Michael Kwan
@mkwan.bsky.social
Reader (fiction, science fiction, occasional fantasy, history) / Gamer (TTRPGs, boardgames) / Fountain Pen user & collector / Roller Derby NSO @ Angel City Derby.
“It is likely I will die next to a pile of things I was meaning to read.”
- Lemony Snicket.
“It is likely I will die next to a pile of things I was meaning to read.”
- Lemony Snicket.
In roller derby, the Fox40 is the standard officials whistle. Its rated to 115db. I recommend the CMG as the mouth guard protects your teeth. Also, a breakaway lanyard is a good choice in the event someone tries to grab it (and you).
November 21, 2025 at 8:33 PM
In roller derby, the Fox40 is the standard officials whistle. Its rated to 115db. I recommend the CMG as the mouth guard protects your teeth. Also, a breakaway lanyard is a good choice in the event someone tries to grab it (and you).
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Boy Mamdani's race is really a vivid reminder that anti-Islamic bigotry is 100% accepted in US public discourse. People don't even bother dog whistling, it's just right out in the open.
November 4, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Boy Mamdani's race is really a vivid reminder that anti-Islamic bigotry is 100% accepted in US public discourse. People don't even bother dog whistling, it's just right out in the open.
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I've said it before and I'll say it again now:
Live your life in such a way that millions of people do not rightfully have reason to cheer your death.
Live your life in such a way that millions of people do not rightfully have reason to cheer your death.
November 4, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I've said it before and I'll say it again now:
Live your life in such a way that millions of people do not rightfully have reason to cheer your death.
Live your life in such a way that millions of people do not rightfully have reason to cheer your death.
@neolithicsheep.bsky.social Did you end up ordering? I need to send you $$$.
November 4, 2025 at 4:12 PM
@neolithicsheep.bsky.social Did you end up ordering? I need to send you $$$.
In for 2. Let me know when/where to send the $$ and an address.
October 20, 2025 at 11:42 PM
In for 2. Let me know when/where to send the $$ and an address.
If we get it under $10 each, put me down for 2. Legit.
October 20, 2025 at 11:31 PM
If we get it under $10 each, put me down for 2. Legit.
There is NO way the Republican President knows or understands the word "allegory" as anything other than a large amphibious reptile that shows up on the golf courses at Mar-A-Lago sometimes.
October 20, 2025 at 10:31 PM
There is NO way the Republican President knows or understands the word "allegory" as anything other than a large amphibious reptile that shows up on the golf courses at Mar-A-Lago sometimes.
I feel that's unfair to demons. Presumably, demons don't have a choice. ICE Agents make a clear moral choice.
October 20, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I feel that's unfair to demons. Presumably, demons don't have a choice. ICE Agents make a clear moral choice.
I am getting my drill out for any of those I receive.
October 6, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I am getting my drill out for any of those I receive.
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Greta Thunberg: "I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me. But that is not the story. What happened here was Israel… continuing to worsen and escalate their genocide and mass destruction with genocidal intent, attempting to erase an...
October 6, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Greta Thunberg: "I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me. But that is not the story. What happened here was Israel… continuing to worsen and escalate their genocide and mass destruction with genocidal intent, attempting to erase an...
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Hey, @jay.bsky.team.
As a disabled person, it's disheartening to see one of the foundational pushers of alt text, a Black STEM voice, a queer advocate, and a huge voice for the disabled community gone over a poor taste joke.
Having Link here is good for so many people.
Please reconsider?
As a disabled person, it's disheartening to see one of the foundational pushers of alt text, a Black STEM voice, a queer advocate, and a huge voice for the disabled community gone over a poor taste joke.
Having Link here is good for so many people.
Please reconsider?
October 6, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Hey, @jay.bsky.team.
As a disabled person, it's disheartening to see one of the foundational pushers of alt text, a Black STEM voice, a queer advocate, and a huge voice for the disabled community gone over a poor taste joke.
Having Link here is good for so many people.
Please reconsider?
As a disabled person, it's disheartening to see one of the foundational pushers of alt text, a Black STEM voice, a queer advocate, and a huge voice for the disabled community gone over a poor taste joke.
Having Link here is good for so many people.
Please reconsider?
That is the natural path for Temu Goebbels.
October 6, 2025 at 7:42 PM
That is the natural path for Temu Goebbels.
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Love this. Humour with a historical sentiment.
September 18, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Love this. Humour with a historical sentiment.
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However you define political violence, the right is responsible for much more of it.
