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Lost Mike
@lostmike.bsky.social
· Sep 24
"Defoe says, that there were a hundred thousand stout country-fellows in his time ready to fight to the death against popery, without knowing whether popery was a man or a horse."
- William Hazlitt, "On Prejudice"
- William Hazlitt, "On Prejudice"
The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and The Muppets
A Muppet For All Seasons
Dial ‘M’ For Muppet
February 19, 2026 at 12:30 AM
The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and The Muppets
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IMPORTANT CLARIFICATION: the dog is Czech
February 19, 2026 at 12:05 AM
IMPORTANT CLARIFICATION: the dog is Czech
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1. DHS surges 3,000 officers to Minneapolis without doing anywhere near enough prep first.
2. Hundreds of habeas cases overwhelm local courts.
3. Dozens of DOJ lawyers quit in disgust/anger.
4. The DOJ brings in JAGs to cover.
5. A JAG was just held in contempt and fined $500/day for ICE's failures.
2. Hundreds of habeas cases overwhelm local courts.
3. Dozens of DOJ lawyers quit in disgust/anger.
4. The DOJ brings in JAGs to cover.
5. A JAG was just held in contempt and fined $500/day for ICE's failures.
February 18, 2026 at 11:09 PM
1. DHS surges 3,000 officers to Minneapolis without doing anywhere near enough prep first.
2. Hundreds of habeas cases overwhelm local courts.
3. Dozens of DOJ lawyers quit in disgust/anger.
4. The DOJ brings in JAGs to cover.
5. A JAG was just held in contempt and fined $500/day for ICE's failures.
2. Hundreds of habeas cases overwhelm local courts.
3. Dozens of DOJ lawyers quit in disgust/anger.
4. The DOJ brings in JAGs to cover.
5. A JAG was just held in contempt and fined $500/day for ICE's failures.
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I once went to KFC and they told me their fryers weren’t working so they didn’t have any chicken and did I still want anything, and I was like wtf do they even mean? like a Pepsi and loose corn?
Burger King Looks Open https://theonion.com/burger-king-looks-open-1819571281/
February 18, 2026 at 11:07 PM
I once went to KFC and they told me their fryers weren’t working so they didn’t have any chicken and did I still want anything, and I was like wtf do they even mean? like a Pepsi and loose corn?
I still remember all the way back when I was in college asking a classmate for help with creating linked lists in a Data Structures class and being told that if I was going to make it I'd figure it out myself. I don't think I'll ever forget how small it made me feel.
Since we're among close friends, a confession: when I was in college, I experienced some hateful engineers in the Linux community, and it kept me away from open source in my prime programming years.
Sometimes the difference between an annoyance and a valued contributor is kindness and mentorship.
Sometimes the difference between an annoyance and a valued contributor is kindness and mentorship.
February 18, 2026 at 11:04 PM
I still remember all the way back when I was in college asking a classmate for help with creating linked lists in a Data Structures class and being told that if I was going to make it I'd figure it out myself. I don't think I'll ever forget how small it made me feel.
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I mean what is this going to show? Explicit racial vilification? Swastikas? The list of stuff that is outright banned across Europe is quite short, quite grim, and ultimately quite tedious.
Exclusive: The US State Department is developing an online portal to enable people in Europe and elsewhere to see content banned by their governments including alleged hate speech and terrorist propaganda, sources told Reuters reut.rs/4cySsA6
Exclusive: US plans online portal to bypass content bans in Europe and elsewhere
The U.S. State Department is developing an online portal that will enable people in Europe and elsewhere to see content banned by their governments including alleged hate speech and terrorist propagan...
reut.rs
February 18, 2026 at 10:38 PM
I mean what is this going to show? Explicit racial vilification? Swastikas? The list of stuff that is outright banned across Europe is quite short, quite grim, and ultimately quite tedious.
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Adults at ICE concentration camps also get punished for talking with people on the outside who can publicize their stories.
Based on what I've heard at the Otay Mesa camp in San Diego, they're punished with additional work duties, aren't allowed outside in the yard, and denied phone access.
Based on what I've heard at the Otay Mesa camp in San Diego, they're punished with additional work duties, aren't allowed outside in the yard, and denied phone access.
My guess is that the goal here is not only to punish the children for turning more people against ICE/DHS, but also to make news outlets think twice about reporting on kids' suffering at the hands of ICE/DHS, out of concern that doing so might lead to retaliation against the kids.
ProPublica published children's letters and drawings documenting their sadness and suffering at Dilley. And Dilley staff are now retaliating by confiscating kids' letters and drawings.
www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
February 18, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Adults at ICE concentration camps also get punished for talking with people on the outside who can publicize their stories.
Based on what I've heard at the Otay Mesa camp in San Diego, they're punished with additional work duties, aren't allowed outside in the yard, and denied phone access.
