Michael Shields
@mikeshza.bsky.social
Editor-In-Chief at Across the Margin / ATM Publishing, Host AcrossTheMargin: The Podcast (Osiris Media), GodWeenEvan, RAPFAN, Ph, Dad, Arborist —There Is No Planet B.
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my favorite thing about Thanksgiving is that people stop emailing me for a few days
November 26, 2025 at 7:14 PM
my favorite thing about Thanksgiving is that people stop emailing me for a few days
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A work of flash fiction where the fate of a newfound orphan materializes as an unlikely friendship blossoms. “Crow in the Clover Patch” by Arvilla Fee: acrossthemargin.com/crow-in-the-... #Fiction
"Crow in the Clover Patch" by Arvilla Fee
"Crow in the Clover Patch" by Arvilla Fee
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November 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
A work of flash fiction where the fate of a newfound orphan materializes as an unlikely friendship blossoms. “Crow in the Clover Patch” by Arvilla Fee: acrossthemargin.com/crow-in-the-... #Fiction
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Across The Margin : The Podcast presents an interview with singer-songwriter Andrew Daly Frank on the heels of the release of his debut album, You’re No Island: acrossthemargin.com/across-the-m... @ciwk.bsky.social @osirispod.bsky.social #AndrewDalyFrank #YoureNoIsland
Across The Margin : The Podcast — You're No Island with Andrew Daly Frank
Across The Margin : The Podcast — You're No Island with Andrew Daly Frank
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November 25, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Across The Margin : The Podcast presents an interview with singer-songwriter Andrew Daly Frank on the heels of the release of his debut album, You’re No Island: acrossthemargin.com/across-the-m... @ciwk.bsky.social @osirispod.bsky.social #AndrewDalyFrank #YoureNoIsland
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"This year, a Bloomberg News analysis found that roughly “two-thirds of new data centers built or in development since 2022 are in places already gripped by high levels of water stress.”
How Oregon’s Data Center Boom Is Supercharging a Water Crisis
Amazon has come to the state’s eastern farmland, worsening a water pollution problem that’s been linked to cancer and miscarriages.
Rolling Stone reports in collaboration with @thefern.org: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Amazon has come to the state’s eastern farmland, worsening a water pollution problem that’s been linked to cancer and miscarriages.
Rolling Stone reports in collaboration with @thefern.org: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
November 25, 2025 at 3:30 AM
"This year, a Bloomberg News analysis found that roughly “two-thirds of new data centers built or in development since 2022 are in places already gripped by high levels of water stress.”
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I’m not a Frankenstein guy and even after watching the new ‘Frankenstein,’ I’m still not one. I am, however, a Down to Talk About Frankenstein Guy and glad @mikeshza.bsky.social gave me an opportunity to run with that, even if I just want to know how Frank grew hair
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Episode 155: Frankenstein
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November 20, 2025 at 11:54 PM
I’m not a Frankenstein guy and even after watching the new ‘Frankenstein,’ I’m still not one. I am, however, a Down to Talk About Frankenstein Guy and glad @mikeshza.bsky.social gave me an opportunity to run with that, even if I just want to know how Frank grew hair
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Welcome To The Party Pal celebrates Guillermo del Toro’s reimagining of Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel, Frankenstein: acrossthemargin.com/welcome-to-t... #WTTPP #Frankenstein
Welcome To The Party Pal — Frankenstein
Welcome To The Party Pal — Frankenstein
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November 20, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Welcome To The Party Pal celebrates Guillermo del Toro’s reimagining of Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel, Frankenstein: acrossthemargin.com/welcome-to-t... #WTTPP #Frankenstein
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Broadcast News is Pretty in Pink for grownups.
November 18, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Broadcast News is Pretty in Pink for grownups.
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A short story that highlights the perils of being overly enthusiastic and passionate about the written word. “A Red Ink Kind of Day” by Daniel Crépault: acrossthemargin.com/a-red-ink-ki... #Fiction #Obsession #Fanboy #Writing
"A Red Ink Kind of Day" by Daniel Crépault — Across The Margin
"A Red Ink Kind of Day" by Daniel Crépault — Across The Margin
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November 18, 2025 at 4:23 PM
A short story that highlights the perils of being overly enthusiastic and passionate about the written word. “A Red Ink Kind of Day” by Daniel Crépault: acrossthemargin.com/a-red-ink-ki... #Fiction #Obsession #Fanboy #Writing
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Hard to believe it's been 5 years since Trey's Beacon Jams. At the time, I wrote about the run for @brobible.bsky.social & how Trey was the first artist to crack the Virtual Concert code.
