Mike Ferdinando
@mikeferdinando.bsky.social
I'm an GenX IT manager in higher education, whose passion is tabletop role-playing games. I'm also a leftist and antifascist. I'll mostly be posting about gaming and politics. Twitter refugee.
I'm also on Mastodon: MikeFerdinando@dice.camp.
I'm also on Mastodon: MikeFerdinando@dice.camp.
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Go read the thread & comments there, but this is the article that has a bunch of folks, including @lumpley.bsky.social & me, filled with bitter rage of late. NO WONDER we're being sold "alternative facts", "fake news" & AI crap - our ability to actually read, as a nation at least, has been eroded.
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 12, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Go read the thread & comments there, but this is the article that has a bunch of folks, including @lumpley.bsky.social & me, filled with bitter rage of late. NO WONDER we're being sold "alternative facts", "fake news" & AI crap - our ability to actually read, as a nation at least, has been eroded.
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i just want to stress that this isnt about trump anymore, its about the entire republican party and maga movement covering for a child sex trafficking ring
the only thing democrats should be saying today is “the entire republican party is engaged in a coverup of the most notorious child sex trafficking ring in world history”
November 12, 2025 at 2:52 PM
i just want to stress that this isnt about trump anymore, its about the entire republican party and maga movement covering for a child sex trafficking ring
Age yourself with gaming.
November 12, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Age yourself with gaming.
Repost with an iconic fictional band.
November 12, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Repost with an iconic fictional band.
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They’ve laid off so many people that the government is now getting its economic data from DoorDash.
November 12, 2025 at 1:09 AM
They’ve laid off so many people that the government is now getting its economic data from DoorDash.
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Every time you capitulate to a bully, they'll come back at you twice as brutally.
If you didn't learn this life lesson in third grade, GTFO of the US Senate.
If you didn't learn this life lesson in third grade, GTFO of the US Senate.
November 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Every time you capitulate to a bully, they'll come back at you twice as brutally.
If you didn't learn this life lesson in third grade, GTFO of the US Senate.
If you didn't learn this life lesson in third grade, GTFO of the US Senate.
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Starbucks workers this Thursday 11/13 are starting a long strike to win a first union contract
*** NOBODY SHOULD BUY ANYTHING FROM STARBUCKS AS LONG AS WORKERS ARE STRIKING ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY***
Consumer boycotts are very powerful when combined with workplace militancy
*** NOBODY SHOULD BUY ANYTHING FROM STARBUCKS AS LONG AS WORKERS ARE STRIKING ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY***
Consumer boycotts are very powerful when combined with workplace militancy
November 11, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Starbucks workers this Thursday 11/13 are starting a long strike to win a first union contract
*** NOBODY SHOULD BUY ANYTHING FROM STARBUCKS AS LONG AS WORKERS ARE STRIKING ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY***
Consumer boycotts are very powerful when combined with workplace militancy
*** NOBODY SHOULD BUY ANYTHING FROM STARBUCKS AS LONG AS WORKERS ARE STRIKING ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY***
Consumer boycotts are very powerful when combined with workplace militancy
I have a feeling this may be the AI bubble beginning to burst...
Japanese giant SoftBank said Tuesday it has sold its entire stake in tech giant Nvidia for $5.83 billion.
Click here to read more: https://cnb.cx/49LCIs8
Click here to read more: https://cnb.cx/49LCIs8
November 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I have a feeling this may be the AI bubble beginning to burst...
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WTH @safety.bsky.app @support.bsky.team ? Please reinstate author and historian Sarah Kendzior. #booksky #authors
November 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
WTH @safety.bsky.app @support.bsky.team ? Please reinstate author and historian Sarah Kendzior. #booksky #authors
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@pfrazee.com why was Sarah Kendzior suspended?
November 11, 2025 at 5:22 AM
@pfrazee.com why was Sarah Kendzior suspended?
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Hello @support.bsky.team
I heard from Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social that her account was suspended.
