Michael Borum 🇺🇦 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
@itsmichael.bsky.social
Boston & Provincetown based human rights defender, web guy, music lover, writer and Queer activist who isn’t interested in your opinions about us.
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Just days into 2026, the killing of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has sparked protests around the US.
If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.
If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.
How to Protest Safely in the Age of Surveillance
Law enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Here’s how to protect your privacy if you plan to protest.
www.wired.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Just days into 2026, the killing of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has sparked protests around the US.
If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.
If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.
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WHY are Americans still clueless about these draconian tech cabals that are literally taking over the world? The three of the wealthiest leading this are not even American-born citizens; they became billionaires many times over on our U.S. taxpayer money.
January 8, 2026 at 6:46 PM
WHY are Americans still clueless about these draconian tech cabals that are literally taking over the world? The three of the wealthiest leading this are not even American-born citizens; they became billionaires many times over on our U.S. taxpayer money.
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The shooting in Minnesota is a reminder that while authoritarian governments may justify abuses of power by directing them at scapegoats or vulnerable populations, the goal is ultimately to deploy them against anyone they wish to www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
January 8, 2026 at 6:45 PM
The shooting in Minnesota is a reminder that while authoritarian governments may justify abuses of power by directing them at scapegoats or vulnerable populations, the goal is ultimately to deploy them against anyone they wish to www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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my immediate thought is they are sending vance out to eat shit for the administration
January 8, 2026 at 7:05 PM
my immediate thought is they are sending vance out to eat shit for the administration
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ICE should not be menacing our streets and endangering our neighbors.
We stand with Minneapolis today and call on the Trump administration to stop attacking our communities.
We stand with Minneapolis today and call on the Trump administration to stop attacking our communities.
January 8, 2026 at 5:29 PM
ICE should not be menacing our streets and endangering our neighbors.
We stand with Minneapolis today and call on the Trump administration to stop attacking our communities.
We stand with Minneapolis today and call on the Trump administration to stop attacking our communities.
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'This is already the Putin model: authoritarian rule that enables smash-and-grab oligarchy by those in the regime’s good favor. Trump is making it unusually explicit that in this sphere of influence, Trump-approved oligarchs will be enriched"
newrepublic.com/article/2049... via @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/2049... via @newrepublic.com
Trump Blurts Out Dark Truth About Venezuela Plan—and About MAGA Voters
To some critics, it’s about plunder. To others, it’s about hemispheric hegemony. Actually, it’s about both.
newrepublic.com
January 7, 2026 at 2:19 PM
'This is already the Putin model: authoritarian rule that enables smash-and-grab oligarchy by those in the regime’s good favor. Trump is making it unusually explicit that in this sphere of influence, Trump-approved oligarchs will be enriched"
newrepublic.com/article/2049... via @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/2049... via @newrepublic.com
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Rick Scott: "This is the start of changing Venezuela, then we're gonna fix Cuba, Nicaragua will get fixed, next year we'll get a new president in Colombia. Democracy is coming back to this hemisphere."
January 7, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Rick Scott: "This is the start of changing Venezuela, then we're gonna fix Cuba, Nicaragua will get fixed, next year we'll get a new president in Colombia. Democracy is coming back to this hemisphere."
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RAJU: You say military action is not gonna happen against Greenland, so it is responsible for the White House to continue to raise the specter of military action?
MIKE JOHNSON: I'm not gonna take 1,000 gotcha questions this morning trying to pit me against the White House.
MIKE JOHNSON: I'm not gonna take 1,000 gotcha questions this morning trying to pit me against the White House.
January 7, 2026 at 3:59 PM
RAJU: You say military action is not gonna happen against Greenland, so it is responsible for the White House to continue to raise the specter of military action?
MIKE JOHNSON: I'm not gonna take 1,000 gotcha questions this morning trying to pit me against the White House.
MIKE JOHNSON: I'm not gonna take 1,000 gotcha questions this morning trying to pit me against the White House.
