Michael
@bsidesnarrative.bsky.social
Writer & documentary filmmaker. Collector of sad stories and master of the false narrative. Oakland, CA.
https://www.bsidesnarrative.com/
https://www.bsidesnarrative.com/
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Things are going well between Dan and his old friends.
January 6, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Things are going well between Dan and his old friends.
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Just spoke with the owner, Dante, & learned there is a fundraising page. If you are not in a position to give, please consider sharing this widely. Let's blow through that preliminary # -- immediate access to cash gives options the fire would seem at first to destroy.
giveahand.com/fundraiser/n...
giveahand.com/fundraiser/n...
January 3, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Just spoke with the owner, Dante, & learned there is a fundraising page. If you are not in a position to give, please consider sharing this widely. Let's blow through that preliminary # -- immediate access to cash gives options the fire would seem at first to destroy.
giveahand.com/fundraiser/n...
giveahand.com/fundraiser/n...
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This is quite a psychodrama playing out: making a case against another world leader that nearly matches the case against you.
January 3, 2026 at 5:50 PM
This is quite a psychodrama playing out: making a case against another world leader that nearly matches the case against you.
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The automated sexual abuse that Musk is doing right now should be national news. People should be going to prison for this shit. The logical conclusion to generative image creation and the internet, pure public automatic violence. Every Pizzagate fear just out in the open.
January 2, 2026 at 12:44 AM
The automated sexual abuse that Musk is doing right now should be national news. People should be going to prison for this shit. The logical conclusion to generative image creation and the internet, pure public automatic violence. Every Pizzagate fear just out in the open.
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My final read of 2025 was THERE IS NO PLACE FOR US by @brian-goldstone.bsky.social. I’m so moved, outraged, despairing, and motivated on behalf of these families and the countless others they represent to demand better in our communities #booksky
January 2, 2026 at 2:53 AM
My final read of 2025 was THERE IS NO PLACE FOR US by @brian-goldstone.bsky.social. I’m so moved, outraged, despairing, and motivated on behalf of these families and the countless others they represent to demand better in our communities #booksky
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Don’t worry, 17 million Americans begin to get kicked off their health care this year 🥳
Caviar station and ice sculpture at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago party as food banks continue to be stretched thin
January 1, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Don’t worry, 17 million Americans begin to get kicked off their health care this year 🥳
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The Grammy-winning singer Lucy Dacus performed “Bread & Roses,” whose political slogan began amid the women’s suffrage and labor movements, at Zohran Mamdani’s inauguration as mayor of New York City on Thursday.
Here’s Why Lucy Dacus Chose ‘Bread & Roses’ for Mamdani’s Inauguration
The Grammy-winning singer, part of the supergroup boygenius, followed a performance by Mandy Patinkin who sang ‘Over the Rainbow.’
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January 1, 2026 at 8:15 PM
The Grammy-winning singer Lucy Dacus performed “Bread & Roses,” whose political slogan began amid the women’s suffrage and labor movements, at Zohran Mamdani’s inauguration as mayor of New York City on Thursday.
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Trump literally bid $100,000 on a painting last night during an auction at his private club (it went for $2.7 million)
January 1, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Trump literally bid $100,000 on a painting last night during an auction at his private club (it went for $2.7 million)
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Someone pointed out that we were introduced to the stranger things “upside down” in… 2016… and now that the series has ended maybe our upside down reality will too??
January 1, 2026 at 6:22 AM
Someone pointed out that we were introduced to the stranger things “upside down” in… 2016… and now that the series has ended maybe our upside down reality will too??
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T’was the night before New Year’s and all through the town not a creature was stirring and especially not a graphic designer.
January 1, 2026 at 12:40 AM
T’was the night before New Year’s and all through the town not a creature was stirring and especially not a graphic designer.
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Various Asheville hotels have done this over the years (and still do). Often it's not a written policy, and can be frustratingly difficult to pin down, but we've seen these stories over the years with some frequency.
The gentry (including plenty of biz owners) here really *hate* the poor.
The gentry (including plenty of biz owners) here really *hate* the poor.
So if you're a family evicted from your apartment, or a mother fleeing domestic violence with her children, or someone unhoused trying to get off the street or out of their car for a night... you're not allowed to stay at these Asheville hotels.
Just unabashed discrimination.
Just unabashed discrimination.
December 29, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Various Asheville hotels have done this over the years (and still do). Often it's not a written policy, and can be frustratingly difficult to pin down, but we've seen these stories over the years with some frequency.
The gentry (including plenty of biz owners) here really *hate* the poor.
The gentry (including plenty of biz owners) here really *hate* the poor.
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I urge you to read Paper Girl by Beth Macy. She did a very deep dive on this situation, based on her hometown, her own family and friends. Incredibly insightful.
December 24, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I urge you to read Paper Girl by Beth Macy. She did a very deep dive on this situation, based on her hometown, her own family and friends. Incredibly insightful.
