Tomas Pain 🎛 😳 🎛
@tomaspain.bsky.social
I'm a Quaker writer dedicated to crafting posts that provoke thought, spark curiosity, and embrace ambiguity.
What you find here may mean more--or less--than it seems. ✌️
(formerly @quaker4change on Twitter)
(please, no soliciting via DM)
🇺🇲🌻💙✌️💙🌻🇺🇲
What you find here may mean more--or less--than it seems. ✌️
(formerly @quaker4change on Twitter)
(please, no soliciting via DM)
🇺🇲🌻💙✌️💙🌻🇺🇲
I think it’s telling that AFTER his 1954 censure, the disgraced demagogue Joe McCarthy still had a 34% approval rating!
November 5, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I think it’s telling that AFTER his 1954 censure, the disgraced demagogue Joe McCarthy still had a 34% approval rating!
Reposted by Tomas Pain 🎛 😳 🎛
The trajectory of this Consumer Price Index graph is eerily similar to the shape of 🍄rump's mouth.
September 13, 2025 at 3:59 AM
The trajectory of this Consumer Price Index graph is eerily similar to the shape of 🍄rump's mouth.
The trajectory of this Consumer Price Index graph is eerily similar to the shape of 🍄rump's mouth.
September 13, 2025 at 3:59 AM
The trajectory of this Consumer Price Index graph is eerily similar to the shape of 🍄rump's mouth.
You know how sometimes you HAVE to buy something even though you know you shouldn't spend the money?
September 8, 2025 at 12:48 AM
You know how sometimes you HAVE to buy something even though you know you shouldn't spend the money?
Yachts and prayers.
August 30, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Yachts and prayers.
Reposted by Tomas Pain 🎛 😳 🎛
Looks like he's protesting for Palestine as well. It's pretty eye awakening what Israel has been doing lately. Just openly committing genocide. At first I thought it was somewhat justified after how terrible October 7 attacks were. Then you start to see how brutal and sick what they are doing is.
August 28, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Looks like he's protesting for Palestine as well. It's pretty eye awakening what Israel has been doing lately. Just openly committing genocide. At first I thought it was somewhat justified after how terrible October 7 attacks were. Then you start to see how brutal and sick what they are doing is.
This morning, in the middle of a busy commercial district in Atlanta, I saw a man standing alone with a flag on a street corner, protesting for Black Lives Matter. Amid the rush of business as usual, his unwavering presence inspired me.
August 27, 2025 at 2:23 PM
This morning, in the middle of a busy commercial district in Atlanta, I saw a man standing alone with a flag on a street corner, protesting for Black Lives Matter. Amid the rush of business as usual, his unwavering presence inspired me.
Visualize an orange implosion.
August 22, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Visualize an orange implosion.
I'm just waiting for this regime to propose tearing down the Statue of Liberty. Sell the scrap copper and melt down the steel.
August 12, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I'm just waiting for this regime to propose tearing down the Statue of Liberty. Sell the scrap copper and melt down the steel.
God hates this zipcode.
July 30, 2025 at 12:51 AM
God hates this zipcode.
Rainer Maria Rilke, "Gold," The Sonnets to Orpheus, 1922.
July 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Rainer Maria Rilke, "Gold," The Sonnets to Orpheus, 1922.
We are a nation of immigrants run by anti-immigrants.
July 3, 2025 at 1:36 AM
We are a nation of immigrants run by anti-immigrants.
The word obliterate is enjoying a real resurgence these days, and for me, the word will now forever be associated with the bombing of Iran.
June 27, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The word obliterate is enjoying a real resurgence these days, and for me, the word will now forever be associated with the bombing of Iran.
I have a lifelong compulsion to mow the lawns of my neighbors, and the one next door to me is just screaming for attention, but I am letting it go! Progress not perfection.
June 26, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I have a lifelong compulsion to mow the lawns of my neighbors, and the one next door to me is just screaming for attention, but I am letting it go! Progress not perfection.
After about a month of discomfort and illness I have finally fully recovered from Shingles, and am back at work. What a trial.
