Michael Irvin Pollard
@michael-i-pollard.bsky.social
Disappointed in the pace of human evolution; observer; ponderer
It’s not a small annoyance so much much as a grave symptom. We conceptualize through words. When words become meaningless, concepts become vague and objective reality becomes fluid and elusive. And so here we are.
February 5, 2026 at 3:59 PM
It’s not a small annoyance so much much as a grave symptom. We conceptualize through words. When words become meaningless, concepts become vague and objective reality becomes fluid and elusive. And so here we are.
Awareness is one thing, but must one always write so as not to mislead the unimaginative and thick-headed? Backlash tends to reveal qualities unrelated to the poster.
February 3, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Awareness is one thing, but must one always write so as not to mislead the unimaginative and thick-headed? Backlash tends to reveal qualities unrelated to the poster.
“The party I know doesn’t kill people in the street. We deny them healthcare and starve the school children. Otherwise how could we look our own kids in the eye?”
January 27, 2026 at 1:40 AM
“The party I know doesn’t kill people in the street. We deny them healthcare and starve the school children. Otherwise how could we look our own kids in the eye?”
Nostalgic for the days when Republicans killed people the right way—denying their healthcare and starving the school children.
January 27, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Nostalgic for the days when Republicans killed people the right way—denying their healthcare and starving the school children.
If Dem consultants are saying this in good faith, they are wrong. But I suspect it’s a strategy for building a narrative that gives Dems a data-driven reason not to energize and empower their progressive flank, which they fear more than fascists. Same as reaching for R moderates that don’t exist.
January 24, 2026 at 10:03 PM
If Dem consultants are saying this in good faith, they are wrong. But I suspect it’s a strategy for building a narrative that gives Dems a data-driven reason not to energize and empower their progressive flank, which they fear more than fascists. Same as reaching for R moderates that don’t exist.
I have done the same more than once but they seem uninterested in engaging in this fight—as though DC is not a part of the country in which the rest of us live.
January 24, 2026 at 6:05 PM
I have done the same more than once but they seem uninterested in engaging in this fight—as though DC is not a part of the country in which the rest of us live.
I’m comfortable with that.
January 24, 2026 at 5:22 PM
I’m comfortable with that.
A hard, necessary truth for those of us who have never experienced the threat of terror until now.
January 24, 2026 at 5:11 PM
A hard, necessary truth for those of us who have never experienced the threat of terror until now.
“There’s not much we can do” seems to be leadership’s coordinated strategy. Complicity unconvincingly masquerading as opposition.
January 24, 2026 at 5:03 PM
“There’s not much we can do” seems to be leadership’s coordinated strategy. Complicity unconvincingly masquerading as opposition.
An empowered, energized social justice movement (and all that it entails) threatens the structure from which institutional Ds derive their privilege. “Now fascists we can work with.”
January 24, 2026 at 3:54 PM
An empowered, energized social justice movement (and all that it entails) threatens the structure from which institutional Ds derive their privilege. “Now fascists we can work with.”
I know, but mom won’t move out.
January 23, 2026 at 7:08 PM
I know, but mom won’t move out.
That’s a fair and factual argument. But these times demand a more unified and aggressive response—specifically, doing everything that can be done to block, delay and oppose. We can know the risks and pain but we can’t know the results without a serious commitment to being a functional opposition.
January 23, 2026 at 6:36 PM
That’s a fair and factual argument. But these times demand a more unified and aggressive response—specifically, doing everything that can be done to block, delay and oppose. We can know the risks and pain but we can’t know the results without a serious commitment to being a functional opposition.
The main message of Sinners is vampires are inclusive.
January 22, 2026 at 9:16 PM
The main message of Sinners is vampires are inclusive.
I love the scene where they turn around really fast.
January 22, 2026 at 8:20 PM
I love the scene where they turn around really fast.
I would add that turning the Titanic around now would be, if not an engineering impossibility, very expensive and pointless.
January 22, 2026 at 8:16 PM
I would add that turning the Titanic around now would be, if not an engineering impossibility, very expensive and pointless.
They’re so full of shit—ain’t nobody tackling these armed and armored agents at a gas station. Where’s the vid?
January 22, 2026 at 5:59 AM
They’re so full of shit—ain’t nobody tackling these armed and armored agents at a gas station. Where’s the vid?
Agreed. A solid career voting record is just not enough anymore as this new, dark reality has taken hold.
January 22, 2026 at 5:54 AM
Agreed. A solid career voting record is just not enough anymore as this new, dark reality has taken hold.
Three words I always use when contacting my reps: complicit, collaborator and legacy.
January 22, 2026 at 5:35 AM
Three words I always use when contacting my reps: complicit, collaborator and legacy.
In June, 75 House Dems joined Republicans in voting for a resolution in support of ICE. To be fair much of the wording focused on condemning violence against ICE, yet it included strong language in support of their mission. An ill-timed, tone deaf response that reeks of hedging their bets.
January 22, 2026 at 5:33 AM
In June, 75 House Dems joined Republicans in voting for a resolution in support of ICE. To be fair much of the wording focused on condemning violence against ICE, yet it included strong language in support of their mission. An ill-timed, tone deaf response that reeks of hedging their bets.
(WM says nothing cuz…truth)
January 21, 2026 at 5:36 PM
(WM says nothing cuz…truth)
Could use your expertise, though.
January 21, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Could use your expertise, though.