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kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life
January 6, 2026 at 2:00 AM
kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life
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they're doing it for gender, imo
It’s genuinely wild that the United States spent decades building an elaborate rules-based international order which de facto cemented its permanent status as the dominant global hegemon, sustained by ideology rather than might, and now is just blowing it all up for literally no reason
January 6, 2026 at 1:57 AM
they're doing it for gender, imo
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BREAKING: A Russian newspaper today — “America no longer sees our country as a threat… The US leader’s philosophy is closer to the values of Russia’s president, not the politicians of the Old World… he sees Europe as a liberal stronghold that must be destroyed…”
Read that again.
Read that again.
December 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
BREAKING: A Russian newspaper today — “America no longer sees our country as a threat… The US leader’s philosophy is closer to the values of Russia’s president, not the politicians of the Old World… he sees Europe as a liberal stronghold that must be destroyed…”
Read that again.
Read that again.
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A growing body of research indicates that Texas's restrictive abortion bans have negatively impacted the health and lives of Texas women and babies in multiple ways. Across the board, pregnancy outcomes and complications have worsened.
What researchers have discovered about maternal, infant health under Texas' abortion laws
In the more than four years since the state of Texas significantly restricted access to abortion, medical researchers have been studying the health effects of that policy change.
medicalxpress.com
December 29, 2025 at 5:12 PM
A growing body of research indicates that Texas's restrictive abortion bans have negatively impacted the health and lives of Texas women and babies in multiple ways. Across the board, pregnancy outcomes and complications have worsened.
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Trump tells supporters in a new fundraising email that if they don’t donate to him within the next hour, Democrats will steal their "tariff rebate checks" and give them to "illegals," that the country is "boiling over," and that only an immediate cash transfer to him can stop total disaster.
December 29, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Trump tells supporters in a new fundraising email that if they don’t donate to him within the next hour, Democrats will steal their "tariff rebate checks" and give them to "illegals," that the country is "boiling over," and that only an immediate cash transfer to him can stop total disaster.
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🚨 THE RESULTS ARE IN 🚨
After a week of voting on 32 of the worst people in the tech industry, we have a winner!
The Worst Person in Tech for 2025 is…
🚀 ELON MUSK 🎉
After a week of voting on 32 of the worst people in the tech industry, we have a winner!
The Worst Person in Tech for 2025 is…
🚀 ELON MUSK 🎉
December 20, 2025 at 12:52 AM
🚨 THE RESULTS ARE IN 🚨
After a week of voting on 32 of the worst people in the tech industry, we have a winner!
The Worst Person in Tech for 2025 is…
🚀 ELON MUSK 🎉
After a week of voting on 32 of the worst people in the tech industry, we have a winner!
The Worst Person in Tech for 2025 is…
🚀 ELON MUSK 🎉
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Please read
December 25, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Please read
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This has nothing to do with faith or observance btw. It’s just about establishing an official hierarchy of citizenship where they are on top. bsky.app/profile/mark...
Here’s the U.S. government being officially religious in a country with no official religion.
December 25, 2025 at 9:11 PM
This has nothing to do with faith or observance btw. It’s just about establishing an official hierarchy of citizenship where they are on top. bsky.app/profile/mark...
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BREAKING: The House of Representatives just passed a bill that would subject immigrant children to invasive bodily searches and keep them in detention instead of releasing them to their families.
The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
December 16, 2025 at 10:05 PM
BREAKING: The House of Representatives just passed a bill that would subject immigrant children to invasive bodily searches and keep them in detention instead of releasing them to their families.
The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
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Another opportunity to destroy our Constitution
The 14th Amendment
As the lower courts have ruled Trump v. Barbara violates our Constitution
The Barbara case is from New Hampshire where Federal Judge in July blocked the citizenship order in class action suit by ACLU on behalf of families
The 14th Amendment
As the lower courts have ruled Trump v. Barbara violates our Constitution
The Barbara case is from New Hampshire where Federal Judge in July blocked the citizenship order in class action suit by ACLU on behalf of families
December 6, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Another opportunity to destroy our Constitution
The 14th Amendment
As the lower courts have ruled Trump v. Barbara violates our Constitution
The Barbara case is from New Hampshire where Federal Judge in July blocked the citizenship order in class action suit by ACLU on behalf of families
The 14th Amendment
As the lower courts have ruled Trump v. Barbara violates our Constitution
The Barbara case is from New Hampshire where Federal Judge in July blocked the citizenship order in class action suit by ACLU on behalf of families
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😂😂😂
I’m not sure who is still over on -X- but Gov. Newsom is slaying!
