Tom Long
@zingboy.bsky.social
Recovering film/pop culture critic, Detroit News etc, Dad, husband, grandfather, sometime musician, New York to SoCal to Santa Cruz to Ann Arbor
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I am gonna go out on a limb and say that a Jersey dude so horrified that he went to his first protest and is trying not to cry on camera has a pretty good chance of staying radicalized. And that while Bluesky loves to pick apart things like this, this kinda video moves the needle for OTHER dudes.
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 9:10 PM
I am gonna go out on a limb and say that a Jersey dude so horrified that he went to his first protest and is trying not to cry on camera has a pretty good chance of staying radicalized. And that while Bluesky loves to pick apart things like this, this kinda video moves the needle for OTHER dudes.
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Trump And RFK Jr Announce New Asbestos Sandwich
February 12, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Trump And RFK Jr Announce New Asbestos Sandwich
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They’re just out there setting records at everything.
Love in a cold climate: Winter Olympic village runs out of condoms after three days
Free condoms for competitors at the Winter Olympics have run out within a record-breaking three days
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:58 PM
They’re just out there setting records at everything.
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Nick Anderson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist.
February 12, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Nick Anderson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist.
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“Who is buying ‘Melania’ tickets?”
February 10, 2026 at 10:47 PM
“Who is buying ‘Melania’ tickets?”
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ICE just really not working out very well for the USA
Plans to invade Greenland have just been cancelled after this
February 10, 2026 at 8:52 PM
ICE just really not working out very well for the USA
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It would be great if the top two stories about the executive branch were not a huge multinational child rape coverup and the establishment of a gulag of concentration camps
February 10, 2026 at 4:54 AM
It would be great if the top two stories about the executive branch were not a huge multinational child rape coverup and the establishment of a gulag of concentration camps
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The Super Bowl halftime show featuring Bad Bunny is expected to take place between 8:00 and 8:30 p.m. ET.
The alternate halftime show by Turning Point USA featuring Kid Rock is expected to take place between 1930 and 1932.
The alternate halftime show by Turning Point USA featuring Kid Rock is expected to take place between 1930 and 1932.
February 8, 2026 at 4:59 PM
The Super Bowl halftime show featuring Bad Bunny is expected to take place between 8:00 and 8:30 p.m. ET.
The alternate halftime show by Turning Point USA featuring Kid Rock is expected to take place between 1930 and 1932.
The alternate halftime show by Turning Point USA featuring Kid Rock is expected to take place between 1930 and 1932.
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It’s good messaging, and Democrats across the country should be using it. And it’s powerful because it’s simple and connects concerns of the working and middle class to an admin that is hostile to those concerns and is instead laser-focused on elite impunity and interested of the uber-wealthy.
Ossoff: We were told that MAGA was for working-class Americans. But this is a government of, by, and for the ultra-rich. It’s the wealthiest Cabinet ever. This is the Epstein class. They are the elites they pretend to hate.
February 7, 2026 at 10:48 PM
It’s good messaging, and Democrats across the country should be using it. And it’s powerful because it’s simple and connects concerns of the working and middle class to an admin that is hostile to those concerns and is instead laser-focused on elite impunity and interested of the uber-wealthy.
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It is silly and petty and valuable and 100% necessary to always call it The Epstein Ballroom, in every context
February 7, 2026 at 6:23 PM
It is silly and petty and valuable and 100% necessary to always call it The Epstein Ballroom, in every context
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Bezos isn't destroying the Washington Post because it isn't profitable. He's destroying the Washington Post because he's calculated that a robust free press threatens the ability of his class to warp society around their interests
February 4, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Bezos isn't destroying the Washington Post because it isn't profitable. He's destroying the Washington Post because he's calculated that a robust free press threatens the ability of his class to warp society around their interests
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I think there's been a bit of a lag between "huh I guess AI isn't going to make us money" and "wait there spending how much *more* on the thing that won't make money?"
