Mike Essl
@essl.bsky.social
Graphic Designer, Mr. T memorabilia collector, and assembler of BWHAM.
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From the bestskeeting author of the Bluesky-famous six-week Bad Bunny 101 comes this essential close reading of the halftime show! 🧵
First shot: sugarcane
The backbone of Puerto Rico's agricultural economy since colonial times
Still used to make rum of course!
The backbone of Puerto Rico's agricultural economy since colonial times
Still used to make rum of course!
February 9, 2026 at 3:54 AM
From the bestskeeting author of the Bluesky-famous six-week Bad Bunny 101 comes this essential close reading of the halftime show! 🧵
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The rare flawless obit
Holy hell, what an obituary
Renfrew Christie Dies at 76; Sabotaged Racist Regime’s Nuclear Program
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 6:13 AM
The rare flawless obit
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I really felt the need to document this Texas A&M philosophy de-wokening syllabus exchange here, because... petty.
January 10, 2026 at 12:35 AM
I really felt the need to document this Texas A&M philosophy de-wokening syllabus exchange here, because... petty.
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Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
January 4, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
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I bet Donald Trump could be tricked into pardoning the A-Team.
December 24, 2025 at 1:58 AM
I bet Donald Trump could be tricked into pardoning the A-Team.
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If you need a gift for a cool weirdo, I am a reliable source for Frasier prints, paintings of Sears, Jerry Orbach artifacts, Mr. T Christmas cards, etc. store.brandonbird.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:53 PM
If you need a gift for a cool weirdo, I am a reliable source for Frasier prints, paintings of Sears, Jerry Orbach artifacts, Mr. T Christmas cards, etc. store.brandonbird.com
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The new T-mas cards... are here. brandonbird.myshopify.com/collections/...
November 20, 2025 at 3:51 AM
The new T-mas cards... are here. brandonbird.myshopify.com/collections/...
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Trump: "Hear me, President Trump, when I say this: to get to any of us, you will have to get through all of us."
November 5, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Trump: "Hear me, President Trump, when I say this: to get to any of us, you will have to get through all of us."
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In this election, the people have two separate but equally important choices: a city they can afford or the billionaire-backed politics of the past.
Our new ad just aired during Law & Order.
Our new ad just aired during Law & Order.
October 31, 2025 at 12:27 AM
In this election, the people have two separate but equally important choices: a city they can afford or the billionaire-backed politics of the past.
Our new ad just aired during Law & Order.
Our new ad just aired during Law & Order.
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This and the two posts preceding it belong in a fucking museum.
The Shiraz Haderach
October 19, 2025 at 2:42 AM
This and the two posts preceding it belong in a fucking museum.
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white house has joined bluesky
click here to block all official us government accounts instantly
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October 17, 2025 at 10:08 PM
white house has joined bluesky
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Every Televised and Filmed Joy Division Performance. “One hour and twenty-five minutes. That’s apparently all of the footage that exists of Joy Division playing their music on TV and in concert.” [kottke.org]
Every Televised and Filmed Joy Division Performance
One hour and twenty-five minutes. That’s apparently all of the footage that exists of Joy Division playing their music on TV and in concert. Open Culture’s Colin Marshall writes:
Brian Eno once said of the Velvet Un
kottke.org
October 18, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Every Televised and Filmed Joy Division Performance. “One hour and twenty-five minutes. That’s apparently all of the footage that exists of Joy Division playing their music on TV and in concert.” [kottke.org]
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Drew Struzan, the King of the Movie Poster, Has Died
Drew Struzan, the King of the Movie Poster, Has Died
The beloved artist, who illustrated iconic posters for 'Star Wars', 'Indiana Jones', 'Back to the Future', and more, was 78.
gizmodo.com
October 14, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Drew Struzan, the King of the Movie Poster, Has Died
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The Butlerian Jihad must have sucked for guys who just bought a new computer
October 8, 2025 at 9:44 PM
The Butlerian Jihad must have sucked for guys who just bought a new computer
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Annihilator by Josh Simmons. Great writing and art, fully realized settings, confident pacing, vibrant colors balancing its grim core.
Heavy duty cartooning, proving that a blood-soaked vigilante story doesn’t have to be boring, homogenous dogshit.
Nicely printed by Mansion Press.
Recommended.
Heavy duty cartooning, proving that a blood-soaked vigilante story doesn’t have to be boring, homogenous dogshit.
Nicely printed by Mansion Press.
Recommended.
September 28, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Annihilator by Josh Simmons. Great writing and art, fully realized settings, confident pacing, vibrant colors balancing its grim core.
Heavy duty cartooning, proving that a blood-soaked vigilante story doesn’t have to be boring, homogenous dogshit.
Nicely printed by Mansion Press.
Recommended.
Heavy duty cartooning, proving that a blood-soaked vigilante story doesn’t have to be boring, homogenous dogshit.
Nicely printed by Mansion Press.
Recommended.
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Mr. T spoke at a firefighter event and they had a firetruck podium.
September 27, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Mr. T spoke at a firefighter event and they had a firetruck podium.
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Some recent hand drawn sound effects by me for your lettering enjoyment. ;)
September 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Some recent hand drawn sound effects by me for your lettering enjoyment. ;)
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replacing Batman fight onomatopoeiae with old midwestern brewery names
August 30, 2025 at 3:34 AM
replacing Batman fight onomatopoeiae with old midwestern brewery names
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This kid is 15, and so has a moral clarity and uprightness that no adult elected official would or could ever have. There aren't really and never have been two sides of this issue, but if it has to be argued as a binary thing I don't see how anything less than this could seem like the side to be on.
this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...
May 16, 2025 at 3:52 AM
This kid is 15, and so has a moral clarity and uprightness that no adult elected official would or could ever have. There aren't really and never have been two sides of this issue, but if it has to be argued as a binary thing I don't see how anything less than this could seem like the side to be on.
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I tell ya, I’m tired of this world, these people. I’m tired of getting no respect
December 1, 2023 at 9:05 PM
I tell ya, I’m tired of this world, these people. I’m tired of getting no respect