Michelle Solomon
@michellesolomon.bsky.social
Overeducated bookish photo studio manager in Savannah, GA. Sometimes I make good trouble, but I'm tired.
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We’re in another Middle East war. I’m reflecting on the fact that it’s easy to start a war, difficult to end it. There’s often war optimism, so it’s unlikely to end with bomb strikes today. Lastly, I’m troubled that Trump’s national security team is who we have running this war.
June 22, 2025 at 12:14 AM
We’re in another Middle East war. I’m reflecting on the fact that it’s easy to start a war, difficult to end it. There’s often war optimism, so it’s unlikely to end with bomb strikes today. Lastly, I’m troubled that Trump’s national security team is who we have running this war.
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At this rate MAGA will only be able to afford to rent the libs.
April 7, 2025 at 2:29 PM
At this rate MAGA will only be able to afford to rent the libs.
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From city on a cill to pariah state
Playing around with CBP airport processing data this morning to see how much air travel by non-US passengers is cratering.
April 6, 2025 at 10:46 AM
From city on a cill to pariah state
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The honorable hero Senator Cory Booker yields the floor at 25 hrs 8 minutes.
Final list of Senators who asked questions so Booker could pause his voice.
Amazing display or oratory, skill, personal
Discipline and heart.
Booker Holds The Floor! ⛓️💥
Final list of Senators who asked questions so Booker could pause his voice.
Amazing display or oratory, skill, personal
Discipline and heart.
Booker Holds The Floor! ⛓️💥
April 2, 2025 at 12:11 AM
The honorable hero Senator Cory Booker yields the floor at 25 hrs 8 minutes.
Final list of Senators who asked questions so Booker could pause his voice.
Amazing display or oratory, skill, personal
Discipline and heart.
Booker Holds The Floor! ⛓️💥
Final list of Senators who asked questions so Booker could pause his voice.
Amazing display or oratory, skill, personal
Discipline and heart.
Booker Holds The Floor! ⛓️💥
Reminder that in 1998 Cory Booker went on a 10 day hunger strike to protest substandard housing conditions in Newark. (I remember because I visited him during his hunger strike.)
April 1, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Reminder that in 1998 Cory Booker went on a 10 day hunger strike to protest substandard housing conditions in Newark. (I remember because I visited him during his hunger strike.)
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
March 14, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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Sen. Ossoff tonight announced he will oppose cloture and, if it comes to it, final passage on the partisan House budget proposal and issued the following statement —
March 14, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Sen. Ossoff tonight announced he will oppose cloture and, if it comes to it, final passage on the partisan House budget proposal and issued the following statement —
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The entire conversation around government funding is Washington at its worst. I cannot in good conscience vote for a bill that increases costs for Georgians, defunds care for servicemembers, and slashes investments in education and health care.
I am voting NO on the partisan funding bill.
I am voting NO on the partisan funding bill.
March 13, 2025 at 11:05 PM
The entire conversation around government funding is Washington at its worst. I cannot in good conscience vote for a bill that increases costs for Georgians, defunds care for servicemembers, and slashes investments in education and health care.
I am voting NO on the partisan funding bill.
I am voting NO on the partisan funding bill.
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Hey there, my very small family biz peeps. Today I'm working on W2s, FUTA, HSA catch up contributions and comparability rules, and deducting S Corp health insurance reimbursements, if anyone wants to commiserate.
January 24, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Hey there, my very small family biz peeps. Today I'm working on W2s, FUTA, HSA catch up contributions and comparability rules, and deducting S Corp health insurance reimbursements, if anyone wants to commiserate.
Went looking for info on anti-commandeering doctrine and immigration law since I live in a blue city in a red state. National Immigration Project has already prepared a legal memo on why the Bova letter is b.s. and sanctuary policies are legal. nipnlg.org/sites/defaul...
nipnlg.org
January 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Went looking for info on anti-commandeering doctrine and immigration law since I live in a blue city in a red state. National Immigration Project has already prepared a legal memo on why the Bova letter is b.s. and sanctuary policies are legal. nipnlg.org/sites/defaul...
<<His other worry was that the corporations in control of chatbots had an “unprecedented power to influence people en masse. It could be used as a tool for manipulation, and that’s dangerous,” he warned.>>
For an exploration of this idea check out "The Verifiers" - near future sci fi by Jane Pek.
For an exploration of this idea check out "The Verifiers" - near future sci fi by Jane Pek.
January 16, 2025 at 3:39 PM
<<His other worry was that the corporations in control of chatbots had an “unprecedented power to influence people en masse. It could be used as a tool for manipulation, and that’s dangerous,” he warned.>>
For an exploration of this idea check out "The Verifiers" - near future sci fi by Jane Pek.
For an exploration of this idea check out "The Verifiers" - near future sci fi by Jane Pek.
DJI, embattled Chinese manufacturer of majority of drones, turned off geofencing yesterday so folks can now fly over airports, the White House, etc. The FAA had ten years to come up with regs and just went with digital license plates and individual responsibility. 🍿
DJI will no longer stop drones from flying over airports, wildfires, and the White House
DJI claims the decision “aligns” with the FAA’s rules.
www.theverge.com
January 16, 2025 at 2:32 PM
DJI, embattled Chinese manufacturer of majority of drones, turned off geofencing yesterday so folks can now fly over airports, the White House, etc. The FAA had ten years to come up with regs and just went with digital license plates and individual responsibility. 🍿
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Trump's pick to lead NASA is Jared Isaacman, friend of Elon Musk, whose online payment company has extensive financial ties to SpaceX.
