Michael Apgar
@mapgar.bsky.social
1/3 Willow Rosenberg. 1/3 David Fisher. 1/3 Liz Lemon.
(He/Him)
Please enjoy the silly little TV/Film charts and graphs I make over @ https://bsky.app/profile/popculturecharts.bsky.social
(He/Him)
Please enjoy the silly little TV/Film charts and graphs I make over @ https://bsky.app/profile/popculturecharts.bsky.social
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Michael Apgar
@mapgar.bsky.social
· Sep 4
I think one thing we need more of over here is more silly fun accounts.
Relatedly, please enjoy and follow my new account where I take data about TV shows and movies and make charts and graphs.
Relatedly, please enjoy and follow my new account where I take data about TV shows and movies and make charts and graphs.
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The president is a political cartoon of corruption come to life, a gaudy grifter who is selling off pardons and lining his pockets, building a golden ballroom and protecting his fellow sex predator elites, all the while regular Americans are suffering and struggling to make ends meet.
Run on *that*
Run on *that*
November 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The president is a political cartoon of corruption come to life, a gaudy grifter who is selling off pardons and lining his pockets, building a golden ballroom and protecting his fellow sex predator elites, all the while regular Americans are suffering and struggling to make ends meet.
Run on *that*
Run on *that*
I'm gonna hear nothing about this Avatar. It's going to somehow once again become the highest-grossing film in history. Then I will hear nothing about it again for three years.
November 30, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I'm gonna hear nothing about this Avatar. It's going to somehow once again become the highest-grossing film in history. Then I will hear nothing about it again for three years.
Reposted by Michael Apgar
In case you’re wondering why Pete Hegseth is freaking out about a congressional video reminding the military not to participate in illegal orders:
To put a finer point on this whole thing: "Two people with direct knowledge of the operation" — presumably uniformed military leaders — are accusing the U.S. Secretary of Defense of personally ordering specific war crimes. That's a historic accusation.
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 12:14 AM
In case you’re wondering why Pete Hegseth is freaking out about a congressional video reminding the military not to participate in illegal orders:
Post something random or you’ll have an awful December.
November 28, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Post something random or you’ll have an awful December.
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Just because you weren’t alive the last time these diseases killed hundreds of thousands of children doesn’t mean they won’t kill hundreds of thousands more.
Please, if you love your children, get them vaccinated.
Please, if you love your children, get them vaccinated.
Third unvaccinated Kentucky baby dies of whooping cough.
Pertussis, best prevented with a vaccine, has killed three Kentucky babies in the last 12 months.
kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/25/t...
Pertussis, best prevented with a vaccine, has killed three Kentucky babies in the last 12 months.
kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/25/t...
Third unvaccinated Kentucky baby dies of whooping cough • Kentucky Lantern
A third unvaccinated infant in Kentucky has died of pertussis as public health officials urge Kentuckians to get vaccinated against the disease.
kentuckylantern.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Just because you weren’t alive the last time these diseases killed hundreds of thousands of children doesn’t mean they won’t kill hundreds of thousands more.
Please, if you love your children, get them vaccinated.
Please, if you love your children, get them vaccinated.
Me on a redeye listening to a million sodas and bags opening around me
November 26, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Me on a redeye listening to a million sodas and bags opening around me
There’s no just world where Noem doesn’t wind up in prison.
BREAKING:
“After receiving that legal advice, Secretary Noem directed that the AEA detainees who had been removed from the United States before the Court’s order could be transferred to the custody of El Salvador. “
“After receiving that legal advice, Secretary Noem directed that the AEA detainees who had been removed from the United States before the Court’s order could be transferred to the custody of El Salvador. “
November 26, 2025 at 3:12 AM
There’s no just world where Noem doesn’t wind up in prison.
Jim Cramer suggesting to buy stocks is a recession indicator.
November 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Jim Cramer suggesting to buy stocks is a recession indicator.
Defunctland with another banger, this one with some interesting questions about AI, entertainment, and the limits of innovation.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyIg...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyIg...
Disney's Living Characters: A Broken Promise
YouTube video by Defunctland
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Defunctland with another banger, this one with some interesting questions about AI, entertainment, and the limits of innovation.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyIg...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyIg...
Reposted by Michael Apgar
How AP News whitewashes genocide.
TESTING THE CEASEFIRE??
Israel is *BREAKING* the ceasefire. Do you really think this would be the headline if Hamas killed 24 Israelis?
AP doesn’t even have the integrity to say Israel killed Palestinians. “Are dead” is passive to avoid attributing liability.
TESTING THE CEASEFIRE??
Israel is *BREAKING* the ceasefire. Do you really think this would be the headline if Hamas killed 24 Israelis?
AP doesn’t even have the integrity to say Israel killed Palestinians. “Are dead” is passive to avoid attributing liability.
