MichaelDorset
@stillcraftsman.bsky.social
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Craftsman at heart, draftsman by profession.
I'd retire tomorrow if I could afford it; I've got lots of stuff to do at home.
If hope can save democracy, I'm trying to do my part. It's not easy.
I was/am OldWhiteGuy on the bird app, FWIW
Craftsman at heart, draftsman by profession.
I'd retire tomorrow if I could afford it; I've got lots of stuff to do at home.
If hope can save democracy, I'm trying to do my part. It's not easy.
I was/am OldWhiteGuy on the bird app, FWIW
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The EPSTEIN Files are a much quicker read than I expected.
December 20, 2025 at 8:12 PM
The EPSTEIN Files are a much quicker read than I expected.
The Emperor has no clothes.
December 19, 2025 at 6:21 PM
The Emperor has no clothes.
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It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
December 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
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And think
The republicans have managed to do this to us, to the world, in les than a year.
The republicans have managed to do this to us, to the world, in les than a year.
December 9, 2025 at 1:15 PM
And think
The republicans have managed to do this to us, to the world, in les than a year.
The republicans have managed to do this to us, to the world, in les than a year.
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Thread, long but very worth it.
My parents were free-wheeling Boomers convinced things were only ever going to get better, financially. They had good reason, then. They could afford a house, car, and weekly nights out on two full time assistant manager jobs at a fast food chain. But they also got caught up in emulating wealth trap
December 8, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Thread, long but very worth it.
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My new podcast "Burn Order" is about the decision to incarcerate tens of thousands of Japanese-American families during World War II, and the remarkable fight against it.
6 episodes in total -- Eps. 1 and 2 are posted now. 3 and 4 will post tomorrow, December 8:
podcasts.apple.com/me/podcast/r...
6 episodes in total -- Eps. 1 and 2 are posted now. 3 and 4 will post tomorrow, December 8:
podcasts.apple.com/me/podcast/r...
Rachel Maddow Presents: Burn Order
News Podcast · Series ·
podcasts.apple.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:06 PM
My new podcast "Burn Order" is about the decision to incarcerate tens of thousands of Japanese-American families during World War II, and the remarkable fight against it.
6 episodes in total -- Eps. 1 and 2 are posted now. 3 and 4 will post tomorrow, December 8:
podcasts.apple.com/me/podcast/r...
6 episodes in total -- Eps. 1 and 2 are posted now. 3 and 4 will post tomorrow, December 8:
podcasts.apple.com/me/podcast/r...
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That's the thing about anxiety and complex trauma, that maybe you don't understand (if you're lucky). We forget to look up and bump into a person. We get frozen, and someone who doesn't know what we have lived through decides we are deliberately being an asshole.
It costs nothing to be kind.
It costs nothing to be kind.
December 7, 2025 at 7:48 PM
That's the thing about anxiety and complex trauma, that maybe you don't understand (if you're lucky). We forget to look up and bump into a person. We get frozen, and someone who doesn't know what we have lived through decides we are deliberately being an asshole.
It costs nothing to be kind.
It costs nothing to be kind.
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
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“…Even if they are able to clean up his mess … elect a supremely sane president next, America will NEVER again be a trusted partner. Because there are enough Americans who would vote for him … (again).
I couldn't even say anything. She was right. The damage this has done is endless…”
I couldn't even say anything. She was right. The damage this has done is endless…”
December 7, 2025 at 4:15 PM
“…Even if they are able to clean up his mess … elect a supremely sane president next, America will NEVER again be a trusted partner. Because there are enough Americans who would vote for him … (again).
I couldn't even say anything. She was right. The damage this has done is endless…”
I couldn't even say anything. She was right. The damage this has done is endless…”
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👇 (FUCKING THIS. Especially the last two very important sentences.)
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👇 (FUCKING THIS. Especially the last two very important sentences.)
Newsom's morality is his problem. So the only case for him is that "HE CAN WIN."
Much of this lies in his white male bland handsomeness. Centrists think that solves Dems' "cultural issues."
What this gets wrong is that 2028 must be about corruption. And he's on the opposite side of that.
Much of this lies in his white male bland handsomeness. Centrists think that solves Dems' "cultural issues."
What this gets wrong is that 2028 must be about corruption. And he's on the opposite side of that.
Money Doesn't Buy Elections. It Does Something Worse.
Campaign ads barely move the needle. The real influence is hiding in plain sight.
data4democracy.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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👇 (FUCKING THIS. Especially the last two very important sentences.)
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👇 (FUCKING THIS. Especially the last two very important sentences.)
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I still don't get why people pay attention to literary awards. The Nobel Prize for Literature. The Pulitzer Prize for fiction. The Man Booker Prize. Not one of these have ever honored a book with an illustrated cutaway that tells you what all the parts of a castle are.
December 7, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I still don't get why people pay attention to literary awards. The Nobel Prize for Literature. The Pulitzer Prize for fiction. The Man Booker Prize. Not one of these have ever honored a book with an illustrated cutaway that tells you what all the parts of a castle are.
1995-1997, by Sweater Weather
19 track album
sweaterweatherchicago.bandcamp.com
December 6, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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I don’t want to vote for a Democrat who promises to get Trump’s voters to vote for them. I want a Democrat who wants to put Trump in prison
December 6, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I don’t want to vote for a Democrat who promises to get Trump’s voters to vote for them. I want a Democrat who wants to put Trump in prison
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I mean, do we talk enough about how deranged this person is—and how he should be miles away from the levers of power?
December 6, 2025 at 1:57 AM
I mean, do we talk enough about how deranged this person is—and how he should be miles away from the levers of power?
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December 6, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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The US government is summarily executing people on a weekly basis without telling the American people any of their names or presenting any proof of their guilt, for alleged crimes that do not carry the death penalty in the US.
December 6, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The US government is summarily executing people on a weekly basis without telling the American people any of their names or presenting any proof of their guilt, for alleged crimes that do not carry the death penalty in the US.
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The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
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LIFT. THE. CAP.
After the chaos Trump and Musk unleashed, next year could be a make-or-break year for Social Security.
We need every member of Congress to stay laser-focused on protecting and expanding our Social Security system.
We need every member of Congress to stay laser-focused on protecting and expanding our Social Security system.
December 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
LIFT. THE. CAP.
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Jesus Fuck, this is funny.
Crypto Leaders Call For Infusion Of 20 Million Dopes To Stabilize Market
Crypto Leaders Call For Infusion Of 20 Million Dopes To Stabilize Market
BOSTON—Stressing that the move would help keep digital currencies liquid through the coming year, crypto leaders called for an infusion of 20 million dopes Thursday to stabilize the market. “We’re cal...
theonion.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Jesus Fuck, this is funny.
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"During World War II, Ms. Oba’s grandparents were among the more than 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry who were forced by the federal government to live for years in remote, hastily constructed internment camps across the West."
Haunted by History, Japanese Americans Fight Trump’s Immigration Crackdown
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:10 PM
"During World War II, Ms. Oba’s grandparents were among the more than 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry who were forced by the federal government to live for years in remote, hastily constructed internment camps across the West."
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We now have an unprecedented level of income & wealth inequality.
It isn’t acceptable that the top 1% owns more wealth than the bottom 93%, while a majority of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.
We must stand together & create an economy that works for all, not just the few.
It isn’t acceptable that the top 1% owns more wealth than the bottom 93%, while a majority of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.
We must stand together & create an economy that works for all, not just the few.
November 30, 2025 at 10:00 PM
We now have an unprecedented level of income & wealth inequality.
It isn’t acceptable that the top 1% owns more wealth than the bottom 93%, while a majority of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.
We must stand together & create an economy that works for all, not just the few.
It isn’t acceptable that the top 1% owns more wealth than the bottom 93%, while a majority of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.
We must stand together & create an economy that works for all, not just the few.
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November 25, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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Once again, if you haven't been convinced by [waves arms at fucking everything], if you do not live in the United States, DO NOT FUCKING VISIT THE UNITED STATES.
Matt Blaze (@[email protected])
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FFS. For the first time, non-citizens will be charged a hefty surcharge to enter US national parks (an extra $100/person, and annual passes for noncitizens will cost $250 instead of...
federate.social
November 26, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Once again, if you haven't been convinced by [waves arms at fucking everything], if you do not live in the United States, DO NOT FUCKING VISIT THE UNITED STATES.