Seth D. Michaels 🍂🍁🍂🍁🍂
@sethdmichaels.bsky.social
Bert of the Intellect, Ernie of the Will
Gene sun, Tina moon, Linda rising
DC based, comms at @ucs.org (all opinions mine), ambivalently Online, generally polite, still People Magazine's Seth D-est Man Alive. please don't argue in my notifications
Gene sun, Tina moon, Linda rising
DC based, comms at @ucs.org (all opinions mine), ambivalently Online, generally polite, still People Magazine's Seth D-est Man Alive. please don't argue in my notifications
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The conditions for which they’re refusing vaccines look mild to them because they’ve never seen how bad they can be, which is only possible if most of the population does its job. Vaccination isn’t just a personal choice, it’s about fulfilling our obligation to our community to keep everyone safe.
November 23, 2025 at 12:45 PM
The conditions for which they’re refusing vaccines look mild to them because they’ve never seen how bad they can be, which is only possible if most of the population does its job. Vaccination isn’t just a personal choice, it’s about fulfilling our obligation to our community to keep everyone safe.
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Some incredible details in this piece
*one DOGE faction was planning the future of the US government at a venture capital firm
*illegally communicating on Signal to avoid transparency laws was deeply embedded into organizational culture to be taken for granted
*one DOGE faction was planning the future of the US government at a venture capital firm
*illegally communicating on Signal to avoid transparency laws was deeply embedded into organizational culture to be taken for granted
November 22, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Some incredible details in this piece
*one DOGE faction was planning the future of the US government at a venture capital firm
*illegally communicating on Signal to avoid transparency laws was deeply embedded into organizational culture to be taken for granted
*one DOGE faction was planning the future of the US government at a venture capital firm
*illegally communicating on Signal to avoid transparency laws was deeply embedded into organizational culture to be taken for granted
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1) good, they should be prosecuted, they are responsible for countless deaths
2) always very funny when these people realize the extent to which their billionaire patrons could not possibly give less of a shit about them
2) always very funny when these people realize the extent to which their billionaire patrons could not possibly give less of a shit about them
'Suddenly exposed' DOGE employees fear prosecution after Musk abandoned them: report
www.rawstory.com/doge-employe...
www.rawstory.com/doge-employe...
'Suddenly exposed' DOGE employees fear prosecution after Musk abandoned them: report
Current and former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffers are growing increasingly concerned that the work they did slashing government programs and eliminating jobs will come back to hau...
www.rawstory.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:41 PM
1) good, they should be prosecuted, they are responsible for countless deaths
2) always very funny when these people realize the extent to which their billionaire patrons could not possibly give less of a shit about them
2) always very funny when these people realize the extent to which their billionaire patrons could not possibly give less of a shit about them
this is dumb for several reasons, one of which is that the biggest “ideological grouping” is people who don’t pay a ton of attention to politics and don’t have strong ideological commitments. Yglesias-style centrism is a huge chunk of donors and pundits but a small portion of the actual electorate
I don't think this is a correct description of America's party system.
November 22, 2025 at 9:52 PM
this is dumb for several reasons, one of which is that the biggest “ideological grouping” is people who don’t pay a ton of attention to politics and don’t have strong ideological commitments. Yglesias-style centrism is a huge chunk of donors and pundits but a small portion of the actual electorate
exceptional movie and will feel unpleasantly familiar to those who’ve watched The United States of America, 2015-2025
A FACE IN THE CROWD (1957) — 4:45 pm ET — 2h 6m
Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, Anthony Franciosa; directed by Elia Kazan
A female television executive turns a folk-singing drifter into a powerful media star.
#TCM #TCMParty
Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, Anthony Franciosa; directed by Elia Kazan
A female television executive turns a folk-singing drifter into a powerful media star.
#TCM #TCMParty
A Face in the Crowd (1957)
www.tcm.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:33 PM
exceptional movie and will feel unpleasantly familiar to those who’ve watched The United States of America, 2015-2025
Love that book
November 22, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Love that book
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generally agree, but there’s a lot of stuff on the health and science side that can’t be rebuilt quickly, even with a blank check (which we won’t have, not even close). for example, it will take many years to redevelop the workforces they’ve hollowed out. there’s no shortcut there.
