Mike Delaney
@mdelan.bsky.social
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Congrats to NYC for dogwalking the entire democratic establishment
June 25, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Congrats to NYC for dogwalking the entire democratic establishment
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People who didn’t grow up using newsgroups and forums and irc channels and independently hosted personal interest & fan sites got their brains broken by engagement metrics and monetization and can’t imagine a social internet that exists for the conversations themselves
This is why we keep getting inane “bluesky is dying” articles. Grifters like this think the only reason a social network could exist is for people to squeeze money and clout out of it. “If I’m unpopular on a website it must be the algorithm!”
{insert It’s the Kids who are Wrong meme here}
{insert It’s the Kids who are Wrong meme here}
One of the beautiful things about Bluesky is that this is exactly what your Following feed shows you: every post from every person you follow, in reverse chronological order
June 19, 2025 at 3:19 AM
People who didn’t grow up using newsgroups and forums and irc channels and independently hosted personal interest & fan sites got their brains broken by engagement metrics and monetization and can’t imagine a social internet that exists for the conversations themselves
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A hero and a coward are meeting in the Oval Office today.
And when the meeting is over, the hero will return home to Ukraine.
And when the meeting is over, the hero will return home to Ukraine.
February 28, 2025 at 6:02 PM
A hero and a coward are meeting in the Oval Office today.
And when the meeting is over, the hero will return home to Ukraine.
And when the meeting is over, the hero will return home to Ukraine.
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San Francisco stands with Ukraine #IStandWithUkraine
February 23, 2025 at 10:14 PM
San Francisco stands with Ukraine #IStandWithUkraine
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This, so hard. As a historian, I cannot emphasize enough how people have taken for granted peace and rights that millions died to achieve - in wars, in labor strikes, in hunger strikes, in marches, in social movements…and we’re watching that sail away because people were never educated enough on WHY
February 5, 2025 at 4:26 PM
This, so hard. As a historian, I cannot emphasize enough how people have taken for granted peace and rights that millions died to achieve - in wars, in labor strikes, in hunger strikes, in marches, in social movements…and we’re watching that sail away because people were never educated enough on WHY
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We're not locked in here with 2025. It's locked in here with us.
January 1, 2025 at 5:07 AM
We're not locked in here with 2025. It's locked in here with us.
“Let’s go to Florida! We’ll watch the last sunset of 2024 from the beach!”
The view from the beach:
The view from the beach:
December 31, 2024 at 10:12 PM
“Let’s go to Florida! We’ll watch the last sunset of 2024 from the beach!”
The view from the beach:
The view from the beach:
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A day may come when I will stop mocking, and holding in contempt, the useful idiots who accepted Musk as a free speech hero.
But not today. And tomorrow doesn’t look good either.
But not today. And tomorrow doesn’t look good either.
That one weird trick that lets you pretend that you took over Twitter to restore free speech, but regularly ban/shadowban/deboost those you don't like: just claim anything you don't like is spam.
December 27, 2024 at 5:17 PM
A day may come when I will stop mocking, and holding in contempt, the useful idiots who accepted Musk as a free speech hero.
But not today. And tomorrow doesn’t look good either.
But not today. And tomorrow doesn’t look good either.
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“Don’t feed the trolls” also extends to bad opinion pieces in papers of record.
They run them bc people react to them the most.
If we stop linking to bad columns and instead post thinkers we find valuable (& generate convo around it), incentives change.
It’s not easy and takes constant practice!
They run them bc people react to them the most.
If we stop linking to bad columns and instead post thinkers we find valuable (& generate convo around it), incentives change.
It’s not easy and takes constant practice!
December 2, 2024 at 6:19 PM
“Don’t feed the trolls” also extends to bad opinion pieces in papers of record.
They run them bc people react to them the most.
If we stop linking to bad columns and instead post thinkers we find valuable (& generate convo around it), incentives change.
It’s not easy and takes constant practice!
They run them bc people react to them the most.
If we stop linking to bad columns and instead post thinkers we find valuable (& generate convo around it), incentives change.
It’s not easy and takes constant practice!
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Here’s the most charitable reading I can offer:
The tech barons behaved as though they were atop a social hierarchy, and expected mass adoration for their generosity+forgiveness for mistakes.
Instead, Elizabeth Warren, Lina Khan et al treated them like the heads of *massive corporations.*
The tech barons behaved as though they were atop a social hierarchy, and expected mass adoration for their generosity+forgiveness for mistakes.
Instead, Elizabeth Warren, Lina Khan et al treated them like the heads of *massive corporations.*
November 30, 2024 at 1:26 AM
Here’s the most charitable reading I can offer:
The tech barons behaved as though they were atop a social hierarchy, and expected mass adoration for their generosity+forgiveness for mistakes.
Instead, Elizabeth Warren, Lina Khan et al treated them like the heads of *massive corporations.*
The tech barons behaved as though they were atop a social hierarchy, and expected mass adoration for their generosity+forgiveness for mistakes.
Instead, Elizabeth Warren, Lina Khan et al treated them like the heads of *massive corporations.*
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my fav Disney Princess is the Italian chef who set out a candlelit meal for two dogs and then serenaded them until they kissed. dude was on the clock. he had an accordion. legendary.
November 27, 2024 at 5:16 AM
my fav Disney Princess is the Italian chef who set out a candlelit meal for two dogs and then serenaded them until they kissed. dude was on the clock. he had an accordion. legendary.
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Let’s all recite the woodworker’s pledge: “I (name) do solemnly swear NOT to put solid wood panels or boards inside frames without allowing for wood movement, so help me Norm.”
November 25, 2024 at 11:37 PM
Let’s all recite the woodworker’s pledge: “I (name) do solemnly swear NOT to put solid wood panels or boards inside frames without allowing for wood movement, so help me Norm.”
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You're not "late to the party" when you enjoy an old book for the first time. Books don't have an RSVP deadline. The party started long ago, and guests show up when they're meant to.
November 23, 2024 at 2:02 PM
You're not "late to the party" when you enjoy an old book for the first time. Books don't have an RSVP deadline. The party started long ago, and guests show up when they're meant to.
Figured I’d start out by showing off a recently finished #woodworking project: A Stickley inspired jewelry cabinet.
November 23, 2024 at 2:34 AM
Figured I’d start out by showing off a recently finished #woodworking project: A Stickley inspired jewelry cabinet.
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Can you even fucking imagine that dead brain worm, bear dumping, whale decapitating, anti-vax, conspiracy theorist and all-around twisted fuck in charge of our HEALTH during a goddamned pandemic?
November 16, 2024 at 6:45 AM
Can you even fucking imagine that dead brain worm, bear dumping, whale decapitating, anti-vax, conspiracy theorist and all-around twisted fuck in charge of our HEALTH during a goddamned pandemic?