Michael Paulauski♨️
@mike10010100.com
I lose brain cells so you don't have to. Devops Galore. DemSoc liking anarchism. Antifascist. BLM/Abolish the Police. Views are mine, not employer’s. He/him
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Michael Paulauski♨️
@mike10010100.com
· Sep 20
go to moderation settings, Bluesky official moderation service, scroll down to “rude,” turn it off
Brigaders mass reported my account and Bluesky labeled it.
Spread the word and let people know how to turn it off.
bsky.app/profile/elea...
Spread the word and let people know how to turn it off.
bsky.app/profile/elea...
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Anyway, not to belabor this, but this is a citywide elected in Minneapolis refusing to say whether or not voters should vote for the Democratic presidential candidate in 2028, calling it an unfair "litmus test," and suggesting abstaining is okay because MN always votes for Dems (Trump lost by 4%)
February 17, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Anyway, not to belabor this, but this is a citywide elected in Minneapolis refusing to say whether or not voters should vote for the Democratic presidential candidate in 2028, calling it an unfair "litmus test," and suggesting abstaining is okay because MN always votes for Dems (Trump lost by 4%)
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That makes even less sense than what you were trying to claim a few moments ago. Are you just a parrot then, mindlessly repeating things in pursuit of a treat?
February 17, 2026 at 4:12 PM
That makes even less sense than what you were trying to claim a few moments ago. Are you just a parrot then, mindlessly repeating things in pursuit of a treat?
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Tend your own garden, wrecker.
February 17, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Tend your own garden, wrecker.
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Oh so you're not a leftist, you're just an asshole.
February 17, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Oh so you're not a leftist, you're just an asshole.
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It's an op, designed to suppress Democratic votes in the midterm elections and help the fascists keep control of Congress.
And, yes, to help Trump win a third term in 2028.
And, yes, to help Trump win a third term in 2028.
February 17, 2026 at 3:58 PM
It's an op, designed to suppress Democratic votes in the midterm elections and help the fascists keep control of Congress.
And, yes, to help Trump win a third term in 2028.
And, yes, to help Trump win a third term in 2028.
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I understand that you do not appreciate being "hounded endlessly" when it happens to you. Is it possible that other people also to not enjoy feeling hounded by strangers on the internet?
February 17, 2026 at 3:45 PM
I understand that you do not appreciate being "hounded endlessly" when it happens to you. Is it possible that other people also to not enjoy feeling hounded by strangers on the internet?
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Of course I have. I don't think it's *good* though.
I also don't think "sharing a laugh with a friend who tripped" is at all comparable to "getting glee out of mocking strangers and laughing at them when they get upset", and I don't think you think so either, which is why you used that example.
I also don't think "sharing a laugh with a friend who tripped" is at all comparable to "getting glee out of mocking strangers and laughing at them when they get upset", and I don't think you think so either, which is why you used that example.
February 17, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Of course I have. I don't think it's *good* though.
I also don't think "sharing a laugh with a friend who tripped" is at all comparable to "getting glee out of mocking strangers and laughing at them when they get upset", and I don't think you think so either, which is why you used that example.
I also don't think "sharing a laugh with a friend who tripped" is at all comparable to "getting glee out of mocking strangers and laughing at them when they get upset", and I don't think you think so either, which is why you used that example.
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"I enjoy being mean to people" makes you very much not my fucking ally.
February 17, 2026 at 3:32 PM
"I enjoy being mean to people" makes you very much not my fucking ally.
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I mean this sincerely: laughing at people for fun, belittling and bullying strangers, these are behaviours that betray the entire point of being a leftist.
The purpose of our movement is to lift people up and build something better. None of us are perfect, but we strive for better.
The purpose of our movement is to lift people up and build something better. None of us are perfect, but we strive for better.
February 17, 2026 at 3:32 PM
I mean this sincerely: laughing at people for fun, belittling and bullying strangers, these are behaviours that betray the entire point of being a leftist.
The purpose of our movement is to lift people up and build something better. None of us are perfect, but we strive for better.
The purpose of our movement is to lift people up and build something better. None of us are perfect, but we strive for better.
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corporate interests are siding with the fascists and you guys still regurgitate the laziest 2016 populist talking points
February 17, 2026 at 3:16 PM
corporate interests are siding with the fascists and you guys still regurgitate the laziest 2016 populist talking points
It sure is wild how almost every major leftist voice has turned into Brie Joy Gray over the last few years.
Saw this happen in real time when Brianha Joy Gray after spending the 2020 primary parsing every line of other candidates healthcare plan to find faults then posted about 'Trump would outflank Biden on healthcare' while Trump was in the middle of appealing to the supreme court to repeal Obamacare
February 17, 2026 at 3:51 PM
It sure is wild how almost every major leftist voice has turned into Brie Joy Gray over the last few years.
