Thomas Larson
@nosralmat.bsky.social
Journalist, memoirist, critic. www.thomaslarson.com
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Thomas Larson
@nosralmat.bsky.social
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San Diego treated to a rarely performed masterpiece: Bach's Mass in B Minor
A lofty performance of the Mass in B Minor by San Diego’s Bach Collegium contrasted joy with solemnity at All Souls Episcopal Church in Pt. Loma.
timesofsandiego.com
My review San Diego Bach Collegium's performance of Bach's "Mass in B Minor."
Essay posted on Medium. "You Were Right, Joan. They Were Trying to Kill You."
You Were Right, Joan. They Were Trying to Kill You.
1 / I was one of several caretaker friends for Joan during her final illness. She lived alone in Point Loma, an ocean-hugging suburb of San…
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July 16, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Essay posted on Medium. "You Were Right, Joan. They Were Trying to Kill You."
Currently, the two most idiotic words, coupled together, in the English language are: "Trump vows . . ." As in how seldom he vows to do anything and then chickens out.
July 13, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Currently, the two most idiotic words, coupled together, in the English language are: "Trump vows . . ." As in how seldom he vows to do anything and then chickens out.
America's New Number One Hit!
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July 11, 2026 at 5:27 PM
America's New Number One Hit!
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Fuck Trump, FIFA, and team USA. Nest of soccer snakes. Go Belgium.
July 6, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Fuck Trump, FIFA, and team USA. Nest of soccer snakes. Go Belgium.
Now that Trump fucked with the WC to give the USA "back its advantage," which is cheating, I'm an American who loves soccer and is now rooting for Belgium. I'm supposed to feel patriotic when our Mafia Don makes a rule change at the last minute? USA, cheer for the Poirots!!!
July 6, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Now that Trump fucked with the WC to give the USA "back its advantage," which is cheating, I'm an American who loves soccer and is now rooting for Belgium. I'm supposed to feel patriotic when our Mafia Don makes a rule change at the last minute? USA, cheer for the Poirots!!!
Careful, folks. Last time Trump used that word WILD (now it's a 250th "wild and beautiful celebration of America"), there was an Insurrection. If history repeats, all the white male arrestees will get a year's pass to Disney World.
May 30, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Careful, folks. Last time Trump used that word WILD (now it's a 250th "wild and beautiful celebration of America"), there was an Insurrection. If history repeats, all the white male arrestees will get a year's pass to Disney World.
Let us all in coming years commit to electing Senators, Congressional Reps, and a New President and VP whose agenda will include, if not prioritize, prosecution of the Justice Dept Trumpers who went after anyone who crossed the sick fuck. Let Trump die but sue and imprison his cronies!!!
May 28, 2026 at 12:32 AM
Let us all in coming years commit to electing Senators, Congressional Reps, and a New President and VP whose agenda will include, if not prioritize, prosecution of the Justice Dept Trumpers who went after anyone who crossed the sick fuck. Let Trump die but sue and imprison his cronies!!!
OK, DSM, the next edition. If you list Trump Derangement Syndrome as a disease, you must also list Trumpism as one as well: the condition in which one man's "personal morality" threatens to obliterate others' and his own civilization with policies that favor fossil fuels and the rule of plutocrats.
May 12, 2026 at 6:15 PM
OK, DSM, the next edition. If you list Trump Derangement Syndrome as a disease, you must also list Trumpism as one as well: the condition in which one man's "personal morality" threatens to obliterate others' and his own civilization with policies that favor fossil fuels and the rule of plutocrats.
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Kash Patel and Dan Bongino working in sync with other officials to apply “clear and specific guidance” on Epstein file redactions—shielding the names of Trump, former presidents, and a former Secretary of State.
May 4, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Kash Patel and Dan Bongino working in sync with other officials to apply “clear and specific guidance” on Epstein file redactions—shielding the names of Trump, former presidents, and a former Secretary of State.
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Your government refusing to prosecute sexual predators, but protect them instead, only makes sense when you realize your government is being run by sexual predators.
April 22, 2026 at 1:28 AM
Your government refusing to prosecute sexual predators, but protect them instead, only makes sense when you realize your government is being run by sexual predators.
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Every once in a while, I like to watch this video clip of Joe Biden comforting a grieving Parkland family to remind myself what compassionate leadership looks like.
This is the stuff I truly miss.
This is the stuff I truly miss.
April 13, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Every once in a while, I like to watch this video clip of Joe Biden comforting a grieving Parkland family to remind myself what compassionate leadership looks like.
This is the stuff I truly miss.
This is the stuff I truly miss.
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Despite the angst of the world today, we share this gift of poetry.
Introducing Strange Gift, the debut #poetry collection from Veronica Kornberg and winner of the Wandering Aengus Book Award in Poetry.
