Michael Harris
@michaelsharris.bsky.social
I play the guitars, I do some economics, I have the dogs, I make some music. [Sydney, 🇦🇺]
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Semi-serious question: who owns the copyright as composer?
If I record a cover of this tune and release it claiming my own composer credit, who is able to sue me? And would they win easily?
Any lawyers wanna weigh in?
If I record a cover of this tune and release it claiming my own composer credit, who is able to sue me? And would they win easily?
Any lawyers wanna weigh in?
November 11, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Semi-serious question: who owns the copyright as composer?
If I record a cover of this tune and release it claiming my own composer credit, who is able to sue me? And would they win easily?
Any lawyers wanna weigh in?
If I record a cover of this tune and release it claiming my own composer credit, who is able to sue me? And would they win easily?
Any lawyers wanna weigh in?
Semi-serious question: who owns the copyright as composer?
If I record a cover of this tune and release it claiming my own composer credit, who is able to sue me? And would they win easily?
Any lawyers wanna weigh in?
If I record a cover of this tune and release it claiming my own composer credit, who is able to sue me? And would they win easily?
Any lawyers wanna weigh in?
November 11, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Semi-serious question: who owns the copyright as composer?
If I record a cover of this tune and release it claiming my own composer credit, who is able to sue me? And would they win easily?
Any lawyers wanna weigh in?
If I record a cover of this tune and release it claiming my own composer credit, who is able to sue me? And would they win easily?
Any lawyers wanna weigh in?
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“i fold,” said the poker player & the laundromat guy & the origami artist & the dems &
November 10, 2025 at 9:10 PM
“i fold,” said the poker player & the laundromat guy & the origami artist & the dems &
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in a long life filled with saying stupid shit this is may be the stupidest shit he's ever said
November 11, 2025 at 7:21 PM
in a long life filled with saying stupid shit this is may be the stupidest shit he's ever said
Critics in awe is a new one.
“We’re all just gobsmacked. Incredible work. Amazing stuff.”
“We’re all just gobsmacked. Incredible work. Amazing stuff.”
'Slimebag': Critics in awe as ethics office purged after Trump's 'attack dog' probed
www.rawstory.com
'Slimebag': Critics in awe as ethics office purged after Trump's 'attack dog' probed
twp.ai
November 11, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Critics in awe is a new one.
“We’re all just gobsmacked. Incredible work. Amazing stuff.”
“We’re all just gobsmacked. Incredible work. Amazing stuff.”
I feel seen, etc.
Sure I *could* talk to you on the phone for ninety seconds…or we can sort this out over hundreds of misinterpreted text messages and three months of broken email chains like adults
November 11, 2025 at 10:40 PM
I feel seen, etc.
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Are we out of touch? No it is the base that is wrong
November 11, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Are we out of touch? No it is the base that is wrong
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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Nuremburg trials is the moderate position
He said that the agents would throw food at them to eat. The agents threatened to withhold food for a week and to beat him up if he didn't sign deportation papers. He said he saw others refuse and get beaten/receive no food. He signed because he was afraid.
November 7, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Nuremburg trials is the moderate position
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"Recently, an art piece that I co-created over 30 years ago with my then-partner, musician Perry Farrell of Jane’s Addiction, was unearthed from a storage facility, after apparently being misplaced by the band’s management."
I Watched One of the Biggest Bands of the '90s Erase Me from Their Story:
I Watched One of the Biggest Bands of the '90s Erase Me from Their Story:
I Was A Creative Force Behind One Of The Biggest Rock Bands Of The '90s. Then I Watched Them Erase Me From Their Story.
"At that time, the band had broken up, and I was told they would never reunite. But that’s not what happened."
www.huffpost.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:45 AM
"Recently, an art piece that I co-created over 30 years ago with my then-partner, musician Perry Farrell of Jane’s Addiction, was unearthed from a storage facility, after apparently being misplaced by the band’s management."
