Michael Paul Vine
@mpvine.bsky.social
intellectual vagabond/interdisciplinarian
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Michael Paul Vine
@mpvine.bsky.social
· Jun 7
My fellow interlocutors:
This is a forum => (a)fuera.
We outside.
Do not assume [universal] communicative élan.
Develop [polyversal] communicative competence.
Now is the time.
Here is the place.
This is a forum => (a)fuera.
We outside.
Do not assume [universal] communicative élan.
Develop [polyversal] communicative competence.
Now is the time.
Here is the place.
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The epitome of misleading bullsh*t from the WH deputy press secretary. 👇 Getty Images link to a 2003 pic of the same event. www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-...
December 20, 2025 at 1:08 AM
The epitome of misleading bullsh*t from the WH deputy press secretary. 👇 Getty Images link to a 2003 pic of the same event. www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-...
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Bulgarian Chicago business owner dies in ICE custody, sparking calls for 'immediate investigation'
https://abc7chicago.com/post/bulgarian-chicago-business-owner-nenko-gantchev-dies-ice-custody-family-congresswoman-call-immediate-investigation/18301520/
https://abc7chicago.com/post/bulgarian-chicago-business-owner-nenko-gantchev-dies-ice-custody-family-congresswoman-call-immediate-investigation/18301520/
Bulgarian Chicago business owner dies in ICE custody, sparking calls for 'immediate investigation'
A Bulgarian man from Chicago arrested during an immigration enforcement 'blitz' has died while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at a Michigan private prison, the ABC7 I-Team has learned.
abc7chicago.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Bulgarian Chicago business owner dies in ICE custody, sparking calls for 'immediate investigation'
https://abc7chicago.com/post/bulgarian-chicago-business-owner-nenko-gantchev-dies-ice-custody-family-congresswoman-call-immediate-investigation/18301520/
https://abc7chicago.com/post/bulgarian-chicago-business-owner-nenko-gantchev-dies-ice-custody-family-congresswoman-call-immediate-investigation/18301520/
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I feel like that makes it worse, bc it underscores that it's not just (using just loosely) RFK Jr randomly being a conspiracy addled eugenicist wackjob -- this catastrophe was coordinated and had the backing of the conservative legal movement
It is utterly catastrophic that RFK Jr. plans to end CDC recommendations for most childhood vaccines.
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
December 20, 2025 at 6:02 AM
I feel like that makes it worse, bc it underscores that it's not just (using just loosely) RFK Jr randomly being a conspiracy addled eugenicist wackjob -- this catastrophe was coordinated and had the backing of the conservative legal movement
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Biden took over a shutdown economy in the middle of a global pandemic that brought on global inflation. The economic headlines leading up to the 2024 election were mostly about how our economic recovery was the envy of the world.
I'm getting really tired of hearing these whiners tell this lie.
I'm getting really tired of hearing these whiners tell this lie.
December 16, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Biden took over a shutdown economy in the middle of a global pandemic that brought on global inflation. The economic headlines leading up to the 2024 election were mostly about how our economic recovery was the envy of the world.
I'm getting really tired of hearing these whiners tell this lie.
I'm getting really tired of hearing these whiners tell this lie.
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I'm very tired of repeating myself about this, but, as someone who works professionally on housing affordability, this is a disgusting lie.
Vance: "Why have rents gone down for 4 consecutive months? Because we're starting to get those illegal aliens out of the USA. Those criminals, those gang members, those people that are taking homes that ought by right go the people in this room. It's simple economics."
December 16, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I'm very tired of repeating myself about this, but, as someone who works professionally on housing affordability, this is a disgusting lie.
1. "People crave original visions," not:
- ANOTHER F4/Spidey film
- i.e. adaptations & recycling
2. "Genius is making complex ideas simple."
> Art = Critique (@minimum)
> e.g. 'Sinners' (& Black cinema)
3. Are you vampire or human?
- ANOTHER F4/Spidey film
- i.e. adaptations & recycling
2. "Genius is making complex ideas simple."
> Art = Critique (@minimum)
> e.g. 'Sinners' (& Black cinema)
3. Are you vampire or human?
December 13, 2025 at 2:41 PM
1. "People crave original visions," not:
- ANOTHER F4/Spidey film
- i.e. adaptations & recycling
2. "Genius is making complex ideas simple."
