Michael
@notmymichael.bsky.social
patron saint of rodents
I study and write about social psych, disinformation, extremism & cults
I like film photography, experimental art, ttrpgs, and horror
lvl 44 sxe vegan
old af ♡
I study and write about social psych, disinformation, extremism & cults
I like film photography, experimental art, ttrpgs, and horror
lvl 44 sxe vegan
old af ♡
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Michael
@notmymichael.bsky.social
· Mar 6
Arya Stark Not Today GIF
ALT: Arya Stark Not Today GIF
media.tenor.com
Ami Bera, Ed Case, Jim Costa, Laura Gillen, Jim Himes, Chrissy Houlahan, Marcy Kaptur, Jared Moskowitz, Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, Tom Suozzi.
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Americans Astronomers
watching watching
US politics Betelgeuse
🤝
“It could happen at any time”
watching watching
US politics Betelgeuse
🤝
“It could happen at any time”
September 1, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Americans Astronomers
watching watching
US politics Betelgeuse
🤝
“It could happen at any time”
watching watching
US politics Betelgeuse
🤝
“It could happen at any time”
This is the person conspiracy theorists voted FOR.
August 31, 2025 at 5:55 AM
This is the person conspiracy theorists voted FOR.
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Don't make me tap the sign
June 5, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Don't make me tap the sign
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TODAY: How Covid Radicalized American Politics w/ Taylor Lorenz @taylorlorenz.bsky.social | Majority Report www.youtube.com/live/UYXdhQy...
How Covid Radicalized American Politics w/ Taylor Lorenz | MR Live | Majority Report
YouTube video by The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder
www.youtube.com
May 29, 2025 at 4:06 PM
TODAY: How Covid Radicalized American Politics w/ Taylor Lorenz @taylorlorenz.bsky.social | Majority Report www.youtube.com/live/UYXdhQy...
Parasite Cleanse: Block and report all wellness influencers.
May 23, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Parasite Cleanse: Block and report all wellness influencers.
Helping people is anti-american. So am I.
May 21, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Helping people is anti-american. So am I.
Working Families Power's event, “Mass Call: Hands Off Our Health Care” - sign up now!
Mass Call: Hands Off Our Health Care · Working Families Power
Trump and Republicans in Congress want to cut taxes for billionaires and big corporations—and pay for it by gutting Medicaid.
But they're already feeling the heat from their constituents and afraid t...
www.mobilize.us
May 15, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Working Families Power's event, “Mass Call: Hands Off Our Health Care” - sign up now!
It’s happening again, except with Stephen King’s racist attempt at humor, and the through-line isn’t “liberals”, it’s white dudes.
Seeing leftists who are defending disabled people call the people they’re arguing against “liberals” while simultaneously seeing other leftists who are defending ableist comments call the people they’re arguing against “liberals.”
May 13, 2025 at 2:38 AM
It’s happening again, except with Stephen King’s racist attempt at humor, and the through-line isn’t “liberals”, it’s white dudes.
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Hasan Piker detained at the border and questioned for hours over politics. He was asked whether or not he’d interviewed Hamas, Houthis, or Hezbollah members. He was questioned about his opinions on Trump and Israel.
Hasan Piker detained at the border and questioned for hours over politics
"They straight up tried to get something out of me that I think they could use to basically detain me permanently"
www.usermag.co
May 12, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Hasan Piker detained at the border and questioned for hours over politics. He was asked whether or not he’d interviewed Hamas, Houthis, or Hezbollah members. He was questioned about his opinions on Trump and Israel.
On my milkshake site is a public, anonymous, link to a pdf I spent the day making, that explains, from start to finish, how to safely obtain and use a 🔥📞.
This should be helpful to someone who’s fleeing an abusive partner with access to govt surveillance tech. iykyk.
msha.ke/michaelneeds...
This should be helpful to someone who’s fleeing an abusive partner with access to govt surveillance tech. iykyk.
msha.ke/michaelneeds...
@michaelneedssleep
RESOURCES
msha.ke
March 29, 2025 at 3:13 AM
On my milkshake site is a public, anonymous, link to a pdf I spent the day making, that explains, from start to finish, how to safely obtain and use a 🔥📞.
This should be helpful to someone who’s fleeing an abusive partner with access to govt surveillance tech. iykyk.
msha.ke/michaelneeds...
This should be helpful to someone who’s fleeing an abusive partner with access to govt surveillance tech. iykyk.
msha.ke/michaelneeds...
Seeing leftists who are defending disabled people call the people they’re arguing against “liberals” while simultaneously seeing other leftists who are defending ableist comments call the people they’re arguing against “liberals.”
March 28, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Seeing leftists who are defending disabled people call the people they’re arguing against “liberals” while simultaneously seeing other leftists who are defending ableist comments call the people they’re arguing against “liberals.”
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Democrats team up w/ MAGA to censor the internet, Bryan Johnson drama, Spotify podcast porn, West Elm Caleb 2.0, a Cosmo for conservatives, paper straw fans fight back, Bluey supremacy, and a new free speech movement-- all in today's newsletter!!
Democrats Team Up w MAGA to Censor The Internet
+ Bryan Johnson drama, Spotify podcast porn, West Elm Caleb 2.0, a Cosmo for conservatives, paper straw fans fight back, Bluey supremacy, and a new free speech movement
www.usermag.co
March 21, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Democrats team up w/ MAGA to censor the internet, Bryan Johnson drama, Spotify podcast porn, West Elm Caleb 2.0, a Cosmo for conservatives, paper straw fans fight back, Bluey supremacy, and a new free speech movement-- all in today's newsletter!!
