Michael Bono
@mbonotheyounger.bsky.social
We affect each other whether we want to or not, so let's use that connection for good.
Interested in measurement, sensing, and materials solutions for a better world. Union College and Cornell alum. Views my own. He/him/his.
Interested in measurement, sensing, and materials solutions for a better world. Union College and Cornell alum. Views my own. He/him/his.
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Beginning 2022, I started having arguments with people who didn't experience the loss of a loved one to COVID & associate "lockdown" with sourdough starters & WFH rather than Zoom funerals.
I just had to accept that we did not have a shared reality, nor were they willing to remember.
I just had to accept that we did not have a shared reality, nor were they willing to remember.
there’s a thread on reddit right now called “was COVID really that bad?” and it is interesting to read people’s accounts five years out
there seems to be a collective trauma response where people (outside of healthcare workers) don’t remember how many people died
someone called it anticlimactic
there seems to be a collective trauma response where people (outside of healthcare workers) don’t remember how many people died
someone called it anticlimactic
January 6, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Beginning 2022, I started having arguments with people who didn't experience the loss of a loved one to COVID & associate "lockdown" with sourdough starters & WFH rather than Zoom funerals.
I just had to accept that we did not have a shared reality, nor were they willing to remember.
I just had to accept that we did not have a shared reality, nor were they willing to remember.
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They're doing this so they can call any government program that isn't ICE or the military "rife with fraud" and thus illegitimate. They are trying to manufacture consent to say any entitlement — from Medicare to social security — must be canceled because of extreme edge cases. Don't fall for it.
The Trump administration sent out letters tonight to 5 blue states, freezing about $10 billion in funding for child care and social services programs pending a "thorough review," citing concerns over "systemic fraud."
5 Democratic-run states are told that their child care funds have been frozen
The suspension of the funds could hurt low-income families in those states, depending on how long it lasts, advocates say.
www.axios.com
January 7, 2026 at 3:34 AM
They're doing this so they can call any government program that isn't ICE or the military "rife with fraud" and thus illegitimate. They are trying to manufacture consent to say any entitlement — from Medicare to social security — must be canceled because of extreme edge cases. Don't fall for it.
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In any event: remember that the real race in NY-12 is the primary, because whoever is the Democrat on the ballot is the one who will win.
Conway is running to push out Democrats, not to beat a Republican.
Conway is running to push out Democrats, not to beat a Republican.
January 7, 2026 at 5:33 AM
In any event: remember that the real race in NY-12 is the primary, because whoever is the Democrat on the ballot is the one who will win.
Conway is running to push out Democrats, not to beat a Republican.
Conway is running to push out Democrats, not to beat a Republican.
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Just a reminder that George Conway is not fundraising right now to run against a MAGA republican.
He is fundraising to run against progressive Democrats.
He is fundraising to run against progressive Democrats.
January 7, 2026 at 5:28 AM
Just a reminder that George Conway is not fundraising right now to run against a MAGA republican.
He is fundraising to run against progressive Democrats.
He is fundraising to run against progressive Democrats.
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Do you like cold drinks and hot pockets? Well those need electricity.
Is the US headed toward an electricity crisis of its own making?
I and several other folks in this article say: yes
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
I and several other folks in this article say: yes
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
Is the US headed toward an electricity crisis of its own making?
Trump administration policies and AI needs are fueling a growing mismatch between energy supply and demand. That’s a huge problem, but there may be a way…
www.canarymedia.com
January 7, 2026 at 4:32 AM
Do you like cold drinks and hot pockets? Well those need electricity.
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It moves! We can watch as the Kepler supernova remnant changes over a quarter of century in X-rays from Chandra. #aas247
chandra.si.edu/photo/2026/k...
chandra.si.edu/photo/2026/k...
January 6, 2026 at 9:23 PM
It moves! We can watch as the Kepler supernova remnant changes over a quarter of century in X-rays from Chandra. #aas247
chandra.si.edu/photo/2026/k...
chandra.si.edu/photo/2026/k...
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Sadie is doing the perfect cat on a glass table pose. Happy Monday Bluesky
January 5, 2026 at 11:28 PM
Sadie is doing the perfect cat on a glass table pose. Happy Monday Bluesky
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So, hear me out on this, I want my taxpayer dollars going to feeding, hungry people, educating kids, and building better roads. I have no desire to buy Donald Trump an island, & last time I checked, the power of the purse, still belonged to Congress.
"Secretary of State Marco Rubio told lawmakers that recent administration threats against Greenland didn’t signal an imminent invasion and that the goal is to buy the island from Denmark, according to people familiar with the discussions."
Exclusive | Rubio Tells Lawmakers Trump Aims to Buy Greenland, Downplays Military Action
The secretary of state said the White House is using rhetoric to pressure Denmark into negotiations.
www.wsj.com
January 6, 2026 at 11:28 PM
So, hear me out on this, I want my taxpayer dollars going to feeding, hungry people, educating kids, and building better roads. I have no desire to buy Donald Trump an island, & last time I checked, the power of the purse, still belonged to Congress.
