Michael Colby
@michaelcolby.bsky.social
Writer and activist. Former publisher of the “Food & Water Journal” and “Wild Matters.” Based in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont.
And if you call now, he’ll throw in some crypto!
December 18, 2025 at 2:14 AM
And if you call now, he’ll throw in some crypto!
“The checks are on the way!”
December 18, 2025 at 2:12 AM
“The checks are on the way!”
Sounds like a guy about to get his show cancelled.
December 18, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Sounds like a guy about to get his show cancelled.
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Five things to remember about war:
June 22, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Five things to remember about war:
The ice-out at Walden Pond (Vermont edition) has occurred. Joe’s Pond won’t be far behind. I predict today. #waldenpind #joespond #spring
April 15, 2025 at 4:17 PM
The ice-out at Walden Pond (Vermont edition) has occurred. Joe’s Pond won’t be far behind. I predict today. #waldenpind #joespond #spring
Went there, did this. It’s the least we can do, show up.
April 5, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Went there, did this. It’s the least we can do, show up.
And for all this we’re only promised factory jobs?
April 3, 2025 at 11:32 AM
And for all this we’re only promised factory jobs?
Yeah, that makes sense. #not
As Trump Tariffs Loom, White House Eyes Costly Farmer Bailouts
The Trump administration has discussed providing financial aid for farmers who may be subject to retaliation by America’s trading partners.
www.nytimes.com
March 31, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Yeah, that makes sense. #not
I write, so there’s less time not writing.
March 31, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I write, so there’s less time not writing.
Great man, brilliant journalist. Bob saw it all coming like few others. RIP.
Robert W. McChesney, a Scholar/Activist Who Fought for Media Democracy
No one did more to analyze the negative impacts of our media systems being controlled by giant, amoral corporations.
fair.org
March 28, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Great man, brilliant journalist. Bob saw it all coming like few others. RIP.
America: The End.
March 21, 2025 at 11:48 AM
America: The End.
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When you send innocent people to a foreign gulag, you are not fighting terror. You are practicing it.
NEW! Sworn declarations filed last night confirm the Trump admin sent INNOCENT people to rot in prison El Salvador, including a professional soccer player jailed and tortured by the Maduro regime, who entered this country LEGALLY to seek asylum, and who has NO CRIMINAL RECORD in either country.
March 20, 2025 at 6:21 PM
When you send innocent people to a foreign gulag, you are not fighting terror. You are practicing it.
Spot. On. This reactionary clown show is growing old.
What’s a Rebel Pundit to Do in the Age of Trump?
Supposedly contrarian journalists like Bari Weiss, Matt Taibbi, and Glenn Greenwald have a problem: The current establishment loves them.
www.thenation.com
March 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Spot. On. This reactionary clown show is growing old.
“I need truth and some aspirin.” — Fernando Pessoa.
March 8, 2025 at 12:47 PM
“I need truth and some aspirin.” — Fernando Pessoa.
25th amendment, now. He’s toast.
March 6, 2025 at 8:09 PM
25th amendment, now. He’s toast.
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“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy — they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”
— F. Scott Fitzgerald
— F. Scott Fitzgerald
March 5, 2025 at 5:12 PM
“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy — they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”
— F. Scott Fitzgerald
— F. Scott Fitzgerald
This all has the look and feel of a brash jewelry-store heist, where the billionaires are smashing and grabbing what they can, all while controlling the messaging with the communication corps they purchased for this very moment. #AmidTheUnreat
March 4, 2025 at 1:20 PM
This all has the look and feel of a brash jewelry-store heist, where the billionaires are smashing and grabbing what they can, all while controlling the messaging with the communication corps they purchased for this very moment. #AmidTheUnreat
Coming soon: Jeffrey Dahmer was just a hungry, misunderstood man.
March 1, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Coming soon: Jeffrey Dahmer was just a hungry, misunderstood man.
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It’s all about normalizing corruption.
Trump Says He Will Posthumously Pardon the Baseball Star Pete Rose
President Trump also repeated his call for Rose, who was banned from the sport for gambling, to be inducted into the Hall of Fame.
buff.ly
March 1, 2025 at 5:30 PM
It’s all about normalizing corruption.
And then Trump heads to Florida to play golf, Vance heads to Vermont to ski, and Zelensky goes back to dodge missiles. A sickening day, for sure.
February 28, 2025 at 8:05 PM
And then Trump heads to Florida to play golf, Vance heads to Vermont to ski, and Zelensky goes back to dodge missiles. A sickening day, for sure.
I don’t know, but it sure feels like the rich are partying on our pain. Just a hunch, though.
Pop star Katy Perry and CBS’s Gayle King are set to fly to space alongside Jeff Bezos’ fiancée Lauren Sánchez, on an upcoming all-women flight of Blue Origin’s tourist rocket www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Katy Perry, Gayle King to Fly to Space with Bezos Fiancée
Pop star Katy Perry and CBS’s Gayle King are set to fly to space alongside Jeff Bezos’ fiancée Lauren Sánchez, on an upcoming all-women flight of Blue Origin’s tourist rocket.
www.bloomberg.com
February 27, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I don’t know, but it sure feels like the rich are partying on our pain. Just a hunch, though.
The Covid Alarmists Were Closer to the Truth Than Anyone Else www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/o...
Opinion | The Fifth Anniversary of the Covid Pandemic Reveals New Lessons
Five years since a novel virus spread everywhere, it’s hard to remember what the beginning was like.
www.nytimes.com
February 26, 2025 at 10:39 PM
The Covid Alarmists Were Closer to the Truth Than Anyone Else www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/o...
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It took ten years, but the NYT finally got there
February 23, 2025 at 7:33 PM
It took ten years, but the NYT finally got there