Matthew McIver
@mamikgibar.bsky.social
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This was a word AND he cussed 😂
September 14, 2025 at 11:47 PM
This was a word AND he cussed 😂
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RIP Tom Lehrer, truly one of the greatest to ever do it, a satirist beyond compare, a brilliant wordsmith, a cheeky fellow, I loved him and his work beyond reason.
Tom Lehrer, Musical Satirist With a Dark Streak, Dies at 97
www.nytimes.com
July 27, 2025 at 5:07 PM
RIP Tom Lehrer, truly one of the greatest to ever do it, a satirist beyond compare, a brilliant wordsmith, a cheeky fellow, I loved him and his work beyond reason.
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Trump is such an unbelievable chump — the Qataris have been trying to unload this lemon for 5 years. Now they found their sucker.
May 22, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Trump is such an unbelievable chump — the Qataris have been trying to unload this lemon for 5 years. Now they found their sucker.
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Hey, if the media is interested in a cover-up of a senile president who's not really in control of his White House, there's one going on right now?
May 22, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Hey, if the media is interested in a cover-up of a senile president who's not really in control of his White House, there's one going on right now?
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Trump Admin II is going to substantially weaken the United States in the world—purging generals, undermining alliances, etc.—because their priority is authoritarian power at home.
Of the 13 civil-military pathologies Narang and Talmadge tested (2018), both purges and excluding officers for political reasons were associated with future defeat in conflict. www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
Exclusive | Trump Draft Executive Order Would Create Board to Purge Generals
The panel could upend the military review process and raise concerns about the politicization of the military.
www.wsj.com
November 13, 2024 at 12:19 AM
Trump Admin II is going to substantially weaken the United States in the world—purging generals, undermining alliances, etc.—because their priority is authoritarian power at home.
Whoever is carrying on this unreasonable vendetta, your demand for no tall grandmas will be defeated!
Welp. We must be reaching critical mass on Bluesky if you’re getting #notallgrandmas in your replies.
October 19, 2023 at 10:26 AM
Whoever is carrying on this unreasonable vendetta, your demand for no tall grandmas will be defeated!
It’s a shame scholastic does not support books and authors.
Scholastic said that its elementary-school book fairs would now have a separate section for titles that deal with race, gender and sexuality — a response to dozens of state laws that restrict how those subjects are discussed in schools
For Book Fairs, Scholastic Will Separate Titles That Deal With Race and Gender
Schools can opt to display these books — or not. The list includes biographies of the civil rights icon John Lewis and Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.
www.nytimes.com
October 19, 2023 at 10:23 AM
It’s a shame scholastic does not support books and authors.
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Miller-Meeks has a terrific candidate running against her—I’d encourage people to toss Christina Bohannon a couple of bucks if you find this statement as ridiculous as I did.
I just gave to Christina Bohannan!
Show your support with a contribution.
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October 18, 2023 at 11:15 PM
Miller-Meeks has a terrific candidate running against her—I’d encourage people to toss Christina Bohannon a couple of bucks if you find this statement as ridiculous as I did.
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A statement where she bemoans receiving death threats for not supporting a guy who plotted to overturn the election but was ends talking about the “insane policies of the Biden administration” says so much
Rep. MILLER-MEEKS releases a statement saying that since she changed her vote to no on Jordan, “I have received credible death threats and a barrage of threatening calls. … One thing I cannot stomach, or support is a bully.”
October 18, 2023 at 11:08 PM
A statement where she bemoans receiving death threats for not supporting a guy who plotted to overturn the election but was ends talking about the “insane policies of the Biden administration” says so much
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"Crows don't care who wrote the books. Crows ARE the books."
Honestly I've never heard anything more well put in all my life. As authors, we can only succeed by disappearing. We may as well not exist at all. The reader shouldn't care who wrote the book. The reader IS the story.
Honestly I've never heard anything more well put in all my life. As authors, we can only succeed by disappearing. We may as well not exist at all. The reader shouldn't care who wrote the book. The reader IS the story.
October 19, 2023 at 3:59 AM
"Crows don't care who wrote the books. Crows ARE the books."
Honestly I've never heard anything more well put in all my life. As authors, we can only succeed by disappearing. We may as well not exist at all. The reader shouldn't care who wrote the book. The reader IS the story.
