Mike
@mikede.bsky.social
Working in infosec, but trying not to be insufferable about it.
This is such an unsurprisingly depressing story to read. The story moves on from it quickly, but the theological system that hands huge unaccountable power to preachers so long as they can produce "signs" from the Holy Spirit is how you get a church where this type of assault is commonplace.
Last year we got a tip about a children's pastor who'd managed to stay in ministry for decades even as allegations of sex abuse trailed him across four states.
I kept pulling thread and found something far bigger: a 50-year pattern of abuse and cover-up in the largest Pentecostal denomination 🧵 1/
I kept pulling thread and found something far bigger: a 50-year pattern of abuse and cover-up in the largest Pentecostal denomination 🧵 1/
October 30, 2025 at 9:24 PM
This is such an unsurprisingly depressing story to read. The story moves on from it quickly, but the theological system that hands huge unaccountable power to preachers so long as they can produce "signs" from the Holy Spirit is how you get a church where this type of assault is commonplace.
I was at a concert at Showbox tonight, and they stopped mid-song to let us do a “We Are The Champions” sing-along when the Mariners won
October 11, 2025 at 7:37 AM
I was at a concert at Showbox tonight, and they stopped mid-song to let us do a “We Are The Champions” sing-along when the Mariners won
I’m trying cravats for summer wear and for dressing up some of my more casual shirts.
July 5, 2025 at 10:58 PM
I’m trying cravats for summer wear and for dressing up some of my more casual shirts.
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The @nytimes.com is institutionally incapable of admitting a mistake, so twenty years from now they're still going to have an institutional grudge against the Indian-African diaspora and nobody is going to remember why they keep taking potshots at them.
July 4, 2025 at 4:50 AM
The @nytimes.com is institutionally incapable of admitting a mistake, so twenty years from now they're still going to have an institutional grudge against the Indian-African diaspora and nobody is going to remember why they keep taking potshots at them.
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Sorry to repost Twitter screenshots but 'Cuomintang' is inspired
June 25, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Sorry to repost Twitter screenshots but 'Cuomintang' is inspired
Yep! The time to do overtly political purges of state law enforcement agencies was six months ago.
Instead, it seems likely that California will go down like the 1932 coup in Prussia.
Instead, it seems likely that California will go down like the 1932 coup in Prussia.
A lot of blue mayors and governors know the "don't give an order you don't expect to be obeyed" leadership maxim but interpret it as "I guess I can't order the cops to do anything" rather than as a crisis of insubordination.
One thing I have not seen much grappling with: the Trump Administration has acted illegally with respect to the National Guard & Marines in LA plus the whole parade nonsense is a federal show of power, but cops ostensibly controlled by local governments in blue cities attacked protestors yesterday.
June 15, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Yep! The time to do overtly political purges of state law enforcement agencies was six months ago.
Instead, it seems likely that California will go down like the 1932 coup in Prussia.
Instead, it seems likely that California will go down like the 1932 coup in Prussia.
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This is an insane itinerary.
Look at how many places this person with measles, an incredibly infectious disease with an R0 of 12-18, has visited over a 4-day span, including SeaTac. And we have an anti-vax crackpot who falsely claims the vaccine is untested and contains fetal tissue running our public health agencies.
May 15, 2025 at 10:52 PM
This is an insane itinerary.
I still can’t get over the fact the Athletics fought for the right to struggle to fill a 15k minor league stadium for the next three years.
May 7, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I still can’t get over the fact the Athletics fought for the right to struggle to fill a 15k minor league stadium for the next three years.
Oh no. The hour of doom is at hand. www.wired.com/story/mike-w...
May 2, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Oh no. The hour of doom is at hand. www.wired.com/story/mike-w...
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from an outsider's perspective it seems like the only issue should be "housing costs too fucking much", since London has SF rents and Ohio wages
May 2, 2025 at 9:09 PM
from an outsider's perspective it seems like the only issue should be "housing costs too fucking much", since London has SF rents and Ohio wages
Every day, we creep closer to having to explain DISA impact levels to the general public
jesus christ lol www.404media.co/mike-waltz-a...
Mike Waltz Accidentally Reveals Obscure App the Government Is Using to Archive Signal Messages
A photograph of Trump administration official Mike Waltz's phone shows him using an unofficial version of Signal designed to archive messages during a cabinet meeting.
www.404media.co
May 2, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Every day, we creep closer to having to explain DISA impact levels to the general public
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ROB SAKA: How do we even know what a tree is or could be? An organism might have treelike 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔, but
CATHY MOORE: Trees on public property are uglier than trees on single family zoning, that's just science
MARK SOLOMON: I had to trim a tree once. What was up with that?
CATHY MOORE: Trees on public property are uglier than trees on single family zoning, that's just science
MARK SOLOMON: I had to trim a tree once. What was up with that?