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Phish's Trey Anastasio Has Figured Out How To Pull Off A Successful Virtual Concert And Others Should Take Notes
Trey Anastasio of Phish's 'Beacon Jams' series is showing people how virtual concerts should and can be done in the COVID era
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November 17, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Hard to believe it's been 5 years since Trey's Beacon Jams. At the time, I wrote about the run for @brobible.bsky.social & how Trey was the first artist to crack the Virtual Concert code.
brobible.com/culture/arti...
brobible.com/culture/arti...
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Across The Margin : The Podcast recounts the untold story of the 90s jam band explosion with the author of Sharing in the Groove, Mike Ayers: acrossthemargin.com/across-the-m... @osirispod.bsky.social @themikeayers.bsky.social #SharingInTheGroove
Across The Margin : The Podcast — The 90s Jam Band Explosion with Mike Ayers
Across The Margin : The Podcast — The 90s Jam Band Explosion with Mike Ayers
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November 17, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Across The Margin : The Podcast recounts the untold story of the 90s jam band explosion with the author of Sharing in the Groove, Mike Ayers: acrossthemargin.com/across-the-m... @osirispod.bsky.social @themikeayers.bsky.social #SharingInTheGroove
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Thank you to @acrossthemargin.bsky.social for publishing my essay on heroes, narrative and solving the climate emergency acrossthemargin.com/the-hero-is-...
"The Hero Is The Problem" by Mary Murray Bartolomé — Across The Margin
"The Hero Is The Problem" by Mary Murray Bartolomé — Across The Margin
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November 17, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Thank you to @acrossthemargin.bsky.social for publishing my essay on heroes, narrative and solving the climate emergency acrossthemargin.com/the-hero-is-...
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These three poems by Cam McGlynn are obsessed with irony, belief, and how our cognitive biases and abilities affect how we interact with the world, whether we like it or not: acrossthemargin.com/three-poems-... #Poems #Poetry
Three Poems by Cam McGlynn — Across The Margin
Three Poems by Cam McGlynn — Across The Margin
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November 13, 2025 at 10:40 PM
These three poems by Cam McGlynn are obsessed with irony, belief, and how our cognitive biases and abilities affect how we interact with the world, whether we like it or not: acrossthemargin.com/three-poems-... #Poems #Poetry
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Even more so because we never had cancel culture. We had the beginnings of a suggestion of cancel culture and most privileged people and every vector of institutional power treated it like the biggest moral hazard the world has ever seen and spent an astonishing amount of effort to shut it down.
Honestly, we could have used a lot more cancel culture.
Insights from Larry Summers
"I observed that half the IQ In world was possessed by women without mentioning they are more than 51 percent of population..."
"I observed that half the IQ In world was possessed by women without mentioning they are more than 51 percent of population..."
November 13, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Even more so because we never had cancel culture. We had the beginnings of a suggestion of cancel culture and most privileged people and every vector of institutional power treated it like the biggest moral hazard the world has ever seen and spent an astonishing amount of effort to shut it down.
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Yes!!!
Across The Margin : The Podcast celebrates the music of soul jazz legend Les McCann through an interview with bassist/producer Mocean Worker & pianist/composer Joe Alterman: acrossthemargin.com/across-the-m... @osirispod.bsky.social @moceanworker.bsky.social #LesMcCann #KeepTheLineOpen
Across The Margin : The Podcast — Keep The Line Open with Joe Alterman and Mocean Worker
Across The Margin : The Podcast — Keep The Line Open with Joe Alterman and Mocean Worker
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November 12, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Yes!!!
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Across The Margin : The Podcast celebrates the music of soul jazz legend Les McCann through an interview with bassist/producer Mocean Worker & pianist/composer Joe Alterman: acrossthemargin.com/across-the-m... @osirispod.bsky.social @moceanworker.bsky.social #LesMcCann #KeepTheLineOpen
Across The Margin : The Podcast — Keep The Line Open with Joe Alterman and Mocean Worker
Across The Margin : The Podcast — Keep The Line Open with Joe Alterman and Mocean Worker
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November 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Across The Margin : The Podcast celebrates the music of soul jazz legend Les McCann through an interview with bassist/producer Mocean Worker & pianist/composer Joe Alterman: acrossthemargin.com/across-the-m... @osirispod.bsky.social @moceanworker.bsky.social #LesMcCann #KeepTheLineOpen
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The older I get, the more I realize the true enduring lesson of the Dead—for me, at least—is one of compassionate worldbuilding and imagining better possible future tomorrows, even (especially) in times of confusion, darkness, and tragedy.
