Michael Tisserand
@tisserand.bsky.social
Writer of books on Krazy Kat and zydeco. Next up: Charlie Chaplin and The Great Dictator. I answer mail at MichaelTisserand.com
The only possible way to watch this is with little wisecracking space robots
January 6, 2026 at 4:42 AM
The only possible way to watch this is with little wisecracking space robots
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Tony Dokoupil's CBS Evening News debut got off to a tough start ...
January 6, 2026 at 4:24 AM
Tony Dokoupil's CBS Evening News debut got off to a tough start ...
The best present given to a dentist EVER
speaking of which: while I didn’t find what I was looking for yesterday, what I *did* find more than made up for it.
January 5, 2026 at 3:02 AM
The best present given to a dentist EVER
Re-sharing this with alt text added (image appears twice because the text didn't quite fit and is continued on image #2). This is an incredibly important message from Colin and Sophie Hortman, the children of Melissa and Mark Hortman.
January 5, 2026 at 3:00 AM
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Posting this great Phil Ochs song for no particular reason. m.youtube.com/watch?v=fgre...
Cops of the World
YouTube video by Phil Ochs - Topic
m.youtube.com
January 4, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Posting this great Phil Ochs song for no particular reason. m.youtube.com/watch?v=fgre...
Reposted by Michael Tisserand
Boy I’m sure glad I didn’t tell everybody my news division was devoted to celebrating America yesterday
January 3, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Boy I’m sure glad I didn’t tell everybody my news division was devoted to celebrating America yesterday
I don’t like to shop at a place where the owner puts his thumb on the scale especially when the thumb is attached to a fascist salute
The two main reasons I quit Twitter/X were:
1. I refused to produce free content to make money for a white supremacist who was spreading lies.
2. The platform became a Nazi clubhouse.
What were your reasons?
1. I refused to produce free content to make money for a white supremacist who was spreading lies.
2. The platform became a Nazi clubhouse.
What were your reasons?
January 2, 2026 at 10:15 PM
I don’t like to shop at a place where the owner puts his thumb on the scale especially when the thumb is attached to a fascist salute
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"we're here to inspect your daycare center"
January 1, 2026 at 3:35 PM
"we're here to inspect your daycare center"
Fraud for me but not for thee
January 1, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Fraud for me but not for thee
“The revolution conquers the folk and public life, it stamps its mark on culture, the economy, politics, and private life. It would be naive to believe that art could be spared this …”
— Joseph Goebbels, 1933
Photo by Jacquelyn Martin
— Joseph Goebbels, 1933
Photo by Jacquelyn Martin
December 31, 2025 at 9:29 PM
“The revolution conquers the folk and public life, it stamps its mark on culture, the economy, politics, and private life. It would be naive to believe that art could be spared this …”
— Joseph Goebbels, 1933
Photo by Jacquelyn Martin
— Joseph Goebbels, 1933
Photo by Jacquelyn Martin
After 45 years as a daily editorial cartoonist, Walt Handelsman is retiring. Here he is in 1990 for The Times-Picayune.
December 30, 2025 at 2:50 PM
After 45 years as a daily editorial cartoonist, Walt Handelsman is retiring. Here he is in 1990 for The Times-Picayune.
I was working as a busboy at The Court of Two Sisters, 1984. G. Gordon Liddy walks in. My manager asks him if he’d like us to bring him a candle.
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
December 30, 2025 at 3:29 AM
I was working as a busboy at The Court of Two Sisters, 1984. G. Gordon Liddy walks in. My manager asks him if he’d like us to bring him a candle.
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Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
June 13, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
And so does 2025 begins its own pilgrimage to the shadows of the dark, dank ossuary of yesteryears
December 27, 2025 at 4:19 PM
And so does 2025 begins its own pilgrimage to the shadows of the dark, dank ossuary of yesteryears
Merry Christmas especially to Rod Serling for casting Art Carney as Santa Claus
December 25, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Merry Christmas especially to Rod Serling for casting Art Carney as Santa Claus
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People don't say Merry Christmas to the ol' Building & Loan like they used to.
December 25, 2025 at 4:32 AM
People don't say Merry Christmas to the ol' Building & Loan like they used to.
Although one never tires of Brenda Lee this is always a great playlist
Tired of Mariah, Wham!, Brenda Lee, etc.? Here's my #ChristmasMusic playlist - 100 percent listenable but definitely not overplayed. www.mixcloud.com/MySpiltMilk/... @knpknpknpknp.bsky.social @blackmarketdub.bsky.social @coleminerecords.bsky.social
The Twelve Songs of Christmas' Christmas Mix 2025
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from My Spilt Milk. Thanks for being a listener, a friend, or someone who helps make the show happen whether behind or on the mic. I'm proud of the podcast and to be...
www.mixcloud.com
December 24, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Although one never tires of Brenda Lee this is always a great playlist
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Where’s the new streaming service for Canadian broadcasts of censored US television
December 23, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Where’s the new streaming service for Canadian broadcasts of censored US television
If the actual translation was three wise guys imagine the different world we’d have
December 22, 2025 at 6:49 PM
If the actual translation was three wise guys imagine the different world we’d have
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from "The Necessity of Propaganda" - Bertolt Brecht
December 22, 2025 at 2:32 PM
from "The Necessity of Propaganda" - Bertolt Brecht
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Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
December 22, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
Re: 60 Minutes et al
A few lines from “Defying Hitler,” a memoir of 1933 Germany by Sebastian Haffner
A few lines from “Defying Hitler,” a memoir of 1933 Germany by Sebastian Haffner
December 22, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Re: 60 Minutes et al
A few lines from “Defying Hitler,” a memoir of 1933 Germany by Sebastian Haffner
A few lines from “Defying Hitler,” a memoir of 1933 Germany by Sebastian Haffner
One fuck of a hell of a book. A memoir mainly of daily life in Germany 1933. I really don’t know why everyone isn’t talking about it all the time right now.
December 21, 2025 at 3:36 AM
One fuck of a hell of a book. A memoir mainly of daily life in Germany 1933. I really don’t know why everyone isn’t talking about it all the time right now.
redactio ad absurdum
December 21, 2025 at 3:29 AM
redactio ad absurdum