Mitchell Owens
@mcowens.bsky.social
Water + policy geographer. Technically a bug taxonomist. Currently a Hoosier. Eclectic music enthusiast. Unrepentant Hornets/Rays/Tar Heels sicko.
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Rockstar should cancel GTA 6 and just make a Red Dead game starring Hangman Adam Page instead
What if every video game had Hangman Adam Page as the protagonist? What then? The gaming industry would be saved, that's what
November 23, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Rockstar should cancel GTA 6 and just make a Red Dead game starring Hangman Adam Page instead
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I get knocked down
But I get up again
You're never gonna keep me down
I get knocked down
But I get up again
You're never gonna keep me down
But I get up again
You're never gonna keep me down
I get knocked down
But I get up again
You're never gonna keep me down
November 23, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I get knocked down
But I get up again
You're never gonna keep me down
I get knocked down
But I get up again
You're never gonna keep me down
But I get up again
You're never gonna keep me down
I get knocked down
But I get up again
You're never gonna keep me down
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I love it when you call me il Papa
November 23, 2025 at 2:09 AM
I love it when you call me il Papa
🎶Am I mooooore than you bargained for yet
I've been dying to tell you
Anything you wanna hear
Cause that's just who I am this week🎶
I've been dying to tell you
Anything you wanna hear
Cause that's just who I am this week🎶
November 23, 2025 at 2:42 AM
🎶Am I mooooore than you bargained for yet
I've been dying to tell you
Anything you wanna hear
Cause that's just who I am this week🎶
I've been dying to tell you
Anything you wanna hear
Cause that's just who I am this week🎶
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somebody on here suggested awhile back that a pretty compelling 2028 Democrat campaign promise would be "on day one I will deploy a WPA-scale army of forensic accountants across every square inch of the federal government" and I think about that every day
It’s crazy to think about the crimes we’re going to learn about after this regime ends.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
November 23, 2025 at 12:25 AM
somebody on here suggested awhile back that a pretty compelling 2028 Democrat campaign promise would be "on day one I will deploy a WPA-scale army of forensic accountants across every square inch of the federal government" and I think about that every day
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the baby (17 months) raised both her hands and said “WEADY?” so I said “ready!” and then she slapped me in the face
November 22, 2025 at 2:53 PM
the baby (17 months) raised both her hands and said “WEADY?” so I said “ready!” and then she slapped me in the face
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Are WNBA owners willing to stand there and insist that amid growing revenue and attention, the players should be happy with 10 percent? 🎁 defector.com/the-wnbas-mi...
The WNBA's Million-Dollar Offer Is A Misdirection | Defector
There’s no way to know exactly what goes on during a CBA negotiation between a sports league and its players’ union. All we have to rely on is information that gets strategically shared to plugged-in…
defector.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Are WNBA owners willing to stand there and insist that amid growing revenue and attention, the players should be happy with 10 percent? 🎁 defector.com/the-wnbas-mi...
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How can we combine community ecology, ecosystem ecology, urban ecology, and integrated land management with communal forms of production, anti-consumerism, library socialism, urban planning, and mutual aid? That’s what Ecologizing Society: Method is all about. 🌎🧪🌐🏡
"This project is based on the premise that we already have all the knowledge and technology we need to create an ecological society."
In our latest piece, @benlockwood.bsky.social continues the ongoing series, Ecologizing Society: Method
www.briefecology.com/p/introducin...
In our latest piece, @benlockwood.bsky.social continues the ongoing series, Ecologizing Society: Method
www.briefecology.com/p/introducin...
Introducing Ecologizing Society: Method
An ongoing, ecological series
www.briefecology.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:40 PM
How can we combine community ecology, ecosystem ecology, urban ecology, and integrated land management with communal forms of production, anti-consumerism, library socialism, urban planning, and mutual aid? That’s what Ecologizing Society: Method is all about. 🌎🧪🌐🏡
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What inspired this essay was talking about the concept of O'Neil Cylinders with my dad while watching BABYLON 5 and realizing just how *weird* it was to have these fully-formed technological concepts that had been around long enough to become cliches, while also never actually existing.
Warp drives. Orbital habitats. Space elevators. The golden age of 20th century science fiction produced dreams with some things in common — they're extensively designed, in no sense real, and possibly strangling the future.
@goldwagnathan.bsky.social on the weird platonism of sci-fi for Heat Death!
@goldwagnathan.bsky.social on the weird platonism of sci-fi for Heat Death!
The Fatal Allure of Yesterday's Tomorrows
On the dangers of seeing science fiction as a template for the future.
heat-death.ghost.io
November 20, 2025 at 9:43 PM
What inspired this essay was talking about the concept of O'Neil Cylinders with my dad while watching BABYLON 5 and realizing just how *weird* it was to have these fully-formed technological concepts that had been around long enough to become cliches, while also never actually existing.
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“if I can suck up their time”
Ladies, nerds of all stripes, neurodivergents of every variety, when I tell you how MADE you were for this moment
Ladies, nerds of all stripes, neurodivergents of every variety, when I tell you how MADE you were for this moment
"I can help some people"
GO TELL YOUR WHITE SONS... THIS IS YOUR HERO!
GO TELL YOUR WHITE SONS... THIS IS YOUR HERO!
