Michael Gutierrez
@michaelg398.bsky.social
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This is literally what I've been writing and podcasting about for years. I was planning to do an essay on this, but here's a 🧵.
The main reason is psychology. Due to personal, family, and cultural histories, some people are inherently scared of the world.
The main reason is psychology. Due to personal, family, and cultural histories, some people are inherently scared of the world.
Fight and help win a world war.
Establish a global order that cements your national power for 80 years.
Blow it all up.
What am I missing?
Establish a global order that cements your national power for 80 years.
Blow it all up.
What am I missing?
January 18, 2026 at 5:43 PM
This is literally what I've been writing and podcasting about for years. I was planning to do an essay on this, but here's a 🧵.
The main reason is psychology. Due to personal, family, and cultural histories, some people are inherently scared of the world.
The main reason is psychology. Due to personal, family, and cultural histories, some people are inherently scared of the world.
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Pentagon readies 1,500 soldiers to possibly deploy to Minnesota, officials say
Soldiers with the Army’s 11th Airborne Division in Alaska have been placed at the ready following Trump’s Insurrection Act threat, according to defense officials.
Soldiers with the Army’s 11th Airborne Division in Alaska have been placed at the ready following Trump’s Insurrection Act threat, according to defense officials.
Pentagon readies 1,500 soldiers to possibly deploy to Minnesota, officials say
Soldiers with the Army’s 11th Airborne Division in Alaska have been placed at the ready following Trump’s Insurrection Act threat, according to defense officials.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 18, 2026 at 5:08 AM
Pentagon readies 1,500 soldiers to possibly deploy to Minnesota, officials say
Soldiers with the Army’s 11th Airborne Division in Alaska have been placed at the ready following Trump’s Insurrection Act threat, according to defense officials.
Soldiers with the Army’s 11th Airborne Division in Alaska have been placed at the ready following Trump’s Insurrection Act threat, according to defense officials.
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Permanent Daylight Saving Time delays Birmingham sunrise from 6:52am CST to 7:52am CDT—and fails to save energy—on this day in 1974.
January 17, 2026 at 11:27 PM
Permanent Daylight Saving Time delays Birmingham sunrise from 6:52am CST to 7:52am CDT—and fails to save energy—on this day in 1974.
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David Bowie - I'm Afraid of Americans
January 17, 2026 at 4:48 PM
David Bowie - I'm Afraid of Americans
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Laurel Canyon Overlook (2025)
by Danny Folkman
by Danny Folkman
January 17, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Laurel Canyon Overlook (2025)
by Danny Folkman
by Danny Folkman
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Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/u...
Judge Restricts Immigration Agents’ Actions Toward Minnesota Protesters
www.nytimes.com
January 17, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/u...
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You won’t be alone if the President of the uNiTeD stAtEs flips you off.
January 16, 2026 at 3:48 AM
You won’t be alone if the President of the uNiTeD stAtEs flips you off.
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46 years ago today
Ian Curtis of Joy Division at Lataren Club in Rotterdam on January 16, 1980.
Photo by Rob Verhorst.
#postpunk #punkrock #iancurtis #joydivision #history #postpunkhistory #otd
Ian Curtis of Joy Division at Lataren Club in Rotterdam on January 16, 1980.
Photo by Rob Verhorst.
#postpunk #punkrock #iancurtis #joydivision #history #postpunkhistory #otd
January 16, 2026 at 3:44 AM
46 years ago today
Ian Curtis of Joy Division at Lataren Club in Rotterdam on January 16, 1980.
Photo by Rob Verhorst.
#postpunk #punkrock #iancurtis #joydivision #history #postpunkhistory #otd
Ian Curtis of Joy Division at Lataren Club in Rotterdam on January 16, 1980.
Photo by Rob Verhorst.
#postpunk #punkrock #iancurtis #joydivision #history #postpunkhistory #otd
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Two people were just shot by ICE in Minneapolis off N 24th Ave. Early indications are that they'll survive.
January 15, 2026 at 2:14 AM
Two people were just shot by ICE in Minneapolis off N 24th Ave. Early indications are that they'll survive.
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Danish and Greenland ministers just left the White House. It did not go well.
I have a long discussion here of Trump's attempt to get Greenland and why it could lead to World War III.
(Gifted.)
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
I have a long discussion here of Trump's attempt to get Greenland and why it could lead to World War III.
(Gifted.)
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Trump’s Most Dangerous Gambit
His irrational obsession with Greenland could lead to global conflict.
www.theatlantic.com
January 14, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Danish and Greenland ministers just left the White House. It did not go well.
