Mike
@mikeamato.bsky.social
Human Scientist
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Plant Enthusiast
Lunar Lighting Adventurist
Appreciator of landscapes and stupid posts
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on geese, turkeys, and teenage gender dysphoria
November 10, 2025 at 12:43 PM
on geese, turkeys, and teenage gender dysphoria
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bro Apple sells the most popular technological device in history for a thousand bucks every year and they're pulling in around 400 billion
Amazon is responsible for like half of all commerce and makes 600 billion
in what kind of timespan is OpenAI supposed to make 1.5 trillion? the 21st century?
Amazon is responsible for like half of all commerce and makes 600 billion
in what kind of timespan is OpenAI supposed to make 1.5 trillion? the 21st century?
November 10, 2025 at 10:18 PM
bro Apple sells the most popular technological device in history for a thousand bucks every year and they're pulling in around 400 billion
Amazon is responsible for like half of all commerce and makes 600 billion
in what kind of timespan is OpenAI supposed to make 1.5 trillion? the 21st century?
Amazon is responsible for like half of all commerce and makes 600 billion
in what kind of timespan is OpenAI supposed to make 1.5 trillion? the 21st century?
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Bluesky rn
November 5, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Bluesky rn
Was Dick Cheney holding back the floodgates?
November 5, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Was Dick Cheney holding back the floodgates?
Trump 5:30 Vote Ciattarelli!
Trump 5:42 Sean Duffy is ok
Trump 10:05 Not my fault!
Trump 10:19 People like me!
Trump 5:42 Sean Duffy is ok
Trump 10:05 Not my fault!
Trump 10:19 People like me!
November 5, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Trump 5:30 Vote Ciattarelli!
Trump 5:42 Sean Duffy is ok
Trump 10:05 Not my fault!
Trump 10:19 People like me!
Trump 5:42 Sean Duffy is ok
Trump 10:05 Not my fault!
Trump 10:19 People like me!
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They gutted the Washington Post. CBS. NYT. Now Teen Vogue.
The point isn't to bring in more conservatives. They've reached that saturation point.
They are killing the fourth estate and buying up the social media to control the messages we see. These were all targeted to disarm the left of truth.
The point isn't to bring in more conservatives. They've reached that saturation point.
They are killing the fourth estate and buying up the social media to control the messages we see. These were all targeted to disarm the left of truth.
November 4, 2025 at 12:29 AM
They gutted the Washington Post. CBS. NYT. Now Teen Vogue.
The point isn't to bring in more conservatives. They've reached that saturation point.
They are killing the fourth estate and buying up the social media to control the messages we see. These were all targeted to disarm the left of truth.
The point isn't to bring in more conservatives. They've reached that saturation point.
They are killing the fourth estate and buying up the social media to control the messages we see. These were all targeted to disarm the left of truth.
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I hope future generations recognize how quickly and strangely the contours of what counts as a political scandal changed for this president.
O'DONNELL: Why did you pardon Changpeng Zhao?
TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is
O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him.
TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it
TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is
O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him.
TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it
November 3, 2025 at 1:37 AM
I hope future generations recognize how quickly and strangely the contours of what counts as a political scandal changed for this president.
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The New York Post is owned by Lachlan Murdoch, solely because his daddy bought it and passed it on to him.
And it's backing Andrew Cuomo, a meathead whose whole career in politics stems from his daddy being good at it.
But *Mamdani* is the nepo baby, because his mom was a filmmaker? Sure.
And it's backing Andrew Cuomo, a meathead whose whole career in politics stems from his daddy being good at it.
But *Mamdani* is the nepo baby, because his mom was a filmmaker? Sure.
October 27, 2025 at 8:33 PM
The New York Post is owned by Lachlan Murdoch, solely because his daddy bought it and passed it on to him.
And it's backing Andrew Cuomo, a meathead whose whole career in politics stems from his daddy being good at it.
But *Mamdani* is the nepo baby, because his mom was a filmmaker? Sure.
And it's backing Andrew Cuomo, a meathead whose whole career in politics stems from his daddy being good at it.
But *Mamdani* is the nepo baby, because his mom was a filmmaker? Sure.
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This is exactly how the Turkey's Erdoğan dictatorship succeeded in remaking all mainstream media into regime media.
Not mainly by overt censorship. Mostly by making it clear that media firms clearly communicating the truth about regime actions would be targeted by selective/perverted 'regulation'.
Not mainly by overt censorship. Mostly by making it clear that media firms clearly communicating the truth about regime actions would be targeted by selective/perverted 'regulation'.
Another disturbing example of how Trump silences dissent: "the chief content officer for our parent company... stated in a meeting that we should not run articles that could draw the attention of the Trump White House and have them try to shut us down." www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Opinion | I Quit My Job in the Face of Pro-Trump Censorship
A veteran journalist says his bosses were afraid of crossing the administration.
www.politico.com
October 24, 2025 at 3:28 PM
This is exactly how the Turkey's Erdoğan dictatorship succeeded in remaking all mainstream media into regime media.
Not mainly by overt censorship. Mostly by making it clear that media firms clearly communicating the truth about regime actions would be targeted by selective/perverted 'regulation'.
Not mainly by overt censorship. Mostly by making it clear that media firms clearly communicating the truth about regime actions would be targeted by selective/perverted 'regulation'.
