Mike Riverso
@mikeriverso.bsky.social
Sci-fi, games, and progressive politics. “De-escalate all conflict that is not with the enemy.” #BlackLivesMatter. #TransLivesMatter. He/him. Toronto.
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Mike Riverso
@mikeriverso.bsky.social
· Nov 12
Just a few things to make sure anyone following me here knows what I’m about:
Trans rights are human rights.
Climate change is extremely real.
Israel is committing a genocide in Gaza.
Nationalism in all its forms is inherently violent.
So is the modern form of policing.
Trump is a fascist.
Trans rights are human rights.
Climate change is extremely real.
Israel is committing a genocide in Gaza.
Nationalism in all its forms is inherently violent.
So is the modern form of policing.
Trump is a fascist.
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pls get a flu shot, our ER is very full atm
“These viruses are serious, dangerous, and life-threatening. We are seeing children who are seriously ill, families grieving devastating losses, and hospitals under capacity strain.”
www.cnn.com/2026/01/05/h...
www.cnn.com/2026/01/05/h...
Flu reaches highest levels in the US in 25 years | CNN
Flu continues to visit misery across the US, with all but four states showing high or very high levels of activity as a new virus strain called subclade K continues to spread.
www.cnn.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:41 PM
pls get a flu shot, our ER is very full atm
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we've got some ICE shit going down in our little town today and it took like three minutes for a convoy of wine moms to start chasing them around town. normies hate this shit and are putting in the work
January 5, 2026 at 8:44 PM
we've got some ICE shit going down in our little town today and it took like three minutes for a convoy of wine moms to start chasing them around town. normies hate this shit and are putting in the work
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The more and more I think about it, the more I think Threads algorithmic boosting of posts with replies is making for a toxic cesspool of discourse that is almost as bad as X. So much outrage bait, bad takes, and outright bigotry that get boosted to the feed because folks dunk on it.
January 6, 2026 at 4:09 AM
The more and more I think about it, the more I think Threads algorithmic boosting of posts with replies is making for a toxic cesspool of discourse that is almost as bad as X. So much outrage bait, bad takes, and outright bigotry that get boosted to the feed because folks dunk on it.
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we were sitting on top of the most powerful hegemonic structure in human history that allowed us to rule most of the world with only a fraction of the resources required to actually rule the world and they're burning it down because they want to kill people for fun
January 6, 2026 at 12:58 PM
we were sitting on top of the most powerful hegemonic structure in human history that allowed us to rule most of the world with only a fraction of the resources required to actually rule the world and they're burning it down because they want to kill people for fun
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it's this scene on a civilizational scale
January 6, 2026 at 1:00 PM
it's this scene on a civilizational scale
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What is the point of having laws if nobody will enforce them?
January 6, 2026 at 1:01 PM
What is the point of having laws if nobody will enforce them?
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i love how every post-Fox conservative is "wait, you guys actually believe this shit?"
Megyn Kelly: "I turned on Fox News yesterday, and I'm sorry but it was like watching Russian propaganda."
January 6, 2026 at 3:31 AM
i love how every post-Fox conservative is "wait, you guys actually believe this shit?"
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The gasp-laugh I made at this is something I couldn’t reproduce if I tried
January 6, 2026 at 4:16 AM
The gasp-laugh I made at this is something I couldn’t reproduce if I tried
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The paper that buried the leak about the Venezuela mission vs the publication that didn’t.
January 5, 2026 at 12:57 AM
The paper that buried the leak about the Venezuela mission vs the publication that didn’t.
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It is amazing that global financial and political powers have decided that these people are building something worth trillions of dollars
January 6, 2026 at 4:11 AM
It is amazing that global financial and political powers have decided that these people are building something worth trillions of dollars
The more and more I think about it, the more I think Threads algorithmic boosting of posts with replies is making for a toxic cesspool of discourse that is almost as bad as X. So much outrage bait, bad takes, and outright bigotry that get boosted to the feed because folks dunk on it.
January 6, 2026 at 4:09 AM
The more and more I think about it, the more I think Threads algorithmic boosting of posts with replies is making for a toxic cesspool of discourse that is almost as bad as X. So much outrage bait, bad takes, and outright bigotry that get boosted to the feed because folks dunk on it.
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Thinking idly about how there was a time in the past where the Grok CSAM scandal would lead to a huge exodus off X to Bluesky and elsewhere but how now everyone who cared about such things has already left
January 6, 2026 at 3:25 AM
Thinking idly about how there was a time in the past where the Grok CSAM scandal would lead to a huge exodus off X to Bluesky and elsewhere but how now everyone who cared about such things has already left
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Bunch of the reddest and maddest dudes in the history of online seeing the vast and subtle American empire and screaming THAT'S PUSSY SHIT before tearing it all to pieces so they can be A Real Man
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
It’s genuinely wild that the United States spent decades building an elaborate rules-based international order which de facto cemented its permanent status as the dominant global hegemon, sustained by ideology rather than might, and now is just blowing it all up for literally no reason
January 6, 2026 at 3:07 AM
Bunch of the reddest and maddest dudes in the history of online seeing the vast and subtle American empire and screaming THAT'S PUSSY SHIT before tearing it all to pieces so they can be A Real Man
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
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this was always the trajectory of multipolarism. the idea is to fracture the Atlantic alliance, increase nationalism across the board, and then use the fracture to deepen the split in the US, ultimately fragmenting and destroying it from within.
yeah the subtext of the Atlantic article on the Greenland crisis is that the Euros are freaking out about being squeezed by both Moscow and Washington
This isn't because of some magic America Sauce, by the by. It's because of actual choices other countries have kept making year after year.