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I was on a Zoom call with colleagues from Venezuela and Colombia and Peru at my company's South American office.
The meeting devolved into them giving us advice about enduring civil unrest and political violence.
I no longer work there, but I've been thinking about them a lot this week.
The meeting devolved into them giving us advice about enduring civil unrest and political violence.
I no longer work there, but I've been thinking about them a lot this week.
January 6, 2026 at 2:51 PM
I was on a Zoom call with colleagues from Venezuela and Colombia and Peru at my company's South American office.
The meeting devolved into them giving us advice about enduring civil unrest and political violence.
I no longer work there, but I've been thinking about them a lot this week.
The meeting devolved into them giving us advice about enduring civil unrest and political violence.
I no longer work there, but I've been thinking about them a lot this week.
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Happy New Year!
Wishing you all the energy and vibrance of this lovely Amaryllis throughout 2026.
𝐻𝑖𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑚
#flowers #photography
Wishing you all the energy and vibrance of this lovely Amaryllis throughout 2026.
𝐻𝑖𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑚
#flowers #photography
January 6, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Happy New Year!
Wishing you all the energy and vibrance of this lovely Amaryllis throughout 2026.
𝐻𝑖𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑚
#flowers #photography
Wishing you all the energy and vibrance of this lovely Amaryllis throughout 2026.
𝐻𝑖𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑚
#flowers #photography
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OTD in 1912, Alfred Wegener delivered a lecture propounding the theory that our modern continents were formed by the splitting and drifting apart of an ancient supercontinent, which he named Pangea.
Due to his failure to offer a plausible mechanism, he was widely ridiculed.
🧠🗃️⚒️ 🧪 #HistSTM #PhilSci
Due to his failure to offer a plausible mechanism, he was widely ridiculed.
🧠🗃️⚒️ 🧪 #HistSTM #PhilSci
January 6, 2026 at 4:56 PM
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#ImpeachTrump in series and in parallel.
impeach him. try to do it once a month, if necessary. build the case over and over to not just the American people but to the world that this isn’t the way things should be here, that this isn’t the way we should use our power abroad.
January 6, 2026 at 10:21 PM
#ImpeachTrump in series and in parallel.
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Call: “I'm calling to urge [REP/SEN NAME] to demand a full investigation into RFKJ’s unilateral and unscientific changes to the childhood vaccination schedule. These changes, made behind closed doors, threaten public health and access to lifesaving vaccines for children.” (I replaced CDC with RFKJ)
Reject RFK Jr.'s Attacks on Childhood Vaccination ⭑ 5 Calls
Since his appointment in 2025, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has politicized the Centers for Disease Control and …
5calls.org
January 6, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Call: “I'm calling to urge [REP/SEN NAME] to demand a full investigation into RFKJ’s unilateral and unscientific changes to the childhood vaccination schedule. These changes, made behind closed doors, threaten public health and access to lifesaving vaccines for children.” (I replaced CDC with RFKJ)
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Thom Tillis is welcome to caucus with Senate Democrats & give control of Congress to the only party that does not endorse the Jan 6 coup & the far right authoritarian presidency currently in power. Talk is cheap, & the hour is late.
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
WHOA: Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) stands next to image of Jan 6 plaque on Senate floor.. and is noting the pardoned rioters who have been arrested again
Tillis: "We let bad people go"
Re: plaque Tillis says he'll seek unanimous consent to get approval for THIS version of plaque to be hung
Tillis: "We let bad people go"
Re: plaque Tillis says he'll seek unanimous consent to get approval for THIS version of plaque to be hung
January 6, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Thom Tillis is welcome to caucus with Senate Democrats & give control of Congress to the only party that does not endorse the Jan 6 coup & the far right authoritarian presidency currently in power. Talk is cheap, & the hour is late.
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
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I added text to this one just now bc you know what, no one can stop me
January 6, 2026 at 10:22 PM
I added text to this one just now bc you know what, no one can stop me
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My latest book The Starseekers is out today! And in a twist it’s oddly topical despite being set in the 1960s.
NASA, student protests, humans vs computers, education, PBS, and museum heist are a few themes I can easily match to current headlines.
Which makes it’s fun and very interesting 😅!
NASA, student protests, humans vs computers, education, PBS, and museum heist are a few themes I can easily match to current headlines.
Which makes it’s fun and very interesting 😅!
January 6, 2026 at 7:17 PM
My latest book The Starseekers is out today! And in a twist it’s oddly topical despite being set in the 1960s.
NASA, student protests, humans vs computers, education, PBS, and museum heist are a few themes I can easily match to current headlines.
Which makes it’s fun and very interesting 😅!
NASA, student protests, humans vs computers, education, PBS, and museum heist are a few themes I can easily match to current headlines.
Which makes it’s fun and very interesting 😅!
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Today seems like a good day for a pigeon wearing an Egyptian headdress. I mean every day is a good day for a pigeon wearing an Egyptian headdress but I feel like for the interruption of doomscrolling, you can't beat a pigeon wearing an Egyptian headdress. There she is! In her Egyptian headdress!
