A retired software engineer, sometime translator, often psychonaut and fancier of all things weird. Leftist and staunchly pro-Palestinian. Co-translated book, "Ebb and Flow of Chinese Petroleum" (Brill). Proud West Virginian, in exile in Palo Alto. He, Himhttps://bsky.app/profile/thomasseay.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/thomasseay.bsky.social/post/3lqvunpetas2qNo offense Blue Sky, but I just rejoined X. I want a ring side seat to the fight.06 Jun 2025 03:16 +0000at://did:plc:dkzhrfbpeculub6jsuf2fg4k/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqvunpetas2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/thomasseay.bsky.social/post/3lqnn5u4alk27A Biz Opportunity to Die For https://open.substack.com/pub/entheogens/p/a-biz-opportunity-to-die-for?r=w4fj&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false02 Jun 2025 20:40 +0000at://did:plc:dkzhrfbpeculub6jsuf2fg4k/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqnn5u4alk27https://bsky.app/profile/thomasseay.bsky.social/post/3lcskkw2hok2xAs a 65 year old man, I am very flattered that so many young Asian women are interested in me on BlueSky. Of course, that's just bullshit. They're just trying to scam me. It's surprising how many males fall for this shit. Anyway, please don't wasting your time and mine. I am not falling for it.08 Dec 2024 15:45 +0000at://did:plc:dkzhrfbpeculub6jsuf2fg4k/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcskkw2hok2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/thomasseay.bsky.social/post/3lcqutgy5pc2y Reading a wonderful book: "A Philosophy of Madness." Definition of insanity: the socially awkward expression of a desire for infinity in a world that defines itself as finite. 📚💙07 Dec 2024 23:43 +0000at://did:plc:dkzhrfbpeculub6jsuf2fg4k/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcqutgy5pc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/thomasseay.bsky.social/post/3lcipaumxj224I love BlueSky, but the surfeit of bullshit neologisms that I see in people's profiles and posts makes me cringe. It's like the self-importance game that you see on LinkedIn.04 Dec 2024 17:42 +0000at://did:plc:dkzhrfbpeculub6jsuf2fg4k/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcipaumxj224https://bsky.app/profile/thomasseay.bsky.social/post/3lcg2wh4gac2pHow different would Nietzsche's have been if he'd gotten a makeover from the Fab 5 of "Queer Eye for a Straight Guy"? Would Lou-Salome have accepted his marriage proposal? What changes do you think the Fab 5 would have made?03 Dec 2024 16:33 +0000at://did:plc:dkzhrfbpeculub6jsuf2fg4k/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcg2wh4gac2phttps://bsky.app/profile/thomasseay.bsky.social/post/3lcdqceryys26Remarkable. Biden, despite the good he has done, has just fueled greater cynicism in pardoning Hunter. He will be remembered as "Genocide Joe" and now "Jailbreak Joe". However, check out this photo in the article. Looks like Biden has in hand Rashid Khalidi's book, "100 Years War On Palestine". https://www.politico.com/news/2024/12/02/hunter-biden-pardon-nixon-00192101?fbclid=IwY2xjawG62OJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHSaHZ0Jxjx_BRy4RT_v9soxH5gqQFGP2d0ZpwfjwEYXP08T72gxf_jK2eg_aem_pRJ8XilEPmDP_WX_PlDZfw02 Dec 2024 18:17 +0000at://did:plc:dkzhrfbpeculub6jsuf2fg4k/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcdqceryys26https://bsky.app/profile/thomasseay.bsky.social/post/3lc6jvrcjsc2oDo others think, like me, that Sigur Ros was the most important band of the 90s (and not, say, Radiohead)? This music cleared my head and helped my thinking (and I don't speak a word of Icelandic). Would love to hear from others. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56qkeYZn7Ig&list=PLiN-7mukU_RGAt44N7jMkjdyXBu3sUy_d30 Nov 2024 16:40 +0000at://did:plc:dkzhrfbpeculub6jsuf2fg4k/app.bsky.feed.post/3lc6jvrcjsc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/thomasseay.bsky.social/post/3lbzoqgbwi22yI'm going to be that guy who brings this up on Thanksgiving.28 Nov 2024 18:23 +0000at://did:plc:dkzhrfbpeculub6jsuf2fg4k/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbzoqgbwi22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/thomasseay.bsky.social/post/3lbxehjxyo22tSeriously if they get you down, hit me up on here. I'm not a psychotherapist, but I am willing (just this once) to play one on the Internet.27 Nov 2024 20:13 +0000at://did:plc:dkzhrfbpeculub6jsuf2fg4k/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbxehjxyo22thttps://bsky.app/profile/thomasseay.bsky.social/post/3lbnm2bq4zc2fThis week marks the 46th anniversary of the massacre carried out by Jim Jones against members of his cult, the Peoples' Temple. Tulsi Gabbard is being nominated to the US cabinet, despite the fact that she belongs to a similar cult, The Science of Identity Foundation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1YXvKk8t3c23 Nov 2024 23:03 +0000at://did:plc:dkzhrfbpeculub6jsuf2fg4k/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbnm2bq4zc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/thomasseay.bsky.social/post/3lbfpol5s6c2cI'm reading "Notre homme à Washington: Trump dans la main des Russes"(Our Man in Washington: Trump in the hands of the Russians) . The author Régis Genté does a more thorough job than Woodward at demonstrating Trump's Russian ties. Will translate occasional excerpt and post here.20 Nov 2024 19:46 +0000at://did:plc:dkzhrfbpeculub6jsuf2fg4k/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbfpol5s6c2chttps://bsky.app/profile/thomasseay.bsky.social/post/3lbdhvezhbc2cMichael Richardson, an African-American artist interested in the Tukegee Airmen, sculpted this piece "Tar Baby vs. San Sebastian", depicting airplanes crashing into one of the airmen. Coincidentally, he died in his studio on the 92nd floor of the World Trade Center on 9/11.19 Nov 2024 22:22 +0000at://did:plc:dkzhrfbpeculub6jsuf2fg4k/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbdhvezhbc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/thomasseay.bsky.social/post/3lbaipil2v22dMatt Gaetz is the new Jack Nicholson in The Shining.18 Nov 2024 17:58 +0000at://did:plc:dkzhrfbpeculub6jsuf2fg4k/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbaipil2v22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/thomasseay.bsky.social/post/3lazl62amgc2kJust deactivated my X account. The Xodus feels good.15 Nov 2024 23:54 +0000at://did:plc:dkzhrfbpeculub6jsuf2fg4k/app.bsky.feed.post/3lazl62amgc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/thomasseay.bsky.social/post/3lazdioas222kDoing 4 grams of psilocybin mushrooms for my birthday today. Say Happy Birthday and Bon Voyage! I know, I know. One less gram than a heroic dose.15 Nov 2024 21:36 +0000at://did:plc:dkzhrfbpeculub6jsuf2fg4k/app.bsky.feed.post/3lazdioas222khttps://bsky.app/profile/thomasseay.bsky.social/post/3layxms2bvc2rGreat news! You can now follow the Greatest Marxist of the Contemporary Era (aka Jim Farmelant) on Blue Sky. Handle: @jimfarm.bsky.social15 Nov 2024 18:04 +0000at://did:plc:dkzhrfbpeculub6jsuf2fg4k/app.bsky.feed.post/3layxms2bvc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/thomasseay.bsky.social/post/3layw24dtt227Stephen Miller not only talks like Goebbels, he even looks like Goebbels, don't you agree?15 Nov 2024 17:36 +0000at://did:plc:dkzhrfbpeculub6jsuf2fg4k/app.bsky.feed.post/3layw24dtt227