Michael Baginski
@bagman.bsky.social
Sometimes writer. Mostly security guard as of late. Will forever love Tim Curry. @bagmanman from Twitter
Written for Polygon, Fandom, Unwinnable, UppercutCrit, and more.
https://t.co/Phzz9cAepq
Written for Polygon, Fandom, Unwinnable, UppercutCrit, and more.
https://t.co/Phzz9cAepq
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A message from my dear friend Tasneem in Gaza: "The bombing and targeting don't stop, my friend. A terrifying explosion happened right next to us today."
Like most of the displaced families, they rely on our donations to survive. Please give to Tasneem and others. ❤️
chuffed.org/project/1587...
Like most of the displaced families, they rely on our donations to survive. Please give to Tasneem and others. ❤️
chuffed.org/project/1587...
December 9, 2025 at 2:04 PM
A message from my dear friend Tasneem in Gaza: "The bombing and targeting don't stop, my friend. A terrifying explosion happened right next to us today."
Like most of the displaced families, they rely on our donations to survive. Please give to Tasneem and others. ❤️
chuffed.org/project/1587...
Like most of the displaced families, they rely on our donations to survive. Please give to Tasneem and others. ❤️
chuffed.org/project/1587...
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September 2, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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And then there’s a world here where movies like Sinners and One Battle After Another don’t even hit our biggest screens, or they do only in major cities on the coasts. Further instilling that the movies are no longer for everyone now, just those in the right place with money.
December 5, 2025 at 1:16 PM
And then there’s a world here where movies like Sinners and One Battle After Another don’t even hit our biggest screens, or they do only in major cities on the coasts. Further instilling that the movies are no longer for everyone now, just those in the right place with money.
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I have zero idea what the answer is, it feels hopeless. If you still have an indie theater, support it. If you can buy physical media from boutiques, that helps too. But the idea of a smaller movie, made now, by people outside of the studio system, getting play feels impossible.
December 5, 2025 at 1:14 PM
I have zero idea what the answer is, it feels hopeless. If you still have an indie theater, support it. If you can buy physical media from boutiques, that helps too. But the idea of a smaller movie, made now, by people outside of the studio system, getting play feels impossible.
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It’s increasingly clear that we live in a world by and for billionaires now, but the movies have always been a stridently democratic art form. The spaces where indie films thrive need to be protected and we are losing sight of that in an ever growing sea of corporate content.
December 5, 2025 at 1:12 PM
It’s increasingly clear that we live in a world by and for billionaires now, but the movies have always been a stridently democratic art form. The spaces where indie films thrive need to be protected and we are losing sight of that in an ever growing sea of corporate content.
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It’s hard to not see the Netflix/WB news as a sort of doomsday scenario. The constant mergers and large scale absorptions of brands might be good for business, in theory, but they are bad for art; they are bad for creators; they are bad for preservation. Which makes it bad for us.
December 5, 2025 at 1:10 PM
It’s hard to not see the Netflix/WB news as a sort of doomsday scenario. The constant mergers and large scale absorptions of brands might be good for business, in theory, but they are bad for art; they are bad for creators; they are bad for preservation. Which makes it bad for us.
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also if the game gets popular enough it will create an audience for more games like this that deal with more upsetting themes more explicitly
December 4, 2025 at 3:10 AM
also if the game gets popular enough it will create an audience for more games like this that deal with more upsetting themes more explicitly
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by banning the game Valve and Epic have made the whole thing a lightning rod issue and given the game a ton of visibility. it's not big enough to affect them right now but it feels like in the long run it's opened a door they may really regret opening
December 4, 2025 at 3:04 AM
by banning the game Valve and Epic have made the whole thing a lightning rod issue and given the game a ton of visibility. it's not big enough to affect them right now but it feels like in the long run it's opened a door they may really regret opening
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the HORSES affair is a startlingly low bar to cross to see if people actually care about protecting games from censorship of upsetting themes because it's far tamer and has way more moral clarity than a lot of stuff that doesn't get banned. but it's also very clarifying to see who can't cross it
December 4, 2025 at 2:50 AM
the HORSES affair is a startlingly low bar to cross to see if people actually care about protecting games from censorship of upsetting themes because it's far tamer and has way more moral clarity than a lot of stuff that doesn't get banned. but it's also very clarifying to see who can't cross it
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The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored all previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge
"Restoration of these grants is a massive win for libraries of all kinds in all states."
"Restoration of these grants is a massive win for libraries of all kinds in all states."
ALA welcomes reinstatement of all federal IMLS grants to libraries
Today, the American Library Association (ALA) greeted an announcement by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) that it had reinstated all the agency’s grants.
www.ala.org
December 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored all previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge
"Restoration of these grants is a massive win for libraries of all kinds in all states."
"Restoration of these grants is a massive win for libraries of all kinds in all states."
