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TomMasz

@tommasz

I teach Software Engineering, take strange photos, play guitar, and more (or less). I live in Rochester, NY. No AI used. My more serious photography is here: @tmaszerowskiphoto.bsky.social 2nd Generation Antifa

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I wonder sometimes if the people who didn’t vote because “both parties are the same” ever regret their decision.

10.03.2026 23:46 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

There's no way this wasn't intentional.

10.03.2026 19:29 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Aurora ICE detainees are malnourished and forced to work, advocates report Advocates want the center gone and detainees freed.

ICE detention facilities aren't *like* the concentration camps, they *are* concentration camps.

denverite.com/2026/03/02/a...

10.03.2026 18:48 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Avian flu has been found in dead birds at Seneca Lake in Western, NY.

www.rochesterfirst.com/news/health/...

10.03.2026 18:12 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The trouble with reform in Congress, SCOTUS, and the White House is the people who would be responsible for it are the ones currently benefiting from the lack of reform. None of them are truly interested in giving up the profits of the current system.

10.03.2026 17:59 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Having a very limited audience means I can say just about anything without fear of reprisal. It's only when I comment on something in a popular account that anyone notices. Which is fine, really. I don't want the responsibility of having a dedicated audience with expectations.

10.03.2026 17:55 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

There's one in your town, I guarantee it.

10.03.2026 14:15 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A photo of text painted on a utility box

Another
Fucking War
In the Middle
East while
Our children
Starve No
Healthcare No
Housing No
Jobs Just
Bombs + 
Death

Where 
Will
It End?

A photo of text painted on a utility box Another Fucking War In the Middle East while Our children Starve No Healthcare No Housing No Jobs Just Bombs + Death Where Will It End?

Somewhere in Chicago.

10.03.2026 13:38 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A large circular sculpture outside of the Strong Museum of Play

A large circular sculpture outside of the Strong Museum of Play

Big O - Rochester, NY #ROC #585 #rochesterny #rochesternewyork #photography

10.03.2026 12:55 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I would say that in retrospect Microsoft's Clippy wasn't so bad. He gave some pretty great tips on how to write a memo. He didn't destroy the environment by consuming more energy than most countries. He didn't help bomb any countries.

All in all, C- to B+ range, realistically.

10.03.2026 03:50 👍 305 🔁 41 💬 12 📌 3

And it consumed a couple of barrels of it to tell it couldn't.

09.03.2026 18:26 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Someone's dying on the inside in the last panel

09.03.2026 18:23 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A tiny bottle of vodka lies on the wet ground

A tiny bottle of vodka lies on the wet ground

Party of One - Rochester, NY #ROC #585 #rochesterny #rochesternewyork

09.03.2026 12:52 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I think we can all agree that he’s a bad person and a terrible president. Repeating that ad infinitum won’t change anything. Getting him and his cronies out and into prison will. This has to be the focus.

09.03.2026 00:22 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

They're in the rebellious stage.

08.03.2026 18:17 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Why do you do anything? Is it for the sake of doing it, or is it for something it can do for you? The latter is called instrumentalization, and it's creeping into everything we do.

aeon.co/essays/instr...

08.03.2026 17:46 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Two bald tires discarded at a work site

Tires are the most common item I find discarded at abandoned sites. We need to make it easier to recycle them so they don't keep contributing to ground and water contamination.

Two bald tires discarded at a work site Tires are the most common item I find discarded at abandoned sites. We need to make it easier to recycle them so they don't keep contributing to ground and water contamination.

Treadless - Rochester, NY #ROC #585 #rochesterny #rochesternewyork #photography

08.03.2026 12:28 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Sure would be a shame if everyone downloaded these free eBooks and told their friends about it and retweeted this
ko-fi.com/swordscomic/...

08.03.2026 00:05 👍 82 🔁 42 💬 1 📌 2

The motto of the modern tech industry is "You can just do things to people"

07.03.2026 20:22 👍 2658 🔁 537 💬 103 📌 22

If anyone did, it’s doubtful they’re still alive to say so.

08.03.2026 10:21 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

There was nothing worse as a kid in Catholic school than the mandatory Confessions. You had to come up with some "sin", which for most of us was talking back to our parents.

Meanwhile, there was no penalty for the parents beating the shit out of us for the slightest thing.

07.03.2026 15:44 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A pile of unused bricks and some orange safety cones

A pile of unused bricks and some orange safety cones

Pile o' Bricks - Rochester, NY #ROC #585 #rochesterny #rochesternewyork #photography

07.03.2026 13:50 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Last Saturday it was ice. Today, a flat tire. Two Saturdays in a row where I couldn’t complete a ride.

07.03.2026 10:17 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I have the theme song to My Mother the Car stuck in my head.

Please send help.

06.03.2026 18:41 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The U.S. unexpectedly loses 92,000 jobs, adding to worries about the economy The job market showed further signs of weakness last month as employers cut 92,000 jobs. The unemployment rate inched up to 4.4%, from 4.3% in January.

And the DOW is below 50,000.

www.npr.org/2026/03/06/n...

06.03.2026 18:36 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Like clockwork.

06.03.2026 17:30 👍 20496 🔁 8123 💬 857 📌 434

The number of students who shuffle their feet when they walk is too damned high.

06.03.2026 18:31 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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“You’re a U.S. senator!”

Bernie stops Noem’s replacement from literally trying to fight someone👇🏽

This should go great

05.03.2026 20:11 👍 9408 🔁 3522 💬 1115 📌 527

But it's done remarkably well at separating suckers from their money.

06.03.2026 15:13 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Photos of Bush II and Trump

@AzPetrich

The year is 2001, you are an American citizen
and cannot believe the dumbest man in the
world is taking you to war in the Middle East.

The year is 2026, you are an US citizen and
cannot believe you were wrong; there is in fact
a dumber man.

Meme Photos of Bush II and Trump @AzPetrich The year is 2001, you are an American citizen and cannot believe the dumbest man in the world is taking you to war in the Middle East. The year is 2026, you are an US citizen and cannot believe you were wrong; there is in fact a dumber man.

06.03.2026 14:51 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0