The Anti-Defamation League (hardly a left-wing org!) found that all “domestic extremist-related killings” in 2022 were done by right-wing extremists, the vast majority (84%) white supremacists. trib.al/ycZNDE1
The Anti-Defamation League (hardly a left-wing org!) found that all “domestic extremist-related killings” in 2022 were done by right-wing extremists, the vast majority (84%) white supremacists. trib.al/ycZNDE1
It’s Time to Broaden Our Definition of Political Violence
In conversations about Charlie Kirk’s murder, pundits and politicians are using the term in troublingly narrow ways.
trib.al
September 18, 2025 at 7:10 PM
However you define political violence, the right is responsible for much more of it.
The Anti-Defamation League (hardly a left-wing org!) found that all “domestic extremist-related killings” in 2022 were done by right-wing extremists, the vast majority (84%) white supremacists. trib.al/ycZNDE1
The Anti-Defamation League (hardly a left-wing org!) found that all “domestic extremist-related killings” in 2022 were done by right-wing extremists, the vast majority (84%) white supremacists. trib.al/ycZNDE1
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A grim reminder: these people will never be satisfied. There’s no point at which they will say “we’ve won, let’s enjoy life.” They will always be looking for someone else to punish, to revile, to dehumanize. They’re empty without that.
September 18, 2025 at 3:04 AM
A grim reminder: these people will never be satisfied. There’s no point at which they will say “we’ve won, let’s enjoy life.” They will always be looking for someone else to punish, to revile, to dehumanize. They’re empty without that.
🎶"Number three
You have the right to free Speech
As long as
You're not dumb enough to actually try it" 🎶
- The Clash, "Know Your Rights"
You have the right to free Speech
As long as
You're not dumb enough to actually try it" 🎶
- The Clash, "Know Your Rights"
September 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
🎶"Number three
You have the right to free Speech
As long as
You're not dumb enough to actually try it" 🎶
- The Clash, "Know Your Rights"
You have the right to free Speech
As long as
You're not dumb enough to actually try it" 🎶
- The Clash, "Know Your Rights"
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The Department of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the United States.
🔗 www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...
🔗 www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...
September 16, 2025 at 8:53 PM
The Department of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the United States.
🔗 www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...
🔗 www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...
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You were moved to do this by pride and by hate. Is it any wonder the result was ruin?
September 8, 2025 at 7:15 PM
You were moved to do this by pride and by hate. Is it any wonder the result was ruin?
I really want a Farragut/Bellerophon ('Billy Ruffian') technical manual after that episode.
August 18, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I really want a Farragut/Bellerophon ('Billy Ruffian') technical manual after that episode.
My Chemical Friend With Benefits
August 13, 2025 at 5:34 PM
My Chemical Friend With Benefits
FFS, people like that are so tunnel visioned and self-centered. Hi they not remember:
"Hearts starve as well as bodies; give us bread, but give us roses."
"Hearts starve as well as bodies; give us bread, but give us roses."
July 22, 2025 at 8:18 PM
FFS, people like that are so tunnel visioned and self-centered. Hi they not remember:
"Hearts starve as well as bodies; give us bread, but give us roses."
"Hearts starve as well as bodies; give us bread, but give us roses."
We have been doing that in Los Angeles since the start and you've seen the result. Peaceful protests, ignored, villainised, and assaulted by law enforcement. Police departments here refusing to interfere and providing support. Troops deployed. What's the support from the rest of the nation?
June 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
We have been doing that in Los Angeles since the start and you've seen the result. Peaceful protests, ignored, villainised, and assaulted by law enforcement. Police departments here refusing to interfere and providing support. Troops deployed. What's the support from the rest of the nation?
The weakness of the article is that this isn't just a collapse due to age or unknown forces. It's an intentional result of reactionary forces tearing out the underpinnings of the constitutional system. It's not like these weren't openly stated plans and design.
June 27, 2025 at 8:11 PM
The weakness of the article is that this isn't just a collapse due to age or unknown forces. It's an intentional result of reactionary forces tearing out the underpinnings of the constitutional system. It's not like these weren't openly stated plans and design.
I get the point, but it's a terrible, passive article. It's not like this is just happening for some unknown reason. It's no hidden conspiracy. It's a host of coordinated, reactionary, bad actors, including the the whole of the GOP. This is the intended plan, not some by-product.
June 27, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I get the point, but it's a terrible, passive article. It's not like this is just happening for some unknown reason. It's no hidden conspiracy. It's a host of coordinated, reactionary, bad actors, including the the whole of the GOP. This is the intended plan, not some by-product.
What you get when you order your Bond Villain and Henchpeople from Temu or Wish.
Oil tanker magnate, John Fredriksen, has left the UK for the UAE so he can pay even less tax on his £13.7 billon fortune. Good, fuck off.
June 27, 2025 at 8:02 PM
What you get when you order your Bond Villain and Henchpeople from Temu or Wish.