I Watched One of the Biggest Bands of the '90s Erase Me from Their Story:
I Watched One of the Biggest Bands of the '90s Erase Me from Their Story:
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It is, and what goes unsaid is that the piece in question a) opened with one of the most blatantly racist ledes I’ve read in years* and b) was by Jeremy Peters, who for the last decade has functioned as effectively a Heritage Foundation-type operative inside the Times newsroom
This is fucking brilliant, and you should read it: lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:05 PM
It is, and what goes unsaid is that the piece in question a) opened with one of the most blatantly racist ledes I’ve read in years* and b) was by Jeremy Peters, who for the last decade has functioned as effectively a Heritage Foundation-type operative inside the Times newsroom
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A solemn and stormy Edmund Fitzgerald day to all who celebrate: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP0k...
Billy Strings “Wreck of the Edmund’s Fitzgerald” 4/19/25 #billystrings #cary #agirlandherphone
YouTube video by Beth Boylan
www.youtube.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:38 PM
A solemn and stormy Edmund Fitzgerald day to all who celebrate: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP0k...
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Ok, just wow. If the content of this article is right, this is depressing. We're slowly reaching the point where ~100% of what I was taught in Social Psych was either innocently wrong or plainly frauded
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Debunking “When Prophecy Fails”
In 1954, Dorothy Martin predicted an apocalyptic flood and promised her followers rescue by flying saucers. When neither arrived, she recanted, her group dissolved, and efforts to proselytize ceased....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Ok, just wow. If the content of this article is right, this is depressing. We're slowly reaching the point where ~100% of what I was taught in Social Psych was either innocently wrong or plainly frauded
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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I got tired of reading this fake statistic that strangulation during sex was the "second leading cause of stroke in young women".
It's not.
medium.com/@nicole.prau...
It's not.
medium.com/@nicole.prau...
Is “strangulation” really the second cause of stroke in young women?
Here we go again
medium.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:49 AM
I got tired of reading this fake statistic that strangulation during sex was the "second leading cause of stroke in young women".
It's not.
medium.com/@nicole.prau...
It's not.
medium.com/@nicole.prau...
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November 9, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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The Mamdani political sign generator is kinda fun https://homes.luddy.indiana.edu/ccshan/for/for.html
November 8, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The Mamdani political sign generator is kinda fun https://homes.luddy.indiana.edu/ccshan/for/for.html
😳
Getting a lot of video recommendations, on YouTube, for how to live in your car. Not sure how to take that.
November 9, 2025 at 6:31 AM
😳
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Look I’m not one of those crazy Luddites or anything, but this does seem like it could be quite bad www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
Australian man encouraged to murder his father by AI chatbot
Experts are calling for new regulations on artificial intelligence chatbots, after a triple j hack investigation uncovered a disturbing example of a chatbot encouraging a man to murder his father whil...
www.abc.net.au
November 9, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Look I’m not one of those crazy Luddites or anything, but this does seem like it could be quite bad www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
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National Socialist Network rallied with police permission at NSW Parliament. The state remains ineffective in responding to the advancement of neo-Nazi groups. Here are their faces sent to us by community members - help us ID them!
write.as/thewhiterose...
write.as/thewhiterose...
Do you know these nazis?
Today, Saturday November 8 2025, NSW National Socialist Network (NSN) members held an antisemitic rally outside NSW Parliament House un...
write.as
November 8, 2025 at 10:50 AM
National Socialist Network rallied with police permission at NSW Parliament. The state remains ineffective in responding to the advancement of neo-Nazi groups. Here are their faces sent to us by community members - help us ID them!
write.as/thewhiterose...
write.as/thewhiterose...
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rude not to make a playlist
#shoegaze
#shoegaze
Shoegaze for Bluesky - Playlist by Catbus
bandcamp.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:32 AM
rude not to make a playlist
#shoegaze
#shoegaze
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The WSJ on how unbelievably stupid Noem and Lewandowski are.
I don’t care that I’m late to this; it’s to good to pass up.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
I don’t care that I’m late to this; it’s to good to pass up.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
November 9, 2025 at 12:13 AM
The WSJ on how unbelievably stupid Noem and Lewandowski are.
I don’t care that I’m late to this; it’s to good to pass up.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
I don’t care that I’m late to this; it’s to good to pass up.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Never mind where I grew up; nothing from there can beat Canberra's Bus Safe Rap: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CV9_...
November 8, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Never mind where I grew up; nothing from there can beat Canberra's Bus Safe Rap: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CV9_...