Michael Mirasol
@flipcritic.bsky.social
Filipino-Australian. Feminist. Polymath. Dilettante. Climber. Critic.
Trapped near the inner circle of thought.
If you're trying to sell me something, please don't follow me.
Trapped near the inner circle of thought.
If you're trying to sell me something, please don't follow me.
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Good riddance to Cirstea in Australia forever
Bye Ashy GIF
ALT: Bye Ashy GIF
media.tenor.com
January 22, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Good riddance to Cirstea in Australia forever
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How could I not share?
January 23, 2026 at 2:12 AM
How could I not share?
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just thinking again about how MAGA’s attempt to suppress all criticism of Charlie Kirk created a backlash so intense that he is now probably the most abjectly Internet-defiled person in human history
genuinely Charlie Kirk may have been more degraded and demeaned by the Internet at this point than anyone else in human history
the universe is not always unjust
the universe is not always unjust
January 23, 2026 at 2:52 AM
just thinking again about how MAGA’s attempt to suppress all criticism of Charlie Kirk created a backlash so intense that he is now probably the most abjectly Internet-defiled person in human history
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The people who bought CBS and lurched it into rightwing shit just bought TikTok (a major source of news) and trying to purchase CNN... They're attempting to consolidate the news to favor the right even more...
Ellison was a part of the 2020 coup attempt... www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Ellison was a part of the 2020 coup attempt... www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Oracle’s Larry Ellison joined Nov. 2020 call about contesting Trump’s loss
The billionaire GOP donor, the biggest backer of Elon Musk’s attempted Twitter takeover, participated along with Fox’s Sean Hannity and Sen. Lindsey Graham, according to court filings and a participan...
www.washingtonpost.com
January 23, 2026 at 1:58 AM
The people who bought CBS and lurched it into rightwing shit just bought TikTok (a major source of news) and trying to purchase CNN... They're attempting to consolidate the news to favor the right even more...
Ellison was a part of the 2020 coup attempt... www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Ellison was a part of the 2020 coup attempt... www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man! Premieres tonight on HBO
January 23, 2026 at 2:27 AM
Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man! Premieres tonight on HBO
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Better film about a young striver bullshitting his way to a cherished dream than Marty Sumpreme, IMO.
January 22, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Better film about a young striver bullshitting his way to a cherished dream than Marty Sumpreme, IMO.
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And you can't come to my sleepover this weekend
January 23, 2026 at 2:28 AM
And you can't come to my sleepover this weekend
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As Caitlin notes, Times of Israel published the date for Herzog's visit [7 Feb] 4 days ago, but still virtually nothing in local mainstream media.
Albanese is aware that "social cohesion" won't be served by a visit from the head of a genocidal apartheid rogue state.
But he serves the Israel lobby.
Albanese is aware that "social cohesion" won't be served by a visit from the head of a genocidal apartheid rogue state.
But he serves the Israel lobby.
They're Trying To Sneak Israel's President Into Australia Without Anti-Genocide Protests
Really think about what that means, and what it says about Australia as a country.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/theyre-try...
Really think about what that means, and what it says about Australia as a country.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/theyre-try...
They're Trying To Sneak Israel's President Into Australia Without Anti-Genocide Protests
And Other Notes
www.caitlinjohnst.one
January 23, 2026 at 2:31 AM
As Caitlin notes, Times of Israel published the date for Herzog's visit [7 Feb] 4 days ago, but still virtually nothing in local mainstream media.
Albanese is aware that "social cohesion" won't be served by a visit from the head of a genocidal apartheid rogue state.
But he serves the Israel lobby.
Albanese is aware that "social cohesion" won't be served by a visit from the head of a genocidal apartheid rogue state.
But he serves the Israel lobby.