Based on what I've heard at the Otay Mesa camp in San Diego, they're punished with additional work duties, aren't allowed outside in the yard, and denied phone access.
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Ted Lieu: “Donald Trump is in the Epstein files thousands and thousands of times. In those files, there are highly disturbing allegations of Donald Trump raping children … of Donald Trump threatening to kill children. So I encourage the press to go look at these allegations.”
February 18, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Ted Lieu: “Donald Trump is in the Epstein files thousands and thousands of times. In those files, there are highly disturbing allegations of Donald Trump raping children … of Donald Trump threatening to kill children. So I encourage the press to go look at these allegations.”
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Good thing we didn't already shut down our programs and fire our staff and take down our websites and draft new policy and scrub our syllabi and change our course titles and cancel our scholarships and
February 18, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Good thing we didn't already shut down our programs and fire our staff and take down our websites and draft new policy and scrub our syllabi and change our course titles and cancel our scholarships and
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BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide.
This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.
This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.
February 18, 2026 at 5:39 PM
BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide.
This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.
This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.
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china bad because of state surveillance
america good because of corporate surveillance that also gets wielded by the state
america good because of corporate surveillance that also gets wielded by the state
Scoop: Ring's CEO told staff Search Party is not going to be just for dogs, according to a leaked email I obtained. Said it is "first for finding dogs" before suggesting it would be expanded to be used for crime:
www.404media.co/leaked-email...
www.404media.co/leaked-email...
Leaked Email Suggests Ring Plans to Expand ‘Search Party’ Surveillance Beyond Dogs
Ring's CEO told staff the feature is “first for finding dogs,” indicating a plan to expand.
www.404media.co
February 18, 2026 at 2:41 PM
china bad because of state surveillance
america good because of corporate surveillance that also gets wielded by the state
america good because of corporate surveillance that also gets wielded by the state
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2026 basically
February 18, 2026 at 4:23 PM
2026 basically
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“‘She has a visa and all the right paperwork, but they’ve heard stories about people having all the right paperwork and something happens, and they get denied entry anyway.’
Kolesnik’s mother has a visa through 2027, but he is hoping to secure a green card so she can stay indefinitely.”
Kolesnik’s mother has a visa through 2027, but he is hoping to secure a green card so she can stay indefinitely.”
“While Kolesnik was able to fly two family members from Ukraine for the Olympics, his mother made the brutal choice to stay behind in Michigan,” since “returning to the U.S. could have been a problem.”
“Our lawyer advised us that it was not a good idea,” said Emilea Zingas, Kolesnik’s partner.
“Our lawyer advised us that it was not a good idea,” said Emilea Zingas, Kolesnik’s partner.
“After 4 long years, US figure skater reunites with family from war-torn Ukraine at the Olympics.”
“It seems like it’s been a lifetime,” Vadym Kolesnik said:
apnews.com/article/mila...
“It seems like it’s been a lifetime,” Vadym Kolesnik said:
apnews.com/article/mila...
February 18, 2026 at 5:59 PM
“‘She has a visa and all the right paperwork, but they’ve heard stories about people having all the right paperwork and something happens, and they get denied entry anyway.’
Kolesnik’s mother has a visa through 2027, but he is hoping to secure a green card so she can stay indefinitely.”
Kolesnik’s mother has a visa through 2027, but he is hoping to secure a green card so she can stay indefinitely.”
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me: we pay 5 gold to board the ship
DM: the main sources for this video are the sword coast guard's marine casualty investigation, and the baldurian merchants' guild report on the shipwreck.
me: so do we roll for damage or
DM: built in 1440 DR, the silver queen was a two-masted galley used for
DM: the main sources for this video are the sword coast guard's marine casualty investigation, and the baldurian merchants' guild report on the shipwreck.
me: so do we roll for damage or
DM: built in 1440 DR, the silver queen was a two-masted galley used for
Brick Immortar as DM would break the internet
Vague idea for a TTRPG campaign: All Regulations Are Written in Blood
PCs are field agents in charge of finding and dealing with arcane occupational safety violations. That six-sided summoning pentagram? Flagged. That storeroom where the universal solvent is next to the lemonade? Flagged.
(con't)
PCs are field agents in charge of finding and dealing with arcane occupational safety violations. That six-sided summoning pentagram? Flagged. That storeroom where the universal solvent is next to the lemonade? Flagged.
