McMESSMAKER
@michaelmcfarland.bsky.social
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Lead singer of Anthemic Indie Rock band MESSMAKER
https://linktr.ee/messmaker
Music photography enthusiast
Are you happy with the way things are? Or are you paying attention?
Lead singer of Anthemic Indie Rock band MESSMAKER
https://linktr.ee/messmaker
Music photography enthusiast
Are you happy with the way things are? Or are you paying attention?
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McMESSMAKER
@michaelmcfarland.bsky.social
· Dec 25
I know nobody sees my posts, but my buddy Steve made this edit with my song Headphones, and it makes me smile. Have yourself a merry little MESSmas!
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BTW when I say abolish ICE, I mean abolish it entirely and replace it with exactly nothing. Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free. That's it.
January 25, 2026 at 2:32 AM
BTW when I say abolish ICE, I mean abolish it entirely and replace it with exactly nothing. Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free. That's it.
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Imagine what’s happening in the camps.
Imagine how much they’d be lying about what happened without all the videos showing it from multiple angles.
January 24, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Imagine what’s happening in the camps.
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Prosecute ICE is the compromise position, prosecute any politician who is not actively assisting with prosecuting ICE as a coconspirator is the goal.
January 24, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Prosecute ICE is the compromise position, prosecute any politician who is not actively assisting with prosecuting ICE as a coconspirator is the goal.
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"They say they're coming to save us from some evil? They're talking about our neighbors who take care of us ... Alex was murdered while he was helping. Mr Rogers said look for the helpers, & right now the helpers have a target on our forehead ... Mr Rogers would be here right now too, so I'm here."
January 24, 2026 at 9:14 PM
"They say they're coming to save us from some evil? They're talking about our neighbors who take care of us ... Alex was murdered while he was helping. Mr Rogers said look for the helpers, & right now the helpers have a target on our forehead ... Mr Rogers would be here right now too, so I'm here."
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Minneapolis Police Chief O'Hara: "The video speaks for itself. We have identified this person - 37-year-old, white male, resident of the city. The only interaction that we are aware of with law enforcement has been for traffic tickets and we believe he is a lawfully gun owner with a permit to carry"
January 24, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Minneapolis Police Chief O'Hara: "The video speaks for itself. We have identified this person - 37-year-old, white male, resident of the city. The only interaction that we are aware of with law enforcement has been for traffic tickets and we believe he is a lawfully gun owner with a permit to carry"
Exactly. For most of my life I'd felt like the U.S. was a place where the arc of the moral universe was bending - far too slowly, but bending - towards justice. Now it's been violently wrenched in the opposite direction.
People are basically stating what our poets said long ago:
"Democracy—a great word, whose history remains unwritten, because that history has yet to be enacted" - Whitman
"O, let America be America again—
The land that never has been yet—
And yet must be—the land where every man is free." - Hughes
"Democracy—a great word, whose history remains unwritten, because that history has yet to be enacted" - Whitman
"O, let America be America again—
The land that never has been yet—
And yet must be—the land where every man is free." - Hughes
People who say this are clearly speaking aspirationally about a shared American creed they hold dear. “Have you heard of the Trail of Tears?” is not a very helpful response, because they probably have and the priority right now is moral opposition to fascism and not fake-educating each other.
January 22, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Exactly. For most of my life I'd felt like the U.S. was a place where the arc of the moral universe was bending - far too slowly, but bending - towards justice. Now it's been violently wrenched in the opposite direction.
Leopards, faces, etc.
OH MY GOD
Minnesota police chiefs say federal agents are pulling over cops and demanding papers www.alternet.org/minnesota-ice/
Minnesota police chiefs say federal agents are pulling over cops and demanding papers www.alternet.org/minnesota-ice/
Minnesota police chiefs say federal agents are pulling over cops and demanding papers
United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents are violating Minnesotans' civil rights, including those of off-duty officers, Brooklyn Park Police Chief Mark Bruley said in a Tuesday b...
www.alternet.org
January 20, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Leopards, faces, etc.
Swapped out our Ring for a Eufy when whispers of this started filtering through last year. I suggest you do the same (pick your brand, but the Eufy is treating us well. I assume they’re also a milkshake duck of a company in some way.)
January 19, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Swapped out our Ring for a Eufy when whispers of this started filtering through last year. I suggest you do the same (pick your brand, but the Eufy is treating us well. I assume they’re also a milkshake duck of a company in some way.)
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Since his socialist ideology was written out of the history books.. In his own words:
"If America does not use her vast resources of wealth to end poverty and make it possible for all of God’s children to have the basic necessities of life, she too will go to hell."
Happy MLK Day.
