Mike Schwert
@schwertmike.bsky.social
Retired sales and marketing guy and Founder of Cumulus. Wildcat alum and married father of a Badger. Rotarian and sportsman. Photos are mine, except reposts, taken with an S23 or S25 and many of the flowers from our gardens.
Corporations have no soul
“.. The fundamental problem is that corporations are institutionally ill-equipped to take center stage in policy debates. They are inherently self-interested economic actors with goals that often conflict with those of society.”
@bloomberg.com
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February 16, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Corporations have no soul
This is generational christian racism
Will it be national news? Will it cause performative outrage? Will he be censured?
Nope. Forgotten by tomorrow.
Nope. Forgotten by tomorrow.
February 16, 2026 at 2:30 PM
This is generational christian racism
End the tarrif taxes
WSJ: “.. The pricing break is over. .. Companies .. are raising prices early this year on items from bluejeans and spices to housewares and industrial products.”
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February 16, 2026 at 2:27 PM
End the tarrif taxes
An old Monarch with tatered wings reaches the end of its journey for Milkweed last August.
#MonarchButterfly #Pollinators #Milkweed #NativePlants
#MonarchButterfly #Pollinators #Milkweed #NativePlants
February 16, 2026 at 12:48 PM
An old Monarch with tatered wings reaches the end of its journey for Milkweed last August.
#MonarchButterfly #Pollinators #Milkweed #NativePlants
#MonarchButterfly #Pollinators #Milkweed #NativePlants
Cold Boiling Lake, Mt. Lassen Volcanic National Park, California.
February 16, 2026 at 12:36 PM
More stolen oil to fuel Trump's mayhem
U.S. military forces boarded another sanctioned tanker in the Indian Ocean after tracking the vessel from the Caribbean Sea in an effort to target illicit oil connected to Venezuela, the Pentagon said Sunday.
US military boards another oil tanker in Indian Ocean after tracking it from the Caribbean
U.S. military forces boarded another sanctioned tanker in the Indian Ocean after tracking the vessel from the Caribbean Sea in an effort to target illicit oil connected to Venezuela, the Pentagon s…
trib.al
February 16, 2026 at 12:31 PM
More stolen oil to fuel Trump's mayhem
To refuse paying tariffs you must stop buying products with tarrifs included in the price. That includes products like bananas and coffee, that aren't grown or made in the US.
This goddamn IDIOT.... I refuse to pay tariffs-
I'll just sit back and wait till he dies or is replaced with someone with a functioning brain-
cause this guy's brain doesn't.
I'll just sit back and wait till he dies or is replaced with someone with a functioning brain-
cause this guy's brain doesn't.
February 16, 2026 at 12:15 PM
To refuse paying tariffs you must stop buying products with tarrifs included in the price. That includes products like bananas and coffee, that aren't grown or made in the US.
From mouths of babes
February 15, 2026 at 11:15 PM
From mouths of babes
Yes, I do
February 15, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Yes, I do
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It’s where we are and I hate it.
February 15, 2026 at 2:02 AM
It’s where we are and I hate it.
Reposted by Mike Schwert
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Trump's former attorney. "THIS IS NOT A DRILL!"
February 13, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Trump's former attorney. "THIS IS NOT A DRILL!"
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Some Iris reticulata for this weeks. #FlowersOnFriday
February 13, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Some Iris reticulata for this weeks. #FlowersOnFriday
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Trump is The Epstein Files
You can drop the "in".
You can drop the "in".
February 14, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Trump is The Epstein Files
You can drop the "in".
You can drop the "in".
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A slightly closer up view of the Starry Night Cracker #butterfly at the Welsh mountain zoo 🦋💛
February 14, 2026 at 7:13 PM
A slightly closer up view of the Starry Night Cracker #butterfly at the Welsh mountain zoo 🦋💛
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It was -16C at the lake this morning but worth the wait for the sunrise, even with a slight shoulder injury after climbing over the rocks. 😂
#Scape #Sunrise #Photography #EastCoastKin
#Scape #Sunrise #Photography #EastCoastKin
February 13, 2026 at 3:02 PM
It was -16C at the lake this morning but worth the wait for the sunrise, even with a slight shoulder injury after climbing over the rocks. 😂
#Scape #Sunrise #Photography #EastCoastKin
#Scape #Sunrise #Photography #EastCoastKin
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Disclosure of the truth will prove it
February 14, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Disclosure of the truth will prove it
Facists trampling on the 1st Ammendment
Posting about ICE on Instagram is now enough to get you an “administrative subpoena.” 👀
@nytimes.com #$META
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@nytimes.com #$META
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February 14, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Facists trampling on the 1st Ammendment
More like caused the crash than called the top
February 14, 2026 at 4:43 PM
More like caused the crash than called the top
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Good morning 🌱
February 14, 2026 at 8:56 AM
Good morning 🌱
We're both crooks!
February 14, 2026 at 12:29 PM
We're both crooks!
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Happy Valentine’s Day 💕 🪶
February 14, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Happy Valentine’s Day 💕 🪶
