Micah Rashad
@micahrashad.bsky.social
Creating rivers in the desert, one penstroke at a time.
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📍NYC
@morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social don't give Greenballt a platform to parrot such negative talking points about our mayor-elect.
November 5, 2025 at 12:41 PM
@morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social don't give Greenballt a platform to parrot such negative talking points about our mayor-elect.
What's maddening is in checking the website for Third Way and seeing how every single person in a leadership role is white and at least looks to pass as heterosexual. Of course you don't care about using the term LGBTQIA+ because it doesn't impact you. And heaven forbid what you think about BIPOC.
A new memo from a Democratic think tank argues the party is too out of touch and lists a few dozen phrases they should switch out.
On #playbookpod, Megan Messerly points out that Republicans have been saying this for years: ow.ly/JBNq50WKa2w
On #playbookpod, Megan Messerly points out that Republicans have been saying this for years: ow.ly/JBNq50WKa2w
August 27, 2025 at 8:46 PM
What's maddening is in checking the website for Third Way and seeing how every single person in a leadership role is white and at least looks to pass as heterosexual. Of course you don't care about using the term LGBTQIA+ because it doesn't impact you. And heaven forbid what you think about BIPOC.
@microsoft.com why is Copilot saying Jennifer Lopez is Black?
August 1, 2025 at 6:05 PM
@microsoft.com why is Copilot saying Jennifer Lopez is Black?
I posted my narration on TikTok and here's a preview!
July 28, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I posted my narration on TikTok and here's a preview!
Ready for Chapter 2? What will happen to Henry? Read on!
Here Comes Tomorrow: Chapter 2
Sera arrived at Uncle Winston’s apartment promptly at 2:50.
open.substack.com
July 10, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Ready for Chapter 2? What will happen to Henry? Read on!
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A chilling reminder that American science denial does not just affect people in the US, it kills people globally.
June 25, 2025 at 10:38 PM
A chilling reminder that American science denial does not just affect people in the US, it kills people globally.
Do you like time travel and body parts? Then give the first chapter of my short story, Here Comes Tomorrow, a read.
Here Comes Tomorrow: Chapter 1
Do you like time travel and body parts? Then give this story a read. This is the first of four chapters from my short story, Here Comes Tomorrow.
open.substack.com
June 24, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Do you like time travel and body parts? Then give the first chapter of my short story, Here Comes Tomorrow, a read.
This Mars-Uranus square has been quite explosive these past few days.
June 17, 2025 at 10:17 PM
This Mars-Uranus square has been quite explosive these past few days.
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For the first time in 116 years, the NAACP is not inviting the sitting president of the United States to its annual convention.
“Our mission is to advance civil rights, and the current president has made clear that his mission is to eliminate civil rights,” said NAACP President Derrick Johnson.
“Our mission is to advance civil rights, and the current president has made clear that his mission is to eliminate civil rights,” said NAACP President Derrick Johnson.
Donald Trump is the first president in 116 years to not be invited to the NAACP convention
The NAACP says it will not invite President Donald Trump to its national convention next month in Charlotte, North Carolina.
apnews.com
June 17, 2025 at 6:58 PM
For the first time in 116 years, the NAACP is not inviting the sitting president of the United States to its annual convention.
“Our mission is to advance civil rights, and the current president has made clear that his mission is to eliminate civil rights,” said NAACP President Derrick Johnson.
“Our mission is to advance civil rights, and the current president has made clear that his mission is to eliminate civil rights,” said NAACP President Derrick Johnson.
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Today’s arrest of @bradlander.bsky.social is just one disturbing example of what ICE does every single day across the country. It’s not interested in law and order—this is about spreading fear. New York City will not stand for it.
June 17, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Today’s arrest of @bradlander.bsky.social is just one disturbing example of what ICE does every single day across the country. It’s not interested in law and order—this is about spreading fear. New York City will not stand for it.
Yesterday I made my debut as one half off of the DJ duo Popper Cartel. Happy to share my first mix with the world. I hope it's the first of many to come.
BBB - Brooklyn Backyard Birthday Mix
The debut mix of Popper Cartel, featuring hits from American, Japanese, and Korean artists.
Ayumi Hamasaki - Bold & Delicious [Dub's Standard House Mix]
Madonna - Secret [Junior's Luscious Single Mix
on.soundcloud.com
June 10, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Yesterday I made my debut as one half off of the DJ duo Popper Cartel. Happy to share my first mix with the world. I hope it's the first of many to come.
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In addition to thinking about those who gave their lives, I’m also thinking about the erasure of the history of Memorial Day. www.washingtonpost.com/history/2023...
Black people may have started Memorial Day. Whites erased it from history.
Thousands of formerly enslaved people put flowers on Union soldiers’ graves on May 1, 1865. For well over a century after the Civil War, the significance of the day was buried.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 26, 2025 at 9:46 PM
In addition to thinking about those who gave their lives, I’m also thinking about the erasure of the history of Memorial Day. www.washingtonpost.com/history/2023...
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The comment period for this ends in 3 DAYS. Please leave a comment telling them EVERYONE should be able to get covid boosters.
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May 20, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The comment period for this ends in 3 DAYS. Please leave a comment telling them EVERYONE should be able to get covid boosters.
www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
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I literally made this joke throughout Trump’s first term: that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi could have avoided being killed by the US if he’d offered to build a Trump Tower in Raqqa. I was joking.
And yet:
And yet:
Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa is reportedly planning to offer Donald Trump a deal that includes building a Trump Tower in Damascus.
Autocrats around the world have figured out the price of Trump’s attention.
