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Josh Michtom

@rsgat.bsky.social

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Dad, husband, lawyer for marginalized kids, former veteran public defender, Hartford City Councilman (one of six WFP-only electeds nationwide!), musician, artist, professor; opinions my own; "CT Dems aren't socialist enough for this clown."

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Josh Michtom @rsgat.bsky.social · 11d

Don't talk to cops. I wrote a song about it. Wanna hear it? Here it goes:

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Josh Michtom @rsgat.bsky.social · 15m

I forgot about this. Holy shit. I know (hope) they're just alluding to the train that goes from Braintree to Alewife, but damn.

lizdoingthings.bsky.social @lizdoingthings.bsky.social · 17m

Kinda how in Somerville we saw a Red Line Real Estate. REALLY??

Josh Michtom @rsgat.bsky.social · 17m

SoCalGas gets on stage, says, "Meter readers: if you're tired of CNG executives wanting to appear in all your daily reports, trying to talk over your calls; if you want to be a real gas artist, come to SoCalGas."

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Josh Michtom @rsgat.bsky.social · 22m

I have just learned that the Connecticut Natural Gas company's newsletter is called "The Source," and that feels like... like, how would absolutely no one at CNG know that that name is taken by another, more prominent periodical?

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Josh Michtom @rsgat.bsky.social · 1h

I was in the inflatable panda costume known as my doughy body, dancing around with a horn and a megaphone.

Josh Michtom @rsgat.bsky.social · 1h

Look, Erin. Do you want the silly videos of an old lady scolding a bear or not?

Josh Michtom @rsgat.bsky.social · 2h

OK, fair. But still the mom is the real villain here.

Josh Michtom @rsgat.bsky.social · 2h

I would bet they just showed up for "a birthday party," and then, like, shit, they got dolled up and came all this way, you know? Can't put this one on the workers.

Josh Michtom @rsgat.bsky.social · 2h

Listen. It's not just Republicans. I have moved undetected among the suburban Dems of Connecticut, and they may not be saying the actual words, but when they say, "people in Hartford" their eyes are adding the hard R.

Josh Michtom @rsgat.bsky.social · 2h

There was one particular band at the HONK! festival this past weekend that was a particular revelation for me, and one of their members just emailed to say that they caught one of our sets and especially liked our sound, and that shit made my whole day.

Josh Michtom @rsgat.bsky.social · 4h

As a tall man, I can't endorse this hard enough. We are men. We don't have the discernment to seek out the taller women, even though we want them, because when any woman likes us, we just... say yes. But in our hearts, we want the taller ones.

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 4h

Never fuck with a marching clarinetist. Their thumb is strong and their back probably hurts

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 16h

Oriana Korol, a 38-year-old child and family therapist, remains in Clark County Jail.

Federal agents barrel into band at Portland ICE protest, arrest clarinetist, accuse her of assault

Oriana Korol, a 38-year-old child and family therapist, remains in Clark County Jail.

www.oregonlive.com

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Josh Michtom @rsgat.bsky.social · 4h

I'm a little annoyed that they don't tell us whether the clarinet was damaged.

Josh Michtom @rsgat.bsky.social · 4h

his mother having been randomly killed was part of Ice-T's character's backstory, which was, to be honest, a needlessly heavy-handed turn by the writers.

Josh Michtom @rsgat.bsky.social · 4h

When I first saw New Jack City and got to the part where Ice-T is beating up Wesley Snipes and he says, "That teacher you killed? That was my mother!" I thought he was just talking metaphorically about the collective harm that the drug trade does to the community, but later I remembered that...

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Josh Michtom @rsgat.bsky.social · 18h

The Hartford Line conductors sit down in empty seats and shoot the shit with regular riders, and I like that very much.

Josh Michtom @rsgat.bsky.social · 20h

I'm just a lawyer who showed up on time for his 2:30 hearing, waiting for a judge to call him into court.

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Josh Michtom @rsgat.bsky.social · 21h

Also, they mostly just look like empanadas or Jamaican beef patties?

Josh Michtom @rsgat.bsky.social · 22h

Democrats: this is why we MUST double down on old centrists. Janet Mills and John Larson will win these young Nazis to our side!

ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 22h

every young Republican staffer is a Nazi, it's that simple www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Josh Michtom @rsgat.bsky.social · 22h

I was actually pretty nice to the second old dude too. That's why I'm ranting here - those dudes didn't deserve any mean words from me.

Josh Michtom @rsgat.bsky.social · 22h

Bridgeport is not sending its best old dudes.

Josh Michtom @rsgat.bsky.social · 22h

Then a different old dude who wanted to finesse me for $10 with a story about being stranded and needing to catch a bus to somewhere interrupted me while I was talking on the phone. I don't mind that story! I will give you money! But don't interrupt me, a stranger to you, when I'm on the phone!

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Josh Michtom @rsgat.bsky.social · 22h

I just went to have a quiet lunch by myself before court and an old dude who had seen me lock my bike up just came in the restaurant, said he wanted to ask me something about my bike (which he did), and then sat and talked with me for my whole meal. It was OK, but not what I wanted!

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Josh Michtom @rsgat.bsky.social · 23h

I always want my headshot for when I'm on a panel to look a little bit belligerent.

Josh Michtom @rsgat.bsky.social · 23h

One of the things about D'Angelo is that he made RECORDS: Beautiful, fully imagined listening experiences; no skips. Such an astonishing artist.

Josh Michtom @rsgat.bsky.social · 23h

Look, Hemingway was also literature, OK? There can be poetry in directness.

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