November 22, 2025 at 9:41 PM
How AP News whitewashes genocide.
TESTING THE CEASEFIRE??
Israel is *BREAKING* the ceasefire. Do you really think this would be the headline if Hamas killed 24 Israelis?
AP doesn’t even have the integrity to say Israel killed Palestinians. “Are dead” is passive to avoid attributing liability.
TESTING THE CEASEFIRE??
Israel is *BREAKING* the ceasefire. Do you really think this would be the headline if Hamas killed 24 Israelis?
AP doesn’t even have the integrity to say Israel killed Palestinians. “Are dead” is passive to avoid attributing liability.
It's like the Roblox CEO saw that bit from Mythic Quest and was just like 'actually I can do worse than this' kotaku.com/roblox-new-y...
Roblox CEO Makes A Fool Of Himself In Car-Crash Interview
David Baszucki spoke to the New York Times' Hard Fork podcast about the app's pedophile problem
kotaku.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:28 AM
It's like the Roblox CEO saw that bit from Mythic Quest and was just like 'actually I can do worse than this' kotaku.com/roblox-new-y...
Again, one of the most important things to understand about Trump is that he has no ideology outside of 'were they nice to me'
November 21, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Again, one of the most important things to understand about Trump is that he has no ideology outside of 'were they nice to me'
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we gotta keep hammering over and over again just how fucking unpopular this guy is with every institution and every person in a position of power
people hate him and people will hate you for capitulating to him
people hate him and people will hate you for capitulating to him
Enten: "This is probably the worst 10 day period for the president in the polls his entire second term. The numbers are just atrocious ... when your best poll has you 14 points underwater, you know it's truly bad and it's as bad as 26 points underwater ... -43 with independents! They despise him."
November 21, 2025 at 6:07 PM
we gotta keep hammering over and over again just how fucking unpopular this guy is with every institution and every person in a position of power
people hate him and people will hate you for capitulating to him
people hate him and people will hate you for capitulating to him
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I am haunted by the thought that they simply wanted to legitimize what has long been "the norm." 🤔
"A Marine who served from 1982 to 2010 said extremist tattoos, swastikas and other Nazi memorabilia were common in barracks and on wall lockers." 👇
"A Marine who served from 1982 to 2010 said extremist tattoos, swastikas and other Nazi memorabilia were common in barracks and on wall lockers." 👇
November 21, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I am haunted by the thought that they simply wanted to legitimize what has long been "the norm." 🤔
"A Marine who served from 1982 to 2010 said extremist tattoos, swastikas and other Nazi memorabilia were common in barracks and on wall lockers." 👇
"A Marine who served from 1982 to 2010 said extremist tattoos, swastikas and other Nazi memorabilia were common in barracks and on wall lockers." 👇
FYI
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 6:34 PM
FYI
Reposted by Michael Apgar
Another woman killed by an abortion ban.
NEW:
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
www.propublica.org
November 19, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Another woman killed by an abortion ban.
I want a reckoning for the AI bros and for the investment class. The 'smart' 'professional' people who consistently fail to interrogate the strength of these music men's promises.
Rich people looking to get richer quick are the easiest to con. The fate of our economy shouldn't be in their hands.
Rich people looking to get richer quick are the easiest to con. The fate of our economy shouldn't be in their hands.
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:22 AM
I want a reckoning for the AI bros and for the investment class. The 'smart' 'professional' people who consistently fail to interrogate the strength of these music men's promises.
Rich people looking to get richer quick are the easiest to con. The fate of our economy shouldn't be in their hands.
Rich people looking to get richer quick are the easiest to con. The fate of our economy shouldn't be in their hands.
Reposted by Michael Apgar
i'd say it did. the public put a group of thieves, vandals and extremists in office last november and they promptly went about destroying everything that might work to limit their ability to loot, steal and inflicting pain on the people they hate
This whole NYT account about the weaponization of DOJ is beyond disturbing. Kinda feels like the US government fell in January.
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
November 17, 2025 at 2:19 PM
i'd say it did. the public put a group of thieves, vandals and extremists in office last november and they promptly went about destroying everything that might work to limit their ability to loot, steal and inflicting pain on the people they hate
To be fair normally if you want access to America's most sensitive classified information you just have to go into the bathroom at Mar A Lago
“FBI Director Kash Patel granted waivers to Deputy Director Dan Bongino and two other newly hired senior FBI staff members, exempting them from passing polygraph exams normally required to gain access to America’s most sensitive classified information…”
www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...
www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...
