Mick
@drmick.bsky.social
Chemical Engineer, Dad, Democrat- working to build a better future for my baby girl. Sustainable materials, polymer science.
Too many hobbies to list- leatherwork, MtG, books, tabletop games, and politics get most of my spare time.
Too many hobbies to list- leatherwork, MtG, books, tabletop games, and politics get most of my spare time.
I hate politicians making big, exciting promises and then not delivering
Trump: "Transgender for every member of your family. If they're not feeling well that night, let's just change their sex."
December 10, 2025 at 1:35 AM
I hate politicians making big, exciting promises and then not delivering
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We are now up to three total shitshow senate primaries (Texas, Michigan, and Maine).
Kirsten Gillibrand is the head of the DSCC and her literal job is to prevent this. but instead, she’s been spending her time criticizing Zohran. She needs to go, both as DSCC head and from the senate entirely imo
Kirsten Gillibrand is the head of the DSCC and her literal job is to prevent this. but instead, she’s been spending her time criticizing Zohran. She needs to go, both as DSCC head and from the senate entirely imo
! Colin Allred is ENDING his Senate campaign and instead running for the House in Texas' redrawn 33rd congressional district.
December 8, 2025 at 2:19 PM
We are now up to three total shitshow senate primaries (Texas, Michigan, and Maine).
Kirsten Gillibrand is the head of the DSCC and her literal job is to prevent this. but instead, she’s been spending her time criticizing Zohran. She needs to go, both as DSCC head and from the senate entirely imo
Kirsten Gillibrand is the head of the DSCC and her literal job is to prevent this. but instead, she’s been spending her time criticizing Zohran. She needs to go, both as DSCC head and from the senate entirely imo
Wait, I was informed the tariffs would be so big and good for farmers. What happened to that?
December 8, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Wait, I was informed the tariffs would be so big and good for farmers. What happened to that?
Murder. Everyone involved should be charged.
December 6, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Murder. Everyone involved should be charged.
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people died for birthright citizenship. i get that it’s more fun to be a pundit when your team has the white house and you get to brag to friends about visiting the oval office; but what i’m wondering is if maybe that’s actually not a good reason to throw away something we fought a civil war to win?
December 6, 2025 at 4:39 PM
people died for birthright citizenship. i get that it’s more fun to be a pundit when your team has the white house and you get to brag to friends about visiting the oval office; but what i’m wondering is if maybe that’s actually not a good reason to throw away something we fought a civil war to win?
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If Dems are competitive in a ruby red district in Tennessee and the response is anything but damn this Trump shit is unpopular I don’t know what to tell you
December 3, 2025 at 2:08 AM
If Dems are competitive in a ruby red district in Tennessee and the response is anything but damn this Trump shit is unpopular I don’t know what to tell you
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it is crazy that the president is essentially just the project manager for a medium-sized hotel ballroom who tweets things which would yet someone with that actual job fired instantaneously
December 3, 2025 at 7:04 AM
it is crazy that the president is essentially just the project manager for a medium-sized hotel ballroom who tweets things which would yet someone with that actual job fired instantaneously
The Twin Cities would be a shadow of themselves without their immigrant communities. Glad that Frey is keeping his chin up and meeting the moment so far.
Jacob Frey: "We are here to respond to credible reports relaying that there are as many as 100 federal agents that will be deployed to the Twin Cities with a specific focus on targeting our Somali community. To our Somali community -- we love you and we stand with you. That commitment is rock solid"
December 3, 2025 at 3:04 AM
The Twin Cities would be a shadow of themselves without their immigrant communities. Glad that Frey is keeping his chin up and meeting the moment so far.
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The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
December 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
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With the right campaigning hard against nonprofit fraud in Minnesota, just going to remind everyone that this was literally a major plank of my campaign, and probably played a significant role in me not winning, as the Dem-connected nonprofit world went nuts over it www.willstancil.org/priorities1
December 2, 2025 at 4:23 PM
With the right campaigning hard against nonprofit fraud in Minnesota, just going to remind everyone that this was literally a major plank of my campaign, and probably played a significant role in me not winning, as the Dem-connected nonprofit world went nuts over it www.willstancil.org/priorities1
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NYT discovering what everyone with a grandparent on the wrong side of sundown has discovered- if you start trying to cover up for the loss of filter, that soon becomes the only job
NYT: “.. Even for Mr. Trump — who has a long history of insulting Black people, particularly those from African countries — his outburst was shocking in its unapologetic bigotry.”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
December 3, 2025 at 1:49 AM
NYT discovering what everyone with a grandparent on the wrong side of sundown has discovered- if you start trying to cover up for the loss of filter, that soon becomes the only job
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trump is the president in the sense that he holds the office but he very clearly isn't the president in the sense that he has basically relieved himself of its duties
Trump’s echo chamber:
Very little U.S travel
No rallies or contact with supporters
Right-wing media
Dinners with rich donors and billionaires
Truth Social
Lack of staff to tell him no www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Very little U.S travel
No rallies or contact with supporters
Right-wing media
Dinners with rich donors and billionaires
Truth Social
Lack of staff to tell him no www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
The Bubble-Wrapped President
Trump surrounds himself with those who flatter him in places where he is comfortable.
www.theatlantic.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
trump is the president in the sense that he holds the office but he very clearly isn't the president in the sense that he has basically relieved himself of its duties
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The DC shooting story is really getting to me because we literally trained this man as a child soldier for a death squad in a forever war and Stephen Miller et al want to blame it on other cultures? It's our culture, American culture, that killed that woman.
