Michael Paul Vine
@mpvine.bsky.social
intellectual vagabond/interdisciplinarian
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Michael Paul Vine
@mpvine.bsky.social
· Jun 7
My fellow interlocutors:
This is a forum => (a)fuera.
We outside.
Do not assume [universal] communicative élan.
Develop [polyversal] communicative competence.
Now is the time.
Here is the place.
This is a forum => (a)fuera.
We outside.
Do not assume [universal] communicative élan.
Develop [polyversal] communicative competence.
Now is the time.
Here is the place.
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GERMAN PRESIDENT STEINMEIER:
“.. the United States has broken with the values that it helped to establish ..
“.. we have now moved beyond the stage where we can lament the lack of respect for international law or the erosion of the international order; we are far beyond that, I believe.”
“.. the United States has broken with the values that it helped to establish ..
“.. we have now moved beyond the stage where we can lament the lack of respect for international law or the erosion of the international order; we are far beyond that, I believe.”
January 9, 2026 at 9:15 AM
GERMAN PRESIDENT STEINMEIER:
“.. the United States has broken with the values that it helped to establish ..
“.. we have now moved beyond the stage where we can lament the lack of respect for international law or the erosion of the international order; we are far beyond that, I believe.”
“.. the United States has broken with the values that it helped to establish ..
“.. we have now moved beyond the stage where we can lament the lack of respect for international law or the erosion of the international order; we are far beyond that, I believe.”
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Can you accept - even w/o agreeing with all our positions - that Black people know profound truths about this country that are not on Schoolhouse Rock?
Now that the tactics they’ve used in our communities are becoming national policy, are you ready to concede that you need our “expertise” as well?
Now that the tactics they’ve used in our communities are becoming national policy, are you ready to concede that you need our “expertise” as well?
I’m glad to see Bill say this. But when after a century of just the type of abuse we saw today - relentless and cruel, ensnaring our children and intimidating our communities - young Black people said in frustration, anger, and demand for change “defund the police” - so many of you denounced them.
January 8, 2026 at 3:03 AM
Can you accept - even w/o agreeing with all our positions - that Black people know profound truths about this country that are not on Schoolhouse Rock?
Now that the tactics they’ve used in our communities are becoming national policy, are you ready to concede that you need our “expertise” as well?
Now that the tactics they’ve used in our communities are becoming national policy, are you ready to concede that you need our “expertise” as well?
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"Here is another lesson that can be drawn from this: In the eyes of the state and its agents, all of the rest of us are walking around with a standing presumption, not just of guilt, but of murderous intent. Anything but total and immediate submission is domestic terrorism."
ICE Agent Kills Woman, DHS Tells Obvious, Insane Lies About It | Defector
On Wednesday in Minneapolis, masked government agents apparently representing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) surrounded a stationary vehicle stopped in the middle of a residential street. O...
defector.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:46 AM
"Here is another lesson that can be drawn from this: In the eyes of the state and its agents, all of the rest of us are walking around with a standing presumption, not just of guilt, but of murderous intent. Anything but total and immediate submission is domestic terrorism."
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"GenAI is the futu--
January 6, 2026 at 3:31 AM
"GenAI is the futu--
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Copy Editing Matters, from HHS's release on the new childhood vaccine schedule: All the diseases will still be available to anyone who wants them
January 6, 2026 at 1:12 AM
Copy Editing Matters, from HHS's release on the new childhood vaccine schedule: All the diseases will still be available to anyone who wants them
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In 2026 I want all of the decent people to remember one thing.
You aren’t meant to be this disciplined, this self-sacrificing to survive. The environment is supposed to support good living. We can have that. You are not a failure. That is politics.
That is all.
You aren’t meant to be this disciplined, this self-sacrificing to survive. The environment is supposed to support good living. We can have that. You are not a failure. That is politics.
That is all.
January 1, 2026 at 10:30 PM
In 2026 I want all of the decent people to remember one thing.
You aren’t meant to be this disciplined, this self-sacrificing to survive. The environment is supposed to support good living. We can have that. You are not a failure. That is politics.
That is all.
You aren’t meant to be this disciplined, this self-sacrificing to survive. The environment is supposed to support good living. We can have that. You are not a failure. That is politics.
That is all.
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Just making sure that 2025 is definitely over
January 1, 2026 at 4:43 AM
Just making sure that 2025 is definitely over
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The final Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared in papers 30 years ago today.
December 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The final Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared in papers 30 years ago today.
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For folks still struggling with the math:
There are ~345 million US citizens.
There are ~245 million white US citizens.
This is what they mean by "Peaceful ethnic cleansing." Their plan ends with deporting all non-white people.
Not "undocumented criminals."
Not even "all undocumented people."
There are ~345 million US citizens.
There are ~245 million white US citizens.
This is what they mean by "Peaceful ethnic cleansing." Their plan ends with deporting all non-white people.
Not "undocumented criminals."
Not even "all undocumented people."
