Uncle Awesome
@michaelsona.bsky.social
just a bunch of Dad jokes wrapped in a misprinted meatsuit
#redeemthedream Booker/Beshear 2028
#redeemthedream Booker/Beshear 2028
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Uncle Awesome
@michaelsona.bsky.social
· Jan 14
For the record, I sound way better on vinyl.
Just decided that ECLECTIQUELEIGH is the best joke name for an actually cool, but not-at-all trendy, flea market booth or thrift store.
August 22, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Just decided that ECLECTIQUELEIGH is the best joke name for an actually cool, but not-at-all trendy, flea market booth or thrift store.
"'We will not be idle as oppressors’ structures try to harm our communities and take power,' [Free DC’s organizing director Nee Nee Taylor] added."
www.cnn.com/2025/08/13/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/08/13/p...
DC Mayor Bowser changes her tone on Trump as crackdown ramps up | CNN Politics
After Donald Trump won the presidential election, Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser flew to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate to see him.
www.cnn.com
August 13, 2025 at 4:29 PM
"'We will not be idle as oppressors’ structures try to harm our communities and take power,' [Free DC’s organizing director Nee Nee Taylor] added."
www.cnn.com/2025/08/13/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/08/13/p...
The stats on this chart feel very telling.
pedocon theory hits the mainstream; voters believe Trump was involved in the crimes allegedly committed by Epstein by a 14-point margin, 46-32
July 30, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The stats on this chart feel very telling.
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The first Augustinian was elected pope. Ask your neighborhood medieval or early modern historian why this is important in 2025. Hint: it has to do with the importance of learning
May 8, 2025 at 8:38 PM
The first Augustinian was elected pope. Ask your neighborhood medieval or early modern historian why this is important in 2025. Hint: it has to do with the importance of learning
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Black mothers in America face disproportionately high rates of maternal mortality and morbidity. We must do more to ensure access to affordable, quality care. #BlackMaternalHealthWeek
April 17, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Black mothers in America face disproportionately high rates of maternal mortality and morbidity. We must do more to ensure access to affordable, quality care. #BlackMaternalHealthWeek
Congress grinds to a halt as uprisings in both chambers derail GOP legislative agenda www.npr.org/2025/04/02/n...
Ngl, most fun thing about this (very interesting and informative) piece, was reading the transcipt in Steve Inskeep's voice.
Might have a new hobby?
Ngl, most fun thing about this (very interesting and informative) piece, was reading the transcipt in Steve Inskeep's voice.
Might have a new hobby?
Congress grinds to a halt as uprisings in both chambers derail GOP legislative agenda
Congress ground to a halt due to uprisings in both chambers. Sen. Cory Booker gave a record-breaking speech, and a fight in the House over remote voting for new parents brought work to a standstill.
www.npr.org
April 3, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Congress grinds to a halt as uprisings in both chambers derail GOP legislative agenda www.npr.org/2025/04/02/n...
Ngl, most fun thing about this (very interesting and informative) piece, was reading the transcipt in Steve Inskeep's voice.
Might have a new hobby?
Ngl, most fun thing about this (very interesting and informative) piece, was reading the transcipt in Steve Inskeep's voice.
Might have a new hobby?
fun fact: I was so creeped out by the Hessian's teeth in Sleepy Hollow (1999) that I lowkey avoided watching Christopher Walken until Hairspray (2007.)
And I can get never get those eight years back.
And I can get never get those eight years back.
March 21, 2025 at 6:33 PM
fun fact: I was so creeped out by the Hessian's teeth in Sleepy Hollow (1999) that I lowkey avoided watching Christopher Walken until Hairspray (2007.)
And I can get never get those eight years back.
And I can get never get those eight years back.
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No leader should by his decision create so much disunity and anger in his own party. That alone is political malpractice.
March 14, 2025 at 6:38 PM
No leader should by his decision create so much disunity and anger in his own party. That alone is political malpractice.
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As he faces Senate confirmation, remember that Dr. Oz:
-Pushed Medicare privatization plans on his show
-Owns ~$600k in stock in private insurers
-Has ties to pyramid scheme companies that promote fake medical cures
His main qualification to oversee CMS is loyalty to Trump.
-Pushed Medicare privatization plans on his show
-Owns ~$600k in stock in private insurers
-Has ties to pyramid scheme companies that promote fake medical cures
His main qualification to oversee CMS is loyalty to Trump.
