Michael Hollywood
@mhollywood.bsky.social
Musician, Performer, Writer, and Creative Hunter-Gatherer just living his wacky life & providing relevant content to the righteous.
Harmonica Player in Cathouse Dandies.
https://cathousedandies.bandcamp.com/album/cathouse-dandies
CIS
but not
fasCISt
Harmonica Player in Cathouse Dandies.
https://cathousedandies.bandcamp.com/album/cathouse-dandies
CIS
but not
fasCISt
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Just heard disappointing news that @warren.senate.gov will co-sponsor the Kids Online Safety Act again despite overwhelming opposition from LGBTQ, human rights, abortion rights, and racial justice groups.
This is a horrific betrayal of her constituents, particularly trans youth and their families.
This is a horrific betrayal of her constituents, particularly trans youth and their families.
Why Are Some Democrats Backing MAGA's Anti-LGBTQ+ Censorship?
From late-night host cancellations to removing LGBTQ+ history from government sites, politicians in both parties are contributing to the overwriting of the internet — a place where lots of queer and t...
www.teenvogue.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Just heard disappointing news that @warren.senate.gov will co-sponsor the Kids Online Safety Act again despite overwhelming opposition from LGBTQ, human rights, abortion rights, and racial justice groups.
This is a horrific betrayal of her constituents, particularly trans youth and their families.
This is a horrific betrayal of her constituents, particularly trans youth and their families.
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Gift link: A new and far more comprehensive archaeological effort to map the Roman Empire's road networks! I would've killed for this while I was doing my doctoral dissertation. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/s...
All 187,460 Miles of Road That Led to Rome, Mapped
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Gift link: A new and far more comprehensive archaeological effort to map the Roman Empire's road networks! I would've killed for this while I was doing my doctoral dissertation. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/s...
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are we still on about em dashes and ai. imo human writers should just use the em dashes even harder. we should be out here pummeling out those em dashes like we're emily dickinson
December 10, 2025 at 3:22 AM
are we still on about em dashes and ai. imo human writers should just use the em dashes even harder. we should be out here pummeling out those em dashes like we're emily dickinson
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BREAKING: Albuquerque's Democratic Mayor Tim Keller has won his reelection bid.
Immigration emerged as one key contrast in this race. Keller earlier this year issued an executive order limiting local collaboration with ICE, while challenger Darren White said he'd roll it back.
Immigration emerged as one key contrast in this race. Keller earlier this year issued an executive order limiting local collaboration with ICE, while challenger Darren White said he'd roll it back.
December 10, 2025 at 3:38 AM
BREAKING: Albuquerque's Democratic Mayor Tim Keller has won his reelection bid.
Immigration emerged as one key contrast in this race. Keller earlier this year issued an executive order limiting local collaboration with ICE, while challenger Darren White said he'd roll it back.
Immigration emerged as one key contrast in this race. Keller earlier this year issued an executive order limiting local collaboration with ICE, while challenger Darren White said he'd roll it back.
This GIF of a rendering of Earth without any water dispels the idea of a round globe and shows us that we're all riding a spinning tilting pebble.
On December 21 at 9:03 AM CST, the pebble will hit the highest point of its upward wobble and begin dipping downward.
On December 21 at 9:03 AM CST, the pebble will hit the highest point of its upward wobble and begin dipping downward.
December 10, 2025 at 4:40 AM
This GIF of a rendering of Earth without any water dispels the idea of a round globe and shows us that we're all riding a spinning tilting pebble.
On December 21 at 9:03 AM CST, the pebble will hit the highest point of its upward wobble and begin dipping downward.
On December 21 at 9:03 AM CST, the pebble will hit the highest point of its upward wobble and begin dipping downward.
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"Elon’s entire incoherent free speech framework collapses into a single coherent principle: speech I like is protected, speech I don’t like should be punished.
This is what happens when someone who never understood the actual principles of free speech tries to cosplay as a free speech absolutist."
This is what happens when someone who never understood the actual principles of free speech tries to cosplay as a free speech absolutist."
Three Tweets That Capture The Entire Elon Musk Free Speech Con
We’ve spent years calling out what a hypocrite Elon Musk is on free speech. But sometimes the universe Elon hands you a gift: three tweets in the span of a little over a week that demonstrate…
www.techdirt.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:41 PM
"Elon’s entire incoherent free speech framework collapses into a single coherent principle: speech I like is protected, speech I don’t like should be punished.
This is what happens when someone who never understood the actual principles of free speech tries to cosplay as a free speech absolutist."
This is what happens when someone who never understood the actual principles of free speech tries to cosplay as a free speech absolutist."
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If you think Paramount is just trying to buy Warner Brothers so Ellison can stop CNN from criticizing Trump… you’re right!
www.wsj.com/business/med...
www.wsj.com/business/med...