November 11, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The older I get, the more I realize the true enduring lesson of the Dead—for me, at least—is one of compassionate worldbuilding and imagining better possible future tomorrows, even (especially) in times of confusion, darkness, and tragedy.
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hey everybody shut up for a second and listen to Gregory
If you are a fiction reader and have ever loved a LONG and complex novel, I can recommend "The Revisionaries" without a single reservation beyond... it is a long, winding, fantastical journey that can feel disorienting.
November 9, 2025 at 12:39 PM
hey everybody shut up for a second and listen to Gregory
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A thing that I think is good is when a human creates a piece of art
November 6, 2025 at 4:22 AM
A thing that I think is good is when a human creates a piece of art
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Across The Margin : The Podcast explores how New York Democratic Socialists fight for Climate Survival with the author of Organize or Burn, Fabian Holt: acrossthemargin.com/across-the-m... #ClimateChange #DemocraticSocialism
Across The Margin : The Podcast — Organize or Burn with Fabian Holt
Across The Margin : The Podcast — Organize or Burn with Fabian Holt
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November 4, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Across The Margin : The Podcast explores how New York Democratic Socialists fight for Climate Survival with the author of Organize or Burn, Fabian Holt: acrossthemargin.com/across-the-m... #ClimateChange #DemocraticSocialism
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Dick Cheney Was Doing War Crimes in Exactly the Right Way, by Ezra Klein.
November 4, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Dick Cheney Was Doing War Crimes in Exactly the Right Way, by Ezra Klein.
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This is really 90% of the problems in the world today.
October 30, 2025 at 9:02 PM
This is really 90% of the problems in the world today.
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This is by far the most brilliant take down of the Gates memo that I’ve read. It utterly dismantles the false choice between poverty alleviation and climate mitigation that Gates advances — and not even just by saying “climate makes poverty worse.”
I won’t spoil it here — you must read it!
I won’t spoil it here — you must read it!
I quite enjoyed a lot of the takedowns of Bill Gates' EA brain snap on climate. It is really deadassed in a number of ways.
But no-one mentioned the most important thing. He isn't *just* full of shit. He knows he is full of shit.
I can prove it: timinclimate.medium.com/even-bill-ga...
But no-one mentioned the most important thing. He isn't *just* full of shit. He knows he is full of shit.
I can prove it: timinclimate.medium.com/even-bill-ga...
Even Bill Gates knows he is full of shit
Did you hear about that “one low-income country set out to cut emissions by banning synthetic fertilizers”?
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October 31, 2025 at 11:42 AM
This is by far the most brilliant take down of the Gates memo that I’ve read. It utterly dismantles the false choice between poverty alleviation and climate mitigation that Gates advances — and not even just by saying “climate makes poverty worse.”
I won’t spoil it here — you must read it!
I won’t spoil it here — you must read it!
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Across The Margin : The Podcast celebrates one of the most impactful songs in American history with director Rick Korn: acrossthemargin.com/across-the-m... #HarryChapin #CatsInTheCradle #WhyHunger @osirispod.bsky.social @whyhunger.bsky.social
Across The Margin : The Podcast — The Song That Changed Our Lives with Rick Korn
Across The Margin : The Podcast — The Song That Changed Our Lives with Rick Korn
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October 29, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Across The Margin : The Podcast celebrates one of the most impactful songs in American history with director Rick Korn: acrossthemargin.com/across-the-m... #HarryChapin #CatsInTheCradle #WhyHunger @osirispod.bsky.social @whyhunger.bsky.social
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For anyone missing ‘Task’ tonight…
Welcome To The Party Pal celebrates Brad Ingelsby’s riveting follow up to Mare of Easttown, HBO’s Task: acrossthemargin.com/welcome-to-t... @osirispod.bsky.social @ryanoconnell79.bsky.social @mikeshza.bsky.social #WTTPP #Task
Welcome To The Party Pal — Task
Welcome To The Party Pal — Task
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October 26, 2025 at 11:05 PM
For anyone missing ‘Task’ tonight…