Husband and father; writer; equally amazed and aghast with country, world and universe; he/him; looking for writers and others trying to find ways to survive, love and grow—in spite of our lunatic government. He/him.https://bsky.app/profile/tomsh.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/tomsh.bsky.social/post/3mqj2u54ymk2mAn important report today from Heather Cox Richardson on the Trump administrations failure to act on a food borne infestation and screwworm, the true nature of American casualties in the war with Iran, and Lindsay Graham. https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/july-12-2026?r=w3rh&utm_medium=ios13 Jul 2026 06:28 +0000at://did:plc:onuth5fmz5lfivz52itzlyyi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqj2u54ymk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/tomsh.bsky.social/post/3modni3e7jc27The price of gas goes up immediately when raw crude goes up because the gasoline/oil companies price based on cost of replacing the gas they are selling. How many of us expect the price to drop this week by the same percentage the price of oil drops? Who has raked in the money with this fiasco?15 Jun 2026 15:55 +0000at://did:plc:onuth5fmz5lfivz52itzlyyi/app.bsky.feed.post/3modni3e7jc27https://bsky.app/profile/tomsh.bsky.social/post/3mn5vodbkqk27These are blatant criminal actions by our government. It is ongoing murder—death without evidence of guilt or trial. American actions are a shit stain on the world. Trump Administration Live Updates: Death Toll From U.S. Military Boat Strikes Passes 200 https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/05/31/us/trump-news?unlocked_article_code=1.mlA.2Zg3.UMzcEyLXZc6s&smid=nytcore-ios-share31 May 2026 15:41 +0000at://did:plc:onuth5fmz5lfivz52itzlyyi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mn5vodbkqk27https://bsky.app/profile/tomsh.bsky.social/post/3miw3mj5al22fRegardless of who sits in leadership of Iran, no nation has the right to even threaten to kill a civilization. Beyond Trump’s lunacy, this is American hubris in its nakedest form. If we live past Trump, America needs to take a hard look at ourselves. What is it about us that created this monster?07 Apr 2026 15:25 +0000at://did:plc:onuth5fmz5lfivz52itzlyyi/app.bsky.feed.post/3miw3mj5al22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/tomsh.bsky.social/post/3miq6qiddi225Iran never had a nuclear weapon. Supposedly, it’s been “weeks” or “months” away from one at different times for several years now. Remember the last time we went to war over weapons that weren’t there? How’d that turn out? Stop being suckered!05 Apr 2026 07:05 +0000at://did:plc:onuth5fmz5lfivz52itzlyyi/app.bsky.feed.post/3miq6qiddi225https://bsky.app/profile/tomsh.bsky.social/post/3mi5ibattnc2oNo Kings in Woodland Hills, CA, in the quiet west side of the San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, and where I’ve lived for 30 years. I was there and well over a thousand people. One of forty-one demonstrations today in the LA area, including the big one downtown.28 Mar 2026 20:35 +0000at://did:plc:onuth5fmz5lfivz52itzlyyi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi5ibattnc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/tomsh.bsky.social/post/3mhj4z45jxc2yThis is the headline right now on the NY Times website. Clearly, Repubs are more interested in how things are perceived than sharing the truth. Why does anyone want to kill or die for them?20 Mar 2026 18:20 +0000at://did:plc:onuth5fmz5lfivz52itzlyyi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhj4z45jxc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/tomsh.bsky.social/post/3mgvqjkvszs2cIt’s typical of American privilege that there’s wide-eyed shock about possible attack on California or some other place here but we seem so la-dee-da about bombing the shit out of other lands. Bombs never fall on nothing. War is always terror. You don’t want war to visit our shores? Don’t start one!13 Mar 2026 01:16 +0000at://did:plc:onuth5fmz5lfivz52itzlyyi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgvqjkvszs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/tomsh.bsky.social/post/3mgdmpz4ebk2a05 Mar 2026 20:20 +0000at://did:plc:onuth5fmz5lfivz52itzlyyi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgdmpz4ebk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/tomsh.bsky.social/post/3mddutb3nnk2uICE’s firing ten shots at a man with a holstered gun is proof they walk in fear. In their minds (and the minds of Trump, Noem, etc.) firepower replaces courage. They are criminals with a multi-billion dollar budget (thanks to a chickenshit Congress). They are afraid because they can be defeated.26 Jan 2026 18:30 +0000at://did:plc:onuth5fmz5lfivz52itzlyyi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mddutb3nnk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/tomsh.bsky.social/post/3md6yocbhd22b24 Jan 2026 19:55 +0000at://did:plc:onuth5fmz5lfivz52itzlyyi/app.bsky.feed.post/3md6yocbhd22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/tomsh.bsky.social/post/3mbv7xa7mok2vGET THE FUCK OUT OF EVERYWHERE!08 Jan 2026 05:14 +0000at://did:plc:onuth5fmz5lfivz52itzlyyi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbv7xa7mok2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/tomsh.bsky.social/post/3m7cgtqnu222mSo, who thinks that the Supreme Court majority might be making these decisions because if the Dems win big we could end up with 13 Justices, and these current folks would be just small, old fish in a different pond?06 Dec 2025 07:06 +0000at://did:plc:onuth5fmz5lfivz52itzlyyi/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7cgtqnu222mhttps://bsky.app/profile/tomsh.bsky.social/post/3m5un3f6vfc27Are they eating the dogs and cats or bringing in the cows? I’m so confused!18 Nov 2025 01:55 +0000at://did:plc:onuth5fmz5lfivz52itzlyyi/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5un3f6vfc27https://bsky.app/profile/tomsh.bsky.social/post/3m5slfksqdk2vAnother 3 people killed today by American attack on a boat in international waters. Even if there were drugs involved—and has that ever been proven?