Michael J Wilson
@wilsonmj.bsky.social
Aging queer millennial. Writer of A Labyrinth and If Any Gods Lived. Constantly anxious about everything but in a laughing awkwardly kind of way.
Make stories for Meow Wolf. Doing labor rights and trying to write a much as I can in the time I have.
Make stories for Meow Wolf. Doing labor rights and trying to write a much as I can in the time I have.
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Michael J Wilson
@wilsonmj.bsky.social
· Nov 27
“Daedalus would have been into AI” | ®┊STAT®REC
Interview with poet Michael J. Wilson on a long prose poem called “A Labyrinth" about the wild and hauntingly disturbing story of Pasiphaë and Daedalus.
statorec.com
Thanks to @jordanrothacker.bsky.social and Statorec for the great interview. Check it out at the link! I talk about my novel A Labyrinth and how Daedalus would have been a tech bro.
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This is how I feel about gender.
i am going to clarify my post on gender because it is important to make some distinction. keep in mind this is just MY preference and other buckaroos can trot their trot. the simple explanation is i casually prefer buds to assume my gender, but on technical forms to ask AND GIVE OPTION TO OPT OUT
November 11, 2025 at 2:15 AM
This is how I feel about gender.
Charles Tingleson is my Roman Empire.
thinking back to when i accidentally signed legal name on a chuck book. i spent so many dang years writing my legal name at UNMASKED signings that it just fell out. had to trot out a 'oh dang looks like this book has a printing error lets get you a new one' and awkwardly replaced the book. so funny
November 11, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Charles Tingleson is my Roman Empire.
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1. We need to fight hard for a good ACA extension early in December and hold Republicans fiercely accountable if they betray everyone.
November 11, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
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Pretty much all affordability discourse could benefit from just posting this chart.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
November 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Pretty much all affordability discourse could benefit from just posting this chart.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
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A reminder that this anti-trans panic is 100% bullshit and exactly none of our country’s problems are related to someone expressing their gender identity and everyone who isn’t a hate-filled weirdo knows it.
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
A reminder that this anti-trans panic is 100% bullshit and exactly none of our country’s problems are related to someone expressing their gender identity and everyone who isn’t a hate-filled weirdo knows it.
I'll take whatever good or even good-ish news I can get these days.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court rejects a call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide.
Supreme Court rejects call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide
The Supreme Court has rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
bit.ly
November 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I'll take whatever good or even good-ish news I can get these days.
My spiciest politics take is that every election should have a robust primary even if you like the incumbent.
November 10, 2025 at 3:39 AM
My spiciest politics take is that every election should have a robust primary even if you like the incumbent.
Ventura Highway just came on and I started singing Someone To Call My Lover. That's exactly the amount of gay that I am.
November 8, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Ventura Highway just came on and I started singing Someone To Call My Lover. That's exactly the amount of gay that I am.
In general, I think most people firmly believe bad things won't happen to them. It's why people fight homeless shelters. People think that they're are "reasons" "those people" end up there.
Part of the reason I think there isn’t as much pressure around stopping ChatGPT re: suicide/psychosis as compared to stuff like Panera Lemonade is because people are inclined to blame it on mental illness versus the tech, a kind of victim-blaming mentality that fits neatly into just world fallacy
November 8, 2025 at 5:13 PM
In general, I think most people firmly believe bad things won't happen to them. It's why people fight homeless shelters. People think that they're are "reasons" "those people" end up there.
My local coffee shop recently pivoted to playing mainstream country all the time and it is hateful.
November 8, 2025 at 4:07 PM
My local coffee shop recently pivoted to playing mainstream country all the time and it is hateful.
Getting compliments from the youth while wearing a sweater I bought at a Pac Sun in 1996 feels nice.
November 7, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Getting compliments from the youth while wearing a sweater I bought at a Pac Sun in 1996 feels nice.
Willi Carlisle puts on a damn good show.
November 7, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Willi Carlisle puts on a damn good show.
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No it’s important to listen to this. Because then you understand that many of them will do ANYTHING to keep power. Remember Musk got involved in the 2024 election after saying to Tucker “if she wins” I am definitely going to prison.
So we need to move knowing that nothing is off the table for them.
So we need to move knowing that nothing is off the table for them.
