MikeyTheI
@mikeythei.bsky.social
Michael Ireton.
Aging doofus, melancholy malcontent.
Former radio guy.
1X "Jeopardy!" winner (1996).
"Apricity" is a favorite word and sensation.
Wannabe Ruritanian.
Avatar is Frankenstein Jr.
Aging doofus, melancholy malcontent.
Former radio guy.
1X "Jeopardy!" winner (1996).
"Apricity" is a favorite word and sensation.
Wannabe Ruritanian.
Avatar is Frankenstein Jr.
Pinned
MikeyTheI
@mikeythei.bsky.social
· Sep 18
a man speaking into a microphone with the words that 's the end of my rant below him
ALT: a man speaking into a microphone with the words that 's the end of my rant below him
media.tenor.com
I am so fucking sick and tired of the exhortation to "touch grass". It is patronizing, condescending, petty, trivial, and banal. As soon as I see or hear it, I immediately disregard the writer/speaker and everything they have expressed - at least in the utterance where "touch grass" appears.
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One of the craziest things about all this is that this super breathy voice she does here and for the audiobook just... isn't how she used to speak. It's almost an Elizabeth Holmes-level fake voice.
@timmiller.bsky.social: "He's being nominated to HHS Secretary…You had information that you could have shared…and you didn't share anything about him. Why? Did you still love him?"
Olivia Nuzzi: "I don't know how to responsibly handle this on camera." lnk.thebulwark.com/4ozkaz8?utm_...
Olivia Nuzzi: "I don't know how to responsibly handle this on camera." lnk.thebulwark.com/4ozkaz8?utm_...
December 4, 2025 at 4:18 PM
One of the craziest things about all this is that this super breathy voice she does here and for the audiobook just... isn't how she used to speak. It's almost an Elizabeth Holmes-level fake voice.
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this is extraordinary. too many people in my profession have circled the wagons around someone who lacks the moral sense of a child
@timmiller.bsky.social: "He's being nominated to HHS Secretary…You had information that you could have shared…and you didn't share anything about him. Why? Did you still love him?"
Olivia Nuzzi: "I don't know how to responsibly handle this on camera." lnk.thebulwark.com/4ozkaz8?utm_...
Olivia Nuzzi: "I don't know how to responsibly handle this on camera." lnk.thebulwark.com/4ozkaz8?utm_...
December 4, 2025 at 3:37 PM
this is extraordinary. too many people in my profession have circled the wagons around someone who lacks the moral sense of a child
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“Three weeks ago your father killed my brother.”
A Ukrainian journalist confronted Vladimir Putin’s alleged daughter, Yelizaveta Krivonogikh, in Paris.
A Ukrainian journalist confronted Vladimir Putin’s alleged daughter, Yelizaveta Krivonogikh, in Paris.
December 3, 2025 at 11:55 PM
“Three weeks ago your father killed my brother.”
A Ukrainian journalist confronted Vladimir Putin’s alleged daughter, Yelizaveta Krivonogikh, in Paris.
A Ukrainian journalist confronted Vladimir Putin’s alleged daughter, Yelizaveta Krivonogikh, in Paris.
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From Tacy Beth Hoeg's website.
This is the person that RFK's FDA has empowered to make decisions about drugs and vaccines. Sheer pseudoscience nonsense.
This is the person that RFK's FDA has empowered to make decisions about drugs and vaccines. Sheer pseudoscience nonsense.
December 4, 2025 at 2:17 PM
From Tacy Beth Hoeg's website.
This is the person that RFK's FDA has empowered to make decisions about drugs and vaccines. Sheer pseudoscience nonsense.
This is the person that RFK's FDA has empowered to make decisions about drugs and vaccines. Sheer pseudoscience nonsense.
We're loadin' up our Woody with our boards inside
And headin' out singin' our song
And headin' out singin' our song
Sean Duffy on slashing fuel economy standards: "This rule will actually allow you to bring back the 1970s station wagon. Maybe a little wood paneling on the side. We can bring back choice to consumers."
December 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
We're loadin' up our Woody with our boards inside
And headin' out singin' our song
And headin' out singin' our song
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This is insane. I cannot believe we are such a trash fire country that CNN, who makes the news, is now in bed with the company that lets you bet on the news. As if they couldn't lose any more credibility now we'll know execs are spiking stories based on how they bet and not just to suck Trump off
December 4, 2025 at 12:13 AM
This is insane. I cannot believe we are such a trash fire country that CNN, who makes the news, is now in bed with the company that lets you bet on the news. As if they couldn't lose any more credibility now we'll know execs are spiking stories based on how they bet and not just to suck Trump off
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🚨 Rolling Stone Presents: The 100 Best Songs of 2025.
