Michelle the Voweler
@michellebird.bsky.social
Globalist, midwesterner, parent, underachiever, reader, democrat-socialist, gig worker, cross-stitcher, civ player, she/her
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it’s also notable how the techbros of today really don’t read *books* anymore - this was really not the case for the Tech Guys of earlier generations, far as I’ve been able to tell
certain things associated with intelligence like math and chess get so weirdly fetishized by small minded people who cannot see the forest for the trees
November 12, 2025 at 1:02 AM
it’s also notable how the techbros of today really don’t read *books* anymore - this was really not the case for the Tech Guys of earlier generations, far as I’ve been able to tell
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certain things associated with intelligence like math and chess get so weirdly fetishized by small minded people who cannot see the forest for the trees
November 12, 2025 at 1:00 AM
certain things associated with intelligence like math and chess get so weirdly fetishized by small minded people who cannot see the forest for the trees
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A sincere thanks to @theonion.com for spotlighting a huge and growing problem with America's broken Veterans Affairs system.
My @propublica.org colleagues have been investigating the VA and could use help from those who've worked there:
My @propublica.org colleagues have been investigating the VA and could use help from those who've worked there:
November 12, 2025 at 1:37 AM
A sincere thanks to @theonion.com for spotlighting a huge and growing problem with America's broken Veterans Affairs system.
My @propublica.org colleagues have been investigating the VA and could use help from those who've worked there:
My @propublica.org colleagues have been investigating the VA and could use help from those who've worked there:
"Once they were done scraping the carcasses up with a skid steer loader..." Totally normal thing to overhear while out for lunch in Iowa
November 12, 2025 at 1:32 AM
"Once they were done scraping the carcasses up with a skid steer loader..." Totally normal thing to overhear while out for lunch in Iowa
Oh my gosh it's Veterans' Day happy Veterans' Day we love our Veterans thank you ALL!
November 11, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Oh my gosh it's Veterans' Day happy Veterans' Day we love our Veterans thank you ALL!
I spent 26 hours on a single task for work. I never want to hear about Greece again. On the other hand, I gave an LLM a prompt requiring 40 steps of research and analysis and it came within an INCH of getting the right answer in the end. I was expecting it to be much further off. Nuts. Tired. Balls.
November 11, 2025 at 7:49 AM
I spent 26 hours on a single task for work. I never want to hear about Greece again. On the other hand, I gave an LLM a prompt requiring 40 steps of research and analysis and it came within an INCH of getting the right answer in the end. I was expecting it to be much further off. Nuts. Tired. Balls.
Apparently there was a very dramatic and quite publicized attempt to rescue a cat from a tree in Le Mars, Iowa. Citizens and local businesses made a coordinated effort, but the cat simply went further up the tree. Volunteers looked at the cat and the nearby power line and said 'fuck it' (probably)
November 10, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Apparently there was a very dramatic and quite publicized attempt to rescue a cat from a tree in Le Mars, Iowa. Citizens and local businesses made a coordinated effort, but the cat simply went further up the tree. Volunteers looked at the cat and the nearby power line and said 'fuck it' (probably)
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That was FAST. Ketanji Brown Jackson’s gambit is working.
BREAKING: 1st Circuit denies Trump administration request to stay judge's order forcing full payment of SNAP for November. Opinion by Rikelman (Biden), Joined by Barron (Obama), Gelpi (Biden). Order remains on hold for 48 hours per Justice Jackson. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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November 10, 2025 at 5:01 AM
That was FAST. Ketanji Brown Jackson’s gambit is working.
It's the airplane queues that made the senators cave, isn't it. Someone important had to wait in line, didn't they.
November 10, 2025 at 12:43 AM
It's the airplane queues that made the senators cave, isn't it. Someone important had to wait in line, didn't they.
Give us what we want and I swear we may or may not get you back in the future. As a token to hold you over, here is jack shit. Jack shit and a maybe -- deal? That sound like a deal, @schumer.senate.gov ?
November 9, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Give us what we want and I swear we may or may not get you back in the future. As a token to hold you over, here is jack shit. Jack shit and a maybe -- deal? That sound like a deal, @schumer.senate.gov ?
Nothing gets you hyped up for an upcoming election season quite like a dinner buffet at a midwest Pizza Ranch. By the time I hit the cactus bread I'd already submitted a form to volunteer for @robsandia.bsky.social for Iowa Governor HOORAH.
November 9, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Nothing gets you hyped up for an upcoming election season quite like a dinner buffet at a midwest Pizza Ranch. By the time I hit the cactus bread I'd already submitted a form to volunteer for @robsandia.bsky.social for Iowa Governor HOORAH.
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BAD COMPANY
Private Equity and the Death of the American Dream
Private Equity and the Death of the American Dream
November 8, 2025 at 2:32 PM
BAD COMPANY
Private Equity and the Death of the American Dream
Private Equity and the Death of the American Dream
Oh no. It snowed. It has snown.
November 8, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Oh no. It snowed. It has snown.
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I love how slow Wikipedia moves during controversy. For YEARS after the "GamerGate" harassment campaign, editors refused to give up the URL of the *original* meaning of the word: A gamergate is a kind of ant.
Without a consensus to the contrary, the ants keep it.
Without a consensus to the contrary, the ants keep it.
Gamergate - Wikipedia
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November 8, 2025 at 4:19 AM
I love how slow Wikipedia moves during controversy. For YEARS after the "GamerGate" harassment campaign, editors refused to give up the URL of the *original* meaning of the word: A gamergate is a kind of ant.
Without a consensus to the contrary, the ants keep it.
Without a consensus to the contrary, the ants keep it.
"y'all better save 'cause you've got 3 more years under me and things are gonna get reeeeeal shitty"
Trump on SNAP: “Our country has to remain very liquid because of problems, catastrophes, wars… We have to remain liquid. We can’t give everything away.”
REMINDER: Trump just have $40 billion away to Argentina.
REMINDER: Trump just have $40 billion away to Argentina.
November 8, 2025 at 2:10 AM
"y'all better save 'cause you've got 3 more years under me and things are gonna get reeeeeal shitty"
Has there ever been a less transparent government organization than the Sioux City, Iowa school board? Maybe in like North Korea.
November 8, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Has there ever been a less transparent government organization than the Sioux City, Iowa school board? Maybe in like North Korea.
Uuggghhhhhhhh. Not inspiring.
Democratic Presidential Polling:
Newsom: 25%
Harris: 10%
Buttigieg: 9%
AOC: 3%
Shapiro: 3%
Pritzker: 2%
Beshear: 2%
Sanders: 2%
Emerson / Nov 4, 2025
Newsom: 25%
Harris: 10%
Buttigieg: 9%
AOC: 3%
Shapiro: 3%
Pritzker: 2%
Beshear: 2%
Sanders: 2%
Emerson / Nov 4, 2025
November 8, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Uuggghhhhhhhh. Not inspiring.
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This is my all time favorite video ever. I'm not usually a fan of the whole laughing in the middle of your post but that's exactly what made this clip so good. You can't not lose your shit watching it
November 7, 2025 at 8:49 PM
This is my all time favorite video ever. I'm not usually a fan of the whole laughing in the middle of your post but that's exactly what made this clip so good. You can't not lose your shit watching it
I switched my NPR station to New York this week and I learned it's a very windy city
November 7, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I switched my NPR station to New York this week and I learned it's a very windy city
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photos of Trump sleeping through yesterday's Oval Office event via Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 7, 2025 at 4:38 PM
photos of Trump sleeping through yesterday's Oval Office event via Andrew Harnik of Getty
Maybe it's the baby face but I didn't realize Marco Rubio was so evil.
Man, this shit is out of hand and someone need tell us why in the fuck we are blowing up fucking boats? This ain't the shit we are fucking supposed to be doing. Someone please explain why in the entire fuck we are just blowing up fucking people? It needs to happen now
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/p...
US military strikes another boat in the Caribbean, killing 3 | CNN Politics
The US military conducted a strike against a vessel in the Caribbean on Thursday, killing three people, according to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.
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November 7, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Maybe it's the baby face but I didn't realize Marco Rubio was so evil.
Dayuuuumn that's my kinda job right there. Kick his ass, Marjorie!
Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 94th day out of the last 106.
12 days of work in 106 days.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
12 days of work in 106 days.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
November 7, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Dayuuuumn that's my kinda job right there. Kick his ass, Marjorie!
She seems so sweet. David Harbour can just kick rocks for bullying her.
Millie Bobby Brown: “Family Life? It’s Just Endless Joy”
In the December 2025 issue of British Vogue, the 21-year-old new mum talks to Zing Tsjeng about saying farewell to ‘Stranger Things’, vanquishing her trolls, and family life on the farm.
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November 7, 2025 at 1:00 AM
She seems so sweet. David Harbour can just kick rocks for bullying her.
Awww Sophie Cunningham really does get to be Caitlyn Clark's caddy at the ANNIKA, that's sweet.
November 7, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Awww Sophie Cunningham really does get to be Caitlyn Clark's caddy at the ANNIKA, that's sweet.
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Yassamin Ansari is an absolute badass for doing this outside Mike Johnson's office.
Wow.
Wow.
November 6, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Yassamin Ansari is an absolute badass for doing this outside Mike Johnson's office.
Wow.
Wow.