This should not be shrugged aside. They have stopped with the fake 22 million illegal immigrants things and are flat out saying we want to deport 10's of millions of citizens and legal residents from "third world countries" Basically they are advocating removing 1/3 of the population on a gov site.
December 31, 2025 at 11:41 PM
For folks still struggling with the math:
There are ~345 million US citizens.
There are ~245 million white US citizens.
This is what they mean by "Peaceful ethnic cleansing." Their plan ends with deporting all non-white people.
Not "undocumented criminals."
Not even "all undocumented people."
There are ~345 million US citizens.
There are ~245 million white US citizens.
This is what they mean by "Peaceful ethnic cleansing." Their plan ends with deporting all non-white people.
Not "undocumented criminals."
Not even "all undocumented people."
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The reason this Harvard history professor decided he was done with one of the best and most privileged jobs in the world was, in his own words, because he was forced to lecture in a mask during peak Covid.
I’m not making this up.
I’m not making this up.
December 31, 2025 at 12:22 AM
The reason this Harvard history professor decided he was done with one of the best and most privileged jobs in the world was, in his own words, because he was forced to lecture in a mask during peak Covid.
I’m not making this up.
I’m not making this up.
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Wait, I’m sorry. Carmen de Lavallade passed yesterday?
The legend? Oh, may she rest in paradise reunited with her beloved Geoffrey Holder.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/a...
The legend? Oh, may she rest in paradise reunited with her beloved Geoffrey Holder.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/a...
Carmen de Lavallade, Dancer Whose Career Spanned the Arts, Dies at 94
www.nytimes.com
December 30, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Wait, I’m sorry. Carmen de Lavallade passed yesterday?
The legend? Oh, may she rest in paradise reunited with her beloved Geoffrey Holder.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/a...
The legend? Oh, may she rest in paradise reunited with her beloved Geoffrey Holder.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/a...
That's called neglect/dereliction---ignorance---not faith.
people’s faith in the law is getting people they’d rather ignore killed
She helped pass a bill—which is 100% part of liberalism. Maybe you don’t like the bill. Maybe the bill will hurt some people and have bad outcomes. But that’s part of liberal democracy.
December 31, 2025 at 8:02 AM
That's called neglect/dereliction---ignorance---not faith.
Because you/y'all tolerate them.
Because they/them are not-pressed: they can say/do whatever [and] save/squander direct deposits---sans even [a] spectre of loss in quality of life.
Meanwhile, as for liberty and justice for all...
Because they/them are not-pressed: they can say/do whatever [and] save/squander direct deposits---sans even [a] spectre of loss in quality of life.
Meanwhile, as for liberty and justice for all...
This is how Christopher Caldwell begins his essay on Zohran Mamdani for the Claremont Review of Books.
Why are these people such freaks?
Why are these people such freaks?
December 30, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Because you/y'all tolerate them.
Because they/them are not-pressed: they can say/do whatever [and] save/squander direct deposits---sans even [a] spectre of loss in quality of life.
Meanwhile, as for liberty and justice for all...
Because they/them are not-pressed: they can say/do whatever [and] save/squander direct deposits---sans even [a] spectre of loss in quality of life.
Meanwhile, as for liberty and justice for all...
"White is as White does," truly our worst invention---certain extinction from wildest fiction.
Per Fredrickson:
Per Fredrickson:
December 30, 2025 at 1:36 PM
"White is as White does," truly our worst invention---certain extinction from wildest fiction.
Per Fredrickson:
Per Fredrickson:
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Imagine watching Sinatra, son of Dolly & Antonini born in Genoa & Sicily, respectively, and Martin, son of Gaetano & Angela, born in Montesilvano, Italy & Ohio respectively, (Angela to parents born in Monasterolo, Italy), and crusading against the value of children of immigrants to the U.S.
December 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Imagine watching Sinatra, son of Dolly & Antonini born in Genoa & Sicily, respectively, and Martin, son of Gaetano & Angela, born in Montesilvano, Italy & Ohio respectively, (Angela to parents born in Monasterolo, Italy), and crusading against the value of children of immigrants to the U.S.
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RFK: “Where did all this autism come from? It never existed when I was a kid!”
“A Christmas Story”, a 1983 movie based on a 1971 memoir about a childhood in the 1930s: “This is my brother Ralphie. He has a ton of sensory issues and behaviors we don’t understand. Every family has a child like him.”
“A Christmas Story”, a 1983 movie based on a 1971 memoir about a childhood in the 1930s: “This is my brother Ralphie. He has a ton of sensory issues and behaviors we don’t understand. Every family has a child like him.”
December 26, 2025 at 2:43 AM
RFK: “Where did all this autism come from? It never existed when I was a kid!”
“A Christmas Story”, a 1983 movie based on a 1971 memoir about a childhood in the 1930s: “This is my brother Ralphie. He has a ton of sensory issues and behaviors we don’t understand. Every family has a child like him.”
“A Christmas Story”, a 1983 movie based on a 1971 memoir about a childhood in the 1930s: “This is my brother Ralphie. He has a ton of sensory issues and behaviors we don’t understand. Every family has a child like him.”
