Mike Westphal
@mfwestphal.bsky.social
Biologist, writer, father of three, anti-fascist. he/him
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Michael_Westphal/publications
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Michael_Westphal/publications
Happy birthday!
Aces says thank you very much for all the kind birthday wishes!
February 15, 2026 at 3:09 AM
Happy birthday!
Jesus
Just as ICE and CBP have no legitimate role in "election security" neither does the head of DHS. The mere existence of this press conference should be a scandal, much less this tone-deaf comment.
Kristi Noem: "When it gets to Election Day, we've been proactive to make sure we have the right people voting, electing the right leaders to lead this country."
February 14, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Jesus
I’d go see that movie.
My million dollar idea: get all the coolest women from the Hellraiser series, put them in a van, and send them cross-country in a gritty Josie and the Pussycats reboot. Call me, Hollywood.
February 12, 2026 at 6:42 PM
I’d go see that movie.
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"Rejects" isn't strong enough. Judge Leon rips Secretary Hegseth a new asshole, even though the one he already has is enormous.
BREAKING: Judge Leon *rejects* Secretary Hegseth's bid to punish Sen. Kelly for advising troops to ignore illegal orders. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
February 12, 2026 at 6:02 PM
"Rejects" isn't strong enough. Judge Leon rips Secretary Hegseth a new asshole, even though the one he already has is enormous.
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Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin
February 12, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin
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It's not fair! Everybody else gets a froggy, and all I got was a dead sparrow this morning wahhhhhhh
a cartoon character is crying with her mouth wide open and her hands in the air .
ALT: a cartoon character is crying with her mouth wide open and her hands in the air .
media.tenor.com
February 12, 2026 at 11:01 AM
It's not fair! Everybody else gets a froggy, and all I got was a dead sparrow this morning wahhhhhhh
Hope springs eternal Joe!
I’m green with envy. Still haven’t seen one at my place in 20 years here!
February 12, 2026 at 4:44 AM
Hope springs eternal Joe!
It’s the season! This guy was hanging out by my front door last night!
February 12, 2026 at 3:07 AM
It’s the season! This guy was hanging out by my front door last night!
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RIP Bud Cort. Harold and Maude in the pantheon of perfect movie intros
February 11, 2026 at 8:29 PM
RIP Bud Cort. Harold and Maude in the pantheon of perfect movie intros
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@porcupunk.bsky.social saw the lead singer in an absurdist play in Moscow in March 92, great experience
Звуки Му / Zvuki Mu {The Sounds of Moo} - Отдай Мои Вещи / Give Me My Stuff [Moscow, Russia; Post New Wave / Minimalism / White Blues](1986) Song dedicated to famous painter Olga 'Muha' Gorohova, Muse of the singer and taken
https://redd.it/1hh7y7l
https://youtu.be/MAkNYKAoYpc
https://redd.it/1hh7y7l
https://youtu.be/MAkNYKAoYpc
Звуки Му / Zvuki Mu {The Sounds of Moo} - Отдай Мои Вещи / Give Me My Stuff [Moscow, Russia; Post New Wave / Minimalism / White Blues](1986) Song dedicated to famous painter Olga 'Muha' Gorohova, Muse of the singer and taken from album 'Шкура Неубитого / Skin of an Unkilled..' .
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February 12, 2026 at 12:30 AM
@porcupunk.bsky.social saw the lead singer in an absurdist play in Moscow in March 92, great experience
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Every time you think it can't ALL be about Epstein another "It's all about Epstein" shoe drops. And the shoe was probably made in Russia.
February 12, 2026 at 2:14 AM
Every time you think it can't ALL be about Epstein another "It's all about Epstein" shoe drops. And the shoe was probably made in Russia.
Forgone conclusion that king of the sauna Jordan is going to let Bondi blather on
Neguse as Bondi refuses to answer his questions: "You eliminated the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team last year! So I understand why you don't want to tell the American people who works there. No one works there anymore." (Note Bondi responding with smears.)
February 11, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Forgone conclusion that king of the sauna Jordan is going to let Bondi blather on
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And today it's up online for free. Go ahead and read it, it might chill your soul.
reactormag.com/agency-georg...
reactormag.com/agency-georg...
February 11, 2026 at 2:37 PM
And today it's up online for free. Go ahead and read it, it might chill your soul.
reactormag.com/agency-georg...
reactormag.com/agency-georg...
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God bless Nicholas Cage for always taking the biggest of swings, can't wait
www.esquire.com/entertainmen...
