Mike Askin
@mikeaskin.bsky.social
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!["The novelist Thomas Mann noted in his diary on March 27, 1933, two months after Hitler had become German chancellor, that he had witnessed a revolution of a kind never seen before, 'without underlying ideas, against ideas, against everything nobler, better, decent, against freedom, truth, and justice.' The 'common scum' had taken power, 'accompanied by vast rejoicing on the part of the masses.'" [from Paxton, The Anatomy of Fascism, p. 7]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6er2qgkfqqdnbewf4m4c642g/bafkreiaj7hzjsmfi3blaepltpaoedn3trgeax7dr4lrbetrassealp2w2e@jpeg)
Only Angels Have Wings
It's a Wonderful Life
Night of the Hunter
Pather Panchali
Frances Ha
It's a Wonderful Life
Night of the Hunter
Pather Panchali
Frances Ha
Dr. Mabuse, The Gambler
M
Fury
Ministry of Fear
The Big Heat
M
Fury
Ministry of Fear
The Big Heat
Five favourite black and white films:
Duck Soup
Dr Strangelove
Arsenic and Old Lace
Double Indemnity
Some Like It Hot
Yes, I am utterly basic in my tastes. Classics are often classics for a reason.
Duck Soup
Dr Strangelove
Arsenic and Old Lace
Double Indemnity
Some Like It Hot
Yes, I am utterly basic in my tastes. Classics are often classics for a reason.
May 28, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Only Angels Have Wings
It's a Wonderful Life
Night of the Hunter
Pather Panchali
Frances Ha
It's a Wonderful Life
Night of the Hunter
Pather Panchali
Frances Ha
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We need a liberal Jon Voigt.
May 21, 2025 at 12:16 AM
We need a liberal Jon Voigt.
Got some shoes for our baby several months ago, and when we finally got them out of the box, we found they're already too small.
Guess we'll put them up for sale.
Guess we'll put them up for sale.
May 18, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Got some shoes for our baby several months ago, and when we finally got them out of the box, we found they're already too small.
Guess we'll put them up for sale.
Guess we'll put them up for sale.
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LMFAO
May 14, 2025 at 7:37 PM
LMFAO
I think at this point Rob Lowe might be best known as an antendee of sporting events.
May 1, 2025 at 4:38 AM
I think at this point Rob Lowe might be best known as an antendee of sporting events.
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Some good news: A judge in Brazil was just revealed to have been living under a false identity for decades, pretending to be British, and the fake name he came up with for himself was Edward Albert Lancelot Dodd Canterbury Caterham Wickfield.
April 7, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Some good news: A judge in Brazil was just revealed to have been living under a false identity for decades, pretending to be British, and the fake name he came up with for himself was Edward Albert Lancelot Dodd Canterbury Caterham Wickfield.
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there's lots of distractions, I know, but please do not look away from this. this is the ballgame right now. if this is allowed to stand, there's no turning back. it needs to be opposed with every fiber. speak up. tell friends and colleagues who may be unaware.
NEW—After a day of uncertainty on where agents took Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk, she appears to be in a Louisiana facility.
1400+ miles from Somerville, Massachusetts, where she was taken.
A judge ordered to not take her out of state without 48 hour notice. She was detained last night.
1400+ miles from Somerville, Massachusetts, where she was taken.
A judge ordered to not take her out of state without 48 hour notice. She was detained last night.
WATCH: The Moment Masked ICE Agents Arrested Tufts Graduate Student Who Spoke Out in Support of Palestine
“I can buy that badge from a fucking costume store,” says a witness to the “kidnapping” of Rumeysa Ozturk as she was on her way to break her Ramadan fast.
zeteo.com
March 26, 2025 at 11:04 PM
there's lots of distractions, I know, but please do not look away from this. this is the ballgame right now. if this is allowed to stand, there's no turning back. it needs to be opposed with every fiber. speak up. tell friends and colleagues who may be unaware.