December 9, 2025 at 3:15 AM
If you think Paramount is just trying to buy Warner Brothers so Ellison can stop CNN from criticizing Trump… you’re right!
www.wsj.com/business/med...
www.wsj.com/business/med...
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OK, seriously. This is wild.
Judge Jay Bybee (1) raises a new issue — the Domestic Violence Clause of the Constitution — to consider in the troop deployment cases; (2) extensively details its historical application;
Judge Jay Bybee (1) raises a new issue — the Domestic Violence Clause of the Constitution — to consider in the troop deployment cases; (2) extensively details its historical application;
December 9, 2025 at 3:37 AM
OK, seriously. This is wild.
Judge Jay Bybee (1) raises a new issue — the Domestic Violence Clause of the Constitution — to consider in the troop deployment cases; (2) extensively details its historical application;
Judge Jay Bybee (1) raises a new issue — the Domestic Violence Clause of the Constitution — to consider in the troop deployment cases; (2) extensively details its historical application;
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So nice to read a peaceful news story about a sunken ship discovered where they suspected another sunken ship was resting. www.popularmechanics.com/science/arch...
Divers Found a Lost Shipwreck So Remarkably Preserved, They Couldn’t Believe Its Age
The two-masted schooner was fully intact—a rarity in Great Lakes shipwreck finds.
www.popularmechanics.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:27 PM
So nice to read a peaceful news story about a sunken ship discovered where they suspected another sunken ship was resting. www.popularmechanics.com/science/arch...
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each of us contains the full genetic instructions for both testosterone & estrogen driven hormone loadouts (along with varying combos of both)
this can be changed at any time. our genes will even start expressing themselves differently within ~3-6 months.
this is an existential threat to fascists.
this can be changed at any time. our genes will even start expressing themselves differently within ~3-6 months.
this is an existential threat to fascists.
"current hormone loadout"
That legit makes me sound like a cyborg and I freaking dig it.
That legit makes me sound like a cyborg and I freaking dig it.
December 8, 2025 at 7:49 PM
each of us contains the full genetic instructions for both testosterone & estrogen driven hormone loadouts (along with varying combos of both)
this can be changed at any time. our genes will even start expressing themselves differently within ~3-6 months.
this is an existential threat to fascists.
this can be changed at any time. our genes will even start expressing themselves differently within ~3-6 months.
this is an existential threat to fascists.
Living rent free in his tiny little mind.
Rep. Jasmine Crockett announces her campaign for U.S. Senate for Texas with an ad that uses Trump’s own words against her.
December 9, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Living rent free in his tiny little mind.
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Video showing the massive crowds in Damascus celebrating the one year anniversary of the fall of the Assad regime in Syria:
Millions of people are celebrating in the Syrian capital, Damascus.
A remarkable scene.
🇸🇾🇸🇾🇸🇾🇸🇾
A remarkable scene.
🇸🇾🇸🇾🇸🇾🇸🇾
December 8, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Video showing the massive crowds in Damascus celebrating the one year anniversary of the fall of the Assad regime in Syria:
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Seems pretty clear this is meant to bait Democrats into voting against this. It also includes a ban on "Administering, prescribing, or dis2 pensing to an individual medications" including testosterone and puberty blocking drugs.
www.finance.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
www.finance.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
December 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Seems pretty clear this is meant to bait Democrats into voting against this. It also includes a ban on "Administering, prescribing, or dis2 pensing to an individual medications" including testosterone and puberty blocking drugs.
www.finance.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
www.finance.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
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Tucked inside the Republican bill for health care subsidies, a clause that would restrict the money from being used for abortion (with exception for rape, incest or life of the mother) or for "any sex trait modification procedure or service."
www.finance.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
www.finance.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
December 8, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Tucked inside the Republican bill for health care subsidies, a clause that would restrict the money from being used for abortion (with exception for rape, incest or life of the mother) or for "any sex trait modification procedure or service."
www.finance.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
www.finance.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
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Golden Globes 2026: Nick Cave, Jonny Greenwood, Max Richter Nominated
https://www.inbella.com/1418591/golden-globes-2026-nick-cave-jonny-greenwood-max-richter-nominated/
Nominees for the 2026 Golden Globe Awards have been revealed. Jonny Greenwood and Max Richter are among the picks for Best …
https://www.inbella.com/1418591/golden-globes-2026-nick-cave-jonny-greenwood-max-richter-nominated/
Nominees for the 2026 Golden Globe Awards have been revealed. Jonny Greenwood and Max Richter are among the picks for Best …
Golden Globes 2026: Nick Cave, Jonny Greenwood, Max Richter Nominated - INBELLA
Nominees for the 2026 Golden Globe Awards have been revealed. Jonny Greenwood and Max Richter are among the picks for Best Original Score for a Motion
www.inbella.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Golden Globes 2026: Nick Cave, Jonny Greenwood, Max Richter Nominated
https://www.inbella.com/1418591/golden-globes-2026-nick-cave-jonny-greenwood-max-richter-nominated/
Nominees for the 2026 Golden Globe Awards have been revealed. Jonny Greenwood and Max Richter are among the picks for Best …
https://www.inbella.com/1418591/golden-globes-2026-nick-cave-jonny-greenwood-max-richter-nominated/
Nominees for the 2026 Golden Globe Awards have been revealed. Jonny Greenwood and Max Richter are among the picks for Best …
I was so inspired by my friend Bob Weinswig's yearly celebration of Tom Waits Week (ripe for National Holiday Status!) that I had him record me committing this foolishness:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pME...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pME...
