Mike Draco
@digitaldraco.bsky.social
Californian, leftish politics, psychology, photography, folklore, science, nerd stuff… [he/him]
Creator of the Blueskywalkers feed for Star Wars fans: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:7npnzio6e63coxgttadiyo34/feed/aaaeo2vyrtmoa
Creator of the Blueskywalkers feed for Star Wars fans: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:7npnzio6e63coxgttadiyo34/feed/aaaeo2vyrtmoa
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Mike Draco
@digitaldraco.bsky.social
· Jun 8
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#Immigration #ICERaids #LosAngeles
www.ccijustice.org/carrn
Los Angeles Raids and Rapid Response Network Hotline:
888-624-4752
#Immigration #ICERaids #LosAngeles
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"I keep thinking that evil would like nothing better than to have us feel awful about who we are."
November 29, 2025 at 7:32 PM
"I keep thinking that evil would like nothing better than to have us feel awful about who we are."
Making a "joke" out of someone asking people to stop using a slur, especially when you're a widely known artist with a huge worldwide following and tons of other people then pick up what you did and do the same thing to mock the guy asking people to do better?
Yeah, you're an ass, DeadMau5.
Yeah, you're an ass, DeadMau5.
November 30, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Making a "joke" out of someone asking people to stop using a slur, especially when you're a widely known artist with a huge worldwide following and tons of other people then pick up what you did and do the same thing to mock the guy asking people to do better?
Yeah, you're an ass, DeadMau5.
Yeah, you're an ass, DeadMau5.
Genuinely don't understand WTF Fortnite is anymore except an attempt to create Ready Player One IRL.
November 29, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Genuinely don't understand WTF Fortnite is anymore except an attempt to create Ready Player One IRL.
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The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
Bookselling is like the most "people go to the store and buy what looks cool to them without a particular agenda" type business left, and your purchases have a huge influence on what is ordered, what is displayed, and what is recommended.
November 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
November 29, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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I came across this on the other non-Twitter site and it smacked me like a sock full of quarters.
Maybe it’s just the people I follow but this place feels SO FULL of endless criticisms, political commentary, snarking/“shitposting”, and… so little else.
Maybe it’s just the people I follow but this place feels SO FULL of endless criticisms, political commentary, snarking/“shitposting”, and… so little else.
November 26, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I came across this on the other non-Twitter site and it smacked me like a sock full of quarters.
Maybe it’s just the people I follow but this place feels SO FULL of endless criticisms, political commentary, snarking/“shitposting”, and… so little else.
Maybe it’s just the people I follow but this place feels SO FULL of endless criticisms, political commentary, snarking/“shitposting”, and… so little else.
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O, big #Caturday!
they're auctioning Blake's Tyger next week
seems impossible, like selling a comet or a shooting star
www.christies.com/en/stories/t...
seems impossible, like selling a comet or a shooting star
www.christies.com/en/stories/t...
November 29, 2025 at 1:54 PM
O, big #Caturday!
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Always a good time for Calvin and Hobbes
November 29, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Always a good time for Calvin and Hobbes
@profanity.accountant how many swears do I have?
November 29, 2025 at 5:31 AM
@profanity.accountant how many swears do I have?
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yeah I feel a very high sense of alarm about what the "incapable of loving our country" goalposts are going to include
quite certainly they're going to try very hard to use it on elected Democrats which is at least one reason I feel like we need to be TALKING ABOUT IMPEACHMENT WAY MORE THAN WE ARE
quite certainly they're going to try very hard to use it on elected Democrats which is at least one reason I feel like we need to be TALKING ABOUT IMPEACHMENT WAY MORE THAN WE ARE
In case you thought you were safe bc you aren't one of his currently identified enemies to kidnap and deport, take a look at this line:
"and remove anyone who is not a net asset to the United States, or is incapable of loving our Country..."
No one is safe when a bully is in charge.
"and remove anyone who is not a net asset to the United States, or is incapable of loving our Country..."
No one is safe when a bully is in charge.
November 29, 2025 at 12:26 AM
yeah I feel a very high sense of alarm about what the "incapable of loving our country" goalposts are going to include
quite certainly they're going to try very hard to use it on elected Democrats which is at least one reason I feel like we need to be TALKING ABOUT IMPEACHMENT WAY MORE THAN WE ARE
quite certainly they're going to try very hard to use it on elected Democrats which is at least one reason I feel like we need to be TALKING ABOUT IMPEACHMENT WAY MORE THAN WE ARE
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November 25, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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This isn’t policy. It’s rule by fear.
November 28, 2025 at 10:09 PM
This isn’t policy. It’s rule by fear.
