Michael Gerber, bon vivant
@michaelgerber.bsky.social
Boss @ American Bystander. Proud papa of Barry Trotter. Cerebrally Palsied. Survivor of bonus mystery illness. Lover of print comedy & cartoons, Worsley acupuncture, qigong, trains, chicken curry. Mayor of Santa Monica (unofficial).
Pinned
My fellow US satirists, now is the time to do your thing.
Self-censoring is “obeying in advance.”
Forget your career—draw blood
Tear down these crooks & fools
Whether you’re writing for Colbert or doing one night in some black box over a bowling alley, NOW is the time to
LET IT RIP!!!!
Self-censoring is “obeying in advance.”
Forget your career—draw blood
Tear down these crooks & fools
Whether you’re writing for Colbert or doing one night in some black box over a bowling alley, NOW is the time to
LET IT RIP!!!!
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Show of hands if this was the second vibrator you bought
of COURSE there’s a technology the left is excited about
February 18, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Show of hands if this was the second vibrator you bought
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I love this so much
February 18, 2026 at 6:53 AM
I love this so much
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It's a trite point by now but if Biden ever spoke like this we'd have wall to wall media speculation about his mental fitness for at least 48 hours.
Trump: "Herschel Walker, speaking about loyal. How good a football player was Herschel? Now he's ambassador to the Bahamas. I don't know. Bahamas. Bermuda. Is he Bahamas? Whatever. It's a nice place."
February 18, 2026 at 8:48 PM
It's a trite point by now but if Biden ever spoke like this we'd have wall to wall media speculation about his mental fitness for at least 48 hours.
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I recall another Asian great power who believed this and the effete Berkeley liberals invented a portable sun to help them self-immolate
Ehhh, China would destroy the US in a war now. We’d run out of ships in a month and missiles in 3. A soft, anti-intellectual, consumerist populace is not equipped to fight China.
February 18, 2026 at 8:32 PM
I recall another Asian great power who believed this and the effete Berkeley liberals invented a portable sun to help them self-immolate
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The more I think about the DC press slagging AOC for a lack of FP depth while Donald Trump is President, twice, is making me angry enough to explode. The fuck is wrong with the journalists that they're like this
February 18, 2026 at 12:51 PM
The more I think about the DC press slagging AOC for a lack of FP depth while Donald Trump is President, twice, is making me angry enough to explode. The fuck is wrong with the journalists that they're like this
Reposting to be a good citizen but CHRIST, I have had one or more of these symptoms 100% of the time since age 22
Each year, about 800,000 people in the U.S. experience a heart attack. Do you know the signs? This #AmericanHeartMonth, learn all 5 common symptoms, and know when to action to save a life: www.heart.org/en/health-to...
February 18, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Reposting to be a good citizen but CHRIST, I have had one or more of these symptoms 100% of the time since age 22
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Shame on NYU Langone for ending gender-affirming care & kicking trans New Yorkers to the curb. It's a violation of their promise to treat all people equally, kindly, and respectfully — and a violation of NYC's human rights law as well. Bending the knee is bad; denying people care is even worse.
February 18, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Shame on NYU Langone for ending gender-affirming care & kicking trans New Yorkers to the curb. It's a violation of their promise to treat all people equally, kindly, and respectfully — and a violation of NYC's human rights law as well. Bending the knee is bad; denying people care is even worse.
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I think it’s pretty clear this is all extremely intentional.
The media has refused to cover Trump as he actually is for 10 years: a corrupt, racist imbecile.
It’s intentional.
These way out of proportion attacks on AOC, smarter than Trump in every way, are intentional.
The media has refused to cover Trump as he actually is for 10 years: a corrupt, racist imbecile.
It’s intentional.
These way out of proportion attacks on AOC, smarter than Trump in every way, are intentional.
seeing this shit while donald trump is president is enough to melt my brain
I see they settled on a framing in the donor group chat
February 18, 2026 at 1:49 PM
I think it’s pretty clear this is all extremely intentional.
