly right.
The cast is fantastic. The creators are legends in the audio drama world. And the concept is full-on bananas. if you love 90s rock, audio drama, or off-kilter ghost stories, get into #PhantomPulse. I'm so excited to support this.
It's #PhantomPulse time!!! I'm working with THE @laurenshippen.com to make a podcast about a 90s band who can banish ghosts with the power of music.
Starring Nicholas Podany, Erin Caesar, Erika Ishii, Briggon Snow and Juliana Gutiérrez Arango, I promise you this thing is going to go SO. HARD. 🎸👻
Starring Nicholas Podany, Erin Caesar, Erika Ishii, Briggon Snow and Juliana Gutiérrez Arango, I promise you this thing is going to go SO. HARD. 🎸👻
PHANTOM PULSE - a 90s audio drama musical
PHANTOM PULSE is a rock audio drama about love, death, and everything in between from Lauren Shippen, creator of The Bright Sessions.
www.kickstarter.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The cast is fantastic. The creators are legends in the audio drama world. And the concept is full-on bananas. if you love 90s rock, audio drama, or off-kilter ghost stories, get into #PhantomPulse. I'm so excited to support this.
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
I hope there's another minor league team in their division called the Heat.
There's a new alternate identity in the Minor Leagues:
The Louisville Humidity www.milb.com/louisville/t...
The Louisville Humidity www.milb.com/louisville/t...
November 20, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I hope there's another minor league team in their division called the Heat.
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Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
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WAPO SCOOP: U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
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U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
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November 20, 2025 at 6:33 PM
WAPO SCOOP: U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
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WITENBOF.
This person paid someone to CARVE INTO HER BODY so she could claim she had been attacked by anti Trumpers.
This person paid someone to CARVE INTO HER BODY so she could claim she had been attacked by anti Trumpers.
November 20, 2025 at 12:44 AM
WITENBOF.
This person paid someone to CARVE INTO HER BODY so she could claim she had been attacked by anti Trumpers.
This person paid someone to CARVE INTO HER BODY so she could claim she had been attacked by anti Trumpers.
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Any member of the House can and should force a vote on a resolution to expel Jim Jordan for covering up sex abuse when he was a wrestling coach.
Jim Jordan: "We're all for protecting innocent victims, we're all for exposing the bad guys who did bad guys who did bad things, but ... "
November 19, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Any member of the House can and should force a vote on a resolution to expel Jim Jordan for covering up sex abuse when he was a wrestling coach.
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A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination
Audio recordings, intercepted phone calls and other intelligence link Mohammed bin Salman to killing that Saudis say was conducted by rogue elements.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
He speaks for all of us.
Josh Naylor: "I can't wait for Opening Day. I honestly wish spring training started tomorrow. See the guys again and the fans."
November 19, 2025 at 2:21 AM
He speaks for all of us.
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In case folks forgot what happened, Khashoggi entered a Saudi consulate in Istanbul to get a document so he could get married while his fiancée waited outside. He never left because he was murdered and dismembered with a bone saw inside the building. The US intel community said MBS ordered it.
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 19, 2025 at 12:06 AM
In case folks forgot what happened, Khashoggi entered a Saudi consulate in Istanbul to get a document so he could get married while his fiancée waited outside. He never left because he was murdered and dismembered with a bone saw inside the building. The US intel community said MBS ordered it.
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
“I don't think we deserve dogs as humans. I think they're just so perfect and precious. So I just try to give him everything I can -- that love and food. I've never had a clubhouse dog. I think it's really unique."
Shout-out to Tucker for closing the deal with Naylor.
www.mlb.com/news/josh-na...
Shout-out to Tucker for closing the deal with Naylor.
www.mlb.com/news/josh-na...
Naylor fitting in perfectly as a Mariner
This story was excerpted from Daniel Kramer's Mariners Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox.
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November 18, 2025 at 7:05 PM
“I don't think we deserve dogs as humans. I think they're just so perfect and precious. So I just try to give him everything I can -- that love and food. I've never had a clubhouse dog. I think it's really unique."
Shout-out to Tucker for closing the deal with Naylor.
www.mlb.com/news/josh-na...
Shout-out to Tucker for closing the deal with Naylor.
www.mlb.com/news/josh-na...