Thomas Lavoy
@thomaslavoy.bsky.social
Product Manager at Microsoft. Nerd. Butler for my cat, dog, and children. Opinions are my own, unless they're bad, then I'll blame them on my mirror universe counterpart.
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GM: Charisma check.
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
February 7, 2026 at 5:01 AM
GM: Charisma check.
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
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Over the past two weeks I've begun to realize that rich people only started funding chatbots once they could no longer email Jeffrey Epstein
February 5, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Over the past two weeks I've begun to realize that rich people only started funding chatbots once they could no longer email Jeffrey Epstein
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worth noting that the second rich people stopped being afraid of mobs tearing them limb from limb, they stopped building libraries and opera houses and stuff and started ripping the copper wiring out of the walls of society instead
February 4, 2026 at 4:44 PM
worth noting that the second rich people stopped being afraid of mobs tearing them limb from limb, they stopped building libraries and opera houses and stuff and started ripping the copper wiring out of the walls of society instead
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We gotta come up with a better system than “everything rests on whether these twelve billionnaires are nice”
February 4, 2026 at 7:41 PM
We gotta come up with a better system than “everything rests on whether these twelve billionnaires are nice”
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we lived without them until 2002 and we can live without them again
"Abolish the Police and then what?" while infantile and often asked in bad faith, is at least, on some levels, a real question
"Ablish ICE and then what?" Is not a real question. Clearly if ICE didn't exist tomorrow society would just objectively be more peaceful and would not in any way fall apart
"Ablish ICE and then what?" Is not a real question. Clearly if ICE didn't exist tomorrow society would just objectively be more peaceful and would not in any way fall apart
February 4, 2026 at 6:07 AM
we lived without them until 2002 and we can live without them again
Just had my first experience getting insta-blocked for a very mild gentle joke response that felt in the spirit of the original post and well I can't fault someone for enforcing the experience they want on Bluesky, but...jeez.
February 4, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Just had my first experience getting insta-blocked for a very mild gentle joke response that felt in the spirit of the original post and well I can't fault someone for enforcing the experience they want on Bluesky, but...jeez.
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The US immigrant population generated more in taxes than they received in benefits from all levels of government every year from 1994 to 2023.
The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets.
https://ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3
The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets.
https://ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3
February 3, 2026 at 5:27 PM
The US immigrant population generated more in taxes than they received in benefits from all levels of government every year from 1994 to 2023.
The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets.
https://ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3
The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets.
https://ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3
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Counterpoint: Democrats want ICE razed more thoroughly than Carthage in 146 BC, the ideological territory in which it operates salted so thoroughly it never grows again, and every single one of these goons in front of a judge to face justice for their crimes.
Democrats want commonsense reform for ICE:
End the roving patrols and racial profiling.
Take accountability and abide by the same rules as local police.
Masks need to come off, body cameras need to stay on—no secret police in the United States of America.
End the roving patrols and racial profiling.
Take accountability and abide by the same rules as local police.
Masks need to come off, body cameras need to stay on—no secret police in the United States of America.
February 3, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Counterpoint: Democrats want ICE razed more thoroughly than Carthage in 146 BC, the ideological territory in which it operates salted so thoroughly it never grows again, and every single one of these goons in front of a judge to face justice for their crimes.
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you:
[stressing for days to send the perfect single email]
billionaires:
hi, . w=en r we mee&ting to do iLlegiL stuff , . ?
[stressing for days to send the perfect single email]
billionaires:
hi, . w=en r we mee&ting to do iLlegiL stuff , . ?
February 1, 2026 at 3:43 PM
you:
[stressing for days to send the perfect single email]
billionaires:
hi, . w=en r we mee&ting to do iLlegiL stuff , . ?
[stressing for days to send the perfect single email]
billionaires:
hi, . w=en r we mee&ting to do iLlegiL stuff , . ?
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All in all I'd have to say I don't enjoy being ruled by semi-literate perverts with infinite money
January 31, 2026 at 7:04 PM
All in all I'd have to say I don't enjoy being ruled by semi-literate perverts with infinite money
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Watch the video as a recklessly driven cheap car careens around and a gang of armed thugs spring out to menace an innocent civilian, like a kidnapping or robbery or murder-for-hire.
It looks like organized crime taking place in a third-world country, because it is.
It looks like organized crime taking place in a third-world country, because it is.
"MPR News has learned that the police chief in the small southern Minnesota city of St. Peter intervened Thursday afternoon to prevent federal immigration agents from arresting a local resident" who had been observing federal agents. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
St. Peter police chief intervenes, prevents federal agents from arresting resident
The police chief of St. Peter intervened to prevent federal agents from taking a local resident who was observing ICE enforcement actions into custody. It is believed to the first time local police in...
www.mprnews.org
January 31, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Watch the video as a recklessly driven cheap car careens around and a gang of armed thugs spring out to menace an innocent civilian, like a kidnapping or robbery or murder-for-hire.
It looks like organized crime taking place in a third-world country, because it is.
It looks like organized crime taking place in a third-world country, because it is.
