Tommy Valdez
@thomasav.bsky.social
Michigander.
created November 8, 2023
2,494 followers 309 following 13,807 posts
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ptklein (@ptklein.com) reposted
Cinema is Expressionism. Much is made of Jaws’ Vertigo shot, but this moment more subtly illustrates film’s expressionistic tendencies. With each cut, Spielberg and editor Verna Fields cut to successive close-ups of Brody, integrating his internal anxieties and focus in the form of the film itself.
Tommy Valdez (@thomasav.bsky.social)
Repeating this endlessly.
ʝꪖꪀꪊᦓ ᥅ꪮᦓꫀ (@janus.bsky.social) reposted
i’m gonna say it again and again: everything they do in Gaza is a test for what they want to do elsewhere, and eventually, here.
Tommy Valdez (@thomasav.bsky.social) reply parent
This really needs alt text.
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Jake Grumbach (@jakemgrumbach.bsky.social) reposted
Sure like the Biden White House was infiltrated by an opp and nobody seems to care h/t Hamid Bendaas
onion person (@junlper.beer) reposted
we’re about to see a second wave of teen reddit atheism the world has never seen before
Smooth Dunk (@smoothdunk2.bsky.social) reposted
Tommy Valdez (@thomasav.bsky.social) reply parent
you mean a convicted sexual predator doesn't know the meaning of the word no? SHOCKING.
Ravin Boodram (@rvbdrm.com) reposted
Tommy Valdez (@thomasav.bsky.social)
It's frustrating that anti-trans @petebuttigieg.bsky.social moved to Michigan, has not been active AT ALL in state politics, but is already using the state Democratic Party to bolster his image. What a mooch.
ジェイド @ CANCEL NYT (@cosmotropic.bsky.social) reposted
US TRANS FRIENDS: Drop your gofundmes, venmos, whatever ways of supporting you you have, in the replies. Then go make sure you have plans with loved ones to deal with the worst. I love you all. We will get thru it CIS PEOPLE: Go through the replies and donate money to someone. Then reskeet.
Senator Chris Van Hollen (@vanhollen.senate.gov) reposted
Netanyahu is restricting aid trucks into Gaza—the best way to get food to starving people there—so Jordan is delivering some with air drops. The Jordanians said @merkley.senate.gov & I could join one of those flights to see the devastation, but Israel denied authorization for our scheduled flight.
Tommy Valdez (@thomasav.bsky.social) reply parent
I know a few counts that started to and continue to alt text after getting guff from people. Part of me wonders if TN Holler is even monitoring their Bluesky engagement
CAIR (@cairnational.bsky.social) reposted
This declaration by the world’s leading genocide scholars confirms what Palestinians and internationally-respected human rights organizations have been saying for months: Israel’s war of annihilation in Gaza is not only morally indefensible but also meets the strict legal definition of genocide.
Tommy Valdez (@thomasav.bsky.social)
If you're one of the 340,000 people following @thetnholler.bsky.social you should ask them why they refuse to ALT TEXT their posts. It is the BARE minimum for accessibility.
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Dreamweasel (@dreamweasel.bsky.social) reposted
(Homer Simpson whisper) HE MEANS WHITE PEOPLE
MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) reposted
Yeah he's not beating the allegations
Don’t Re-elect Eric or Andrew for Mayor (@dreamfornyc.bsky.social) reposted
The anti-Zohran SuperPACs are back. So the SuperPAC killer is back too. As MAGA billionaires pledge "hundreds of millions" to sabotage the Mamdani mandate, DREAM enters its next form: Don’t Re-elect Eric or Andrew for Mayor. actblue.com/donate/dreamfornyc?refcode=b
Lindsey Boylan (@lindseyboylan.bsky.social) reposted
DREAM is back and we need your help
Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein.bsky.social) reposted
DSA won’t rule out primary challenge to Hakeem Jeffries 👀
Tommy Valdez (@thomasav.bsky.social)
Palestinian flags and "Israel genocide" signs all over the #LaVuelta25 broadcast. Warms the cockles.
