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Michael Fenichel

@drmikenyc.bsky.social

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Social scientist, clinical psychologist, & observer of the ways people are thinking, acting, & communicating. Past life: music, audio engineering/recording, radio, photography I am not a bot, contrary to profile photo. That's an 'early AI' "robot".

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Michael Fenichel @drmikenyc.bsky.social · Mar 2

Wonder if this will travel well to "here"... link should work, anyway. My short take on our Infant King.

Two cartoons, from 'winning times' past with Sir #TrumpVirus his #GQP #Cult #media

And 2 short paragraphs on Emperor #BrainSpurs genius with cards, & casinos!

mastodon.social/@drmike/1140...

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Attached: 2 images @Tengrain 🎯 I'll say again, the only apt card analogy here - #truth - is that Sir is "not playing with a full deck". Clearly. #psychopathology, delusions of godliness being maint...

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Michael Fenichel @drmikenyc.bsky.social · 7h

View from the High Line
NYC 7 October 2025

Wonder what the view is like from that observation platform jutting out from the tall building (center top). "Scary", I heard.

Many more NYC photos @
flic.kr/s/aHskkKB6aU

#NewYork #NYC #photography #Fenfotos #UrbanLandscape
#architecture #HighLine

Photograph by Fenichel

A view from New York City's High Line (elevated promenade along the West Side of Manhattan), looking north (uptown) at some tall, futuristic looking skyscreapers in the center. The tallest one has a diagonal top and a viewing platform jutting out near the top.

Bracketing the tall buildings (center) on either side are old and new buildings in the neighborhood (Chelsea/Meat Packing/Hell's Kitchen) and on the bottom corners are colorful wall murals.

On the left side (with a mural, lower left) is a building with 5 floors showing of 'sculpted"/rounded glass windows.

Above the painting on the lower right corner, also on a wall, above a colorful mural of Mother Teresa and Ghandi, amid colorful painting surrounding fire escapes, is text written in Arabic and English, black text on white background. It says:

"This book belongs to its owner, Fathalla Saad. He bought it with his own money at the beginning of March 1892" (Mural by Eduardo Kobra)

Michael Fenichel @drmikenyc.bsky.social · 8h

Quite the #TrumpVirus mini-me here, as is the whole #GQP / #Project2025 / #Jan6 / #Epstein mob of criminals, liars, traitors, & sycophants

> 3 takeaways from Bondi’s combative DOJ oversight hearing

www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

#Bondi #lies #deflecton #projection #denial #coverup #truth #cult

3 takeaways from Bondi’s combative DOJ oversight hearing

Democratic senators had questions. Attorney General Pam Bondi wasn’t answering them.

www.pbs.org

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

CNN: “An older couple making $85K/year will see their yearly insurance premiums jump from $7K to $25,000 — 30% of their income.” 😳#TrumpShutdown #TrumpHealthCareTax

This is what Dems are drawing attention to and want fixed. Now, not later.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Murray: I talked to a family that’s paying about $300 a month for their health insurance. It’s going to jump to over $1,800 per month.

Many people will turn away and not pay for it—obviously, they’ll lose their health insurance. The fewer people who have insurance, the more everybody pays.

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Michael Fenichel @drmikenyc.bsky.social · 9h

Meanwhile.... as atrocious as it all is... Criminals are now in charge of crime, so rank and file scammers are having a field day specifically using the anxiety and fact-free government-in-absentia to drive up 'business' - like robocalls pitching health scams or 'notices'.

Report to FTC? Closed. ⚠️

Michael Fenichel @drmikenyc.bsky.social · 21h

The word on the street today...
Well, two words, actually.

Context: New York City race for mayor

#NYC #mayoral #election #Cuomo #streetphotography #Fenfotos ( #Epstein ? )

Photo of a woman sitting cross-legged on a chair/platform low to the ground, near a busy corner on Broadway, New York. Her hand is raised in a fist, her white t-shirt is emblazoned with the lettering: "NO CUOMO". (photo by Fenichel)

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Abigail Esman @abigailesman.bsky.social · 22h

This should be a billboard

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Michael de Adder @deadder.bsky.social · 8d

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Michael Fenichel @drmikenyc.bsky.social · 1d

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#Truth vs. #TrumpVirus

Michael de Adder @deadder.bsky.social · 5d

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Michael Fenichel @drmikenyc.bsky.social · 1d

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Michael Fenichel @drmikenyc.bsky.social · 1d

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Gee, that was fun!

"Earth to Americans who still think the Emperor is wearing fine new #cognitive clothing!"... #TrumpVirus vs. #democracy #truth

Michael de Adder @deadder.bsky.social · 2d

Michael Fenichel @drmikenyc.bsky.social · 1d

#TrumpVirus vs. #Truth #democracy #rationality

George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3d

Michael Fenichel @drmikenyc.bsky.social · 1d

Tonight on @msnbc.com - @gtconway.bsky.social, as usual, hit the nail on the head as to what *should* be the main/only story:
An angry, delusional, retribution-focused Cosplay emperor with no #cognitive clothes... is still there, 'normalized'.
Attacking #Truth & #democracy like few before.

#media

Michael Fenichel @drmikenyc.bsky.social · 2d

"Based on a true story"

Borowitz:
"String of Correctly Spelled Texts from Trump Fuels Speculation That he is Dead"

open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...

Prediction: We may soon see an A.I. Avatar on TV & #truth - as we've surely been 'primed' for - who sounds sane.
"Perfect really".

#TrumpVirus

String of Correctly Spelled Texts from Trump Fuels Speculation That he is Dead

The texts were the work of someone with at least a seventh-grade education.

open.substack.com

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 3d

Referring to the abuse visited upon over a thousand girls as a “red herring” is nasty work, you asshole.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 3d

Welker: They say the house is not in session because you don't want to swear in the newly elected democratic congresswoman who would be a critical vote to releasing the Epstein files.

Johnson: It's totally absurd. This has nothing to do with that. It's another red herring.

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Michael Fenichel @drmikenyc.bsky.social · 2d

Amsterdam Canal in Night Light

The lights and colors of those canals are magical.
Sounds and movement too!

Just rediscovered this, never posted, stuck in my phone since this time last year. Nicer on a big screen!

Happy First week of October 2025!

#Amsterdam #Canals #Fenfotos #photography

Amsterdam Canal at Night

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Michael Fenichel @drmikenyc.bsky.social · 3d

"You betcha!"™️
Shovels to the ground! And no beard-o's

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The Weekend on MSNBC @theweekendmsnbc.bsky.social · Sep 6

After President Trump fired the official in charge of the labor numbers, the August jobs report is raising big questions about the health of the economy. Former Rep. Max Rose and Natasha Sarin unpack why.

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Michael Fenichel @drmikenyc.bsky.social · 3d

#Epstein #TrumpVirus #MAGAMike #GQP #truth

jb592353.bsky.social @jb592353.bsky.social · 3d

He is probably on the list!

Michael Fenichel @drmikenyc.bsky.social · 3d

#Truth, as in the opposite-truth/doublespeak #WordSalad #media world of #GQP / #TrumpVirus - is just a narrative to support the delusions and deep ignorance of Sir.

"Truth Social" has about as much truth, and is about as "social", as "Mein Kampf" - with some of the same talking points!

#oxymoron

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 4d

Oregon AG Rayfield: The first thing that might’ve told you the federal government wasn’t doing so hot was when they started off some of their arguments by talking about Truth Social as their source of facts.

Actually got a comment from the judge: “Is this really how you’re going to move forward?”

Michael Fenichel @drmikenyc.bsky.social · 3d

> Truth Social as their source of facts.

That there is the source of a whole lot of *Un* #truth, with that play toy of Sir Donald's fantasy world/reality show of opposite and #doublespeak, "the likes of which nobody's ever seen before". Except in Orwell's 1984 and Hitler/Goebbels #propaganda spew.

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Michael Fenichel @drmikenyc.bsky.social · 3d

Relevant... and literate. "Food for thought"

Why Intolerance and Extremism Happen (and how to protect democracy in a divided world)
Teri Kanefield - October 3, 2025

terikanefield.com/whyextremism...

#extremism #GQP #democracy #fascism #TrumpVirus

Why Intolerance and Extremism Happen (and how to protect democracy in a divided world) - Teri Kanefield

Hello, and welcome. I plan to take on some big questions, including: Why do some people spiral into extremism? Why does democracy seem perpetually on the brink? Why are we so divided? What can we do t...

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 3d

Why is Kevin Hassett, Director of the National Economic Council, smiling while saying this?

“If the president decides that the negotiations are absolutely going nowhere… there will start to be layoffs.”

What negotiations? Republicans aren’t even showing up to the table.

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J. Stryker | Memento Mori ☠️ @easterncoyote.bsky.social · 3d

I knew this would happen.

Fuck Israel.

"Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags" www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags

Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water

www.theguardian.com

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