Mike Blanyer
@shalerpunk.bsky.social
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Government workers when DOGE shows up.
February 4, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Government workers when DOGE shows up.
Personally, I think it’s going to be exciting when the next administration has to give us all new Social Security numbers.
February 4, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Personally, I think it’s going to be exciting when the next administration has to give us all new Social Security numbers.
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Stating the obvious: tariffs are a regressive tax on the poorest Americans.
A company pays the tariff, and raises their prices to get that money. That price is paid by the consumer.
Duh
A company pays the tariff, and raises their prices to get that money. That price is paid by the consumer.
Duh
February 2, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Stating the obvious: tariffs are a regressive tax on the poorest Americans.
A company pays the tariff, and raises their prices to get that money. That price is paid by the consumer.
Duh
A company pays the tariff, and raises their prices to get that money. That price is paid by the consumer.
Duh
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"No price is too high to oppose the morally indefensible. But that’s also why you and I will never be in a position to make things better from the inside. Our voices must always be raised because our whispers will never be heard." I wrote about Lindsey Graham. open.substack.com/pub/michaeli...
Lindsey Graham, International Beta Man of Relevance
Can we talk about Lindsey Graham for a moment?
open.substack.com
January 27, 2025 at 9:25 PM
"No price is too high to oppose the morally indefensible. But that’s also why you and I will never be in a position to make things better from the inside. Our voices must always be raised because our whispers will never be heard." I wrote about Lindsey Graham. open.substack.com/pub/michaeli...
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Since taking office a week ago, the "No new wars" president has threatened Canada, Denmark, Greenland, Mexico, and Colombia, approved Israel's use of the 2,000 lb bombs Biden refused, and cut off all other foreign aid. Egg prices up.
January 26, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Since taking office a week ago, the "No new wars" president has threatened Canada, Denmark, Greenland, Mexico, and Colombia, approved Israel's use of the 2,000 lb bombs Biden refused, and cut off all other foreign aid. Egg prices up.
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Just hit me why AOC is so good and brilliant at being the adult in the room with all the trashy losers making terrible choices around her. She used to be a bartender.
January 26, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Just hit me why AOC is so good and brilliant at being the adult in the room with all the trashy losers making terrible choices around her. She used to be a bartender.
In what ways would a hypothetical US President under Russian control act differently than what we’ve seen this week?
Unqualified cabinet appointments, repeated public calls for lebensraum at allies’ expense, threatened tariffs on our closest allies…
Unqualified cabinet appointments, repeated public calls for lebensraum at allies’ expense, threatened tariffs on our closest allies…
January 26, 2025 at 6:24 AM
In what ways would a hypothetical US President under Russian control act differently than what we’ve seen this week?
Unqualified cabinet appointments, repeated public calls for lebensraum at allies’ expense, threatened tariffs on our closest allies…
Unqualified cabinet appointments, repeated public calls for lebensraum at allies’ expense, threatened tariffs on our closest allies…
Who is going to be the first journalist to ask Trump if he’s thought about annexing the Sudetenland?
January 26, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Who is going to be the first journalist to ask Trump if he’s thought about annexing the Sudetenland?
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The Inspectors General refuse to leave until the action is taken legally, which they do not believe it was, and neither do senators like Chuck Grassley. This is what not backing down looks like.
static.politico.com/b3/3e/5baf92...
static.politico.com/b3/3e/5baf92...
January 25, 2025 at 6:48 PM
The Inspectors General refuse to leave until the action is taken legally, which they do not believe it was, and neither do senators like Chuck Grassley. This is what not backing down looks like.
static.politico.com/b3/3e/5baf92...
static.politico.com/b3/3e/5baf92...
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The entire tech industry right now
January 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The entire tech industry right now
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The price of eggs in the US is spiking, mostly due to #H5N1 bird flu. Solving the problem requires urgent, important communications from the CDC & FDA* and rapid development of research by the NIH**
* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...
* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...
