Michael Hunter
@mikelark.bsky.social
is a writer, designer and musician. He is cloud-based and disruptive.
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This may be my favorite television commercial ever, from legendary Scandinavian Airlines @flysas.com.
This is the world how I imagine it, this is the world I want to live in.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
#PeaceOnEarth
This is the world how I imagine it, this is the world I want to live in.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
#PeaceOnEarth
February 5, 2026 at 12:36 AM
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Name of friend: John Barron
February 5, 2026 at 12:04 AM
Name of friend: John Barron
Good 🧵 about the importance of journalism…
BREAKING: @ajc.com on Tuesday evening said it will lay off approximately 50 staffers, about 15% of its headcount, as it seeks to cut costs and marshal resources to invest in its growth.
The AJC published its last print edition on 12/31. About half of those laid off will come from the newsroom.
The AJC published its last print edition on 12/31. About half of those laid off will come from the newsroom.
The AJC to cut staff as it continues digital transformation
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution said Tuesday it will lay off staffers in the newsroom and other segments of the business.
www.ajc.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Good 🧵 about the importance of journalism…
It has just been shortened to: “Democracy Dies.”
Seven years ago yesterday, this ad ran during the Super Bowl.
'Democracy Dies in Darkness': Super Bowl commercial (2019)
YouTube video by Washington Post
www.youtube.com
February 4, 2026 at 3:22 PM
It has just been shortened to: “Democracy Dies.”
Did he list Alex Pretti and Renee Good? Liam Ramos?
Q: Do you think this operation was a success here in Minnesota?
HOMAN: Yeah. I just listed a bunch of people we just took off the streets, so I think it was very effective as far as public safety goes. Was it a perfect operation? No.
HOMAN: Yeah. I just listed a bunch of people we just took off the streets, so I think it was very effective as far as public safety goes. Was it a perfect operation? No.
February 4, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Did he list Alex Pretti and Renee Good? Liam Ramos?
🔔🔔🔔 We have a winner…
Bezos isn't destroying the Washington Post because it isn't profitable. He's destroying the Washington Post because he's calculated that a robust free press threatens the ability of his class to warp society around their interests
February 4, 2026 at 2:30 PM
🔔🔔🔔 We have a winner…
Reposted by Michael Hunter
they've downsized into the washington post-it
February 4, 2026 at 2:25 PM
they've downsized into the washington post-it
Reposted by Michael Hunter
the bloodshed? came after:
“it’s okay, i’m not mad at you”
&
“are you okay?”
“it’s okay, i’m not mad at you”
&
“are you okay?”
Homan: "I said back in March of this year [sic] that if the hateful rhetoric didn't stop I was afraid there would be bloodshed. And there has been."
February 4, 2026 at 2:24 PM
the bloodshed? came after:
“it’s okay, i’m not mad at you”
&
“are you okay?”
“it’s okay, i’m not mad at you”
&
“are you okay?”
I don’t know if y’all have noticed, but the vibes are off (worldwide). 🙄
February 4, 2026 at 2:26 PM
I don’t know if y’all have noticed, but the vibes are off (worldwide). 🙄
Way to throw down the gauntlet, Andre. As if we weren’t dealing with the most petty narcissist in history. I suspect Europeans staying home should be the biggest concern…
"We hope that their presence will be small, unnoticeable, negligible, invisible — and maybe nonexistent," the mayor said of the potential that federal immigration agents will target Atlanta during the FIFA World Cup. #atlpol www.ajc.com/news/2026/02...
Mayor Andre Dickens: ICE not invited to Atlanta for World Cup
The mayor makes comments about Immigration and Customs Enforcement during an event announcing programs to help small businesses capitalize on the World Cup.
www.ajc.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Way to throw down the gauntlet, Andre. As if we weren’t dealing with the most petty narcissist in history. I suspect Europeans staying home should be the biggest concern…
“The other 2300 will continue their reign of terror.”
Homan in Minneapolis: "Effective immediately, we will draw down 700 people effective today."
February 4, 2026 at 2:12 PM
“The other 2300 will continue their reign of terror.”
Does word guessing and regurgitation = journalism these days? 🤔 I think the answer is greed, and sinking a bunch of money into a crap movie.
Is The Post the first major non-tech layoff that can be attributed in significant part to AI?
February 4, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Does word guessing and regurgitation = journalism these days? 🤔 I think the answer is greed, and sinking a bunch of money into a crap movie.
❤️ Never stop learning
Anywho. I’m slowly, slowly teaching myself how to draw. I’ve had an idea for a graphic novel for years now and I want to see it like it is in my head. I’m very bad at drawing but that’s okay.
February 4, 2026 at 1:50 PM
❤️ Never stop learning
“My Head is My Only House (Unless It Rains) by Captain Beefheart
Deleted a post about “what’s your least favorite song” because the vibes are bad enough already.
Instead: what’s your favorite song that has a long title, say at least 6 words long?
Mine: “Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town” (Pearl Jam)
Instead: what’s your favorite song that has a long title, say at least 6 words long?
Mine: “Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town” (Pearl Jam)
February 4, 2026 at 1:48 PM
“My Head is My Only House (Unless It Rains) by Captain Beefheart
Great story from @temalone.bsky.social in January's Atlanta magazine about ATL's photo booths… www.atlantamagazine.com/news-culture...
These Atlanta photo booths print film—not digital—strips in minutes
In the lobby of the Plaza Theatre is an analog photo booth from 1960 that shoots and develops printed photos, not digital, spitting out a strip of four images with the gritty, nostalgic charm of tradi...
www.atlantamagazine.com
February 3, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Great story from @temalone.bsky.social in January's Atlanta magazine about ATL's photo booths… www.atlantamagazine.com/news-culture...