Everyone here is very mad, but no one making even the slightest attempt to analyze likely outcomes resulting from this path vs shutdown path. I have no idea fwiw (and I feel mad about it!) just suspect 98% of people here don't either. Bad info environment...
March 14, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Everyone here is very mad, but no one making even the slightest attempt to analyze likely outcomes resulting from this path vs shutdown path. I have no idea fwiw (and I feel mad about it!) just suspect 98% of people here don't either. Bad info environment...
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somebody primary this guy
Mark Warner on Fox: "I may disagree with the president, but I respect the office of the president. I'm probably not gonna be jumping up applauding a lot, but I owe him his due as president. The president has made great, great progress on border crossings. That's something we ought to celebrate."
March 4, 2025 at 8:54 PM
somebody primary this guy
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The men carrying out Musk's coup are Akash Bobba, Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor, Gautier Cole Killian, Gavin Kliger, and Ethan Shaotran.
Make them famous. And, eventually, when possible, arrest them and charge them with multiple felonies. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
Make them famous. And, eventually, when possible, arrest them and charge them with multiple felonies. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk's Government Takeover
Engineers between 19 and 24, most linked to Musk’s companies, are playing a key role as he seizes control of federal infrastructure.
www.wired.com
February 2, 2025 at 7:08 PM
The men carrying out Musk's coup are Akash Bobba, Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor, Gautier Cole Killian, Gavin Kliger, and Ethan Shaotran.
Make them famous. And, eventually, when possible, arrest them and charge them with multiple felonies. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
Make them famous. And, eventually, when possible, arrest them and charge them with multiple felonies. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
Not a high likelihood, but I feel like tanking the markets, then saying never mind after a few days and making a quick profit out of that sequence is a definitely a live possibility.
February 2, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Not a high likelihood, but I feel like tanking the markets, then saying never mind after a few days and making a quick profit out of that sequence is a definitely a live possibility.
Despairing for humanity reading the replies to this.
Which city has the best style of pizza?
January 8, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Despairing for humanity reading the replies to this.
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They should just call it Rhode imo
December 6, 2024 at 5:13 PM
They should just call it Rhode imo
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Uh, everyone knows the answers on Jeopardy! They literally read them out to you. It’s the questions that are the issue, Slate.
You’ll probably know the answers on the show’s new pop-culture spinoff. That's not a good thing.
The New Jeopardy! Show Is Finally Here. It May Make You Question Your Faith in Humanity.
Who is this spinoff for? You might regret asking.
slate.com
December 4, 2024 at 8:03 PM
Uh, everyone knows the answers on Jeopardy! They literally read them out to you. It’s the questions that are the issue, Slate.
Rooting for Georgia because I'm mad at these "Big Tech" Trump supporters.
November 30, 2024 at 1:46 AM
Rooting for Georgia because I'm mad at these "Big Tech" Trump supporters.
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I have written an Expecting Goals newsletter about the 2024 election, this is a thread with a few of my findings
1) there is a clear swing state vs non-competitive state effect where Harris ran about four points stronger in states where she campaigned
www.expectinggoals.com/p/what-happe...
1) there is a clear swing state vs non-competitive state effect where Harris ran about four points stronger in states where she campaigned
www.expectinggoals.com/p/what-happe...
November 21, 2024 at 5:47 PM
I have written an Expecting Goals newsletter about the 2024 election, this is a thread with a few of my findings
1) there is a clear swing state vs non-competitive state effect where Harris ran about four points stronger in states where she campaigned
www.expectinggoals.com/p/what-happe...
1) there is a clear swing state vs non-competitive state effect where Harris ran about four points stronger in states where she campaigned
www.expectinggoals.com/p/what-happe...
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i love etching my most trivial, fleeting thoughts into the rotting memory of a world-spanning monolith
November 21, 2024 at 3:57 PM
i love etching my most trivial, fleeting thoughts into the rotting memory of a world-spanning monolith
One of my wife's patients says Trump is going to "heal the red/blue divide."
November 13, 2024 at 11:08 PM
One of my wife's patients says Trump is going to "heal the red/blue divide."