Tom Bombeardil
@rantipole.bsky.social
Husband. Acupuncturist. Bear. Nerd. Vegan. Pagan. He/him. NJ.
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Tom Bombeardil
@rantipole.bsky.social
· Nov 6
We’re heading into dark times. This is how to be your own light in the Age of Trump
Having studied authoritarian states for over a decade, I would never exaggerate the severity of the threat we now face. But an American kleptocracy is exactly where president-elect Trump and his backe...
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I've come back to this article several times since it was published. It's a hard read but it's needed. Many of us should start putting its ideas into practice.
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introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen
Tori Amos
Nine Inch Nails
The Greatful Dead
Loreena McKennitt
Stevie Nicks
Tori Amos
Nine Inch Nails
The Greatful Dead
Loreena McKennitt
Stevie Nicks
introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen
Clutch
Duran Duran
Insane Clown Posse
Mandy Patinkin
Electric Six
Clutch
Duran Duran
Insane Clown Posse
Mandy Patinkin
Electric Six
introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen
GooGoo Dolls
Haerts
Boy and Bear
Half Moon Run
Bloc Party
GooGoo Dolls
Haerts
Boy and Bear
Half Moon Run
Bloc Party
November 28, 2025 at 1:55 AM
introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen
Tori Amos
Nine Inch Nails
The Greatful Dead
Loreena McKennitt
Stevie Nicks
Tori Amos
Nine Inch Nails
The Greatful Dead
Loreena McKennitt
Stevie Nicks
Brussels sprouts are done! No more cooking until tomorrow. Just have to glaze the cupcakes. Whew!
November 26, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Brussels sprouts are done! No more cooking until tomorrow. Just have to glaze the cupcakes. Whew!
That feeling when your giant playlist of faves serves up " The Trapeze Swinger" and now you are fighting off tears. 😓😓😓
November 26, 2025 at 10:37 PM
That feeling when your giant playlist of faves serves up " The Trapeze Swinger" and now you are fighting off tears. 😓😓😓
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The cupcakes are out of the oven and cooling. These are chocolate chip pumpkin cupcakes from the fantastic cookbook Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World. They'll get a cinnamon glaze once they cool. One of my favorite desserts of all time.
November 26, 2025 at 9:48 PM
The cupcakes are out of the oven and cooling. These are chocolate chip pumpkin cupcakes from the fantastic cookbook Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World. They'll get a cinnamon glaze once they cool. One of my favorite desserts of all time.
This is one of Emily's best songs. So great!
youtu.be/agXz3XWFHO4?...
youtu.be/agXz3XWFHO4?...
November 26, 2025 at 8:41 PM
This is one of Emily's best songs. So great!
youtu.be/agXz3XWFHO4?...
youtu.be/agXz3XWFHO4?...
There's something about the Indigo Girls that makes them one of my favorite bands to listen to when cooking and baking.
🎶And in a moment of forgiveness,
you reach out and take my hand🎶
🎶And in a moment of forgiveness,
you reach out and take my hand🎶
November 26, 2025 at 8:23 PM
There's something about the Indigo Girls that makes them one of my favorite bands to listen to when cooking and baking.
🎶And in a moment of forgiveness,
you reach out and take my hand🎶
🎶And in a moment of forgiveness,
you reach out and take my hand🎶
Today is clearly an octopus day.
November 26, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Today is clearly an octopus day.
"How did you get into TTRPGs?
I met a young child beside a dead pony
I met a white man who walked a black dog
I met a young woman whose body was burning
I met a young girl, she gave me a Monster Manual
I met a young child beside a dead pony
I met a white man who walked a black dog
I met a young woman whose body was burning
I met a young girl, she gave me a Monster Manual
"How did you get into TTRPGs?"
Aboard a shipwreck train
Give my umbrella to the Rain Dogs
For I am a Rain Dog, too.
Aboard a shipwreck train
Give my umbrella to the Rain Dogs
For I am a Rain Dog, too.
"How did you get into TTRPGs?"
I met her in a club down in old Soho.
I asked her her name and in a dark brown voice she said, 'Lola.'
I met her in a club down in old Soho.
I asked her her name and in a dark brown voice she said, 'Lola.'
November 26, 2025 at 5:39 PM
"How did you get into TTRPGs?
I met a young child beside a dead pony
I met a white man who walked a black dog
I met a young woman whose body was burning
I met a young girl, she gave me a Monster Manual
I met a young child beside a dead pony
I met a white man who walked a black dog
I met a young woman whose body was burning
I met a young girl, she gave me a Monster Manual
Happy to be in a -20 state.