January 6, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Today seems like a good day for a pigeon wearing an Egyptian headdress. I mean every day is a good day for a pigeon wearing an Egyptian headdress but I feel like for the interruption of doomscrolling, you can't beat a pigeon wearing an Egyptian headdress. There she is! In her Egyptian headdress!
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See this? This right here is why I love SINNERS.
January 6, 2026 at 9:22 PM
See this? This right here is why I love SINNERS.
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The Reddit thread: www.reddit.com/r/confession...
Casey’s interaction with the “whistleblower” where he gradually realizes all “evidence” is AI-generated, designed to fool even journalists… then he confronts the faker. Worth the read
www.platformer.news/fake-uber-ea...
Casey’s interaction with the “whistleblower” where he gradually realizes all “evidence” is AI-generated, designed to fool even journalists… then he confronts the faker. Worth the read
www.platformer.news/fake-uber-ea...
January 6, 2026 at 8:07 AM
The Reddit thread: www.reddit.com/r/confession...
Casey’s interaction with the “whistleblower” where he gradually realizes all “evidence” is AI-generated, designed to fool even journalists… then he confronts the faker. Worth the read
www.platformer.news/fake-uber-ea...
Casey’s interaction with the “whistleblower” where he gradually realizes all “evidence” is AI-generated, designed to fool even journalists… then he confronts the faker. Worth the read
www.platformer.news/fake-uber-ea...
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Greenland is an autonomous territory of Denmark 90% populated by Greenlandic Inuit people. Greenland's current coalition government, which manages domestic affairs, includes as major members the Inuit Ataqatigiit & Siumut parties, both dem socialist, pro-independence. It's not going to be "bought."
"Secretary of State Marco Rubio told lawmakers that recent administration threats against Greenland didn’t signal an imminent invasion and that the goal is to buy the island from Denmark, according to people familiar with the discussions."
Exclusive | Rubio Tells Lawmakers Trump Aims to Buy Greenland, Downplays Military Action
The secretary of state said the White House is using rhetoric to pressure Denmark into negotiations.
www.wsj.com
January 6, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Greenland is an autonomous territory of Denmark 90% populated by Greenlandic Inuit people. Greenland's current coalition government, which manages domestic affairs, includes as major members the Inuit Ataqatigiit & Siumut parties, both dem socialist, pro-independence. It's not going to be "bought."
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We’re entering the age of AI slop that people believe en masse.
This post is 100% fake and probably AI generated. All made up. Yet massive number of upvotes, views and shares.
Journalist @caseynewton.bsky.social got in touch with the “whistleblower.” The guy faked all “evidence” with AI…
This post is 100% fake and probably AI generated. All made up. Yet massive number of upvotes, views and shares.
Journalist @caseynewton.bsky.social got in touch with the “whistleblower.” The guy faked all “evidence” with AI…
January 6, 2026 at 8:03 AM
We’re entering the age of AI slop that people believe en masse.
This post is 100% fake and probably AI generated. All made up. Yet massive number of upvotes, views and shares.
Journalist @caseynewton.bsky.social got in touch with the “whistleblower.” The guy faked all “evidence” with AI…
This post is 100% fake and probably AI generated. All made up. Yet massive number of upvotes, views and shares.
Journalist @caseynewton.bsky.social got in touch with the “whistleblower.” The guy faked all “evidence” with AI…
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Personally I think this was Biden’s single greatest failure
“Covid is over” might be the biggest lie sold to us in a staggering decade of lies
January 6, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Personally I think this was Biden’s single greatest failure
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It is equally easy & possible to write, "Trump weighs violating US treaty commitments under the UN and NATO by seizing the sovereign territory of one of our closest allies" You don't have to normalize & sanewash reality. Other purely factually accurate, more serious choices remain readily available.
“.. The President and his team are discussing a range of options to pursue this important foreign policy goal, and of course, utilizing the U.S. Military is always an option at the Commander in Chief’s disposal,” she said.
@cnbc.com
www.cnbc.com/2026/01/06/t...
@cnbc.com
www.cnbc.com/2026/01/06/t...
January 6, 2026 at 9:31 PM
It is equally easy & possible to write, "Trump weighs violating US treaty commitments under the UN and NATO by seizing the sovereign territory of one of our closest allies" You don't have to normalize & sanewash reality. Other purely factually accurate, more serious choices remain readily available.
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🚨 Today, I formally introduced articles of impeachment against Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
RFK Jr. has turned his back on science and the safety of the American people. Michiganders cannot take another day of his chaos.
RFK Jr. has turned his back on science and the safety of the American people. Michiganders cannot take another day of his chaos.
December 10, 2025 at 1:10 PM
🚨 Today, I formally introduced articles of impeachment against Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
RFK Jr. has turned his back on science and the safety of the American people. Michiganders cannot take another day of his chaos.
RFK Jr. has turned his back on science and the safety of the American people. Michiganders cannot take another day of his chaos.