Gwenda Bond (@gwenda.bsky.social) reposted
Drop an old person you're going to turn into in the future
Adam Weinstein (@adamweinstein.bsky.social) reposted
Drop an old person you're going to turn into in the future
jeff computers (@helldude.bsky.social) reposted
this bread is terrible. but the circuses? also really terrible
paris martineau (@paris.nyc) reposted
close enough, welcome back burning man attendee
Tommy Valdez (@thomasav.bsky.social) reply parent
Sometimes I forget that in my late 30s I look like the crypt keeper to every student worker
John Madden (@mathletesfoot.bsky.social) reposted
tyler also (@tylerisbackon.bsky.social) reposted
“Now with more doubts”
Tommy Valdez (@thomasav.bsky.social) reply parent
David Zaslav is furious he doesn’t own the rights, so he can’t deepfake himself over Amy Adams
Angus Johnston (@angus.bsky.social) reposted
Mamdani on Nadler: Just read that last sentence. Perfect.
Iain (@iainnd.bsky.social) reposted
The bank app is telling me to "tap & pay like a boss😏" and "rally my crew". I am 37 years old and you are the bank. Don't talk to me this way.
Paula Blart, LADY Mall Cop, Ultra Ph.D., IQ: 212 (@memevvitch.bsky.social) reposted
exclusive footage from inside Mar-a-Lago
Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social) reposted
Jordan Maison (@jordanmaison.com) reposted
RIP Graham Greene. Every time he popped up on screen when I was a kid, my mom would excitedly point him out for being an actual Native on the screen. Able to be deadly serious and infinitely hilarious (even in smaller roles like Last of Us), he ate up the screen. Nʌki’wah brother.
Simon HB (@norock.bsky.social) reposted
Actually, Frankenstein is a doctor success at the Venice film festival
Tommy Valdez (@thomasav.bsky.social) reply parent
Did you get blocked by the disinformation expert too?
Tommy Valdez (@thomasav.bsky.social) reply parent
Did you read the article? And please know I am asking this in the most condescending way
Brendel (@brendelbored.bsky.social) reposted
For being completely unimportant these goofballs really can’t shut the fuck up about us
Tommy Valdez (@thomasav.bsky.social) reply parent
Jim Jarmusch is aware that he cast Mayim Bialik for his Mubi film, right? The woman who wrote a children’s book to sooth Israelis; letting them know carpet bombing Gaza keeps them safe.
hand_to_eye (@delightw2023.bsky.social) reposted
@thetnholler.bsky.social looking at you.
Tommy Valdez (@thomasav.bsky.social) reply parent
I constantly see people asking @thetnholler.bsky.social to alt text their posts.
Tommy Valdez (@thomasav.bsky.social) reply parent
Do you have a problem with disabled people or something? bsky.app/profile/numb...
Tommy Valdez (@thomasav.bsky.social) reply parent
[cough]
Tommy Valdez (@thomasav.bsky.social) reply parent
It’s a bummer I can’t go dunk on Sean because, well
Emily (@emilyonhere.gay) reposted
lmao
Tommy Valdez (@thomasav.bsky.social)
Be sure to add @wlh77.bsky.social to any of your genocidal NAZl block lists. Apparently, killing 21 people, including first responders and civilians, is ok because A CAMERA IS HAMAS. Truly, some really disgusting people out here.
Grumpelstiltskin (@maxwellshabbsby.bsky.social) reposted
Disney Prime Video + (@disneyprimevideo.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Get well, Mr. Mayor. Whoever did this is dethpicable.
Sasha the Furious Ghost 👻 (@sashafury.bsky.social) reposted
BTW, Eno has called out MS for its commitment to genocide in Palestine and donates his fee from this intro to Palestinian causes.
Tommy Valdez (@thomasav.bsky.social) reply parent
Who are you talking about? Netanyahu?
Tommy Valdez (@thomasav.bsky.social) reply parent
Bro does Ben Netanyahu know that? OH WAIT!
Emissary Of Night | ليلى (@diplomatofnight.com) reposted
The State of Israel had already been occupying East Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza for approximately 20 years prior to the founding of Hamas in 1987. In that time, over 250,000 Israeli Jewish settlers were embedded in the occupied territories. Why would it be any different if Hamas dissolved?
💀Danger Tits💀 (@dangertits.bsky.social) reposted
Rudy Giuliani was busy nursing orphaned bald eagles back to health, when he was struck by a car that hated America and it's freedoms
Marisa Kabas (@marisakabas.bsky.social) reposted
Must be Gruden’s favorite golf outfit since he wore it last week at Trump’s club in Virginia.