June 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
After about a month of discomfort and illness I have finally fully recovered from Shingles, and am back at work. What a trial.
It's Day 11 with a serious case of shingles. I am not getting well, and I'm starting to feel truly dejected. What a trial this illness can be.
May 17, 2025 at 7:17 PM
It's Day 11 with a serious case of shingles. I am not getting well, and I'm starting to feel truly dejected. What a trial this illness can be.
I have fallen ill.
Shingles.
Just the absolute worst, most miserable thing ever. 😔
Shingles.
Just the absolute worst, most miserable thing ever. 😔
May 10, 2025 at 12:25 AM
I have fallen ill.
Shingles.
Just the absolute worst, most miserable thing ever. 😔
Shingles.
Just the absolute worst, most miserable thing ever. 😔
Reposted by Tomas Pain 🎛 😳 🎛
"The Underground Railroad is the greatest infrastructure project America has ever known."
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
April 28, 2025 at 4:48 PM
"The Underground Railroad is the greatest infrastructure project America has ever known."
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
Eliminating the National Endowment of the Humanities and defunding PBS is a crime against humanity.
youtu.be/fKy7ljRr0AA?...
youtu.be/fKy7ljRr0AA?...
May 1, 1969: Fred Rogers testifies before the Senate Subcommittee on Communications
YouTube video by Road Less Marveled
youtu.be
May 5, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Eliminating the National Endowment of the Humanities and defunding PBS is a crime against humanity.
youtu.be/fKy7ljRr0AA?...
youtu.be/fKy7ljRr0AA?...
"The Underground Railroad is the greatest infrastructure project America has ever known."
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
April 28, 2025 at 4:48 PM
"The Underground Railroad is the greatest infrastructure project America has ever known."
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
I take my food seriously. For example, I once drove 7 hours driving through an LA rush hour to have dinner at La Super-Rica Taqueria in Santa Barbara.
I wanted good tacos, and I wasn't settling...
I wanted good tacos, and I wasn't settling...
April 21, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I take my food seriously. For example, I once drove 7 hours driving through an LA rush hour to have dinner at La Super-Rica Taqueria in Santa Barbara.
I wanted good tacos, and I wasn't settling...
I wanted good tacos, and I wasn't settling...
I’m pleased to see Harvard fighting back. Proud to be an alum. Not surprised they’re dropping the gloves though— Massachusetts is tough! They brewed a bunch of tea in the hahbah back in the day.
April 18, 2025 at 5:01 AM
I’m pleased to see Harvard fighting back. Proud to be an alum. Not surprised they’re dropping the gloves though— Massachusetts is tough! They brewed a bunch of tea in the hahbah back in the day.
Reposted by Tomas Pain 🎛 😳 🎛
Have them repeat back to you the lesson
Discuss actions
👏🏼👏🏼🌷
Discuss actions
👏🏼👏🏼🌷
April 9, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Have them repeat back to you the lesson
Discuss actions
👏🏼👏🏼🌷
Discuss actions
👏🏼👏🏼🌷
Reposted by Tomas Pain 🎛 😳 🎛
A week after my remarks on the Senate floor I am more energized then ever to continue to fight for Americans on Medicaid, Americans worried about Social Security, Americans looking for opportunity in their local economy.
April 8, 2025 at 11:35 PM
A week after my remarks on the Senate floor I am more energized then ever to continue to fight for Americans on Medicaid, Americans worried about Social Security, Americans looking for opportunity in their local economy.
Reposted by Tomas Pain 🎛 😳 🎛
Thank you to our 23 strong Democratic Senators for fighting every day for everyday Georgians. And an extra thank you to the staffers, volunteers, and of course YOU, y’all made this wild session a little easier, a little brighter, and a lot more powerful. 💙 #gapol
April 8, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Thank you to our 23 strong Democratic Senators for fighting every day for everyday Georgians. And an extra thank you to the staffers, volunteers, and of course YOU, y’all made this wild session a little easier, a little brighter, and a lot more powerful. 💙 #gapol