March 14, 2025 at 5:41 PM
As he faces Senate confirmation, remember that Dr. Oz:
-Pushed Medicare privatization plans on his show
-Owns ~$600k in stock in private insurers
-Has ties to pyramid scheme companies that promote fake medical cures
His main qualification to oversee CMS is loyalty to Trump.
-Pushed Medicare privatization plans on his show
-Owns ~$600k in stock in private insurers
-Has ties to pyramid scheme companies that promote fake medical cures
His main qualification to oversee CMS is loyalty to Trump.
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WYDEN: Do you believe in a nursing home there should be a registered nurse available around the clock?
DR OZ: As you know, that's a complicated question
WYDEN: No it's not. We need a nurse in a nursing home. Not too complicated.
DR OZ: As you know, that's a complicated question
WYDEN: No it's not. We need a nurse in a nursing home. Not too complicated.
March 14, 2025 at 3:21 PM
WYDEN: Do you believe in a nursing home there should be a registered nurse available around the clock?
DR OZ: As you know, that's a complicated question
WYDEN: No it's not. We need a nurse in a nursing home. Not too complicated.
DR OZ: As you know, that's a complicated question
WYDEN: No it's not. We need a nurse in a nursing home. Not too complicated.
Just took Mom to a Chinese buffet for lunch. When we got in the car I discovered sweet & sour sauce IN MY HAIR.
Is that how you win at buffet?
Is that how you win at buffet?
March 14, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Just took Mom to a Chinese buffet for lunch. When we got in the car I discovered sweet & sour sauce IN MY HAIR.
Is that how you win at buffet?
Is that how you win at buffet?
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If you are a cis person *please* take 2 minutes to do this. Trans people with non-updated gender markers, historical gender marker changes, and X markers are terrified to travel right now; rolling back this policy would mean a lot.
Public comment is now open for passport gender marker changes.
You can go here to go to each of the three proposed passport rules, and submit comment.
My suggestion: be unique, argue for trans-inclusive policies, against the constitutionality of the changes, etc.
www.reddit.com/r/Passports/...
You can go here to go to each of the three proposed passport rules, and submit comment.
My suggestion: be unique, argue for trans-inclusive policies, against the constitutionality of the changes, etc.
www.reddit.com/r/Passports/...
Public comment on US passport form changes related to trans
www.reddit.com
February 19, 2025 at 9:47 PM
If you are a cis person *please* take 2 minutes to do this. Trans people with non-updated gender markers, historical gender marker changes, and X markers are terrified to travel right now; rolling back this policy would mean a lot.
Asked my mum to be my Valentine--she said, "I want to stay single."
Duh! I told her, "No, I meant let's get martyred together."
((j/k universe--having the flu together is suffering enough))
Duh! I told her, "No, I meant let's get martyred together."
((j/k universe--having the flu together is suffering enough))
February 14, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Asked my mum to be my Valentine--she said, "I want to stay single."
Duh! I told her, "No, I meant let's get martyred together."
((j/k universe--having the flu together is suffering enough))
Duh! I told her, "No, I meant let's get martyred together."
((j/k universe--having the flu together is suffering enough))
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[CW: suicide of a trans girl]
Cis people, read this. Don't look away. I'm deadly fucking serious. READ THIS.
This is what we mean when we say the Trump regime is committing genocide against trans people.
They are forcibly detransitioning us. They are driving us to suicide. They are killing us.
Cis people, read this. Don't look away. I'm deadly fucking serious. READ THIS.
This is what we mean when we say the Trump regime is committing genocide against trans people.
They are forcibly detransitioning us. They are driving us to suicide. They are killing us.
In a new lawsuit filed against Trump by state AGs, a family with a trans kid shares she died by suicide last month citing fears Trump would deny her access to gender-affirming care. "Her parents have expressed fear...that what happened to their daughter does not happen to other children."
