Mike French Esq.
@mayormike.bsky.social
Abolition, potatoes, dogs.
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I had been feeling unwell this week and consulted my NP who gave me a surprise: I have whooping cough! 😳 Apparently there are a lot of cases in Idaho and the NW right now. Quarantining, taking antibiotics so I won’t be contagious, and hoping the symptoms will be mild. It takes a few days to manifest
December 20, 2025 at 5:33 AM
I had been feeling unwell this week and consulted my NP who gave me a surprise: I have whooping cough! 😳 Apparently there are a lot of cases in Idaho and the NW right now. Quarantining, taking antibiotics so I won’t be contagious, and hoping the symptoms will be mild. It takes a few days to manifest
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“it’s reasonable to ask questions about trans girls in sports” was always intended to mainstream transphobia.
It’s absurd that people fell for it. Democrats are constantly letting oppressors set the terms of debate instead of just saying “no, fuck you.”
It’s absurd that people fell for it. Democrats are constantly letting oppressors set the terms of debate instead of just saying “no, fuck you.”
December 18, 2025 at 2:12 PM
“it’s reasonable to ask questions about trans girls in sports” was always intended to mainstream transphobia.
It’s absurd that people fell for it. Democrats are constantly letting oppressors set the terms of debate instead of just saying “no, fuck you.”
It’s absurd that people fell for it. Democrats are constantly letting oppressors set the terms of debate instead of just saying “no, fuck you.”
Boiseans the wind is no joke today: do not make unnecessary journeys.
a person is talking on a cell phone while wearing a black hat .
Alt: a british reporter is caught in a storm begging people to 'not make unnecessary journeys'
media.tenor.com
December 17, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Boiseans the wind is no joke today: do not make unnecessary journeys.
never forget that AI is just an energy plant belching fossil fuels
December 16, 2025 at 1:05 PM
never forget that AI is just an energy plant belching fossil fuels
panto more like
“American Canto,” one of the most hyped political books of the year, flopped in bookstores.
Olivia Nuzzi’s ‘Canto’ Sells Just 1,200 Print Copies In First Week
“American Canto,” one of the most hyped political books of the year, flopped in bookstores.
www.forbes.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM
panto more like
Fighting authoritarianism: warm fall colors, flattering boots, coordinated plaids.
December 11, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Fighting authoritarianism: warm fall colors, flattering boots, coordinated plaids.
god im so annoying, but actually, times new roman is an unreadable font which is why federal courts moved to century schoolbook
December 10, 2025 at 8:22 PM
god im so annoying, but actually, times new roman is an unreadable font which is why federal courts moved to century schoolbook
call it a prison, call it a detention center, the conditions are the same and are an indictment of our culture
December 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
call it a prison, call it a detention center, the conditions are the same and are an indictment of our culture
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So many bad-faith attacks on Zack Polanski.
His own partner works in palliative care!
About a third of carers are migrants.
Among other things, Labour has banned them from bringing their partners and kids here.
Labour pretending to care about them is nauseating.
His own partner works in palliative care!
About a third of carers are migrants.
Among other things, Labour has banned them from bringing their partners and kids here.
Labour pretending to care about them is nauseating.
December 8, 2025 at 6:19 PM
So many bad-faith attacks on Zack Polanski.
His own partner works in palliative care!
About a third of carers are migrants.
Among other things, Labour has banned them from bringing their partners and kids here.
Labour pretending to care about them is nauseating.
His own partner works in palliative care!
About a third of carers are migrants.
Among other things, Labour has banned them from bringing their partners and kids here.
Labour pretending to care about them is nauseating.
studying with English barbri and end of every lecture is like 'and now, go have a cup of tea, maybe a cake.....'
December 4, 2025 at 6:23 PM
studying with English barbri and end of every lecture is like 'and now, go have a cup of tea, maybe a cake.....'