February 5, 2026 at 9:13 PM
I think there's been a bit of a lag between "huh I guess AI isn't going to make us money" and "wait there spending how much *more* on the thing that won't make money?"
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Trove Of Emails About Pedophilia Reignites Nation’s Love Of Reading https://theonion.com/trove-of-emails-about-pedophilia-reignites-nations-love-of-reading/
February 5, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Trove Of Emails About Pedophilia Reignites Nation’s Love Of Reading https://theonion.com/trove-of-emails-about-pedophilia-reignites-nations-love-of-reading/
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Crazy to watch America circle the drain.
February 2, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Crazy to watch America circle the drain.
ditto
I am physically incapable of reading an article involving crypto, even if the topic is important, I always pass out halfway through
February 5, 2026 at 6:57 PM
ditto
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I am physically incapable of reading an article involving crypto, even if the topic is important, I always pass out halfway through
February 5, 2026 at 6:46 PM
I am physically incapable of reading an article involving crypto, even if the topic is important, I always pass out halfway through
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The best thing about nobody buying tickets to Melania is you can just make up stuff that happens in the movie and people will believe you. My favorite part is when she throws up in her purse after the hot dog eating contest
January 30, 2026 at 11:19 PM
The best thing about nobody buying tickets to Melania is you can just make up stuff that happens in the movie and people will believe you. My favorite part is when she throws up in her purse after the hot dog eating contest
oh, brilliant
February 5, 2026 at 3:19 AM
oh, brilliant
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Best Twitter riposte of the day.
February 4, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Best Twitter riposte of the day.
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Federal Judges have a very real and well-established reason to fear doxing and violence and yet I doubt anyone thinks it would be acceptable for them to preside from the bench in a hood.
February 4, 2026 at 2:10 AM
Federal Judges have a very real and well-established reason to fear doxing and violence and yet I doubt anyone thinks it would be acceptable for them to preside from the bench in a hood.
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the guy who financed a propaganda film about the nazi first lady is killing a newspaper that writes unfavorably about her and her husband. this is how the club works.
February 4, 2026 at 3:00 PM
the guy who financed a propaganda film about the nazi first lady is killing a newspaper that writes unfavorably about her and her husband. this is how the club works.
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The common 🧵 in every single election, from Susan Crawford in Wisconsin to Zohran Mamdani in NYC to Taylor Rehmet in Texas, is that a clear majority of voters don't like evil, hate, incompetence, & far right authoritarianism. The policy details are election-specific, but that's the hummable tune.
Data / quant note: What model or message testing predicted how public opinion would shift 32 points in one year in this Texas seat?
None. No quant data could solely determine the correct message for this, no linear model could based on ad tests or issue polls.
None. No quant data could solely determine the correct message for this, no linear model could based on ad tests or issue polls.
Blue wave watch: Democrat flips Trump +17 Texas Senate seat in 32-point swing
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/blue-wave-...
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/blue-wave-...
February 1, 2026 at 6:05 PM
The common 🧵 in every single election, from Susan Crawford in Wisconsin to Zohran Mamdani in NYC to Taylor Rehmet in Texas, is that a clear majority of voters don't like evil, hate, incompetence, & far right authoritarianism. The policy details are election-specific, but that's the hummable tune.
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Let's ask the question: How many times do the following people show up being named in the Epstein Files:
President Joe Biden: 0
President Barack Obama: 0
MN Governor Tim Walz: 0
President Donald Trump: 4,500
Does any Republican not see the problem?
President Joe Biden: 0
President Barack Obama: 0
MN Governor Tim Walz: 0
President Donald Trump: 4,500
Does any Republican not see the problem?
February 1, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Let's ask the question: How many times do the following people show up being named in the Epstein Files:
President Joe Biden: 0
President Barack Obama: 0
MN Governor Tim Walz: 0
President Donald Trump: 4,500
Does any Republican not see the problem?
President Joe Biden: 0
President Barack Obama: 0
MN Governor Tim Walz: 0
President Donald Trump: 4,500
Does any Republican not see the problem?