Michael McGettigan
@mcget.bsky.social
Once Upon a Time▶️The Stick Men; PHL City Paper; UPI; piano tuning; bike activism. ⏩️Now: sell/service Brompton Folder bikes. 🔁 Profit-free side-hustles: HastyPostCard Co., Publetters, 35mm photog, Typewriting, fountain pen writing. Did the 1st Type-IN, ha.
TOMORROW, 👁️ am VOTING TO KEEP DEMOCRATIC JUDGES IN OFFICE, because that jerk off oligarch Jeffrey Yass wants them out as part of Project 2025. Please join me at in thwarting the 25th-richest “person” on Earth. See you at the polls!
November 3, 2025 at 3:35 PM
TOMORROW, 👁️ am VOTING TO KEEP DEMOCRATIC JUDGES IN OFFICE, because that jerk off oligarch Jeffrey Yass wants them out as part of Project 2025. Please join me at in thwarting the 25th-richest “person” on Earth. See you at the polls!
The clock in our car is correct again; and weapons made in the West, including the U.S., are still being used to slaughter civilians in Sudan and Gaza. @fetterman.senate.gov @schumer.senate.gov
November 2, 2025 at 12:46 PM
The clock in our car is correct again; and weapons made in the West, including the U.S., are still being used to slaughter civilians in Sudan and Gaza. @fetterman.senate.gov @schumer.senate.gov
In El Fasher, SUDAN, today’s high will be 93F; there is a 100% chance that families will be murdered there today—by weapons manufactured and sold by the West—including the United States of America.
October 28, 2025 at 11:58 PM
In El Fasher, SUDAN, today’s high will be 93F; there is a 100% chance that families will be murdered there today—by weapons manufactured and sold by the West—including the United States of America.
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Trapped in traffic and stuck travelling long distances to work because of car-centric planning?
Be grateful, says Mercedes-Benz’s latest advert which aims to persuade us that spending two years of our lives stuck inside a car is somehow actually a good thing.
Be grateful, says Mercedes-Benz’s latest advert which aims to persuade us that spending two years of our lives stuck inside a car is somehow actually a good thing.
October 21, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Trapped in traffic and stuck travelling long distances to work because of car-centric planning?
Be grateful, says Mercedes-Benz’s latest advert which aims to persuade us that spending two years of our lives stuck inside a car is somehow actually a good thing.
Be grateful, says Mercedes-Benz’s latest advert which aims to persuade us that spending two years of our lives stuck inside a car is somehow actually a good thing.
With enough SHARPIE™️ markers, Philadelphians are going to get to the bottom of the Epstein affair.
October 8, 2025 at 12:30 AM
With enough SHARPIE™️ markers, Philadelphians are going to get to the bottom of the Epstein affair.
Hang out and hear a bit about the London-made @bromptonbicycle.bsky.social , this very Friday (10/3, 12:15 p.m.) at Trophy Bikes.
September 30, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Hang out and hear a bit about the London-made @bromptonbicycle.bsky.social , this very Friday (10/3, 12:15 p.m.) at Trophy Bikes.
EVEN @SEARS @craftsman appliances are demanding the release of THE EPSTEIN FILES.
September 27, 2025 at 2:51 AM
EVEN @SEARS @craftsman appliances are demanding the release of THE EPSTEIN FILES.
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Can we install updated versions of this on all of Philly’s surface parking lots?
September 26, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Can we install updated versions of this on all of Philly’s surface parking lots?
News reports from Venezuela say: 1-Boat was turning back. 2-Passengers were *not* drug gang. •• Do theses victims have names? Do mainstream newspapers report anymore?
September 12, 2025 at 1:58 PM
News reports from Venezuela say: 1-Boat was turning back. 2-Passengers were *not* drug gang. •• Do theses victims have names? Do mainstream newspapers report anymore?
The President’s Brain Is Missing—In Spurious TruthiColor
September 11, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The President’s Brain Is Missing—In Spurious TruthiColor
Aw dang, 👁️ just realized that Apple has discontinued their pocket-sized phones because it’s more addictive when you can’t even put your phone away easily.
September 3, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Aw dang, 👁️ just realized that Apple has discontinued their pocket-sized phones because it’s more addictive when you can’t even put your phone away easily.
They are at it again with the Sharpie™️ and cardboard.
August 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM
They are at it again with the Sharpie™️ and cardboard.
Has the PPD added UNMASKING THE THUGS to the citywide Duty Roster yet?
August 18, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Has the PPD added UNMASKING THE THUGS to the citywide Duty Roster yet?
