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Mike Wyant Jr., a former IT guy turned sci‑fi author and political essayist, blending analytical precision with unflinching honesty about mental health, legacy, and the messy truth of being human. mikewyantjr.com
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Mike Wyant Jr. @mikewyantjr.com · Sep 5
Einie passed away IRL on May 26, 2025 at the age of 19.

she chose a spot in the field on a bright, sunny day, curled up in my lap...

and I swear to god she sighed as she died.

this is a fitting tribute to her.

Thank you.
pseudopod.org PseudoPod @pseudopod.org · Sep 5
“My neighbors smile when they burn.”

Chattering Spines, by Mike Wyant Jr

Narrator: Dave Robison
Host: Alasdair Stuart
Audio: Chelsea Davis

This is a PseudoPod original

C/W immolation, guns, animal harm

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PseudoPod 992: Chattering Spines
My neighbors smile when they burn. The flames melt the flesh from their bones, revealing the full six inches of sharp spines that brought them here. I swear they sigh in relief. Hell, I would…
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Mike Wyant Jr. @mikewyantjr.com · 2h
Good.

Now let’s remind them that after the apology comes the action to fix their mistake.
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Mike Wyant Jr. @mikewyantjr.com · 2h
“Don’t lose the plot.”

Words to live by.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h
Tim Walz: "People are gonna be lined up out here to get food, and we're talking about a damn ballroom. Don't lose the plot."
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 19h
Reminder: November 4th is extremely important, don’t forget to vote!
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 21h
Donald Trump is telling his DOJ to prosecute people involved in defeating him in 2020. He will claim the 2025 California referendum was fraudulent. He is going to try to impose voter ID and ban mail-in and early voting for 2026.

I will do everything I can in the courtroom and in public to stop him.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 23h
Here’s how the government shutdown ends.
Meme graphic where news anchor asks: Where does this government shutdown end? Senator Warren responds: I think it ends when Donald trump tells the republicans “okay, sit down now and negotiate.” They don’t do anything without Donald Trump…it’s as if they have all had their spines surgically removed.
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State Of Our Union @stateofourunion.bsky.social · 3d
It's week 4 of the government shutdown and Trump is showing us, more clearly than ever before, who he is and what he cares about. #nokings
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Mike Wyant Jr. @mikewyantjr.com · 1d
some people really are only in it for the pew pew scenes i guess
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Mike Wyant Jr. @mikewyantjr.com · 1d
I will not doom scroll this Sunday

I will not doom scroll this Sunday

I will not doom scroll this Sunday

I will not doom scroll this Sunday

I will not doom scroll this Sunday

I will not doom scroll this Sunday

I will not doom scroll this Sunday

I will not doom scroll this Sunday

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Mike Wyant Jr. @mikewyantjr.com · 1d
The fact that ”private” donors are funding the Epstein Ballroom above a known bunker is not reassuring to me.
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 2d
It's not even 11am yet, and federal agents have gassed the northwest side of Chicago twice this morning.

Just before 10, NWSRR reports they detained two people in Irving Park, one of them known to be a US citizen: www.instagram.com/p/DQPKhmDEd4W/
Smoke (cm) section part of triple Cs canister Gas section part of triple Cs canister
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 1d
This is insane
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Video from today's first gas attack.

Saturday morning in Chicago.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d
The energy we need is this suburban dad standing out in the street -- barefoot with Blackhawks pajama pants on -- screaming at the masked goons to get the fuck out of their neighborhood.
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More from the scene
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 2d
This is fucked
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d
Stephen Miller on Fox threatens to arrest JB Pritzker for "seditious conspiracy" and says, "to all ICE officers: you have federal immunity in the conduct of your duties. And anybody who lays a hand on you or tries to stop or obstruct you is committing a felony."
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Mike Wyant Jr. @mikewyantjr.com · 2d
go outside and look at the stars

someday you won’t be able to see them anymore
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d
Jeffries: "He's found time to demolish the East Wing in the most horrific way possible bc he wants to erect a ballroom so he can be celebrated like a king. He's found time for all of these different things, but somehow can't be bothered to find a dime to extend the ACA tax credits."
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Mike Wyant Jr. @mikewyantjr.com · 3d
Yep.

Our first child cancer survivor went to space in 2021 as the medical specialist because she became a PA at St Jude’s after beating cancer.

Guess she just poofed into existence in 2019 when they started talking to her.

🙄
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 3d
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Mike Wyant Jr. @mikewyantjr.com · 3d
And that’s how you write that headline
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 4d
I think the ballroom story is gonna mushroom into a much much much much bigger thing. I see the visceral reaction people have towards the videos.
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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 4d
Mike Johnson doesn't know sh*t
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Mike Wyant Jr. @mikewyantjr.com · 4d
And are very much down to argue that this is “just like Obama’s basketball court” with a straight face.
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Effin' Birds @effinbirds.com · 4d
A woodcut of a bird beside the text "i guess it's my fault for being a fuckin' optimist"
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Mike Wyant Jr. @mikewyantjr.com · 4d
(I’m talking about Nazis)
mikewyantjr.com Mike Wyant Jr. @mikewyantjr.com · 4d
One caveat: we don’t need to cater and appease those not working within the system we all agree to use; ie Trump and Co.

Those people are breaking the rules and laws of engagement; they do not get the benefit of compromise.

They must bend or break first if we want to remain a Democracy.
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Mike Wyant Jr. @mikewyantjr.com · 4d
One caveat: we don’t need to cater and appease those not working within the system we all agree to use; ie Trump and Co.

Those people are breaking the rules and laws of engagement; they do not get the benefit of compromise.

They must bend or break first if we want to remain a Democracy.
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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 5d
He bulldozed the White House during a government shutdown to build himself a ballroom, then sent a letter to the states saying that SNAP benefits for 42 million people may not go out in November to those who rely on it to eat.
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