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To be clear, to talk of one section of society "reclaiming" land which was stolen by our settler-colonial state and whose sovereignty remains unceded, and when settler-colonialism is at the heart of the current racialised rupture, is just grotesque
It was appropriate to have a day of mourning, but this language is very problematic in the context of Israel's actions and the political insistence on merging all Jews with that country as a unitary identity. And Minns' tie colour choice wasn't an accident.
January 23, 2026 at 2:22 AM
To be clear, to talk of one section of society "reclaiming" land which was stolen by our settler-colonial state and whose sovereignty remains unceded, and when settler-colonialism is at the heart of the current racialised rupture, is just grotesque
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It was appropriate to have a day of mourning, but this language is very problematic in the context of Israel's actions and the political insistence on merging all Jews with that country as a unitary identity. And Minns' tie colour choice wasn't an accident.
January 23, 2026 at 12:44 AM
It was appropriate to have a day of mourning, but this language is very problematic in the context of Israel's actions and the political insistence on merging all Jews with that country as a unitary identity. And Minns' tie colour choice wasn't an accident.
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MAD MAX FURY ROAD and RONIN are the two that made me wonder how no one died when they shot those.
What's the single overall best car chase in cinema history? One that almost has everything you would want from a car chase?
It's not a bold or original answer, but I think I have to go with the French Connection
It's not a bold or original answer, but I think I have to go with the French Connection
January 23, 2026 at 2:46 AM
MAD MAX FURY ROAD and RONIN are the two that made me wonder how no one died when they shot those.
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Incredible chase scenes across the board in that movie, and what really sells it is that for a lot of the shots they actually put the actors on tow rigs and had professional drivers go screaming through the streets, so all the close-ups are of actors trying not to crap themselves
January 23, 2026 at 2:22 AM
Incredible chase scenes across the board in that movie, and what really sells it is that for a lot of the shots they actually put the actors on tow rigs and had professional drivers go screaming through the streets, so all the close-ups are of actors trying not to crap themselves
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I’m a RONIN guy. Specifically the last one where they go into oncoming traffic. Just exquisite and it aaaalways gets my blood pumping.
January 23, 2026 at 2:19 AM
I’m a RONIN guy. Specifically the last one where they go into oncoming traffic. Just exquisite and it aaaalways gets my blood pumping.
There’s too many to choose from, but my favorite will always be RONIN. For many reasons, one being you’ll never see the streets of Paris shut down to accomodate this kind of filmmaking again.
What's the single overall best car chase in cinema history? One that almost has everything you would want from a car chase?
It's not a bold or original answer, but I think I have to go with the French Connection
It's not a bold or original answer, but I think I have to go with the French Connection
January 23, 2026 at 2:45 AM
There’s too many to choose from, but my favorite will always be RONIN. For many reasons, one being you’ll never see the streets of Paris shut down to accomodate this kind of filmmaking again.
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What's the single overall best car chase in cinema history? One that almost has everything you would want from a car chase?
It's not a bold or original answer, but I think I have to go with the French Connection
It's not a bold or original answer, but I think I have to go with the French Connection
January 23, 2026 at 2:14 AM
What's the single overall best car chase in cinema history? One that almost has everything you would want from a car chase?
It's not a bold or original answer, but I think I have to go with the French Connection
It's not a bold or original answer, but I think I have to go with the French Connection
When I heard about they did to Liam Ramos.
January 23, 2026 at 2:20 AM
When I heard about they did to Liam Ramos.
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This is Liam Ramos. The five year old that ICE took from a Minneapolis school and sent BY HIMSELF WITHOUT HIS FAMILY to a detention facility in Texas. There are monsters among us and they are wearing masks, carrying guns, and work for the US government.
January 22, 2026 at 12:41 AM
This is Liam Ramos. The five year old that ICE took from a Minneapolis school and sent BY HIMSELF WITHOUT HIS FAMILY to a detention facility in Texas. There are monsters among us and they are wearing masks, carrying guns, and work for the US government.