Erin Fogg (@criminalerin.bsky.social) reposted
Smashing the first A in ACAB so hard u can feel it in every country on Earth "Police reported that O'Brien "refused to comply and insulted verbally and offended physically, several police officers," alleging that O'Brien called police officers "genocide supporters" and "f*cking Nazis.""
Tommy Valdez (@thomasav.bsky.social) reply parent
Would love to know if David PAC-MAN was paid for this take or not.
الكسندرا ميراي (@lexialex.bsky.social) reposted
Wired once did a profile on me and the fact checking took 5x as long as the interviews and was conducted by a team of people. I don't care what you think about Taylor Lorenz, but you don't get to pretend Wired is the New York Post. These influencers took money to ignore genocide & the Dems paid 4 it
Tommy Valdez (@thomasav.bsky.social) reply parent
The most upsetting part about this entire wired dnc fiasco is learning that someone calls Aaron Parnas the Gen Z Walter Cronkite
Karen Attiah (@karenattiah.bsky.social) reposted
Despite the academic capitulations, media collapse, and Trump's attacks on history and race, it's now more important than ever to teach on all of these issues. So I will. I have set up an independent course to teach Race, Media and International Affairs 101 and 102 in October. Sign up here!
Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò (@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social) reposted
future historians are going to have a tough job combing through the Posting Archives to figure out the politics of our era
Governor JB Pritzker (@govpritzker.illinois.gov) reposted
Why don’t you send everyone proof of life first? (Either way, Chicago doesn’t want you here)
Tommy Valdez (@thomasav.bsky.social) reply parent
the first hoodwinked movie was so good.
Tommy Valdez (@thomasav.bsky.social) reply parent
What I love about horseshoe theory is that it finds a way to blame progressive members of the democratic base for the sins of centrists. Because white moderates and conservatives elected Trump.
Tommy Valdez (@thomasav.bsky.social) reply parent
This is what I mean. The people saying this is ok need to realize they’re not getting paid to push actual liberal or progressive ideas. It’s to protect the status quo. And the status is not quo.
Emissary Of Night | ليلى (@diplomatofnight.com) reposted
As I was just saying about Chris Van Hollen (see next post in my thread), he gets a lot more credit despite not being a progressive firebrand because he actually believes in liberal principles and wants to do things. Here he is with Merkley attempting to see Gaza for himself, and Israel said no.
Tommy Valdez (@thomasav.bsky.social) reply parent
Apropos of nothing, I miss when bears looked like bears. eat all fall to sleep all winter. That’s a bear. That’s the dream.
Nathan Kalman-Lamb (@nkalamb.bsky.social) reposted
Israel is now denying US senators (aka their patrons) from even seeing what they have done to Gaza. But the genocide is made up.
Tommy Valdez (@thomasav.bsky.social) reply parent
Potential democratic presidential candidates Gavin Newsom and Pete Buttigieg are currently throwing trans people under the bus. So
Tommy Valdez (@thomasav.bsky.social) reply parent
Would you ever consider moving off substack b/c of their platforming of Neo Nazis?
Jake Grumbach (@jakemgrumbach.bsky.social) reposted
Dems mostly hate this DNC paying influencers strategy, but Reps don’t even mind their media being on Russia payroll. Why? Different consumer demand from Dem vs GOP bases. Plus more division among Dem consumers: some want “Dems too far left,” others want “Dems too centrist,” others “Dems so uncool”
Silky (@silkyweineck.bsky.social) reposted
Reluctantly but also enthusiastically, GoBlue www.dispatch.com/story/news/e...
Tommy Valdez (@thomasav.bsky.social) reply parent
The very one who for sure knows Israel isn’t bombing Palestinian hospitals in Gaza.
Tommy Valdez (@thomasav.bsky.social) reply parent
A proletariat ratatouille
Resist 🕎🍉 (@antizionistjew.bsky.social) reposted
#BREAKING | Chinese runner You Biao raised the Palestinian flag at the finish line of the “OCC” UTMB marathon, covering his mouth in protest against silence over the Gaza massacres.
jeremy kaplowitz (@jeremykaplowitz.com) reposted
i think of myself as a man of principle. i'm not someone who can simply be bought and paid for. that being said, if the DNC is interested, for the low low price of one million dollars, i'd be willing to discuss me posting "gavin newsom is lowkey HOT AF 🥵"
Tommy Valdez (@thomasav.bsky.social)
This clean water is under threat, and Gov. Whitmer can slow the plan of those wishing to pollute Lake Superior. Please reach out to her today to demand this money not get earmarked!
