Michael Middleton
@armierising.bsky.social
Retired nurse anesthetist, “progressive
Christian”, Peace Corps volunteer in Marshall Islands, lived in Norway 3 years teaching English. Gay and married. Big Armie Hammer fan.
Christian”, Peace Corps volunteer in Marshall Islands, lived in Norway 3 years teaching English. Gay and married. Big Armie Hammer fan.
🎼 Oh he needs a little Christmas, right this very minute; sleeping thru the meetings, drooling on the Spinet…🎼.
(Optional substitution: “Piggy” for “Oh he”.)
(Optional substitution: “Piggy” for “Oh he”.)
December 6, 2025 at 9:15 PM
🎼 Oh he needs a little Christmas, right this very minute; sleeping thru the meetings, drooling on the Spinet…🎼.
(Optional substitution: “Piggy” for “Oh he”.)
(Optional substitution: “Piggy” for “Oh he”.)
Update on the obscenity: It started as a 500-seat ballroom, then he upped it to 650 seats, then 999, and now, 1,350 seats.
December 3, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Update on the obscenity: It started as a 500-seat ballroom, then he upped it to 650 seats, then 999, and now, 1,350 seats.
Armie Hammer as Oscar Wilde’s
Dorian Gray.
Dorian Gray.
December 3, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Armie Hammer as Oscar Wilde’s
Dorian Gray.
Dorian Gray.
Uh oh. Zillow quietly drops climate risks from its home listings.
December 2, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Uh oh. Zillow quietly drops climate risks from its home listings.
Governor Gavin Newsom,
ascendant in our “attention economy.
ascendant in our “attention economy.
November 18, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Governor Gavin Newsom,
ascendant in our “attention economy.
ascendant in our “attention economy.
Just as we are losing our democracy, comes a Ken Burns series on how we won it: THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, tonight on PBS. (Handsome Armie Hammer, suitable for all occasions.)
November 17, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Just as we are losing our democracy, comes a Ken Burns series on how we won it: THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, tonight on PBS. (Handsome Armie Hammer, suitable for all occasions.)
A wary business class searches for signs of an A.I. bubble. Will profits justify the capital expense of the data centers?
November 11, 2025 at 5:51 PM
A wary business class searches for signs of an A.I. bubble. Will profits justify the capital expense of the data centers?
Where is handsome Armie Hammer? His podcast fans have missed him these last weeks. We
hope he is busy promoting FRONTIER CRUCIBLE, or working on yet another movie set somewhere.
hope he is busy promoting FRONTIER CRUCIBLE, or working on yet another movie set somewhere.
November 7, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Where is handsome Armie Hammer? His podcast fans have missed him these last weeks. We
hope he is busy promoting FRONTIER CRUCIBLE, or working on yet another movie set somewhere.
hope he is busy promoting FRONTIER CRUCIBLE, or working on yet another movie set somewhere.
New for us Democrats - SWAGGER. 😎
November 5, 2025 at 3:00 AM
New for us Democrats - SWAGGER. 😎
Tomorrow is the big NO KINGS day. Feel good about yourself among thousands of kindred spirits. Show up! 😎
October 17, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Tomorrow is the big NO KINGS day. Feel good about yourself among thousands of kindred spirits. Show up! 😎
From the dazzle and sizzle of the Roaring Twenties, to the headline WALL STREET LAYS AN EGG.
October 16, 2025 at 2:10 AM
From the dazzle and sizzle of the Roaring Twenties, to the headline WALL STREET LAYS AN EGG.
My copy of Andrew Ross Sorkin’s book, 1929, arrives today. The market crash hit the Rich, but devastated the poor.
October 15, 2025 at 2:09 PM
My copy of Andrew Ross Sorkin’s book, 1929, arrives today. The market crash hit the Rich, but devastated the poor.
The American soy-bean farmer who voted for Trump, a study in buyer’s remorse.
October 13, 2025 at 11:40 PM
The American soy-bean farmer who voted for Trump, a study in buyer’s remorse.
Wall Street’s senses are on alert. Even a noisy crash begins with a barely audible tinkling. Here comes
Monday’s opening.
Monday’s opening.
October 12, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Wall Street’s senses are on alert. Even a noisy crash begins with a barely audible tinkling. Here comes
Monday’s opening.
Monday’s opening.
Our CA “screw-you-TX-Governor-Abbott” ballots arrived at our house, and everyone is excited. VOTE
YES, Californians. 😎
YES, Californians. 😎
October 6, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Our CA “screw-you-TX-Governor-Abbott” ballots arrived at our house, and everyone is excited. VOTE
YES, Californians. 😎
YES, Californians. 😎
The worried soy bean farmer gets screwed by Trump’s tariff war with China. Just like he was shafted in Trump’s first term.
October 3, 2025 at 1:45 AM
The worried soy bean farmer gets screwed by Trump’s tariff war with China. Just like he was shafted in Trump’s first term.
Which one’s more charming?
September 25, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Which one’s more charming?
“Mr. Wizard, can you get milk out of a corpse?”
“Yes Bobby. In fact the Republicans are going to milk one today in a big Arizona stadium.”
“Yes Bobby. In fact the Republicans are going to milk one today in a big Arizona stadium.”
September 21, 2025 at 12:55 PM
“Mr. Wizard, can you get milk out of a corpse?”
“Yes Bobby. In fact the Republicans are going to milk one today in a big Arizona stadium.”
“Yes Bobby. In fact the Republicans are going to milk one today in a big Arizona stadium.”
Let’s stay calm. The storm will pass; if we let it.
September 14, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Let’s stay calm. The storm will pass; if we let it.
Painter John Singer Sargent styles Armie Hammer as the 1890s tycoon Mr. Russell from HBO’s The Gilded Age.
September 10, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Painter John Singer Sargent styles Armie Hammer as the 1890s tycoon Mr. Russell from HBO’s The Gilded Age.
Gustav Klimt styles Armie Hammer as Jay Gatsby, the 1920s martyr to love.
September 10, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Gustav Klimt styles Armie Hammer as Jay Gatsby, the 1920s martyr to love.
Did you hear Governor Pritzker’s Trump-defying, take-no-prisoners speech in Chicago? On Labor Day there will be massive demonstrations there. Will they face troops? (Remember Kent State?)
August 26, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Did you hear Governor Pritzker’s Trump-defying, take-no-prisoners speech in Chicago? On Labor Day there will be massive demonstrations there. Will they face troops? (Remember Kent State?)
Blue Californians are sleeping better tonight, knowing our redistricting plot is afoot.
August 22, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Blue Californians are sleeping better tonight, knowing our redistricting plot is afoot.
There is an hour, day, month and year when men reach the height of their masculine beauty; it’s when people look at them and say “Well, it can’t get any better than that.”
August 9, 2025 at 2:03 AM
There is an hour, day, month and year when men reach the height of their masculine beauty; it’s when people look at them and say “Well, it can’t get any better than that.”
“CA is the size of 21 states’ populations combined. We will neuter what they’re doing in TX, but we will one-up that, by making some less competitive districts [for Republicans] more competitive.” CA Governor Gavin Newsom
August 7, 2025 at 1:53 AM
“CA is the size of 21 states’ populations combined. We will neuter what they’re doing in TX, but we will one-up that, by making some less competitive districts [for Republicans] more competitive.” CA Governor Gavin Newsom