Congratulations, @vkornberg.bsky.social! Your release comes just when we need it most!
Introducing Strange Gift, the debut #poetry collection from Veronica Kornberg and winner of the Wandering Aengus Book Award in Poetry.
Congratulations, @vkornberg.bsky.social! Your release comes just when we need it most!
April 7, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Despite the angst of the world today, we share this gift of poetry.
Introducing Strange Gift, the debut #poetry collection from Veronica Kornberg and winner of the Wandering Aengus Book Award in Poetry.
Congratulations, @vkornberg.bsky.social! Your release comes just when we need it most!
Introducing Strange Gift, the debut #poetry collection from Veronica Kornberg and winner of the Wandering Aengus Book Award in Poetry.
Congratulations, @vkornberg.bsky.social! Your release comes just when we need it most!
@canopyreview.bsky.social A Review of the nonbinary writer So Mayer's "Bad Language."
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March 30, 2026 at 3:25 PM
@canopyreview.bsky.social A Review of the nonbinary writer So Mayer's "Bad Language."
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If we can't call ICE Nazis, can we call them nice White Nationalist American jack-booted, mask-wearing thugs? Just checking, Mr. Homan.
March 29, 2026 at 6:31 PM
If we can't call ICE Nazis, can we call them nice White Nationalist American jack-booted, mask-wearing thugs? Just checking, Mr. Homan.
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March 27, 2026 at 4:20 AM
My review San Diego Bach Collegium's performance of Bach's "Mass in B Minor."
San Diego treated to a rarely performed masterpiece: Bach's Mass in B Minor
A lofty performance of the Mass in B Minor by San Diego’s Bach Collegium contrasted joy with solemnity at All Souls Episcopal Church in Pt. Loma.
timesofsandiego.com
March 24, 2026 at 9:55 PM
My review San Diego Bach Collegium's performance of Bach's "Mass in B Minor."
My hope is that the day Trump dies, there is a spontaneous worldwide demonstration, simply called, I'M GLAD THE KING IS DEAD.
March 22, 2026 at 7:11 PM
My hope is that the day Trump dies, there is a spontaneous worldwide demonstration, simply called, I'M GLAD THE KING IS DEAD.
Trump is the most powerful person in the world, at least, in terms of military and economic clout. Instead of saying he is going to find ways to wield more power, why can't he--why can't ANY leader--just say he will govern WITHIN the limits of that power, limits placed there by law. He, they, can't
February 24, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Trump is the most powerful person in the world, at least, in terms of military and economic clout. Instead of saying he is going to find ways to wield more power, why can't he--why can't ANY leader--just say he will govern WITHIN the limits of that power, limits placed there by law. He, they, can't
Trump said last year that he obliterated Iran's nuclear capability. But, with dementia, he forgot that, so now he needs the American military to go in and obliterate what is NOT THERE. #wariniran
February 23, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Trump said last year that he obliterated Iran's nuclear capability. But, with dementia, he forgot that, so now he needs the American military to go in and obliterate what is NOT THERE. #wariniran
Why don't we just settle on Mark Kelly as the Dem to back in 2028? So long as there's not skeletons in his closet.
February 12, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Why don't we just settle on Mark Kelly as the Dem to back in 2028? So long as there's not skeletons in his closet.
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February 6, 2026 at 3:46 AM
#Epstein What is so sad here is that gossip about the men's proclivities replaces justice for the victims. Gossip is lawless and not prosecutable. It holds no one to account and, in fact, increases in a sick way the rapists' ability to survive being "in the files."
January 31, 2026 at 9:34 PM
#Epstein What is so sad here is that gossip about the men's proclivities replaces justice for the victims. Gossip is lawless and not prosecutable. It holds no one to account and, in fact, increases in a sick way the rapists' ability to survive being "in the files."
Stats. 13% of drug arrests are for selling drugs in the US. 17% of that 13% involve non-citizens, illegal and legal immigrants. That's 2.21% of the immigrant population who traffic drugs. Of those, 32% are black & brown. ICE's target is .7072% of people, less than 1 in 100. That means an occupation?
January 19, 2026 at 4:07 AM
Stats. 13% of drug arrests are for selling drugs in the US. 17% of that 13% involve non-citizens, illegal and legal immigrants. That's 2.21% of the immigrant population who traffic drugs. Of those, 32% are black & brown. ICE's target is .7072% of people, less than 1 in 100. That means an occupation?
Trump is calling for protesters worldwide to overthrow their tyrannical regimes via street fights and getting in the faces of the storm troopers who occupy their cities. DOES THAT INCLUDE THE UNITED STATES OF ICE?
January 15, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Trump is calling for protesters worldwide to overthrow their tyrannical regimes via street fights and getting in the faces of the storm troopers who occupy their cities. DOES THAT INCLUDE THE UNITED STATES OF ICE?