Honestly I've never heard anything more well put in all my life. As authors, we can only succeed by disappearing. We may as well not exist at all. The reader shouldn't care who wrote the book. The reader IS the story.
. @lindaholmes.bsky.social would ask if a majority that cannot elect a speaker is actually a majority.
lol I was happy with that one
October 19, 2023 at 10:15 AM
. @lindaholmes.bsky.social would ask if a majority that cannot elect a speaker is actually a majority.
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If you follow me, you know what I’m about to say.
A majority. That cannot agree. On a Speaker. Is functionally. Not. A majority.
A majority. That cannot agree. On a Speaker. Is functionally. Not. A majority.
October 17, 2023 at 5:27 PM
If you follow me, you know what I’m about to say.
A majority. That cannot agree. On a Speaker. Is functionally. Not. A majority.
A majority. That cannot agree. On a Speaker. Is functionally. Not. A majority.
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This is the way.
Without the library, I wouldn't have access to even a quarter of the banned/challenged titles I've read recently.
I request books all the time, too!
I request books all the time, too!
October 17, 2023 at 8:53 PM
This is the way.
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I've said this before and people are always pretty surprised:
There are no fact checkers in non-fiction publishing. The author is responsible for it, and can pay someone to do it, but your publisher will not. This is because publishing is about selling, not about being truthful.
There are no fact checkers in non-fiction publishing. The author is responsible for it, and can pay someone to do it, but your publisher will not. This is because publishing is about selling, not about being truthful.
What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders?
I'll start: Amazon makes more money out of their Cloud services than out of their e-commerce platform.
I'll start: Amazon makes more money out of their Cloud services than out of their e-commerce platform.
October 18, 2023 at 2:33 AM
I've said this before and people are always pretty surprised:
There are no fact checkers in non-fiction publishing. The author is responsible for it, and can pay someone to do it, but your publisher will not. This is because publishing is about selling, not about being truthful.
There are no fact checkers in non-fiction publishing. The author is responsible for it, and can pay someone to do it, but your publisher will not. This is because publishing is about selling, not about being truthful.
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“Human rights should, can, and do apply to all humans” is not and should not be a radical statement.
The amount of effort that some people go to try to obscure this basic concept is truly wild.
The amount of effort that some people go to try to obscure this basic concept is truly wild.
October 18, 2023 at 5:33 PM
“Human rights should, can, and do apply to all humans” is not and should not be a radical statement.
The amount of effort that some people go to try to obscure this basic concept is truly wild.
The amount of effort that some people go to try to obscure this basic concept is truly wild.
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And it looks like the reason for that coup was that McCarthy had initiated an inquiry into the charges of sexual misconduct and financial wrongdoing by Rep. Matt Gates (R-FL)
www.nytimes.com/2023/10/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2023/10/03/u...
Gaetz’s Ouster of McCarthy Draws Attention to His Ethics Issues
Representative Matt Gaetz is facing a House Committee inquiry into allegations of sexual misconduct and misuse of funds. Representative Kevin McCarthy has argued Mr. Gaetz’s move against his speaker...
www.nytimes.com
October 14, 2023 at 7:59 PM
And it looks like the reason for that coup was that McCarthy had initiated an inquiry into the charges of sexual misconduct and financial wrongdoing by Rep. Matt Gates (R-FL)
www.nytimes.com/2023/10/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2023/10/03/u...
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this isn't an "echo" of Jim Crow; it's a studied, rehearsed, recital of it.
69-year-old Marsha Ervin holds up the voter registration card the state of Florida gave her.
Less than two weeks before, police knocked on her door just before 3 a.m. and arrested her for alleged voter fraud. “This is about voter intimidation.”
Less than two weeks before, police knocked on her door just before 3 a.m. and arrested her for alleged voter fraud. “This is about voter intimidation.”
Civil rights leaders, advocacy groups join defense of Florida woman accused of voter fraud
Renowned civil rights attorney Ben Crump and advocacy groups are defending a Florida 69-year-old woman arrested at 3 a.m. for alleged voter fraud.
www.tallahassee.com
October 11, 2023 at 4:01 PM
this isn't an "echo" of Jim Crow; it's a studied, rehearsed, recital of it.