Autocrats around the world have figured out the price of Trump’s attention.
May 14, 2025 at 12:14 PM
I literally made this joke throughout Trump’s first term: that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi could have avoided being killed by the US if he’d offered to build a Trump Tower in Raqqa. I was joking.
And yet:
And yet:
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Crockett debuts a new game called "Trump or trans," then displays a gigantic placard of Trump golfing
May 7, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Crockett debuts a new game called "Trump or trans," then displays a gigantic placard of Trump golfing
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So that's what Big Balls did with the terabytes of data he stole from the National Labor Relations Board a few weeks ago.
On Friday ICE agents stopped a bus in Albion, NY. They had a list of names, and took 14 people into custody
Those workers—and their employer—happened to be involved in one of the most crucial labor struggles in the state in recent memory
My latest @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2025/05/05/i...
Those workers—and their employer—happened to be involved in one of the most crucial labor struggles in the state in recent memory
My latest @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2025/05/05/i...
“They Actually Had a List”: ICE Arrests Workers Involved in Landmark Labor Rights Case
“We are concerned at the appearance of targeting publicly pro-union worker leaders,” said a UFW official about an ICE raid in New York.
theintercept.com
May 7, 2025 at 2:53 AM
So that's what Big Balls did with the terabytes of data he stole from the National Labor Relations Board a few weeks ago.
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Three former Memphis police officers have been acquitted of state charges in the beating death of Tyre Nichols, the 29-year-old Black man who was yanked out of his car, pepper-sprayed, hit with a Taser, punched, and kicked in 2023. But the three men were convicted of federal charges last year.
3 former Memphis officers acquitted in fatal beating of Tyre Nichols after he fled a traffic stop
Three former Memphis officers have been acquitted of state charges, including second-degree murder, in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols in 2023.
apnews.com
May 7, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Three former Memphis police officers have been acquitted of state charges in the beating death of Tyre Nichols, the 29-year-old Black man who was yanked out of his car, pepper-sprayed, hit with a Taser, punched, and kicked in 2023. But the three men were convicted of federal charges last year.
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STUNNING story: 25-year-old DOGE aide was warned about his conflicts of interest at CFPB but participated in mass layoffs at the agency anyway, including the firings of the ethics lawyers who had warned him.
DOGE Aide Who Helped Gut CFPB Was Warned About Potential Conflicts of Interest
Before he helped fire most Consumer Financial Protection Bureau staffers, DOGE’s Gavin Kliger was warned about his investments and advised to not take any actions that could benefit him personally, ac...
www.propublica.org
May 7, 2025 at 12:11 PM
STUNNING story: 25-year-old DOGE aide was warned about his conflicts of interest at CFPB but participated in mass layoffs at the agency anyway, including the firings of the ethics lawyers who had warned him.
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I want to give credit to Metz/Weise here for stating plainly that LLMs cannot decide that something is or isn't true or false. Stating the actual, real limitations of these models is necessary, and it's good to finally see this happening in the mainstream media without any throat clearing
May 6, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I want to give credit to Metz/Weise here for stating plainly that LLMs cannot decide that something is or isn't true or false. Stating the actual, real limitations of these models is necessary, and it's good to finally see this happening in the mainstream media without any throat clearing
So much happening in the US I forgot to look up and see how tensions are rising in other parts of the world too.
India has launched strikes in several parts of Pakistan and Pakistan-controlled territory, in a dramatic escalation of tensions between the two nuclear-armed rivals.
India launches missile attacks on Pakistan
India has launched strikes in several parts of Pakistan and Pakistan-controlled territory, in a dramatic escalation of tensions between the two nuclear-armed rivals.
www.npr.org
May 6, 2025 at 10:00 PM
So much happening in the US I forgot to look up and see how tensions are rising in other parts of the world too.
@kylieminogue.music-social.com.ap.brid.gy at Madison Square Garden was a magical experience. So proud of her achieving this feat! loved her in Montreal on Sunday but seeing her on the home turf was something else.
April 5, 2025 at 8:13 AM
@kylieminogue.music-social.com.ap.brid.gy at Madison Square Garden was a magical experience. So proud of her achieving this feat! loved her in Montreal on Sunday but seeing her on the home turf was something else.
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Four Tesla-owned dealerships in Canada claimed they sold 8,653 cars in one weekend. That’s two cars sold every minute if they were open 24 hours a day. Sounds suspicious. And Canadian officials are now investigating if Tesla inflated the numbers to get a government subsidy.
Four Tesla Dealers Said They Sold 8,653 Cars in 3 Days in Canada. Did They?
The sales numbers provided by the company-owned shops allowed them to claim tens of millions in government rebates. Now those numbers are under scrutiny.
www.nytimes.com
April 1, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Four Tesla-owned dealerships in Canada claimed they sold 8,653 cars in one weekend. That’s two cars sold every minute if they were open 24 hours a day. Sounds suspicious. And Canadian officials are now investigating if Tesla inflated the numbers to get a government subsidy.
If Trump pulls funding for the MTA over "safety" then New York State will stop paying federal taxes to Washington, right? In 2023, NY contributed $330 billion to the federal government. We have leverage.
And if I can't get to work because we lack train service then I want us to fight harder.
And if I can't get to work because we lack train service then I want us to fight harder.
March 19, 2025 at 9:13 PM
If Trump pulls funding for the MTA over "safety" then New York State will stop paying federal taxes to Washington, right? In 2023, NY contributed $330 billion to the federal government. We have leverage.
And if I can't get to work because we lack train service then I want us to fight harder.
And if I can't get to work because we lack train service then I want us to fight harder.