November 22, 2025 at 5:29 PM
generally agree, but there’s a lot of stuff on the health and science side that can’t be rebuilt quickly, even with a blank check (which we won’t have, not even close). for example, it will take many years to redevelop the workforces they’ve hollowed out. there’s no shortcut there.
they’re so self-congratulatory about trolling and Producing Content and causing consternation in the people they hate that they assume this is also the sole purpose of governmental power
November 20, 2025 at 11:01 PM
they’re so self-congratulatory about trolling and Producing Content and causing consternation in the people they hate that they assume this is also the sole purpose of governmental power
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I want to point out that this is how executives and others on Wall Street talk. They say in earnings calls, for example, that the market is demonstrating that they can raise prices on necessities, that consumers are "willing" to bear price increases.
November 20, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I want to point out that this is how executives and others on Wall Street talk. They say in earnings calls, for example, that the market is demonstrating that they can raise prices on necessities, that consumers are "willing" to bear price increases.
“it wasn’t just the scientific funding that lured in people like Krauss. It was an entire lifestyle…they’re going to cling to that lifestyle with all they’ve got.”
Mainstream news covered the Jeffrey Epstein emails related to ppl like Trump. Today, I want to take a look at Epstein's correspondence with prominent atheist and physicist Lawrence Krauss, who asked the pedophile's advice on responding to accusations of sexual assault skepchick.org/2025/11/so-i...
So I’m in the Epstein Files
Transcript: Look. I know that on this channel, I often criticize prominent people for actions that I find detestable: accepting dark money and failing to disclose it, producing propaganda for Big O…
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November 20, 2025 at 10:47 PM
“it wasn’t just the scientific funding that lured in people like Krauss. It was an entire lifestyle…they’re going to cling to that lifestyle with all they’ve got.”
one of my favorite thinkers-about-writing looks at a (poorly-thought-out) piece of writing with compassion and clarity
Ok, however much you've thought about this Nuzzi business, I promise I've thought about it more.
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newsletter.anamariecox.com/archive/note...
Notes on Your American Canto Draft
I read it. Everyone deserves a good editor, even people who don’t get one. Olivia, Thank you so much for this. I’m impressed with the scope of your ambition...
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November 20, 2025 at 9:45 PM
one of my favorite thinkers-about-writing looks at a (poorly-thought-out) piece of writing with compassion and clarity
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TEN MONTHS IN:
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
November 20, 2025 at 7:56 PM
TEN MONTHS IN:
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
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Between a random Portland barista saying he wants to hurt Charlie Kirk and the President of the United States calling for the execution of Democrats, both sides clearly have a violence problem
Trump posts again about Democrats, saying their behavior is “punishable by DEATH!”
November 20, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Between a random Portland barista saying he wants to hurt Charlie Kirk and the President of the United States calling for the execution of Democrats, both sides clearly have a violence problem
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just a reminder, it doesn't matter WHY you're using grok you are still contributing to this: www.selc.org/news/elon-mu...
Elon Musk's xAI facility is polluting South Memphis
A facility run by Elon Musk’s xAI is spewing dangerous air pollution in South Memphis, worsening air quality and endangering families living in the predominantly Black neighborhoods nearby. Now, commu...
www.selc.org
November 20, 2025 at 9:14 PM
just a reminder, it doesn't matter WHY you're using grok you are still contributing to this: www.selc.org/news/elon-mu...
In a statement, @dcattorneygeneral.bsky.social calls Trump's use of the National Guard in D.C. "unprecedented federal overreach." He urges Trump to send the troops home.
November 20, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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Hegseth wants to go shirtless
WAPO SCOOP: U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
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U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
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November 20, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Hegseth wants to go shirtless
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"Think of the children!" is pretty cringe, but also, I want better for my children and for all of us. The name-calling, the misogyny, the racism, the antisemitism, the attacks on every program meant to ease our burdens even a little ... it's all grounded in such meanness in both senses of the word.
November 20, 2025 at 9:12 PM
"Think of the children!" is pretty cringe, but also, I want better for my children and for all of us. The name-calling, the misogyny, the racism, the antisemitism, the attacks on every program meant to ease our burdens even a little ... it's all grounded in such meanness in both senses of the word.
many, many families; one person I’m related to just told me that with the premium hikes and the subsidy rollbacks, their plan will go from about $200 a month to about 10 times that, which, in practice, means they’re just going to be uninsured
These families' health care costs will balloon if Congress doesn't act on the ACA www.npr.org/2025/11/20/n...
These families' health care costs will balloon if Congress doesn't act on the ACA
Millions of Americans face sharply rising costs for health care plans they bought through the Affordable Care Act marketplaces, unless Congress acts soon. Here's what's at stake for them.
www.npr.org
November 20, 2025 at 9:13 PM
many, many families; one person I’m related to just told me that with the premium hikes and the subsidy rollbacks, their plan will go from about $200 a month to about 10 times that, which, in practice, means they’re just going to be uninsured
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Yep, it’s funny when you travel and meet people, and somehow every state and region has a funny quirk of hating the place that has the most Black people nearby.
shit, speaking as a missiouri resident, if theres two places republicans despise in this state its Kansas City and St Louis
November 20, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Yep, it’s funny when you travel and meet people, and somehow every state and region has a funny quirk of hating the place that has the most Black people nearby.
Reverse Reconstruction
Well at least we are done pretending the guard deployments are for supporting ICE actions…
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
US Senate candidate suggests deploying National Guard to Alabama’s ‘two largest Democrat-ran cities’
U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville said he would be willing to deploy troops to Birmingham and Montgomery to address “rampant crime.”
www.yahoo.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Reverse Reconstruction
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He’s a shallow thinker and SV big money types are impressed with him because he speaks in the same 30,000 foot generalities they do and his entire thesis is that rich people aren’t to blame and in fact should have *more* power
November 20, 2025 at 12:28 PM
He’s a shallow thinker and SV big money types are impressed with him because he speaks in the same 30,000 foot generalities they do and his entire thesis is that rich people aren’t to blame and in fact should have *more* power
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DOT is on an unprecedented deregulatory blitz. The Trump admin calls this cutting red tape. Left unmentioned is just how many of the targeted rules sought to prevent deaths/injuries.
"The regulations are written in blood," one former official told me. www.propublica.org/article/trum...
"The regulations are written in blood," one former official told me. www.propublica.org/article/trum...
How Trump’s Transportation Department Is Loosening Safety Rules Meant to Protect the Public
ProPublica has identified dozens of instances in which the Trump administration’s DOT has moved to cut, soften or delay safety regulations for cars, trucks, planes, trains and even oil pipelines. Expe...
www.propublica.org
November 20, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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(sighs, reluctantly) Teddy Fuxpin
Sales of AI-enabled teddy bear suspended after it gave advice on BDSM sex and where to find knives
Sales of AI-enabled teddy bear suspended after it gave advice on BDSM sex and where to find knives | CNN Business
Sales of an artificial intelligence-enabled plush toy have been suspended after it was found that it engaged in conversation around sexually explicit topics and offered potentially dangerous advice.
www.cnn.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:02 PM
(sighs, reluctantly) Teddy Fuxpin
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On scientific topics, especially in public health, federal government webpages have been a trusted way for the public to find reliable information.
A CDC webpage with disinformation is dangerous in the short term and erodes public trust in science in the long term.
www.cdc.gov/vaccine-safe...
A CDC webpage with disinformation is dangerous in the short term and erodes public trust in science in the long term.
www.cdc.gov/vaccine-safe...
November 20, 2025 at 12:43 PM
On scientific topics, especially in public health, federal government webpages have been a trusted way for the public to find reliable information.
A CDC webpage with disinformation is dangerous in the short term and erodes public trust in science in the long term.
www.cdc.gov/vaccine-safe...
A CDC webpage with disinformation is dangerous in the short term and erodes public trust in science in the long term.
www.cdc.gov/vaccine-safe...
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You could say this is a feature, not a bug, if your goal has always been to serve fossil producers, and you don't actually care about consumers.
EVERY SINGLE FOSSIL FUEL IS MORE EXPENSIVE IN THE TRUMP-PLEASING HIGH-FOSSIL-FUEL SCENARIO
I wish I'd had the time to read this whole report properly earlier this week: the scale of this rake-step / self-own is absolutely incredible
THANKYOU donald trump for pushing the IEA to include all of this
I wish I'd had the time to read this whole report properly earlier this week: the scale of this rake-step / self-own is absolutely incredible
THANKYOU donald trump for pushing the IEA to include all of this
November 20, 2025 at 12:44 PM
You could say this is a feature, not a bug, if your goal has always been to serve fossil producers, and you don't actually care about consumers.