Blake Tobey
@blaketobey.bsky.social
novice hubby & papa x4 | “the enemy” | theatre & music junkie | amateur newshound | lackluster athlete
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November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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Some of y’all are really telling on yourselves by making jokes about a dude potentially having given another dude a blow job.
Who cares? That would be the least offensive thing he’s ever done.
Who cares? That would be the least offensive thing he’s ever done.
November 15, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Some of y’all are really telling on yourselves by making jokes about a dude potentially having given another dude a blow job.
Who cares? That would be the least offensive thing he’s ever done.
Who cares? That would be the least offensive thing he’s ever done.
First show of the ultra-delayed anniversary: Oh, Mary!
Instant classic. Spectacularly written and performed.
Instant classic. Spectacularly written and performed.
November 9, 2025 at 3:23 AM
First show of the ultra-delayed anniversary: Oh, Mary!
Instant classic. Spectacularly written and performed.
Instant classic. Spectacularly written and performed.
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wrote about the shifting attitude towards organized religion in horror movies for RNS and why, for many people, a priest is now the last person they'd call if something spooky went down. religionnews.com/2023/09/20/f...
From exorcist to monster: How Hollywood has recast Catholicism
(RNS) — The latest movie in ‘The Conjuring’ franchise reflects horror’s loss of faith in faith.
religionnews.com
September 20, 2023 at 7:57 PM
wrote about the shifting attitude towards organized religion in horror movies for RNS and why, for many people, a priest is now the last person they'd call if something spooky went down. religionnews.com/2023/09/20/f...
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Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."
October 27, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."
No better way to spend a #NoKings Saturday than circling the Capitol a dozen times, blasting Kpop Demon Hunters, sporting our vampire teeth, and fighting for a future where everyone belongs.
Love is stronger than hate.
Love is stronger than hate.
October 18, 2025 at 8:56 PM
No better way to spend a #NoKings Saturday than circling the Capitol a dozen times, blasting Kpop Demon Hunters, sporting our vampire teeth, and fighting for a future where everyone belongs.
Love is stronger than hate.
Love is stronger than hate.
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Take note of all these people turning out for protests in small towns in red states.
Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”
Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”
October 18, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Take note of all these people turning out for protests in small towns in red states.
Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”
Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”
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I don’t want to regress as a society. We’ve lived in the past. It was bad for children & women & Black people & immigrants & queer people & I don’t want to go back there.
September 28, 2025 at 1:20 AM
I don’t want to regress as a society. We’ve lived in the past. It was bad for children & women & Black people & immigrants & queer people & I don’t want to go back there.
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We are two days out from the International Day of Friendship. There are over 40 gatherings across North America to celebrate friendship across borders, to reject divisive disinformation and predatory threats to our neighbors. friendsxborders.org
August 14, 2025 at 1:09 PM
We are two days out from the International Day of Friendship. There are over 40 gatherings across North America to celebrate friendship across borders, to reject divisive disinformation and predatory threats to our neighbors. friendsxborders.org
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"PhD-level experts in your back pocket" is a completely nonsensical description of AI but a pretty good description of social media if you follow the right people
August 9, 2025 at 11:07 PM
"PhD-level experts in your back pocket" is a completely nonsensical description of AI but a pretty good description of social media if you follow the right people
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I think it's really worth noting that this concentration camp was opened one month and three days ago.
This woman saw enough horror in that time to quit and tell the public what she saw.
Which suggests that it's not as bad as we think, or as bad as we can envision from her description—it's worse.
This woman saw enough horror in that time to quit and tell the public what she saw.
Which suggests that it's not as bad as we think, or as bad as we can envision from her description—it's worse.
A former “Alligator Alcatraz” worker says detainees are subject to “inhumane” conditions — packed by the hundreds into cages without sunlight, with overflowing toilets and limited access to showers.
Former 'Alligator Alcatraz' worker describes 'inhumane' conditions inside
In an exclusive report, NBC6 spoke with a former corrections officer who says she saw hundreds held in cages with no sunlight, backed up toilets and little access to showers.
nbcnews.to
August 6, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I think it's really worth noting that this concentration camp was opened one month and three days ago.
