TommyBen
@tbapple.bsky.social
Nihilist in the kitchen, humanist in the bedroom and an actor at work, in the role of civil servant.
Live long and prosper.
Live long and prosper.
I was overly general for sure. I was referring to people who use PD work out of college to pamper their resume on the way to selling their souls, not PDs there for the good of the work and continue into their professional careers.
December 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I was overly general for sure. I was referring to people who use PD work out of college to pamper their resume on the way to selling their souls, not PDs there for the good of the work and continue into their professional careers.
Public defender is where you go when you don’t have the connections for a good private firm or the grades for an DA job.
December 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Public defender is where you go when you don’t have the connections for a good private firm or the grades for an DA job.
That’s it, I’m boycotting Menkens on 5th Ave.
December 11, 2025 at 9:23 PM
That’s it, I’m boycotting Menkens on 5th Ave.
The networks wouldn’t broadcast it.
Which would be a great thing if Democrats used that denial to Streisand the Ad, but that effort is also unlikely and precludes them even making the attempt.
Which would be a great thing if Democrats used that denial to Streisand the Ad, but that effort is also unlikely and precludes them even making the attempt.
December 11, 2025 at 9:17 PM
The networks wouldn’t broadcast it.
Which would be a great thing if Democrats used that denial to Streisand the Ad, but that effort is also unlikely and precludes them even making the attempt.
Which would be a great thing if Democrats used that denial to Streisand the Ad, but that effort is also unlikely and precludes them even making the attempt.
Almost every Joni Mitchell and Bruce Springsteen cover.
December 11, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Almost every Joni Mitchell and Bruce Springsteen cover.
It’s not Tariffs but the Anti-Woke premium.
Only a communist chooses chicken for $6.99.
Only a communist chooses chicken for $6.99.
December 11, 2025 at 6:25 PM
It’s not Tariffs but the Anti-Woke premium.
Only a communist chooses chicken for $6.99.
Only a communist chooses chicken for $6.99.
All the wealthy foreigners who buy up US properties for investments and vacations realizing they can’t visit anymore because they aren’t White enough.
December 11, 2025 at 4:57 PM
All the wealthy foreigners who buy up US properties for investments and vacations realizing they can’t visit anymore because they aren’t White enough.
$125? That order would be $250 minimum where I live.
December 11, 2025 at 12:25 PM
$125? That order would be $250 minimum where I live.
High deductible plans serve people who don’t access healthcare. This pulls them out of the pool of regular insurance, further pushing up regular insurance rates.
#AdverseSelection
My municipality offers them but only 1% of people use it because they don’t understand HSAs.
#AdverseSelection
My municipality offers them but only 1% of people use it because they don’t understand HSAs.
December 11, 2025 at 12:19 PM
High deductible plans serve people who don’t access healthcare. This pulls them out of the pool of regular insurance, further pushing up regular insurance rates.
#AdverseSelection
My municipality offers them but only 1% of people use it because they don’t understand HSAs.
#AdverseSelection
My municipality offers them but only 1% of people use it because they don’t understand HSAs.
More and more convinced these walls and border reinforcements are to keep us in too.
December 11, 2025 at 2:36 AM
More and more convinced these walls and border reinforcements are to keep us in too.
55
That’s how old I was before I learned the term “endogeneity”.
Which makes sense because that is so Woke Apple autocorrect thinks it’s misspelled.
That’s how old I was before I learned the term “endogeneity”.
Which makes sense because that is so Woke Apple autocorrect thinks it’s misspelled.
December 11, 2025 at 12:25 AM
55
That’s how old I was before I learned the term “endogeneity”.
Which makes sense because that is so Woke Apple autocorrect thinks it’s misspelled.
That’s how old I was before I learned the term “endogeneity”.
Which makes sense because that is so Woke Apple autocorrect thinks it’s misspelled.
Sorta like Winston Smith?
1984 was a cautionary tale about teams of mindless, loveless, drones manipulating information.
1984 was a cautionary tale about teams of mindless, loveless, drones manipulating information.
December 10, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Sorta like Winston Smith?
1984 was a cautionary tale about teams of mindless, loveless, drones manipulating information.
1984 was a cautionary tale about teams of mindless, loveless, drones manipulating information.
Winston Smith loved his job.
December 10, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Winston Smith loved his job.
Or how many times did Paul vote against Medicare being able to negotiate drug prices?
December 10, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Or how many times did Paul vote against Medicare being able to negotiate drug prices?
Geez, imagine if this got the same coverage as the opposition when it was implemented. NYC residents might close some streets to cars altogether.
December 9, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Geez, imagine if this got the same coverage as the opposition when it was implemented. NYC residents might close some streets to cars altogether.
How do you program an AI to have a political bias? Because all War Games, like Iraq, have irrational political influences.
December 9, 2025 at 11:32 PM
How do you program an AI to have a political bias? Because all War Games, like Iraq, have irrational political influences.
You can probably remove “like”.
December 9, 2025 at 3:48 PM
You can probably remove “like”.
That’s at least 50% hair.
December 9, 2025 at 3:24 AM
That’s at least 50% hair.
Arrested 100 times: no picture and no national coverage. White lady?
December 9, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Arrested 100 times: no picture and no national coverage. White lady?
The lefty version would be mandatory classes on the roots and benefits of the New Deal.
December 9, 2025 at 1:43 AM
The lefty version would be mandatory classes on the roots and benefits of the New Deal.
Sydney Sweeney is already on the MTG project.
December 8, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Sydney Sweeney is already on the MTG project.
And “Moral Hazard” has been stricken from the lexicon.
December 8, 2025 at 6:26 PM
And “Moral Hazard” has been stricken from the lexicon.