Michael Crawford
@michaelcrawford.com
Exists simultaneously as wave and particle. Occasionally pretends to be a writer.
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Formerly @MiklCraw4d at The Old Place™
See the rest of my nerdery at
@progresscityusa.com
Formerly @MiklCraw4d at The Old Place™
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What a story:
“Lewandowski and Noem, both married, have denied the reports of the affair, but people said they do little to hide their relationship.
“The pair have been using a luxury 737 MAX jet, with a private cabin in back, for their travel around the country”
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“Lewandowski and Noem, both married, have denied the reports of the affair, but people said they do little to hide their relationship.
“The pair have been using a luxury 737 MAX jet, with a private cabin in back, for their travel around the country”
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www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
A Pilot Fired Over Kristi Noem’s Missing Blanket and the Constant Chaos Inside DHS
Secretary faces fire for confrontational immigration crackdown and self-promotional style; White House to wind down Minnesota operations.
www.wsj.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:56 AM
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The details of the Kristi Noem blanket incident are just fucking perfect
February 13, 2026 at 3:35 AM
The details of the Kristi Noem blanket incident are just fucking perfect
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If we can’t stand for human rights here and abroad, we can’t credibly fight fascism anywhere.
Palestinian freedom is tied to our fight against authoritarianism at home. You cannot defend democracy while aligning with anti-democratic interests like AIPAC.
Palestinian freedom is tied to our fight against authoritarianism at home. You cannot defend democracy while aligning with anti-democratic interests like AIPAC.
February 12, 2026 at 9:07 PM
If we can’t stand for human rights here and abroad, we can’t credibly fight fascism anywhere.
Palestinian freedom is tied to our fight against authoritarianism at home. You cannot defend democracy while aligning with anti-democratic interests like AIPAC.
Palestinian freedom is tied to our fight against authoritarianism at home. You cannot defend democracy while aligning with anti-democratic interests like AIPAC.
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For my money, the way thousands of regular people are self-organizing to resist data centers is one of the most cautiously hopeful stories going right now.
www.themountaineer.com/news/no-cryp...
www.themountaineer.com/news/no-cryp...
No crypto in Canton: Town blocks data centers and crypto mining operations
Canton’s makeshift town hall in a tiny trailer was bursting at the seams Wednesday night with citizens united against data centers and cryptocurrency mining.
www.themountaineer.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:27 AM
For my money, the way thousands of regular people are self-organizing to resist data centers is one of the most cautiously hopeful stories going right now.
www.themountaineer.com/news/no-cryp...
www.themountaineer.com/news/no-cryp...
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“…in one incident, Lewandowski fired a U.S. Coast Guard pilot after Noem's blanket was left behind on a plane, according to people familiar with the incident.”
February 13, 2026 at 2:35 AM
“…in one incident, Lewandowski fired a U.S. Coast Guard pilot after Noem's blanket was left behind on a plane, according to people familiar with the incident.”
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Ending this operation is not enough.
We need justice and accountability. That starts with independent investigations into the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, economic restitution for businesses impacted, abolishing ICE, and the impeachment of Kristi Noem.
We need justice and accountability. That starts with independent investigations into the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, economic restitution for businesses impacted, abolishing ICE, and the impeachment of Kristi Noem.
February 12, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Ending this operation is not enough.
We need justice and accountability. That starts with independent investigations into the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, economic restitution for businesses impacted, abolishing ICE, and the impeachment of Kristi Noem.
We need justice and accountability. That starts with independent investigations into the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, economic restitution for businesses impacted, abolishing ICE, and the impeachment of Kristi Noem.
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The Tel Aviv indictment is the first publicly known instance of people being accused of leveraging military secrets to place bets on the popular prediction market. n.pr/4kvG3yW
Israel accuses two of using military secrets to place Polymarket bets
The Tel Aviv indictment is the first publicly known instance of people being accused of leveraging military secrets to place bets on the popular prediction market.
n.pr
February 13, 2026 at 1:57 AM
The Tel Aviv indictment is the first publicly known instance of people being accused of leveraging military secrets to place bets on the popular prediction market. n.pr/4kvG3yW
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Life must be so easy if you just have absolutely no ethics, can you imagine
February 13, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Life must be so easy if you just have absolutely no ethics, can you imagine
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It would be embarrassing under any circumstances to spend a year on this reactionary horseshit, but to have spent the year in which graduate students were sent to concentration camps for op-eds and the federal govt launched a no hold barred attack on academic freedom is just beyond
February 13, 2026 at 1:46 AM
It would be embarrassing under any circumstances to spend a year on this reactionary horseshit, but to have spent the year in which graduate students were sent to concentration camps for op-eds and the federal govt launched a no hold barred attack on academic freedom is just beyond
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You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.
Breaking News: The Trump administration repealed the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse gases threaten human life and well being, meaning that the EPA can no longer regulate them. nyti.ms/4rSszQu
February 12, 2026 at 8:38 PM
You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.
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There needs to be some serious accountability for the colossal harm to life these absolute demons have caused, and will cause. Life in prison is the moderate option.
February 13, 2026 at 12:45 AM
There needs to be some serious accountability for the colossal harm to life these absolute demons have caused, and will cause. Life in prison is the moderate option.
Man, there had better be trials.
CBP didn’t give her or anyone any water; she asked 3 times accg to other reports. CBP killed a 7yr old.
