Mike Peterson
@mikepeterson.bsky.social
Reader. Writer. Musician. RYT-500.
Big fan of jazz clubs, tacos, and being outside.
Ex-journo doing comms for nonprofits.
Big fan of jazz clubs, tacos, and being outside.
Ex-journo doing comms for nonprofits.
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The $2,000 rebate could be the friends you made along the way
November 17, 2025 at 12:35 AM
The $2,000 rebate could be the friends you made along the way
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This is such a lovely compliment.
I’m so glad you took that step. And I am so glad you’re writing poetry.
Doing creative things is good for us, on a personal level and a societal level too. Making art is how we fight fascism and connect with others. I hope you keep submitting your poems.
I’m so glad you took that step. And I am so glad you’re writing poetry.
Doing creative things is good for us, on a personal level and a societal level too. Making art is how we fight fascism and connect with others. I hope you keep submitting your poems.
October 17, 2025 at 7:56 PM
This is such a lovely compliment.
I’m so glad you took that step. And I am so glad you’re writing poetry.
Doing creative things is good for us, on a personal level and a societal level too. Making art is how we fight fascism and connect with others. I hope you keep submitting your poems.
I’m so glad you took that step. And I am so glad you’re writing poetry.
Doing creative things is good for us, on a personal level and a societal level too. Making art is how we fight fascism and connect with others. I hope you keep submitting your poems.
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going off camera to put my head in my hands and rub my eyes really hard
October 16, 2025 at 3:31 PM
going off camera to put my head in my hands and rub my eyes really hard
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the fact that a sitting US president is talking about antifascism being terrorism should tell you a lot about what he thinks his own government represents
September 19, 2025 at 9:34 PM
the fact that a sitting US president is talking about antifascism being terrorism should tell you a lot about what he thinks his own government represents
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*young me, developing a strong sense of justice*
This is gonna be great, what an asset, this will never drive me insane
This is gonna be great, what an asset, this will never drive me insane
August 8, 2025 at 8:28 PM
*young me, developing a strong sense of justice*
This is gonna be great, what an asset, this will never drive me insane
This is gonna be great, what an asset, this will never drive me insane
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when something good happens to me
July 24, 2025 at 3:27 AM
when something good happens to me
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"I asked ChatGPT" "I asked Grok" ok well I asked Gandalf and he said he has not passed through fire and death to bandy crooked words with a witless worm
June 19, 2025 at 12:42 PM
"I asked ChatGPT" "I asked Grok" ok well I asked Gandalf and he said he has not passed through fire and death to bandy crooked words with a witless worm
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i just find this so bizarre. searching through texts and doing the reading for myself is how i actually think through ideas! trying to put together a sentence is how i figure out what i actually want to say!
Everyone Is Using A.I. for Everything. Is That Bad?
www.nytimes.com
June 18, 2025 at 12:55 AM
i just find this so bizarre. searching through texts and doing the reading for myself is how i actually think through ideas! trying to put together a sentence is how i figure out what i actually want to say!
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We have entered the "The police is saying that if the police is at your door you are not safe call the police immediately" stage of making America great again
June 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
We have entered the "The police is saying that if the police is at your door you are not safe call the police immediately" stage of making America great again
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I would like my state, every state, to mandate badges, name plates, no masks, for all law enforcement in the state. And if federal agents try to break the mandate, arrest them, then let the courts sort it out.
June 14, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I would like my state, every state, to mandate badges, name plates, no masks, for all law enforcement in the state. And if federal agents try to break the mandate, arrest them, then let the courts sort it out.
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I also realized that ICE are just pure uncut Slave Patrols.
Snatching people off the street who then go work in private prisons for a dollar a day.
Snatching people off the street who then go work in private prisons for a dollar a day.
The Minnesota assassinations, the attempted arson at Governor Shapiro's home, and the violent arrest of Senator Padilla are all straight out of the Jim Crow terrorism playbook. Same goes with cops aiming for journalists covering the ICE protests.
None of these are new tactics, just a new iteration.
None of these are new tactics, just a new iteration.
I have at least two people in my replies who are extremely upset that I suggested the two political assassinations of democratic politicians, yes even white ones, counts as an act of Jim Crow style terror and what is alarming is that these two accounts seem to be real people.
June 14, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I also realized that ICE are just pure uncut Slave Patrols.
Snatching people off the street who then go work in private prisons for a dollar a day.
Snatching people off the street who then go work in private prisons for a dollar a day.
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This will go hard in the opening of like 30 different songs about how based revolution and anarchists are
June 11, 2025 at 4:33 PM
This will go hard in the opening of like 30 different songs about how based revolution and anarchists are
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Trump underwater in literally every single issue. 38% approval overall. 27% approval on his spending bill. 40% approval on deportations.