The Euros are still far from being able to handle their own defense without us at minimum indirectly supporting them.
The Euros are still far from being able to handle their own defense without us at minimum indirectly supporting them.
January 6, 2026 at 3:05 AM
this was always the trajectory of multipolarism. the idea is to fracture the Atlantic alliance, increase nationalism across the board, and then use the fracture to deepen the split in the US, ultimately fragmenting and destroying it from within.
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they're doing it for gender, imo
It’s genuinely wild that the United States spent decades building an elaborate rules-based international order which de facto cemented its permanent status as the dominant global hegemon, sustained by ideology rather than might, and now is just blowing it all up for literally no reason
January 6, 2026 at 1:57 AM
they're doing it for gender, imo
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At the very least, stop using it. If you want to hold onto your handle to prevent someone else from hijacking it, it might make sense to keep it. Just lock your profile, delete all your posts, and leave it.
Reminder to delete your fucking X account.
January 5, 2026 at 1:05 AM
At the very least, stop using it. If you want to hold onto your handle to prevent someone else from hijacking it, it might make sense to keep it. Just lock your profile, delete all your posts, and leave it.
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“Everyone is 12” applies just as much to hyper-reactionary online tumblr communities as it does to right-wing billionaires who think Grok is cool.
People simply can not be normal about things anymore.
January 5, 2026 at 9:49 PM
“Everyone is 12” applies just as much to hyper-reactionary online tumblr communities as it does to right-wing billionaires who think Grok is cool.
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This'll create a lot of dead children. That's probably the point, not a side effect. The core MAHA belief behind this is simple eugenics: vaccines are bad because they allow the weak to survive.
The CDC changed the universal vaccine schedule & no longer recommends
Rotavirus
Hepatitis A & B
Meningitis
Influenza
RSV
I’ve cared for previously healthy kids who died from RSV, influenza and meningitis.
We all are going to be caring for a lot more now.
In our already overflowing hospitals
Rotavirus
Hepatitis A & B
Meningitis
Influenza
RSV
I’ve cared for previously healthy kids who died from RSV, influenza and meningitis.
We all are going to be caring for a lot more now.
In our already overflowing hospitals
January 6, 2026 at 12:41 AM
This'll create a lot of dead children. That's probably the point, not a side effect. The core MAHA belief behind this is simple eugenics: vaccines are bad because they allow the weak to survive.
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I mentioned this yesterday, but this is a side effect of the phantom economy created by the "AI" bubble.
They're just passing money back and forth to make it look like growth, hiding the fact that things aren't being made, bought, sold, and especially shipped.
If things were good, oil would be up.
They're just passing money back and forth to make it look like growth, hiding the fact that things aren't being made, bought, sold, and especially shipped.
If things were good, oil would be up.
Trump didn't wage war in Venezuela to advance the oil lobby's interests. His motives appear much less coherent -- and more superficial -- than that www.vox.com/politics/473...
January 5, 2026 at 4:40 PM
I mentioned this yesterday, but this is a side effect of the phantom economy created by the "AI" bubble.
They're just passing money back and forth to make it look like growth, hiding the fact that things aren't being made, bought, sold, and especially shipped.
If things were good, oil would be up.
They're just passing money back and forth to make it look like growth, hiding the fact that things aren't being made, bought, sold, and especially shipped.
If things were good, oil would be up.
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is your hot take on world events human-oriented in a way that centers those most impacted, or are you just trying to be correct and smug on the internet?
January 6, 2026 at 1:24 AM
is your hot take on world events human-oriented in a way that centers those most impacted, or are you just trying to be correct and smug on the internet?
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It feels premature for huge companies to force a technology on everybody that doesn’t work and is incredibly harmful, solely on the basis that it might one day, somehow, work and be beneficial.
January 6, 2026 at 1:22 AM
It feels premature for huge companies to force a technology on everybody that doesn’t work and is incredibly harmful, solely on the basis that it might one day, somehow, work and be beneficial.
Remember when Facebook changed their whole name to Meta because they thought the metaverse was the future, and then that completely failed to materialize? This… seems similar.
Microsoft is so fucking stupid.
Microsoft renamed Microsoft Office to Microsoft 365 Copilot App
I'm not joking
Microsoft renamed Microsoft Office to Microsoft 365 Copilot App
I'm not joking
January 6, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Remember when Facebook changed their whole name to Meta because they thought the metaverse was the future, and then that completely failed to materialize? This… seems similar.