Michael Carvin
@mcarvin.bsky.social
Married to a saint. Socially awkward. Liberal. Focus, attention = kryptonite
Learning→trying→failing→repeatedly to develop an app for dog owners.
Mostly politics and movies. Sometimes both.
Movies @ https://letterboxd.com/mcarvin
Learning→trying→failing→repeatedly to develop an app for dog owners.
Mostly politics and movies. Sometimes both.
Movies @ https://letterboxd.com/mcarvin
Large number bias - $9B sounds like a lot!
The US 2025 budget is ~$6.3T though.
In terms of $100 in your pocket, this $9B savings is like 14 cents.
The US 2025 budget is ~$6.3T though.
In terms of $100 in your pocket, this $9B savings is like 14 cents.
From the Trump House...
💨more hot air blowing.
Donnie Boy doesn't like NPR and PBS, so this summer, he threw his tantrum and got their funding rescinded. He also took away foreign aid from select countries. This he calls a victory. It's a tragedy. But its an end-of-year toast for them...
#Pinks
💨more hot air blowing.
Donnie Boy doesn't like NPR and PBS, so this summer, he threw his tantrum and got their funding rescinded. He also took away foreign aid from select countries. This he calls a victory. It's a tragedy. But its an end-of-year toast for them...
#Pinks
December 28, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Large number bias - $9B sounds like a lot!
The US 2025 budget is ~$6.3T though.
In terms of $100 in your pocket, this $9B savings is like 14 cents.
The US 2025 budget is ~$6.3T though.
In terms of $100 in your pocket, this $9B savings is like 14 cents.
Not to mention it's immediately south of Panama, and Venezuela's waters would be crucial to contro--, um, 'influencing' Panama Canal traffic.
December 27, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Not to mention it's immediately south of Panama, and Venezuela's waters would be crucial to contro--, um, 'influencing' Panama Canal traffic.
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Can someone please respond to Stephen Miller with this message from Frank Sinatra?
December 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Can someone please respond to Stephen Miller with this message from Frank Sinatra?
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Weird how white Afrikaners were offered asylum, but Nigerian Christians weren’t.
December 26, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Weird how white Afrikaners were offered asylum, but Nigerian Christians weren’t.
From CERN With Love
make a Bond movie academic
Protons Are Forever (unless certain grand unified theories are correct)
Protons Are Forever (unless certain grand unified theories are correct)
make a Bond movie academic
The Spy Who Loved Me: Birthright Citizenship and the Law of Alien Enemies
The Spy Who Loved Me: Birthright Citizenship and the Law of Alien Enemies
December 26, 2025 at 5:32 PM
From CERN With Love
Yes. It's the regulatory regime's fault. Certainly NOT the fault of:
- astroturf orgs combatting wind,
- grid operators like PJM,
- an Admin actively favoring fossil fuels while
- telling people solar is bad because what happens when the sun goes down.
- and yes, data centers.
- astroturf orgs combatting wind,
- grid operators like PJM,
- an Admin actively favoring fossil fuels while
- telling people solar is bad because what happens when the sun goes down.
- and yes, data centers.
December 24, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Yes. It's the regulatory regime's fault. Certainly NOT the fault of:
- astroturf orgs combatting wind,
- grid operators like PJM,
- an Admin actively favoring fossil fuels while
- telling people solar is bad because what happens when the sun goes down.
- and yes, data centers.
- astroturf orgs combatting wind,
- grid operators like PJM,
- an Admin actively favoring fossil fuels while
- telling people solar is bad because what happens when the sun goes down.
- and yes, data centers.
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1/ By now you've probably watched the 60 Minutes Bari Weiss spiked (archive.org/details/3mam...). It discusses how Venezuelans were sent to CECOT b/c of innocuous tattoos, a story that @nlanard.bsky.social and @isabelaalhadeff.bsky.social first broke open: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The men disappeared to El Salvador because of their tattoos
The Trump administration sent Venezuelans to El Salvador’s most infamous prison. Their families are looking for answers.
www.motherjones.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:56 AM
1/ By now you've probably watched the 60 Minutes Bari Weiss spiked (archive.org/details/3mam...). It discusses how Venezuelans were sent to CECOT b/c of innocuous tattoos, a story that @nlanard.bsky.social and @isabelaalhadeff.bsky.social first broke open: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
On top of that, he really looks like shit. Sounds like shit. Posture like shit. Even shittier than usual.
Yeesh. Is there some kind of a kick stand holding him up?
Yeesh. Is there some kind of a kick stand holding him up?
December 22, 2025 at 10:15 PM
On top of that, he really looks like shit. Sounds like shit. Posture like shit. Even shittier than usual.
Yeesh. Is there some kind of a kick stand holding him up?
Yeesh. Is there some kind of a kick stand holding him up?
THIS is in the White House? I really thought it was Mar a Lago.
December 22, 2025 at 10:12 PM
THIS is in the White House? I really thought it was Mar a Lago.
Good thread, and lines up with some of the recent chatter from Tiger Beat on the Potomac - low morale, problems with how Mike Johnson leads (rather, doesn't lead) and how he treats women, going to be some blockbusters leaving Congress, etc.
Thread: Some thoughts about Rep. Elise Stefanik's departure - for now from the political stage in the US, NY, #ny21 and northern NY. First, I've written for more than a decade about Stefanik's political acumen. If she thinks it's time to jump ship, the GOP should take notice. 1/
December 20, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Good thread, and lines up with some of the recent chatter from Tiger Beat on the Potomac - low morale, problems with how Mike Johnson leads (rather, doesn't lead) and how he treats women, going to be some blockbusters leaving Congress, etc.
Birthday movie
Animal Crackers (1930)
The well-known explorer and hunter Captain Spaulding has just returned from Africa, and is being welcomed home with a lavish party at the estate of influential society matron Mrs. Rittenhouse when a v...
boxd.it
December 20, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Birthday movie
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I'm having trouble finding the "America Mourns Rob and Michelle Reiner" piece from the NY Times Editorial Board.
December 16, 2025 at 5:17 AM
I'm having trouble finding the "America Mourns Rob and Michelle Reiner" piece from the NY Times Editorial Board.
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Digital content is never neutral with respect to different bodies & modes of reading, & attending to its form is essential to making scholarship genuinely open.
READ more about punctum's new Accessibility Roadmap for making our books & website more accessible for all readers:
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READ more about punctum's new Accessibility Roadmap for making our books & website more accessible for all readers:
tinyurl.com/yapbh9ej
Advancing Accessibility in Open Access Publishing
When it [accessibility] is embedded in the culture, it reinforces the mission of serving all readers. It’s not a checkbox; it’s a strategic, forward-looking commitment and means knowledge can be equal...
tinyurl.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Digital content is never neutral with respect to different bodies & modes of reading, & attending to its form is essential to making scholarship genuinely open.
READ more about punctum's new Accessibility Roadmap for making our books & website more accessible for all readers:
tinyurl.com/yapbh9ej
READ more about punctum's new Accessibility Roadmap for making our books & website more accessible for all readers:
tinyurl.com/yapbh9ej
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I've been a bit quieter than usual these past months because @astra.bsky.social and I have been going deep into what we are calling End Times Fascism. The research has been bleak, I won't lie, but it's also been inspiring.
December 12, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I've been a bit quieter than usual these past months because @astra.bsky.social and I have been going deep into what we are calling End Times Fascism. The research has been bleak, I won't lie, but it's also been inspiring.
This is one of those signs from above, I think:
- Was watching It: Chapter 2 and had no idea that PB had a cameo
- Watched What's Up Doc? ... again
- Targets came up while we were looking for something to watch Saturday night
- Was watching It: Chapter 2 and had no idea that PB had a cameo
- Watched What's Up Doc? ... again
- Targets came up while we were looking for something to watch Saturday night
"Hi, James--
Nice to meet you. What an extraordinary way to meet!!! How on earth did that picture end up
on eBay??? In a version superior to the released film?!...
Thank Heaven you bought it!!!!!"
--Peter Bogdanovich email to JK 11/1/20
PB BOOK COMING EARLY 2026
Nice to meet you. What an extraordinary way to meet!!! How on earth did that picture end up
on eBay??? In a version superior to the released film?!...
Thank Heaven you bought it!!!!!"
--Peter Bogdanovich email to JK 11/1/20
PB BOOK COMING EARLY 2026
December 10, 2025 at 4:14 PM
This is one of those signs from above, I think:
- Was watching It: Chapter 2 and had no idea that PB had a cameo
- Watched What's Up Doc? ... again
- Targets came up while we were looking for something to watch Saturday night
- Was watching It: Chapter 2 and had no idea that PB had a cameo
- Watched What's Up Doc? ... again
- Targets came up while we were looking for something to watch Saturday night
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Pet loss is real grief. Period. When an animal dies, you’re losing a friend, a routine, a source of safety and unconditional love at the same time. Your body doesn’t rank losses by species. If you’re wrecked, that reaction makes sense. #TruthBombTuesday #petloss
December 9, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Pet loss is real grief. Period. When an animal dies, you’re losing a friend, a routine, a source of safety and unconditional love at the same time. Your body doesn’t rank losses by species. If you’re wrecked, that reaction makes sense. #TruthBombTuesday #petloss
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During today's oral argument, the Trump admin and the Court’s conservatives treated agencies as some kind of headless, out-of-control fourth branch of government, accountable to no one
But the real problem isn't about a lack of reins
It's about who holds them
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/trump...
But the real problem isn't about a lack of reins
It's about who holds them
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/trump...
The Supreme Court Wants You to Believe Congress Does Not Exist
The conservative justices aren’t concerned about unaccountable federal agency heads. They are concerned about federal agency heads who aren’t accountable to their favorite president.
ballsandstrikes.org
December 8, 2025 at 10:41 PM
During today's oral argument, the Trump admin and the Court’s conservatives treated agencies as some kind of headless, out-of-control fourth branch of government, accountable to no one
But the real problem isn't about a lack of reins
It's about who holds them
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/trump...
But the real problem isn't about a lack of reins
It's about who holds them
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/trump...
"I'm like rubber. You're like glue..."
LESLEY STAHL: You contributed to the toxic culture. You were out there pounding, insulting people
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: You've contributed to it as well
STAHL: I want you to respond to what you have done in terms of insulting people
MTG: I'd like for you to respond to that
December 8, 2025 at 12:57 AM
"I'm like rubber. You're like glue..."
I guess to David Ellison, the only fair way to play is if you have Daddy and President Daddy rig the game for you.
🚨Paramount Skydance in letter to David Zaslav: “It has become increasingly clear, through media reporting and otherwise, that WBD appears to have abandoned the semblance and reality of a fair transaction process.”
December 4, 2025 at 2:39 PM
I guess to David Ellison, the only fair way to play is if you have Daddy and President Daddy rig the game for you.
I was in the “We need CNN to remain at least centrist because free press blah blah blah” crowd until I saw this.
Fuck ‘em. Let them swirl down the drain. 5 minutes of casino and sports betting commercials followed by Kalshi-sponsored segments led by Harry “gotta hand it to Trump” Enten.
Fuck ‘em. Let them swirl down the drain. 5 minutes of casino and sports betting commercials followed by Kalshi-sponsored segments led by Harry “gotta hand it to Trump” Enten.
Wtf are we doing?
"CNN partners with Kalshi to integrate prediction markets into its global newsroom. The first major news network to embrace Kalshi prediction markets."
"CNN partners with Kalshi to integrate prediction markets into its global newsroom. The first major news network to embrace Kalshi prediction markets."
December 3, 2025 at 11:26 PM
I was in the “We need CNN to remain at least centrist because free press blah blah blah” crowd until I saw this.
Fuck ‘em. Let them swirl down the drain. 5 minutes of casino and sports betting commercials followed by Kalshi-sponsored segments led by Harry “gotta hand it to Trump” Enten.
Fuck ‘em. Let them swirl down the drain. 5 minutes of casino and sports betting commercials followed by Kalshi-sponsored segments led by Harry “gotta hand it to Trump” Enten.
Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy.
Looks like I have a lot to unpack here.
Looks like I have a lot to unpack here.
December 3, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy.
Looks like I have a lot to unpack here.
Looks like I have a lot to unpack here.
““I never understood what all the disturbance was about,” [Speaker Mike Johnson] said, attributing the dispute to a breakdown in communication”
This guy doesn’t know anything about anything. Trump, his caucus, current events, anything.
2nd in line to the Presidency.
apple.news/AcG1bkeoySMa...
This guy doesn’t know anything about anything. Trump, his caucus, current events, anything.
2nd in line to the Presidency.
apple.news/AcG1bkeoySMa...
Trump Ally Elise Stefanik Attacks Speaker Johnson’s Leadership — The Wall Street Journal
In interview, New York lawmaker says Johnson losing control of House Republicans
apple.news
December 3, 2025 at 6:50 PM
““I never understood what all the disturbance was about,” [Speaker Mike Johnson] said, attributing the dispute to a breakdown in communication”
This guy doesn’t know anything about anything. Trump, his caucus, current events, anything.
2nd in line to the Presidency.
apple.news/AcG1bkeoySMa...
This guy doesn’t know anything about anything. Trump, his caucus, current events, anything.
2nd in line to the Presidency.
apple.news/AcG1bkeoySMa...