"If America does not use her vast resources of wealth to end poverty and make it possible for all of God’s children to have the basic necessities of life, she too will go to hell."
Happy MLK Day.
January 19, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Since his socialist ideology was written out of the history books.. In his own words:
"If America does not use her vast resources of wealth to end poverty and make it possible for all of God’s children to have the basic necessities of life, she too will go to hell."
Happy MLK Day.
"If America does not use her vast resources of wealth to end poverty and make it possible for all of God’s children to have the basic necessities of life, she too will go to hell."
Happy MLK Day.
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The absolute accuracy of this.
January 18, 2026 at 10:23 PM
The absolute accuracy of this.
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she said it was 5000 years of Chinese history reborn, but turns out it was just some ballet show, or opera junk, stuff like that, and then Julian told me they were occult, which means they take your fuckin organs out of you when you sleep. and I like sleeping a whole lot, so
January 18, 2026 at 12:49 AM
she said it was 5000 years of Chinese history reborn, but turns out it was just some ballet show, or opera junk, stuff like that, and then Julian told me they were occult, which means they take your fuckin organs out of you when you sleep. and I like sleeping a whole lot, so
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Their first mistake was invading Minneapolis
Their second mistake was invading his true home: Online
Their second mistake was invading his true home: Online
January 17, 2026 at 2:09 AM
Their first mistake was invading Minneapolis
Their second mistake was invading his true home: Online
Their second mistake was invading his true home: Online
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They have fucking assault rifles and we have whistles and they’re scared shitless, because they know we’d rather be righteous and dead than ever be them.
January 15, 2026 at 3:56 AM
They have fucking assault rifles and we have whistles and they’re scared shitless, because they know we’d rather be righteous and dead than ever be them.
Hell yeah unions whip ass
January 14, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Hell yeah unions whip ass
My home river is the Cuyahoga, the crooked river, much abused in years past and still maligned by those who remember only its smoldering, polluted history, and didn't get to grow up playing on its banks in Kent, Ohio, and have never gotten to live, swim, hike and kayak near its mouth in Cleveland.
My favorite Twitter prompt was "RT this with your home river," so reskeet this with your home river.
Mine is the Patuxent.
Mine is the Patuxent.
January 12, 2026 at 8:28 PM
My home river is the Cuyahoga, the crooked river, much abused in years past and still maligned by those who remember only its smoldering, polluted history, and didn't get to grow up playing on its banks in Kent, Ohio, and have never gotten to live, swim, hike and kayak near its mouth in Cleveland.
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oh no no no don't be crazy you're worrying over nothing that centre is definitely gonna hold
January 12, 2026 at 2:06 AM
oh no no no don't be crazy you're worrying over nothing that centre is definitely gonna hold
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That’s a very astute observation, and you’re right to question the morality of these choices. But this isn’t about ethics, it’s about compassion
It’s not eating your pets. It’s a rescue mission.
And that distinction MATTERS.
Would you like me to create a diagram of how you could eat your dog?
It’s not eating your pets. It’s a rescue mission.
And that distinction MATTERS.
Would you like me to create a diagram of how you could eat your dog?
January 11, 2026 at 3:46 PM
That’s a very astute observation, and you’re right to question the morality of these choices. But this isn’t about ethics, it’s about compassion
It’s not eating your pets. It’s a rescue mission.
And that distinction MATTERS.
Would you like me to create a diagram of how you could eat your dog?
It’s not eating your pets. It’s a rescue mission.
And that distinction MATTERS.
Would you like me to create a diagram of how you could eat your dog?
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do you guys hear that bell tolling? wonder who it’s for. it’s so loud lmao
January 10, 2026 at 3:30 PM
do you guys hear that bell tolling? wonder who it’s for. it’s so loud lmao
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I need someone to do an anthropological study on how different cultures make that motion - I can’t stop staring at their wrists 😂
January 10, 2026 at 2:21 PM
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I saw this video of a Vietnam vet in the fur coat yelling at ICE and thought to myself, "this is missing something," before I realized, "Ah, of course, the Ether instrumental. It's so obvious."
January 9, 2026 at 7:53 PM
I saw this video of a Vietnam vet in the fur coat yelling at ICE and thought to myself, "this is missing something," before I realized, "Ah, of course, the Ether instrumental. It's so obvious."
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Here’s a good trick: trick the government that insurance carriers are in defiance of the administration’s views on climate change, and make it illegal to factor that into premium increases…
January 8, 2026 at 3:13 AM
Here’s a good trick: trick the government that insurance carriers are in defiance of the administration’s views on climate change, and make it illegal to factor that into premium increases…
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Video makes clear almost every word of this is a lie.
January 7, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Video makes clear almost every word of this is a lie.