Mike Meginnis
@mikemeginnis.bsky.social
Author of DROWNING PRACTICE, FAT MAN AND LITTLE BOY, and a story about a fake videogame. Host of @librarypizza.bsky.social, librarypizza.com.
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I find this sort of messaging so much better than insisting that the USA is somehow poor in aggregate.
In the richest city in the richest country on the planet, the thing we can’t afford is to forget those who are left hungry.
November 28, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I find this sort of messaging so much better than insisting that the USA is somehow poor in aggregate.
Watching a new TV is like waiting for an edible to hit: you keep noticing colors on the screen and thinking, has red always looked like this? Has red always been this crazy?
November 28, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Watching a new TV is like waiting for an edible to hit: you keep noticing colors on the screen and thinking, has red always looked like this? Has red always been this crazy?
I was here before but honestly I'm not anymore. Anything is possible but I think Trump is the best bet they'll have in my lifetime. You need the scum of the Earth in charge of a party to make this all happen and the scum of the Earth are bad at everything.
For the record, I started out at “they’re not gonna pull it off this time but if we don’t make it much harder to do it again, somebody’s gonna do it successfully before too long” and I’m still there.
The fact doomers have gone from "America is over" to "Dems won't hold anyone responsible when this is over" can actually be read as an optimistic signal imo.
November 28, 2025 at 10:15 PM
I was here before but honestly I'm not anymore. Anything is possible but I think Trump is the best bet they'll have in my lifetime. You need the scum of the Earth in charge of a party to make this all happen and the scum of the Earth are bad at everything.
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If Republican vote share in midterms and specials continues to be so closely tied to Trumps approval numbers, this puts them in contention for "worst midterm in American history". If Trump sinks to 31% it practically guarantees it. The current record holder is, of course, Grover Cleveland, at 37.7%.
Gallup poll | 11/3-11/25
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
November 28, 2025 at 9:14 PM
If Republican vote share in midterms and specials continues to be so closely tied to Trumps approval numbers, this puts them in contention for "worst midterm in American history". If Trump sinks to 31% it practically guarantees it. The current record holder is, of course, Grover Cleveland, at 37.7%.
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The context to this about this ugly racism from Stephen Miller through is that they thought that Charlie Kirk would change everything for them and were furious when it didnt and they already know that this tragic shooting wont move the needle for them & are even more pissed at that.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The context to this about this ugly racism from Stephen Miller through is that they thought that Charlie Kirk would change everything for them and were furious when it didnt and they already know that this tragic shooting wont move the needle for them & are even more pissed at that.
Whenever I hear people talking about how at the start of COVID they were looking around at each other and saying "well obviously this will be over in like two weeks" it makes me feel insane
Why did anyone believe that? Did no one look into how anything works before or after COVID started?
Why did anyone believe that? Did no one look into how anything works before or after COVID started?
November 28, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Whenever I hear people talking about how at the start of COVID they were looking around at each other and saying "well obviously this will be over in like two weeks" it makes me feel insane
Why did anyone believe that? Did no one look into how anything works before or after COVID started?
Why did anyone believe that? Did no one look into how anything works before or after COVID started?
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gotta say looking back on it, just how feeble and subdued MAGA world and the regime were after the off-year elections in November makes me very dubious they have a plan for 2026 beyond gerrymandering, in person suppression, and prayer
November 28, 2025 at 4:29 AM
gotta say looking back on it, just how feeble and subdued MAGA world and the regime were after the off-year elections in November makes me very dubious they have a plan for 2026 beyond gerrymandering, in person suppression, and prayer
Main dish in our house was Japanese curry on mashed potatoes
Doesn't photograph well but man does it taste good
Doesn't photograph well but man does it taste good
November 28, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Main dish in our house was Japanese curry on mashed potatoes
Doesn't photograph well but man does it taste good
Doesn't photograph well but man does it taste good
Have been reading C. J. Cherryh's FOREIGNER per the prompting of a @librarypizza.bsky.social listener, having a good time. Incidentally there is a new episode out today.
November 27, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Have been reading C. J. Cherryh's FOREIGNER per the prompting of a @librarypizza.bsky.social listener, having a good time. Incidentally there is a new episode out today.
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Labor gaining just the tiniest amount of power relative to capital a few years back absolutely broke employers' brains
While work-life balance may give you a sense of happiness and fulfillment, it isn’t always realistic, says Walmart executive vice president and chief people officer Donna Morris.
Walmart exec: ‘I’ve never believed in the term work-life balance’—this is the mantra that made her highly successful instead
Many professionals see work-life balance as a non-negotiable. Walmart CPO Donna Morris says people should practice work-life integration instead. Here's why.
cnb.cx
November 27, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Labor gaining just the tiniest amount of power relative to capital a few years back absolutely broke employers' brains
I find it reassuring that the turkeys of our ruling class look like dogshit
Honestly guys you're busy, just pay somebody to do it for you
Honestly guys you're busy, just pay somebody to do it for you
November 27, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I find it reassuring that the turkeys of our ruling class look like dogshit
Honestly guys you're busy, just pay somebody to do it for you
Honestly guys you're busy, just pay somebody to do it for you
Working on a pie.