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The epitome of misleading bullsh*t from the WH deputy press secretary. 👇 Getty Images link to a 2003 pic of the same event. www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-...
December 20, 2025 at 1:08 AM
The epitome of misleading bullsh*t from the WH deputy press secretary. 👇 Getty Images link to a 2003 pic of the same event. www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-...
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Bulgarian Chicago business owner dies in ICE custody, sparking calls for 'immediate investigation'
https://abc7chicago.com/post/bulgarian-chicago-business-owner-nenko-gantchev-dies-ice-custody-family-congresswoman-call-immediate-investigation/18301520/
https://abc7chicago.com/post/bulgarian-chicago-business-owner-nenko-gantchev-dies-ice-custody-family-congresswoman-call-immediate-investigation/18301520/
Bulgarian Chicago business owner dies in ICE custody, sparking calls for 'immediate investigation'
A Bulgarian man from Chicago arrested during an immigration enforcement 'blitz' has died while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at a Michigan private prison, the ABC7 I-Team has learned.
abc7chicago.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Bulgarian Chicago business owner dies in ICE custody, sparking calls for 'immediate investigation'
https://abc7chicago.com/post/bulgarian-chicago-business-owner-nenko-gantchev-dies-ice-custody-family-congresswoman-call-immediate-investigation/18301520/
https://abc7chicago.com/post/bulgarian-chicago-business-owner-nenko-gantchev-dies-ice-custody-family-congresswoman-call-immediate-investigation/18301520/
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I feel like that makes it worse, bc it underscores that it's not just (using just loosely) RFK Jr randomly being a conspiracy addled eugenicist wackjob -- this catastrophe was coordinated and had the backing of the conservative legal movement
It is utterly catastrophic that RFK Jr. plans to end CDC recommendations for most childhood vaccines.
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
December 20, 2025 at 6:02 AM
I feel like that makes it worse, bc it underscores that it's not just (using just loosely) RFK Jr randomly being a conspiracy addled eugenicist wackjob -- this catastrophe was coordinated and had the backing of the conservative legal movement
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Biden took over a shutdown economy in the middle of a global pandemic that brought on global inflation. The economic headlines leading up to the 2024 election were mostly about how our economic recovery was the envy of the world.
I'm getting really tired of hearing these whiners tell this lie.
I'm getting really tired of hearing these whiners tell this lie.
December 16, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Biden took over a shutdown economy in the middle of a global pandemic that brought on global inflation. The economic headlines leading up to the 2024 election were mostly about how our economic recovery was the envy of the world.
I'm getting really tired of hearing these whiners tell this lie.
I'm getting really tired of hearing these whiners tell this lie.
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I'm very tired of repeating myself about this, but, as someone who works professionally on housing affordability, this is a disgusting lie.
Vance: "Why have rents gone down for 4 consecutive months? Because we're starting to get those illegal aliens out of the USA. Those criminals, those gang members, those people that are taking homes that ought by right go the people in this room. It's simple economics."
December 16, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I'm very tired of repeating myself about this, but, as someone who works professionally on housing affordability, this is a disgusting lie.
1. "People crave original visions," not:
- ANOTHER F4/Spidey film
- i.e. adaptations & recycling
2. "Genius is making complex ideas simple."
> Art = Critique (@minimum)
> e.g. 'Sinners' (& Black cinema)
3. Are you vampire or human?
- ANOTHER F4/Spidey film
- i.e. adaptations & recycling
2. "Genius is making complex ideas simple."
> Art = Critique (@minimum)
> e.g. 'Sinners' (& Black cinema)
3. Are you vampire or human?
December 13, 2025 at 2:41 PM
1. "People crave original visions," not:
- ANOTHER F4/Spidey film
- i.e. adaptations & recycling
2. "Genius is making complex ideas simple."
> Art = Critique (@minimum)
> e.g. 'Sinners' (& Black cinema)
3. Are you vampire or human?
- ANOTHER F4/Spidey film
- i.e. adaptations & recycling
2. "Genius is making complex ideas simple."
> Art = Critique (@minimum)
> e.g. 'Sinners' (& Black cinema)
3. Are you vampire or human?
i.e "They not like us!" (3x)
The estimated median net worth of who’s running the country:
House: $1.0M – $1.5M
Senate: $1.7M – $2.5M
Supreme Court: $4M – $6M
White House Cabinet: $15M – $50M
President: $5.1B – $7.1B
House: $1.0M – $1.5M
Senate: $1.7M – $2.5M
Supreme Court: $4M – $6M
White House Cabinet: $15M – $50M
President: $5.1B – $7.1B
"Do the rich have too much political power?"
Yes: 80%
No: 8%
YouGov / Dec 8, 2025
Yes: 80%
No: 8%
YouGov / Dec 8, 2025
December 10, 2025 at 12:38 AM
i.e "They not like us!" (3x)
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My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
December 7, 2025 at 8:31 AM
My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’