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Thrilled to share the Point Reyes Myriorama: a storytelling art deck inspired by the National Seashore and my love of Philip Pullman. I teamed up with artist Carrie Alyson of Aspenhearted. Preorder now for early 2026 delivery: www.pointreyesmyriorama.com
The Point Reyes Myriorama | 24-Card Illustrated Deck
Explore Point Reyes through 24 illustrated cards. Every edge lines up seamlessly to create infinite panoramic landscapes. Includes guidebook.
www.pointreyesmyriorama.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Thrilled to share the Point Reyes Myriorama: a storytelling art deck inspired by the National Seashore and my love of Philip Pullman. I teamed up with artist Carrie Alyson of Aspenhearted. Preorder now for early 2026 delivery: www.pointreyesmyriorama.com
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I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
The people running the government social accounts should be held accountable for their hate speech.
Homeland Security doesn’t grasp the fact that the first Thanksgiving was about making “room at the table” for European “invaders.”
November 28, 2025 at 2:06 AM
The people running the government social accounts should be held accountable for their hate speech.
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Elliott Erwitt, 1988
November 27, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Elliott Erwitt, 1988
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the whole point is in fact to be self-righteously off-putting. it's about defining your own in-group and signalling how in it you are
www.amazon.com/Hegemony-How...
www.amazon.com/Hegemony-How...
Hegemony How-To: A Roadmap for Radicals
Hegemony How-To: A Roadmap for Radicals - Kindle edition by Smucker, Jonathan. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Hegemony How-To: A Roadmap for Radicals.
www.amazon.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:32 PM
the whole point is in fact to be self-righteously off-putting. it's about defining your own in-group and signalling how in it you are
www.amazon.com/Hegemony-How...
www.amazon.com/Hegemony-How...
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I'm old.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
November 27, 2025 at 4:21 AM
I'm old.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
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There has literally never been a universal basic income trial program that didn't deliver real and measurable results above and beyond any other form of social welfare, and every time another concludes with the same findings the powers that be go "interesting! Anyway," and pretend it wouldn't work.
November 22, 2025 at 6:00 AM
There has literally never been a universal basic income trial program that didn't deliver real and measurable results above and beyond any other form of social welfare, and every time another concludes with the same findings the powers that be go "interesting! Anyway," and pretend it wouldn't work.
I came across this on the other non-Twitter site and it smacked me like a sock full of quarters.
Maybe it’s just the people I follow but this place feels SO FULL of endless criticisms, political commentary, snarking/“shitposting”, and… so little else.
Maybe it’s just the people I follow but this place feels SO FULL of endless criticisms, political commentary, snarking/“shitposting”, and… so little else.
November 26, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I came across this on the other non-Twitter site and it smacked me like a sock full of quarters.
Maybe it’s just the people I follow but this place feels SO FULL of endless criticisms, political commentary, snarking/“shitposting”, and… so little else.
Maybe it’s just the people I follow but this place feels SO FULL of endless criticisms, political commentary, snarking/“shitposting”, and… so little else.
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The complete set of 8 Dragons of Wales books is now on sale with 25% off. The perfect gift for any dragon lover. These books feature hundreds of illustrations with accompanying notes. Every picture, every word, created by a human artist with zero AI.
dragonsofwales.etsy.com/listing/1517...
dragonsofwales.etsy.com/listing/1517...
November 26, 2025 at 7:56 PM
The complete set of 8 Dragons of Wales books is now on sale with 25% off. The perfect gift for any dragon lover. These books feature hundreds of illustrations with accompanying notes. Every picture, every word, created by a human artist with zero AI.
dragonsofwales.etsy.com/listing/1517...
dragonsofwales.etsy.com/listing/1517...
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Never expect empathy from a Trumpist. Assume she's being deported because none of them had the competence to harvest her organs for sale on the black market...and their Signal chats to figure out that grift have auto-deleted already.
People keep posting about how “maybe Leavitt will learn a lesson now that it’s happening to her sister-in-law” and…you are missing a key point. The woman is Leavitt’s brother’s *ex* & Leavitt’s entire family - including her brother & his new wife - seem pretty eager to deport this woman.
“After Ferreira was detained, Dos Santos Rodrigues said Michael Leavitt Sr. and his father, Bob Leavitt, reached out to her.”
“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
November 26, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Never expect empathy from a Trumpist. Assume she's being deported because none of them had the competence to harvest her organs for sale on the black market...and their Signal chats to figure out that grift have auto-deleted already.
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fuck you
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
November 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM
fuck you
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
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The fact that this is from SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN.
The hell is wrong with this country!?
I want off this stupid ride.
The hell is wrong with this country!?
I want off this stupid ride.
I don't even want to link to this, but the author of the article also wrote a novel about how 'ai will transform humanity' lol.
Almost every assumption the article makes is something that should be challenged immediately. "AI is starting to sound like another kitchen appliance" NO IT ISN'T.
Almost every assumption the article makes is something that should be challenged immediately. "AI is starting to sound like another kitchen appliance" NO IT ISN'T.
November 26, 2025 at 12:37 AM
The fact that this is from SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN.
The hell is wrong with this country!?
I want off this stupid ride.
The hell is wrong with this country!?
I want off this stupid ride.