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Mike
@mikeatx.bsky.social
390 followers 79 following 750 posts
40s, Scorpio, Queer
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Austin, TX
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reluctantranger.bsky.social
Dear future brave Epstein file leaker,

- Your legal GoFundMe will be big enough to buy Vermont
- No jury will convict you
- The nation and world will honor you

Minnesota has shown you how to be brave, how to sacrifice.

GO!
February 12, 2026 at 3:38 PM
mikeatx.bsky.social
Every Type of Communism Explained in 11 Minutes
YouTube video by Brofessor Stein
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February 9, 2026 at 7:02 AM
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kims-sky.bsky.social
By the numbers….
February 6, 2026 at 4:40 AM
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burningflipside.bsky.social
📢 Deadline to Mail Ticket Requests Extended to Wednesday: www.burningflipside.com/news/ticket-...
Ticket Mail-In Deadline Extended
Because the weather is icy and dangerous, we don’t want anyone finishing up at the last minute to take unnecessary risks tomorrow as you mail in your ticket paperwork for the normal deadline.…
www.burningflipside.com
January 26, 2026 at 4:37 AM
mikeatx.bsky.social
Every headline should read “Trump’s ICE executed a veteran today”
altnps.bsky.social Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 24d
Also, my father’s final words to me were to continue to fight the good fight. He would be honored in Alex’s sacrifice, and ashamed of this current administration.

In my dad’s words, I encourage you all to continue to “fight the good fight.”
January 25, 2026 at 7:23 AM
mikeatx.bsky.social
Ukraine Ran Sting on U.S. Intel to Catch Russia Leaks
A French ex-intelligence operative claims it proves that Washington shared strategic information with Russia
medium.com
January 20, 2026 at 2:05 AM
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adambonica.bsky.social
If there's one empirical insight I'd want everyone to understand about American politics, it's this:

America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.

What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
Screenshot of a data visualization titled “The Cost of American Exceptionalism,” subtitled “What would change if the U.S. matched the OECD average?” The page explains that each card shows how outcomes would change if the U.S. matched the average of 31 peer democracies. Below, a section labeled “Economy & Inequality” displays eight cards comparing U.S. figures to OECD averages. Highlights include: +$19K per household per year in redistributed income and +$96K in redistributed wealth if the top 1% matched OECD shares; a 71% lower CEO-to-worker pay ratio (from 354× to 101×); 50 million more workers with union coverage; 26 million more people with health insurance; $2.1 trillion saved annually in healthcare spending; $691 less per person per year in prescription drug costs; and intergenerational economic mobility being twice as high. Each card shows the U.S. value alongside the OECD average.
January 12, 2026 at 9:36 PM
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schnorkles.bsky.social
Cyberpunk 2077 ass post.
merovingians.bsky.social the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · Jan 16
snort-laughed in the way only dystopic humor can get you
January 16, 2026 at 2:12 AM
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ryanlcooper.com
I wrote this almost 11 years ago theweek.com/articles/444...
When heavy military equipment is taken from its original context and placed in the hands of a domestic law-enforcement agency with little training in wartime scenarios, it becomes nothing more than an instrument of intimidation. It simply has no other purpose. Wearing jungle camouflage in an urban setting, pointing guns at civilians, driving around pointlessly in an armored personnel carrier — all of these egregiously violate military best practices. This is playing soldier dress-up to scare the pants off the locals — except the guns are real. Notice also how many of these riot cops have their faces completely covered by gas masks and insect goggles. That is almost never seen in recent wars, because covering the face makes a soldier look less human, which is directly at odds with modern counterinsurgency thinking. But covering the face to dehumanize the enemy is a common feature in first-person shooter games (like Half Life 2 and the Killzone series), where the player often has to slaughter them by the score. Doing it to oneself is, I think, a deliberate effort to broaden the emotional distance between law enforcement and the people who are being forced into submission. It turns out that when you put normal cops into soldier gear, you don't get soldiers. You get paramilitary goons.
January 10, 2026 at 2:14 AM
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thebandcake.bsky.social
December 25, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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eff.org
Drones are essentially flying police officers. “If I’m in my backyard, if I’m on my deck, do I expect that I have to encounter a law enforcement camera? I shouldn’t have to,” EFF’s Beryl Lipton told @TexasObserver.org. www.texasobserver.org/texas-dps-d...
Under Operation Lone Star, Texas State Police More than Doubled Their Drone Fleet
The Department of Public Safety has acquired an army of unmanned aerial vehicles—nearly as large as the U.S. Border Patrol's.
www.texasobserver.org
December 17, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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daysleft4trump.bsky.social
3 years, 1 month, 3 weeks, 6 days, 9 hours, 45 minutes, and 56 seconds

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November 24, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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darren32359.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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eff.org
Surveillance isn’t “out there” anymore—it’s on our streets. Help EFF fight surveillance today: takebackctrl.org
November 13, 2025 at 8:39 PM
mikeatx.bsky.social
This is absolutely insane! Not only did DARE know it was harmful, it was intended to be surveillance!
D.A.R.E. | The REAL Reason Cops Taught You About Drugs
YouTube video by CHUPPL
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November 12, 2025 at 1:04 AM
mikeatx.bsky.social
The truth about mass migration
YouTube video by The Market Exit
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November 9, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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eff.org
Thousands of cities allowed cops to run racists searches through their Flock Safety license plate reader databases. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
License Plate Surveillance Logs Reveal Racist Policing Against Romani
More than 80 law enforcement agencies across the United States have used language perpetuating harmful stereotypes against Romani people when searching the nationwide Flock Safety automated license
www.eff.org
November 5, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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lindarothwell.bsky.social
I'm just saying.....
November 3, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social
jolly_good_ginger Retired Army Vet Dropping Facts
September 27, 2025 at 9:33 AM
mikeatx.bsky.social
This campaign needs you now
DEFEND OUR CROSSWALKS!
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October 30, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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realimgroot.bsky.social
Simple and to the point.
October 30, 2025 at 4:56 AM
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darren32359.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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sanders.senate.gov
Trump is throwing 15 million Americans off health care.

He's doubling premiums for 20 million Americans.

Now, he's refusing to use a $5 billion emergency SNAP fund to keep 16 million kids from going hungry.

But the 1% keep $1 trillion in tax breaks.

Oligarchy in action.
October 27, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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unusualwhales.bsky.social
BREAKING: Representative Ro Khanna is introducing legislation to ban the president, his family, members of Congress, and all elected officials from trading crypto or stocks.
October 28, 2025 at 1:16 AM