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Dave Toms

@davetoms.bsky.social

NOT ACTIVE ON SOCIAL MEDIA. All people deserve shelter, food, healthcare, education, and to live with dignity. Nerd. Vegan. He/Him. LGBTQ+ rights are non-negotiable. Anti-genocide. Anti-invasion. Ready to live long and prosper. https://linktr.ee/davetoms

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Dave Toms@davetoms.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Look, I'm not saying Trump is a Russian agent sent to destroy American political, economic, and legal institutions, plus erode its relationships with its allies, plus plunge it into civil war to cause chaos and a rising death toll... ...but what exactly would be different if he WERE a Russian agent?

Mrs. Betty Bowers@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11mo ago

DISNEY: "OK, we are putting Jimmy Kimmel back on the air. You can resubscribe now." ME: "I unsubscribed because you immorally bowed to fascism. I'm not going to resubscribe because you immorally bowed to finances."

Dave Toms@davetoms.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Under 100 days until Christmas?? Celebrate the holidays NOW by embodying the lessons of these classic Christmas movies: ; terrorize the rich into treating the working class fairly (A Christmas Carol) ; punch Nazis (The Sound of Music) ; help your neighbors, yes even the poor (It's a Wonderful Life).

Dave Toms@davetoms.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Preface: I do not condone violence. But it's a question society must tackle... at what point *is* violence not only condoned but necessary? Self defense from an attacker? Yes. We don't like who won the election? NO. Foreign country invades? Yes. The gov't enacts laws that will kill its citizens? Etc

Dave Toms@davetoms.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Cancel Culture in a nutshell. Progressives: "If you say racist stuff, we're going to call you racist." Conservatives: "If you call me racist, I'm going to kill you." Progressives: "...you're threatening violence?! That is not okay." Conservatives: "The Left just declared war! It's us or them!"

Amy K@amyklassen.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Political violence isn’t just assassinations It’s workers paid pennies while CEOs pocket billions It’s people starving while supermarkets dump food It’s genocide livestreamed & ignored It’s kids gunned down at school while leaders do nothing Those are policy choices and that’s political violence too

Amy K@amyklassen.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Political violence isn’t just people being shot with guns. It’s starving people while food rots in warehouses. It’s denying healthcare so preventable illnesses kill. It’s leaving people homeless in a world of empty houses. Those are policy choices, and that’s political violence too.

Erin Reed@erininthemorning.com · 11mo ago

1. My newest Anti-Trans Legal Risk Map is here. Risk has increased sharply for youth in many states as clinics shutter under Trump and state AGs refuse to enforce civil rights laws. For adults, some increases in risk. Nationwide risk remains extreme. Subscribe to support my journalism.

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Alejandra Caraballo@esqueer.net · 11mo ago

They're openly calling to lock up every trans person by force. We need every ally to speak out forcefully against this because trans folks cannot do this on our own.

Alt text: A tweet from Joey Mannarino (@JoeyMannarinoUS) dated August 27, 2025. The tweet calls for Health and Human Services to violate HIPAA laws and forward information about every transgender and transgender-questioning person to law enforcement for immediate detainment, claiming they are killing children in schools. It describes this as a matter of national security, says transgender people should be locked away and studied, calls for medical professionals who enable transitions to be expelled from the profession, and demands that the federal government treat transgender people as if they were terrorist organizations. The tweet shows it was last edited at 1:11 PM and has 5,049 views.
Alejandra Caraballo@esqueer.net · 11mo ago

People need to understand just how openly genocidal the rhetoric on the far right is getting towards transgender people. They're openly talking about eradicating us and forcefully mass institutionalizing all trans people. These are people with direct ties to the Trump administration.

Screenshot of two tweets from Matt Walsh’s verified Twitter account (@MattWalshBlog). First tweet (17 hours ago): “It’s time to have a national conversation about common sense restrictions on transgenders.” The tweet has 1.3K comments, 3.8K retweets, 42K likes, and 1M views. Second tweet (18 hours ago): “It wasn’t all that long ago that anyone who identified as the opposite sex would be involuntarily committed to an insane asylum. Does anyone at this point seriously think that our current approach is an improvement?” The tweet has 666 comments, 1.9K retweets, 21K likes, and 362K views.
Rachel Gilmore@rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 12mo ago

After Israel slaughtered several Al Jazeera journalists, I asked the foreign affairs minister's office whether Canada intends to take action. Their response made me, as a journalist, feel sick. They pointed me to a tweet repost. One with a grammatical error. It didn't even name Israel: