Mike Gianella
@mikegianella.bsky.social
Write about fantasy baseball, post about that and lots of other stuff. He/him/his
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Mike Gianella
@mikegianella.bsky.social
· Oct 18
“you going to post that on BlueSky, Dad? get two likes?”
teenagers are brutal
teenagers are brutal
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this picture is from 2020. these were actors in Atlanta that showed up to a BLM protest pretending to be Black Panthers. they had to apologize afterwards.
there are new contingents of the party, but these people ain't it.
there are new contingents of the party, but these people ain't it.
January 20, 2026 at 11:40 AM
this picture is from 2020. these were actors in Atlanta that showed up to a BLM protest pretending to be Black Panthers. they had to apologize afterwards.
there are new contingents of the party, but these people ain't it.
there are new contingents of the party, but these people ain't it.
going viral with a joke is great until that first person chimes in with the inevitable restatement of your joke, which seems to open the floodgates to lots of other types of reply guys, for some reason
January 20, 2026 at 8:57 AM
going viral with a joke is great until that first person chimes in with the inevitable restatement of your joke, which seems to open the floodgates to lots of other types of reply guys, for some reason
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This is a really important story, and one that explains the place of the Hmong community in the Twin Cities and why this entire occupation is really just ethnic cleansing (my words). Also, props to Marisa for doing the work to get this story right when so many out-of-town journalists have failed.
New — I wrote about ChongLy Scott Thao, the elderly Hmong American wrongly arrested and forced out of his home by ICE in his underwear during the punishing Minnesota winter, what witnesses saw, and DHS's racist claim that he fit the description of another Asian man they were looking for.
My story:
My story:
Behind the disturbing image of ICE snatching a half-naked, elderly Hmong American from his home
DHS has claimed without evidence that they were looking for someone else when they took ChongLy Scott Thao.
www.thehandbasket.co
January 20, 2026 at 1:14 AM
This is a really important story, and one that explains the place of the Hmong community in the Twin Cities and why this entire occupation is really just ethnic cleansing (my words). Also, props to Marisa for doing the work to get this story right when so many out-of-town journalists have failed.
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who the fuck WANTS their posts to go viral, have you ever had that actually happen? it's like getting a winning pull on a slot machine if wasps started pouring out the bottom instead of quarters
January 19, 2026 at 11:48 PM
who the fuck WANTS their posts to go viral, have you ever had that actually happen? it's like getting a winning pull on a slot machine if wasps started pouring out the bottom instead of quarters
I don’t like laugh tracks and studio audiences but I do miss when the audience would wildly react to a prominent guest star
January 20, 2026 at 12:12 AM
I don’t like laugh tracks and studio audiences but I do miss when the audience would wildly react to a prominent guest star
I’m tempted to start a thread not of the drug names but the plots in the ads
January 19, 2026 at 11:37 PM
I’m tempted to start a thread not of the drug names but the plots in the ads
If you post something that sucks and it gets a lot of negative engagement it seems like it’s way better to just delete the post or - failing that - ignore the responses instead of turning your initial post into a thread explaining how actually you are right and everyone else is wrong
January 19, 2026 at 11:17 PM
If you post something that sucks and it gets a lot of negative engagement it seems like it’s way better to just delete the post or - failing that - ignore the responses instead of turning your initial post into a thread explaining how actually you are right and everyone else is wrong
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German Jews were citizens of Germany at the start of 1933. By the end of 1933, the Nazis had
removed citizenship from naturalized citizen Jews.
In 1935, all German Jews were fully stripped of their German citizenship.
Citizenship under dictatorships is contingent for targeted minorities.
removed citizenship from naturalized citizen Jews.
In 1935, all German Jews were fully stripped of their German citizenship.
Citizenship under dictatorships is contingent for targeted minorities.
January 19, 2026 at 10:22 PM
German Jews were citizens of Germany at the start of 1933. By the end of 1933, the Nazis had
removed citizenship from naturalized citizen Jews.
In 1935, all German Jews were fully stripped of their German citizenship.
Citizenship under dictatorships is contingent for targeted minorities.
removed citizenship from naturalized citizen Jews.
In 1935, all German Jews were fully stripped of their German citizenship.
Citizenship under dictatorships is contingent for targeted minorities.
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I can’t go to the grocery store alone right now because ICE is racially profiling and abducting people who aren’t white
Despite Trump’s promises, grocery prices are still rising fast. Families can’t afford this… when is he going to get serious about lowering costs?
January 19, 2026 at 9:51 PM
I can’t go to the grocery store alone right now because ICE is racially profiling and abducting people who aren’t white
me and the boys getting big mad about a Broadway musical … uh, you know, real alpha male, macho guy kind of stuff
So apparently Dylan Mulvaney got cast in a Broadway musical... which resulted in transphobes losing their minds and threatening to "Bud Light" the show... and now the show's Twitter page is locked down. Cool cool.
January 19, 2026 at 10:09 PM
me and the boys getting big mad about a Broadway musical … uh, you know, real alpha male, macho guy kind of stuff
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potus sent another stupid letter huh
just respond with this tweaked a little ad infinitum
just respond with this tweaked a little ad infinitum
January 19, 2026 at 9:20 PM
potus sent another stupid letter huh
just respond with this tweaked a little ad infinitum
just respond with this tweaked a little ad infinitum
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it’s just so crazy to see it happen in real time
January 19, 2026 at 8:01 PM
it’s just so crazy to see it happen in real time
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replace rfk jr with this guy
January 19, 2026 at 2:43 PM
replace rfk jr with this guy
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People here are outside patrolling their neighborhoods in this, trying to keep their neighbors safe from lawless armed masked goons. Armed with whistles and vests, they are essentially fighting a war against their own government and its ethnic cleansing campaign.
January 19, 2026 at 12:43 PM
People here are outside patrolling their neighborhoods in this, trying to keep their neighbors safe from lawless armed masked goons. Armed with whistles and vests, they are essentially fighting a war against their own government and its ethnic cleansing campaign.
everyone should commit to calling him “buckets” from this point forward
The Left is always criticized for bad messaging while my man Schumer just said, "we’re going to be focusing on five buckets."
January 19, 2026 at 12:15 PM
everyone should commit to calling him “buckets” from this point forward
everyone (justifiably) yells at Chuck for talking about the economy while ignoring The Horrors but even taking this at face value this is still stupid because the solution to a lot of this is “tax the shit out of the rich” and Chuck is never going to say that
NEW: In this interview, Chuck Schumer describes the "five buckets" Dems think are key to their possibly winning a Senate majority in 2026: housing, "the high price of food [and] food monopolies playing a major role there," electricity, "the high cost of childcare," and health care.
Zero Chucks Left to Give
Chuck Schumer now sees a path back to the majority. Can he manage his way through it?
www.thebulwark.com
January 19, 2026 at 9:26 AM
everyone (justifiably) yells at Chuck for talking about the economy while ignoring The Horrors but even taking this at face value this is still stupid because the solution to a lot of this is “tax the shit out of the rich” and Chuck is never going to say that
If I ever get zapped to Earth 2 or whatever fucking planet Chuck is living on he’ll definitely have my vote
NEW: In this interview, Chuck Schumer describes the "five buckets" Dems think are key to their possibly winning a Senate majority in 2026: housing, "the high price of food [and] food monopolies playing a major role there," electricity, "the high cost of childcare," and health care.
Zero Chucks Left to Give
Chuck Schumer now sees a path back to the majority. Can he manage his way through it?
www.thebulwark.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:24 AM
If I ever get zapped to Earth 2 or whatever fucking planet Chuck is living on he’ll definitely have my vote
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thinking about the pope pacing back and forth in his apartment at 3:30 am yelling at the tv
January 19, 2026 at 2:21 AM
thinking about the pope pacing back and forth in his apartment at 3:30 am yelling at the tv
did not like that play calling sequence
January 19, 2026 at 2:21 AM
did not like that play calling sequence
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I am sorry 'The Last Supper' fans, 22 hours from now, I will take 'The Last Supper' down. I cannot take this anymore.
October 24, 1510 at 8:23 PM
I am sorry 'The Last Supper' fans, 22 hours from now, I will take 'The Last Supper' down. I cannot take this anymore.
I’m against domes unless I’m at the game then I’m all for them
Every football team should play in a dome. don’t like watching people being cold. Call it a hot take 🙃😭🫡 I’m birthday drunk
January 19, 2026 at 12:48 AM
I’m against domes unless I’m at the game then I’m all for them
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i need people to stop talking about ICE in philly like they are not already here and didn’t kill a guy last week
January 18, 2026 at 11:44 PM
i need people to stop talking about ICE in philly like they are not already here and didn’t kill a guy last week
two year span with 710 2/3 innings pitched with a 2.23 ERA. nuts.
RIP Wilbur Wood, 84, a Chicago White Sox workhorse in the 1970s and arguably the best left-handed knuckleballer in major league history. Read his SABR bio: sabr.org/bioproj/pers...
January 18, 2026 at 11:36 PM
two year span with 710 2/3 innings pitched with a 2.23 ERA. nuts.
Already I’ve seen so much negative Jarrett Stidham talk and I will not abide this slander of the 2018 Music City Bowl MVP
January 18, 2026 at 11:08 PM
Already I’ve seen so much negative Jarrett Stidham talk and I will not abide this slander of the 2018 Music City Bowl MVP