michael maranda
@michaelmaranda.bsky.social
please please please work.
September 2nd, 1982, in a concert hall in Saskatoon, this 16 year old had his ears opened by a miraculous Peter Tosh /Jimmy Cliff concert.
Sad news this morning.
Sad news this morning.
November 24, 2025 at 1:07 PM
September 2nd, 1982, in a concert hall in Saskatoon, this 16 year old had his ears opened by a miraculous Peter Tosh /Jimmy Cliff concert.
Sad news this morning.
Sad news this morning.
Good riddance.
November 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Good riddance.
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Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
October 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
Seriously?
The Kirk assassination is going to be Trump’s Reichstag fire?
The Kirk assassination is going to be Trump’s Reichstag fire?
September 18, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Seriously?
The Kirk assassination is going to be Trump’s Reichstag fire?
The Kirk assassination is going to be Trump’s Reichstag fire?
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Look at what happened to divorce rates in Mexico when some areas extended the school day by 3.5 hours!
Why did divorce rates go up as a result of the change?
"The availability of childcare...translate[d] into increased bargaining power and economic independence for women."
Why did divorce rates go up as a result of the change?
"The availability of childcare...translate[d] into increased bargaining power and economic independence for women."
August 20, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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WeTransfer now wants to scrape what you send to train their AI. They explicitly say this is so they can make derivative works without having to compensate the authors.
Great.
Great.
July 15, 2025 at 11:58 AM
WeTransfer now wants to scrape what you send to train their AI. They explicitly say this is so they can make derivative works without having to compensate the authors.
Great.
Great.
I’m now wondering if there is an urban dictionary entry for elbows up.
June 30, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I’m now wondering if there is an urban dictionary entry for elbows up.
For those who don’t read the Glib and Mail be assured, according to Lawrence Martin, that we should all breath a sigh of relief as Canada’s political centre is once again controlled by [rich] old white guys.
June 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
For those who don’t read the Glib and Mail be assured, according to Lawrence Martin, that we should all breath a sigh of relief as Canada’s political centre is once again controlled by [rich] old white guys.
Dear journalists,
Please rewrite your pieces on the deployment of the national guard in California like it was happening in a failed state with but the illusion of democracy.
Thanks.
Please rewrite your pieces on the deployment of the national guard in California like it was happening in a failed state with but the illusion of democracy.
Thanks.
June 8, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Dear journalists,
Please rewrite your pieces on the deployment of the national guard in California like it was happening in a failed state with but the illusion of democracy.
Thanks.
Please rewrite your pieces on the deployment of the national guard in California like it was happening in a failed state with but the illusion of democracy.
Thanks.
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In the long run, this is actually going to be the important news of the day--co2 in the atmosphere passes another grim milestone
May 2025 experienced the first 430 ppm+ monthly #co2 average in human history, per Keeling Curve: scripps.ucsd.edu/news/annual-...
Annual Carbon Dioxide Peak Passes Another Milestone
For the first time, the seasonal peak of carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere exceeded 430 parts per million (ppm) at NOAA’s Mauna Loa Observatory on Hawaii, scientists from NOAA and Scripp...
scripps.ucsd.edu
June 5, 2025 at 8:33 PM
In the long run, this is actually going to be the important news of the day--co2 in the atmosphere passes another grim milestone
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22-year-old Cole Schmidtknecht's asthma medicine abruptly jumped from $55 to $700. Unable to get the medicine he needed, he left without it.
Cole suffered an asthma attack and died 5 days later. His inhaler was empty & his insurance corp was UnitedHealth.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/did-united...
Cole suffered an asthma attack and died 5 days later. His inhaler was empty & his insurance corp was UnitedHealth.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/did-united...
Did UnitedHealth Exploitation Result in Yet Another Preventable Death?
22-year-old Cole Schmidtknecht's asthma medicine abruptly jumped from $55 to $700—unable to get the medicine he needed, he died 5 days later
www.qasimrashid.com
June 4, 2025 at 11:09 PM
22-year-old Cole Schmidtknecht's asthma medicine abruptly jumped from $55 to $700. Unable to get the medicine he needed, he left without it.
Cole suffered an asthma attack and died 5 days later. His inhaler was empty & his insurance corp was UnitedHealth.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/did-united...
Cole suffered an asthma attack and died 5 days later. His inhaler was empty & his insurance corp was UnitedHealth.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/did-united...
If you saved a dollar a day, every day, and did so from the start of the universe ….
May 28, 2025 at 2:53 PM
If you saved a dollar a day, every day, and did so from the start of the universe ….
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Here’s our media release on this, on behalf of the victim Kyle Parkhurst.
May 15, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Here’s our media release on this, on behalf of the victim Kyle Parkhurst.
Minister of AI? ffs, Sarah Connor, save us.
May 13, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Minister of AI? ffs, Sarah Connor, save us.
Only 88 years ago today, Gramsci died in a fascist prison. Time for us to finally pay attention.
April 28, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Only 88 years ago today, Gramsci died in a fascist prison. Time for us to finally pay attention.
Pere Ubu???
Bad day.
Bad day.
April 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Pere Ubu???
Bad day.
Bad day.
As we watch the Dow tumble, please remember the stock market is the equivalent of online slots for capitalists. The Dow has quadrupled since ~2000.
Actually, that analogy doesn't work as you don't win at online slots and the market is a rigged ponzi scheme at the expense of wage labourers.
Actually, that analogy doesn't work as you don't win at online slots and the market is a rigged ponzi scheme at the expense of wage labourers.
April 3, 2025 at 2:03 PM
As we watch the Dow tumble, please remember the stock market is the equivalent of online slots for capitalists. The Dow has quadrupled since ~2000.
Actually, that analogy doesn't work as you don't win at online slots and the market is a rigged ponzi scheme at the expense of wage labourers.
Actually, that analogy doesn't work as you don't win at online slots and the market is a rigged ponzi scheme at the expense of wage labourers.
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So, noncitizens can be sent to, essentially, American jails on foreign territory without due process. When citizens begin to be sent to these places, what recourse will they have? All the state has to claim is that they are non-citizens and thus have no recourse.
March 27, 2025 at 7:47 PM
So, noncitizens can be sent to, essentially, American jails on foreign territory without due process. When citizens begin to be sent to these places, what recourse will they have? All the state has to claim is that they are non-citizens and thus have no recourse.
“Perhaps I imagined this; however, it should be a true story.”
from Sharon Kivland’s latest, Almanach, grand iota press. Such a treat to read.
from Sharon Kivland’s latest, Almanach, grand iota press. Such a treat to read.
March 27, 2025 at 2:09 AM
“Perhaps I imagined this; however, it should be a true story.”
from Sharon Kivland’s latest, Almanach, grand iota press. Such a treat to read.
from Sharon Kivland’s latest, Almanach, grand iota press. Such a treat to read.
This hurts my brain.
EDMONTON — Alberta’s premier stood in the house Monday to defend asking U.S. officials to not impose promised tariffs during the federal election because the levy threat was hurting her preferred choice, the federal Conservatives.
Alberta Premier Smith defends US comments, saying she's not asking for election interference
EDMONTON — Alberta’s premier stood in the house Monday to defend asking U.S. officials to not impose promised tariffs during the federal election because the levy threat was hurting her preferred choice, the federal Conservatives.
www.winnipegfreepress.com
March 25, 2025 at 4:34 PM
This hurts my brain.