Steve Bannon: If we lose the midterms and we lose 2028, some in this room are going to prison, myself included.
November 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
No it’s important to listen to this. Because then you understand that many of them will do ANYTHING to keep power. Remember Musk got involved in the 2024 election after saying to Tucker “if she wins” I am definitely going to prison.
So we need to move knowing that nothing is off the table for them.
So we need to move knowing that nothing is off the table for them.
Billy Eichner saying "It's Debra Messing, you gays!" always did kinda sound like a threat.
November 6, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Billy Eichner saying "It's Debra Messing, you gays!" always did kinda sound like a threat.
Not only should you not buy a Tesla. You should get rid of one if you have one. You should not be on Twitter. You should not use Starlink. Put negative dollars into his pockets.
November 6, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Not only should you not buy a Tesla. You should get rid of one if you have one. You should not be on Twitter. You should not use Starlink. Put negative dollars into his pockets.
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To put this in scale, Elon Musk's salary from Tesla alone could fund the SNAP program for the entire country into 2034.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk scored a resounding victory on Thursday as shareholders approved a pay package of as much as $878 billion over the next decade, endorsing his vision of morphing the EV maker into an AI and robotics juggernaut.
Tesla shareholders approve $878 billion pay plan for Elon Musk
Tesla CEO Elon Musk scored a resounding victory on Thursday as shareholders approved a pay package of as much as $878 billion over the next decade, endorsing his vision of morphing the EV maker into an AI and robotics juggernaut.
reut.rs
November 6, 2025 at 10:19 PM
To put this in scale, Elon Musk's salary from Tesla alone could fund the SNAP program for the entire country into 2034.
Snake oil won't sell itself.
Trump taking a victory lap because Walmart made their Thanksgiving meal smaller and crappier (and hence cheaper) is such a perfect encapsulation of his hucksterism
November 6, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Snake oil won't sell itself.
I've been dreaming about my murder mystery novel... it's time.
November 6, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I've been dreaming about my murder mystery novel... it's time.
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To the right, a lost election is proof either of an unfair election or that someone ought to lose their right to vote. Alan discusses the latter today
Some on the far right want to repeal the 19th amendment. Many more share a coercive, patriarchal view of women.
I wrote about this and how the far right sees subjugating women as key to building the sort of electorate they need to win. @liberalcurrents.com
www.liberalcurrents.com/women-should...
I wrote about this and how the far right sees subjugating women as key to building the sort of electorate they need to win. @liberalcurrents.com
www.liberalcurrents.com/women-should...
Women Should Make Babies, Not Vote: Why Some on the Far Right Want to Repeal the 19th Amendment
The far right takes losses at the ballot box as evidence that women do not deserve their rights.
www.liberalcurrents.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:21 PM
To the right, a lost election is proof either of an unfair election or that someone ought to lose their right to vote. Alan discusses the latter today
I have one of those meetings tomorrow that I genuinely can't believe I get to have and I can't tell any of you about it.
November 5, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I have one of those meetings tomorrow that I genuinely can't believe I get to have and I can't tell any of you about it.
Seems like a very normal idea.
Criminals posing as US immigration officers have carried out robberies, kidnappings, sex assaults in several states, FBI says
FBI urges agencies to ensure officers clearly identify themselves and cooperate when civilians ask to verify an officer’s identity—including by allowing calls to local police
FBI urges agencies to ensure officers clearly identify themselves and cooperate when civilians ask to verify an officer’s identity—including by allowing calls to local police
FBI Warns of Criminals Posing as ICE, Urges Agents to ID Themselves
In a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE’s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.
www.wired.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Seems like a very normal idea.
I have seen the cover Tradd Moore did for the Meow Wolf RPG and... ‼️‼️‼️‼️
November 5, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I have seen the cover Tradd Moore did for the Meow Wolf RPG and... ‼️‼️‼️‼️
At this point the ADL is functionally making America less safe for everyone.
The Anti-Defamation League is launching an "initiative to track and monitor Mamdani administration policies." They did not do this when the Heritage Foundation, which is directly staffing and writing policies for the Trump administration, defended neo-Nazis.
November 5, 2025 at 6:37 PM
At this point the ADL is functionally making America less safe for everyone.