Michael M. Hughes
@michaelmhughes.bsky.social
Author, speaker, game designer, magical thinker, satirist. Copy editor @The Baltimore Banner. Opinions 💯 mine. http://theartofmagicalliving.com and http://michaelmhughes.com. And coming to Kickstarter March 2025: http://rockersandrollersgame.com
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The first print run of Magic for the Resistance has sold out already! I am delighted that it is having renewed life at such an important time.
Imagination, which is not fantasy, is a quasi-divine faculty which perceives right away, without recourse to philosophical methods, the intimate and secret relations between things, their correspondences and analogies.
—Baudelaire, Notes nouvelles sur Edgar Poe
—Baudelaire, Notes nouvelles sur Edgar Poe
February 7, 2026 at 4:30 AM
Imagination, which is not fantasy, is a quasi-divine faculty which perceives right away, without recourse to philosophical methods, the intimate and secret relations between things, their correspondences and analogies.
—Baudelaire, Notes nouvelles sur Edgar Poe
—Baudelaire, Notes nouvelles sur Edgar Poe
I was watching “The Devil’s Nightmare” (1971) and had no idea Stephen Miller was in it. He hasn’t changed a bit!
February 7, 2026 at 12:21 AM
I was watching “The Devil’s Nightmare” (1971) and had no idea Stephen Miller was in it. He hasn’t changed a bit!
If you are a child snatcher, you are evil. Full stop. I learned that when I was a kid watching Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, and nothing has changed since then.
a man in a top hat stands in front of a group of men on horses
ALT: a man in a top hat stands in front of a group of men on horses
media.tenor.com
February 6, 2026 at 7:05 PM
If you are a child snatcher, you are evil. Full stop. I learned that when I was a kid watching Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, and nothing has changed since then.
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The public made noise for Liam Ramos and it got him released from Dilley.
Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo.
Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles.
Get them out!
Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo.
Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles.
Get them out!
February 6, 2026 at 12:08 AM
The public made noise for Liam Ramos and it got him released from Dilley.
Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo.
Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles.
Get them out!
Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo.
Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles.
Get them out!
Nothing can equal those days for endlessness
When in the winter's blizzardy caress
Indifference expanding to Ennui
Takes on the feel of immortality.
—Baudelaire, LXXIX. Spleen.
When in the winter's blizzardy caress
Indifference expanding to Ennui
Takes on the feel of immortality.
—Baudelaire, LXXIX. Spleen.
February 6, 2026 at 3:13 AM
Nothing can equal those days for endlessness
When in the winter's blizzardy caress
Indifference expanding to Ennui
Takes on the feel of immortality.
—Baudelaire, LXXIX. Spleen.
When in the winter's blizzardy caress
Indifference expanding to Ennui
Takes on the feel of immortality.
—Baudelaire, LXXIX. Spleen.
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Elizabeth is a Columbia Heights fourth-grader who loves volleyball, learning English and giggling in the halls with her friends. She's been held in the Dilley Immigration Processing Center for nearly a month, and she and her mom have both fallen ill. sahanjournal.com/education/co...
Sick fourth-grader among 4 Columbia Heights students held by ICE
Columbia Heights Public Schools says four students remain detained by ICE after Liam’s return, including 10-year-old Elizabeth, who has fallen ill.
sahanjournal.com
February 3, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Elizabeth is a Columbia Heights fourth-grader who loves volleyball, learning English and giggling in the halls with her friends. She's been held in the Dilley Immigration Processing Center for nearly a month, and she and her mom have both fallen ill. sahanjournal.com/education/co...
These are truly execrable humans.
“In 2017, Attia appears to have spent time with Epstein in New York—rebuffing his wife’s pleas for him to return home to California—while his infant son was having a medical emergency.”
The Longevity Influencer Who Went Into ‘Withdrawal’ Without Jeffrey Epstein
Peter Attia is all over the Epstein files.
www.theatlantic.com
February 3, 2026 at 5:12 PM
These are truly execrable humans.
Remember in the days after Jan. 6, when we thought we dodged a bullet? That an attempted insurrection failed?
