Michael McEleney
@themcementality.bsky.social
A gamer, programmer, perpetually sad Jets and Mets fan, recreational volleyball player, political news fretter, and a human being.
We need an atheistic way to replace the idea of praying for someone's success/well-being/etc. It's useful to have a way to convey putting emotional energy into a good outcome for someone else with no actual ability to affect the outcome.
November 16, 2025 at 6:07 PM
We need an atheistic way to replace the idea of praying for someone's success/well-being/etc. It's useful to have a way to convey putting emotional energy into a good outcome for someone else with no actual ability to affect the outcome.
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![4-panel vertical comic. (1) 100 Years Ago [two people standing next to bicycle with small car nearby] PERSON 1: It’s too dangerous riding a bike with these cars around. I should get a car, too. (2) 50 Years Ago [two people between smaller car and bigger car] PERSON 2 with short hair: Small cars are less safe in collisions with larger vehicles, so I should get a bigger one. (3) Today [two people between big car and even bigger car] PERSON 1: Everyone has huge SUVs now. If I don’t get the biggest one, I’m putting my family at risk. (4) Soon [two people next to large armored car with spiked clubs attached] PERSON 2: If I don’t install more whirling spike clubs, I’ll be destroyed by all the other drivers who...](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiby6can6k76yzfmv2czxs4pu2l7zie7bqbrpswi7h3ifmiadkuqvu@jpeg)
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Sure, AI might 100x your productivity, it also might 100x your mental illness.
There should probably be more attention put on the fact that there is a serious risk over the next 1-5 years of a large percentage of people basically departing reality to live in a fantasy world of AI crafted delusions.
There should probably be more attention put on the fact that there is a serious risk over the next 1-5 years of a large percentage of people basically departing reality to live in a fantasy world of AI crafted delusions.
October 2, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Sure, AI might 100x your productivity, it also might 100x your mental illness.
There should probably be more attention put on the fact that there is a serious risk over the next 1-5 years of a large percentage of people basically departing reality to live in a fantasy world of AI crafted delusions.
There should probably be more attention put on the fact that there is a serious risk over the next 1-5 years of a large percentage of people basically departing reality to live in a fantasy world of AI crafted delusions.
Gentrification discourse has given wealthier lefties and liberals people the ultimate excuse to not live near poor people, while also giving them a way to maintain a sense of moral superiority.
One must simply say "I don't want to be a gentrifier."
One must simply say "I don't want to be a gentrifier."
July 30, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Gentrification discourse has given wealthier lefties and liberals people the ultimate excuse to not live near poor people, while also giving them a way to maintain a sense of moral superiority.
One must simply say "I don't want to be a gentrifier."
One must simply say "I don't want to be a gentrifier."
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this appears to be a common theme
July 22, 2025 at 12:10 AM
this appears to be a common theme
I can't believe I've just gotta keep clipping my nails every week or so until I die.
July 21, 2025 at 9:53 PM
I can't believe I've just gotta keep clipping my nails every week or so until I die.
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The unitary executive can set the curriculum at Harvard, order the owners to change the names of professional sports teams, throw his enemies in prison, close a Cabinet-level Department, but he is powerless to ask the sycophants he put in place in the FBI and DOJ to release the Epstein files.
Reporter: Why doesn’t the President just order the FBI to release the full Epstein files?
Leavitt: The President has said if the DOJ/FBI want to move forward with releasing any credible evidence, they should do so. As to why they have not—you should ask the FBI
Leavitt: The President has said if the DOJ/FBI want to move forward with releasing any credible evidence, they should do so. As to why they have not—you should ask the FBI
July 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The unitary executive can set the curriculum at Harvard, order the owners to change the names of professional sports teams, throw his enemies in prison, close a Cabinet-level Department, but he is powerless to ask the sycophants he put in place in the FBI and DOJ to release the Epstein files.
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This is amazing. Yesterday Trump claimed he talked to his uncle about how brilliant the Unabomber was when the Unabomber was a student of his at MIT.
The Unabomber never went to MIT, he was identified in 1996, and his uncle died in 1985.
The Unabomber never went to MIT, he was identified in 1996, and his uncle died in 1985.
you genuinely have to admire his brain. getting hammered 24/7 on Epstein? better fabricate a personal link to the Unabomber, specifically mentioning one of the prestigious universities where Epstein peddled his influence
July 16, 2025 at 2:24 AM
This is amazing. Yesterday Trump claimed he talked to his uncle about how brilliant the Unabomber was when the Unabomber was a student of his at MIT.
The Unabomber never went to MIT, he was identified in 1996, and his uncle died in 1985.
The Unabomber never went to MIT, he was identified in 1996, and his uncle died in 1985.
It's amazing how fucked my twitter timeline has become in the past month. I'm not sure what they did to the algorithm, but it's now 90% clips from shows/movies with someone saying something clickbaity accompanying it.
July 14, 2025 at 6:05 AM
It's amazing how fucked my twitter timeline has become in the past month. I'm not sure what they did to the algorithm, but it's now 90% clips from shows/movies with someone saying something clickbaity accompanying it.