Hello.
Newsletter # 6
Fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff
open.substack.com
March 20, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Hello.
*Only you* can disempower bad influencers by refusing to reward them when they resort to rage-bait and low-grade mess content.
March 12, 2025 at 1:03 AM
*Only you* can disempower bad influencers by refusing to reward them when they resort to rage-bait and low-grade mess content.
*elon musk voice* Interesting.
More like a cryber attack
(I feel like that's the kind of joke he'd write)
(I feel like that's the kind of joke he'd write)
After multiple outages, Elon Musk says X is experiencing a "massive cyberattack"
March 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
*elon musk voice* Interesting.
Ami Bera, Ed Case, Jim Costa, Laura Gillen, Jim Himes, Chrissy Houlahan, Marcy Kaptur, Jared Moskowitz, Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, Tom Suozzi.
Arya Stark Not Today GIF
ALT: Arya Stark Not Today GIF
media.tenor.com
March 6, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Ami Bera, Ed Case, Jim Costa, Laura Gillen, Jim Himes, Chrissy Houlahan, Marcy Kaptur, Jared Moskowitz, Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, Tom Suozzi.
The fact that every other Democrat in that room did not stand up with representative Green is a fucking shame.
March 5, 2025 at 3:03 AM
The fact that every other Democrat in that room did not stand up with representative Green is a fucking shame.
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srsly why did this not happen? we’re just some nobodies on social media. what is the dnc doing
ONE BY ONE. let them drag you out
March 5, 2025 at 2:38 AM
srsly why did this not happen? we’re just some nobodies on social media. what is the dnc doing
He already spun China’s tariff vs US farmed goods as an opportunity for US farmers to sell more crops at home. He knows that’s not how it works. He knows tariffs don’t increase demand for US crops at home, but he also knows that he’s insulated by a cult that will echo whatever he says.
March 5, 2025 at 2:01 AM
He already spun China’s tariff vs US farmed goods as an opportunity for US farmers to sell more crops at home. He knows that’s not how it works. He knows tariffs don’t increase demand for US crops at home, but he also knows that he’s insulated by a cult that will echo whatever he says.
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Anyone who thinks Cuomo will stand up to the Musk-led AI coup might want to read my article about how he tried to use the pandemic to do that very thing in NY State.
www.theguardian.com/news/2020/ma...
www.theguardian.com/news/2020/ma...
Naomi Klein: How big tech plans to profit from the pandemic
The long read: As the coronavirus continues to kill thousands each day, tech companies are seizing the opportunity to extend their reach and power
www.theguardian.com
March 3, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Anyone who thinks Cuomo will stand up to the Musk-led AI coup might want to read my article about how he tried to use the pandemic to do that very thing in NY State.
www.theguardian.com/news/2020/ma...
www.theguardian.com/news/2020/ma...
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I studied food insecurity in college and learned that starvation is always political, because we have enough food to feed everyone. Giving people $1.60 a meal is political starvation.
February 26, 2025 at 4:59 AM
I studied food insecurity in college and learned that starvation is always political, because we have enough food to feed everyone. Giving people $1.60 a meal is political starvation.
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I once wrote an episode of Adam Ruins Everything where he said that IQ is a bad measure of actual mental ability. It got some of the most wild, furious responses online. There are people who base their entire world view on a relatively meaningless number
being obsessed with IQ is a good sign that you have nothing in your life to give you actual meaning. (also a good sign you have bell curve-esque beliefs about human equality)
Coming around to the view that a certain kind of narcissist simply needs Musk to be a genius rather than a fraud, because they want to believe there’s a hereditary Brahmin class of accomplished, beautiful minds—and that they’re a part of that class.
February 23, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I once wrote an episode of Adam Ruins Everything where he said that IQ is a bad measure of actual mental ability. It got some of the most wild, furious responses online. There are people who base their entire world view on a relatively meaningless number
The crisis correctional officers are facing is the result of years of neglect, mismanagement & budget failures. HALT is necessary to prevent human rights abuses. Rather than turn back to the brutality of solitary confinement, we should address the root causes of violence and chaos in our prisons.
HALT Was Meant to End Cruelty in New York’s Prisons. Now, It’s Being Blamed for a Crisis It Didn’t Create.
In the summer of 2016, a man named Kalief Browder took his own life at the age of 22.
open.substack.com
February 19, 2025 at 4:13 AM
The crisis correctional officers are facing is the result of years of neglect, mismanagement & budget failures. HALT is necessary to prevent human rights abuses. Rather than turn back to the brutality of solitary confinement, we should address the root causes of violence and chaos in our prisons.
I’ve noticed a tendency to downplay the positive effect of mass movements in the recent past, a prime example being the Black Lives Matter protests of 2020, which lasted several weeks and included more than 20-mil participants across 60 different countries— one of the largest protests in US history
We need to talk about hope.
Again.
open.substack.com
February 17, 2025 at 12:58 AM
I’ve noticed a tendency to downplay the positive effect of mass movements in the recent past, a prime example being the Black Lives Matter protests of 2020, which lasted several weeks and included more than 20-mil participants across 60 different countries— one of the largest protests in US history