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Perry Bamonte, guitarist and keyboardist for the Cure, dies aged 65
Perry Bamonte, guitarist and keyboardist for the Cure, dies aged 65
Starting as a roadie and guitar tech, Bamonte joined the band in 1990 after its breakthrough album Disintegration
Perry Archangelo Bamonte, longtime guitarist and keyboardist for the influential goth band the Cure, has died. He was 65.
The band made the announcement on their official website on Friday. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Perry Bamonte, guitarist and keyboardist for the Cure, dies aged 65
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NYT when a trans man wants to take testosterone: 😡😡😡😡😡
NYT when a cis woman wants to take testosterone: 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
NYT when a cis woman wants to take testosterone: 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
Earlier this year, we published an article on how women are increasingly seeking out testosterone to help with energy or their sex lives. We followed up with one woman who went on testosterone to help with her menopausal symptoms. The effects had unexpected consequences for her marriage.
What It’s Like When Your Wife Goes on Testosterone
She went on testosterone to help with her menopausal symptoms. The effects had unexpected consequences for their marriage.
nyti.ms
December 26, 2025 at 7:59 PM
NYT when a trans man wants to take testosterone: 😡😡😡😡😡
NYT when a cis woman wants to take testosterone: 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
NYT when a cis woman wants to take testosterone: 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
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Hell, this made me cry like a child.
I wrote a little thing about "Fairytale of New York" and about hope for a better year, but mostly I wanted to share the rendition of the song played at Shane MacGowan's funeral in 2023 because it's so beautiful. Happy Christmas, I love ya baby. dansinker.com/posts/2025-1...
I've got a feeling / This year's for me and you | dansinker.com
dansinker.com
December 24, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Hell, this made me cry like a child.
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Wild to think that "abolish ICE" was ever treated as a radical or fringe position.
WaPo reports that ICE is planning 7 massive human warehouses holding 5,000 to 10,000 people.
Recalls the acting ICE director 2015 statement that he wanted to see a “business”-oriented approach to deportations, “like [Amazon] Prime, but with human beings”.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Recalls the acting ICE director 2015 statement that he wanted to see a “business”-oriented approach to deportations, “like [Amazon] Prime, but with human beings”.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
ICE documents reveal plan to hold 80,000 immigrants in warehouses
The Trump administration wants to build seven large-scale deportation hubs to speed up deportations, internal ICE documents show.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Wild to think that "abolish ICE" was ever treated as a radical or fringe position.
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60 Minutes is one of only two documentary-style public affairs programs left on the air. The other is Frontline on PBS, which saw its funding gashed by the Trump admin and Congress. They have a matching donation rn.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontli...
www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontli...
FRONTLINE | PBS | Official Site | Documentary Series
Watch full episodes of FRONTLINE, the PBS documentary series, and explore news investigations from FRONTLINE's award-winning journalism team.
www.pbs.org
December 21, 2025 at 10:24 PM
60 Minutes is one of only two documentary-style public affairs programs left on the air. The other is Frontline on PBS, which saw its funding gashed by the Trump admin and Congress. They have a matching donation rn.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontli...
www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontli...
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Bari Weiss is killing stories the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
December 22, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Bari Weiss is killing stories the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
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Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
Surviving CECOT (full documentary) | Deported to a Maximum-Security Prison | FRONTLINE + ProPublica
YouTube video by FRONTLINE PBS | Official
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December 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
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This is WILD.
Power goes out in San Francisco and the robot cars, needing the lights to "self" drive, all stop at once, blocking streets and emergency vehicles - which are needed more than ever in a black out!
We knew AI causes power outages. Turns out it also makes them worse by being stupid.
Power goes out in San Francisco and the robot cars, needing the lights to "self" drive, all stop at once, blocking streets and emergency vehicles - which are needed more than ever in a black out!
We knew AI causes power outages. Turns out it also makes them worse by being stupid.
Waymo has halted service in San Francisco after numerous videos & images showed its autonomous cars snarling traffic during the blackout.
With traffic lights down, Waymos across the city stopped dead in their tracks at intersections.
missionlocal.org/2025/12/sf-w...
With traffic lights down, Waymos across the city stopped dead in their tracks at intersections.
missionlocal.org/2025/12/sf-w...
Waymo halts service during massive S.F. blackout after causing traffic jams
Waymo stopped its service across San Francisco on Saturday after numerous autonomous vehicles caused traffic jams in the city.
missionlocal.org
December 21, 2025 at 7:56 PM
This is WILD.
Power goes out in San Francisco and the robot cars, needing the lights to "self" drive, all stop at once, blocking streets and emergency vehicles - which are needed more than ever in a black out!
We knew AI causes power outages. Turns out it also makes them worse by being stupid.
Power goes out in San Francisco and the robot cars, needing the lights to "self" drive, all stop at once, blocking streets and emergency vehicles - which are needed more than ever in a black out!
We knew AI causes power outages. Turns out it also makes them worse by being stupid.