Mike Fahy
@mikefahy.bsky.social
Husband, father, software guy, writer guy, vintage car guy, partner/founder guy, coffee guy. Favorite color under review.
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Future queen of Belgium caught up in Harvard foreign student ban reut.rs/4k9xxEZ
Future queen of Belgium caught up in Harvard foreign student ban
Princess Elisabeth, the 23-year-old future queen of Belgium, has just completed her first year at Harvard University but the ban imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump's administration on foreign students studying there could jeopardise her continued studies.
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May 23, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Future queen of Belgium caught up in Harvard foreign student ban reut.rs/4k9xxEZ
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🚨 NEW: The Secret Service has paid Trump’s campaign entities $13M for travel.
His campaign entities then paid his own jet company $18M.
Nothing illegal here. Just taxpayer dollars and campaign contributions flowing to a company Trump completely owns.
me, for @forbes.com
His campaign entities then paid his own jet company $18M.
Nothing illegal here. Just taxpayer dollars and campaign contributions flowing to a company Trump completely owns.
me, for @forbes.com
How Trump’s Aviation Company Earned $18 Million From His Campaign Apparatus—After It Received $13 Million From The Secret Service
Unlike other presidential campaigns, Trump’s operation appears to have turned Secret Service travel into business income.
www.forbes.com
May 23, 2025 at 4:05 PM
🚨 NEW: The Secret Service has paid Trump’s campaign entities $13M for travel.
His campaign entities then paid his own jet company $18M.
Nothing illegal here. Just taxpayer dollars and campaign contributions flowing to a company Trump completely owns.
me, for @forbes.com
His campaign entities then paid his own jet company $18M.
Nothing illegal here. Just taxpayer dollars and campaign contributions flowing to a company Trump completely owns.
me, for @forbes.com
I know @pbs.org is in a tough spot right now, but if it watched its own documentaries (I have for years!), it would see that preemptive self-censorship is more dangerous than state-sponsored efforts. Rethinking a lot of memberships lately www.documentary.org/online-featu...
“C” is for Censorship: PBS Cuts ‘Art Spiegelman’ Doc and Other Dubious Acts at Embattled Broadcaster
Twelve days before Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse (2024) was set to broadcast on April 15 across PBS stations nationwide as part of its strand American Masters, the filmmakers were told that a 90...
www.documentary.org
May 23, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I know @pbs.org is in a tough spot right now, but if it watched its own documentaries (I have for years!), it would see that preemptive self-censorship is more dangerous than state-sponsored efforts. Rethinking a lot of memberships lately www.documentary.org/online-featu...
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THREAD: We recently heard that the Trump administration was leaning on the government of Gambia to help Elon Musk. For weeks, our team made phone calls, wrote letters and knocked on folks’ doors to try to confirm it. But we were stuck.
So our reporters got on a plane to Banjul. 1/
So our reporters got on a plane to Banjul. 1/
May 16, 2025 at 1:03 AM
THREAD: We recently heard that the Trump administration was leaning on the government of Gambia to help Elon Musk. For weeks, our team made phone calls, wrote letters and knocked on folks’ doors to try to confirm it. But we were stuck.
So our reporters got on a plane to Banjul. 1/
So our reporters got on a plane to Banjul. 1/
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The Hunger Games
Squid Game
The Running Man
There are LITERALLY MOVIES AND BOOKS THAT USE "GAME SHOWS" AS A HORRIBLE DYSTOPIAN VISION. LITERALLY.
I want every Democrat out there tomorrow slamming this insane cruel shit.
Squid Game
The Running Man
There are LITERALLY MOVIES AND BOOKS THAT USE "GAME SHOWS" AS A HORRIBLE DYSTOPIAN VISION. LITERALLY.
I want every Democrat out there tomorrow slamming this insane cruel shit.
Kristi Noem has been working with the producer of “Duck Dynasty” to pitch a reality TV show—titled “The American”—where immigrants will compete in a string of challenges across the country “for the honor of fast-tracking their way to U.S. citizenship,” according to a new report.
Noem Plots Reality Show Where Migrants Fight for Citizenship
A Homeland Security official told the Daily Beast that the show is in the early stages of vetting, though approval has not been given—or denied.
www.thedailybeast.com
May 16, 2025 at 3:10 AM
The Hunger Games
Squid Game
The Running Man
There are LITERALLY MOVIES AND BOOKS THAT USE "GAME SHOWS" AS A HORRIBLE DYSTOPIAN VISION. LITERALLY.
I want every Democrat out there tomorrow slamming this insane cruel shit.
Squid Game
The Running Man
There are LITERALLY MOVIES AND BOOKS THAT USE "GAME SHOWS" AS A HORRIBLE DYSTOPIAN VISION. LITERALLY.
I want every Democrat out there tomorrow slamming this insane cruel shit.
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Well, this is definitely not a good sign.
Exclusive: National Science Foundation staff were told today that the agency’s 37 divisions—across all eight directorates—are being abolished and the number of programs within those divisions will be drastically reduced.
Exclusive: NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions
Changes seen as a response to presidential directives on what research to fund
scim.ag
May 9, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Well, this is definitely not a good sign.
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Can't stop listening to this song.
Fresh Pope
YouTube video by Pkew Pkew Pkew - Topic
www.youtube.com
May 8, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Can't stop listening to this song.
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INCREDIBLE Ruling!
Judge Reyes just ruled that transgender people have served honorably in the military, judges Trumps trans military ban - which states trans people are inherently dishonorable - as unconstitutional and motivated by animus.
Trans military members may continue to serve.
Judge Reyes just ruled that transgender people have served honorably in the military, judges Trumps trans military ban - which states trans people are inherently dishonorable - as unconstitutional and motivated by animus.
Trans military members may continue to serve.
March 18, 2025 at 10:58 PM
INCREDIBLE Ruling!
Judge Reyes just ruled that transgender people have served honorably in the military, judges Trumps trans military ban - which states trans people are inherently dishonorable - as unconstitutional and motivated by animus.
Trans military members may continue to serve.
Judge Reyes just ruled that transgender people have served honorably in the military, judges Trumps trans military ban - which states trans people are inherently dishonorable - as unconstitutional and motivated by animus.
Trans military members may continue to serve.
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I am a commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission. Earlier today, the president attempted to illegally fire me. This is corruption, plain and simple. I will see the president in court. My full statement:
March 19, 2025 at 1:40 AM
I am a commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission. Earlier today, the president attempted to illegally fire me. This is corruption, plain and simple. I will see the president in court. My full statement: