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Michael M. Jackman @michaeljackman.bsky.social · 1d

I think it's rational to loathe technologies that aid in centralization and accumulation. It's like if you hated fascism and theocracy and people said, "You just hate all government."

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Michael M. Jackman @michaeljackman.bsky.social · 1d

Hey, free speech isn't shouting where the masked police are.
It's cold hard cash donated to a PAC.

Michael M. Jackman @michaeljackman.bsky.social · 1d

It feels like Biff town
Like Biff bought up everything
And is taking up space in my life
My favorite spot on the couch
Sitting there
Won't wash his feet
Shoving fistfuls of Fiddle Faddle in his mouth
It falls everywhere
I have to work harder because he is there
I never said he could move in

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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 2d

Minneapolis, 1903

The first automobile theft in the city has been reported. That shows that people are beginning to have confidence in the ability of the machines to travel into the next state without breaking down.
--Minneapolis Daily Times, 31 Mar 1903

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Michael M. Jackman @michaeljackman.bsky.social · 1d

"We need a ROUND TAB-LE!"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPFC...

South Park Montage song (lyrics)

YouTube video by blowaap2

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Michael M. Jackman @michaeljackman.bsky.social · 1d

When is a ceasefire not a ceasefire?

Michael M. Jackman @michaeljackman.bsky.social · 1d

Haha sick burn

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 2d

it's only racial profiling if it comes from the racial profiling region of france. otherwise it's sparkling reasonable suspicion.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

McLaughlin: "Pritzker said there's racial profiling, which is absolutely false. Our officials use reasonable suspicion. That's protected under the US Constitution 4th Amendment."

Michael M. Jackman @michaeljackman.bsky.social · 1d

I try not to make generalizations, but I think PDX shows off why right-wing people don't do protest well. They lack creativity. They want to look tough. They think their fictional counterpart on "the left" is exactly the same. More lack of imagination.

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 2d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

Michael M. Jackman @michaeljackman.bsky.social · 1d

Several years ago, I was surprised to find that most farms were owned by families. With that big ball of capital out there looking for deals, I think that's going to change.

Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 2d

I feel like a broken record, but I have to keep saying it over and over again: a farmer bailout won’t do much of anything because the market is gone. There will be no incentive to plant next year.

The bailout will help payoff farmer debt to the banks. That’s all.

Michael M. Jackman @michaeljackman.bsky.social · 1d

"Investigators think that radioactive dust was released into the environment after PMT inadvertently smelted scrap metal containing cesium-137."

paris martineau @paris.nyc · 2d

after the 10th radioactive shrimp recall in 7 weeks, i decided to do some digging

little did i know it would lead me to an underreported industrial accident that may have released an airborne plume of radioactive debris over swaths of indonesia
www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...

What Is Really Going on With All This Radioactive Shrimp? - Consumer Reports

Here’s the latest on how shrimp and spices got contaminated with cesium-137, how the FDA has responded, and why consumers should not panic.

www.consumerreports.org

Michael M. Jackman @michaeljackman.bsky.social · 2d

I have decided that I was wrong in my opinion about something, and now it's time for everybody to let down their guard like I did. OK, enough about me, and ... oh, look, we're out of time

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Michael M. Jackman @michaeljackman.bsky.social · 2d

Mom always said the worst thing abut swearing is that yu are depriving yourself of saying what you really mean.

Michael M. Jackman @michaeljackman.bsky.social · 2d

Makes sense. Personally, I dislike the idea, mostly because Gores is a lowest-common-denominator capitalist who makes money off prison phone concessions.

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Michael M. Jackman @michaeljackman.bsky.social · 2d

In 1904, Detroit voters had THREE DAYS to cast a ballot.

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Michael M. Jackman @michaeljackman.bsky.social · 2d

Also, the site went down more than 18 inches. It had a system of tunnels and footings and foundations. My grandpa worked there.

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Michael M. Jackman @michaeljackman.bsky.social · 2d

I think it's still polluted, isn't it?

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Michael M. Jackman @michaeljackman.bsky.social · 2d

This 1940 article describes a car with a refrigerated liquor cabinet in it.

Michael M. Jackman @michaeljackman.bsky.social · 2d

I smell Paris, why, oh why, do I smell Paris

Michael M. Jackman @michaeljackman.bsky.social · 2d

There are many reasons to scrutinize slang -- elusive meanings, linguistic duplication, meanings tied more to the speaker's identity than the idea or action described. But it is beautiful for poetry and can be very pithy in the right hands.

Michael M. Jackman @michaeljackman.bsky.social · 2d

Help me yank
www.metrotimes.com/news/metro-d...

WDIV fires Hank Winchester: Police records detail allegations - Detroit Metro Times

Hank Winchester, the longtime WDIV-TV consumer affairs reporter who was placed on leave this summer while police investigated misconduct allegations, was recently fired from the station, and newly obt...

www.metrotimes.com

Michael M. Jackman @michaeljackman.bsky.social · 2d

Sex is between you, God, and Grindr.

Our Favorite Christofascist White Rapper Michigan Rep Was (Allegedly?) Looking For An Orgy

It's always the way, isn't it?

www.wonkette.com

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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 3d

So cool that whenever someone asks the president, “did you eat the Lindbergh baby” he’s like, “no but I’d be allowed to, I have the right to, I might do it later”

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Michael M. Jackman @michaeljackman.bsky.social · 2d

Transportation policy IS development policy.

Michael M. Jackman @michaeljackman.bsky.social · 2d

Who's the insurrectionist? Is it the guy pointing guns at everyday people and wrestling them onto the ground? Or the dancing frog? I'm so confused.

Michael M. Jackman @michaeljackman.bsky.social · 2d

Actually, while we're at it, let's do a bigger war, either on the world or on ourselves. OR BOTH.