Aloysius, Michael
@michael-aloysius.bsky.social
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“Other people can talk about how to expand the destiny of mankind. I just want to talk about how to fix a motorcycle. I think that what I have to say has more lasting value.” - Robert Pirsig
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Your annual reminder that US streets and vehicles are generally not designed to keep pedestrians, especially small ones, safe.
So wonderful Halloween is the most likely day you’ll kill a child with your car, and someone will kill a child you care about with theirs.
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
So wonderful Halloween is the most likely day you’ll kill a child with your car, and someone will kill a child you care about with theirs.
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
October 30, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Your annual reminder that US streets and vehicles are generally not designed to keep pedestrians, especially small ones, safe.
So wonderful Halloween is the most likely day you’ll kill a child with your car, and someone will kill a child you care about with theirs.
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
So wonderful Halloween is the most likely day you’ll kill a child with your car, and someone will kill a child you care about with theirs.
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
As a kid in the ‘80s I loved all these characters. I think I just happened to be at the right age to not question whether these were they were authentic. It was a developmental suspension of disbelief. Now I find characters like this corny, but I still have nostalgia for Pee-wee and Macho Man.
the 80s had a high density of celebrities whose authenticity was hard to figure out, as a kid. like, was Mr. T a real guy? he was like that in shows/movies but also in interviews? or pee wee, elvira, max headroom, various wrestlers. even alf was on celebrity squares. it was a confusing time.
October 22, 2025 at 1:21 PM
As a kid in the ‘80s I loved all these characters. I think I just happened to be at the right age to not question whether these were they were authentic. It was a developmental suspension of disbelief. Now I find characters like this corny, but I still have nostalgia for Pee-wee and Macho Man.
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Everyone who has a stake in America should read pages 96 through 100 of Judge Young's opinion. (I mean, read the whole thing, of course. But those pages are more broadly important.)
I'm skimming, but this paragraph stood out:
September 30, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Everyone who has a stake in America should read pages 96 through 100 of Judge Young's opinion. (I mean, read the whole thing, of course. But those pages are more broadly important.)
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Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
September 18, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
August 28, 2025 at 2:17 AM
July 30, 2025 at 11:26 PM
There is something deeply troubling in the American psyche that extends all the way into the federal government. “He told me he likes seeing me on TV” is the language of a person in an abusive relationship. These are men at the top of the world who are desperate to feel loved.
July 3, 2025 at 4:07 PM
There is something deeply troubling in the American psyche that extends all the way into the federal government. “He told me he likes seeing me on TV” is the language of a person in an abusive relationship. These are men at the top of the world who are desperate to feel loved.
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Trump has effectively launched the U.S. into war without congressional approval, without a declaration, and entirely on impulse.
Call your Congressperson and demand Congress to speak out and to take immediate action to stop the U.S. from entering a full-scale war.
Call your Congressperson and demand Congress to speak out and to take immediate action to stop the U.S. from entering a full-scale war.
June 22, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Trump has effectively launched the U.S. into war without congressional approval, without a declaration, and entirely on impulse.
Call your Congressperson and demand Congress to speak out and to take immediate action to stop the U.S. from entering a full-scale war.
Call your Congressperson and demand Congress to speak out and to take immediate action to stop the U.S. from entering a full-scale war.
I’ve been experimenting with making giant ice cubes for drinks. This one was too big and I had to trim it down to fit in a rocks glass.
June 21, 2025 at 2:09 AM
I’ve been experimenting with making giant ice cubes for drinks. This one was too big and I had to trim it down to fit in a rocks glass.
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Just some creepy armed Mad Max guys trying to gain entry to Dodgers Stadium.
ICE says it wasn’t them. DHS says they were Border Patrol. But honestly who the hell knows? They’ve given permission for any psycho to put on a ski mask, point a gun, grab people & throw them into an unmarked vehicle.
ICE says it wasn’t them. DHS says they were Border Patrol. But honestly who the hell knows? They’ve given permission for any psycho to put on a ski mask, point a gun, grab people & throw them into an unmarked vehicle.
June 19, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Just some creepy armed Mad Max guys trying to gain entry to Dodgers Stadium.
ICE says it wasn’t them. DHS says they were Border Patrol. But honestly who the hell knows? They’ve given permission for any psycho to put on a ski mask, point a gun, grab people & throw them into an unmarked vehicle.
ICE says it wasn’t them. DHS says they were Border Patrol. But honestly who the hell knows? They’ve given permission for any psycho to put on a ski mask, point a gun, grab people & throw them into an unmarked vehicle.
One of the things I hate about the trump era is these constant red herrings. Every day there is a new topic on which we must express an opinion. The issue is always of low importance and distracts us from what matters. All the chatter around the topic of the day is more noise. This time it’s flags.
June 18, 2025 at 2:28 PM
One of the things I hate about the trump era is these constant red herrings. Every day there is a new topic on which we must express an opinion. The issue is always of low importance and distracts us from what matters. All the chatter around the topic of the day is more noise. This time it’s flags.
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A top staffer to Sen. Tina Smith emailed Sen. Mike Lee’s top staffers on Monday about “how much additional pain you’ve caused on an unspeakably horrific weekend”
Full emails below
Full emails below
June 16, 2025 at 10:44 PM
A top staffer to Sen. Tina Smith emailed Sen. Mike Lee’s top staffers on Monday about “how much additional pain you’ve caused on an unspeakably horrific weekend”
Full emails below
Full emails below
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Some thoughts about the military parade in my hometown of Washington DC today -- specifically, the route. Military parades in DC are quite rare. But when they happen, they have always begun, symbolically and geographically, at the Capitol and moved outward. 1/
June 14, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Some thoughts about the military parade in my hometown of Washington DC today -- specifically, the route. Military parades in DC are quite rare. But when they happen, they have always begun, symbolically and geographically, at the Capitol and moved outward. 1/
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You have to add up all the red bars and stack them on top of each other to pay for the green bar.
June 13, 2025 at 12:22 PM
You have to add up all the red bars and stack them on top of each other to pay for the green bar.
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"We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. It’s simply too painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves, that we’ve been taken. Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back."
~ Carl Sagan
~ Carl Sagan
June 11, 2025 at 8:16 PM
"We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. It’s simply too painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves, that we’ve been taken. Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back."
~ Carl Sagan
~ Carl Sagan
This is how I’ve felt since January 6th. I still have strong ideological convictions, but they are superseded by my support for democracy, the rule of law, and basic respect for human dignity. If I’m willing to sacrifice humans, my ideology has become an idol.
In normal times dealing with normal political issues I'd care more about people's ideology, but right now? Give me the shitlib who nevertheless hates the boot from the bottom of their soul over somebody who maybe just objects to who's currently wearing the boot, no question.
June 11, 2025 at 4:17 PM
This is how I’ve felt since January 6th. I still have strong ideological convictions, but they are superseded by my support for democracy, the rule of law, and basic respect for human dignity. If I’m willing to sacrifice humans, my ideology has become an idol.
Everyone is dunking on this take from Chatterton Williams and seems to be having a good time doing so. I think this highlights the trouble with political dialog, particularly on Bluesky.
June 9, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Everyone is dunking on this take from Chatterton Williams and seems to be having a good time doing so. I think this highlights the trouble with political dialog, particularly on Bluesky.
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An entire generation of people raised on memes and Fox News who are just completely unable to separate propaganda from reality. If there is a crisis, it’s epistemological. Fascists will try to bend reality to their ideology, but this always fails in the long run with tons of damage along the way.
June 9, 2025 at 12:41 AM
An entire generation of people raised on memes and Fox News who are just completely unable to separate propaganda from reality. If there is a crisis, it’s epistemological. Fascists will try to bend reality to their ideology, but this always fails in the long run with tons of damage along the way.
Back in my web developer days I took a stand against adding one of these useless checkboxes to the company website. I won the battle, but eventually lost the job.
June 7, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Back in my web developer days I took a stand against adding one of these useless checkboxes to the company website. I won the battle, but eventually lost the job.
They need to make some space at the Louvre, because this is art.
June 5, 2025 at 9:11 PM
They need to make some space at the Louvre, because this is art.
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I... oh my god.
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Diabolus Ex Machina
This Is Not An Essay
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June 3, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I... oh my god.
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The lesson people infuriatingly never seem to master is that there is no creating a police state just for other people. If you create a police state with no due process for immigrants or accused criminals, then that's the system you've created for yourself.
May 31, 2025 at 7:53 PM
The lesson people infuriatingly never seem to master is that there is no creating a police state just for other people. If you create a police state with no due process for immigrants or accused criminals, then that's the system you've created for yourself.
It’s Friday, but I’m trapped at my desk for the day and there’s rain in the forecast. Here’s a picture of my GS laying in the dirt.
#Motosky
#BMWMotorrad
#Pinksky
#ADVRider
#Motosky
#BMWMotorrad
#Pinksky
#ADVRider
May 30, 2025 at 1:36 PM
It’s Friday, but I’m trapped at my desk for the day and there’s rain in the forecast. Here’s a picture of my GS laying in the dirt.
#Motosky
#BMWMotorrad
#Pinksky
#ADVRider
#Motosky
#BMWMotorrad
#Pinksky
#ADVRider
Art.
Breaking News: A panel of federal judges blocked President Trump from imposing some tariffs, finding that he vastly overstepped his authority under federal law.
Trump Tariffs Ruled Illegal by Federal Judicial Panel
www.nytimes.com
May 29, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Art.
“Shows just how important it is that leaders are held up to regular scrutiny” is particularly egregious.
I would like some semblance of intellectual honesty from the political class.
I would like some semblance of intellectual honesty from the political class.
May 28, 2025 at 2:47 PM
“Shows just how important it is that leaders are held up to regular scrutiny” is particularly egregious.
I would like some semblance of intellectual honesty from the political class.
I would like some semblance of intellectual honesty from the political class.