Mike Elg
@mikeelg.bsky.social
Father, husband, musician, geek, all year transport cyclist. He/him
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Mike Elg
@mikeelg.bsky.social
· Jan 11
2025 Goal - More Music - YouTube
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In 2025, I recorded several acoustic covers for fun. Check 'em out if you want
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Take every Trump cabinet member and official to civil court for damages against the populace. Strip them of all their assets and nationalize their companies. Leave them with nothing but whatever UBI and public health benefits are passed for everyone.
February 13, 2026 at 2:21 AM
Take every Trump cabinet member and official to civil court for damages against the populace. Strip them of all their assets and nationalize their companies. Leave them with nothing but whatever UBI and public health benefits are passed for everyone.
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People can have different political opinions about immigration policy. Political differences are fine, healthy for a democracy.
But if you’re okay with this, that’s not a political opinion. That is a moral failing.
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But if you’re okay with this, that’s not a political opinion. That is a moral failing.
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February 11, 2026 at 9:57 PM
People can have different political opinions about immigration policy. Political differences are fine, healthy for a democracy.
But if you’re okay with this, that’s not a political opinion. That is a moral failing.
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But if you’re okay with this, that’s not a political opinion. That is a moral failing.
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What the fuck is this shit. No, Democrats should not do what the fascists are proposing. They should promise to prosecute them all and throw them in prison though!
Democrats should promise, today, that Melania Trump, Elon Musk and Peter Thiel will be stripped of citizenship and deported if the administration advances this effort
cool, cool. so we are sort of like citizens, but not really?
February 12, 2026 at 11:35 PM
What the fuck is this shit. No, Democrats should not do what the fascists are proposing. They should promise to prosecute them all and throw them in prison though!
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Defund is a basic reasonable start much like abolish ICE is the bare minimum of what needs to happen.
Defund the police was never an unreasonable proposition.
And here’s the absurdity of calling the police on ICE. You’re calling their backup.
February 12, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Defund is a basic reasonable start much like abolish ICE is the bare minimum of what needs to happen.
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It just frustrates me to see my childhood and something that has been tremendously beneficial to me - recognizing that all that anxiety and discomfort about not understanding girlhood was because i actually am not a girl - is being weaponized to prevent others from having the same realization.
February 12, 2026 at 3:36 PM
It just frustrates me to see my childhood and something that has been tremendously beneficial to me - recognizing that all that anxiety and discomfort about not understanding girlhood was because i actually am not a girl - is being weaponized to prevent others from having the same realization.
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In a normal government, this results in the resignation of multiple cabinet officials (Transportation, Defense, and Homeland Security), and the closure or (at least!) radical reorg of the cartoonishly incompetent agency at the center of it: CBP.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...
February 12, 2026 at 3:18 PM
In a normal government, this results in the resignation of multiple cabinet officials (Transportation, Defense, and Homeland Security), and the closure or (at least!) radical reorg of the cartoonishly incompetent agency at the center of it: CBP.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...
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Every photo from Minneapolis looks like this. Cops decked out with guns and full tac gear facing off against people in bathrobes, parkas, and sweatpants armed only with whistles and cell phones.
Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
February 11, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Every photo from Minneapolis looks like this. Cops decked out with guns and full tac gear facing off against people in bathrobes, parkas, and sweatpants armed only with whistles and cell phones.
Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
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We need you to educate people. "AI" isn't doing anything, companies selling or adopting technical tools of a particular sort are eliminating jobs en masse because they're in a house of cards with nothing at the center. The tools don't replace us. But they're firing people as if they do. We know. 4/4
February 11, 2026 at 10:19 PM
We need you to educate people. "AI" isn't doing anything, companies selling or adopting technical tools of a particular sort are eliminating jobs en masse because they're in a house of cards with nothing at the center. The tools don't replace us. But they're firing people as if they do. We know. 4/4
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Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
February 11, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
I've been thinking a lot lately about the only sex crime perpetrator I was close to, (that I know of).
My best friend from grade 4 to 11 became a massage therapist & installed cameras to record his patients undressing. He had recordings from 8 years. He was sentenced in 2017 to 6 months in jail
My best friend from grade 4 to 11 became a massage therapist & installed cameras to record his patients undressing. He had recordings from 8 years. He was sentenced in 2017 to 6 months in jail
February 10, 2026 at 4:49 PM
I've been thinking a lot lately about the only sex crime perpetrator I was close to, (that I know of).
My best friend from grade 4 to 11 became a massage therapist & installed cameras to record his patients undressing. He had recordings from 8 years. He was sentenced in 2017 to 6 months in jail
My best friend from grade 4 to 11 became a massage therapist & installed cameras to record his patients undressing. He had recordings from 8 years. He was sentenced in 2017 to 6 months in jail
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Crockett: "The US is falling apart, partially bc he's allowing for killings in the street, but also bc we have a 34 count convicted felon being shielded from any type of accountability as it relates to a child sex trafficking ring. I don't understand why we're pretending any of this is normal."
February 9, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Crockett: "The US is falling apart, partially bc he's allowing for killings in the street, but also bc we have a 34 count convicted felon being shielded from any type of accountability as it relates to a child sex trafficking ring. I don't understand why we're pretending any of this is normal."
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It is not our moral responsibility to coddle the delusional fears and bigotries of white supremacists. It is not our moral responsibility to change reality for them so they can hold onto those fears and bigotries.
It is our moral responsibility to make their fears and bigotries THEIR problem.