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It’s hard to accurately describe what is happening in Minneapolis without sounding crazy.
Unmarked rental vans all over the city, with people in military gear and no id jumping out of them to take captive anyone who looks nonwhite or who makes political speech they disagree with.
Unmarked rental vans all over the city, with people in military gear and no id jumping out of them to take captive anyone who looks nonwhite or who makes political speech they disagree with.
January 22, 2026 at 2:12 PM
It’s hard to accurately describe what is happening in Minneapolis without sounding crazy.
Unmarked rental vans all over the city, with people in military gear and no id jumping out of them to take captive anyone who looks nonwhite or who makes political speech they disagree with.
Unmarked rental vans all over the city, with people in military gear and no id jumping out of them to take captive anyone who looks nonwhite or who makes political speech they disagree with.
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Hell is too cushy for these monsters
President Donald Trump and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum ordered content at national parks that “inappropriately disparage” the U.S. to be reviewed and potentially removed.
The slavery exhibits at the President’s House have been removed following Trump administration push
www.inquirer.com
January 23, 2026 at 1:24 AM
Hell is too cushy for these monsters
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“For weeks, Democrats have pushed to require ICE agents to obtain the necessary judicial warrants ahead of any murders they plan to commit,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said in a joint statement on the current Homeland Security funding bill
Democrats Condemn ICE For Murdering Without Proper Warrants
WASHINGTON—In a statement calling for more guardrails around ongoing immigration operations, Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives publicly condemned Immigration and Customs Enforcement Thurs...
theonion.com
January 23, 2026 at 12:30 AM
“For weeks, Democrats have pushed to require ICE agents to obtain the necessary judicial warrants ahead of any murders they plan to commit,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said in a joint statement on the current Homeland Security funding bill
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Meta only acted after being confronted with Nazi imagery — yet influencers promoting misogyny, racism, and hate speech remain untouched. IG is letting creators with massive followings build businesses on extremist content, signaling that hate is acceptable as long as it’s profitable.
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After GPAHE Reporting, Meta Removes Antisemitic Content But Leaves Misogyny and Anti-Black Racism Unchecked
GPAHE’s investigation forced Meta to remove some antisemitic and neo-Nazi content — but the platform continues to host rampant misogyny, anti-Black racism, and other extremist propaganda from major in...
globalextremism.org
January 22, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Meta only acted after being confronted with Nazi imagery — yet influencers promoting misogyny, racism, and hate speech remain untouched. IG is letting creators with massive followings build businesses on extremist content, signaling that hate is acceptable as long as it’s profitable.
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In case you needed to see something NOT terrible tonight, we millennials will get to relive Cool Runnings as grown-ups!
January 22, 2026 at 4:51 AM
In case you needed to see something NOT terrible tonight, we millennials will get to relive Cool Runnings as grown-ups!
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Brooklyn! Go see one of the strangest & most visually stunning films ever released by a major studio:
A middle-aged banker has an operation to turn back the clock and party as Rock Hudson in John Frankenheimer’s SECONDS.
Screening on 35mm Thursday 1/29 at Nitehawk Williamsburg in NEW YEAR, NEW ME.
Screening on 35mm Thursday 1/29 at Nitehawk Williamsburg in NEW YEAR, NEW ME.
January 22, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Brooklyn! Go see one of the strangest & most visually stunning films ever released by a major studio:
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They're not even trying to come up with a plausible non-racist reason for specifically targeting Somali communities. Just a straight up, uninhibited, white supremacist ethnic cleansing operation. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/u...
Trump Administration Starts Immigration Operation in Maine
www.nytimes.com
January 22, 2026 at 3:41 PM
They're not even trying to come up with a plausible non-racist reason for specifically targeting Somali communities. Just a straight up, uninhibited, white supremacist ethnic cleansing operation. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/u...
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Sinners (dir. Ryan Coogler)
December 10, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Sinners (dir. Ryan Coogler)