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The cops coming to arrest someone on bullshit charges of voter fraud is already bad enough.
But showing up to arrest a 69-year-old woman in the middle of the night?
Jesus Christ, Florida.
But showing up to arrest a 69-year-old woman in the middle of the night?
Jesus Christ, Florida.
69-year-old Marsha Ervin holds up the voter registration card the state of Florida gave her.
Less than two weeks before, police knocked on her door just before 3 a.m. and arrested her for alleged voter fraud. “This is about voter intimidation.”
Less than two weeks before, police knocked on her door just before 3 a.m. and arrested her for alleged voter fraud. “This is about voter intimidation.”
Civil rights leaders, advocacy groups join defense of Florida woman accused of voter fraud
Renowned civil rights attorney Ben Crump and advocacy groups are defending a Florida 69-year-old woman arrested at 3 a.m. for alleged voter fraud.
www.tallahassee.com
October 11, 2023 at 4:41 PM
The cops coming to arrest someone on bullshit charges of voter fraud is already bad enough.
But showing up to arrest a 69-year-old woman in the middle of the night?
Jesus Christ, Florida.
But showing up to arrest a 69-year-old woman in the middle of the night?
Jesus Christ, Florida.
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This video of Tommy Tuberville wiping out on the stairs needs to get as many remixes as Boston Cop In The Slide
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-deC...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-deC...
Senator Tommy Tuberville Falls Down The Stairs Getting Off Airplane
www.youtube.com
October 11, 2023 at 5:01 PM
This video of Tommy Tuberville wiping out on the stairs needs to get as many remixes as Boston Cop In The Slide
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-deC...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-deC...
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What’s been happening to Twitter is not politically neutral. Musk’s actions have had a clear political valence. He sees himself as a brave crusader against dangers of “wokeism” and has worked to make Twitter a more hostile environment for those he perceives to be on the “left.”
The past few days were a stark reminder of how unbelievably more toxic Twitter/X has become and how it’s lost most of its utility as a political communications platform. I wrote this a while ago - I think it’s still relevant:
On the sabotage of Twitter, and what democracy is losing
(Thread: 1/)
On the sabotage of Twitter, and what democracy is losing
(Thread: 1/)
The Sabotage of Twitter Is a Disaster for Democracy
Thoughts on Musk’s destruction of the virtual public square – and what democracy is losing
thomaszimmer.substack.com
October 11, 2023 at 12:24 AM
What’s been happening to Twitter is not politically neutral. Musk’s actions have had a clear political valence. He sees himself as a brave crusader against dangers of “wokeism” and has worked to make Twitter a more hostile environment for those he perceives to be on the “left.”
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If you check out the local news about the poorest part of your county, I bet you'll find stories about a water or waste management agency that's in big trouble or about to be privatized
This story is being repeated in low-income communities across the country: poor and working class people are being forced to pay big for decades of mismanagement of public goods and neglect by government officials
For decades, residents in rural Alabama have complained about monthly water bills as high as $7,500. Now, the utility is threatening to disconnect service or condemn their homes. capitalbnews.org/alabama-wate...
October 11, 2023 at 2:00 PM
If you check out the local news about the poorest part of your county, I bet you'll find stories about a water or waste management agency that's in big trouble or about to be privatized
As an Iowa parent--no, these are not the same.
Cool cool NYT just out here saying that a family that moved to a red state because people in Portland are homeless and do drugs is somehow equivalent to a family that moved to a blue state because IOWA OUTLAWED THEIR CHILD www.nytimes.com/2023/10/07/u...
Two Families Got Fed Up With Their States’ Politics. So They Moved Out.
The Nobles of Iowa moved to blue Minnesota. The Huckinses of Oregon moved to red Missouri. Their separate journeys, five weeks apart, illustrate the fracturing of America.
www.nytimes.com
October 10, 2023 at 4:22 PM
As an Iowa parent--no, these are not the same.
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Putting up the Showrunner Rules here in one thread. Pass them on. Argue their relevancy. Use them to line the bottom of the budgie cage. As you see fit...
October 9, 2023 at 8:59 PM
Putting up the Showrunner Rules here in one thread. Pass them on. Argue their relevancy. Use them to line the bottom of the budgie cage. As you see fit...