Category Archives: 2025 November

Cults- So much more than an empty insult

Posted on November 25, 2025 by tomdwyer

Cults- So much more than an empty insult Cults are obviously real. Here’s how to deal with them. Originally published May 2021, updated Aug 2023 and Nov 2025 What’s the difference between a religion and a cult? The glib answer, … Continue reading →

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Tom’s Tidbits- These companies CHOSE to build our Sellwood Community

Posted on November 23, 2025 by tomdwyer

Greetings, It seems all too easy to see the dark side of the world today and almost impossible to see the light. Whether you turn to politics, the environment, the economy, or elsewhere, it can be a pretty depressing landscape. … Continue reading →

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Nitrogen in your tires? Here’s our advice…

Posted on November 14, 2025 by tomdwyer

Nitrogen in your tires? Our advice to this client is probably good for everyone A client recently returned one of our Comment Cards with a question about refilling their tires with nitrogen. We don’t get a lot of people asking … Continue reading →

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Shop Talk- Upgraded communications and our Holiday schedule

Posted on November 14, 2025 by tomdwyer

Be on the lookout… we’re upgrading our comms You may be getting some strange new emails or texts soon from Tom Dwyer Automotive. DON’T BE WORRIED, they’re legitimately ours and legitimately to you. We’ve just added some new features to … Continue reading →

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Kyle’s Kitchen- Bourbon Sweet Potatoes

Posted on November 14, 2025 by tomdwyer

Thanksgiving is just hours away. Are you frantically looking for a dazzling way to make perfect sweet potatoes? Kyle is swooping in to save your Thanksgiving… Ingredients 3 pounds sweet potatoes 1/2 cup bourbon 1/2 cup maple syrup 3 tablespoons … Continue reading →

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Health Notes- Battle cancer AND look your best doing it

Posted on November 14, 2025 by tomdwyer

GLP-1 Drugs Linked to Dramatically Lower Death Rates in Colon Cancer Patients Lizelda Lopez at University of California San Diego, Nov 2025 “A new University of California San Diego study offers compelling evidence that GLP-1 receptor agonists — the class … Continue reading →

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Book Spotlight- “Enshittification” by Cory Doctorow

Posted on November 14, 2025 by tomdwyer

“Enshittification” by Cory Doctorow from the Publisher- “Enshittification: it’s not just you—the internet sucks now. Here’s why, and here’s how we can disenshittify it. We’re living through the Enshittocene, the Great Enshittening, a time in which the services that matter … Continue reading →

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Popcorn Shorts for November 2025

Posted on November 14, 2025 by tomdwyer

Just like it says, Popcorn Shorts is about the kind of things we think are really interesting, but don’t really need a large article to explain them. From the sublime to the ridiculous, check in here for crunchy bits of … Continue reading →

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You have an appointment with the Department of Reality Studies!

Posted on September 21, 2020 by tomdwyer

“My ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.” Do you believe that? We don’t. Basic science, even basic consensual reality, seems under attack these days. Science and education are increasingly something for the ‘elite’; something to be distrusted by … Continue reading →

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Welcome to THE FUNNY PAGE!

Posted on March 31, 2020 by tomdwyer

THE FUNNY PAGE If you never read our monthly Humorousness column, you see the problem… no one else ever read it either. That’s a shame, too, because there was some pretty funny stuff on it. Once in a while. Well, … Continue reading →