aka Bear Michaels
@akabearmichaels.com
I write LGBTQ speculative fiction and ask big questions, like “What if the Golden Girls were mercs.” Based in Seattle, I winter in a gaming chair, and summer at the queer nude beach like a tin roof, rusting.
Pinned
On Sundays we run feral in the streets
In decadent trousers with nothing underneath
To the grandest department store men's room
Where we shake hands unzipped like gentlemen do
'Til throated plowshares quiet at the shuffling of feet
In decadent trousers with nothing underneath
To the grandest department store men's room
Where we shake hands unzipped like gentlemen do
'Til throated plowshares quiet at the shuffling of feet
I am loving the audiobook of Every Monument Must Fall, but about 3/4 through the book there is a split second of a woman's voice talking over author from nowhere, and it sounds like she's saying "Mom".
I love it. Obsessed with her.
I love it. Obsessed with her.
January 29, 2026 at 4:04 PM
I am loving the audiobook of Every Monument Must Fall, but about 3/4 through the book there is a split second of a woman's voice talking over author from nowhere, and it sounds like she's saying "Mom".
I love it. Obsessed with her.
I love it. Obsessed with her.
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You walk into this bar and show your ICE mugshot, you don't pay a dime.
Scrolling through the photos of Pam Bondi's "Minnesota rioters," it's just hero after hero. Every photo includes a cowardly DHS agent with their back to the camera.
Bondi thinks she's going to win the propaganda war with this shit, but it's never been more clear that they're losing.
Bondi thinks she's going to win the propaganda war with this shit, but it's never been more clear that they're losing.
January 28, 2026 at 10:34 PM
You walk into this bar and show your ICE mugshot, you don't pay a dime.
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A reminder it’s Starfleet Academy drop night. Ep4, “Vox in Excelso” by Gaia Violo & Eric Anthony Glover. Directed by Doug Aarniokoski. Lands at 9pm PT.
It feels tone deaf talking about TV w/current horrors of the world, but if u cope by looking for hope & light, hope u don’t mind the reminder. 1/2
It feels tone deaf talking about TV w/current horrors of the world, but if u cope by looking for hope & light, hope u don’t mind the reminder. 1/2
January 28, 2026 at 9:05 PM
A reminder it’s Starfleet Academy drop night. Ep4, “Vox in Excelso” by Gaia Violo & Eric Anthony Glover. Directed by Doug Aarniokoski. Lands at 9pm PT.
It feels tone deaf talking about TV w/current horrors of the world, but if u cope by looking for hope & light, hope u don’t mind the reminder. 1/2
It feels tone deaf talking about TV w/current horrors of the world, but if u cope by looking for hope & light, hope u don’t mind the reminder. 1/2
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Going live later today! At 530pm Pacific, the BENEATH THE RAIN SHADOW podcast season 2 episode 2 livestreams in YouTube! YOURS TRULY takes the hotseat w/a brand-new story up for live critique from BTRS co-hosts Clay Vermulm, M. Leigh & Gordon B. White! Info: www.rainshadowstories.com #horror #PNW
January 28, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Going live later today! At 530pm Pacific, the BENEATH THE RAIN SHADOW podcast season 2 episode 2 livestreams in YouTube! YOURS TRULY takes the hotseat w/a brand-new story up for live critique from BTRS co-hosts Clay Vermulm, M. Leigh & Gordon B. White! Info: www.rainshadowstories.com #horror #PNW
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we almost dedicated season one of strip law to Otzi the Iceman but i decided at the last minute not to. but this was almost the last frame of the show
January 28, 2026 at 8:16 PM
we almost dedicated season one of strip law to Otzi the Iceman but i decided at the last minute not to. but this was almost the last frame of the show
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Wil Wheaton is, as usual, correct. Trying to "dunk" on him for holding a little fire to the heels of vote cucks shows me who to block.
If you had an opportunity to vote No to these atrocities and didn't, just because the vote didn't address some other pet atrocity, then you are a dipshit vote cuck.
If you had an opportunity to vote No to these atrocities and didn't, just because the vote didn't address some other pet atrocity, then you are a dipshit vote cuck.
January 28, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Wil Wheaton is, as usual, correct. Trying to "dunk" on him for holding a little fire to the heels of vote cucks shows me who to block.
If you had an opportunity to vote No to these atrocities and didn't, just because the vote didn't address some other pet atrocity, then you are a dipshit vote cuck.
If you had an opportunity to vote No to these atrocities and didn't, just because the vote didn't address some other pet atrocity, then you are a dipshit vote cuck.
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Look if Minnesota is the hub then it's a Purple Revolution.
If we're gonna have to have a color revolution, we should pick a good color.
January 28, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Look if Minnesota is the hub then it's a Purple Revolution.
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Forty years ago today (Jan 28 2026), the crew of Space Shuttle Challenger 51L slipped the surly bonds of Earth to touch the face of God. Francis R. (Dick) Scobee, Michael J. Smith, Ronald E. McNair, Ellison S. Onizuka, Judith A. Resnik, Gregory Jarvis and Christa McAuliffe.