It didn’t. The takeover just took longer to unfold.
And now we’re collectively lying in the street and there’s a masked goon holding a gun barrel against our head.
It didn’t. The takeover just took longer to unfold.
And now we’re collectively lying in the street and there’s a masked goon holding a gun barrel against our head.
February 3, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Remember in the days after Jan. 6, when we thought we dodged a bullet? That an attempted insurrection failed?
It didn’t. The takeover just took longer to unfold.
And now we’re collectively lying in the street and there’s a masked goon holding a gun barrel against our head.
It didn’t. The takeover just took longer to unfold.
And now we’re collectively lying in the street and there’s a masked goon holding a gun barrel against our head.
And speaking of Buddhism:
"Groundhog Day" (movie) is the best stealth teaching of the Buddhist concept of Right Livelihood disguised as a romcom ever made.
Seriously, you do an entire course on Buddhism 101 with just this movie.
"Groundhog Day" (movie) is the best stealth teaching of the Buddhist concept of Right Livelihood disguised as a romcom ever made.
Seriously, you do an entire course on Buddhism 101 with just this movie.
a close up of a man 's face with a newspaper in front of his face .
ALT: a close up of a man 's face with a newspaper in front of his face .
media.tenor.com
February 2, 2026 at 7:34 PM
And speaking of Buddhism:
"Groundhog Day" (movie) is the best stealth teaching of the Buddhist concept of Right Livelihood disguised as a romcom ever made.
Seriously, you do an entire course on Buddhism 101 with just this movie.
"Groundhog Day" (movie) is the best stealth teaching of the Buddhist concept of Right Livelihood disguised as a romcom ever made.
Seriously, you do an entire course on Buddhism 101 with just this movie.
1/3. ALWAYS do your due diligence before joining any mediation or spirituality-focused group. I started dropping in to some meditation classes at a local Buddhist center. Seemed pretty decent—meditating, dharma talk, tasty vegetarian lunch. So I started reading a book by their founder/guru ...
February 2, 2026 at 5:56 PM
1/3. ALWAYS do your due diligence before joining any mediation or spirituality-focused group. I started dropping in to some meditation classes at a local Buddhist center. Seemed pretty decent—meditating, dharma talk, tasty vegetarian lunch. So I started reading a book by their founder/guru ...
Boy does this hit the nail on the head. All the conspiracist knuckleheads I monitor, who cried “FASCISM!” about COVID lockdowns, have gone completely silent about actual jackbooted government thugs kidnapping and killing people in the streets.
Almost like they were cryptofascists the whole time.
Almost like they were cryptofascists the whole time.
The funny thing about a certain type of angry conspiracy guy is that they’re literally being confronted with an elite paedophile ring and a tyrannical government at the same time right now, and because it isn't being done by the people they wanted it to be done by they’re all being pussies about it
January 31, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Boy does this hit the nail on the head. All the conspiracist knuckleheads I monitor, who cried “FASCISM!” about COVID lockdowns, have gone completely silent about actual jackbooted government thugs kidnapping and killing people in the streets.
Almost like they were cryptofascists the whole time.
Almost like they were cryptofascists the whole time.
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Maria Santay, a U.S. citizen and community observer, live-streamed masked ICE agents detaining her after they boxed in her car from all sides and smashed her window. Local police showed up and did nothing.
She was denied access to a restroom, and forced to pee in the parking lot while handcuffed.
She was denied access to a restroom, and forced to pee in the parking lot while handcuffed.
January 31, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Maria Santay, a U.S. citizen and community observer, live-streamed masked ICE agents detaining her after they boxed in her car from all sides and smashed her window. Local police showed up and did nothing.
She was denied access to a restroom, and forced to pee in the parking lot while handcuffed.
She was denied access to a restroom, and forced to pee in the parking lot while handcuffed.
86 matches for Trump in this document from the Epstein files. Warning: Horrific stuff.
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov
January 30, 2026 at 5:29 PM
86 matches for Trump in this document from the Epstein files. Warning: Horrific stuff.