December 6, 2025 at 6:24 PM
😂😂😂
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It may sound radical, but if one guy has so much wealth and power that he can use the large newspaper he owns to publicly threaten to ruin a service we all rely on, presumably as a bargaining tactic to get lower rates, we probably need to tax that guy until he can't do that anymore.
Exclusive: Amazon has long been USPS’s top customer, providing over $6 billion in annual revenue in 2025.
But Amazon may give up its long-standing partnership with USPS to deliver packages itself, which could spell disaster for the mail agency.
But Amazon may give up its long-standing partnership with USPS to deliver packages itself, which could spell disaster for the mail agency.
Amazon explores cutting ties with USPS, building its own delivery network
Amazon looks into expanding its nationwide delivery network and giving up its longstanding partnership with the U.S. Postal Service.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:19 PM
It may sound radical, but if one guy has so much wealth and power that he can use the large newspaper he owns to publicly threaten to ruin a service we all rely on, presumably as a bargaining tactic to get lower rates, we probably need to tax that guy until he can't do that anymore.
It looks like the moratorium on state-level AI regulation is unlikely to make it into the NDAA -- GOOD NEWS! On this issue Americans are UNITED. Contact your elected reps & let them know that you will not tolerate a Trump executive order that shuts down our right to regulate Big Tech & AI! usa.gov
Making government services easier to find | USAGov
Find government benefits, services, agencies, and information at USA.gov. Contact elected officials. Learn about passports, Social Security, taxes, and more.
usa.gov
December 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
It looks like the moratorium on state-level AI regulation is unlikely to make it into the NDAA -- GOOD NEWS! On this issue Americans are UNITED. Contact your elected reps & let them know that you will not tolerate a Trump executive order that shuts down our right to regulate Big Tech & AI! usa.gov
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If you read that Mike Pence op-ed last week citing some Founding Fathers about antisemitism and Jews' return to Israel... well, you're going to want to read this from @wthrockmorton.bsky.social (spoiler alert: Pence got some key arguments very wrong).
warrenthrockmorton.substack.com/p/did-the-fo...
warrenthrockmorton.substack.com/p/did-the-fo...
Did the Founders Champion the Return of the Jewish People to Israel?
Mike Pence and Christian nationalist history
warrenthrockmorton.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:42 PM
If you read that Mike Pence op-ed last week citing some Founding Fathers about antisemitism and Jews' return to Israel... well, you're going to want to read this from @wthrockmorton.bsky.social (spoiler alert: Pence got some key arguments very wrong).
warrenthrockmorton.substack.com/p/did-the-fo...
warrenthrockmorton.substack.com/p/did-the-fo...
Folks in the US: Contact your Rep or Sen TODAY to let them know that we must not have any AI regulation moratorium in the NDAA or ANY legislation. Keep the right to regulate AI in the hands of everyday people!
actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
#AI #artificialintelligence #technology #digitalrights
actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
#AI #artificialintelligence #technology #digitalrights
Tell Congress to Oppose an AI Regulation Ban
This summer, congress attempted to bury a dangerous provision in what some lawmakers called the "Big Beautiful Bill." The provision would ban most states and localities from regulating AI. Thankfully,...
actionnetwork.org
November 21, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Folks in the US: Contact your Rep or Sen TODAY to let them know that we must not have any AI regulation moratorium in the NDAA or ANY legislation. Keep the right to regulate AI in the hands of everyday people!
actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
#AI #artificialintelligence #technology #digitalrights
actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
#AI #artificialintelligence #technology #digitalrights
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Today is Trans Day Of Remembrance
#TransLivesMatter #TDoR #TDoR2025 #TransDayOfRemembrance #TransAwarenessWeek #SayTheirNames
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#TransLivesMatter #TDoR #TDoR2025 #TransDayOfRemembrance #TransAwarenessWeek #SayTheirNames
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November 20, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Today is Trans Day Of Remembrance
#TransLivesMatter #TDoR #TDoR2025 #TransDayOfRemembrance #TransAwarenessWeek #SayTheirNames
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#TransLivesMatter #TDoR #TDoR2025 #TransDayOfRemembrance #TransAwarenessWeek #SayTheirNames
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