Tommy Valdez (@thomasav.bsky.social) reply parent
Hey friend! We should push people to reach out to Gov. Whitmer to urge her to exclude the $50 million earmark to Wakefield Township for Copperwood Mine infrastructure from the 2026 budget so we can keep Superior clean.
Tommy Valdez (@thomasav.bsky.social) reposted
Hey @lakesuperior.bsky.social fans across the US and Canada! Michiganders need your help! An unqualified foreign company wants to build a dangerous mine which could pollute the Great Lakes. The GOP state house is helping this project. Tell Whitmer to stop it! somgovweb.state.mi.us/GovRelations...
Tommy Valdez (@thomasav.bsky.social)
Hey @lakesuperior.bsky.social fans across the US and Canada! Michiganders need your help! An unqualified foreign company wants to build a dangerous mine which could pollute the Great Lakes. The GOP state house is helping this project. Tell Whitmer to stop it! somgovweb.state.mi.us/GovRelations...
Tommy Valdez (@thomasav.bsky.social)
I won’t see Jim Jarmusch's new film “Father Mother Sister Brother” over his casting of Mayim Bialik.
Tommy Valdez (@thomasav.bsky.social) reply parent
Mayim Bialik is a genocidal creep.
gamera obscura (@ohrobin.bsky.social) reposted
This honey-voiced woman who spends her life making babies smile has more courage than most of our elected leaders combined.
Tommy Valdez (@thomasav.bsky.social) reply parent
No cap.
Tommy Valdez (@thomasav.bsky.social) reply parent
Hey guys. There’s been a lot of confusion created by that right wing rag, @wired.com, over their super debunked claims we’re not denying. For the truth about the claims we’re operating like paid GOP influencers, visit my substack—which is owned by Nazi apologists—or Twitter—which is run by a Nazi.
The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) (@theserfstv.bsky.social) reposted
Not a great look that all at once a bunch of people associated with Chorus are all releasing similar statements that attack the journalists who wrote the Wired article and not the content of the article itself. It's eroding the trust a lot of people place in the concept of "independent" media
Brendel (@brendelbored.bsky.social) reposted
That’s ridiculous, why are people so darned determined to look down on a simple program which promises to deliver real results to hard working Americans by utilizing compelling and unique voices in new media to create 4 quadrant influencer experiences with the momentum of a runaway freight train?
Tommy Valdez (@thomasav.bsky.social) reply parent
It’s also very funny that they’re all calling @wired.com a right wing rag when they’ve literally spent months going after Trump. Doing the thing, you know, these paid influencers claim to do.
Tommy Valdez (@thomasav.bsky.social) reply parent
Nothing says, “we weren’t collaborating with our private funders” quite like releasing similar statements to Nazi Twitter.
Erin Fogg (@criminalerin.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
It's genuinely sickening that not only are Dems astroturfing their voters but that their voters are eating it up with a spoon and fucking begging for more
Erin Fogg (@criminalerin.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
I wish more bsky Democrats would stop insisting all us OGs are just Russian bots and realize they're being astroturfed to oblivion by their own fucking party here on the blue site, that is free It is free
Tommy Valdez (@thomasav.bsky.social) reply parent
This is what irks me about the LGBTQIA+ orgs that were SILENT on @petebuttigieg.bsky.social parroting Republican anti-trans talking points turning around and condemning the Trump admin for acting on those very talking points. If we can't hold our OWN accountable, then we're not any better.
Jake Grumbach (@jakemgrumbach.bsky.social) reposted
"a recent Wired hit piece," the DNC influencers said in unison, quieting all the concern about their independence from the DNC
Tommy Valdez (@thomasav.bsky.social) reply parent
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Tommy Valdez (@thomasav.bsky.social) reply parent
I just wanna know if David came up with this rancid take himself or if the DNC asked him.
Tommy Valdez (@thomasav.bsky.social) reply parent
It's weird that you keep spamming replies with this video, as if it makes David look any better. I want to know, as a Democrat, if David was paid to post this take.
Tommy Valdez (@thomasav.bsky.social) reply parent
"It's actually good when Democrats function like Republicans," is the exact type of logic that got us into this very situation, Cheryl Ann. Dems shouldn't take dark money. FULL STOP.
Tommy Valdez (@thomasav.bsky.social) reply parent
I can’t help but wonder if he got paid for this