Dr. Michael Mario Albrecht
@drmario.bsky.social
He/Him
I write about politics, popular culture, and intersections thereof.
I have a small dog named Boodles.
UW-La Crosse
Books:
Trumping the Media (Bloomsbury 2023)
Masculinity in Contemporary Quality Television (Routledge 2015)
I write about politics, popular culture, and intersections thereof.
I have a small dog named Boodles.
UW-La Crosse
Books:
Trumping the Media (Bloomsbury 2023)
Masculinity in Contemporary Quality Television (Routledge 2015)
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"Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it." - Santayana
"Give me your heart, make it real, or else forget about it." - Santana
"Give me your heart, make it real, or else forget about it." - Santana
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I just want people to know that there is no active insurrection, no regular protests, no rioting or whatever. The only time people are in the streets is when masked armed ICE thugs descend on one of our neighbors to disappear them as part of a federal government-led ethnic cleansing campaign.
January 17, 2026 at 5:46 PM
I just want people to know that there is no active insurrection, no regular protests, no rioting or whatever. The only time people are in the streets is when masked armed ICE thugs descend on one of our neighbors to disappear them as part of a federal government-led ethnic cleansing campaign.
The Mussolini series on Mubi is really fucking good.
January 17, 2026 at 3:44 AM
The Mussolini series on Mubi is really fucking good.
This is terrifying and a hard read, but important.
“When I was in the cell, I overheard a woman asking to call her girlfriend, and I started crying because I just thought of Renee, and I thought of my girlfriend and this girl. And I was like, ‘Why are so many lesbians being fucked up by ICE right now?’”
Queer trans ICE protester in small Minn. city recounts agents' violence and humiliation
Alice Valentine of St. Cloud was pepper sprayed and jailed by ICE for trying to protect immigrant neighbors.
www.thehandbasket.co
January 16, 2026 at 8:21 PM
This is terrifying and a hard read, but important.
Tough, but fair. thehardtimes.net/blog/five-so...
Five Songs by the Who That’ll Make You Say “Didn’t Their Guitarist Get Caught Using His Credit Card To Access a Child Porn Website and Then Everyone Just, Like, Forgot About It?”
If you have access to an FM radio, you’ve been unfortunate enough to hear at least one song by British classic rock... Read the full masterpiece
thehardtimes.net
January 16, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Tough, but fair. thehardtimes.net/blog/five-so...
I listened closely to the words of Sunglasses at Night, and each line is more nonsensical than the last. It's unclear why you shouldn't switch the blade on a guy in shades and also why you shouldn't masquerade with him. None of it makes any sense. Maybe it makes more sense in Canada?
January 16, 2026 at 6:58 PM
I listened closely to the words of Sunglasses at Night, and each line is more nonsensical than the last. It's unclear why you shouldn't switch the blade on a guy in shades and also why you shouldn't masquerade with him. None of it makes any sense. Maybe it makes more sense in Canada?
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Gavin Newsom has never had a homeless, a working unhoused, or an affordable housing advocate on his podcast despite governing California.
So yeah I think it’s weird that he’s entertained & platformed multiple fascists while grinning, nodding & relenting to their easily defeatable talking points.
So yeah I think it’s weird that he’s entertained & platformed multiple fascists while grinning, nodding & relenting to their easily defeatable talking points.
January 16, 2026 at 5:05 AM
Gavin Newsom has never had a homeless, a working unhoused, or an affordable housing advocate on his podcast despite governing California.
So yeah I think it’s weird that he’s entertained & platformed multiple fascists while grinning, nodding & relenting to their easily defeatable talking points.
So yeah I think it’s weird that he’s entertained & platformed multiple fascists while grinning, nodding & relenting to their easily defeatable talking points.
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YOU ABSOLUTELY DO NOT HAVE TO HAND IT TO A "DEMOCRATIC" CANDIDATE WHO GLEEFULLY DESTROYS UNHOUSED PEOPLE'S BELONGINGS ON CAMERA, THROWS TRANS PEOPLE UNDER THE BUS, AND GOES ON THE GODDAMNED DAILY WIRE TO AGREE WITH GODDAMNED BEN SHAPIRO THAT ICE ARE NOT TERRORISTS.