(con't)
February 18, 2026 at 4:16 PM
me: we pay 5 gold to board the ship
DM: the main sources for this video are the sword coast guard's marine casualty investigation, and the baldurian merchants' guild report on the shipwreck.
me: so do we roll for damage or
DM: built in 1440 DR, the silver queen was a two-masted galley used for
DM: the main sources for this video are the sword coast guard's marine casualty investigation, and the baldurian merchants' guild report on the shipwreck.
me: so do we roll for damage or
DM: built in 1440 DR, the silver queen was a two-masted galley used for
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The "journalists" now are all 24 year-old graduates of elite schools, hired because they know other elites. None of them could tell you the first thing about US foreign policy before 2025. Half of them would be unaware of the concept of an aircraft carrier.
The more I think about the DC press slagging AOC for a lack of FP depth while Donald Trump is President, twice, is making me angry enough to explode. The fuck is wrong with the journalists that they're like this
February 18, 2026 at 3:56 PM
The "journalists" now are all 24 year-old graduates of elite schools, hired because they know other elites. None of them could tell you the first thing about US foreign policy before 2025. Half of them would be unaware of the concept of an aircraft carrier.
This provides me with an excuse to post one of my favorite Bill Mauldin cartoons:
February 18, 2026 at 3:26 PM
This provides me with an excuse to post one of my favorite Bill Mauldin cartoons:
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I see they settled on a framing in the donor group chat
February 18, 2026 at 12:37 PM
I see they settled on a framing in the donor group chat
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The left tried for decades to pass green energy subsidies, passed them, the subsidies worked, and now literally the entire planet's electricity grid is going to convert to solar+battery. It just doesn't feel like "tech" because it mostly produces kinda boring blue collar jobs instead of billionaires
is there a technology that "the left" is excited about?
www.transformernews.ai/p/the-left-i...
www.transformernews.ai/p/the-left-i...
The left is missing out on AI
As a movement, it has largely refused to engage seriously with AI, ceding debate about a threat and opportunity to the right
www.transformernews.ai
February 18, 2026 at 3:51 AM
The left tried for decades to pass green energy subsidies, passed them, the subsidies worked, and now literally the entire planet's electricity grid is going to convert to solar+battery. It just doesn't feel like "tech" because it mostly produces kinda boring blue collar jobs instead of billionaires
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Pardoning drug lords but deporting sick little kids straight from the hospital really sums the whole thing up doesn’t it
So after Trump pardoned Honduras's narco-president, the admin didn't just let him out--they canceled an immigration hold and sent a specialized team to **chauffeur him to the $1k/night Waldorf Astoria.**
“It's "absolutely fucking nuts,” said one official
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
“It's "absolutely fucking nuts,” said one official
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
February 18, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Pardoning drug lords but deporting sick little kids straight from the hospital really sums the whole thing up doesn’t it
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ProPublica published children's letters and drawings documenting their sadness and suffering at Dilley. And Dilley staff are now retaliating by confiscating kids' letters and drawings.
www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
February 18, 2026 at 1:14 PM
ProPublica published children's letters and drawings documenting their sadness and suffering at Dilley. And Dilley staff are now retaliating by confiscating kids' letters and drawings.
www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
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here goes nothing
Hi, I'm a screenwriter, with film and TV credits, open to work or collaborate, here's a showreel I made some years ago. (I know, I need to do a new one.)
Feel free to hit me up for all your comedy and or drama needs.
www.imdb.com/name/nm34165...
Hi, I'm a screenwriter, with film and TV credits, open to work or collaborate, here's a showreel I made some years ago. (I know, I need to do a new one.)
Feel free to hit me up for all your comedy and or drama needs.
www.imdb.com/name/nm34165...
Showreel 2014
Screenwriting showreel, 2014 Andras Forgacs W. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3416508/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/andras-forgacs-w/25/56/86 http://amegofilm.com/management/screenwriters/w...
vimeo.com
February 18, 2026 at 10:56 AM
here goes nothing
Hi, I'm a screenwriter, with film and TV credits, open to work or collaborate, here's a showreel I made some years ago. (I know, I need to do a new one.)
Feel free to hit me up for all your comedy and or drama needs.
www.imdb.com/name/nm34165...
Hi, I'm a screenwriter, with film and TV credits, open to work or collaborate, here's a showreel I made some years ago. (I know, I need to do a new one.)
Feel free to hit me up for all your comedy and or drama needs.
www.imdb.com/name/nm34165...
God damn this evil country.
After a discussion with their attorney, I have confirmed that Juan, his 16-month-old sister, his mom, and his dad have been deported.
February 18, 2026 at 1:36 AM
God damn this evil country.
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Tomorrow you may see James David Vance or some other purported Catholic from this administration with ashes on their forehead, it’s important to remember that it’s all just for show.
After a discussion with their attorney, I have confirmed that Juan, his 16-month-old sister, his mom, and his dad have been deported.
February 18, 2026 at 1:35 AM
Tomorrow you may see James David Vance or some other purported Catholic from this administration with ashes on their forehead, it’s important to remember that it’s all just for show.