January 28, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Forty years ago today (Jan 28 2026), the crew of Space Shuttle Challenger 51L slipped the surly bonds of Earth to touch the face of God. Francis R. (Dick) Scobee, Michael J. Smith, Ronald E. McNair, Ellison S. Onizuka, Judith A. Resnik, Gregory Jarvis and Christa McAuliffe.
Life is hard. Have something gay:
Jessie Ware - I Could Get Used To This (Official Video)
YouTube video by JessieWareVEVO
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Life is hard. Have something gay:
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for 600-page version of this post see www.penguin.co.uk/books/452252... #everymonumentwillfall
January 27, 2026 at 11:29 PM
for 600-page version of this post see www.penguin.co.uk/books/452252... #everymonumentwillfall
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Go to your congressperson's office and stick this on their forehead.
Impeach/Convict/Remove Kristi Noem
Impeach/Convict/Remove JD
Impeach/Convict/Remove Donald Trump
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Impeach/Convict/Remove JD
Impeach/Convict/Remove Donald Trump
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January 27, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Go to your congressperson's office and stick this on their forehead.
She chose her stage name poorly. It's unfortunate and complex, but this is simply not a word that we need to be putting up on lights and celebrating.
Japanese Revival of GYPSY Will Be Titled ROSE for 2026 Production
Japanese Revival of GYPSY Will Be Titled ROSE for 2026 Production
The upcoming Japanese revival of their 2023 production of Gypsy will be presented under a new title. When the production returns to the stage in 2026, it will be known in Japan as Rose.
www.broadwayworld.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:44 PM
She chose her stage name poorly. It's unfortunate and complex, but this is simply not a word that we need to be putting up on lights and celebrating.
WTF
ICE personnel will help protect US delegations at the Winter Olympics in Italy, a US embassy source said, confirming local media reports and prompting anger among some Italian politicians reut.rs/3M9PJ5o
US ICE agents to support security at Winter Olympics in Italy, source confirms
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) personnel will help protect U.S. delegations at the Winter Olympics in Italy, a U.S. embassy source said on Tuesday, confirming local media reports and p...
reut.rs
January 27, 2026 at 4:32 PM
WTF
Now is a fantastic time for you to learn more about Southern Minnesota as a place, beyond the stereotypes of cold farmland.
Wetlands at every turn, full of wild rice, cattails, and milkweed. Earth so soft it's downright welcoming. Centipedes and butterflies competing for your peripheral attention.
Wetlands at every turn, full of wild rice, cattails, and milkweed. Earth so soft it's downright welcoming. Centipedes and butterflies competing for your peripheral attention.
January 27, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Now is a fantastic time for you to learn more about Southern Minnesota as a place, beyond the stereotypes of cold farmland.
Wetlands at every turn, full of wild rice, cattails, and milkweed. Earth so soft it's downright welcoming. Centipedes and butterflies competing for your peripheral attention.
Wetlands at every turn, full of wild rice, cattails, and milkweed. Earth so soft it's downright welcoming. Centipedes and butterflies competing for your peripheral attention.
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Incredibly moving to see the gay agenda in action.
Imagine if you had told these guys a year ago that they would become torchbearers for the Olympics because they had such hot gay sex on a television show
January 27, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Incredibly moving to see the gay agenda in action.
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If I see you use this word, I'll block you. If you use it "satirically" I'll block you. Using it at all today is a really fine test of character.
I've had some of my books edited because I used it twenty years ago and I'm ashamed today of having used it.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/u...
I've had some of my books edited because I used it twenty years ago and I'm ashamed today of having used it.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/u...
The ‘R-Word’ Returns, Dismaying Those Who Fought to Oust It
www.nytimes.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:12 PM
If I see you use this word, I'll block you. If you use it "satirically" I'll block you. Using it at all today is a really fine test of character.
I've had some of my books edited because I used it twenty years ago and I'm ashamed today of having used it.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/u...
I've had some of my books edited because I used it twenty years ago and I'm ashamed today of having used it.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/u...
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Abolish DHS. If you can imagine a world before Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, you can imagine a world without the Department of Homeland Security. My latest at @startribune.com. (gift link)
Perry: Abolish ICE? How about DHS altogether.
"We have models for how to structure federal immigration oversight that doesn't rely on an unaccountable masked secret police force running rampant in our streets," David M. Perry writes.
www.startribune.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Abolish DHS. If you can imagine a world before Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, you can imagine a world without the Department of Homeland Security. My latest at @startribune.com. (gift link)
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January 27, 2026 at 6:28 AM
It is important to rest between bouts of having Opinions.
January 27, 2026 at 7:27 AM
It is important to rest between bouts of having Opinions.
Also gay bars with their upcoming events. You want me to flip through countless poorly sorted posters as the only way to find out what's happening? Events go on calendars, gentlemen. Calendars!
lifted from tumblr and posting here because holy shit this drives me insane
January 27, 2026 at 7:23 AM
Also gay bars with their upcoming events. You want me to flip through countless poorly sorted posters as the only way to find out what's happening? Events go on calendars, gentlemen. Calendars!
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WHAT. The ACTUAL. FUCK?!?
January 26, 2026 at 10:30 PM
WHAT. The ACTUAL. FUCK?!?