January 16, 2026 at 5:12 AM
YOU ABSOLUTELY DO NOT HAVE TO HAND IT TO A "DEMOCRATIC" CANDIDATE WHO GLEEFULLY DESTROYS UNHOUSED PEOPLE'S BELONGINGS ON CAMERA, THROWS TRANS PEOPLE UNDER THE BUS, AND GOES ON THE GODDAMNED DAILY WIRE TO AGREE WITH GODDAMNED BEN SHAPIRO THAT ICE ARE NOT TERRORISTS.
Fucking tragic. I'm trying not to lose hope, but man...
January 16, 2026 at 5:17 AM
Fucking tragic. I'm trying not to lose hope, but man...
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Have any of the big voices on this app talked about how House Republicans misgendered Sarah McBride on the House Floor?
January 15, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Have any of the big voices on this app talked about how House Republicans misgendered Sarah McBride on the House Floor?
Try explaining to the youths that there used to be lockers in airports where you could lock things up and just leave them there for an undisclosed account of time.
January 16, 2026 at 4:17 AM
Try explaining to the youths that there used to be lockers in airports where you could lock things up and just leave them there for an undisclosed account of time.
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With the influx of thousands of 🧊 dudes in town I really hope locals are absolutely fucking with them on the dating apps.
January 15, 2026 at 11:58 PM
With the influx of thousands of 🧊 dudes in town I really hope locals are absolutely fucking with them on the dating apps.
This guy is such a grundle. Just absolutely useless.
Schumer as a major American metro is being brutally occupied by Trump goons: "The affordability crisis will be our focus throughout 2026 because that's what the American people are demanding"
January 15, 2026 at 11:28 PM
This guy is such a grundle. Just absolutely useless.
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It’s bc they can’t spell
January 15, 2026 at 5:38 PM
It’s bc they can’t spell
Graffiti artists are undefeated.
January 15, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Graffiti artists are undefeated.
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Shitposting from the U.S. feels like doing a stand-up comedy routine on a sinking ship
January 15, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Shitposting from the U.S. feels like doing a stand-up comedy routine on a sinking ship
The world sucks, but this is delightful. www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5XR...
GWAR cover “Pink Pony Club” by Chappell Roan
YouTube video by The A.V. Club
www.youtube.com
January 15, 2026 at 7:00 PM
The world sucks, but this is delightful. www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5XR...
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this is Minnesotan for "I am mad enough to bite through rebar"
Props to the lady giving an interview in her pink UFFDA hat and saying, "well, gosh, I've never had tear gas and flashbangs shot at me, but I'm happy to take it so my neighbors are safe."
January 15, 2026 at 3:03 AM
this is Minnesotan for "I am mad enough to bite through rebar"
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Members of Congress should be openly stating right now that military action against Greenland will result in impeachment and removal of the President and the Vice President.
January 15, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Members of Congress should be openly stating right now that military action against Greenland will result in impeachment and removal of the President and the Vice President.
I feel like this maybe isn't great.
January 15, 2026 at 2:31 AM
I feel like this maybe isn't great.
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Mike Johnson compellingly making the case for abolishing ICE ...
Mike Johnson: "ICE is doing what ICE is designed to do"
Mike Johnson comes out against additional guardrails on ICE as Democrats call for it.
“I think there's a lot of Democrats playing games right now with national security and with law enforcement. And I think it's dangerous. Ice is doing what ice is designed to do by its very name.”
“I think there's a lot of Democrats playing games right now with national security and with law enforcement. And I think it's dangerous. Ice is doing what ice is designed to do by its very name.”
January 14, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Mike Johnson compellingly making the case for abolishing ICE ...
There's a Bates College. Say what you will about the guy, but it couldn't have been easy to run a hotel, take care of Mother, and found a college
January 14, 2026 at 11:18 PM
There's a Bates College. Say what you will about the guy, but it couldn't have been easy to run a hotel, take care of Mother, and found a college
There's lots of bad in the world, but the most recent Bill Fox album is really good.
January 14, 2026 at 8:17 PM
There's lots of bad in the world, but the most recent Bill Fox album is really good.