Mick
@drmick.bsky.social
Chemical Engineer, Dad, Democrat- working to build a better future for my baby girl. Sustainable materials, polymer science.
Too many hobbies to list- leatherwork, MtG, books, tabletop games, and politics get most of my spare time.
Too many hobbies to list- leatherwork, MtG, books, tabletop games, and politics get most of my spare time.
As a lame milquetoast liberal, I think we can all agree that the calm moderate stance is that ICE should be abolished and all the current ICE goons should be thrown into a pit
February 3, 2026 at 12:38 AM
As a lame milquetoast liberal, I think we can all agree that the calm moderate stance is that ICE should be abolished and all the current ICE goons should be thrown into a pit
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Calling for the general strike is totally unserious because it's always the same people who pretty obviously don't want to go to work for any reason anyway
January 31, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Calling for the general strike is totally unserious because it's always the same people who pretty obviously don't want to go to work for any reason anyway
It's not enough to be evil and criminal, why do they have to be so bad at it?
Justice Department pulling down pages that mention Trump...
January 31, 2026 at 2:50 AM
It's not enough to be evil and criminal, why do they have to be so bad at it?
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Minneapolis should press its momentum and demand not only withdrawal but start talking about the need for immediate reparations, loudly, with the total certainty that only winners have. "You have wronged us terribly and must pay recompense" and let them argue the second part.
January 30, 2026 at 4:31 AM
Minneapolis should press its momentum and demand not only withdrawal but start talking about the need for immediate reparations, loudly, with the total certainty that only winners have. "You have wronged us terribly and must pay recompense" and let them argue the second part.
Love doing IP theft against the only company in the world more litigious than Disney
Google’s new world AI model tool let me generate a bunch of Nintendo-inspired games. Including one featuring Link with a paraglider! Gift link: www.theverge.com/news/869726/...
January 30, 2026 at 3:12 AM
Love doing IP theft against the only company in the world more litigious than Disney
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ICE is upset that ICE isn't welcome in restaurants after ICE ordered food at a restaurant, ate it, then arrested restaurant employees, and ICE believes this is someone else's fault, do I have that right?
January 29, 2026 at 4:45 PM
ICE is upset that ICE isn't welcome in restaurants after ICE ordered food at a restaurant, ate it, then arrested restaurant employees, and ICE believes this is someone else's fault, do I have that right?
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It is wild to me that a military incursion to steal another country’s resources so the president can have a personal slush fund in Qatar is like the 5th most scandalous thing currently happening.
this is a straightforward impeachable offense for trump, vance, rubio and every other person down the line who enabled it and the framers would have thought impeachment for it did not go nearly far enough
Marco Rubio: "The oil proceeds are being deposited into an account that ultimately will become a US Treasury blocked account here in the US. We will say 'this is what this money can be spent on.' They will submit to us a budget request -- 'we want to use the money on these things.'"
January 29, 2026 at 12:54 AM
It is wild to me that a military incursion to steal another country’s resources so the president can have a personal slush fund in Qatar is like the 5th most scandalous thing currently happening.
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The Republican Party is unredeemable. Whatever flaws the Democratic Party has, it’s very clear the Democrats are the good guys and Republicans are evil.
Ron Johnson on Ilhan Omar getting attacked: "Let's talk about how crazy this is. Had that been a Republican member of Congress and an illegal immigrant spraying something at them, in Minneapolis what would probably happen is they would release that illegal immigrant."
January 28, 2026 at 3:34 PM
The Republican Party is unredeemable. Whatever flaws the Democratic Party has, it’s very clear the Democrats are the good guys and Republicans are evil.
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“An administration official gave away the game to Punchbowl News, admitting that these “de-escalatory measures” are about placating Senate Democrats so they don’t seize this moment to demand restrictions on ICE as part of any government funding package.”
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
Donald Trump Is Frightened
Trump wants to appear eager to minimize out-of-control clashes between government militias and protesters. But he doesn’t want to stop the things causing those clashes in the first place.
newrepublic.com
January 28, 2026 at 2:03 PM
“An administration official gave away the game to Punchbowl News, admitting that these “de-escalatory measures” are about placating Senate Democrats so they don’t seize this moment to demand restrictions on ICE as part of any government funding package.”
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
It's finally here, this time it's definitely real: The Pivot to Being Presidential
President Trump softened his tone on immigration enforcement in the wake of another killing of an American citizen by federal officers by expressing sorrow over the bloodshed and sending a new personal envoy to take charge in Minneapolis.
Trump softens tone on Minneapolis violence amid calls for accountability
The White House changed leadership in Minnesota and softened tone on dead protesters as polls show Americans turning against ICE.
wapo.st
January 28, 2026 at 1:34 PM
It's finally here, this time it's definitely real: The Pivot to Being Presidential
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The guy genuinely gave a shit.
And the empathy vampires murdered him for it.
And the empathy vampires murdered him for it.
CNN reporting that a week before Alex Pretti was killed, 5 agents tackled him and he suffered a broken rib. CNN says he stopped his car after he saw ICE agents interacting with a family on foot and began to blow his whistle. Source tells CNN Pretti believed “That day he thought he was going to die”
January 27, 2026 at 5:32 PM
The guy genuinely gave a shit.
