Michael Cusac
@mlcusac.bsky.social
i'm a people-person and a hermit
Update: Leo Nocentelli is in the house.
December 26, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Update: Leo Nocentelli is in the house.
George Porter, Jr.'s 78th birthday is tomorrow, but he kicks off the celebration tonight and rolls into the 26th as he has for years. If I could recommend just one show a year to almost anyone, it would be this one. Advertised showtime: 9 US central time, streaming live.
Maple Leaf Bar
Maple Leaf Bar is a neighborhood watering hole located on the funky Oak Street corridor, way uptown, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Established in 1974, the Maple Leaf Bar has held host to live music 7 nigh...
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December 26, 2025 at 2:01 AM
George Porter, Jr.'s 78th birthday is tomorrow, but he kicks off the celebration tonight and rolls into the 26th as he has for years. If I could recommend just one show a year to almost anyone, it would be this one. Advertised showtime: 9 US central time, streaming live.
"From now on, it will not be your job to determine whether something is true, but whether it is in the spirit of Nazi revolution."
- Bernhard Rust, Reichserziehungsminister
- Bernhard Rust, Reichserziehungsminister
December 22, 2025 at 7:03 PM
"From now on, it will not be your job to determine whether something is true, but whether it is in the spirit of Nazi revolution."
- Bernhard Rust, Reichserziehungsminister
- Bernhard Rust, Reichserziehungsminister
Born on this day in 1943, Walter Wolfman Washington
"Nobody's Fault But Mine" - Walter Wolfman Washington and The Roadmasters
YouTube video by Rob Davis
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December 21, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Born on this day in 1943, Walter Wolfman Washington
"The one mistake I think [the EU AI Act] makes is they spend a lot of time regulating the AI and not the humans behind the AI," he said.
✨12 Days of SRI! Day 10✨
Celebrating Bruce Schneier, SRIs visiting senior policy fellow, who joined our community to advance work on digital trust, governance & the future of AI.
Read his AI & Trust talk + our interview
📘Talk: tinyurl.com/2zb5j9zw
🗂️Interview: tinyurl.com/4mwyxfr2
Celebrating Bruce Schneier, SRIs visiting senior policy fellow, who joined our community to advance work on digital trust, governance & the future of AI.
Read his AI & Trust talk + our interview
📘Talk: tinyurl.com/2zb5j9zw
🗂️Interview: tinyurl.com/4mwyxfr2
December 18, 2025 at 10:29 PM
"The one mistake I think [the EU AI Act] makes is they spend a lot of time regulating the AI and not the humans behind the AI," he said.
Reposted by Michael Cusac
I don't have any energy to give to a new Mozilla CEO announcement so I'm just gonna point you here, which still holds true.
The Mozilla Cycle, Part III: Mozilla Dies in Ignominy
Mozilla's new strategy document confirms their position, and the end of their stewardship of the open web.
taggart-tech.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I don't have any energy to give to a new Mozilla CEO announcement so I'm just gonna point you here, which still holds true.
Ten years ago, I got so tired of conservatives virtue-signalling by telling me they wished he wouldn't do the mean tweets that I started saying, "Well, I reckon he only does it because he's a mean-spirited piece of shit and he knows that won't stop you from from voting for him."
December 15, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Ten years ago, I got so tired of conservatives virtue-signalling by telling me they wished he wouldn't do the mean tweets that I started saying, "Well, I reckon he only does it because he's a mean-spirited piece of shit and he knows that won't stop you from from voting for him."
You will be visited by three spirits.
December 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
You will be visited by three spirits.
Documentarian Martin Shore captured a fascinating conversation between George Porter, Jr., Cyril Neville, and Ivan Neville about their resilience in the face of Mardi Gras brutality from cops, rent-a-cops, and citizens back in the day. #nolasky
IN THE STUDIO PART 2 - "Knockin'" - GRAMMY Winner Ledisi, Ivan Neville, Ian Neville II TMTTR NOLA
YouTube video by TAKE ME TO THE RIVER
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December 6, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Documentarian Martin Shore captured a fascinating conversation between George Porter, Jr., Cyril Neville, and Ivan Neville about their resilience in the face of Mardi Gras brutality from cops, rent-a-cops, and citizens back in the day. #nolasky
Happy birthday to @chris-stamey.bsky.social and Peter Buck.
December 6, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Happy birthday to @chris-stamey.bsky.social and Peter Buck.
I don't often feel like I gotta hand it to the Democrats, but they do know how to put together a team to prevent the POTUS' naps from being televised.