—drug smuggling is not a capital crime. These are simply murders. How is this tolerable? We have a government led by a man who kills illegally.17 Nov 2025 06:20 +0000at://did:plc:onuth5fmz5lfivz52itzlyyi/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5slfksqdk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/tomsh.bsky.social/post/3m3sdyv3onc2vNo, there’s no corruption here. Nothing for you to be concerned about. Just keep your eyes down and walk on. Oh, you think 230 million could pay some of your medical bills?22 Oct 2025 17:17 +0000at://did:plc:onuth5fmz5lfivz52itzlyyi/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3sdyv3onc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/tomsh.bsky.social/post/3m3sdlu2iqk2vThis is a free article. Who does Trump think he is serving as President? I mean, besides himself. And who does his supporters thinking he's serving? Them?? Do they own boats that don't leak? In First Six Months, Cost of Weather Catastrophes Escalated at a Record Pace https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/climate/trump-noaa-weather-tracking.html?unlocked_article_code=1.vU8.TRTP.p1L6nDEEWK5q&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare22 Oct 2025 17:10 +0000at://did:plc:onuth5fmz5lfivz52itzlyyi/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3sdlu2iqk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/tomsh.bsky.social/post/3m2lla763ls2zToday's report from Heather Cox Richardson. Among other things, she talks here about the role Project 2025 author and Office of Management and Budget director Russell Vought plays in the govt shutdown and how Trump plans to gut the Affordable Care Act. https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/october-6-2025?r=w3rh&utm_medium=ios07 Oct 2025 07:13 +0000at://did:plc:onuth5fmz5lfivz52itzlyyi/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2lla763ls2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/tomsh.bsky.social/post/3m2klync2ic2dAsk yourself: Why is Trump threatening to use the Insurrection Act, a law giving the President certain emergency powers, to override judges and local officials when there is no insurrection? Could it be….fascism??06 Oct 2025 21:54 +0000at://did:plc:onuth5fmz5lfivz52itzlyyi/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2klync2ic2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/tomsh.bsky.social/post/3m2bosqxpkk2yHeather Cox Richardson’s newsletter for Oct. 2, about the military raid on families in Chicago, Trump’s slipping and more. https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/october-2-2025?r=w3rh&utm_medium=ios03 Oct 2025 08:50 +0000at://did:plc:onuth5fmz5lfivz52itzlyyi/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2bosqxpkk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/tomsh.bsky.social/post/3lzu3uw47s22bRe Portland: Trump is declaring war on America. Really, who is the terrorist here?27 Sep 2025 23:07 +0000at://did:plc:onuth5fmz5lfivz52itzlyyi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzu3uw47s22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/tomsh.bsky.social/post/3lzjjqdt7d22xDoes anyone still believe all this is about the hostages? NYT headline:23 Sep 2025 18:15 +0000at://did:plc:onuth5fmz5lfivz52itzlyyi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzjjqdt7d22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/tomsh.bsky.social/post/3lzhl5wuxdc2hIMO, this is a good overview of the various studies on the relationship between autism and vaccines and Tylenol, as well as a look into the nature of autism itself. It should be free to you. What to Know About Painkillers, Vaccines, Genes and Autism https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/health/autism-tylenol-vaccines-explained.html?unlocked_article_code=1.n08.XxKc.uCl-Z20oOZGt&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare22 Sep 2025 23:35 +0000at://did:plc:onuth5fmz5lfivz52itzlyyi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzhl5wuxdc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/tomsh.bsky.social/post/3lzepujkess2sA report from Daily Variety written Friday about Kimmel/ABC talks moving forward. The Business of Show is exploding where art and commerce collide. https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/jimmy-kimmel-abc-disney-late-night-comeback-1236524695/21 Sep 2025 20:22 +0000at://did:plc:onuth5fmz5lfivz52itzlyyi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzepujkess2shttps://bsky.app/profile/tomsh.bsky.social/post/3lyj7v4yeas2x10 Sep 2025 21:54 +0000at://did:plc:onuth5fmz5lfivz52itzlyyi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyj7v4yeas2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/tomsh.bsky.social/post/3lygqpkreas2pGot my updated Covid vaccine today. One of my goals is to live long enough to dance on RFKjr’s grave.09 Sep 2025 22:17 +0000at://did:plc:onuth5fmz5lfivz52itzlyyi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lygqpkreas2phttps://bsky.app/profile/tomsh.bsky.social/post/3lyeadggzls2zThe Supreme Court just, in essence, gave the government the right to detain anyone for no reason. And you thought you lived in the land of the free. Sucker!! (To be clear, non-whites have lived with that understanding for centuries. So I guess you can say now we are all equal UNDER the law.)08 Sep 2025 22:18 +0000at://did:plc:onuth5fmz5lfivz52itzlyyi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyeadggzls2z