November 20, 2025 at 7:08 PM
“if I can suck up their time”
Ladies, nerds of all stripes, neurodivergents of every variety, when I tell you how MADE you were for this moment
Ladies, nerds of all stripes, neurodivergents of every variety, when I tell you how MADE you were for this moment
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When Defector launched, I had to decide if I'd quit my job at the NY Daily News to join up with my pals. I didn't have a clue how long it'd last or if we'd even get meaningfully paid. About five-and-a-half years later, I'm so proud that there's still no end in sight. defector.com/defector-ann...
defector.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:29 PM
When Defector launched, I had to decide if I'd quit my job at the NY Daily News to join up with my pals. I didn't have a clue how long it'd last or if we'd even get meaningfully paid. About five-and-a-half years later, I'm so proud that there's still no end in sight. defector.com/defector-ann...
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*scrambling to get anything done at 4:30pm* hurry, please we must hurry, the darkness is upon us, the darkness takes all and ends all, it is coming, it is almost here. we can not fight it, we can not fight the ruinous dark.
November 19, 2025 at 9:33 PM
*scrambling to get anything done at 4:30pm* hurry, please we must hurry, the darkness is upon us, the darkness takes all and ends all, it is coming, it is almost here. we can not fight it, we can not fight the ruinous dark.
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(1) the fact that we have to pay premiums AND deductibles and copays is half the problem from an affordability standpoint that these yahoos never mention
(2) have you ever tried to look up whether a plan covers something you need before choosing it because spoiler, it’s near impossible
(2) have you ever tried to look up whether a plan covers something you need before choosing it because spoiler, it’s near impossible
Dr Oz: "If you had a check in the mail, you could buy the insurance you thought was best for you"
November 16, 2025 at 5:08 PM
(1) the fact that we have to pay premiums AND deductibles and copays is half the problem from an affordability standpoint that these yahoos never mention
(2) have you ever tried to look up whether a plan covers something you need before choosing it because spoiler, it’s near impossible
(2) have you ever tried to look up whether a plan covers something you need before choosing it because spoiler, it’s near impossible
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Here’s a story for every national news outlet:
In N.C., churchgoers are literally running into the woods as federal agents descend on the property.
“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.”
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
In N.C., churchgoers are literally running into the woods as federal agents descend on the property.
“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.”
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
November 16, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Here’s a story for every national news outlet:
In N.C., churchgoers are literally running into the woods as federal agents descend on the property.
“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.”
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
In N.C., churchgoers are literally running into the woods as federal agents descend on the property.
“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.”
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
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'Four cones wins, but in order to get a cone you have to build a civilization. Which is where the spirit cards come in'
November 15, 2025 at 11:25 PM
'Four cones wins, but in order to get a cone you have to build a civilization. Which is where the spirit cards come in'
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genuinely very few things more satisfying than reading the kinds of emails rich and famous people send each other
November 13, 2025 at 3:47 AM
genuinely very few things more satisfying than reading the kinds of emails rich and famous people send each other
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From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
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not really the point of this post but this is how Jeffrey Epstein spelled the basketball player's name
November 14, 2025 at 7:50 PM
not really the point of this post but this is how Jeffrey Epstein spelled the basketball player's name
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Jeffrey Epstein was the unofficial advice columnist for the elites: defector.com/jeffrey-epst...
Jeffrey Epstein Was The Unofficial Advice Columnist For The Elites | Defector
Ever since it was disclosed that financier Leon Black had paid Jeffrey Epstein over $150 million for tax and estate planning in 2014, six years after the latter pleaded guilty to child prostitution…
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November 14, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Jeffrey Epstein was the unofficial advice columnist for the elites: defector.com/jeffrey-epst...
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After the election results last week Republicans don't want to add any more Democrats to their seats.
Big news: Indiana Republicans signal they still do not have the votes to re-gerrymander the state, and that the Senate won't convene the Senate after all in December.
Getting 1-2 seats out of Indiana was central to the GOP's redistricting-war math.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Getting 1-2 seats out of Indiana was central to the GOP's redistricting-war math.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Indiana redistricting push likely dead despite White House pressure
It’s a massive blow to the White House’s efforts to shore up a Republican House majority next year.
www.politico.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:15 PM
After the election results last week Republicans don't want to add any more Democrats to their seats.
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MAGA’s ongoing war on academic freedom, reflected in headlines from the last 24 hours.
November 14, 2025 at 1:17 PM
MAGA’s ongoing war on academic freedom, reflected in headlines from the last 24 hours.
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this is a rich text but my favorite part is that despite being presumably good at math, her husband is so illiterate that he cannot read a baby's report card
I think the belief by the powerful that "people will put up with many things if you are excellent at math" is incredibly revealing in terms of understanding How We Got Here
November 11, 2025 at 11:51 PM
this is a rich text but my favorite part is that despite being presumably good at math, her husband is so illiterate that he cannot read a baby's report card
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Let's just say--I doubt the Senator had to lean very hard.
The reporting is a little sparse here, but it suggests the lecturer was removed because a student complained to one of her US Senators, who then leaned on IU.
Indiana University removed a Lecturer from her "Diversity, Human Rights, and Social Justice" course after a student filed a complaint about a graphic the instructor showed in class, which included "Make America Great Again" as an example of "Covert White Supremacy."
www.wfyi.org/news/article...
www.wfyi.org/news/article...
November 11, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Let's just say--I doubt the Senator had to lean very hard.
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would be a bummer to see this as nico and still have to attend a 9:30am meeting beforehand
Have never seen a news drop announcing the exact time a guy is getting fired! A historical moment!
November 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
would be a bummer to see this as nico and still have to attend a 9:30am meeting beforehand