Seth D. Michaels
@sethdmichaels.bsky.social
Bert of the Intellect, Ernie of the Will
DC based, comms at @ucs.org (all opinions mine), ambivalently Online, generally polite, still People Magazine's Seth D-est Man Alive. please don't argue in my notifications
DC based, comms at @ucs.org (all opinions mine), ambivalently Online, generally polite, still People Magazine's Seth D-est Man Alive. please don't argue in my notifications
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they have no ability to back down and recalibrate AND they lack a theory of mind for their opponents
January 25, 2026 at 3:04 PM
they have no ability to back down and recalibrate AND they lack a theory of mind for their opponents
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There's another way to look at this. ICE is doing everything the military manual tells you not to do to civilian populations because it creates insurgencies where none existed before.
January 26, 2026 at 5:12 PM
There's another way to look at this. ICE is doing everything the military manual tells you not to do to civilian populations because it creates insurgencies where none existed before.
Reposted by Seth D. Michaels
The unacceptable danger and fear that ICE is purposefully inflicting on Black, Brown, Indigenous, and immigrant communities in Minnesota and many other US cities are part of this pattern—and a hallmark of authoritarian regimes throughout history.
What Authoritarian Regimes Do
As we speak, the Trump administration is abandoning principles of democracy and dismantling the rule of law. The willful destruction of the federal science apparatus is but one harmful and onerous asp...
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January 22, 2026 at 8:16 PM
The unacceptable danger and fear that ICE is purposefully inflicting on Black, Brown, Indigenous, and immigrant communities in Minnesota and many other US cities are part of this pattern—and a hallmark of authoritarian regimes throughout history.
i'm (obviously) more sympathetic to it than you but at least i'm glad to know someone else has heard of it! the amount i listened to this album in 2001-2 is hard to calculate
January 21, 2026 at 4:19 PM
i'm (obviously) more sympathetic to it than you but at least i'm glad to know someone else has heard of it! the amount i listened to this album in 2001-2 is hard to calculate
@kentmbeeson.bsky.social if you haven't given Antidote a listen i highly recommend it!!
January 21, 2026 at 3:07 PM
@kentmbeeson.bsky.social if you haven't given Antidote a listen i highly recommend it!!
"Some of these notable prophecies are in Isaiah7:14, Isaiah 9:6-7, and Micah 5:2."
January 21, 2026 at 2:59 PM
"Some of these notable prophecies are in Isaiah7:14, Isaiah 9:6-7, and Micah 5:2."
CEOs really, genuinely, think anything anyone does is replaceable except for themselves
January 21, 2026 at 2:46 PM
CEOs really, genuinely, think anything anyone does is replaceable except for themselves