Egg prices are soaring again. Here’s why and what to expect
Bird flu has killed millions of hens in recent weeks, shrinking the supply of eggs and hiking up prices at grocery stores.
www.kcur.org
January 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
The price of eggs in the US is spiking, mostly due to #H5N1 bird flu. Solving the problem requires urgent, important communications from the CDC & FDA* and rapid development of research by the NIH**
* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...
* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...
Viagra Boys - Man Made of Meat (Official Video)
YouTube video by viagra boys
youtu.be
January 23, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I just absent-mindedly tried to look up The Brian Jonestown Orchestra on Spotify and it made me wonder if this alternate universe I’ve implied contains a Brian Setzer Massacre as well.
January 23, 2025 at 2:12 AM
I just absent-mindedly tried to look up The Brian Jonestown Orchestra on Spotify and it made me wonder if this alternate universe I’ve implied contains a Brian Setzer Massacre as well.
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We are declaring drug trafficking cartels as terrorist organizations but Trump pardons the guy who ran the biggest online illegal drug market ever (silk road)? As an explicit political favor?
January 22, 2025 at 12:33 AM
We are declaring drug trafficking cartels as terrorist organizations but Trump pardons the guy who ran the biggest online illegal drug market ever (silk road)? As an explicit political favor?
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For all Trump's talk of manufacturing jobs, you didn't see the CEOs of GE and Caterpillar sitting in the prime seats today. You saw the CEOs of Amazon and X and Meta and Google and TikTok.
It's the attentional oligarchs whose power he cares about.
It's the attentional oligarchs whose power he cares about.
January 20, 2025 at 9:40 PM
For all Trump's talk of manufacturing jobs, you didn't see the CEOs of GE and Caterpillar sitting in the prime seats today. You saw the CEOs of Amazon and X and Meta and Google and TikTok.
It's the attentional oligarchs whose power he cares about.
It's the attentional oligarchs whose power he cares about.
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Oh man, everyday is going to be like this …
January 21, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Oh man, everyday is going to be like this …
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January 20, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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guys we should NOT rush to judgment. what makes you think the white south african guy who tweets all the time about how black people love crime and jews manipulate world politics would do a nazi salute instead of a "my heart goes out to you salute"
January 20, 2025 at 10:44 PM
guys we should NOT rush to judgment. what makes you think the white south african guy who tweets all the time about how black people love crime and jews manipulate world politics would do a nazi salute instead of a "my heart goes out to you salute"
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JD Vance Sworn In On Stack Of Printed 4chan Greentexts
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theonion.com/jd-vanc...
January 20, 2025 at 4:30 PM
JD Vance Sworn In On Stack Of Printed 4chan Greentexts
theonion.com/jd-vanc...
theonion.com/jd-vanc...
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Republican Rep. Mike Waltz, who called TikTok "CCP spyware" last year, now - as Trump’s pick for national security adviser - says it's a "great platform that many Americans use and has been great for [Trump's] campaign"
January 16, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Republican Rep. Mike Waltz, who called TikTok "CCP spyware" last year, now - as Trump’s pick for national security adviser - says it's a "great platform that many Americans use and has been great for [Trump's] campaign"
Years ago, I was David Lynch, and Alicia was his mother’s sister’s girl.
RIP.
RIP.
January 16, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Years ago, I was David Lynch, and Alicia was his mother’s sister’s girl.
RIP.
RIP.
Testing what it looks like when I post a Spotify link on Bluesky. Feel free to listen to this great album.
Kitsuné: Gildas & Masaya - New York (Bonus Track Version)
Gildas · Compilation · 2009 · 17 songs
open.spotify.com
November 18, 2024 at 2:02 AM
Testing what it looks like when I post a Spotify link on Bluesky. Feel free to listen to this great album.
What I really like about Bluesky is that only one person I follow ever posts, so it's less like a social network, and more like I'm accidentally stalking @robdenbleyker.com
February 13, 2024 at 4:22 PM
What I really like about Bluesky is that only one person I follow ever posts, so it's less like a social network, and more like I'm accidentally stalking @robdenbleyker.com