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Assata Shakur
September 28, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Assata Shakur
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The Federal Election Commission's death by decapitation is part of this Administration's broader attack on fair elections and checks against corruption. My piece in The Guardian:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I chaired the US Federal Election Commission. Now there’s no cop on the beat | Ellen L Weintraub
Democracy is under attack – and the watchdog agency has no quorum. It must be restored
www.theguardian.com
October 14, 2025 at 6:25 PM
The Federal Election Commission's death by decapitation is part of this Administration's broader attack on fair elections and checks against corruption. My piece in The Guardian:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Ring Cam IS the police. Wendy Osefo, from Real Housewives of Potomac, just got charged with fraud. Evidence included footage from her own Ring Cam. Ring readily gives access to police without a warrant and without your consent. Do you really want that in your house?
youtube.com/shorts/egLnJ...
youtube.com/shorts/egLnJ...
Wendy Osefo was her own snitch; Ring Cam is the police
YouTube video by There Are No Girls On The Internet w/ Bridget Todd
youtube.com
October 14, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Ring Cam IS the police. Wendy Osefo, from Real Housewives of Potomac, just got charged with fraud. Evidence included footage from her own Ring Cam. Ring readily gives access to police without a warrant and without your consent. Do you really want that in your house?
youtube.com/shorts/egLnJ...
youtube.com/shorts/egLnJ...
This is the content people want
October 11, 2025 at 12:42 AM
This is the content people want
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"Don't ask," I say while eating a Klondike bar.
October 8, 2025 at 9:59 PM
"Don't ask," I say while eating a Klondike bar.
Pretty weak that her notes were almost exclusively pre-planned ad hominem attacks on committee members
Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.
Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.
The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism
In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.
Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.
The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism
In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.
October 8, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Pretty weak that her notes were almost exclusively pre-planned ad hominem attacks on committee members
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Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.
Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.
The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism
In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.
Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.
The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism
In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.
October 7, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.
Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.
The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism
In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.
Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.
The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism
In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.
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Here’s a gift link to my New York Times piece on what Dems can learn from bad bunny
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/o...
Opinion | What Chuck Schumer Can Learn From Bad Bunny
www.nytimes.com
October 4, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Here’s a gift link to my New York Times piece on what Dems can learn from bad bunny
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/o...
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normal person: i just want a place to hang out with my friends
tech weirdo: and shitheads
np: no just my friends
tw: but what about hearing alternative views on race and gender?
np: we just want to hang out and goof around
tw: so where do the shitheads fit in then
np: no shitheads
tw: not following
tech weirdo: and shitheads
np: no just my friends
tw: but what about hearing alternative views on race and gender?
np: we just want to hang out and goof around
tw: so where do the shitheads fit in then
np: no shitheads
tw: not following
October 6, 2025 at 12:02 PM
normal person: i just want a place to hang out with my friends
tech weirdo: and shitheads
np: no just my friends
tw: but what about hearing alternative views on race and gender?
np: we just want to hang out and goof around
tw: so where do the shitheads fit in then
np: no shitheads
tw: not following
tech weirdo: and shitheads
np: no just my friends
tw: but what about hearing alternative views on race and gender?
np: we just want to hang out and goof around
tw: so where do the shitheads fit in then
np: no shitheads
tw: not following
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When Stephen Miller hijacks the Major League Baseball social media account
October 6, 2025 at 8:18 PM
When Stephen Miller hijacks the Major League Baseball social media account
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AOC's staff is considered one of the smartest on the Hill. He knows this. This is just misogyny signaling for his "Christian" Nationalist fans.
October 7, 2025 at 12:51 AM
AOC's staff is considered one of the smartest on the Hill. He knows this. This is just misogyny signaling for his "Christian" Nationalist fans.
Great reminder that ICE and the administration lie constantly and no one should ever believe anything they say
Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE
Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in
Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle
Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired
Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her
Truth: No cars rammed ICE
Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in
Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle
Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired
Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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October 7, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Great reminder that ICE and the administration lie constantly and no one should ever believe anything they say
It's a full 360 Surveillance Solution
Ads reveal that Flock, makers of automated license plate readers and other surveillance technology, are promising to introduce "Distress detection" into their gunshot detection devices which will alert police when it hears human voices in distress, including screaming.
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
October 3, 2025 at 3:36 AM
It's a full 360 Surveillance Solution
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@AFT.org has filed suit against the Trump administration because this #TrumpShutdown risks exacerbating the current student loan crisis for borrowers - and the Education Department is denying borrowers the rights to which they’re legally entitled. www.cnbc.com/2025/10/01/g...
Government shutdown blocks student loan borrowers from forgiveness, repayment plans
The shutdown of the federal government could worsen the problems student loan borrowers are facing.
www.cnbc.com
October 3, 2025 at 3:11 AM
@AFT.org has filed suit against the Trump administration because this #TrumpShutdown risks exacerbating the current student loan crisis for borrowers - and the Education Department is denying borrowers the rights to which they’re legally entitled. www.cnbc.com/2025/10/01/g...
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It's not new, but I do think we shrug it off a little more than we should
Sometimes I think we collectively underscope the impact of bots on society
A couple of examples that have been living rent free in my head lately
pfrazee.leaflet.pub
October 2, 2025 at 3:16 AM
It's not new, but I do think we shrug it off a little more than we should