And the empathy vampires murdered him for it.
And the empathy vampires murdered him for it.
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for me it was the fact that the author is one of the main driving forces behind the global movement to kill my trans friends and erase their existence
hope that helps
hope that helps
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
Younger generations “have fallen out of love with Harry Potter because they have fallen out of love with the worldview the series represents,” writes Louise Perry. “Which is to say that young people have fallen out of love with liberalism.”
Younger generations “have fallen out of love with Harry Potter because they have fallen out of love with the worldview the series represents,” writes Louise Perry. “Which is to say that young people have fallen out of love with liberalism.”
Opinion | Why Gen Z Doesn’t Love ‘Harry Potter’
The wizarding worldview is naïve.
nyti.ms
January 26, 2026 at 9:47 PM
for me it was the fact that the author is one of the main driving forces behind the global movement to kill my trans friends and erase their existence
hope that helps
hope that helps
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if bovino is out and conservatives are turning on noem then there is a real opportunity to demand that miller resign too.
January 27, 2026 at 1:07 AM
if bovino is out and conservatives are turning on noem then there is a real opportunity to demand that miller resign too.
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i genuinely think if you think protesters are paid to be at a protest you are potentially the lowest rung of the ladder of intelligence. you just won’t make it
January 26, 2026 at 5:28 PM
i genuinely think if you think protesters are paid to be at a protest you are potentially the lowest rung of the ladder of intelligence. you just won’t make it
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The people of Minnesota have executed one of the most impressive civil resistance campaigns I can remember:
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
January 26, 2026 at 4:17 PM
The people of Minnesota have executed one of the most impressive civil resistance campaigns I can remember:
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
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This can’t be repeated enough. Not only won’t they investigate, they may never even tell us who did this.
Think about the message that sends to the next ones. Nobody is safe.
Think about the message that sends to the next ones. Nobody is safe.
January 26, 2026 at 5:22 AM
This can’t be repeated enough. Not only won’t they investigate, they may never even tell us who did this.
Think about the message that sends to the next ones. Nobody is safe.
Think about the message that sends to the next ones. Nobody is safe.
I'm okay with alternatives to prison
If you are running for president you should make clear you’re gonna send Greg Bovino to prison
January 26, 2026 at 4:40 AM
I'm okay with alternatives to prison
Love how absolutely silent the 2A folks have been this weekend
January 26, 2026 at 4:39 AM
Love how absolutely silent the 2A folks have been this weekend
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Voting NO on the DHS funding bill is the bare minimum.
Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.
Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.
ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.
Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.
ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
January 25, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Voting NO on the DHS funding bill is the bare minimum.
Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.
Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.
ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.
Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.
ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
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i think this attitude — that all opposition is illegitimate and nothing we do can be questioned— is probably pervasive in the white house and helps explain why they keep making terrible political choices
Putin pioneered this. No opposition is legitimate. Regular, decent, “ordinary” people cannot possibly be against us because only we represent “the real people.”
Tell-tale sign of authoritarianism.
Tell-tale sign of authoritarianism.
January 25, 2026 at 3:02 PM
i think this attitude — that all opposition is illegitimate and nothing we do can be questioned— is probably pervasive in the white house and helps explain why they keep making terrible political choices
I hope that being the point person for defending the very worst shit ICE is doing will be the end of JD Vance's political ambitions.
January 25, 2026 at 2:34 PM
I hope that being the point person for defending the very worst shit ICE is doing will be the end of JD Vance's political ambitions.
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JUST IN: In a new lawsuit, Minnesota officials say DHS mishandled evidence from today's crime scene and made "astonishing" law enforcement decisions. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 25, 2026 at 3:55 AM
JUST IN: In a new lawsuit, Minnesota officials say DHS mishandled evidence from today's crime scene and made "astonishing" law enforcement decisions. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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a skilled ER nurse with a deep sense of civic responsibility is exactly the kind of person you want carrying a firearm.
every ICE employee should be barred from touching anything deadlier than a butter knife for the rest of their natural lives.
every ICE employee should be barred from touching anything deadlier than a butter knife for the rest of their natural lives.
January 25, 2026 at 5:37 AM
a skilled ER nurse with a deep sense of civic responsibility is exactly the kind of person you want carrying a firearm.
every ICE employee should be barred from touching anything deadlier than a butter knife for the rest of their natural lives.
every ICE employee should be barred from touching anything deadlier than a butter knife for the rest of their natural lives.
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So the “everyone should be armed” second amendment crowd is using the fact the a man was armed (maybe) as justification?
Is this right?
Is this right?
January 24, 2026 at 5:32 PM
So the “everyone should be armed” second amendment crowd is using the fact the a man was armed (maybe) as justification?
Is this right?
Is this right?
That's easy, the NRA has established for a couple decades that they believe that only conservatives deserve the second amendment
This certainly puts all the fucking NRA idiots in a dilemma.
Not only was it a cold-blooded murder by a federal agent but it creates a quagmire with the precious gun lobby.
A tragedy with a quandary.
Not only was it a cold-blooded murder by a federal agent but it creates a quagmire with the precious gun lobby.
A tragedy with a quandary.
January 25, 2026 at 1:25 AM
That's easy, the NRA has established for a couple decades that they believe that only conservatives deserve the second amendment