I have a long discussion here of Trump's attempt to get Greenland and why it could lead to World War III.
(Gifted.)
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
I have a long discussion here of Trump's attempt to get Greenland and why it could lead to World War III.
(Gifted.)
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Today at 34 & Park in Minneapolis, a woman tried to drive down the street where a protest had broken out in front of a home ICE was raiding, saying she had a doctor apt to get to. ICE agents busted out her windows, cut off her seatbelt, and pulled her out before arresting her.
January 13, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Today at 34 & Park in Minneapolis, a woman tried to drive down the street where a protest had broken out in front of a home ICE was raiding, saying she had a doctor apt to get to. ICE agents busted out her windows, cut off her seatbelt, and pulled her out before arresting her.
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AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
January 13, 2026 at 1:20 AM
AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
Further evidence of war crimes:
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/u...
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/u...
U.S. Attacked Boat With Aircraft That Looked Like a Civilian Plane
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 12:09 AM
Further evidence of war crimes:
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/u...
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/u...
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semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
January 12, 2026 at 8:04 PM
semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
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Trump's thugs are going hog wild and tossing gas around in one of the busiest commercial districts in Minneapolis, just a mile or so from where I live. Complete insanity.
(vid via Ford Fischer on X)
(vid via Ford Fischer on X)
January 12, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Trump's thugs are going hog wild and tossing gas around in one of the busiest commercial districts in Minneapolis, just a mile or so from where I live. Complete insanity.
(vid via Ford Fischer on X)
(vid via Ford Fischer on X)
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A knight of the Order of Santiago, flashing his cool specs in 1640. By Jusepe de Ribera, who was born OTD in 1591.
January 12, 2026 at 4:59 PM
A knight of the Order of Santiago, flashing his cool specs in 1640. By Jusepe de Ribera, who was born OTD in 1591.
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There are many things that have elevated them into a baronial class of “supercitizens,” and it’s an elevation that is antithetical to a healthy democracy.
This has been a point critics have been making for ages. I hope seeing ICE unleashed makes clear why they have been.
This has been a point critics have been making for ages. I hope seeing ICE unleashed makes clear why they have been.
New Laws Are Turning Police Into ‘Supercitizens’ - The American Prospect
A series of legislative and judicial efforts have removed police oversight from oversight boards and communities.
prospect.org
January 12, 2026 at 2:56 AM
There are many things that have elevated them into a baronial class of “supercitizens,” and it’s an elevation that is antithetical to a healthy democracy.
This has been a point critics have been making for ages. I hope seeing ICE unleashed makes clear why they have been.
This has been a point critics have been making for ages. I hope seeing ICE unleashed makes clear why they have been.
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Tfw your childhood pediatricians reunite to tell you that you have osteoporosis
January 11, 2026 at 11:08 PM
Tfw your childhood pediatricians reunite to tell you that you have osteoporosis
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Cleaning out old screenshots/photos and this on got me all over again
January 11, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Cleaning out old screenshots/photos and this on got me all over again
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#HappyBirthday Eddie Cheever, 68, who - #AnorakFact - started more #F1 GPs (132) than any other US driver & had one of the most distinctive helmets of all time. Pic: his ’84 Alfa 184T was hunky but unreliable.
January 10, 2026 at 11:41 AM
#HappyBirthday Eddie Cheever, 68, who - #AnorakFact - started more #F1 GPs (132) than any other US driver & had one of the most distinctive helmets of all time. Pic: his ’84 Alfa 184T was hunky but unreliable.
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A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
January 10, 2026 at 3:24 PM
A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
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Here’s a comment for the people who are upset that MN hasn’t charged Jonathan Ross already:
If you just Leeeroy Jenkins this shit you will lose and you will empower fascism and murder.
It is indescribably hard to prosecute cops for murder. It is even hard when the murder is ON VIDEO.
/1
If you just Leeeroy Jenkins this shit you will lose and you will empower fascism and murder.
It is indescribably hard to prosecute cops for murder. It is even hard when the murder is ON VIDEO.
/1
January 9, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Here’s a comment for the people who are upset that MN hasn’t charged Jonathan Ross already:
If you just Leeeroy Jenkins this shit you will lose and you will empower fascism and murder.
It is indescribably hard to prosecute cops for murder. It is even hard when the murder is ON VIDEO.
/1
If you just Leeeroy Jenkins this shit you will lose and you will empower fascism and murder.
It is indescribably hard to prosecute cops for murder. It is even hard when the murder is ON VIDEO.
/1