Michael Carlson
@micarlson.bsky.social
Nora's dad. Rufus' guy 14+ years. Yank, Montréaler, Brit (adopted pre-Brexit).Writer, broadcaster & speaker on Culture (arts, books, film, Americana), Politics & (as Mike or Iron Mike) Sports. Some poems. Accept no substitutes. His not Him before gerunds
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Sixty Years Ago: John Lindsay was our Mamdani: Vietnam was our Trump . The limits of joy, the depths of despair. I was 14 and already I was being located.
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Can imagine the fuckiing talking heads talkingvabout the uk. Sonia sodha, hadley freeman,helen lewis and Mathew syed All shouting the uk is going down the pan due to. Labour..Transvestites every where sharia law in every town, and what is needed is good old fashioned thatcherite badenoch government
December 22, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Can imagine the fuckiing talking heads talkingvabout the uk. Sonia sodha, hadley freeman,helen lewis and Mathew syed All shouting the uk is going down the pan due to. Labour..Transvestites every where sharia law in every town, and what is needed is good old fashioned thatcherite badenoch government
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Read this:
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Read this:
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England water company CEO says long-term water security is under threat.
Customers already paid, companies didn't build reservoirs, dumped sewage in rivers, neglected investment, paid dividends
Now want to charge customers again, not raising capital from shareholders.
End the scam. Nationalise.
Customers already paid, companies didn't build reservoirs, dumped sewage in rivers, neglected investment, paid dividends
Now want to charge customers again, not raising capital from shareholders.
End the scam. Nationalise.
Suffolk water boss says new reservoirs needed to address demand
Water company says it needs two new reservoirs and a recycling plant to cope with demand in Suffolk.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 22, 2025 at 9:04 AM
England water company CEO says long-term water security is under threat.
Customers already paid, companies didn't build reservoirs, dumped sewage in rivers, neglected investment, paid dividends
Now want to charge customers again, not raising capital from shareholders.
End the scam. Nationalise.
Customers already paid, companies didn't build reservoirs, dumped sewage in rivers, neglected investment, paid dividends
Now want to charge customers again, not raising capital from shareholders.
End the scam. Nationalise.
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Never forget this: The GOP’s nonsensical culture war is meant to distract you from corporate corruption, worker oppression, and staggering wealth inequality.
December 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Never forget this: The GOP’s nonsensical culture war is meant to distract you from corporate corruption, worker oppression, and staggering wealth inequality.
Unless Robbie Gibb is on the same page as Bari Weiss, which he is
Dear @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social - do you perhaps want to reconsider having CBS as your "US news partner" in light of its changed ownership? Or are you locked into a contract you'll have to see out?
Why did CBS delete this promo and cancel this from airing in full?
December 22, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Unless Robbie Gibb is on the same page as Bari Weiss, which he is
A, difference between spirit and intent sounds like Bari Weiss wrote Brennan's question. She gets tounge tied like a bad marionette
BRENNAN: This isn't everything you asked for just yet, but would you acknowledge that they are complying with the spirit if not the intent of your law?
MASSIE: No. They're flouting the spirit and the letter of the law. It's very troubling the posture that they've taken.
MASSIE: No. They're flouting the spirit and the letter of the law. It's very troubling the posture that they've taken.
December 22, 2025 at 9:08 AM
A, difference between spirit and intent sounds like Bari Weiss wrote Brennan's question. She gets tounge tied like a bad marionette
How can you not comply with the intent of the law but comply with its "spirit"
BRENNAN: This isn't everything you asked for just yet, but would you acknowledge that they are complying with the spirit if not the intent of your law?
MASSIE: No. They're flouting the spirit and the letter of the law. It's very troubling the posture that they've taken.
MASSIE: No. They're flouting the spirit and the letter of the law. It's very troubling the posture that they've taken.
December 22, 2025 at 9:06 AM
How can you not comply with the intent of the law but comply with its "spirit"
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So Bari Weiss’s first real editorial intervention at CBS is to repress coverage of American concentration camps.
December 22, 2025 at 3:05 AM
So Bari Weiss’s first real editorial intervention at CBS is to repress coverage of American concentration camps.
Carl Cheffers has no control of the calls in this game @nflukire @thencshow
December 21, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Carl Cheffers has no control of the calls in this game @nflukire @thencshow
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It's four days before Christmas & a great day not to be a scumbag 🥰 🥰 🥰 🥰
Far right scum have been out harrassing the homeless on the streets & they are proud of it.
The folks at @calaisappeal.bsky.social are doing everything they can to stand up to the hate 🙏 please stand with us 🙏
www.youtube.com/shorts/bxFVG...
The folks at @calaisappeal.bsky.social are doing everything they can to stand up to the hate 🙏 please stand with us 🙏
www.youtube.com/shorts/bxFVG...
Far Right SCUM harass the HOMELESS
YouTube video by Zoe Gardner
www.youtube.com
December 21, 2025 at 12:35 PM
It's four days before Christmas & a great day not to be a scumbag 🥰 🥰 🥰 🥰
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Reform politicians double down on their racism because they’re proudly racist.
Farage won’t apologise for his or his party’s racism because he needs his racist voters on side.
Reform is racist. Farage is racist.