Exclusive: For Spider-Noir, Nicolas Cage Channeled Humphrey Bogart (and Bugs Bunny)
Exclusive: For Spider-Noir, Nicolas Cage Channeled Humphrey Bogart (and Bugs Bunny)
Exclusive: For 'Spider-Noir,' Nicolas Cage Channeled Humphrey Bogart (and Bugs Bunny)
In this first look, the Oscar-winner tells Esquire how he fused these two very different film legends to create his web-slinging detective. “But it’s a hundred percent me,” he says.
www.esquire.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:15 PM
God bless Nicholas Cage for always taking the biggest of swings, can't wait
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If you're a book reviewer or bookseller, LOVECRAFT'S BROOD (edited by the legendary Ellen Datlow) is now available on Netgalley! www.netgalley.com/catalog/publ...
Pretty happy that my cosmically weird story "Halogen Sky" is part of the brood.
Pretty happy that my cosmically weird story "Halogen Sky" is part of the brood.
February 10, 2026 at 7:28 PM
If you're a book reviewer or bookseller, LOVECRAFT'S BROOD (edited by the legendary Ellen Datlow) is now available on Netgalley! www.netgalley.com/catalog/publ...
Pretty happy that my cosmically weird story "Halogen Sky" is part of the brood.
Pretty happy that my cosmically weird story "Halogen Sky" is part of the brood.
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Idk I am generally anti incarceration but throw his ass in jail
February 10, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Idk I am generally anti incarceration but throw his ass in jail
I’m hearing the word “disgusting“ a lot from GOP electeds who saw the unredacted files & thinking about how the wise people who wrote INSIDE OUT for Pixar made a good decision to include Disgust as a primal emotion. Maybe this is the way that we’re finally going to get through to these people.
February 10, 2026 at 4:54 PM
I’m hearing the word “disgusting“ a lot from GOP electeds who saw the unredacted files & thinking about how the wise people who wrote INSIDE OUT for Pixar made a good decision to include Disgust as a primal emotion. Maybe this is the way that we’re finally going to get through to these people.
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I will not support any funding deal that puts money in the hands of Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, and this violent agency. Defund and abolish ICE now.
February 10, 2026 at 4:35 PM
I will not support any funding deal that puts money in the hands of Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, and this violent agency. Defund and abolish ICE now.
Tolkien was compelling for me personally as a kid because I was getting out in the woods a lot & what I was seeing in nature was weirdly reflected in the stuff he wrote. He cared about describing nature in a way that a lot of others didn’t, I think.
The Great Tolkien Reread continues today with "The Old Forest". In which Frodo and the other hobbits encounter evil trees, and I offer my first (but by no means last) defense of Tolkien's nature writing as an inextricable component of his worldbuilding. wrongquestions.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-...
The Great Tolkien Reread: The Old Forest
"Old Man Willow is Tamed" by Ted Nasmith At length they made up their minds to go on again. The path that had brought them to the hill reapp...
wrongquestions.blogspot.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Tolkien was compelling for me personally as a kid because I was getting out in the woods a lot & what I was seeing in nature was weirdly reflected in the stuff he wrote. He cared about describing nature in a way that a lot of others didn’t, I think.
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I wrote this back in 2020. The historical events I detail in the post get right to the heart of why what Secretary Drunken Violent Zipper Malfunction's statements demonstrate his ignorance & unfitness for office.
February 10, 2026 at 3:17 AM
I wrote this back in 2020. The historical events I detail in the post get right to the heart of why what Secretary Drunken Violent Zipper Malfunction's statements demonstrate his ignorance & unfitness for office.
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They built a mosque and a Muslim school near where I lived in Houston. The lady at the liquor store was not required to wear a hijab and I could still buy pork ribs from the barbecue place down the block. Guys like Brandon Gill are the reason Texas is a punchline for so much of the country.
[WE] are "desperately concerned about the Islamization of the Dallas area."
Texas congressman says Dallas malls feel 'like Pakistan' in viral post
[WE] are "desperately concerned about the Islamization of the Dallas area."
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February 9, 2026 at 8:36 PM
They built a mosque and a Muslim school near where I lived in Houston. The lady at the liquor store was not required to wear a hijab and I could still buy pork ribs from the barbecue place down the block. Guys like Brandon Gill are the reason Texas is a punchline for so much of the country.
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Highly recommended!
I began to write LOSS PROTOCOL in 2023, and here at last is a box of copies of the finished book. Published, in the UK, on February 12th.
February 9, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Highly recommended!
This is the way
These are instruments of battle; if you ever get blasted in the face by a dozen of them from 8 feet away for half an hour because you’re on the front row for your valedictorian brother’s college graduation, you’ll be well reminded of it. I salute this dude 👇
Jack Duffy attaches a respirator to his bagpipes to play through tear gas. “I always play it whenever the police retreat because it's like, ‘You fucking ran while we stayed,’” he says.
The full story: lataco.com/protest-bagp...
By Julianne Le
The full story: lataco.com/protest-bagp...
By Julianne Le
February 10, 2026 at 2:39 AM
This is the way
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