Can you please look into this and reinstate her account? She’s a published author and scholar on authoritarianism. Her presence here is valuable.
cc:
@jay.bsky.team
@aaron.bsky.team
I heard from Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social that her account was suspended.
Can you please look into this and reinstate her account? She’s a published author and scholar on authoritarianism. Her presence here is valuable.
cc:
@jay.bsky.team
@aaron.bsky.team
November 11, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Hello @support.bsky.team
I heard from Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social that her account was suspended.
Can you please look into this and reinstate her account? She’s a published author and scholar on authoritarianism. Her presence here is valuable.
cc:
@jay.bsky.team
@aaron.bsky.team
I heard from Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social that her account was suspended.
Can you please look into this and reinstate her account? She’s a published author and scholar on authoritarianism. Her presence here is valuable.
cc:
@jay.bsky.team
@aaron.bsky.team
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@safety.bsky.app
Why has Sarah Kendzior been suspended?
Why has Sarah Kendzior been suspended?
November 11, 2025 at 10:02 AM
@safety.bsky.app
Why has Sarah Kendzior been suspended?
Why has Sarah Kendzior been suspended?
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Sarah Kendzior has been suspended by Bluesky. What is it about people starting out with free speech ideals who then turn into small-minded dictators?
Reinstate her account @bsky.app
Reinstate her account @bsky.app
Real question bc there’s clearly a media culture thing here that I am not getting: Why are we not seeing citations to Sarah Kendzior, who has been on this exact beat for years? What is it about her and/or her work that has made it acceptable to ignore her?
November 11, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Sarah Kendzior has been suspended by Bluesky. What is it about people starting out with free speech ideals who then turn into small-minded dictators?
Reinstate her account @bsky.app
Reinstate her account @bsky.app
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I really don’t wanna have to move to another new place to post my stupid shit but banning Sarah Kendzior without explanation is the reddest of flags. The people in charge here are not to be trusted
November 11, 2025 at 5:39 AM
I really don’t wanna have to move to another new place to post my stupid shit but banning Sarah Kendzior without explanation is the reddest of flags. The people in charge here are not to be trusted
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On Monday, after a rare show of resistance to the Trump administration in the form of a highly disruptive government shutdown, several Senate Democrats folded—and plenty of people are pointing fingers at the caucus leader who couldn't control them.
Schuck Fumer
The Senate majority leader flops and more news for your Tuesday morning.
hellgatenyc.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:29 PM
On Monday, after a rare show of resistance to the Trump administration in the form of a highly disruptive government shutdown, several Senate Democrats folded—and plenty of people are pointing fingers at the caucus leader who couldn't control them.
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this is absolutely hilarious and also a non-story
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 2:36 PM
this is absolutely hilarious and also a non-story
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Here are the at least 6 House Democrats, 3 Democratic-aligned organizations, and 4 Democratic Senate candidates calling for Chuck Schumer to resign as leader:
November 11, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Here are the at least 6 House Democrats, 3 Democratic-aligned organizations, and 4 Democratic Senate candidates calling for Chuck Schumer to resign as leader:
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“We’re not going to give up…”
YOU ALREADY DID!!!
YOU ALREADY DID!!!
Democratic Senator Shaheen says ending the shutdown wasn't a failure because it achieves a later vote that will get Republicans on the record.
"Americans...are gonna know who's on their side and who is not."
"Americans...are gonna know who's on their side and who is not."
November 11, 2025 at 1:36 AM
“We’re not going to give up…”
YOU ALREADY DID!!!
YOU ALREADY DID!!!
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Voters want a Democratic Party that fights back against the forces that have rigged the system and made their lives more difficult.
A party that comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable —not a party that buckles and capitulates.
When will party leadership learn this lesson?
A party that comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable —not a party that buckles and capitulates.
When will party leadership learn this lesson?
November 10, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Voters want a Democratic Party that fights back against the forces that have rigged the system and made their lives more difficult.