Musk also at 30% approval. 38% approval for RFK Jr. 35% approval for JD Vance.
Nobody fucking wants any of this.
poll.qu.edu/poll-release...
Musk also at 30% approval. 38% approval for RFK Jr. 35% approval for JD Vance.
Nobody fucking wants any of this.
poll.qu.edu/poll-release...
June 11, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Trump underwater in literally every single issue. 38% approval overall. 27% approval on his spending bill. 40% approval on deportations.
Musk also at 30% approval. 38% approval for RFK Jr. 35% approval for JD Vance.
Nobody fucking wants any of this.
poll.qu.edu/poll-release...
Musk also at 30% approval. 38% approval for RFK Jr. 35% approval for JD Vance.
Nobody fucking wants any of this.
poll.qu.edu/poll-release...
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L.A. is a Mexican-American city. The majority of the population is made up of racial and ethnic minorities. We are all happy living together and really do not want to see our friends, neighbors and families being terrorized by federal robo-cops. This is bullshit.
June 7, 2025 at 10:02 PM
L.A. is a Mexican-American city. The majority of the population is made up of racial and ethnic minorities. We are all happy living together and really do not want to see our friends, neighbors and families being terrorized by federal robo-cops. This is bullshit.
You hate AI because it’s grossly inaccurate, blatantly steals from artists and creatives, and is destabilizing entire industries.
I hate AI because it ruined the em dash.
We are not the same.
I hate AI because it ruined the em dash.
We are not the same.
June 4, 2025 at 12:24 AM
You hate AI because it’s grossly inaccurate, blatantly steals from artists and creatives, and is destabilizing entire industries.
I hate AI because it ruined the em dash.
We are not the same.
I hate AI because it ruined the em dash.
We are not the same.
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I have been sick for a week and I just read about "something going around" in a subreddit, which I guess is how I get my information now that the CDC is officially spending the next four years determining when and how microscopes became gay.
May 28, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I have been sick for a week and I just read about "something going around" in a subreddit, which I guess is how I get my information now that the CDC is officially spending the next four years determining when and how microscopes became gay.
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Wokeness has not been destroyed, it has merely gone underground. Every weekend my comrades and I get together in a secret location and say pronouns to each other
May 27, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Wokeness has not been destroyed, it has merely gone underground. Every weekend my comrades and I get together in a secret location and say pronouns to each other
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CEO pay is up 1,085% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 24%.
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
May 24, 2025 at 6:11 PM
CEO pay is up 1,085% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 24%.
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
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Some good news: Georgia Dreamer Ximena Arias Cristobal has been released from ICE custody.
However, she still faces deportation to Mexico. She’s lived in the U.S. since she was four.
www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-to-...
However, she still faces deportation to Mexico. She’s lived in the U.S. since she was four.
www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-to-...
Georgia teen who was arrested after now-dismissed traffic charges is released from ICE custody
19-year-old Ximena Arias Cristobal was granted bond and released, weeks after ICE arrested her following traffic charges that were later dismissed.
www.cbsnews.com
May 23, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Some good news: Georgia Dreamer Ximena Arias Cristobal has been released from ICE custody.
However, she still faces deportation to Mexico. She’s lived in the U.S. since she was four.
www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-to-...
However, she still faces deportation to Mexico. She’s lived in the U.S. since she was four.
www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-to-...
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This dog politely asked for a musician's drumstick in the middle of their performance. Always excited to find a fellow stick lover. 12/10
May 15, 2025 at 8:54 PM
This dog politely asked for a musician's drumstick in the middle of their performance. Always excited to find a fellow stick lover. 12/10
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U.S. Military Bans Men With Girl Names From Combat
U.S. Military Bans Men With Girl Names From Combat
WASHINGTON—In a move that significantly restricts the eligibility of thousands of American troops to fight for their country on the front lines, senior U.S. military officials announced Wednesday that...
theonion.com
May 15, 2025 at 3:00 PM
U.S. Military Bans Men With Girl Names From Combat
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The conservative movement has turned against reality on every scientific issue of our time, from gun violence to climate change to epidemiology.
If campuses are ideologically homogenous, it's not because academia has ostracized conservatives. It's because conservatives have ostracized academia.
If campuses are ideologically homogenous, it's not because academia has ostracized conservatives. It's because conservatives have ostracized academia.
April 21, 2025 at 11:56 AM
The conservative movement has turned against reality on every scientific issue of our time, from gun violence to climate change to epidemiology.
If campuses are ideologically homogenous, it's not because academia has ostracized conservatives. It's because conservatives have ostracized academia.
If campuses are ideologically homogenous, it's not because academia has ostracized conservatives. It's because conservatives have ostracized academia.