Mikael
@mikael10.bsky.social
Writer/Filmmaker, Soccer lover, DSA
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THIS. Did you know sickle cell is curable, now? FULLY curable.
If you're feeling down or despairing about what FEELS like technology/advancement/science "standing still" or being fully malicious, I have great news: You're not paying attention to actual science. Just tech industry marketing.
If you're feeling down or despairing about what FEELS like technology/advancement/science "standing still" or being fully malicious, I have great news: You're not paying attention to actual science. Just tech industry marketing.
meanwhile.... medicine has taken INSANE leaps and bounds in the last 2 years.
we're out here curing HIV and leukemia and creating 100% efficacy vaccines against all sorts of cancers, and now this??
between this and renewable energy outstripping fossil fuels in efficiency, the future is bright
we're out here curing HIV and leukemia and creating 100% efficacy vaccines against all sorts of cancers, and now this??
between this and renewable energy outstripping fossil fuels in efficiency, the future is bright
Wanna see real-life miracles? Fund scientific research.
A team of US scientists just cured Alzheimer’s in mice — and there is now hope that the disease can be reversed in humans.
futurism.com/health-medic...
A team of US scientists just cured Alzheimer’s in mice — and there is now hope that the disease can be reversed in humans.
futurism.com/health-medic...
December 31, 2025 at 3:44 AM
THIS. Did you know sickle cell is curable, now? FULLY curable.
If you're feeling down or despairing about what FEELS like technology/advancement/science "standing still" or being fully malicious, I have great news: You're not paying attention to actual science. Just tech industry marketing.
If you're feeling down or despairing about what FEELS like technology/advancement/science "standing still" or being fully malicious, I have great news: You're not paying attention to actual science. Just tech industry marketing.
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This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 30, 2025 at 4:21 AM
This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
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she responded. “Democrats don’t run against Democrats,” but further added “unless they’re Muslims, then it’s ok to spread lies about them and seek their censure, like Goldman has done with Zohran and Rashida Tlaib”.
Brad Lander approached Nancy Pelosi at a gala and told her he was running for Congress. “I am a Dan Goldman Democrat,” she responded. “Democrats don’t run against Democrats.”
“Was I too much of a b—?” she asked after.
@donlemonofficial.bsky.social tells the story:
“Was I too much of a b—?” she asked after.
@donlemonofficial.bsky.social tells the story:
December 30, 2025 at 4:03 AM
she responded. “Democrats don’t run against Democrats,” but further added “unless they’re Muslims, then it’s ok to spread lies about them and seek their censure, like Goldman has done with Zohran and Rashida Tlaib”.
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damn that baby looks cool as hell
December 29, 2025 at 11:11 PM
damn that baby looks cool as hell
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"And I never say no"
We need to have a serious talk about the way "AI companion" apps not only prey on the vulnerable, but are priming their users to ignore consent and to conflate love with control.
We need AI regulations across so many sectors, but this area is particularly horrifying.
We need to have a serious talk about the way "AI companion" apps not only prey on the vulnerable, but are priming their users to ignore consent and to conflate love with control.
We need AI regulations across so many sectors, but this area is particularly horrifying.
December 28, 2025 at 6:20 PM
"And I never say no"
We need to have a serious talk about the way "AI companion" apps not only prey on the vulnerable, but are priming their users to ignore consent and to conflate love with control.
We need AI regulations across so many sectors, but this area is particularly horrifying.
We need to have a serious talk about the way "AI companion" apps not only prey on the vulnerable, but are priming their users to ignore consent and to conflate love with control.
We need AI regulations across so many sectors, but this area is particularly horrifying.
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two more generous donors have brought us all the way to $9,252, so fuck it, let's go for $10,000
just $198 shy of $9,000 now! secure.actblue.com/donate/bring...
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December 29, 2025 at 4:39 PM
two more generous donors have brought us all the way to $9,252, so fuck it, let's go for $10,000
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A security company named “Sauron” I’m sorry to say fails completely
December 29, 2025 at 3:38 AM
A security company named “Sauron” I’m sorry to say fails completely
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Wild to laud yourself when you are from fucking Oregon; you are too liberal of a state to pass abjectly terrible policies like these!!
Cutting taxes and passing anti-urbanist policies in time of climate disaster
Cutting taxes and passing anti-urbanist policies in time of climate disaster
Cutting property taxes for Oregonians affected by wildfires. Canceling planned freeway tolls. Pausing local new taxes in the Portland area. We have to keep going to make life more affordable for Oregonians.
December 26, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Wild to laud yourself when you are from fucking Oregon; you are too liberal of a state to pass abjectly terrible policies like these!!
Cutting taxes and passing anti-urbanist policies in time of climate disaster
Cutting taxes and passing anti-urbanist policies in time of climate disaster
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this has been something i try to drive home with everybody who says "ICE is bad but it's not ethnic cleansing they're just overstepping in deporting illegals"
the admin is very specifically trying to alter the legal status of people they don't like based on ethnicity
the admin is very specifically trying to alter the legal status of people they don't like based on ethnicity
This is totally underreported. Trump is not just going after "illegals." He's going after people who were here legally, by changing their status.
These are people who entered the US the right way, and never broke a law. Now they are subject to Trump's whim, his ICE goons, and inhuman detention.
These are people who entered the US the right way, and never broke a law. Now they are subject to Trump's whim, his ICE goons, and inhuman detention.
Trump has revoked legal status for at least 1.6 million immigrants over the past year by cancelling programs like TPS and student visas.
Remember: these are people who entered the country legally.
Trump never cared about “legal immigration" — just inflicting cruelty.
Remember: these are people who entered the country legally.
Trump never cared about “legal immigration" — just inflicting cruelty.
December 23, 2025 at 8:21 PM
this has been something i try to drive home with everybody who says "ICE is bad but it's not ethnic cleansing they're just overstepping in deporting illegals"
the admin is very specifically trying to alter the legal status of people they don't like based on ethnicity
the admin is very specifically trying to alter the legal status of people they don't like based on ethnicity
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The year is 2035. Massachusetts is the only livable state in America, but home prices in the Murdersville neighborhood of Fall River have increased to one William dollars. The legislature passes a law to allow five new homes to be built. They are January 6thed by every senior in the state.
December 29, 2025 at 1:40 AM
The year is 2035. Massachusetts is the only livable state in America, but home prices in the Murdersville neighborhood of Fall River have increased to one William dollars. The legislature passes a law to allow five new homes to be built. They are January 6thed by every senior in the state.
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The opinion page editors could just read the accounts by their newsroom colleagues www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
Congolese rape survivors search in vain for medicine after USAID cuts
In eastern Congo, where rape is widespread, the cancellation of USAID funding for PEP kits has left many victims vulnerable, according to nearly 50 interviews.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 27, 2025 at 11:56 PM
The opinion page editors could just read the accounts by their newsroom colleagues www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
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I love the promise of America. But I want to make it a reality for everyone here.
December 28, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I love the promise of America. But I want to make it a reality for everyone here.
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Seems we're doing a 1:1 repeat of the "why didn't you care about Yemen?" bit except all of the people who cared about Gaza were also at the forefront of the War Powers Resolution against US assistance for Saudi in Yemen.
December 27, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Seems we're doing a 1:1 repeat of the "why didn't you care about Yemen?" bit except all of the people who cared about Gaza were also at the forefront of the War Powers Resolution against US assistance for Saudi in Yemen.
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Not to continue to harp on my own points ad infinitum but I continue to only see a handful of Congresspeople, all Democrats, criticize the UAE openly for its role in facilitating the atrocities in Sudan, and those Congresspeople are all uniformly at the forefront of criticism of Israel as well.
December 27, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Not to continue to harp on my own points ad infinitum but I continue to only see a handful of Congresspeople, all Democrats, criticize the UAE openly for its role in facilitating the atrocities in Sudan, and those Congresspeople are all uniformly at the forefront of criticism of Israel as well.
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December 27, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Hi Bluesky! I’m Josh Arnon, a Jewish democratic socialist running for Assembly in Manhattan. I was one of the leads of the Tax the Rich campaign in 2020 and later a Day 1 supporter of Zohran Mamdani's mayoral campaign. I’m running to enact Zohran’s agenda and end corporate control over our politics.
December 13, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Hi Bluesky! I’m Josh Arnon, a Jewish democratic socialist running for Assembly in Manhattan. I was one of the leads of the Tax the Rich campaign in 2020 and later a Day 1 supporter of Zohran Mamdani's mayoral campaign. I’m running to enact Zohran’s agenda and end corporate control over our politics.
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Speaks to something deeply wrong with capitalism that Lampert was allowed to annihilate the value of this company to less than nothing while still walking away with hundreds of millions in profits for himself from the saga.
Sears had more than 3,400 stores in 2005 -- then it was purchased by a hedge fund magnate.
Why Sears’s Last Great Hope Was a Promise That Never Materialized
www.nytimes.com
December 26, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Speaks to something deeply wrong with capitalism that Lampert was allowed to annihilate the value of this company to less than nothing while still walking away with hundreds of millions in profits for himself from the saga.
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blue state interstate tax compact to force all these chodes to move to Tennessee or shut the fuck up
Billionaires are considering cutting or reducing their ties to California by the end of the year because of a proposed ballot measure that could tax the state’s wealthiest residents.
A Wealth Tax Floated in California Has Billionaires Thinking of Leaving
It’s uncertain whether the proposal will reach the statewide ballot in November, but some billionaires like Peter Thiel and Larry Page may be unwilling to take the risk.
nyti.ms
December 27, 2025 at 12:53 AM
blue state interstate tax compact to force all these chodes to move to Tennessee or shut the fuck up
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December 27, 2025 at 12:56 AM
save ten great candidates from call time and build a feistier, more progressive Democratic House secure.actblue.com/donate/bring...
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“I cannot think of a community I care more about and I’m absolutely exploring if I can rise to the occasion for this moment. It’s been an honor and a lot of fun in the short time I’ve been talking to people in our community,” Boylan told The Post re a likely run for NYC city council district 3.
December 26, 2025 at 9:36 PM
“I cannot think of a community I care more about and I’m absolutely exploring if I can rise to the occasion for this moment. It’s been an honor and a lot of fun in the short time I’ve been talking to people in our community,” Boylan told The Post re a likely run for NYC city council district 3.
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i live in a major historic black city represented by a white republican solely because of a gerrymander where's my article
They Wanted a Conservative State. They Might Get a Democratic Representative Instead.
The passage of Proposition 50, which redrew California’s congressional map, means that all of the state’s conservative north is likely to be represented by Democrats.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/u...
The passage of Proposition 50, which redrew California’s congressional map, means that all of the state’s conservative north is likely to be represented by Democrats.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/u...
They Wanted a Conservative State. They Might Get a Democratic Representative Instead.
www.nytimes.com
December 26, 2025 at 3:05 PM
i live in a major historic black city represented by a white republican solely because of a gerrymander where's my article
@socialconcarne.bsky.social Delgado is really trying to portray himself as a true leftist, remains to be seen if it works.
December 19, 2025 at 9:54 PM
@socialconcarne.bsky.social Delgado is really trying to portray himself as a true leftist, remains to be seen if it works.
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