Michael Hollywood Does Tom Waits A Capella (Swordfishtrombone)
YouTube video by HollywoodOnLakeMich
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December 8, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I was so inspired by my friend Bob Weinswig's yearly celebration of Tom Waits Week (ripe for National Holiday Status!) that I had him record me committing this foolishness:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pME...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pME...
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Josh Marshall is absolutely right about this as a matter of constitutional restoration BUT ALSO
You can't do ANY of the "kitchen table" agenda EITHER without abolishing the power of the six corrupt GOP justices. They'll kill any good Dem policy (eg student loan forgiveness) just to watch it die.
You can't do ANY of the "kitchen table" agenda EITHER without abolishing the power of the six corrupt GOP justices. They'll kill any good Dem policy (eg student loan forgiveness) just to watch it die.
“Supreme Court reform is now the sine qua non of any reformist program in the United States, any program to re-implant/re-secure civic democracy in the United States”
-- @joshtpm.bsky.social talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/court...
-- @joshtpm.bsky.social talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/court...
Court Reform: Breaking the Corrupt Rule of the Six GOPers Is Everything
I’ve become something of a broken record on this. But repetition sometimes...
talkingpointsmemo.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Josh Marshall is absolutely right about this as a matter of constitutional restoration BUT ALSO
You can't do ANY of the "kitchen table" agenda EITHER without abolishing the power of the six corrupt GOP justices. They'll kill any good Dem policy (eg student loan forgiveness) just to watch it die.
You can't do ANY of the "kitchen table" agenda EITHER without abolishing the power of the six corrupt GOP justices. They'll kill any good Dem policy (eg student loan forgiveness) just to watch it die.
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public transit for all
December 8, 2025 at 9:27 PM
public transit for all
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Know your rights. Protect your neighbors.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
December 7, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Know your rights. Protect your neighbors.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
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All I’m saying is that there’s an anti-AI lane that remains entirely open to 2028 Dems.
And I think it’d be smart for them to jump on it before the bubble pops.
And I think it’d be smart for them to jump on it before the bubble pops.
December 8, 2025 at 3:22 AM
All I’m saying is that there’s an anti-AI lane that remains entirely open to 2028 Dems.
And I think it’d be smart for them to jump on it before the bubble pops.
And I think it’d be smart for them to jump on it before the bubble pops.
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This doesn't make sense when you remember that puberty blockers are regularly prescribed for cis children all the time with no issue. It's only banned for trans youth.
Cass and a co-author have a really telling passage in a recent article where they draw an analogy between cigarette sales and puberty blockers! It's wild.
December 8, 2025 at 1:38 AM
This doesn't make sense when you remember that puberty blockers are regularly prescribed for cis children all the time with no issue. It's only banned for trans youth.
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1. In a Sunday Night surprise, the trans healthcare coverage ban has been removed from the military NDAA.
Congressional leaders released the negotiated bill this evening, and though the House AND Senate contained the provision, it is not in the final bill!
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Congressional leaders released the negotiated bill this evening, and though the House AND Senate contained the provision, it is not in the final bill!
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Trans Healthcare Coverage Ban Stripped From Negotiated Military NDAA Bill In Sunday Night Surprise
Anti-DEI and sports ban provisions for the military still exist in the bill, but the removal of a health care provision is a major victory for transgender people in congressional legislation.
www.erininthemorning.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:02 AM
1. In a Sunday Night surprise, the trans healthcare coverage ban has been removed from the military NDAA.
Congressional leaders released the negotiated bill this evening, and though the House AND Senate contained the provision, it is not in the final bill!
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Congressional leaders released the negotiated bill this evening, and though the House AND Senate contained the provision, it is not in the final bill!
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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"I'll burn down your house" - legally actionable, boring, common
"I told the trees about you" - legally acceptable, foreboding, unsettling, the plants know your name and hate you
"I told the trees about you" - legally acceptable, foreboding, unsettling, the plants know your name and hate you
December 7, 2025 at 11:56 PM
"I'll burn down your house" - legally actionable, boring, common
"I told the trees about you" - legally acceptable, foreboding, unsettling, the plants know your name and hate you
"I told the trees about you" - legally acceptable, foreboding, unsettling, the plants know your name and hate you