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
Sigils are burning
January 30, 2026 at 6:26 AM
Sigils are burning
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Hey folks with a Substack, any word what they’re doing over there
Medium gives employees Friday off to participate in national strike protesting ICE
Medium gives employees Friday off to participate in national strike protesting ICE | TechCrunch
Activists behind the general strike are calling for "no work, no school, and no shopping" amid a push to defund ICE, which has escalated raids in U.S. cities, killing several people, including two U.S. citizens earlier this month in Minneapolis.
techcrunch.com
January 29, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Hey folks with a Substack, any word what they’re doing over there
You know what to do.
January 29, 2026 at 11:24 PM
You know what to do.
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Source: ICE to begin using empty Melania theaters as temporary detention facilities.
January 29, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Source: ICE to begin using empty Melania theaters as temporary detention facilities.
I wonder if Kristi Noem is humming "The Wheels on the Bus."
January 29, 2026 at 6:05 PM
I wonder if Kristi Noem is humming "The Wheels on the Bus."
Tom Homan is a real-life Chuck Jones villain.
January 29, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Tom Homan is a real-life Chuck Jones villain.
"Because if you don't be for him there, he pull off wings of flies and light puppy dog and kitty cat on fire."
Melania Trump on Barron, who is 19 years old: "You need to be there for a child nonstop, especially at that age that Barron is"
January 29, 2026 at 2:54 PM
"Because if you don't be for him there, he pull off wings of flies and light puppy dog and kitty cat on fire."
Five jobs I've had:
1. Paperboy (Maryland Gazette, RIP)
2. Paste-up artist for peep show biz on Baltimore's Block
3. Extra in John Waters' "Hairspray" (1988)
4. Waiter at TGI Fridays
5. Proofreader for Jet Propulsion Laboratory spacecraft manuals
1. Paperboy (Maryland Gazette, RIP)
2. Paste-up artist for peep show biz on Baltimore's Block
3. Extra in John Waters' "Hairspray" (1988)
4. Waiter at TGI Fridays
5. Proofreader for Jet Propulsion Laboratory spacecraft manuals
Five jobs I’ve had
1. Illustrator
2. Publisher
3. Warehouse worker
4. Game maker
5. Graphic designer
Wait that’s the jobs I have NOW
1. Illustrator
2. Publisher
3. Warehouse worker
4. Game maker
5. Graphic designer
Wait that’s the jobs I have NOW
Five jobs I’ve had:
1. Video store clerk
2. Cinema attendant
3. Bookstore clerk
4. Tech support
5. T-shirt maker
1. Video store clerk
2. Cinema attendant
3. Bookstore clerk
4. Tech support
5. T-shirt maker
January 29, 2026 at 1:48 AM
Five jobs I've had:
1. Paperboy (Maryland Gazette, RIP)
2. Paste-up artist for peep show biz on Baltimore's Block
3. Extra in John Waters' "Hairspray" (1988)
4. Waiter at TGI Fridays
5. Proofreader for Jet Propulsion Laboratory spacecraft manuals
1. Paperboy (Maryland Gazette, RIP)
2. Paste-up artist for peep show biz on Baltimore's Block
3. Extra in John Waters' "Hairspray" (1988)
4. Waiter at TGI Fridays
5. Proofreader for Jet Propulsion Laboratory spacecraft manuals
This is what Trump's stochastic terrorism leads to. He is responsible.
video of the moment a man tried spraying something at ilhan omar at her town hall in minneapolis tonight
January 28, 2026 at 1:13 AM
This is what Trump's stochastic terrorism leads to. He is responsible.
Hey Apple board: If you read this, please fire Tim Cook. Thanks.
January 27, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Hey Apple board: If you read this, please fire Tim Cook. Thanks.
Would be kinda funny to go to the Melania movie and just screech and laugh and shout epithets at the screen like a demented Rocky Horror. Unfortunately, that would put money in Bezos’ bank account. But it sure would be fun.
January 27, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Would be kinda funny to go to the Melania movie and just screech and laugh and shout epithets at the screen like a demented Rocky Horror. Unfortunately, that would put money in Bezos’ bank account. But it sure would be fun.
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