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thomasalong.bsky.social
Law-talking guy. Writer/editor. IP enthusiast. Uptown Chicagoan. Stronger Than Dirt Pete Moss. Colicky Baby Records and Tapes.
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The best social media platform would be one where everyone blocks everyone else. Someone probably said that already, but I blocked them.

submitted 7 hours ago • 0 comments

Ah, the Cubs are reminding me of the June Swoons of my youth.

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

A few days ago I saw a Lincoln SUV around here with Illinois license plate number 23. Two three. I know some people who might consider that a sign of trouble. This is a true story, although it's not Illuminati bullshit. Just joking. I am not a number. I am a free offer.

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

They’re burning books. Boarding up libraries. And trying to block @archive.org from preserving the websites they’re purging. This is fascism. And under fascism, you self publish. Here’s how: halfletterpress.com/why-self-pub... [inspired by @prisonculture.bsky.social Why Make Zines in 2025]

submitted 10 days ago • 15 comments

Was it Randy Fine saying this, or Larry?

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

Tell me your pet's name with a GIF

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment

Everyone knows the best board game of all time is The Creature That Ate Sheboygan. boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/17...

submitted 17 days ago • 2 comments

Oh, shit, it's on. Big news in copyright-land, where things have not been tranquil recently.

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

It's no replacement for fresh, of course, but having a big bag of frozen broccoli florets around gives a person a lot of vegetabular options. It's a good staple to stape.

submitted 40 days ago • 0 comments

The humble cabbage is a dear blessing that has appeared randomly to us from the totally meaningless maelstrom of chance that is the ineffably vast and uncaring universe.

submitted 45 days ago • 0 comments

I'm thinking this implies that Pope Leo XIV loves the Cubs *and* the White Sox. It's a new era of peace and harmony. But probably not, sadly, of the Sox non-sucking.

submitted 46 days ago • 1 comment

Leo XIV (fka Robert Francis Prevost) looks kinda like another Robert Francis -- Robert Francis "Bobcat" Goldthwait.

submitted 46 days ago • 0 comments

New pope, who dis?

submitted 46 days ago • 0 comments

I love that the NY Times obit for Ruth Buzzi features a photo of her on "Laugh-In" in front of The Holy Modal Rounders, with a young playwright named Sam Shepard on the drums, along with Peter Stampfel.

submitted 52 days ago • 10 comments