If confirmed, Isaacman would oversee billions of dollars in government contracts awarded to SpaceX.
If confirmed, Isaacman would oversee billions of dollars in government contracts awarded to SpaceX.
Trump chooses billionaire astronaut Jared Isaacman to run NASA
Earlier this year, Isaacman became the first private citizen to conduct a spacewalk. But his longstanding ties with Elon Musk's company SpaceX raise possible conflicts of interest.
www.npr.org
December 21, 2024 at 7:38 PM
Trump's pick to lead NASA is Jared Isaacman, friend of Elon Musk, whose online payment company has extensive financial ties to SpaceX.
If confirmed, Isaacman would oversee billions of dollars in government contracts awarded to SpaceX.
If confirmed, Isaacman would oversee billions of dollars in government contracts awarded to SpaceX.
Internet vibes right now very Ani Difranco "Coming Up":
And whoever's in charge up there
Had better take the elevator down
And put more than change in our cup
Or else we
Are coming
Up
And whoever's in charge up there
Had better take the elevator down
And put more than change in our cup
Or else we
Are coming
Up
December 5, 2024 at 3:17 PM
Internet vibes right now very Ani Difranco "Coming Up":
And whoever's in charge up there
Had better take the elevator down
And put more than change in our cup
Or else we
Are coming
Up
And whoever's in charge up there
Had better take the elevator down
And put more than change in our cup
Or else we
Are coming
Up
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New today: The Texas Observer has identified the operators of four anonymous accounts that regularly share racist, antisemitic, and neo-Nazi content on X. Three of the operators appear to live or have claimed to own property in Texas.
Revealed: the Operators Behind Four Major Neo-Nazi X Accounts
Anonymity has long been a tactic used by extremists to spread their ideology while avoiding social consequences, from Klansmen hoods to online pseudonyms.
www.texasobserver.org
December 4, 2024 at 3:10 PM
New today: The Texas Observer has identified the operators of four anonymous accounts that regularly share racist, antisemitic, and neo-Nazi content on X. Three of the operators appear to live or have claimed to own property in Texas.
Rule for Ghosting by Shelly Jay Shore is the best thing I've read in a while. A very Jewish, very queer, exploration of grief and intergenerational trauma, but also a paranormal romance. ❤️
November 28, 2024 at 3:33 PM
Rule for Ghosting by Shelly Jay Shore is the best thing I've read in a while. A very Jewish, very queer, exploration of grief and intergenerational trauma, but also a paranormal romance. ❤️
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Hegseth is a member of a Tennessee congregation affiliated with Christ Church, a controversial congregation in Moscow, Idaho, that has become a leader in the movement to get more Christianity in the public sphere. From Heath Druzin:
idahocapitalsun.com/2024/11/21/t...
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Trump’s Defense secretary nominee has close ties to Idaho Christian nationalists • Idaho Capital Sun
Pete Hegseth, president-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of Defense, has close ties to an Idaho-based Christian nationalist church.
idahocapitalsun.com
November 21, 2024 at 8:41 PM
Hegseth is a member of a Tennessee congregation affiliated with Christ Church, a controversial congregation in Moscow, Idaho, that has become a leader in the movement to get more Christianity in the public sphere. From Heath Druzin:
idahocapitalsun.com/2024/11/21/t...
idahocapitalsun.com/2024/11/21/t...
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Doug Burgum, Trump’s nominee for Interior Secretary, is the same guy who set up the meeting at Mar-a-Lago where Trump reportedly promised environmental regulation cuts for $1 billion in campaign contributions from Big Oil execs.
Environmental groups alarmed as Doug Burgum picked for US interior secretary
Several groups say North Dakota governor will sacrifice public lands on the ‘altar of the fossil fuel industry’s profits’
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2024 at 6:57 PM
Doug Burgum, Trump’s nominee for Interior Secretary, is the same guy who set up the meeting at Mar-a-Lago where Trump reportedly promised environmental regulation cuts for $1 billion in campaign contributions from Big Oil execs.
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the system preceding race and gender integrated education and DEI was not even facially "meritocratic" - elite higher ed served as finishing schools for rich failsons, half of admissions criteria were invented to keep out Jews. the naked cronyism is the America they wanted to return to "greatness"
Meet Trump’s new Secretary of Education nominee Linda McMahon
November 20, 2024 at 12:42 PM
the system preceding race and gender integrated education and DEI was not even facially "meritocratic" - elite higher ed served as finishing schools for rich failsons, half of admissions criteria were invented to keep out Jews. the naked cronyism is the America they wanted to return to "greatness"
I'll just leave this here podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
Dr. Oz
Podcast Episode · Maintenance Phase · 02/16/2021 · 56m
podcasts.apple.com
November 19, 2024 at 10:31 PM
I'll just leave this here podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
I am working out an entire dissertation in my head on what is wrong with the college experience for Gen Z - it ranges from too many dining outlets encouraging isolation to Rate My Professor reviews that focus on whether you "have to do the reading" discouraging intellectual curiosity.
November 19, 2024 at 6:57 PM
I am working out an entire dissertation in my head on what is wrong with the college experience for Gen Z - it ranges from too many dining outlets encouraging isolation to Rate My Professor reviews that focus on whether you "have to do the reading" discouraging intellectual curiosity.