Mike Selkirk, Amateur
@michaelselkirk.bsky.social
I am an actor in the boroughs and have strong opinions about entertainment labor and not being killed by a driver. he/him. 🚴♂️🛴
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“In 2019, researchers estimated that CBP officers are 5 times more likely to be arrested than local and state law enforcement personnel. CBP personel have been arrested for corruption, sexual assault, aggravated assault, domestic violence, and sex crimes against children.”
December 10, 2025 at 1:42 AM
“In 2019, researchers estimated that CBP officers are 5 times more likely to be arrested than local and state law enforcement personnel. CBP personel have been arrested for corruption, sexual assault, aggravated assault, domestic violence, and sex crimes against children.”
Begun, the Font Wars have!
"there's a new serif in town"
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
December 10, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Begun, the Font Wars have!
If you’ve got room in your holiday schedule for a wee bit of Scrooging around, I’d be most grateful if you’d make the time for us.
December 8, 2025 at 1:28 PM
If you’ve got room in your holiday schedule for a wee bit of Scrooging around, I’d be most grateful if you’d make the time for us.
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I wish I had spoilers for the ending of this story
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 8, 2025 at 3:59 AM
I wish I had spoilers for the ending of this story
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none of this was some obscure point buried on page 700 of the Project 2025 plan
December 5, 2025 at 1:09 PM
none of this was some obscure point buried on page 700 of the Project 2025 plan
Ok, winter. I get it. You’re serious.
December 5, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Ok, winter. I get it. You’re serious.
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At least one other boat, the one with the Colombian fisherman, was adrift and displaying a distress signal with its engine out of the water. To attack a disabled vessel in distress and signaling for assistance is basically in the same category as killing shipwrecked survivors clinging to wreckage.
December 4, 2025 at 10:13 PM
At least one other boat, the one with the Colombian fisherman, was adrift and displaying a distress signal with its engine out of the water. To attack a disabled vessel in distress and signaling for assistance is basically in the same category as killing shipwrecked survivors clinging to wreckage.
Nothing like a crosstown Bronx bus ride to remind you that Eric Adams won’t be mayor for much longer.
December 4, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Nothing like a crosstown Bronx bus ride to remind you that Eric Adams won’t be mayor for much longer.
I’m using the “thinking” emoji a lot more in my texting. Sign of growth?
December 3, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I’m using the “thinking” emoji a lot more in my texting. Sign of growth?
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A functional democracy is impossible to sustain without a ceiling on concentrated wealth and power. Even a meritorious Musk (and he's not) would pose an existential threat to democracy.
November 30, 2025 at 5:16 PM
A functional democracy is impossible to sustain without a ceiling on concentrated wealth and power. Even a meritorious Musk (and he's not) would pose an existential threat to democracy.
The triumvirate is the most unstable political structure, so mark my words: Oz will be in chaos within a month.
November 29, 2025 at 3:57 PM
The triumvirate is the most unstable political structure, so mark my words: Oz will be in chaos within a month.
I just KNEW this is how they were gonna twist it. They’re like a jukebox of bullshit.
CIA statement about the Afghan man identified as the gunman who shot two National Guardsmen in Washington
November 27, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I just KNEW this is how they were gonna twist it. They’re like a jukebox of bullshit.
When did the drug commercials become so dire? “Sudden death may occur at any moment when taking Fuckoffia . . .”
November 27, 2025 at 3:38 PM
When did the drug commercials become so dire? “Sudden death may occur at any moment when taking Fuckoffia . . .”
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Alex Padilla lays it plain.
November 18, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Alex Padilla lays it plain.
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HERE’S THE LEDE, or what SHOULD BE:
“Kirkland, who suffered from dementia, had been in hospice care… for the past year. A GoFundMe page [was] set up... to pay for medical care since SAG-AFTRA CANCELED SUPPLEMENT INSURANCE FOR MEMBERS OVER THE AGE OF 65 in 2021."
deadline.com/2025/11/sall...
“Kirkland, who suffered from dementia, had been in hospice care… for the past year. A GoFundMe page [was] set up... to pay for medical care since SAG-AFTRA CANCELED SUPPLEMENT INSURANCE FOR MEMBERS OVER THE AGE OF 65 in 2021."
deadline.com/2025/11/sall...
Sally Kirkland Dies: Oscar-Nominated Star Of ‘Anna’ Was 84
Sally Kirkland, the Oscar-nominated actress for 'Anna', died at age 84 on November 11, 2025.
deadline.com
November 15, 2025 at 10:55 AM
HERE’S THE LEDE, or what SHOULD BE:
“Kirkland, who suffered from dementia, had been in hospice care… for the past year. A GoFundMe page [was] set up... to pay for medical care since SAG-AFTRA CANCELED SUPPLEMENT INSURANCE FOR MEMBERS OVER THE AGE OF 65 in 2021."
deadline.com/2025/11/sall...
“Kirkland, who suffered from dementia, had been in hospice care… for the past year. A GoFundMe page [was] set up... to pay for medical care since SAG-AFTRA CANCELED SUPPLEMENT INSURANCE FOR MEMBERS OVER THE AGE OF 65 in 2021."
deadline.com/2025/11/sall...
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I do think yesterday’s results reinforced the dynamic that while much of the American leadership class is chickenshit, most of the electorate is not
November 5, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I do think yesterday’s results reinforced the dynamic that while much of the American leadership class is chickenshit, most of the electorate is not
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"Almost half of New Yorkers did not vote" for Mamdani, Cuomo ungraciously says in a terrible speech.
"Almost half," bitch you lost.
"Almost half," bitch you lost.
November 5, 2025 at 3:46 AM
"Almost half of New Yorkers did not vote" for Mamdani, Cuomo ungraciously says in a terrible speech.
"Almost half," bitch you lost.
"Almost half," bitch you lost.
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Yo that bitch got rinsed lmao
DDHQ has now called the New Jersey gubernatorial race for Mikie Sherrill
November 5, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Yo that bitch got rinsed lmao
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BREAKING: Democrat Ghazala Hashmi elected Lt. Gov of Virginia, making her the first Muslim woman elected to statewide office anywhere in America.
November 5, 2025 at 1:29 AM
BREAKING: Democrat Ghazala Hashmi elected Lt. Gov of Virginia, making her the first Muslim woman elected to statewide office anywhere in America.
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November 2, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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Posting stuff like this and acting like we aren't supposed to think this is the coolest shit ever
November 2, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Posting stuff like this and acting like we aren't supposed to think this is the coolest shit ever