Tom O'Brien

@wtsparrow@spore.social
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75, masc pronouns, Buddhist, Communist, #BLM, #Anti-imperialism, #Cuba, #Palestine, #Abortion_rights, #Climate, tikkun olam, #CAIR. 
#COVID is still here.
Occupied Dakota & Ojibwe land. 
#Nyckelharpa spelman.
wonderful comment from Larry Krassner

I bet my girlfriend that this picture of our cats could get 10 billion boosts on Mastodon.

She said she doesn't believe me. She said there's only 15 million accounts on Mastodon. She said there aren't even 10 billion people on Earth. She said it concerns her that I struggle to comprehend large numbers.

Let's prove her wrong everyone. Boost away and show her just how awesome the Mastodon community is.

If you want to protect children from pedophiles, instead of keeping them away from drag shows, how about keeping them away from church?

https://www.eastidahonews.com/2024/09/church-leader-charged-with-sexual-abuse-after-allegedly-giving-naked-massages-to-multiple-boys/

Church leader charged with sexual abuse after allegedly giving naked massages to multiple boys - East Idaho News

CHUBBUCK — A 45-year-old man has been arrested after police say he gave naked massages to multiple young boys. Virgil Larson is charged with five counts of felony child sexual abuse. Court documents say on July 3, a Bannock County Sheriff’s deputy was told of a possible sexual abuse case after “several boys had possibly […]

East Idaho News
Why is it so warm?
I was called "weird" throughout my adolescence in the 60s. We all have a bit of the weird about us, especially in adolescent years, but two things set me apart as weird:
1. I supported equal rights for Black people.
2. I opposed the war against Vietnam.
@RustyBertrand
I was able to find your ID and re-follow you. I'll do that as often as necessary.
@QasimRashid
Not absurd, Qasim. It means that the US government supports genocide. The truth is written clearly for all to see.
As I've mentioned before, one of the absolute failures of contemporary journalism is "civil" framing, and if you want an example, no one in the shitload of "respectable" journalists tasked with followup stories asked anyone involved "Why did you think it would be good to have a neo-Nazi give a commencement address?"

On 16th March, 1968 Warrant Officer Hugh Thompson Jnr was flying helicopter reconnaissance for an attack on an alleged North Vietnamese-controlled village at My Lai.

As the ground attack developed below, Thompson realised he was in fact witnessing something something else:

A massacre.

He decided to act. /1 🧵 #history #histodons

@StillIRise1963
Sunday NYT Crossword, 9 down:
"And Still I Rise" writer