December 3, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I don't often feel like I gotta hand it to the Democrats, but they do know how to put together a team to prevent the POTUS' naps from being televised.
insert a movie into another movie:
Godzilla Kramer vs. Kramer Mechagodzilla
Godzilla Kramer vs. Kramer Mechagodzilla
Insert a movie into another movie:
The Inception According To Garp
The Inception According To Garp
Twelve Angry Men Who Stare at Goats
December 3, 2025 at 2:59 PM
insert a movie into another movie:
Godzilla Kramer vs. Kramer Mechagodzilla
Godzilla Kramer vs. Kramer Mechagodzilla
@travisview.bsky.social interviews Thomas Kelly, who's recently introduced a lot of cognitive dissonance about cognitive dissonance into the world.
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When “When Prophecy Fails” Fails (E350)
The 1956 book When Prophecy Fails describes one of the most famous case studies in social psychology. The researchers Leon Festinger, Henry Riecken, and Stanley Schachter covertly joined a small, apoc
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November 26, 2025 at 8:17 PM
@travisview.bsky.social interviews Thomas Kelly, who's recently introduced a lot of cognitive dissonance about cognitive dissonance into the world.
soundcloud.com/qanonanonymo...
soundcloud.com/qanonanonymo...
Excellent!
Happy PUB DAY to Carla Kaplan!
We discuss her new book about a legendary anti-fascist and social-justice advocate, Jessica Mitford.
#booksky
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We discuss her new book about a legendary anti-fascist and social-justice advocate, Jessica Mitford.
#booksky
open.spotify.com/episode/7khp...
November 25, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Excellent!
The best skeet-sized answer to 'why doesn't/can't/won't ________ resist totalitarianism?' may be 'because ________ is being run as a business.'
September 18, 2025 at 4:34 PM
The best skeet-sized answer to 'why doesn't/can't/won't ________ resist totalitarianism?' may be 'because ________ is being run as a business.'
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An immediate corollary to the policy against saying anything which could "potentially endanger" the physical safety of staff is that no one can say anything which might piss off a klansman.
Here's the entire letter to Karent Attiah from Warren Connell of the Wash Post as shared by @oliverdarcy.bsky.social in @status.news:
September 16, 2025 at 2:06 PM
An immediate corollary to the policy against saying anything which could "potentially endanger" the physical safety of staff is that no one can say anything which might piss off a klansman.
Kyle Roussel: Booker Piano - 1/9/2025 - Maple Leaf Bar Live
YouTube video by Maple Leaf Bar
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September 15, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Then they came for trans folk, but very smart, highly paid consultants said that voicing an opinion would be bad messaging, so I played possum.
September 14, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Then they came for trans folk, but very smart, highly paid consultants said that voicing an opinion would be bad messaging, so I played possum.
Yes, but it would also be virtually impossible to create so many imaginary coins to trade and imaginary people to chat with.
A new study finds dozens of heat waves would be "virtually impossible" without the activity of major fossil fuel producers, including oil companies.
Scientists link hundreds of severe heat waves to fossil fuel producers' pollution
A new study finds dozens of heat waves would be "virtually impossible" without the activity of major fossil fuel producers, including oil companies.
n.pr
September 14, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Yes, but it would also be virtually impossible to create so many imaginary coins to trade and imaginary people to chat with.
Make a band singular
Styk
Styk
Make a band singular
Stevie Ray Vaughn and Trouble
Stevie Ray Vaughn and Trouble
Make a band singular
A Special
A Special
September 13, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Make a band singular
Styk
Styk
1.E.M.
U
Make a band singular
Duran
Duran
September 13, 2025 at 6:26 PM
1.E.M.
U
Make a band singular
Duran
Duran
Make a band singular
A Seagull
A Seagull
September 13, 2025 at 6:19 PM
U
"mass slaughter, mayonnaise, and missionary position"
And now for something completely different: youtu.be/1hiKvi6BDcw?...
Why Is The Right Obsessed With Lord of The Rings?
YouTube video by The Bitchuation Room (with Francesca Fiorentini)
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September 13, 2025 at 3:47 PM
"mass slaughter, mayonnaise, and missionary position"
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While I haven't seen any evidence Tyler Robinson was a groyper, I have been getting a lot of questions bc I write about Nick Fuentes. Here is a thread of some of my work about Fuentes and/or his followers.
September 12, 2025 at 8:38 PM
While I haven't seen any evidence Tyler Robinson was a groyper, I have been getting a lot of questions bc I write about Nick Fuentes. Here is a thread of some of my work about Fuentes and/or his followers.