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Mike Ethen

Mike Ethen

@realmikeethen.bsky.social

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Peace on Earth. Ceasefire now! Golden Rule near-absolutist. Minneapolis. Musicology PhD. Navy veteran…ask me about the time I was involved in the largest maritime cocaine seizure in history.

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Mike Ethen @realmikeethen.bsky.social · Mar 17

Barthes was right, "the author" has died and now anything uttered is subject to interpretation. But the pendulum has swung completely the other way, with "definitive" meaning intended by the author replaced with "definitive" meaning received by the reader.

"Cease fire now!" --You're anti-semitic.

Mike Ethen @realmikeethen.bsky.social · 1d

My dentist said don’t chew on ice, abolish it.

Mike Ethen @realmikeethen.bsky.social · 1d

Senate candidate’s offensive tattoo is actually an aerial view of experimental rotary wing aircraft.

Mike Ethen @realmikeethen.bsky.social · 2d

How much are the Toronto Blue Jays worth?
We may never know...

Screenshot of a graph take from the Wikipedia page on the Toronto Blue Jays, under the section "Popularity". The graph has an erroneous y-axis, with "2B" ($2 billion USD) showing twice.

Mike Ethen @realmikeethen.bsky.social · 2d

bent and mangled...in the wrong direction? sheesh.

Mike Ethen @realmikeethen.bsky.social · 2d

right! hadn't thought of it in years, now I might have to re-watch soon.

Mike Ethen @realmikeethen.bsky.social · 2d

such a beautiful movie; Greenaway is a fabulous colorist.

Mike Ethen @realmikeethen.bsky.social · 2d

if it goes 4 years, this administration is about 19% over with.

Mike Ethen @realmikeethen.bsky.social · 2d

right. also Shakespeare.

Mike Ethen @realmikeethen.bsky.social · 2d

Spare a thought for long-suffering librarians like Barbara here.

Mike Ethen @realmikeethen.bsky.social · 2d

youtube.com/shorts/2lEvQ...

"Mr. Big Stuff" with lyrics by Jean Knight (1971) Live performance in 2013

YouTube video by Uylee's Boutique ®, plus music!🎶

Mike Ethen @realmikeethen.bsky.social · 2d

Co-equal branches of government my tuchus.

Mike Ethen @realmikeethen.bsky.social · 3d

"don't worry about the west bank"
- POTUS, apparently

Mike Ethen @realmikeethen.bsky.social · 4d

whether you're a small piece of paper or an upper-class urban male, it's a tough century to be named chad.

Mike Ethen @realmikeethen.bsky.social · 4d

a nice, round 1,750 days since...

Mike Ethen @realmikeethen.bsky.social · 4d

OMG, I don't need it, I don't want it, and you cheated me out of it is brilliant. love this whole album.

Mike Ethen @realmikeethen.bsky.social · 4d

Why?

Bring Me The News @bringmethenews.bsky.social · 4d

Hillary Clinton to host 'unscripted' conversation at Target Center
bringmethenews.com/minnesota-li...

Mike Ethen @realmikeethen.bsky.social · 4d

These guys?
bodyhorror1.bandcamp.com/track/the-gi...

THE GIMP'S GIMP, by BODY HORROR

track by BODY HORROR

bodyhorror1.bandcamp.com

Mike Ethen @realmikeethen.bsky.social · 4d

Diamanda Galas?

Mike Ethen @realmikeethen.bsky.social · 4d

GWAR?

Mike Ethen @realmikeethen.bsky.social · 5d

so what's your *now* solution?
meanwhile, voting for more Trump nominees...
you're a collaborator in all this

Mike Ethen @realmikeethen.bsky.social · 5d

Sure, buddy...you're "former antifa"

Mike Ethen @realmikeethen.bsky.social · 5d

pure michigan logo on a white background with a blue outline

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Mike Ethen @realmikeethen.bsky.social · 5d

kid rock has entered the chat

Mike Ethen @realmikeethen.bsky.social · 5d

not even Schumer

Mike Ethen @realmikeethen.bsky.social · 5d

me, approvingly, at 1:20...

a cartoon of the grinch screaming with the words all the noise , noise , noise , noise

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