Don’t call for apologies. Call them what they are.
app.independent.co.uk/2025/12/20/2...
Farage won’t apologise for his or his party’s racism because he needs his racist voters on side.
Reform is racist. Farage is racist.
Don’t call for apologies. Call them what they are.
app.independent.co.uk/2025/12/20/2...
December 21, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Reform politicians double down on their racism because they’re proudly racist.
Farage won’t apologise for his or his party’s racism because he needs his racist voters on side.
Reform is racist. Farage is racist.
Don’t call for apologies. Call them what they are.
app.independent.co.uk/2025/12/20/2...
Farage won’t apologise for his or his party’s racism because he needs his racist voters on side.
Reform is racist. Farage is racist.
Don’t call for apologies. Call them what they are.
app.independent.co.uk/2025/12/20/2...
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Goldman: This guy is so clearly trying to follow the Putin model—using the government to make money, making sure his allies control the most important companies in the country, including our media companies, doling out money by deregulating their industries, and taking money from them in return…
December 21, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Goldman: This guy is so clearly trying to follow the Putin model—using the government to make money, making sure his allies control the most important companies in the country, including our media companies, doling out money by deregulating their industries, and taking money from them in return…
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🤣😂Lol!
December 21, 2025 at 9:48 AM
🤣😂Lol!
Daily Double: Harding gets to establish Observer's Tory bona fides using Streeting to undermine Starmer
Tell me you’re positioning for a leadership bid without telling me :….Taxes too high as opposed to poorly structured?
December 21, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Daily Double: Harding gets to establish Observer's Tory bona fides using Streeting to undermine Starmer
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Tell me you’re positioning for a leadership bid without telling me :….Taxes too high as opposed to poorly structured?
December 21, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Tell me you’re positioning for a leadership bid without telling me :….Taxes too high as opposed to poorly structured?
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Have a soft spot for the England cricket team but they’ve deserved this Ashes annihilation from the off
British press was full of preening ‘this is our year’ nonsense before a ball had even been bowled
Bazball is pure ‘Global Britain’ Brexit BS. Full of exceptionalism and hot air
British press was full of preening ‘this is our year’ nonsense before a ball had even been bowled
Bazball is pure ‘Global Britain’ Brexit BS. Full of exceptionalism and hot air
December 21, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Have a soft spot for the England cricket team but they’ve deserved this Ashes annihilation from the off
British press was full of preening ‘this is our year’ nonsense before a ball had even been bowled
Bazball is pure ‘Global Britain’ Brexit BS. Full of exceptionalism and hot air
British press was full of preening ‘this is our year’ nonsense before a ball had even been bowled
Bazball is pure ‘Global Britain’ Brexit BS. Full of exceptionalism and hot air
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the best two minutes you'll spend all day 🐾
December 20, 2025 at 10:42 PM
the best two minutes you'll spend all day 🐾
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Trump once called for Russia to illegally release Hillary’s emails. I call for America to legally release the full Epstein files.
December 20, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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these documents are more blacked out than Pete Hegseth on New Years Eve
December 19, 2025 at 10:33 PM
these documents are more blacked out than Pete Hegseth on New Years Eve
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The mourning continues
From Twitter
Turning Point USA recreated the moment Charlie Kirk was executed at their convention for people to take selfies with...
Turning Point USA recreated the moment Charlie Kirk was executed at their convention for people to take selfies with...
December 21, 2025 at 12:28 AM
The mourning continues
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Just because everyone assumed this is what Bondi would do with the Epstein files isn’t a reason to not raise holy hell about it.
December 20, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Just because everyone assumed this is what Bondi would do with the Epstein files isn’t a reason to not raise holy hell about it.
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DOJ broke the law today by refusing to produce all the Epstein files. It also broke the law by redacting information other than to protect victims. Yet, the corporate media is acting that DOJ did us a huge favor.
Now, more than ever, help build independent, pro-democracy media. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
Now, more than ever, help build independent, pro-democracy media. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
December 20, 2025 at 1:00 AM
DOJ broke the law today by refusing to produce all the Epstein files. It also broke the law by redacting information other than to protect victims. Yet, the corporate media is acting that DOJ did us a huge favor.
Now, more than ever, help build independent, pro-democracy media. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
Now, more than ever, help build independent, pro-democracy media. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
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Yes, I've been distracted, but I finally got around to sharing my obituary of the great Tom Robbins, which I wrote in February, along with an interview I did with him back in 2001. If you don't know his work, you'd be in for a treat...
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TOM ROBBINS “I’ve learned to trust my intuition”: The Guardian Obituary & Headpress Interview
I wrote Tom Robbins obituary for the Guardian this year & interviewed him in 2001. Re-reading the intvu convinced me to share them together
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December 20, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Yes, I've been distracted, but I finally got around to sharing my obituary of the great Tom Robbins, which I wrote in February, along with an interview I did with him back in 2001. If you don't know his work, you'd be in for a treat...
carlsonsports.medium.com/tom-robbins-...
carlsonsports.medium.com/tom-robbins-...
You should have bought it at Mar A Lego
I just spent 99 dollars for a Lego set.
December 20, 2025 at 10:51 PM
You should have bought it at Mar A Lego