Thomas A
@binkytom.bsky.social
He/him. Software engineer, math nerd.
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Thomas A
@binkytom.bsky.social
· Nov 17
Absent-minded is what they call you if you are the very smartest kind of idiot
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Barack Obama drove a lot of white people insane.
This was the election version of being ordered to integrate the town swimming pool, and choosing to fill it with cement instead.
This was the election version of being ordered to integrate the town swimming pool, and choosing to fill it with cement instead.
Still crazy to me that Donald trump essentially ran the campaign penguin ran from Batman returns including career ending recordings and still won the presidency twice
September 19, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Barack Obama drove a lot of white people insane.
This was the election version of being ordered to integrate the town swimming pool, and choosing to fill it with cement instead.
This was the election version of being ordered to integrate the town swimming pool, and choosing to fill it with cement instead.
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so we just nearly started a war with china (a nuclear state) because of genAI use
September 18, 2026 at 9:20 PM
so we just nearly started a war with china (a nuclear state) because of genAI use
September 18, 2026 at 1:41 PM
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Gonna start referring to Democrats who take anti-trans stances as “Biological Republicans”
September 17, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Gonna start referring to Democrats who take anti-trans stances as “Biological Republicans”
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It’s so awesome that every billionaire is insanely stupid
September 15, 2026 at 2:28 AM
It’s so awesome that every billionaire is insanely stupid
September 11, 2026 at 1:47 PM
September 4, 2026 at 1:45 PM
#LastFourWatched
#LetterboxdFriday
Technically, I watched Notorious last night, but it was with Marian Keane's commentary track on the Criterion Blu-ray.
Without it, I only saw three movies last week.
#LetterboxdFriday
Technically, I watched Notorious last night, but it was with Marian Keane's commentary track on the Criterion Blu-ray.
Without it, I only saw three movies last week.
August 28, 2026 at 2:41 PM
#LastFourWatched
#LetterboxdFriday
Technically, I watched Notorious last night, but it was with Marian Keane's commentary track on the Criterion Blu-ray.
Without it, I only saw three movies last week.
#LetterboxdFriday
Technically, I watched Notorious last night, but it was with Marian Keane's commentary track on the Criterion Blu-ray.
Without it, I only saw three movies last week.
#LastFourWatched
#LetterboxdFriday
In my defense, the picture for Darling on Kanopy was less coded as "hot chick gets naughty." Not that there's anything wrong with that.
#LetterboxdFriday
In my defense, the picture for Darling on Kanopy was less coded as "hot chick gets naughty." Not that there's anything wrong with that.
August 21, 2026 at 1:42 PM
#LastFourWatched
#LetterboxdFriday
In my defense, the picture for Darling on Kanopy was less coded as "hot chick gets naughty." Not that there's anything wrong with that.
#LetterboxdFriday
In my defense, the picture for Darling on Kanopy was less coded as "hot chick gets naughty." Not that there's anything wrong with that.
#LastFourWatched
#LetterboxdFriday
More 21st century German films - six this week, including two of the last four
#LetterboxdFriday
More 21st century German films - six this week, including two of the last four
August 14, 2026 at 1:41 PM
#LastFourWatched
#LetterboxdFriday
More 21st century German films - six this week, including two of the last four
#LetterboxdFriday
More 21st century German films - six this week, including two of the last four
@letterboxd.social Why does director Lina Wertmüller no longer have a photo? She had one before.
August 8, 2026 at 3:11 AM
@letterboxd.social Why does director Lina Wertmüller no longer have a photo? She had one before.
#LastFourWatched
#LetterboxdFriday
Saw Paula Beer in four films this week, including Afire and Frantz.
#LetterboxdFriday
Saw Paula Beer in four films this week, including Afire and Frantz.
August 7, 2026 at 1:32 PM
#LastFourWatched
#LetterboxdFriday
Saw Paula Beer in four films this week, including Afire and Frantz.
#LetterboxdFriday
Saw Paula Beer in four films this week, including Afire and Frantz.
Favorite first watches in July.
Accidental theme: Women coming of age stories. Even All or Nothing, while not directly such a story, has some subplots on this theme.
Accidental theme: Women coming of age stories. Even All or Nothing, while not directly such a story, has some subplots on this theme.
August 1, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Favorite first watches in July.
Accidental theme: Women coming of age stories. Even All or Nothing, while not directly such a story, has some subplots on this theme.
Accidental theme: Women coming of age stories. Even All or Nothing, while not directly such a story, has some subplots on this theme.
July 31, 2026 at 2:26 PM
July 31, 2026 at 2:16 PM
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I'd love it if a reporter in Rep. Emmer's or Rep. Rulli's district showed them how their own rhetoric about Somali and Haitian immigrants today is almost verbatim the rhetoric that an earlier generation of racist nativists spewed against their own German and Italian ancestors.
In recent weeks, congressmen like Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN) and Rep. Michael Rulli (R-OH) have leveled racist attacks against immigrant communities in their districts.
As I note in CAMPAIGN TRAILS, a century ago those same racist attacks were being made against people named Emmer and Rulli.
As I note in CAMPAIGN TRAILS, a century ago those same racist attacks were being made against people named Emmer and Rulli.
Pulling Up the Ladder
In recent weeks, Republican representatives in Congress have repeatedly insisted that specific groups of immigrants in their communities will never be assimilated into American life, that they pose a ...
campaign-trails.ghost.io
July 29, 2026 at 10:23 PM
I'd love it if a reporter in Rep. Emmer's or Rep. Rulli's district showed them how their own rhetoric about Somali and Haitian immigrants today is almost verbatim the rhetoric that an earlier generation of racist nativists spewed against their own German and Italian ancestors.
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![Zack Fox @zackfox
this how the photos be lookin in headlines when a white man kills his entire family
[man, wife, and child ride jet ski]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:on5oeywiqx32fh2zau473wz6/bafkreidb57viiql5olx2cyliql3t2osfuu5wjsd7nzr5ztgz5arf7qltui)
July 24, 2026 at 1:38 PM
When I first read this, I read it as her being on the autism spectrum. Autistic people find a lot of things "triggering" in one sense, and don't always understand what upsets other people. But I may be being too kind
"She found the request to stop recording triggering."
1. We should probably discussing whether the word "triggering" has run its course.
2. I thought sociopathy was something you're born with, but can it be acquired over time?
1. We should probably discussing whether the word "triggering" has run its course.
2. I thought sociopathy was something you're born with, but can it be acquired over time?
July 21, 2026 at 2:28 PM
When I first read this, I read it as her being on the autism spectrum. Autistic people find a lot of things "triggering" in one sense, and don't always understand what upsets other people. But I may be being too kind
July 17, 2026 at 7:21 PM
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This AP investigation into David Brouillette, the ICE agent who shot Durán Guerrero in Maine is genuinely horrifying. Long history of extreme mental illness, chronic violence agst spouses and kids, PTSD and heightened violence from mil service. apnews.com/article/ice-...
AP Exclusive: ICE officer in Maine shooting has history of violent behavior, family and records say
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who shot a Colombian man in Maine this week is an Army veteran who has struggled with serious mental health issues since early childhood, according to c...
apnews.com
July 17, 2026 at 1:30 AM
This AP investigation into David Brouillette, the ICE agent who shot Durán Guerrero in Maine is genuinely horrifying. Long history of extreme mental illness, chronic violence agst spouses and kids, PTSD and heightened violence from mil service. apnews.com/article/ice-...
July 10, 2026 at 1:44 PM
July 3, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Favorite first watches in June.
July 1, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Favorite first watches in June.