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There is a fifth wave of ska, beyond that which is known to rude boys
December 2, 2025 at 8:24 PM
There is a fifth wave of ska, beyond that which is known to rude boys
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Digital Eclipse 'remastered' Mortal Kombat and they've messed things up so during Johnny Cage's fatality you can now see the crew men with the blood hose on the right
December 3, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Digital Eclipse 'remastered' Mortal Kombat and they've messed things up so during Johnny Cage's fatality you can now see the crew men with the blood hose on the right
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The US is deporting people who are not Mexican to Mexico, where they do not have legal status to live or work and are forced into underground economies.
‘I’m Lost in This Country’: Non-Mexicans Living Undocumented After Deportation to Mexico
Cubans and other third-country nationals are dropped off on the streets of Villahermosa where they struggle to survive.
capitalandmain.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:01 AM
The US is deporting people who are not Mexican to Mexico, where they do not have legal status to live or work and are forced into underground economies.
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Horses is a Very Bad Time and I highly recommend it. Here’s me on Valve and Epic deciding that a critique of how the powerful use conservative moralism to oppress others is too morally objectionable for their platforms
www.inverse.com/gaming/horse...
www.inverse.com/gaming/horse...
Steam And Epic Could Destroy One Of The Best Indie Studios With An Unexplained Game Ban
'Horses' is a subversive, unsettling indie game like nothing you've ever played — but censorship from Steam and Epic Games could destroy its developer.
www.inverse.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Horses is a Very Bad Time and I highly recommend it. Here’s me on Valve and Epic deciding that a critique of how the powerful use conservative moralism to oppress others is too morally objectionable for their platforms
www.inverse.com/gaming/horse...
www.inverse.com/gaming/horse...
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if you've enjoyed reading beestung for free, please keep doing that, but also please consider giving us maybe $5-$640. 🐝
November 29, 2025 at 11:32 PM
if you've enjoyed reading beestung for free, please keep doing that, but also please consider giving us maybe $5-$640. 🐝
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The more I hear about just how protective Disney is over Mickey the funnier this image gets
November 25, 2025 at 1:04 AM
The more I hear about just how protective Disney is over Mickey the funnier this image gets
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The Trump administration has altered the CDC's website to contradict the scientific conclusion that vaccines do not cause autism. In a statement, the Autism Science Foundation called the changes made to the CDC website "outright lies."
November 21, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The Trump administration has altered the CDC's website to contradict the scientific conclusion that vaccines do not cause autism. In a statement, the Autism Science Foundation called the changes made to the CDC website "outright lies."
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WHOA. The FBI was/is spying on a Signal chat for a New York immigration court watch group, claiming they were “anarchist violent extremist actors.”
Your reminder that the government is watching and don’t say anything in a big group chat you wouldn’t say on TV.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Your reminder that the government is watching and don’t say anything in a big group chat you wouldn’t say on TV.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:55 PM
WHOA. The FBI was/is spying on a Signal chat for a New York immigration court watch group, claiming they were “anarchist violent extremist actors.”
Your reminder that the government is watching and don’t say anything in a big group chat you wouldn’t say on TV.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Your reminder that the government is watching and don’t say anything in a big group chat you wouldn’t say on TV.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Fusion centers were “involved in monitoring pro-Palestine demonstrations on at least five campuses across the country, as shown in more than 20,000 pages of documents obtained via public records requests exposing U.S. universities’ playbooks for cracking down on pro-Palestine student activism.”
How U.S. Universities Used Counterterror Fusion Centers to Surveil Student Protests for Palestine
Internal university communications reveal how a network established for post-9/11 intelligence sharing was turned on students protesting genocide.
theintercept.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Fusion centers were “involved in monitoring pro-Palestine demonstrations on at least five campuses across the country, as shown in more than 20,000 pages of documents obtained via public records requests exposing U.S. universities’ playbooks for cracking down on pro-Palestine student activism.”
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Maha is on life support, the ventilator is $200 and they STILL need $345 for a tent.
Please share
a donation of a few dollar is sorely needed.
#gaza #freepalestine
@mommunism.bsky.social
chuffed.org/project/help...
Please share
a donation of a few dollar is sorely needed.
#gaza #freepalestine
@mommunism.bsky.social
chuffed.org/project/help...
November 20, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Maha is on life support, the ventilator is $200 and they STILL need $345 for a tent.
Please share
a donation of a few dollar is sorely needed.
#gaza #freepalestine
@mommunism.bsky.social
chuffed.org/project/help...
Please share
a donation of a few dollar is sorely needed.
#gaza #freepalestine
@mommunism.bsky.social
chuffed.org/project/help...
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HEADS UP: CDC website now officially asserts that vaccines may cause autism.“Studies supporting a link have been ignored by health authorities.” Also says the “vaccines do not cause autism” header remains b/c of an agreement with Cassidy.
November 20, 2025 at 2:53 AM
HEADS UP: CDC website now officially asserts that vaccines may cause autism.“Studies supporting a link have been ignored by health authorities.” Also says the “vaccines do not cause autism” header remains b/c of an agreement with Cassidy.