> Art = Critique (@minimum)
> e.g. 'Sinners' (& Black cinema)
3. Are you vampire or human?
- ANOTHER F4/Spidey film
- i.e. adaptations & recycling
2. "Genius is making complex ideas simple."
> Art = Critique (@minimum)
> e.g. 'Sinners' (& Black cinema)
3. Are you vampire or human?
i.e "They not like us!" (3x)
The estimated median net worth of who’s running the country:
House: $1.0M – $1.5M
Senate: $1.7M – $2.5M
Supreme Court: $4M – $6M
White House Cabinet: $15M – $50M
President: $5.1B – $7.1B
House: $1.0M – $1.5M
Senate: $1.7M – $2.5M
Supreme Court: $4M – $6M
White House Cabinet: $15M – $50M
President: $5.1B – $7.1B
"Do the rich have too much political power?"
Yes: 80%
No: 8%
YouGov / Dec 8, 2025
Yes: 80%
No: 8%
YouGov / Dec 8, 2025
December 10, 2025 at 12:38 AM
i.e "They not like us!" (3x)
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My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
December 7, 2025 at 8:31 AM
My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
i.e. If you're Black---but you openly serve (the interests of) White people---provision/protection/dispensation can be extended to you.
e.g. There's a seat/You're safe---as long as you serve (the interests of) Whiteness.
See: model minority, junior partner, globalization, int'l relations, etc.
e.g. There's a seat/You're safe---as long as you serve (the interests of) Whiteness.
See: model minority, junior partner, globalization, int'l relations, etc.
The Montgomery City Code Rosa Parks violated on December 1, 1955 required segregation on buses to “separate the white people from negroes” and also gave bus drivers explicit police powers to enforce that law. If you were a Black caretaker of a White person riding the bus, however, you were exempted.
December 7, 2025 at 1:38 PM
i.e. If you're Black---but you openly serve (the interests of) White people---provision/protection/dispensation can be extended to you.
e.g. There's a seat/You're safe---as long as you serve (the interests of) Whiteness.
See: model minority, junior partner, globalization, int'l relations, etc.
e.g. There's a seat/You're safe---as long as you serve (the interests of) Whiteness.
See: model minority, junior partner, globalization, int'l relations, etc.
Appunto.
> human ≠ mean
> insistent ≠ mean
> impolite ≠ mean
> confrontational ≠ mean
Yet, when you are a stigmatized/derogated person, any discourse/behavior is subject to further stigma/derogation.
> human ≠ mean
> insistent ≠ mean
> impolite ≠ mean
> confrontational ≠ mean
Yet, when you are a stigmatized/derogated person, any discourse/behavior is subject to further stigma/derogation.
“When you are a minoritized person in this world, you gotta be mean to get people up off you. You gotta get people up off you.”
A message I heard today.
A message I heard today.
December 5, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Appunto.
> human ≠ mean
> insistent ≠ mean
> impolite ≠ mean
> confrontational ≠ mean
Yet, when you are a stigmatized/derogated person, any discourse/behavior is subject to further stigma/derogation.
> human ≠ mean
> insistent ≠ mean
> impolite ≠ mean
> confrontational ≠ mean
Yet, when you are a stigmatized/derogated person, any discourse/behavior is subject to further stigma/derogation.
i.e. Yet again, White supremacy---racism, anti-Humanity itself---is gifted legal protection in the United States.
I am so very tired of despair.
(Why aren't you?)
Supreme Court lets Texas use gerrymandered U.S. House map www.npr.org/2025/12/04/n...
I am so very tired of despair.
(Why aren't you?)
Supreme Court lets Texas use gerrymandered U.S. House map www.npr.org/2025/12/04/n...
Supreme Court lets Texas use gerrymandered map that could give GOP 5 more House seats
The Supreme Court has cleared the way for a Texas congressional map that may help the GOP win five more U.S. House seats in the 2026 midterms. A lower court found the map is likely unconstitutional.
www.npr.org
December 5, 2025 at 12:30 AM
i.e. Yet again, White supremacy---racism, anti-Humanity itself---is gifted legal protection in the United States.
I am so very tired of despair.
(Why aren't you?)