FBI Director Kash Patel Waived Polygraph Security Screening for Dan Bongino, Two Other Senior Staff
As the FBI’s deputy director, Bongino receives some of the country’s most sensitive secrets, including the President’s Daily Brief. His ascent to that position without passing a standard bureau backgr...
www.propublica.org
November 16, 2025 at 7:11 PM
To be fair normally if you want access to America's most sensitive classified information you just have to go into the bathroom at Mar A Lago
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"ProPublica’s reporting debunks the idea of a ’Tren de Aragua complex' taken over by a horde of terrorists. We found no criminal convictions for 18 of the 21 Venezuelans we identified. Three of the men had been charged with offenses ... but in each case the charges were dropped."
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
www.propublica.org
November 16, 2025 at 6:29 PM
"ProPublica’s reporting debunks the idea of a ’Tren de Aragua complex' taken over by a horde of terrorists. We found no criminal convictions for 18 of the 21 Venezuelans we identified. Three of the men had been charged with offenses ... but in each case the charges were dropped."
AI will tell someone that suicide is a good idea because it doesn't have empathy.
Because the people who programmed it don't value that.
Their goal is to make an omnipotent sociopath to govern every aspect of our lives.
Because they saw a bunch of sci-fi stories and understood none of them.
Because the people who programmed it don't value that.
Their goal is to make an omnipotent sociopath to govern every aspect of our lives.
Because they saw a bunch of sci-fi stories and understood none of them.
November 15, 2025 at 4:39 PM
AI will tell someone that suicide is a good idea because it doesn't have empathy.
Because the people who programmed it don't value that.
Their goal is to make an omnipotent sociopath to govern every aspect of our lives.
Because they saw a bunch of sci-fi stories and understood none of them.
Because the people who programmed it don't value that.
Their goal is to make an omnipotent sociopath to govern every aspect of our lives.
Because they saw a bunch of sci-fi stories and understood none of them.
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This is rape culture.
This is why so many people don’t come forward.
A young girl was being bullied at school by a boy who made AI generated nudes of her.
She told the principal. She told the guidance counsellor. They didn’t stop it.
Finally she hit the boy responsible, and SHE got expelled:
This is why so many people don’t come forward.
A young girl was being bullied at school by a boy who made AI generated nudes of her.
She told the principal. She told the guidance counsellor. They didn’t stop it.
Finally she hit the boy responsible, and SHE got expelled:
A Louisiana girl hit a boy who was sharing deepfake nude photos of her. She was expelled.
“This girl was abused,” one of the family’s attorneys said, noting that she endured sexual exploitation and harassment. And the expulsion “was like pouring salt in the wound.”
www.nola.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:22 PM
This is rape culture.
This is why so many people don’t come forward.
A young girl was being bullied at school by a boy who made AI generated nudes of her.
She told the principal. She told the guidance counsellor. They didn’t stop it.
Finally she hit the boy responsible, and SHE got expelled:
This is why so many people don’t come forward.
A young girl was being bullied at school by a boy who made AI generated nudes of her.
She told the principal. She told the guidance counsellor. They didn’t stop it.
Finally she hit the boy responsible, and SHE got expelled:
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Never forget the same people defending pedophilia have spent years trying to convince the public that drag queens and trans people are a threat to children.
It’s all smoke and mirrors to allow the real predators to roam free.
It’s all smoke and mirrors to allow the real predators to roam free.
November 14, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Never forget the same people defending pedophilia have spent years trying to convince the public that drag queens and trans people are a threat to children.
It’s all smoke and mirrors to allow the real predators to roam free.
It’s all smoke and mirrors to allow the real predators to roam free.
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A Black Hawk helicopter. SWAT teams repelling to the roof. 300 agents. Flash-bang grenades. A TV crew.
“It’s 20,000 of them running through my house like we got Saddam Hussein in the closet."
For all that, fed prosecutors filed no criminal charges against anyone who was arrested.
Stunning report.
“It’s 20,000 of them running through my house like we got Saddam Hussein in the closet."
For all that, fed prosecutors filed no criminal charges against anyone who was arrested.
Stunning report.
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
www.propublica.org
November 13, 2025 at 2:35 PM
A Black Hawk helicopter. SWAT teams repelling to the roof. 300 agents. Flash-bang grenades. A TV crew.
“It’s 20,000 of them running through my house like we got Saddam Hussein in the closet."
For all that, fed prosecutors filed no criminal charges against anyone who was arrested.
Stunning report.
“It’s 20,000 of them running through my house like we got Saddam Hussein in the closet."
For all that, fed prosecutors filed no criminal charges against anyone who was arrested.
Stunning report.
Reposted by Michael Apgar
The Epstein story gets a something that is tearing at the heart of the electorate: elite impunity. The idea that wealthy and powerful people can do terrible things *at scale* and face no consequences for them. Whatever political party actually stops it could rule the country for a generation.
November 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The Epstein story gets a something that is tearing at the heart of the electorate: elite impunity. The idea that wealthy and powerful people can do terrible things *at scale* and face no consequences for them. Whatever political party actually stops it could rule the country for a generation.