This woman saw enough horror in that time to quit and tell the public what she saw.
Which suggests that it's not as bad as we think, or as bad as we can envision from her description—it's worse.
This woman saw enough horror in that time to quit and tell the public what she saw.
Which suggests that it's not as bad as we think, or as bad as we can envision from her description—it's worse.
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Dem Party: We are spending $20M to figure out how to talk to male voters.
Mamdani: Save your money. I have +45 favorability with male voters & +73 with men under 45. Endorse me.
Dem Party: No way dude. Now—why is our favorability is -54? Let's spend $20M on wealthy consultants to figure it out!
Mamdani: Save your money. I have +45 favorability with male voters & +73 with men under 45. Endorse me.
Dem Party: No way dude. Now—why is our favorability is -54? Let's spend $20M on wealthy consultants to figure it out!
July 19, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Dem Party: We are spending $20M to figure out how to talk to male voters.
Mamdani: Save your money. I have +45 favorability with male voters & +73 with men under 45. Endorse me.
Dem Party: No way dude. Now—why is our favorability is -54? Let's spend $20M on wealthy consultants to figure it out!
Mamdani: Save your money. I have +45 favorability with male voters & +73 with men under 45. Endorse me.
Dem Party: No way dude. Now—why is our favorability is -54? Let's spend $20M on wealthy consultants to figure it out!
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Twenty-five years ago, Congress mandated that the U.S. State Department have an office tracking the scope of human trafficking and working to combat it.
Last week, the Trump administration drastically cut that office's staff.
John Yang has more.
Last week, the Trump administration drastically cut that office's staff.
John Yang has more.
July 18, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Twenty-five years ago, Congress mandated that the U.S. State Department have an office tracking the scope of human trafficking and working to combat it.
Last week, the Trump administration drastically cut that office's staff.
John Yang has more.
Last week, the Trump administration drastically cut that office's staff.
John Yang has more.
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I'm sorry, nine HUNDRED former DOJ lawyers all signed this letter opposing Emil Bove's nomination to be an appellate federal judge?
900?!
900?!
July 16, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I'm sorry, nine HUNDRED former DOJ lawyers all signed this letter opposing Emil Bove's nomination to be an appellate federal judge?
900?!
900?!
I just got word all Nebraska TRIO programs—federally funded student support programs that serve first first-gen, low income, and/ir disabled college students—were all fully funded for the next 5 years.
I sobbed when I got the text.
I sobbed when I got the text.
Yes actually now is a great time to share good news
Now is a great time to celebrate the good news of strangers
To be the kind of people who are happy for other people to have good things happen to them
Yes indeed
Now is a great time to celebrate the good news of strangers
To be the kind of people who are happy for other people to have good things happen to them
Yes indeed
July 4, 2025 at 12:09 AM
I just got word all Nebraska TRIO programs—federally funded student support programs that serve first first-gen, low income, and/ir disabled college students—were all fully funded for the next 5 years.
I sobbed when I got the text.
I sobbed when I got the text.
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I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
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With this vote, Congress makes ICE the highest-funded federal law enforcement agency in history, with more money per year at its disposal over the next four years than the budgets of the FBI, DEA, ATF, US Marshals, and Bureau of Prisons combined.
🚨🚨 NEW: House passes sprawling domestic policy bill, sending it to Trump's desk
Final House vote is 218-214, with TWO Rs voting no (Massie & Fitzpatrick).
Senate passed it 51-50.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Final House vote is 218-214, with TWO Rs voting no (Massie & Fitzpatrick).
Senate passed it 51-50.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
House passes sprawling domestic policy bill, sending it to Trump's desk
The Republican package would slash taxes, boost spending on immigration and the military, and impose steep cuts to Medicaid, SNAP and clean energy funding.
www.nbcnews.com
July 3, 2025 at 6:35 PM
With this vote, Congress makes ICE the highest-funded federal law enforcement agency in history, with more money per year at its disposal over the next four years than the budgets of the FBI, DEA, ATF, US Marshals, and Bureau of Prisons combined.