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Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
December 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
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today is the first time since 1988 that the united states is not observing world AIDS day
in fact, per STAT, the state department has forbidden federal employees AND GRANTEES to not utilize any funding to promote or commemorate this day
in fact, per STAT, the state department has forbidden federal employees AND GRANTEES to not utilize any funding to promote or commemorate this day
December 1, 2025 at 2:37 PM
today is the first time since 1988 that the united states is not observing world AIDS day
in fact, per STAT, the state department has forbidden federal employees AND GRANTEES to not utilize any funding to promote or commemorate this day
in fact, per STAT, the state department has forbidden federal employees AND GRANTEES to not utilize any funding to promote or commemorate this day
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Just for absolute clarity, the government’s proscription of Palestine Action is a self-evident farce, deeply unethical and morally bankrupt. It is an unforgivable waste of time and resources, and makes them look both deeply unserious and as ideologically compromised as they clearly are.
November 30, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Just for absolute clarity, the government’s proscription of Palestine Action is a self-evident farce, deeply unethical and morally bankrupt. It is an unforgivable waste of time and resources, and makes them look both deeply unserious and as ideologically compromised as they clearly are.
when will futbol coverage dedicate a chyron to the crowd chants? give the people what they want.
November 26, 2025 at 8:44 PM
when will futbol coverage dedicate a chyron to the crowd chants? give the people what they want.
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No contract, no coffee.
We don’t believe in sitting on the sidelines. Join our Transition co-chair @linamkhan.bsky.social , First Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan & @sbworkersunited.org at the picket lines.
We don’t believe in sitting on the sidelines. Join our Transition co-chair @linamkhan.bsky.social , First Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan & @sbworkersunited.org at the picket lines.
November 26, 2025 at 5:54 PM
No contract, no coffee.
We don’t believe in sitting on the sidelines. Join our Transition co-chair @linamkhan.bsky.social , First Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan & @sbworkersunited.org at the picket lines.
We don’t believe in sitting on the sidelines. Join our Transition co-chair @linamkhan.bsky.social , First Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan & @sbworkersunited.org at the picket lines.
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This is journalism. *Martin Scorsese looks straight into camera*
People are calling my lede here "appalling," "nightmare fuel," "actively evil," and "a desecration of the human spirit"
The Olivia Nuzzi and RFK Jr. Affair Is Messier Than We Ever Could Have Imagined
Inside the most important, and also least important, story of our time
www.theringer.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:06 AM
This is journalism. *Martin Scorsese looks straight into camera*
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
just saw the most beautifully dressed person in a glorious wool coat...with the tacking stitch still in. do people realize this has a diaper effect?
November 21, 2025 at 7:40 PM
just saw the most beautifully dressed person in a glorious wool coat...with the tacking stitch still in. do people realize this has a diaper effect?
i refuse to learn cricket.
November 21, 2025 at 2:30 PM
i refuse to learn cricket.
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The problem with Summers is not his ‘association’ with Epstein, it’s *his* descriptions of *his own* actions and motives.
November 18, 2025 at 11:11 PM
The problem with Summers is not his ‘association’ with Epstein, it’s *his* descriptions of *his own* actions and motives.
the fact that no one has commented about the fact that Guiffre first being trafficked by a guy called Epperstein is too on the nose tells me readers of Lolita missed its point. #humberthumbert
November 18, 2025 at 5:19 PM
the fact that no one has commented about the fact that Guiffre first being trafficked by a guy called Epperstein is too on the nose tells me readers of Lolita missed its point. #humberthumbert
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I spoke to Mahmood Mamdani about his new book, his expulsion from Uganda, his son Zohran, and *that* NYT article.
Mahmood Mamdani on Zohran, Uganda and forced expulsion: ‘Who is part of the nation and who is not?’
After being expelled from his homeland in 1972, the academic has grappled with questions of political belonging – a major theme of his son’s mayoral campaign
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I spoke to Mahmood Mamdani about his new book, his expulsion from Uganda, his son Zohran, and *that* NYT article.