Full, ranked list: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Full, ranked list: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
December 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM
🚨 Rolling Stone Presents: The 100 Best Songs of 2025.
Full, ranked list: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Full, ranked list: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is buying access to your location data from private companies – getting around the need for a warrant. A privacy researcher explains how your phone's everyday operations make this possible. buff.ly/6VH8DEg
Yes, the government can track your location – but usually not by spying on you directly
A privacy researcher breaks down how your phone reveals your location, how that data is collected and sold, and how the government gets ahold of it – by simply buying it.
theconversation.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:24 PM
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is buying access to your location data from private companies – getting around the need for a warrant. A privacy researcher explains how your phone's everyday operations make this possible. buff.ly/6VH8DEg
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The thing about online hate is that it goes offline & is dangerous. In my case, it would often start with clip of Conservative politician making a personal attack in Question Period, rage farming outlets would promote, bots & trolls pile on, algorithms amplify.
It needs to stop!
It needs to stop!
🇨🇦 Catherine McKenna joins us this week to chat about the state of hate online (esp. for women in politics) & her new book, Run Like a Girl 🏃♀️.
Get The AmberMac Show now on Spotify / wherever you get your podcasts: open.spotify.com/episode/0Wam...
Cc @jeffmacarthur.bsky.social
Get The AmberMac Show now on Spotify / wherever you get your podcasts: open.spotify.com/episode/0Wam...
Cc @jeffmacarthur.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The thing about online hate is that it goes offline & is dangerous. In my case, it would often start with clip of Conservative politician making a personal attack in Question Period, rage farming outlets would promote, bots & trolls pile on, algorithms amplify.
It needs to stop!
It needs to stop!
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Trump: "And velvet is a purple bird and it eats spaghetti when it drives a car into an electrical vroom-vroom!"
Republicans: "That IS soooo true, sir!"
Republicans: "That IS soooo true, sir!"
December 4, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Trump: "And velvet is a purple bird and it eats spaghetti when it drives a car into an electrical vroom-vroom!"
Republicans: "That IS soooo true, sir!"
Republicans: "That IS soooo true, sir!"
Gee - what a surprise.
2 cabinet ministers say money a key factor in using Charter override on teachers
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
2 cabinet ministers say money a key factor in using Charter override on teachers
Two Alberta cabinet ministers say money was a key factor in the United Conservative government’s decision to use the Charter’s notwithstanding clause to override teachers’ rights and shut down a provi...
www.ctvnews.ca
December 4, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Gee - what a surprise.
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BREAKING: Alberta Health Services CEO who took over after a controversial firing in January is now himself out.
AHS confirms Andre Tremblay on leave. Minister Matt Jones has appointed a new CEO and chair.
Tremblay was named CEO after Athana Mentzelopoulos was fired earlier this year.
AHS confirms Andre Tremblay on leave. Minister Matt Jones has appointed a new CEO and chair.
Tremblay was named CEO after Athana Mentzelopoulos was fired earlier this year.
December 3, 2025 at 10:12 PM
BREAKING: Alberta Health Services CEO who took over after a controversial firing in January is now himself out.
AHS confirms Andre Tremblay on leave. Minister Matt Jones has appointed a new CEO and chair.
Tremblay was named CEO after Athana Mentzelopoulos was fired earlier this year.
AHS confirms Andre Tremblay on leave. Minister Matt Jones has appointed a new CEO and chair.
Tremblay was named CEO after Athana Mentzelopoulos was fired earlier this year.
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Steve Cropper, legendary guitarist for Booker T & the MGs, dies aged 84
Steve Cropper, legendary guitarist for Booker T & the MGs, dies aged 84
Prolific musician was known for work on songs like Green Onions and Otis Redding’s (Sittin’ on) the Dock of the Bay
Steve Cropper, the legendary guitarist whose work as an instrumentalist, producer and songwriter at Stax Records left an indelible impression on Memphis soul music, has died at the age of 84.
