Michael Luo
@somethingsharp.bsky.social
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Kill the reflexive urge to engage with anything you think is neat by finding out what the worst people you can imagine are saying about it first. Feel what you're feeling and move on with your day.
"I wonder how the chuds on Twitter are reacting to the LGBT options in Tomodachi Life"
I'm not! I don't care what they have to think or say! Fuck em!
I'm not! I don't care what they have to think or say! Fuck em!
January 29, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Kill the reflexive urge to engage with anything you think is neat by finding out what the worst people you can imagine are saying about it first. Feel what you're feeling and move on with your day.
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After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.
January 27, 2026 at 9:30 PM
After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.
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It's a small thing, but it fills me with civic pride to walk through the giant park near my house and see Hmong families having cookouts, Somali parents pushing their laughing kids on the swings.
Like, here are people who've endured horrors, and my city has welcomed them in to build peaceful lives.
Like, here are people who've endured horrors, and my city has welcomed them in to build peaceful lives.
Yes. My theory of the moment is Miller/Vance thought their view that immigrants threaten social solidarity would be widely shared. But ICE raids are driving native-born Americans to show solidarity with immigrants quite courageously. Now Miller is trying to disrupt that alliance with state violence.
Insightful point here: Even if you take Trump seriously - he does not like the optics - they rested on an assumption that communities would welcome ICE as heroes, rather than showing the type of solidarity that Trump inherently cannot understand.
January 19, 2026 at 11:35 PM
It's a small thing, but it fills me with civic pride to walk through the giant park near my house and see Hmong families having cookouts, Somali parents pushing their laughing kids on the swings.
Like, here are people who've endured horrors, and my city has welcomed them in to build peaceful lives.
Like, here are people who've endured horrors, and my city has welcomed them in to build peaceful lives.
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Hi, hello: @stevejones20.bsky.social & I will be back with another Strategy Stream!
Tap in with us at 7:30 ET as we break down Sixers-Raptors, live on League Pass/NBA app.
We’re gonna have a good time.
LINK: nba.smart.link/rr0ujcef8
Tap in with us at 7:30 ET as we break down Sixers-Raptors, live on League Pass/NBA app.
We’re gonna have a good time.
LINK: nba.smart.link/rr0ujcef8
January 12, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Hi, hello: @stevejones20.bsky.social & I will be back with another Strategy Stream!
Tap in with us at 7:30 ET as we break down Sixers-Raptors, live on League Pass/NBA app.
We’re gonna have a good time.
LINK: nba.smart.link/rr0ujcef8
Tap in with us at 7:30 ET as we break down Sixers-Raptors, live on League Pass/NBA app.
We’re gonna have a good time.
LINK: nba.smart.link/rr0ujcef8
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A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
January 10, 2026 at 3:24 PM
A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
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He has sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people
He has kept among us Standing Armies without Consent of our legislatures
For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us
For protecting them from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States
He has kept among us Standing Armies without Consent of our legislatures
For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us
For protecting them from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States
January 9, 2026 at 11:40 AM
He has sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people
He has kept among us Standing Armies without Consent of our legislatures
For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us
For protecting them from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States
He has kept among us Standing Armies without Consent of our legislatures
For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us
For protecting them from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States
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If TPUSA can maintain a website with names of professors, whose locations are searchable on university websites, then there’s no way ICE deserves anonymity. Anyone could come shoot me in my office any day with their encouragement, so why should these armed men be any more protected than I am?
Naming a police officer is not doxxing. We aren’t supposed to have secret police in America.
January 9, 2026 at 3:32 AM
If TPUSA can maintain a website with names of professors, whose locations are searchable on university websites, then there’s no way ICE deserves anonymity. Anyone could come shoot me in my office any day with their encouragement, so why should these armed men be any more protected than I am?
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Naming a police officer is not doxxing. We aren’t supposed to have secret police in America.
January 9, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Naming a police officer is not doxxing. We aren’t supposed to have secret police in America.
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Those States need to withhold federal tax dollars
January 6, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Those States need to withhold federal tax dollars
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The Trump admin is freezing ~$10B in social services & child care funding in five Dem-led states, alleging fraud, with no proof. The cuts hit TANF ($7B+), child care ($2B+), & social services ($870M) in CA, CO, IL, MN, and NY. If you want to hurt working families, this is how.