May 1, 2025 at 3:02 AM
ROB SAKA: How do we even know what a tree is or could be? An organism might have treelike 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔, but
CATHY MOORE: Trees on public property are uglier than trees on single family zoning, that's just science
MARK SOLOMON: I had to trim a tree once. What was up with that?
CATHY MOORE: Trees on public property are uglier than trees on single family zoning, that's just science
MARK SOLOMON: I had to trim a tree once. What was up with that?
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it’s pretty funny how the list of opposition to SB79 (an amazing bill to legalize dense housing near transit) is half groups like “united communists for community justice” and the other half is “suburban millionaires’ homeowner association”
April 20, 2025 at 10:14 PM
it’s pretty funny how the list of opposition to SB79 (an amazing bill to legalize dense housing near transit) is half groups like “united communists for community justice” and the other half is “suburban millionaires’ homeowner association”
Yeah baby, it’s Pivot to Asia 3.0 www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Bessent Has a ‘Grand Encirclement’ Plan for China
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent emerged from this week’s market ructions as a perhaps-unexpected lead trade negotiator, offering a potential scenario for the coming months: US deals with longstand...
www.bloomberg.com
April 14, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Yeah baby, it’s Pivot to Asia 3.0 www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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Person who's only lived through three era-defining crises before: "getting some era-defining crisis vibes from this"
February 2, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Person who's only lived through three era-defining crises before: "getting some era-defining crisis vibes from this"
I don’t know why Seattle suffers from such a scourge of politicians who run for city council only to delegate all meaningful authority to a different council of degrowther Malthusians.
I do not, repeat do not, want neighborhood community councils made up overwhelmingly of house owners to decide where renters will be allowed to live. Why do we even have a city council, mayor, or planning department if the policy is to let homeowner councils make final decisions?
March 17, 2025 at 10:35 PM
I don’t know why Seattle suffers from such a scourge of politicians who run for city council only to delegate all meaningful authority to a different council of degrowther Malthusians.
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this is true, and obviously raises the question "where did Christianity come from". the answer is that it was revealed by direct divine intervention during the Council of Nicaea.
March 17, 2025 at 3:00 AM
this is true, and obviously raises the question "where did Christianity come from". the answer is that it was revealed by direct divine intervention during the Council of Nicaea.
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transferring their chambers to the US guano islands, cutting their staff, banning them from getting air conditioning and giving them exclusively jurisdiction over maritime norovirus cases would be a good idea
Mandating IRS audits for SCOTUS judges once every three years would do wonders.
February 28, 2025 at 11:50 PM
transferring their chambers to the US guano islands, cutting their staff, banning them from getting air conditioning and giving them exclusively jurisdiction over maritime norovirus cases would be a good idea
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1 more point on literacy: it's a disaster that the inner workings of the US government are incredibly complicated and illogical (filibuster, reconciliation, Electoral College, etc). parliaments work better bc dipshits can pick a party that sounds good and see that legibly translated into outcomes
February 27, 2025 at 8:12 PM
1 more point on literacy: it's a disaster that the inner workings of the US government are incredibly complicated and illogical (filibuster, reconciliation, Electoral College, etc). parliaments work better bc dipshits can pick a party that sounds good and see that legibly translated into outcomes
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Nothing puts the fear of god in me quite like the five words "potential Lucasfilm President, Dave Filoni"
Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy May Be Retiring Later This Year
The Star Wars producer also helped bring E.T., Jurassic Park, Back to the Future. and Indiana Jones to life across her career.
gizmodo.com
February 25, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Nothing puts the fear of god in me quite like the five words "potential Lucasfilm President, Dave Filoni"
I’m doing my semi-periodic Star Wars (I-VI) marathon, and I hadn’t realized Phantom Menace includes a parliamentarian who steers procedure in the interests of the wealthy. Incredible stuff from George.
February 22, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I’m doing my semi-periodic Star Wars (I-VI) marathon, and I hadn’t realized Phantom Menace includes a parliamentarian who steers procedure in the interests of the wealthy. Incredible stuff from George.
Traditionally, tarring and feathering is the minimum punishment meted out to American advocates of divine right monarchy.
Jack Posobiec told CPAC that Trump is not violating the Constitution because "Trump is the living embodiment of the American Constitution."
February 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Traditionally, tarring and feathering is the minimum punishment meted out to American advocates of divine right monarchy.
I do not think I can be a citizen in this new republic of vice.
February 18, 2025 at 10:28 PM
I do not think I can be a citizen in this new republic of vice.
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NY machine dems haven’t had to actually fight or win for two decades.
They have functionally evolved into an island of flightless birds
They have functionally evolved into an island of flightless birds
February 14, 2025 at 1:54 PM
NY machine dems haven’t had to actually fight or win for two decades.
They have functionally evolved into an island of flightless birds
They have functionally evolved into an island of flightless birds