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Saw this happen in real time when Brianha Joy Gray after spending the 2020 primary parsing every line of other candidates healthcare plan to find faults then posted about 'Trump would outflank Biden on healthcare' while Trump was in the middle of appealing to the supreme court to repeal Obamacare
February 17, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Saw this happen in real time when Brianha Joy Gray after spending the 2020 primary parsing every line of other candidates healthcare plan to find faults then posted about 'Trump would outflank Biden on healthcare' while Trump was in the middle of appealing to the supreme court to repeal Obamacare
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I don't have to be "excited" by politicians because I'm not 12 years old
February 17, 2026 at 3:20 PM
I don't have to be "excited" by politicians because I'm not 12 years old
Shame that David Roberts himself then went down the rabbit hole he was describing here.
This the skeleton key that explains the entire left-of-center political and informational environment. There is no social reward for ever saying anything nice about a mainline Democrat, so no one does. As a result, baseless antipathy towards the party completely pervades the environment.
February 17, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Shame that David Roberts himself then went down the rabbit hole he was describing here.
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This the skeleton key that explains the entire left-of-center political and informational environment. There is no social reward for ever saying anything nice about a mainline Democrat, so no one does. As a result, baseless antipathy towards the party completely pervades the environment.
February 17, 2026 at 3:03 PM
This the skeleton key that explains the entire left-of-center political and informational environment. There is no social reward for ever saying anything nice about a mainline Democrat, so no one does. As a result, baseless antipathy towards the party completely pervades the environment.
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unfortunately what is happening is that they are getting their information about the world from bluesky dot com and as a result they live in a digital phantasmagoria with essentially no resemblance to the real world, which we're all supposed to regard as harmless for some reason
I genuinely think these accounts are bots. No one could both be this out of touch with what's happening AND spending time on bluesky dot com starting discourse
February 17, 2026 at 3:18 PM
unfortunately what is happening is that they are getting their information about the world from bluesky dot com and as a result they live in a digital phantasmagoria with essentially no resemblance to the real world, which we're all supposed to regard as harmless for some reason
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People are such fuckin' weirdos in the quotes about this. She's not unnamable, she's an ex-ac medievalist named Mary Rambaran-Olm and she spends seemingly 85% of her free time talking about "'zios' eating babies," spreading conspiracies, and pleasantly interacting w people who say we run the banks.
the answer to this is that there’s a yarn supplier/medievalist that a lot of people start engaging with because she’s Black and does (important!) work around anti-racism but also she went off the deep end of antisemitism several years ago and I guess some people followed her down the rabbit hole
That's horrible, and I totally get it - it feels like you've been tricked, and they've just done a horrible, horrible 'ta-da!' reveal.
Though the mind boggles how one would move from knitting to Nazi views. But then, as a dyspraxic crocheter, the ability to use 2 needles seems like dark magic....
Though the mind boggles how one would move from knitting to Nazi views. But then, as a dyspraxic crocheter, the ability to use 2 needles seems like dark magic....
February 17, 2026 at 3:02 PM
People are such fuckin' weirdos in the quotes about this. She's not unnamable, she's an ex-ac medievalist named Mary Rambaran-Olm and she spends seemingly 85% of her free time talking about "'zios' eating babies," spreading conspiracies, and pleasantly interacting w people who say we run the banks.
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The online left is nothing but a bunch of trolls, it seems.
February 17, 2026 at 3:19 PM
The online left is nothing but a bunch of trolls, it seems.
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I consider myself a leftist but some people think the aesthetic of being being an asshole is more important than a politics of justice, it seems.
February 17, 2026 at 3:29 PM
I consider myself a leftist but some people think the aesthetic of being being an asshole is more important than a politics of justice, it seems.
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This shit also undermines the positions they claim to care about. There's less incentive to work with good faith leftists on issues because the bad faith leftists will always convince some portion of the left to never vote for any Democrat.
February 17, 2026 at 3:24 PM
This shit also undermines the positions they claim to care about. There's less incentive to work with good faith leftists on issues because the bad faith leftists will always convince some portion of the left to never vote for any Democrat.
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A distressing number of popular voices On Here are just reactionaries. They have no control over their thoughts; trapped in a mental prison of oscillating from one piece of ragebait to another, like a woebegone roomba.
February 17, 2026 at 3:23 PM
A distressing number of popular voices On Here are just reactionaries. They have no control over their thoughts; trapped in a mental prison of oscillating from one piece of ragebait to another, like a woebegone roomba.
It’s bizarre how these people never want to take responsibility for being an active detriment to the progressive/leftist movement.
Yes? It's a fucking social media site. Jesus Christ what the fuck is wrong with you guys?
Do you really think a sampling of loud annoying leftists on Bluesky is representative in any way of the broader "Left" that actually exists in our country?
Get a fucking grip my guy.
Do you really think a sampling of loud annoying leftists on Bluesky is representative in any way of the broader "Left" that actually exists in our country?
Get a fucking grip my guy.
February 17, 2026 at 3:29 PM
It’s bizarre how these people never want to take responsibility for being an active detriment to the progressive/leftist movement.
Every goddamn time.
(Also this is worded poorly, I'm not american I can't vote for him)
February 17, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Every goddamn time.
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“More diplomatic Hitler” echoes the MAGA line that the only true complaint Dems have with Trump is mean tweets, because the horseshoe is real.
February 17, 2026 at 3:10 PM
“More diplomatic Hitler” echoes the MAGA line that the only true complaint Dems have with Trump is mean tweets, because the horseshoe is real.