Supreme Court lets Texas use gerrymandered U.S. House map www.npr.org/2025/12/04/n...
I am so very tired of despair.
(Why aren't you?)
Supreme Court lets Texas use gerrymandered U.S. House map www.npr.org/2025/12/04/n...
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“Wherever life can grow, it will. It will sprout out, and do the best it can.”
Remembering Gwendolyn Brooks, who left us 25 years ago today, with her wisdom on vulnerability as strength and her advice to writers www.themarginalian.org/2017/04/19/g...
Remembering Gwendolyn Brooks, who left us 25 years ago today, with her wisdom on vulnerability as strength and her advice to writers www.themarginalian.org/2017/04/19/g...
Gwendolyn Brooks on Vulnerability as Strength and Her Advice to Writers
“Wherever life can grow, it will. It will sprout out, and do the best it can.”
www.themarginalian.org
December 4, 2025 at 1:01 AM
“Wherever life can grow, it will. It will sprout out, and do the best it can.”
Remembering Gwendolyn Brooks, who left us 25 years ago today, with her wisdom on vulnerability as strength and her advice to writers www.themarginalian.org/2017/04/19/g...
Remembering Gwendolyn Brooks, who left us 25 years ago today, with her wisdom on vulnerability as strength and her advice to writers www.themarginalian.org/2017/04/19/g...
😳Ain't no way...
Patel on J6 arrest: "When you attack American citizens, when you attack our institutions of legislation, when you attack our nation's Capitol, you attack the very being of our way of life."
December 4, 2025 at 7:05 PM
😳Ain't no way...
e.g.
> They do not challenge these institutions, the people of power (POP).
> Their stories neither frame Indig stance nor argue Indig agency.
> Corrupt inst. prefer fictive endeavours in which POP are ever benefactors/-ficiaries but never implicated in cost-benefit/Disability crea-/allocation.
> They do not challenge these institutions, the people of power (POP).
> Their stories neither frame Indig stance nor argue Indig agency.
> Corrupt inst. prefer fictive endeavours in which POP are ever benefactors/-ficiaries but never implicated in cost-benefit/Disability crea-/allocation.
“Stevenson..would like to see a “critical evaluation” of the major institutions in Canada that have supported non-Indigenous scholars, writers and thought leaders who have claimed Indigenous identities.
She wonders why their stories have been "so compelling and convincing" to these institutions..”
She wonders why their stories have been "so compelling and convincing" to these institutions..”
Indigenous scholars say Thomas King case 'shockingly similar' to others falsely claiming ancestry | CBC News
After another respected name in Indigenous arts and culture was revealed to not have Indigenous ancestry , some scholars say it’s time to examine the Canadian institutions that have helped these peop...
www.cbc.ca
November 27, 2025 at 2:53 PM
e.g.
> They do not challenge these institutions, the people of power (POP).
> Their stories neither frame Indig stance nor argue Indig agency.
> Corrupt inst. prefer fictive endeavours in which POP are ever benefactors/-ficiaries but never implicated in cost-benefit/Disability crea-/allocation.
> They do not challenge these institutions, the people of power (POP).
> Their stories neither frame Indig stance nor argue Indig agency.
> Corrupt inst. prefer fictive endeavours in which POP are ever benefactors/-ficiaries but never implicated in cost-benefit/Disability crea-/allocation.
i.e. mixed methods analysis & recommendations
you've tweeted 452k times since december 2013. that's 103 tweets a day. assuming you sleep 8 hours a day, that's a new tweet every ten mins for twelve years. talking about how to attract a high value man. brother, you need to attract a HIGH VALUE JOB
November 27, 2025 at 1:02 PM
i.e. mixed methods analysis & recommendations
1. debate culture = professional, academic, educational, corporate, religious---Proper Culture
2. Proper Civility = prescribed/preferred/permitted mendacity
3. Truth ≠ hurt/harm/hinder honest people or good faith
2. Proper Civility = prescribed/preferred/permitted mendacity
3. Truth ≠ hurt/harm/hinder honest people or good faith
in bad faith debate culture you 'win' by coming up with the most ridiculous and insulting things possible while also maintaining Proper Civility
November 27, 2025 at 12:57 PM
1. debate culture = professional, academic, educational, corporate, religious---Proper Culture
2. Proper Civility = prescribed/preferred/permitted mendacity
3. Truth ≠ hurt/harm/hinder honest people or good faith
2. Proper Civility = prescribed/preferred/permitted mendacity
3. Truth ≠ hurt/harm/hinder honest people or good faith
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Rediscovering this innovation called racism.