It is our moral responsibility to make their fears and bigotries THEIR problem.
February 9, 2026 at 12:18 PM
It is not our moral responsibility to coddle the delusional fears and bigotries of white supremacists. It is not our moral responsibility to change reality for them so they can hold onto those fears and bigotries.
It is our moral responsibility to make their fears and bigotries THEIR problem.
It is our moral responsibility to make their fears and bigotries THEIR problem.
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Speed limiters for cars do not necessarily mean more surveillance
but for the record it is literally inhumane to think a three ton lethal metal box deserves more privacy about its location than a human tapping into a transit system
but for the record it is literally inhumane to think a three ton lethal metal box deserves more privacy about its location than a human tapping into a transit system
February 9, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Speed limiters for cars do not necessarily mean more surveillance
but for the record it is literally inhumane to think a three ton lethal metal box deserves more privacy about its location than a human tapping into a transit system
but for the record it is literally inhumane to think a three ton lethal metal box deserves more privacy about its location than a human tapping into a transit system
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Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous
February 9, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous
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"Writing" 200 AI books/year, Canadian politico's hoarding rentals, Border Patrol agents living on rice and beans, Florida teens working as Mar-a-Lago's "masseuses"- If we had UBI, *none* of this would be necessary. If we keep doing bad stuff cuz we fear poverty, BAN. POVERTY.
February 8, 2026 at 10:10 PM
"Writing" 200 AI books/year, Canadian politico's hoarding rentals, Border Patrol agents living on rice and beans, Florida teens working as Mar-a-Lago's "masseuses"- If we had UBI, *none* of this would be necessary. If we keep doing bad stuff cuz we fear poverty, BAN. POVERTY.
Anyone who is in regular contact after someone is convicted of human trafficking is either in on it or unbothered by it. I'll stick to "innocent until proven guilty" but their judgment should be questionable, & maybe they should not be allowed positions of power or influence.
February 7, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Anyone who is in regular contact after someone is convicted of human trafficking is either in on it or unbothered by it. I'll stick to "innocent until proven guilty" but their judgment should be questionable, & maybe they should not be allowed positions of power or influence.
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Why isn't news of Trump building vast concentration camps being treated as a national emergency?
February 7, 2026 at 1:54 AM
Why isn't news of Trump building vast concentration camps being treated as a national emergency?
As much as I hate "run government like a business", if there's any business idea that should be adapted it's "go after markets or sources of revenue."
All that as a long way of saying "TAX the RICH!"
All that as a long way of saying "TAX the RICH!"
February 6, 2026 at 5:00 PM
As much as I hate "run government like a business", if there's any business idea that should be adapted it's "go after markets or sources of revenue."
All that as a long way of saying "TAX the RICH!"
All that as a long way of saying "TAX the RICH!"
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I’m not sure we’ve properly addressed how profoundly disturbing it is that America can largely shrug at the stashing of human beings in giant warehouses.
February 6, 2026 at 5:12 AM
I’m not sure we’ve properly addressed how profoundly disturbing it is that America can largely shrug at the stashing of human beings in giant warehouses.
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But, somehow, Jeff Bezos had $75 million to squander/bribe for his useless, money-losing Melania vanity movie. Who needs accurate, smart reporting when you can have shameless, stupid propaganda?
February 5, 2026 at 2:49 AM
But, somehow, Jeff Bezos had $75 million to squander/bribe for his useless, money-losing Melania vanity movie. Who needs accurate, smart reporting when you can have shameless, stupid propaganda?
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Kid Rock is what happens if you ask an AI to create Lynyrd Skynyrd and feed it Vanilla Ice as a prompt.
February 5, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Kid Rock is what happens if you ask an AI to create Lynyrd Skynyrd and feed it Vanilla Ice as a prompt.
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[CW for the screenshot, CSAM]
You know one way the American people might have been able to put a halt to all the child rape?
By believing women about their rapes.
You know one way the American people might have been able to put a halt to all the child rape?
By believing women about their rapes.
February 5, 2026 at 6:56 PM
[CW for the screenshot, CSAM]
You know one way the American people might have been able to put a halt to all the child rape?
By believing women about their rapes.
You know one way the American people might have been able to put a halt to all the child rape?
By believing women about their rapes.
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If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
February 5, 2026 at 12:16 AM
If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
Our view for tonight's Raptors and Timberwolves game
February 4, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Our view for tonight's Raptors and Timberwolves game
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"By the end of the two-year period, 94% of participants reported they were housed."
A million pilot programs show the same thing: when people are given enough money to afford housing, homelessness ends.
Other supports matter, but housing comes first. Not policing. Not moralizing. Homes.
A million pilot programs show the same thing: when people are given enough money to afford housing, homelessness ends.
Other supports matter, but housing comes first. Not policing. Not moralizing. Homes.
Homeless Oregon youth got $1,000 a month for two years. Most found housing after • Oregon Capital Chronicle
Oregon is the second of its kind in the nation to implement the direct cash transfer program after New York City.
oregoncapitalchronicle.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:12 PM
"By the end of the two-year period, 94% of participants reported they were housed."
A million pilot programs show the same thing: when people are given enough money to afford housing, homelessness ends.
Other supports matter, but housing comes first. Not policing. Not moralizing. Homes.
A million pilot programs show the same thing: when people are given enough money to afford housing, homelessness ends.
Other supports matter, but housing comes first. Not policing. Not moralizing. Homes.