Hs son Cameron confirmed his death to Variety. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Steve Cropper, legendary guitarist for Booker T & the MGs, dies aged 84
"Dr. Strangelove" and "Raising Arizona" are both on TV tonight on movie channels with no interruptions). Should I watch one or both for the umpteenth time??
a black and white photo of a man wearing sunglasses and a suit
ALT: a black and white photo of a man wearing sunglasses and a suit
media.tenor.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:06 AM
"Dr. Strangelove" and "Raising Arizona" are both on TV tonight on movie channels with no interruptions). Should I watch one or both for the umpteenth time??
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The United States and Canada have some unbelievably beautiful national parks, and if you want to visit them as an international tourist next year, one country will charge you extra, while the other will offer free admission.
December 3, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The United States and Canada have some unbelievably beautiful national parks, and if you want to visit them as an international tourist next year, one country will charge you extra, while the other will offer free admission.
Hey @paulisci.bsky.social - last minute addition for the headline contest? (If you're doing it this year)
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Drunk raccoon found passed out in Virginia liquor store
Store employee found masked bandit sleeping off a bender after invading booze store and tippling a tad too much
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Hey @paulisci.bsky.social - last minute addition for the headline contest? (If you're doing it this year)
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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So the student complained about a teacher who was too hard and the University of Oklahoma sides with the student?
Look, if you think customer service is the point of teaching, then just sell diplomas and spare the rest of us the song and dance about your values.
You don't mean it.
Look, if you think customer service is the point of teaching, then just sell diplomas and spare the rest of us the song and dance about your values.
You don't mean it.
A transgender instructor at the University of Oklahoma has been placed on administrative leave after giving a student a zero on an psychology essay that asserted gender roles were biblically ordained and called gender nonconfirmity “demonic." https://bit.ly/4rvZuuu
December 2, 2025 at 10:32 PM
So the student complained about a teacher who was too hard and the University of Oklahoma sides with the student?
Look, if you think customer service is the point of teaching, then just sell diplomas and spare the rest of us the song and dance about your values.
You don't mean it.
Look, if you think customer service is the point of teaching, then just sell diplomas and spare the rest of us the song and dance about your values.
You don't mean it.
Just a regular Tuesday for Sissy SpaceX over on Xitter.
December 2, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Just a regular Tuesday for Sissy SpaceX over on Xitter.
Mango Metamucilini's grandfather was draft-dodging "garbage" from Bavaria who made money as a pimp/brothelkeeper. His father was a Klansman - more garbage. And the apple has fallen directly under the tree.
Trump on Somalis: "We're gonna go the wrong way if we keep taking in garbage into our country. Ilhan Omar is garbage. She's garbage. Her friends are garbage."
December 2, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Mango Metamucilini's grandfather was draft-dodging "garbage" from Bavaria who made money as a pimp/brothelkeeper. His father was a Klansman - more garbage. And the apple has fallen directly under the tree.
Hey @jonbowzerbauman.bsky.social: Just watching an old episode of Match Game - the one where you gave "cheerio" to go with "cheer (blank)". Watching all these years later, you were just such a warm, engaging, lovely person. Happy Holidays to you and yours if you actually see this!
December 2, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Hey @jonbowzerbauman.bsky.social: Just watching an old episode of Match Game - the one where you gave "cheerio" to go with "cheer (blank)". Watching all these years later, you were just such a warm, engaging, lovely person. Happy Holidays to you and yours if you actually see this!
Please explain, @jeromyyyc.bsky.social. Why would you vote to make kids and their families pay?
Elimination of free transit for kids 6-12 is defeated 8-7 with just Couns Ward, Johnston, Pantazopoulos, Jamieson, Chabot, McLean and Mayor Farkas voting in favour.
December 2, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Please explain, @jeromyyyc.bsky.social. Why would you vote to make kids and their families pay?
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Trump's periods of wakefulness during this cabinet meeting are becoming less frequent
December 2, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Trump's periods of wakefulness during this cabinet meeting are becoming less frequent
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Looking for the perfect Christmas tree? Albertans can cut one down for free from Crown land, as long as they have the right permits #yyc #yeg www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
Find your Christmas tree for free in Alberta’s Crown land
Albertans looking for the traditional experience of going out into the forest to find their perfect Christmas tree need to be aware of some rules, the provincial government says.
www.ctvnews.ca
December 2, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Looking for the perfect Christmas tree? Albertans can cut one down for free from Crown land, as long as they have the right permits #yyc #yeg www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
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