January 6, 2026 at 10:33 PM
The Trump admin is freezing ~$10B in social services & child care funding in five Dem-led states, alleging fraud, with no proof. The cuts hit TANF ($7B+), child care ($2B+), & social services ($870M) in CA, CO, IL, MN, and NY. If you want to hurt working families, this is how.
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I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war
January 3, 2026 at 9:13 AM
I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war
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In celebration of Mamdani's first day in office, the map from our 2016 NYC atlas celebrating Queens as the most linguistically diverse place on earth. (800 languages spoken in NYC, according to NY's Endangered Language Institute, which collaborated with us on this map.
January 3, 2026 at 3:21 AM
In celebration of Mamdani's first day in office, the map from our 2016 NYC atlas celebrating Queens as the most linguistically diverse place on earth. (800 languages spoken in NYC, according to NY's Endangered Language Institute, which collaborated with us on this map.
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“Everyday above ground is a great day, remember that” -Pitbull
The greatest poet of our time!
The greatest poet of our time!
January 1, 2026 at 5:03 AM
“Everyday above ground is a great day, remember that” -Pitbull
The greatest poet of our time!
The greatest poet of our time!
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Furthermore, every time you de-prioritize a trans actor because of that identity (keeping them out of roles because you're worried they're too "political"), you've discriminated against that actor. Period.
December 29, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Furthermore, every time you de-prioritize a trans actor because of that identity (keeping them out of roles because you're worried they're too "political"), you've discriminated against that actor. Period.
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Off nights happen. That game sucked. But not every bad game has to be a referendum. Sometimes shit just happens.
December 24, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Off nights happen. That game sucked. But not every bad game has to be a referendum. Sometimes shit just happens.
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What if we kissed next to the Christmas axolotl
December 23, 2025 at 12:56 AM
What if we kissed next to the Christmas axolotl
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-Support your trans friends
-Uplift trans cosplayers and creators
-Challenge transphobia
-Advocate for cons to remains safer places for trans people
Now more than ever the cosplay community can be a haven for folks who are experiencing real time erasure and near constant violence.
#cosplay
-Uplift trans cosplayers and creators
-Challenge transphobia
-Advocate for cons to remains safer places for trans people
Now more than ever the cosplay community can be a haven for folks who are experiencing real time erasure and near constant violence.
#cosplay
December 20, 2025 at 1:04 AM
-Support your trans friends
-Uplift trans cosplayers and creators
-Challenge transphobia
-Advocate for cons to remains safer places for trans people
Now more than ever the cosplay community can be a haven for folks who are experiencing real time erasure and near constant violence.
#cosplay
-Uplift trans cosplayers and creators
-Challenge transphobia
-Advocate for cons to remains safer places for trans people
Now more than ever the cosplay community can be a haven for folks who are experiencing real time erasure and near constant violence.
#cosplay
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Can’t stop thinking about this. The Trump administration is essentially extorting hospitals into dropping gender-affirming care—without Medicare or Medicaid they’d go bankrupt. It’s akin to a backdoor ban even for people with private insurance, a proposal that wouldn’t pass Congress.
Under the proposed rule issued by the Trump Administration today, any Medicare- or Medicaid-participating hospital would be barred from providing gender-affirming care to *any child*, even if the care is not paid for by Medicare or Medicaid.
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-23465.pdf
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-23465.pdf
public-inspection.federalregister.gov
December 20, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Can’t stop thinking about this. The Trump administration is essentially extorting hospitals into dropping gender-affirming care—without Medicare or Medicaid they’d go bankrupt. It’s akin to a backdoor ban even for people with private insurance, a proposal that wouldn’t pass Congress.
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for too long, smartphone makers have been focusing on things that nobody needs (ai integration, stupid new user interfaces), instead of focusing on actually useful features:
if i take a picture of something with my phone in a dream, that picture should still be on my irl phone when i wake up
if i take a picture of something with my phone in a dream, that picture should still be on my irl phone when i wake up
December 6, 2025 at 7:38 PM
for too long, smartphone makers have been focusing on things that nobody needs (ai integration, stupid new user interfaces), instead of focusing on actually useful features:
if i take a picture of something with my phone in a dream, that picture should still be on my irl phone when i wake up
if i take a picture of something with my phone in a dream, that picture should still be on my irl phone when i wake up
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The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
December 6, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
Was at the game tonight, PG is easily the smoothest basketball player I’ve ever seen in person
November 29, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Was at the game tonight, PG is easily the smoothest basketball player I’ve ever seen in person
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 6, 2025 at 8:10 AM