November 28, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The DC shooting story is really getting to me because we literally trained this man as a child soldier for a death squad in a forever war and Stephen Miller et al want to blame it on other cultures? It's our culture, American culture, that killed that woman.
We ate well, folks. Had fresh turkey from a local farm and it was a game changer.
November 27, 2025 at 11:13 PM
We ate well, folks. Had fresh turkey from a local farm and it was a game changer.
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it's inevitable but i don't really like that the popular response to Trump's admin blaming Biden for the shooter is to point out that Trump let this guy in
there's no such thing as a perfect screening process and it's bad to beg the question that a single bad apple represents a vetting failure
there's no such thing as a perfect screening process and it's bad to beg the question that a single bad apple represents a vetting failure
November 27, 2025 at 7:30 PM
it's inevitable but i don't really like that the popular response to Trump's admin blaming Biden for the shooter is to point out that Trump let this guy in
there's no such thing as a perfect screening process and it's bad to beg the question that a single bad apple represents a vetting failure
there's no such thing as a perfect screening process and it's bad to beg the question that a single bad apple represents a vetting failure
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Marxism has done immeasurable damage to the left
Yes, I’ve made this point for 5 years or more but the reason it’s so hard to move away from this structural economic view of the political and social universe is because the center wants to believe it (to downplay social issues) and left also wants to believe it (to vindicate Marx)
November 27, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Marxism has done immeasurable damage to the left
As an Eagle Scout, the single best thing this organization has ever done was drop the "Boy" and become a place for everyone.
Hegseth is very very terrified, deep deep down of something to do with maleness www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
U.S. ready to cut support to Scouts, accusing them of attacking 'boy-friendly spaces'
Documents show the U.S. military is planning to sever all ties with the organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts.
www.npr.org
November 25, 2025 at 1:08 PM
As an Eagle Scout, the single best thing this organization has ever done was drop the "Boy" and become a place for everyone.
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good work guys you picked a fight in which Dems can stand up out of their permanent defensive crouch and go “our guy is a fucking astronaut and you’re an alcoholic tv host”
Gallego to Hegseth: "You will never ever be half the man that Sen. Kelly is. You, sir, are a coward. And the fact that you are following this order from the president shows how big of a coward you are. I can't wait until you are no longer the secretary of defense."
November 24, 2025 at 9:49 PM
good work guys you picked a fight in which Dems can stand up out of their permanent defensive crouch and go “our guy is a fucking astronaut and you’re an alcoholic tv host”
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Our illiterate ungovernable Nazi cops will have shiny badges and new uniforms, that is the democratic promise
eric swalwell said on msnow that a major goal of a dem majority after the midterms would be for ice masks to come off and badges to come out, this is insufficient
November 24, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Our illiterate ungovernable Nazi cops will have shiny badges and new uniforms, that is the democratic promise
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Twitter now displays where accounts are from and it has confirmed that too many of the political accounts are out of country bots.
Why are folks still there? To argue with bots? A waste of precious time while enriching the richest man on Earth.
Delete your account.
Why are folks still there? To argue with bots? A waste of precious time while enriching the richest man on Earth.
Delete your account.
November 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Twitter now displays where accounts are from and it has confirmed that too many of the political accounts are out of country bots.
Why are folks still there? To argue with bots? A waste of precious time while enriching the richest man on Earth.
Delete your account.
Why are folks still there? To argue with bots? A waste of precious time while enriching the richest man on Earth.
Delete your account.
Ironically, this is also kind of a vaguepost
I’m having that thing where you log on to social and everyone is reacting to the new thing but the reactions are vague, aghast, angry enough that you’re struggling to figure out exactly what the new thing is. German must have a word for this.
November 22, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Ironically, this is also kind of a vaguepost
Abolishing ICE isn't just a reasonable opinion now, it's basically mandatory
speaking as a virginia beach native if these kind of dudes are plotting against ICE then there is wide runway in public opinion for straight up abolishing the agency under a dem presidency
Kempsville High School assistant principal charged for threats against police, ICE
Virginia Beach assistant principal John Bennett and Mark Bennett charged for conspiring threats against police and ICE agents. Both are held without bond.
www.13newsnow.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Abolishing ICE isn't just a reasonable opinion now, it's basically mandatory
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you'd think the forced displacement of 10 million people from one of the oldest centres of civilisation in human history would get a little more news attention than beltway journalists writing essays on how Olivia Nuzzi is a genius because they want to bone her and you'd be wrong
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:59 PM
you'd think the forced displacement of 10 million people from one of the oldest centres of civilisation in human history would get a little more news attention than beltway journalists writing essays on how Olivia Nuzzi is a genius because they want to bone her and you'd be wrong
They'd have to take my Lord of the Rings Extended Edition DVDs from me at gunpoint
Had people say to me it's a waste to own physical media multiple times now, they'll all be in a landfill eventually.
I sincerely hope everyone saying pirates eveything cause I can't imagine the hellscape of only relying on currently streaming shows or only playing old games with current re-releases
I sincerely hope everyone saying pirates eveything cause I can't imagine the hellscape of only relying on currently streaming shows or only playing old games with current re-releases
November 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
They'd have to take my Lord of the Rings Extended Edition DVDs from me at gunpoint
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Breaking: Administration officials working overtime to find turkeys with sexual assault and crypto scam convictions so the President can pardon them
November 21, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Breaking: Administration officials working overtime to find turkeys with sexual assault and crypto scam convictions so the President can pardon them