A rapist con man fascist in the throes of dementia has a sundown moment and wanders up some stairs at the White House. HOW will the effing @nytimes.com HeadlinEinsteins handle it?! @columjournreview.bsky.social
August 6, 2025 at 1:42 PM
A rapist con man fascist in the throes of dementia has a sundown moment and wanders up some stairs at the White House. HOW will the effing @nytimes.com HeadlinEinsteins handle it?! @columjournreview.bsky.social
Here in this bright cherry hill mall, unbombed . It’s so peaceful here, lights + tunes + climate all powered by a fuel no one’s thinking about. Zero in common w/the luckless P_______s in G___. Except they are also human, some say. Others disagree. @senmccormickpa @senfettermanpa @gop
August 4, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Here in this bright cherry hill mall, unbombed . It’s so peaceful here, lights + tunes + climate all powered by a fuel no one’s thinking about. Zero in common w/the luckless P_______s in G___. Except they are also human, some say. Others disagree. @senmccormickpa @senfettermanpa @gop
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Another day, another reminder...
August 1, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Another day, another reminder...
SOON, NJ’s MacGuire Air Force Base will be a concentration camp for kidnapped Philadelphia restaurant, construction, tech and agricultural workers. ••• It’s 1933 and a half, @phillymayor , PPD Commish Bethel, @marcvetri and @comcast and @stephen.starr and @technical_ly — NOW’s your time to ACT.
July 19, 2025 at 4:31 PM
SOON, NJ’s MacGuire Air Force Base will be a concentration camp for kidnapped Philadelphia restaurant, construction, tech and agricultural workers. ••• It’s 1933 and a half, @phillymayor , PPD Commish Bethel, @marcvetri and @comcast and @stephen.starr and @technical_ly — NOW’s your time to ACT.
Searching for something about Florida and this pops up … and well, Whut The actual F is wrong with you, @godaddy.com ? @nytimes.com @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social
July 8, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Searching for something about Florida and this pops up … and well, Whut The actual F is wrong with you, @godaddy.com ? @nytimes.com @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social
Reposted by Michael McGettigan
Wilhelm Reich’s 1933 book - The Mass Psychology of Fascism - concluded that a key characteristic of fascism is the ability to derive joy from inflicting cruelty.
July 3, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Wilhelm Reich’s 1933 book - The Mass Psychology of Fascism - concluded that a key characteristic of fascism is the ability to derive joy from inflicting cruelty.
In these heavy times, this short, noisy (at times) bike ride is a brief respite from it all. MEETS July 3, on the SW corner of Rittenhouse Square at 5:35 p.m., and ROLLS about 10 min. later. ENDS at a pleasant bar.
June 28, 2025 at 11:43 PM
In these heavy times, this short, noisy (at times) bike ride is a brief respite from it all. MEETS July 3, on the SW corner of Rittenhouse Square at 5:35 p.m., and ROLLS about 10 min. later. ENDS at a pleasant bar.
Reposted by Michael McGettigan
For some numbers : undocumented people account for 10% of the construction labor force and Trump's deportations could result in a loss of roughly 720,000 construction workers at a time when the industry is short about 275,000 workers
Spot on. This is the clearest explanation I’ve seen. It ‘s relatable, and humanizes the issue in a way everyone can understand.
June 28, 2025 at 2:50 AM
For some numbers : undocumented people account for 10% of the construction labor force and Trump's deportations could result in a loss of roughly 720,000 construction workers at a time when the industry is short about 275,000 workers
At the BELL LAP! , We Proclaim Freedom of Movement™️ (*not to be taken for granted currently) a Full Day Early. MEET UP with your 🚲+🔔 at Rittenhouse Sq., 5:35 PM, Rolls approx. 10 Min. Later. • Pace: Stately • Distance: Short • Ends: at a Nice Bar. • REQUIRED: Bicycle. Bell.
June 26, 2025 at 3:24 PM
At the BELL LAP! , We Proclaim Freedom of Movement™️ (*not to be taken for granted currently) a Full Day Early. MEET UP with your 🚲+🔔 at Rittenhouse Sq., 5:35 PM, Rolls approx. 10 Min. Later. • Pace: Stately • Distance: Short • Ends: at a Nice Bar. • REQUIRED: Bicycle. Bell.
Impeach. Convict + Remove. @fetterman.senate.gov
June 22, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Impeach. Convict + Remove. @fetterman.senate.gov
Just finished CARELESS PEOPLE and geez FB is so much worse than 👁️ imagined.
June 19, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Just finished CARELESS PEOPLE and geez FB is so much worse than 👁️ imagined.
The @nytimes.com , if it were properly run.
June 13, 2025 at 4:03 AM
The @nytimes.com , if it were properly run.