![The serious concerns over how the Order will detrimentally impact transgender
youth cannot be overstated. One Washingtonian, as her parents describe her, was a bright and
gentle soul who loved playing musical instruments, trying new things, and playing Magic the
Gathering. She was excited to learn Japanese and the impact of gender-affirming care was
immediately clear to her family. Her parents described that “her joy was clear with every new
milestone in her transition. She was so happy to get to the next step, to get closer to presenting
in a way that was true to herself.” But the day before the presidential election, she shared,
“[t]omorrow I get to find out if I’m illegal.” After the election, she asked her parents if they
could move to Canada because she was fearful of new restrictions on transgender youth and
worried about losing access to gender-affirming care. In January 2025, she took her life. After
the Order issued, her parents expressed that the outlook for transgender futures looks scary and
shared fears of what ending gender-affirming care would have meant for their daughter’s access
to therapy, puberty-delaying medication, hormones, and hope of surgery. Her parents have
expressed fear for the many lives who depend on gender-affirming care and that what happened
to their daughter does not happen to any other children.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mlmouohgzbjofidukcp4pxf2/bafkreich7jyv3lnkmd5r234itpdhtvavgblc46ai6d47tb4i7oxgfga2ym@jpeg)
February 7, 2025 at 7:53 PM
[CW: suicide of a trans girl]
Cis people, read this. Don't look away. I'm deadly fucking serious. READ THIS.
This is what we mean when we say the Trump regime is committing genocide against trans people.
They are forcibly detransitioning us. They are driving us to suicide. They are killing us.
Cis people, read this. Don't look away. I'm deadly fucking serious. READ THIS.
This is what we mean when we say the Trump regime is committing genocide against trans people.
They are forcibly detransitioning us. They are driving us to suicide. They are killing us.
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i'm tired of being told to stop doomscrolling. i'm just scrolling, it's not my fault there's doom on there
January 30, 2025 at 12:05 PM
i'm tired of being told to stop doomscrolling. i'm just scrolling, it's not my fault there's doom on there
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You need to understand that in 11 days, Trump has advanced anti-transgender policies to near genocidal intensity.
Passports have been denied.
ID documents confiscated.
Banned trans medicine from those <19y.
Essentially banned trans people from using bathrooms.
This is the beginning of a genocide
Passports have been denied.
ID documents confiscated.
Banned trans medicine from those <19y.
Essentially banned trans people from using bathrooms.
This is the beginning of a genocide
January 31, 2025 at 4:41 PM
You need to understand that in 11 days, Trump has advanced anti-transgender policies to near genocidal intensity.
Passports have been denied.
ID documents confiscated.
Banned trans medicine from those <19y.
Essentially banned trans people from using bathrooms.
This is the beginning of a genocide
Passports have been denied.
ID documents confiscated.
Banned trans medicine from those <19y.
Essentially banned trans people from using bathrooms.
This is the beginning of a genocide
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I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
January 31, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
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they want to erase us completely. do not let them, we will outlive these fascists. create art, take pictures of yourself or your trans friends, make something lasting. we will outlast them forever
‼️ The State Department has REMOVED TQIA+ on their page of recommendations for queer travelers. This page yesterday said "LGBTQIA+" and now just says "LGB".
The federal government is trying to erase trans people from existence.
The federal government is trying to erase trans people from existence.
January 31, 2025 at 9:06 PM
they want to erase us completely. do not let them, we will outlive these fascists. create art, take pictures of yourself or your trans friends, make something lasting. we will outlast them forever
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Well done for making it to the end of January.
Stop whatever you're doing and read a book to reward yourself.
If you don't have a book, then buy one from an indie bookshop, that way you'll be making TWO people happy.
Stop whatever you're doing and read a book to reward yourself.
If you don't have a book, then buy one from an indie bookshop, that way you'll be making TWO people happy.
January 31, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Well done for making it to the end of January.
Stop whatever you're doing and read a book to reward yourself.
If you don't have a book, then buy one from an indie bookshop, that way you'll be making TWO people happy.
Stop whatever you're doing and read a book to reward yourself.
If you don't have a book, then buy one from an indie bookshop, that way you'll be making TWO people happy.
Listening to #wfpk yesterday and Elvis came on; as I sang along to "Kentucky Rain" I realized the scenario in the song is problematic--unless he's singing about his dog.
New head cannon: "Kentucky Rain" is about a lost pupper.
You're welcome.
New head cannon: "Kentucky Rain" is about a lost pupper.
You're welcome.
January 30, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Listening to #wfpk yesterday and Elvis came on; as I sang along to "Kentucky Rain" I realized the scenario in the song is problematic--unless he's singing about his dog.
New head cannon: "Kentucky Rain" is about a lost pupper.
You're welcome.
New head cannon: "Kentucky Rain" is about a lost pupper.
You're welcome.