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BREAKING: The Billionaire Bailout Bill has passed the House and will be sent to Trump for signature. 17M people about to lose healthcare. Steep cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, SNAP, clean energy initiatives. Massive tax breaks for billionaires. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
House passes sprawling domestic policy bill, sending it to Trump's desk
The Republican package would slash taxes, boost spending on immigration enforcement and the military, and impose steep cuts to Medicaid, SNAP and clean energy funding.
www.nbcnews.com
July 3, 2025 at 6:36 PM
BREAKING: The Billionaire Bailout Bill has passed the House and will be sent to Trump for signature. 17M people about to lose healthcare. Steep cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, SNAP, clean energy initiatives. Massive tax breaks for billionaires. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
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The entire Latino population in the U.S. is 65 million. She means all of us.
July 2, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The entire Latino population in the U.S. is 65 million. She means all of us.
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BREAKING: A source tells me that the Trump administration has shut down public access to every single National Climate Assessment, the Congressionally-mandated quadrennial report assessing how climate change is affecting the U.S.
This is what you get when you try to access them online
This is what you get when you try to access them online
June 30, 2025 at 8:06 PM
BREAKING: A source tells me that the Trump administration has shut down public access to every single National Climate Assessment, the Congressionally-mandated quadrennial report assessing how climate change is affecting the U.S.
This is what you get when you try to access them online
This is what you get when you try to access them online
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will likely be years or decades before we have even a partial concept of how many lives were cut short by this man but the number will almost certainly make you sick to your stomach.
This is a travesty & a nightmare. The US was a founder of @gavi.org. It lowers global vaccine costs, has vaccinated 1B children, & averted 19M deaths. This pull out will cost 100s of thousands of children's lives a year - and RFK Jr will be personally responsible.
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
RFK Jr. says US won’t donate to global vaccine effort
Kennedy ripped into Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, in a video address at its pledging summit.
www.politico.com
June 25, 2025 at 7:33 PM
will likely be years or decades before we have even a partial concept of how many lives were cut short by this man but the number will almost certainly make you sick to your stomach.
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You know who else isn’t living safely with their family?
Tom Homan says he has received so much hate for his positions on immigration that he is unable to live safely with his family.
Trump’s Border Czar Living Separately From Wife Due to Death Threats
The top immigration official told a podcast host that it is too dangerous for him to live at home.
trib.al
June 25, 2025 at 7:10 PM
You know who else isn’t living safely with their family?
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I'll say it over and over.
I do not believe in gate keeping.
I do not believe in pulling up the ladder.
I believe in kicking the wall down like the Kool-Aid man, and making room as I go for those who come next.
Just because it was hard for me, doesn't mean it has to be hard for anyone else.
I do not believe in gate keeping.
I do not believe in pulling up the ladder.
I believe in kicking the wall down like the Kool-Aid man, and making room as I go for those who come next.
Just because it was hard for me, doesn't mean it has to be hard for anyone else.
June 19, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I'll say it over and over.
I do not believe in gate keeping.
I do not believe in pulling up the ladder.
I believe in kicking the wall down like the Kool-Aid man, and making room as I go for those who come next.
Just because it was hard for me, doesn't mean it has to be hard for anyone else.
I do not believe in gate keeping.
I do not believe in pulling up the ladder.
I believe in kicking the wall down like the Kool-Aid man, and making room as I go for those who come next.
Just because it was hard for me, doesn't mean it has to be hard for anyone else.
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My man Jay did the deep dive into ACB’s absolutely fucked up concurrence in the anti-trans case
https://ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/skrmetti-barrett-concurrence-supreme-court-opinion-recap/
https://ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/skrmetti-barrett-concurrence-supreme-court-opinion-recap/
Amy Coney Barrett Cannot Wait to Legalize Discrimination Against Trans People
Journalists in search of the next “moderate” conservative justice should probably consider other candidates.
ballsandstrikes.org
June 18, 2025 at 9:43 PM
My man Jay did the deep dive into ACB’s absolutely fucked up concurrence in the anti-trans case
https://ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/skrmetti-barrett-concurrence-supreme-court-opinion-recap/
https://ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/skrmetti-barrett-concurrence-supreme-court-opinion-recap/