A new paper suggests a photo can tell a recruiter much about an applicant’s personality
Should facial analysis help determine whom companies hire?
A new paper suggests a photo can tell a recruiter much about an applicant’s personality
econ.st
November 6, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Rediscovering this innovation called racism.
Metaphors are figures of speech that apply the unapplicable.
This is habitual behavior that reliably outlines the observable.
It's not metaphorical that the USian Majority is, materially-normatively, anti-Black.
This is habitual behavior that reliably outlines the observable.
It's not metaphorical that the USian Majority is, materially-normatively, anti-Black.
The town I went to college in opted to destroy its public pool instead of integrate it and the story itself was an open secret. It's the perfect metaphor for American society right now.
ACA = “Obamacare”. Same thing. Its proof that many white folks would rather shoot off their own foot if they knew something helped a black or latino person get by too. Its no different from how they used to fill public pools with cement during integration resulting in everyone being hot & miserable.
November 4, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Metaphors are figures of speech that apply the unapplicable.
This is habitual behavior that reliably outlines the observable.
It's not metaphorical that the USian Majority is, materially-normatively, anti-Black.
This is habitual behavior that reliably outlines the observable.
It's not metaphorical that the USian Majority is, materially-normatively, anti-Black.
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I split AI into 3 non-mutually exclusive types (see Table 1 above): displacement (harmful), enhancement (beneficial), and/or replacement (neutral) of human cognitive labour. More later possibly, but see Tables 2 to 4 (attached or here: arxiv.org/pdf/2507.19960) for the worked through examples. 2/n
July 29, 2025 at 11:52 AM
I split AI into 3 non-mutually exclusive types (see Table 1 above): displacement (harmful), enhancement (beneficial), and/or replacement (neutral) of human cognitive labour. More later possibly, but see Tables 2 to 4 (attached or here: arxiv.org/pdf/2507.19960) for the worked through examples. 2/n
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Rethinking the Holocaust
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/o...
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Opinion | We Need to Rethink How We Think About the Holocaust
www.nytimes.com
November 2, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Rethinking the Holocaust
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/o...
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/o...
i.e. hospitality
Love to see it….tourists that are stuck in Jamaica are helping with the cleanup after Hurricane Melissa 💪
November 1, 2025 at 9:51 PM
i.e. hospitality
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This graph never fails to be shocking: "The US has experienced the earliest and greatest slowdown in life expectancy improvements among higher-income countries, reported Eileen Crimmins. “We have horrible life expectancy—and it’s getting worse and worse”"
www.prb.org/resources/se...
www.prb.org/resources/se...
October 31, 2025 at 7:08 PM
This graph never fails to be shocking: "The US has experienced the earliest and greatest slowdown in life expectancy improvements among higher-income countries, reported Eileen Crimmins. “We have horrible life expectancy—and it’s getting worse and worse”"
www.prb.org/resources/se...
www.prb.org/resources/se...
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The US funds the bulk of biomedical research globally by far. It's not like other countries can simply take up the slack. The more likely: people leave research, new people don't become researchers. There is no happy ending. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
Top researchers consider leaving U.S. amid funding cuts: 'The science world is ending'
A poll from the journal Nature found that 75% of researchers in the U.S. are considering leaving the country. That includes a man who’s been dubbed the "Mozart of Math." Stephanie Sy examines what’s b...
www.pbs.org
November 1, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The US funds the bulk of biomedical research globally by far. It's not like other countries can simply take up the slack. The more likely: people leave research, new people don't become researchers. There is no happy ending. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
Mosquitoes appear in Iceland for the first time www.npr.org/2025/10/22/n...
Iceland reports the presence of mosquitoes for the first time, as climate warms
The discovery of three Culiseta annulata mosquitoes was confirmed this week by the Natural Science Institute of Iceland, which said the mosquitoes likely arrived by freight.
www.npr.org
November 1, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Mosquitoes appear in Iceland for the first time www.npr.org/2025/10/22/n...