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Also trying to parse all the emails that read like they were written by a concussed golden retriever I think I finally get why these guys are so enthusiastic about getting chatbots to write for them
January 31, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Also trying to parse all the emails that read like they were written by a concussed golden retriever I think I finally get why these guys are so enthusiastic about getting chatbots to write for them
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When I was young I remember I asked my mom when I’d be old, like what age was old - and she said, you’ll feel old when the adults you knew as a kid starts dying - and she was right, and she is dead, and I am old, and all the adults are dying
January 31, 2026 at 5:03 PM
When I was young I remember I asked my mom when I’d be old, like what age was old - and she said, you’ll feel old when the adults you knew as a kid starts dying - and she was right, and she is dead, and I am old, and all the adults are dying
Describe your Bluesky account in a single image.
January 31, 2026 at 6:55 AM
Describe your Bluesky account in a single image.
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If I was a billionaire I would not take trips to Crime Island. I would own The Simpsons arcade machine
January 31, 2026 at 2:09 AM
If I was a billionaire I would not take trips to Crime Island. I would own The Simpsons arcade machine
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[P] Catherine O’Hara was a genuine treasure, a true comedy genius, and made literally everything she was in better.
I never had the pleasure of meeting her, but I only have ever heard glowing things said about her as a person.
We should all be so lucky to be remembered that way.
I never had the pleasure of meeting her, but I only have ever heard glowing things said about her as a person.
We should all be so lucky to be remembered that way.
January 30, 2026 at 6:53 PM
[P] Catherine O’Hara was a genuine treasure, a true comedy genius, and made literally everything she was in better.
I never had the pleasure of meeting her, but I only have ever heard glowing things said about her as a person.
We should all be so lucky to be remembered that way.
I never had the pleasure of meeting her, but I only have ever heard glowing things said about her as a person.
We should all be so lucky to be remembered that way.
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DOJ has since killed this link. This is what was there:
January 30, 2026 at 6:28 PM
DOJ has since killed this link. This is what was there:
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One of a kind. She and Eugene Levy were such a great comedy team in so many Christopher Guest films and SCHITT'S CREEK. And of course, her role in HOME ALONE is gonna live forever every Christmas
RIP.
RIP.
January 30, 2026 at 6:20 PM
One of a kind. She and Eugene Levy were such a great comedy team in so many Christopher Guest films and SCHITT'S CREEK. And of course, her role in HOME ALONE is gonna live forever every Christmas
RIP.
RIP.
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i am utterly bereft
Catherine O'Hara Dead at 71
Catherine O'Hara -- famous for her work in "Schitt's Creek," "Home Alone," and "Best In Show" -- is dead ... TMZ has learned.
www.tmz.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:12 PM
i am utterly bereft
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Breaking on MS NOW:
Career DOJ prosecutors in both Minnesota and Los Angeles refused to be involved in charging Don Lemon and the other journalists who covered the Minneapolis church protests.
The prosecutors believe the evidence does not support the charges, per @carolleonnig.bsky.social.
Career DOJ prosecutors in both Minnesota and Los Angeles refused to be involved in charging Don Lemon and the other journalists who covered the Minneapolis church protests.
The prosecutors believe the evidence does not support the charges, per @carolleonnig.bsky.social.
January 30, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Breaking on MS NOW:
Career DOJ prosecutors in both Minnesota and Los Angeles refused to be involved in charging Don Lemon and the other journalists who covered the Minneapolis church protests.
The prosecutors believe the evidence does not support the charges, per @carolleonnig.bsky.social.
Career DOJ prosecutors in both Minnesota and Los Angeles refused to be involved in charging Don Lemon and the other journalists who covered the Minneapolis church protests.
The prosecutors believe the evidence does not support the charges, per @carolleonnig.bsky.social.
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I see we're at the 'arresting opposition journalists' phase of I Can't Believe It's Not Fascism!
January 30, 2026 at 3:21 PM
I see we're at the 'arresting opposition journalists' phase of I Can't Believe It's Not Fascism!
This is cute and all but the dig at Monsanto is a little weird considering it hasn't existed in 8 years.
On her livestream tonight, #IL09 candidate Kat Abughazaleh teased what appears to be a new 60-second-long campaign ad
January 30, 2026 at 4:29 AM
This is cute and all but the dig at Monsanto is a little weird considering it hasn't existed in 8 years.
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friend of mine is an undocumented immigrant and has been hiding in Melania theaters bc he knows people assume no one is in there
January 29, 2026 at 9:34 PM
friend of mine is an undocumented immigrant and has been hiding in Melania theaters bc he knows people assume no one is in there
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Nice to see Paul has found his spine again. I also fully expect him to do something within the hour to make me regret writing this.
GOP Sen. Rand Paul: When people watch that video, and the government tells them, 'well he was assaulting the police officers,' no party with objectivity believes that is what is happening.
January 28, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Nice to see Paul has found his spine again. I also fully expect him to do something within the hour to make me regret writing this.
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New CBS contributors announced: Grand Moff Tarkin, Lex Luthor, Norman Osborn, Cruella De Ville, Javert, Titus Andronicus, Killmonger, and the Beastfly from Silksong.
January 27, 2026 at 10:05 PM
New CBS contributors announced: Grand Moff Tarkin, Lex Luthor, Norman Osborn, Cruella De Ville, Javert, Titus Andronicus, Killmonger, and the Beastfly from Silksong.