A party that comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable —not a party that buckles and capitulates.
When will party leadership learn this lesson?
A party that comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable —not a party that buckles and capitulates.
When will party leadership learn this lesson?
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REPUBLICANS: Democrats are antichrists and must be put against the wall.
DEMOCRATS: Let's work together with our friends across the aisle.
DEMOCRATS: Let's work together with our friends across the aisle.
December 18, 2024 at 1:26 PM
REPUBLICANS: Democrats are antichrists and must be put against the wall.
DEMOCRATS: Let's work together with our friends across the aisle.
DEMOCRATS: Let's work together with our friends across the aisle.
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Bracketing that they absolutely failed here. And bracketing that such a failure reflects a dearth of discipline, understanding, and acumen...
They just don't got the juice, man. Absolutely sauceless leadership.
They just don't got the juice, man. Absolutely sauceless leadership.
CNN: Was the shutdown worth it?
HAKEEM JEFFRIES: We have waged a battle on behalf of the American people.
CNN: But you didn't get what you want.
JEFFRIES: At the end of the day, the fight lives on.
HAKEEM JEFFRIES: We have waged a battle on behalf of the American people.
CNN: But you didn't get what you want.
JEFFRIES: At the end of the day, the fight lives on.
November 11, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Bracketing that they absolutely failed here. And bracketing that such a failure reflects a dearth of discipline, understanding, and acumen...
They just don't got the juice, man. Absolutely sauceless leadership.
They just don't got the juice, man. Absolutely sauceless leadership.
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THEY HAVE ZERO LEVERAGE. NADA, NONE.
They are going to absolutely EXHAUST their partisans again "fighting" in December for ACA subsidies that Johnson has basically already said are dead cuz he won't bring them up for a vote. MEANWHILE you are supposed to trust these MFing Democratic Senators to do what, exactly???? MESSAGE WELL, LOL
November 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
THEY HAVE ZERO LEVERAGE. NADA, NONE.
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Donald Trump often reminds me of a child hosting an imaginary tea party or babbling nonsense into a toy phone mimicking "this is how mommy and daddy sound when they talk on the phone".
There's a word or two here and there that he picked up from reality, but it's complete gibberish.
There's a word or two here and there that he picked up from reality, but it's complete gibberish.
November 10, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Donald Trump often reminds me of a child hosting an imaginary tea party or babbling nonsense into a toy phone mimicking "this is how mommy and daddy sound when they talk on the phone".
There's a word or two here and there that he picked up from reality, but it's complete gibberish.
There's a word or two here and there that he picked up from reality, but it's complete gibberish.
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The Between: Lilacs in the Dark, Episode 14 “Would Not Have Thought"
Lady Ross-Carter takes an early walk and ends up at Wreath Hall. A visitor from St. Cecilia's Cathedral asks Hargrave House for help. Dr. Whitford talks to a deacon, while Larrabee communicates with flora.
youtu.be/2t2hC7yU3fo
Lady Ross-Carter takes an early walk and ends up at Wreath Hall. A visitor from St. Cecilia's Cathedral asks Hargrave House for help. Dr. Whitford talks to a deacon, while Larrabee communicates with flora.
youtu.be/2t2hC7yU3fo
The Between: Lilacs in the Dark, Episode 14 “Would Not Have Thought"
YouTube video by Madelancholy
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November 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM
The Between: Lilacs in the Dark, Episode 14 “Would Not Have Thought"
Lady Ross-Carter takes an early walk and ends up at Wreath Hall. A visitor from St. Cecilia's Cathedral asks Hargrave House for help. Dr. Whitford talks to a deacon, while Larrabee communicates with flora.
youtu.be/2t2hC7yU3fo
Lady Ross-Carter takes an early walk and ends up at Wreath Hall. A visitor from St. Cecilia's Cathedral asks Hargrave House for help. Dr. Whitford talks to a deacon, while Larrabee communicates with flora.
youtu.be/2t2hC7yU3fo