Mick
@mick-who.bsky.social
Philly to Maine. Anti authoritarian leftist. Dad. Union staffer. Under no pretext.
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Descartes gave us all the tools we need to survive in an era of misinformation. Simply begin with the understanding that you are real but everything else is fairly likely to be the cruel games of a demon sent to torment you specifically.
June 30, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Descartes gave us all the tools we need to survive in an era of misinformation. Simply begin with the understanding that you are real but everything else is fairly likely to be the cruel games of a demon sent to torment you specifically.
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Happy birthday, Emma Goldman! On this day in 1869, the Lithuanian Jewish anarchist-feminist writer, philosopher and agitator was born. 🏴
June 27, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Happy birthday, Emma Goldman! On this day in 1869, the Lithuanian Jewish anarchist-feminist writer, philosopher and agitator was born. 🏴
Yo @heartsofpine.bsky.social thought you might like to know your logo is being used to try to intentionally dupe your fans into watching anti-trans propaganda.
The song also comes up on YouTube when searching, next to official team videos.
The song also comes up on YouTube when searching, next to official team videos.
May 8, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Yo @heartsofpine.bsky.social thought you might like to know your logo is being used to try to intentionally dupe your fans into watching anti-trans propaganda.
The song also comes up on YouTube when searching, next to official team videos.
The song also comes up on YouTube when searching, next to official team videos.
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We need revenge is a good rallying cry for millennials
I’m also a millennial who somehow managed to carve out a pretty nice niche for myself by building a diverse set of technical skills in a hot field - and then MAGAs came along and torched *every industry I work with* in a few months.
Fuck another round of professional reinvention. We need revenge.
Fuck another round of professional reinvention. We need revenge.
And somehow, I got lucky and made all the right career moves and we were actually doing okay.
EXCEPT I'm a scientist working for a multi-letter agency.
I feel like I made it through all the flaming hoops and then they just doused me with gasoline and threw a match.
EXCEPT I'm a scientist working for a multi-letter agency.
I feel like I made it through all the flaming hoops and then they just doused me with gasoline and threw a match.
April 5, 2025 at 12:22 AM
We need revenge is a good rallying cry for millennials
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Regarding the current trend among some in my union to focus on bread and butter issues. From @kimkelly.bsky.social
March 9, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Regarding the current trend among some in my union to focus on bread and butter issues. From @kimkelly.bsky.social
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No one is better at capturing this moment (and how the Dems are failing to meet it) than @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social.
inthesetimes.com/article/stat...
inthesetimes.com/article/stat...
March 6, 2025 at 12:13 AM
No one is better at capturing this moment (and how the Dems are failing to meet it) than @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social.
inthesetimes.com/article/stat...
inthesetimes.com/article/stat...
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it's so funny that no police budget on earth has prayer of containing Philly after a Superbowl win
"I'm losing 13th and Market. There's too many people. I've got five thousand people headed your way."
February 10, 2025 at 3:49 AM
it's so funny that no police budget on earth has prayer of containing Philly after a Superbowl win
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Don't post it, brett.
February 7, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Don't post it, brett.
Hey billionaires, don't forget that the NLRA was a compromise.
Trump already empowering the worst bosses to just.. ignore labor law.
Whole Foods workers won their union vote, and now Whole Foods (owned by Jeff Bezos) is saying they simply won't recognize the vote because nobody is going to make them.
Whole Foods workers won their union vote, and now Whole Foods (owned by Jeff Bezos) is saying they simply won't recognize the vote because nobody is going to make them.
February 7, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Hey billionaires, don't forget that the NLRA was a compromise.
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Y'all pick a lane. Then make a little progress in your lane each day.
Every serious, experienced organizer I know is Doing Their Thing. Instead of freaking out about each bit of bad news, we're in our lanes rapidly building dual power infrastructure and networks that don't rely on the goverment.
Every serious, experienced organizer I know is Doing Their Thing. Instead of freaking out about each bit of bad news, we're in our lanes rapidly building dual power infrastructure and networks that don't rely on the goverment.
February 4, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Y'all pick a lane. Then make a little progress in your lane each day.
Every serious, experienced organizer I know is Doing Their Thing. Instead of freaking out about each bit of bad news, we're in our lanes rapidly building dual power infrastructure and networks that don't rely on the goverment.
Every serious, experienced organizer I know is Doing Their Thing. Instead of freaking out about each bit of bad news, we're in our lanes rapidly building dual power infrastructure and networks that don't rely on the goverment.
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Nothing underscores the profound level of state failure that is already well underway quite like a man who uses the phrase “upgrade our aviation system” being in charge of commercial aviation.
Thoughts and prayers to anyone getting on a plane in the U.S. right now.
February 5, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Nothing underscores the profound level of state failure that is already well underway quite like a man who uses the phrase “upgrade our aviation system” being in charge of commercial aviation.
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January 31, 2025 at 7:17 PM
These assholes are going to get us all killed.
Senate Democrats had a luncheon to discuss how to go viral. “One of the bright spots Democrats highlighted…was a viral video from the pandemic of Warner making a tuna melt in his kitchen”
January 24, 2025 at 2:22 AM
These assholes are going to get us all killed.
Picture is a nothing burger but that hat says exactly what you think it does.
January 24, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Picture is a nothing burger but that hat says exactly what you think it does.
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make yourself hard to kill.
January 22, 2025 at 8:32 PM
make yourself hard to kill.
Don't stop now, we've got them on the ropes.
BREAKING: Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield is backing off of a controversial plan to limit coverage of anesthesia in at least one state.
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield calls off decision to cap anesthesia for surgical patients
The murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson cast an intense spotlight on unpopular insurance company policies.
www.axios.com
December 5, 2024 at 10:59 PM
Don't stop now, we've got them on the ropes.
You're barking up the wrong tree liberal.
December 5, 2024 at 10:57 PM
You're barking up the wrong tree liberal.
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Today we remember the legacy of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson
December 4, 2024 at 4:30 PM
Today we remember the legacy of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson