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Michael Ian Black @michaelianblack.bsky.social · 1h

For the Daily Beast, I propose making Tilly Norwood, the new AI “actress,” our President.

The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 1h

OPINION | Maybe Americans would finally vote for a female president if she were girl-next-door cute-but, you know, not an actual human woman, writes @michaelianblack.bsky.social.

My Fellow Americans, It’s Time to Elect an AI President

Why stop with casting an ‘AI actor’ in movies when we could take future tech all the way to the White House?

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Michael Ian Black @michaelianblack.bsky.social · 2h

Is anybody else following the Mike Johnson alleged leaked Grindr messages? No idea if it’s true but it certainly fits the pattern of closeted Republicans reigning hell on LGBT folks because they hate themselves.

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Michael Ian Black @michaelianblack.bsky.social · 2h

He’s not going to win and then he’s going to invade Norway.

WIRED @wired.com · 2h

The recipient of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize will be announced by the Norwegian Nobel Committee on Friday October 10. US president Donald Trump has repeatedly touted his suitability to become a Nobel laureate, including claiming that he has “stopped seven wars.”

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Michael Ian Black @michaelianblack.bsky.social · 15h

She. Is. So. Brave.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19h

Kristi Noem confronts enemy combatants in the Portland war zone today.

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Michael Ian Black @michaelianblack.bsky.social · 15h

"Dad, were you on the side that tried to help people snatched off the street or the side that shot priests?"

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 18h

Here’s video of the incident

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Michael Ian Black @michaelianblack.bsky.social · 16h

I'm not sure what you're trying to say. Are you saying some people who are opposed to the administration need to "go to the back" because they don't like GN posts? I'm not sure I understand that logic.

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Michael Ian Black @michaelianblack.bsky.social · 18h

That doesn't answer my question at all. Do you have evidence to support your claim that "illegals" are "raping and murdering" the citizens of Chicago?

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Michael Ian Black @michaelianblack.bsky.social · 18h

"This kind of shit has been with us for a long time, with various Chicken Littles warning of impending doom. Are we living through nothing more than an extension of that? Or is this something else entirely? You can probably guess my answer." michaelianblack.substack.com/p/wanted-for...

Wanted for Treason: Chicken Little

Somehow, with the government shut down, federal troops decamped in a bunch of American cities, and the Constitution in shreds, the day feels relatively calm.

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Michael Ian Black @michaelianblack.bsky.social · 21h

Somehow these promos always make my head look gigantic. BECAUSE IT IS!!!

HIGNFY US @hignfyus.bsky.social · 21h

An all-new episode of HIGNFYE airs tomorrow with special guest, @akilahhughes.com! Don't miss out!

Don’t miss an episode! Follow us on Apple, Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts. Even better watch the vodcast on Spotify or on the Have I Got News For You YouTube channel.

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HIGNFY US @hignfyus.bsky.social · 21h

An all-new episode of HIGNFYE airs tomorrow with special guest, @akilahhughes.com! Don't miss out!

Don’t miss an episode! Follow us on Apple, Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts. Even better watch the vodcast on Spotify or on the Have I Got News For You YouTube channel.

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Michael Ian Black @michaelianblack.bsky.social · 21h

Is your contention that "illegals" are raping and murdering the citizens of Chicago? Do you have any evidence for that? Because here's one of many, many studies that demonstrates the opposite. This one is from Congress. docs.house.gov/meetings/JU/...

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 22h

$41 million: The amount of money we’ve raised for indie bookstores since 2020.

$0: The amount of money Amazon has raised for indie bookstores since 1994.

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Michael Ian Black @michaelianblack.bsky.social · 1d

Right???

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Michael Ian Black @michaelianblack.bsky.social · 1d

I find his trolling intolerable

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Michael Ian Black @michaelianblack.bsky.social · 1d

You don’t say!

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 1d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Michael Ian Black @michaelianblack.bsky.social · 1d

If the US makes it out of this relatively intact, it won't be because Trump and MAGA weren't as bad as we've been yelling, it will only be because people resisted.

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Michael Ian Black @michaelianblack.bsky.social · 2d

Just talk about rizz

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Michael Ian Black @michaelianblack.bsky.social · 2d

How delusional you are if you’re completely ignorant of her very right-leaning work.

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Michael Ian Black @michaelianblack.bsky.social · 2d

I don’t understand the “Bari Weiss is not a journalist and therefore shouldn’t head up CBS News” argument. The whole point is that she’s not a journalist, she’s intellectual cover for the illiberal right. Nothing more or less.

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Michael Ian Black @michaelianblack.bsky.social · 2d

"'What are you doing in Dayton?' she asked. Which I imagine is a question even residents of Dayton ask themselves. michaelianblack.substack.com/p/the-luckiest

The Luckiest

Fans of Cheez-Its may know they were invented right here in Dayton, OH.

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Michael Ian Black @michaelianblack.bsky.social · 2d

What a delightful surprise to spontaneously buy Ben Folds tix in Dayton and run into an old friend, who happened to be his terrific opening act - Lindsey Kraft. Ah, life you son of a gun.

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Michael Ian Black @michaelianblack.bsky.social · 2d

So we've got a president countermanding a judge's orders by sending in national guard from a state whose governor is opposed to the president's order. This is all starting to seem very civil war-ish to me, but in the lamest possible way. (And thank God for that.)

Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 2d

After a federal court blocked Trump from deploying Oregon’s own National Guard, he responded by sending 300 federalized California Guard members to Oregon early Sunday, according to Gov. Gavin Newsom.

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Michael Ian Black @michaelianblack.bsky.social · 2d

That's why I started with a "?" I wasn't sure what you were trying to say.

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Michael Ian Black @michaelianblack.bsky.social · 2d

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I didn't say Plato said that. I've barely read Plato so I wouldn't make that assertion. Are you so into Plato that if somebody misunderstands his ideas you need to hurl abuse at that person?

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Michael Ian Black @michaelianblack.bsky.social · 3d

Yes, I'm obviously looking the other way.