“8 hours after the girl & her father were taken into custody, she began having seizures & her body temperature was measured at 105.7 degrees by emergency medical technicians. shorturl.at/d2OTJ
“8 hours after the girl & her father were taken into custody, she began having seizures & her body temperature was measured at 105.7 degrees by emergency medical technicians. shorturl.at/d2OTJ
7-Year-Old Migrant Girl Dies Of Dehydration And Shock In U.S. Border Patrol Custody
The girl's death underscores the crisis precipitated by large groups of families seeking asylum where there are inadequate facilities to detain them.
shorturl.at
February 13, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Man, there had better be trials.
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Pretty much the most important thing happening in the world right now.
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
February 12, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Pretty much the most important thing happening in the world right now.
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
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BREAKING: in lieu of unsafe vaccines the FDA now requires all babies to snort cocaine off a toilet seat
RFK Jr: I'm not scared of a germ. I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats.
February 13, 2026 at 12:34 AM
BREAKING: in lieu of unsafe vaccines the FDA now requires all babies to snort cocaine off a toilet seat
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Weird how the media companies owned by billionaires continue to lay off staff. It's as if they don't really care about journalism.
variety.com/2026/tv/news...
variety.com/2026/tv/news...
CBS News Considering New Round of Layoffs, Could Affect at Least 15% of Staff
CBS News Considering New Round of Layoffs, Could Affect At Least 15% of Staff
variety.com
February 12, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Weird how the media companies owned by billionaires continue to lay off staff. It's as if they don't really care about journalism.
variety.com/2026/tv/news...
variety.com/2026/tv/news...
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Junk bonds have entered the chat.
NVIDIA CORP. WILL LEASE A 200-MEGAWATT DATA CENTER IN NEVADA FINANCED PARTLY BY A $3.8 BILLION JUNK-BOND SALE LED BY TRACT CAPITAL, WITH JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. AND MORGAN STANLEY MANAGING THE TRANSACTION.
February 12, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Junk bonds have entered the chat.
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DOCTOR ZHIVAGO (1965) — 8:00 pm ET — 3h 17m
(TCM Primetime: Unrequited Love)
Geraldine Chaplin, Julie Christie, Tom Courtenay; directed by David Lean
David Lean directs this epic winner of five Oscars about Yuri Zhivago, a man torn between two loves amid the Russian Revolution.
#TCM #TCMParty
(TCM Primetime: Unrequited Love)
Geraldine Chaplin, Julie Christie, Tom Courtenay; directed by David Lean
David Lean directs this epic winner of five Oscars about Yuri Zhivago, a man torn between two loves amid the Russian Revolution.
#TCM #TCMParty
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
www.tcm.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:54 AM
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Bless
Coinbase posts surprise loss on crypto trading slowdown reut.rs/461Jzv1
Coinbase posts surprise loss on crypto trading slowdown
Coinbase posted a surprise quarterly loss on Thursday, marking its first since the third quarter of 2023, as the cryptocurrency exchange was hit by weaker trading volumes during a period of broad digital-asset selloff.
reut.rs
February 13, 2026 at 12:52 AM
Bless
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The U.S. is not a free country
February 12, 2026 at 5:13 PM
The U.S. is not a free country
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Israeli Soldiers Accused of Using Polymarket to Bet on Strikes
Israeli Soldiers Accused of Using Polymarket to Bet on Strikes
The country’s internal security agency indicted a reservist and a civilian for security offenses, bribery and obstruction of justice in connection with the bets.
www.wsj.com
February 12, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Israeli Soldiers Accused of Using Polymarket to Bet on Strikes
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“This is something that governments in Iran and Syria and East Germany and maybe military regimes back in the day in Argentina and Brazil would do, but in the United States? That’s just crazy,” he said.
UNC Administrators Can Now Secretly Record Faculty
The new policy prohibits students from recording class without permission but explicitly allows administrators to surveil professors for any “lawful purpose.” https://bit.ly/3MyingR
#EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd
The new policy prohibits students from recording class without permission but explicitly allows administrators to surveil professors for any “lawful purpose.” https://bit.ly/3MyingR
#EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd
February 12, 2026 at 5:35 PM
“This is something that governments in Iran and Syria and East Germany and maybe military regimes back in the day in Argentina and Brazil would do, but in the United States? That’s just crazy,” he said.
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🥌 While the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Games embrace cutting‑edge sporting technology, the equipment for one event remains rooted in tradition. Here's how curling stones are still being carved and shaped the same way they were half a century ago reut.rs/4050j0O
February 12, 2026 at 5:58 PM
🥌 While the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Games embrace cutting‑edge sporting technology, the equipment for one event remains rooted in tradition. Here's how curling stones are still being carved and shaped the same way they were half a century ago reut.rs/4050j0O
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it really can't be said enough that this is a person who has dined with the president of the united states
Fuentes then fantasizes about “breeding gulags”: “So just like Hitler imprisoned Gypsies, Jews, communists, you know, all of his political rivals, we have to do the same thing with women… They go to the breeding gulags. The good ones will be liberated. The bad ones will toil in the mines forever.”
February 12, 2026 at 4:11 PM
it really can't be said enough that this is a person who has dined with the president of the united states
Besides the point, but as an inveterate, dyed-in-the-wool slob myself, I find this slob's choice of clothing grating.
Fetterman: "I met with Secretary Noem. I've always treated her with respect. I refuse and never will engage in the kinds of sexist terms like 'ICE Barbie' that the left media will use."
February 13, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Besides the point, but as an inveterate, dyed-in-the-wool slob myself, I find this slob's choice of clothing grating.