Bridget Riley, 2009, "Large Fragment 2 (Not in Schubert)", screenprint in colors on wove paper

Last August, I ditched Substack, and decided to start sending out all my writing from my own website instead. It was a terrible decision, if we are talking in internet words like "growth" & "discoverability", but the correct one for me, and what I believe in. You can subscribe here: www.tom-cox.com

Westboro Baptist Church tried to make an Anti-Luigi Mangione poster but it just looks like Luigi is threatening billionaires and goes unironically hard af

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WELP! Looks like the SSPX has decided to go full schismatic again. The attempted rapprochement under Benedict appears to be over as they will appoint bishops of their own again. Stand by for excommunication I guess.

this unprecedented momentum behind a single issue sure might be a useful fulcrum to try and wrench this country back from over the brink

HERE WE FUCKIN GOOOOOOOOO do it Leo. do it. you want to. you can. these guys were excommunicated in 1988 for doing this and they just did it again. you have the opportunity to do the coolest and funniest thing in the world

I just backed RiffTrax Makes MST3K! — Four NEW episodes in 2026! on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/rif...

When it happens I think it would be both fun and funny if after the celebrations die down no one ever says the name again or acknowledges he ever existed. Like see how long we can keep it up

Feeling mischievous? This took like 5 seconds to do. 😈

Bridget Riley, 1966, "Exposure", synthetic emulsion on canvas

If you see this, don't participate. It's a rigged study by Lisa Littman and unethical researcher J. Michael Bailey meant to undermine access to care. Spread the word.

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Disappointing to see people on here talking about their ideal ICE/CBP reforms. It is a terrorism organization that is conducting terror campaigns. Abolish. At minimum. That's it.

Bridget Riley, 1974, "Study Using Three Colours, Number 2", gouache and pencil on paper.

calling all birds falcon = follow back copy paste and quote tweet this with these selfsame instructions we're unifying the flock again 𓅀𓅁𓅂𓅃𓅄𓅅𓅆𓅇𓅈𓅉𓅊𓅋𓅌𓅍𓅎𓅏𓅐𓅑𓅒𓅓𓅔𓅕𓅖𓅗𓅘𓅙𓅚𓅛𓅜𓅝𓅞𓅟𓅠𓅡𓅢𓅣𓅤𓅥𓅦𓅧𓅨𓅩𓅪𓅫𓅬𓅭𓅮𓅯𓅰𓅱𓅲𓅳𓅴𓅵𓅶𓅷

i say this as someone with at least a mild background in cybersecurity — tiktok is now trump/fedgov spyware. you need to delete your account and app ASAP. just because the app isn‘t open doesn’t mean they won’t be harvesting your personal data to target you. queer folx get the fuck off that app

I remain absolutely furious that all this shit in Minneapolis started because a barely-literate homeschooled mormon made a video trying to run up in daycare centers trying to find people of Somalian descent doing fraud despite the ringleader (a white woman) being in jail since March. Demonic.

Reminder: All it would take to end the murder of American citizens by an untrained government goon squad is 16 Republicans in Congress voting with Dems to defund ICE (or 23 to impeach and remove Trump — 3 in House & 20 in Senate). That’s it. 23 Americans can vote for the public and end all of this.

Bridget Riley, 1964, "Shuttle 2", synthetic emulsion on board

Transphobia is a cancer of the heart and mind. It is a useless fear, based on ignorance and cruelty. Trans people are not responsible for a single one of the problems we face. Do the world a favor and grow the fuck up.

ICE Agents Wait At Edge Of Delivery Table To Deport Newborn

wake UP

Let tonight be a lesson to all of us: Make sure you have established your own, and are aware of your loved ones', advance directives. Do you want to be awakened from your slumber when It Happens? Or do you want to find out when you awake naturally and unlock your phone? Let your loved ones know.

During these dark times, we need to laugh at funny, yet educational video. Credit: Drennon Davis Instagram: www.instagram.com/drennondavis...

“ICE isn’t the Gestapo. The Gestapo was…” (proceeds to describe qualities that apply to what ICE is currently doing)

Bridget Riley, 2006, "Large Fragment", screenprint in colours on wove paper

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WELL NOW, would you look at that? A massive, 26-YEAR-LONG study of MORE THAN 2.4 MILLION people in Sweden found found NO EVIDENCE to support a causal link between acetaminophen (the API in Tylenol) use during pregnancy and increased risk of autism, ADHD, OR intellectual disability in children.

The absolute accuracy of this.

People in Minnesota are now using their key fobs to trigger their car alarms from the safety of their homes when they see ICE walking around.

Bridget Riley, 2015, "Bagatelle 2", screenprint

Bridget Riley, 1973, "Untitled", from the Rothko Memorial Portfolio, screenprint in three colours on wove paper

I can't wait! I'll be there!

It's a cotdamned masterpiece of a photo. @pulitzerprizes.bsky.social

the most important thing in 2028 is electing someone who is a true believer in the project of dismantling right-wing power. if you don't get that, then nothing else will matter very much.

Slightly diminish a band The What Now

We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.

School has been cancelled tomorrow and Friday across the city of Minneapolis, because our federal government has made it unsafe for children here.

Make it viral.

Ex-Meta chief AI scientist Yann LeCun has Lunch with the FT and in one of those instances so rare that you know he didn't sign an NDA, says exactly why as.ft.com/r/e503690d-8...

If you are a resident of California, the state now has a portal where you can demand deletion of your personal data from 500+ registered data brokers with a single request form, for free. consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov

Okay, I will preface this with the GIGANTIC disclaimer that I promise I know how this looks, and I *swear* this is not personally motivated: If you have an old #LiveJournal account, and it has things you still care about in it, download it or import it to Dreamwidth SOON. Details:

and forgive us our emails, as we forgive those who email against us

blanket apology for all the emails I forgot to answer this year, and for all the emails I will forget to answer next year

"Based on Musk’s own standard of intelligence, he is a grade A moron." #TeslaTakedown electrek.co/2025/12/30/e...

It's almost as if everything Elon promises is vaporware 🤷‍♂️ #TeslaTakedown will keep pushing until the pipe dreams go up in smoke 🤘

It's just a bullshit product designed to fuck everyone over except the billionaires. Stop using it.

“Those adherents to the myth of AGI believe that the only and best thing humans can do right now is work on a superintelligence, which will bring about a new age of abundance.” — @alexhanna.bsky.social and @emilymbender.bsky.social www.techpolicy.press/the-myth-of-...

This is great, "Why one small American town won’t stop stoning its residents to death," a story where Isaac Chotiner interviews the guy who administers the lottery from "The Lottery" archiveofourown.org/works/733964...