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“Secret police” are your words, not mine. Seems like you’ve been giving them a lot of thought.
Unlike NYPD, your agents don’t identify themselves & wear masks that cover their faces. Now they ignore judges’ rulings, too.
What law enforcement agents are supposed to uphold … is the rule of law.
Unlike NYPD, your agents don’t identify themselves & wear masks that cover their faces. Now they ignore judges’ rulings, too.
What law enforcement agents are supposed to uphold … is the rule of law.
July 9, 2025 at 10:43 PM
“Secret police” are your words, not mine. Seems like you’ve been giving them a lot of thought.
Unlike NYPD, your agents don’t identify themselves & wear masks that cover their faces. Now they ignore judges’ rulings, too.
What law enforcement agents are supposed to uphold … is the rule of law.
Unlike NYPD, your agents don’t identify themselves & wear masks that cover their faces. Now they ignore judges’ rulings, too.
What law enforcement agents are supposed to uphold … is the rule of law.
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Texas can't adequately warn people about deadly floods, but it can immediately let me know that a cop got hurt 250 miles away from me.
July 10, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Texas can't adequately warn people about deadly floods, but it can immediately let me know that a cop got hurt 250 miles away from me.
The fanfics these dudes write about an imagined, competent version of Trump really shows you how delusional they were.
July 9, 2025 at 7:14 PM
The fanfics these dudes write about an imagined, competent version of Trump really shows you how delusional they were.
I think the only viable path to this future is one where AI and machines are taking on all the necessary work no one wants to do, but I feel like that future is rife with its own set of problems.
my view is that everyone should be able to earn a living wage doing whatever it is they like. if you love working in a bookshop, you should be able to live a comfortable life doing so. if you loving being a barista, the same. and if you want to do more traditional blue collar work, that’s cool too!
the other thing is that no one who fetishizes manual labor actually cares to improve life for people who are in those circumstances! no support for unionization or a generous welfare state! no interest in policies that make life easier for people who work their hands or afford them more autonomy!
July 9, 2025 at 3:02 AM
I think the only viable path to this future is one where AI and machines are taking on all the necessary work no one wants to do, but I feel like that future is rife with its own set of problems.
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Wait you’re telling me that Brussels Sprouts LITERALLY tasted awful when I was a kid and I didn’t just magically start liking them as an adult?????
July 7, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Wait you’re telling me that Brussels Sprouts LITERALLY tasted awful when I was a kid and I didn’t just magically start liking them as an adult?????
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yet another piece of baffling maliciousness www.npr.org/2025/06/28/n...
Defense Department will stop providing crucial satellite weather data
Hurricane forecasters and scientists rely on weather data collected and processed by Department of Defense satellites. The Navy has decided to stop sharing the data.
www.npr.org
July 7, 2025 at 2:37 PM
yet another piece of baffling maliciousness www.npr.org/2025/06/28/n...
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So this is the way the country ends. Not with a whimper, but with a 'grok, is this true?'
June 30, 2025 at 10:50 PM
So this is the way the country ends. Not with a whimper, but with a 'grok, is this true?'
Wearing camo to raid a fucking Home Depot is insane.
I obtained this from a community member minutes after arriving on scene following a raid at the Cypress Park Home Depot this morning. they detained day laborers.
June 30, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Wearing camo to raid a fucking Home Depot is insane.
It really does feel like he asked all these people what they thought and then built a campaign to target what they said.
Mamdani is a political savant, it's a shame he can't run for president. I hope he's the beginning of a new wave of progressive social democrats.
Mamdani is a political savant, it's a shame he can't run for president. I hope he's the beginning of a new wave of progressive social democrats.
Why did so many New Yorkers vote for Donald Trump?
YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC
www.youtube.com
June 26, 2025 at 4:22 AM
It really does feel like he asked all these people what they thought and then built a campaign to target what they said.
Mamdani is a political savant, it's a shame he can't run for president. I hope he's the beginning of a new wave of progressive social democrats.
Mamdani is a political savant, it's a shame he can't run for president. I hope he's the beginning of a new wave of progressive social democrats.
If you were born before the end of WWII, it's time to retire.
88 year old Eleanor Holmes Norton says she's running for re-election to Congress
June 25, 2025 at 9:17 PM
If you were born before the end of WWII, it's time to retire.
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Dear Dems: this is what we want. This is who we want. Listen to us.
Breaking news: Former New York state governor Andrew Cuomo has conceded to progressive rival Zohran Mamdani in the Democratic primary for New York City’s next mayor www.ft.com/content/e4b8...
June 25, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Dear Dems: this is what we want. This is who we want. Listen to us.
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Hard to imagine why the National Weather Service would suddenly get basic shit like that wrong... 🤔
Trump to Carney: We had the parade the other day. They said 100% chance of rain. It didn’t rain.
June 16, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Hard to imagine why the National Weather Service would suddenly get basic shit like that wrong... 🤔