November 27, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Working on a pie.
The thing where you crush a sleeve of graham crackers and that turns out to be exactly the amount required by the pie crust recipe.
I always spiral a little: is every recipe based on what happened to be the most common commercial packaging at the time? Does the causation go the other way?
I always spiral a little: is every recipe based on what happened to be the most common commercial packaging at the time? Does the causation go the other way?
November 27, 2025 at 7:48 PM
The thing where you crush a sleeve of graham crackers and that turns out to be exactly the amount required by the pie crust recipe.
I always spiral a little: is every recipe based on what happened to be the most common commercial packaging at the time? Does the causation go the other way?
I always spiral a little: is every recipe based on what happened to be the most common commercial packaging at the time? Does the causation go the other way?
Who is this maniac running their incredibly loud ... leaf blower? weed whacker? belt sander? ... in my neighborhood before 9:00 AM.
November 27, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Who is this maniac running their incredibly loud ... leaf blower? weed whacker? belt sander? ... in my neighborhood before 9:00 AM.
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"We followed everything we were supposed to do"
Legitimate green card applicants with US spouses are being
arrested by armed, masked men at scheduled immigration interviews, taken away from their children, sent to prison
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Legitimate green card applicants with US spouses are being
arrested by armed, masked men at scheduled immigration interviews, taken away from their children, sent to prison
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:55 AM
"We followed everything we were supposed to do"
Legitimate green card applicants with US spouses are being
arrested by armed, masked men at scheduled immigration interviews, taken away from their children, sent to prison
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Legitimate green card applicants with US spouses are being
arrested by armed, masked men at scheduled immigration interviews, taken away from their children, sent to prison
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
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Every time something like this happens we get a million people breathlessly announcing that this is it, this is the end, they will use this to launch their thousand-year reich, and man they couldn't even get much juice out of someone nearly getting Trump
Ok I may be wrong but I honestly don’t think they can use this so do anything if they couldn’t really get any juice out of the Charlie Kirk shooting
November 27, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Every time something like this happens we get a million people breathlessly announcing that this is it, this is the end, they will use this to launch their thousand-year reich, and man they couldn't even get much juice out of someone nearly getting Trump
The eagerness of people to jump down one's throat for handing it to Isis is wild. One of the key things about that joke is that most people know not to hand it to Isis. That's what makes it funny!
Seeing many many "be careful, you don't have to hand it to the clearly unethical and shitty Ryan Lizza for spilling dirt he had on someone as part of a personal vendetta" takes and zero "gotta hand it to Ryan Lizza" takes.
Everyone thinks he sucks too! There is consensus!
Everyone thinks he sucks too! There is consensus!
November 27, 2025 at 12:27 AM
The eagerness of people to jump down one's throat for handing it to Isis is wild. One of the key things about that joke is that most people know not to hand it to Isis. That's what makes it funny!
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you should support liberal currents!
November 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
you should support liberal currents!
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Honestly the phrase "blue MAGA" pisses me off. The single most important question in the U.S. has been Trump or Not Trump, and anyone who gets it right is leagues better than everyone who gets it wrong. I don't care how annoying they are, how bad their reasons are, etc. They're still much better.
November 26, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Honestly the phrase "blue MAGA" pisses me off. The single most important question in the U.S. has been Trump or Not Trump, and anyone who gets it right is leagues better than everyone who gets it wrong. I don't care how annoying they are, how bad their reasons are, etc. They're still much better.
I am gonna go 24 hours without seeing the name Olivia Nuzzi if it takes me the rest of my life
November 26, 2025 at 6:39 AM
I am gonna go 24 hours without seeing the name Olivia Nuzzi if it takes me the rest of my life
Does the president have the ability to resurrect Satoshi Kon
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 26, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Does the president have the ability to resurrect Satoshi Kon
My big food take is that we have indescribably more and better options than we did when I was a kid and trying to optimize your life so you never have anything "mid" will drive you insane. If your aunt knows how to bake an apple pie, you say thank you and eat and enjoy it like a human being.
November 25, 2025 at 11:24 PM
My big food take is that we have indescribably more and better options than we did when I was a kid and trying to optimize your life so you never have anything "mid" will drive you insane. If your aunt knows how to bake an apple pie, you say thank you and eat and enjoy it like a human being.
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Man Hoping People Notice How Many Folding Chairs He’s Carrying At Once https://theonion.com/man-hoping-people-notice-how-many-folding-chairs-he-s-c-1819576444/
November 25, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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