The media has refused to cover Trump as he actually is for 10 years: a corrupt, racist imbecile.
It’s intentional.
These way out of proportion attacks on AOC, smarter than Trump in every way, are intentional.
The media has refused to cover Trump as he actually is for 10 years: a corrupt, racist imbecile.
It’s intentional.
These way out of proportion attacks on AOC, smarter than Trump in every way, are intentional.
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February 18, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Use of AI will turn society into a small class of elect who can think, and the vast mass of people who cannot.
February 18, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Use of AI will turn society into a small class of elect who can think, and the vast mass of people who cannot.
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“If this guy isn’t impeached and removed, what’s the point to the whole Constitution? You can’t have a fucking criminal running the government for his own benefit screwing the people. And that’s what we have.”
February 17, 2026 at 8:57 PM
“If this guy isn’t impeached and removed, what’s the point to the whole Constitution? You can’t have a fucking criminal running the government for his own benefit screwing the people. And that’s what we have.”
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“Is there a technology the left is excited about?”
High-speed rail! MRNA vaccines! New cancer treatments! Solar and wind energy collection! Better and longer-range EVs! That wood that's harder than steel! New apples! Fibermaxxing! Buldak Swicy ramen! Muppets! Muppets are too a technology, shut up!
High-speed rail! MRNA vaccines! New cancer treatments! Solar and wind energy collection! Better and longer-range EVs! That wood that's harder than steel! New apples! Fibermaxxing! Buldak Swicy ramen! Muppets! Muppets are too a technology, shut up!
February 18, 2026 at 1:40 PM
“Is there a technology the left is excited about?”
High-speed rail! MRNA vaccines! New cancer treatments! Solar and wind energy collection! Better and longer-range EVs! That wood that's harder than steel! New apples! Fibermaxxing! Buldak Swicy ramen! Muppets! Muppets are too a technology, shut up!
High-speed rail! MRNA vaccines! New cancer treatments! Solar and wind energy collection! Better and longer-range EVs! That wood that's harder than steel! New apples! Fibermaxxing! Buldak Swicy ramen! Muppets! Muppets are too a technology, shut up!
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Writing forces your brain to coordinate memory, reasoning, and meaning-making simultaneously.
Every time you write, you rewire toward clearer thinking. Every time you let an LLM do it, you rewire toward consumption.
Every time you write, you rewire toward clearer thinking. Every time you let an LLM do it, you rewire toward consumption.
February 18, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Writing forces your brain to coordinate memory, reasoning, and meaning-making simultaneously.
Every time you write, you rewire toward clearer thinking. Every time you let an LLM do it, you rewire toward consumption.
Every time you write, you rewire toward clearer thinking. Every time you let an LLM do it, you rewire toward consumption.
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Yesterday my friend told me about her PHILOSOPHY students all using ai for their assignments and like come the fuck on man you’re in Uni doing the subject thats Thinking about Thinking and u refuse to Think
February 18, 2026 at 8:15 AM
Yesterday my friend told me about her PHILOSOPHY students all using ai for their assignments and like come the fuck on man you’re in Uni doing the subject thats Thinking about Thinking and u refuse to Think
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Historian of medicine here. Yes. Yes, they did.
before antibiotics did people just die all the time from everything?
February 17, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Historian of medicine here. Yes. Yes, they did.
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always push back
#FDA backs down on #Moderna: The agency had refused to review the company's licensure application for an mRNA flu vaccine, but after significant pushback has relented. www.statnews.com/2026/02/18/f...
FDA reverses course, agrees to review Moderna’s flu vaccine
The FDA reversed course and told Moderna it would review its application for a new flu vaccine, the company announced Wednesday.
www.statnews.com
February 18, 2026 at 1:52 PM
always push back
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I can’t believe you lefty Luddites hate tech so much that you embrace mRNA vaccines, heat pumps, electric bikes, hybrid work, renewable power (and awesome advancements in storage), space telescopes, and hot/cold running water but reject the planet destroying plagiarism enrich the worst people bots!