Trump’s approval collapses nationwide, turning several deep-red states negative — Economist tracker
November 25, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Happy to be in a -20 state.
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We were watching the American Revolution doc so I've got George Washington, Sam Adams, Col. Prescott, etc. I think I'm in ok.
You've been kidnapped! The characters from the last TV show you watched are your only hope for rescue. Who's coming to save you?
I think I'm in good shape
I think I'm in good shape
November 25, 2025 at 2:14 PM
We were watching the American Revolution doc so I've got George Washington, Sam Adams, Col. Prescott, etc. I think I'm in ok.
My picks:
Geronimo
Spanish-American War
Irish Potato Famine
Immigration to US, pre 1900
The Cold War
Hawaii
Geronimo
Spanish-American War
Irish Potato Famine
Immigration to US, pre 1900
The Cold War
Hawaii
I figure Ken Burns has one, maybe two big documentary series in him before he fully retires. What do you think they should be? My votes include Football, Hip-Hop, World War 1, Reconstruction (though Skip Gates did this one well), Iraq/Afghanistan, 19th Century Expansionism.
November 25, 2025 at 1:50 AM
My picks:
Geronimo
Spanish-American War
Irish Potato Famine
Immigration to US, pre 1900
The Cold War
Hawaii
Geronimo
Spanish-American War
Irish Potato Famine
Immigration to US, pre 1900
The Cold War
Hawaii
This is unhinged.
My aunt who famously can’t cook tried to make a pumpkin pie. She didn’t know what cloves were, so she put garlic cloves in it. Whole.
November 25, 2025 at 1:18 AM
This is unhinged.
Great book!
#witchsky
#witchsky
You, too, can make an author feel all warm and fuzzy inside!
*cough cough*
www.ladyalthaea.com/books.html
*cough cough*
www.ladyalthaea.com/books.html
Witchcraft Books
Witchcraft books to help you deepen your practice and become a more functional witch.
www.ladyalthaea.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Great book!
#witchsky
#witchsky
🎶I've been raising up my hands,
drive another nail in.
Got enough guilt to start
my own religion.🎶
drive another nail in.
Got enough guilt to start
my own religion.🎶
November 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
🎶I've been raising up my hands,
drive another nail in.
Got enough guilt to start
my own religion.🎶
drive another nail in.
Got enough guilt to start
my own religion.🎶
Don't like finding a huge puddle of water in the cabinet under the bathroom sink. Don't like it one bit.
November 24, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Don't like finding a huge puddle of water in the cabinet under the bathroom sink. Don't like it one bit.
We had a fantastic evening in NYC yesterday to celebrate our meet-iversary. Holiday market at Bryant Park; an amazing meal at Delice & Sarrasin; ending with drinks at Ty's Bar, where I left a message on the restroom chalkboard. Happy 21 years to my sweetest sweetie! 🥰
November 23, 2025 at 9:39 PM
We had a fantastic evening in NYC yesterday to celebrate our meet-iversary. Holiday market at Bryant Park; an amazing meal at Delice & Sarrasin; ending with drinks at Ty's Bar, where I left a message on the restroom chalkboard. Happy 21 years to my sweetest sweetie! 🥰
And now I'm so over caffeinated! 🫨🫨🫨🫨
Hungover! In the Kitchen
Hammered! At the train station
November 23, 2025 at 8:51 PM
And now I'm so over caffeinated! 🫨🫨🫨🫨
Hell yeah!
In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
November 23, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Hell yeah!
Hungover! In the Kitchen
Hammered! At the train station
November 23, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Hungover! In the Kitchen
🎶Give me peace, love, peace, love
Give me peace, love, and a hard cock🎶
Give me peace, love, and a hard cock🎶
November 23, 2025 at 4:36 AM
🎶Give me peace, love, peace, love
Give me peace, love, and a hard cock🎶
Give me peace, love, and a hard cock🎶
Hammered! At the train station
November 23, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Hammered! At the train station
I love this movie so very much but it is rough.
‘Sweet Smell of Success’ is “a bleak and unsparing depiction of obeisance before power in a morally bankrupt culture,” @splicedpersonality.bsky.social writes: crookedmarquee.com/classic-corn...
November 22, 2025 at 2:01 AM
I love this movie so very much but it is rough.
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People say socialism is unrealistic. I say infinite growth on a finite planet is a fairy tale for adults.
November 21, 2025 at 10:18 PM
People say socialism is unrealistic. I say infinite growth on a finite planet is a fairy tale for adults.