The OG 2028 wannabe who keeps disqualifying himself.
Gavin Newsom: "We cooperate with ICE in California."
Ben Shapiro: "So you disagree with AOC saying ICE should be abolished?"
Newsom: "I disagree, and I disagreed when a candidate by the name of Kamala Harris said it."
Ben Shapiro: "So you disagree with AOC saying ICE should be abolished?"
Newsom: "I disagree, and I disagreed when a candidate by the name of Kamala Harris said it."
February 3, 2026 at 6:20 PM
The OG 2028 wannabe who keeps disqualifying himself.
So much good music being made these days and the Grammys seems to be blissfully unaware of it. I am happy Mavis Staples won for her rendition of Kevin Morby's “Beautiful Strangers,” tho I am still trying to parse the difference between “Americana” and “American Roots” categories… 🤔
February 3, 2026 at 5:05 PM
So much good music being made these days and the Grammys seems to be blissfully unaware of it. I am happy Mavis Staples won for her rendition of Kevin Morby's “Beautiful Strangers,” tho I am still trying to parse the difference between “Americana” and “American Roots” categories… 🤔
In addition to whatever “reforms” the @democrats.org are trying to negotiate for ICE, at minimum, the three shooters must face justice. cc @ossoff.bsky.social @warnock.senate.gov @repnikema.bsky.social
February 3, 2026 at 4:52 PM
In addition to whatever “reforms” the @democrats.org are trying to negotiate for ICE, at minimum, the three shooters must face justice. cc @ossoff.bsky.social @warnock.senate.gov @repnikema.bsky.social
Children are the greatest artists. (Didn't Picasso say, “It takes a long time to learn to draw like a child”?) I used to work at a frame shop and we would frame all this great art by kids until they learned, sadly, they were supposed to color inside the lines and draw like everybody else…
This is very cute: Paul Joseph, Picasso's oldest child, writes a postcard to Gertrude Stein. He must have been about 8, so this would be around 1930.
"I kiss you with all my heart. My finger is healed. I fish for crabs."
"I kiss you with all my heart. My finger is healed. I fish for crabs."
February 3, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Children are the greatest artists. (Didn't Picasso say, “It takes a long time to learn to draw like a child”?) I used to work at a frame shop and we would frame all this great art by kids until they learned, sadly, they were supposed to color inside the lines and draw like everybody else…
Didn't ever really know SPIN magazine was still around, but this is the second cool link I have seen by them lately? cc @patthomashistorian.bsky.social www.spin.com/2026/01/dial...
DIAL-A-POEM - SPIN
Long before social media, the multimedia performance poet John Giorno, once the toast of New York City’s underground spanning Andy Warhol’s Diam-A-Poem's back! And that's a good thing, right?
www.spin.com
February 3, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Didn't ever really know SPIN magazine was still around, but this is the second cool link I have seen by them lately? cc @patthomashistorian.bsky.social www.spin.com/2026/01/dial...
Today's music to push pixels to. “Suffragette City” and “Changes” are particularly fine. h/t the OG blogger, @kottke.org youtu.be/eIaESzQ1X9w?...
Seu Jorge - The Life Aquatic ( David Bowie Tribute)
YouTube video by Seu Jorge
youtu.be
February 3, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Today's music to push pixels to. “Suffragette City” and “Changes” are particularly fine. h/t the OG blogger, @kottke.org youtu.be/eIaESzQ1X9w?...
A great American! My wife and I passed him on the sidewalk a decade or so ago during the Brooklyn Book Festival and shouted out to him, ’cause we were such huge fans…
Remembering Paul Auster on his birthday 🎂
📷 Daniel Mordzinski
"Auster writes novels that have the emotional immediacy and resonance of a good poem. They are works of the moment, of present feeling and personal action."
- Stacey Kors
📷 Daniel Mordzinski
"Auster writes novels that have the emotional immediacy and resonance of a good poem. They are works of the moment, of present feeling and personal action."
- Stacey Kors
February 3, 2026 at 3:29 PM
A great American! My wife and I passed him on the sidewalk a decade or so ago during the Brooklyn Book Festival and shouted out to him, ’cause we were such huge fans…
Beautiful work. Like the “best band in the world” on any given night, the best painter is probably someone you haven't even heard of before…
In March @royalacademyarts.bsky.social will host the first UK exhibition of the Baroque painter Michaelina Wautier, a remarkable artist of the period, her work has been relatively forgotten, and much about her life and oeuvre remains to be uncovered. 'The Five Senses: Taste.' (1650)
February 3, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Beautiful work. Like the “best band in the world” on any given night, the best painter is probably someone you haven't even heard of before…
If I were the Kennedy family, I would ask for JFK’s name to be removed, repo the giant bust and use some of that generational wealth to build a new, true Kennedy Center elsewhere. I don’t see Congress growing cojones anytime soon…
February 2, 2026 at 2:21 PM
If I were the Kennedy family, I would ask for JFK’s name to be removed, repo the giant bust and use some of that generational wealth to build a new, true Kennedy Center elsewhere. I don’t see Congress growing cojones anytime soon…
“Let’s do some good this week.”
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Want a sticker? Venmo [@]austinlouisray any amount of money and include your mailing address.
100% of the proceeds go to Minnesota mutual aid funds.
Let's do some good this week:
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ICE is not welcome here
Good morning. It's bleak out there.
Maybe you've been reading headlines and watching videos and thinking absolutely bonkers thoughts. Maybe you're in an ongoing state of shock that our presidential a...
how-id-fix-atlanta.ghost.io
February 2, 2026 at 2:19 PM
“Let’s do some good this week.”