February 18, 2026 at 1:07 PM
I can’t believe you lefty Luddites hate tech so much that you embrace mRNA vaccines, heat pumps, electric bikes, hybrid work, renewable power (and awesome advancements in storage), space telescopes, and hot/cold running water but reject the planet destroying plagiarism enrich the worst people bots!
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Democrats continue to hold the line on DHS funding while Republicans demand more money for the regime’s secret police. Urge Democrats to keep up the fight to get ICE Out For Good and tell Republicans to agree to a DHS funding bill that protects our communities and civil rights.
Tell Your Members of Congress: Halt the ICE Terror Machine
On January 24, federal forces with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. This was just over two weeks after the killing of Renee Good. These killings are a direc...
act.indivisible.org
February 18, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Democrats continue to hold the line on DHS funding while Republicans demand more money for the regime’s secret police. Urge Democrats to keep up the fight to get ICE Out For Good and tell Republicans to agree to a DHS funding bill that protects our communities and civil rights.
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US:
"We are all one Western Civilization sharing a common thread from Athens to Rome to America."
EU:
"We've actually been building institutions to bring Europe closer together, pooling our sovereignty around shared values and..."
US:
"No. Not like that."
"We are all one Western Civilization sharing a common thread from Athens to Rome to America."
EU:
"We've actually been building institutions to bring Europe closer together, pooling our sovereignty around shared values and..."
US:
"No. Not like that."
February 18, 2026 at 1:53 PM
US:
"We are all one Western Civilization sharing a common thread from Athens to Rome to America."
EU:
"We've actually been building institutions to bring Europe closer together, pooling our sovereignty around shared values and..."
US:
"No. Not like that."
"We are all one Western Civilization sharing a common thread from Athens to Rome to America."
EU:
"We've actually been building institutions to bring Europe closer together, pooling our sovereignty around shared values and..."
US:
"No. Not like that."
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Happy retirement to Robert Woods, who helped define the “Sean McVay offense”, was totally fearless across the middle, full of great personality, and had the coolest nickname ever. “Bobby Trees”.
February 17, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Happy retirement to Robert Woods, who helped define the “Sean McVay offense”, was totally fearless across the middle, full of great personality, and had the coolest nickname ever. “Bobby Trees”.
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"These are the subscription-driven consumer tech companies we have identified as having outsized influence over the national economy and our president."
Resist and Unsubscribe
www.resistandunsubscribe.com
February 17, 2026 at 5:41 AM
"These are the subscription-driven consumer tech companies we have identified as having outsized influence over the national economy and our president."
Fascinating character; fascinating life. Reminded me of so many Yale Record friends of American Century vintage...
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Frederick Vreeland, Diplomat and Spy Who Served With Style, Dies at 98
www.nytimes.com
February 17, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Fascinating character; fascinating life. Reminded me of so many Yale Record friends of American Century vintage...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/s...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/s...
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If this is true: Then it's being rushed out with no wider thought to how it would impact the economy as a whole and millions of jobs. This is not "just like the internet boom impact on employment"
If this is false: then MS is just straight up propagandizing LLMs to try and make Number Keep Go Up
If this is false: then MS is just straight up propagandizing LLMs to try and make Number Keep Go Up
Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman says most white-collar work "will be fully automated by an AI within the next 12 to 18 months.”
If that’s true, it’s an economic earthquake.
We need a moratorium on new AI data centers to make sure AI works for workers, not just billionaires.
If that’s true, it’s an economic earthquake.
We need a moratorium on new AI data centers to make sure AI works for workers, not just billionaires.
February 17, 2026 at 8:34 PM
If this is true: Then it's being rushed out with no wider thought to how it would impact the economy as a whole and millions of jobs. This is not "just like the internet boom impact on employment"
If this is false: then MS is just straight up propagandizing LLMs to try and make Number Keep Go Up
If this is false: then MS is just straight up propagandizing LLMs to try and make Number Keep Go Up
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February 17, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Advertise your account with a GIF.