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micki @simplymicki.bsky.social · Feb 22
We *are* in the middle of a hostile government takeover.

Pinning this to remind myself that a bit of levity can be true, necessary, and also a bop.

#HostileGovernmentTakeover

Thanks, @agiftfromtodd.bsky.social!
🙃 (Hostile Government Takeover song from TikTok)
YouTube video by A Gift From Todd
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emilynussbaum.bsky.social
Virginia Heffernan wrote this shortly after the 2016 election and it still holds true
THIS is what makes my head spin: The president is not a moral figure in any idiom, any land, any culture, any subculture. I'm not talking about the liberal enlightenment that would make him want the country to take care of the poor and sick. I mean he has no Republican values either. He has no honor among thieves, no cosa nostra loyalty, no Southern code against cheating or lying, none of the openness of New York, rectitude of Boston, expressiveness and kindness of California, no evangelical family values, no Protestant work ethic. No Catholic moral seriousness, no sense of contrition or gratitude. No Jewish moral and intellectual precision, sense of history. He doesn't care about the life of the mind OR the life of the senses. He is not mandarin, not committed to inquiry or justice, not hospitable. He is not proper. He is not a bon vivant who loves to eat, drink, laugh. There's nothing he would die for - not American values, obviously, but not the land of Russia or his wife or young son. He has some hollow success creeds from Norman Vincent Peale, but Peale was obsessed with fair-dealing and a Presbyterian pastor; Trump has no fairness or piety. He's not sentimental; no affection for dogs or babies. No love for mothers, "the common man"" veterans. He has no sense of military valor, and is openly a coward about war. He would have sorely lacked the pagan beauty and capacity to fight required in ancient Greece. He doesn't care about his wife or wives; he is a philanderer but he's not a romantic hero with great love for women and sex. He commands loyalty and labor from his children not because he loves them, even; he seems almost to hate them — and if one of them slipped it would be terrifying. He does no philanthropy. He doesn't - in a more secular key - even seem to have a sense of his enlightened self-interest enough to shake Angela Merkel's hand. Doesn't even affect a love for the arts, like most rich New Yorkers. He doesn't live and die by aesthetics and health practices like some fascists; he's very ugly and barely mammalian. Am I missing an obscure moral system to which he so much as nods? Also are there other people, living or dead, like him?
December 16, 2025 at 4:21 AM
simplymicki.bsky.social
I know that horrific things happen every day of every year in some part of the world. And maybe it's the 24 hour news cycle or being online too much, but this has been an awful, awful weekend.
December 15, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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wgawest.bsky.social
This morning, Disney announced a deal with OpenAI. Read more about the WGAW’s advocacy against the theft and exploitation of writers’ works by AI models: www.wga.org/contracts/kn...
Disney's deal with OpenAl appears to sanction its theft of our work and cedes the value of what we create to a tech company that has built its business off our backs. We will meet with Disney to probe the terms of this deal, including the extent to which user-generated videos use the work of WGA members. We will continue to fight to protect our members' creative and economic interests in the context of Al technology.
December 11, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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markharris.bsky.social
I love both One Battle After Another and Sinners, but if you don't think they're doing at least as much to work you over and get you to a certain emotional place as Hamnet is, I don't know what to tell you. There's no rule that it's okay to go for your adrenaline but cheating to go for your tears.
December 8, 2025 at 4:06 AM
simplymicki.bsky.social
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.

#FilmSky
#MovieSky
#TCMParty
December 8, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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bcdreyer.social
and the horse she rode in on
Marjorie Taylor Greene
December 8, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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propublicaguild.org
It's simple — @propublica.org workers should not be replaced by artificial intelligence. Our contract proposal specifically says that generative artificial intelligence ("GAI") should not be used to replace employees. Management struck out this entire section in their response to our proposal.
December 3, 2025 at 9:46 PM
simplymicki.bsky.social
#SpotifyWrapped said ,"We don't care what your birth certificate says, you're OLD." 😂😭

Does this mean I can retire and collect a pension??

#Spotify
#MusicSky
Screenshot of my 2025 Spotify Wrapped "listening age". Since I listened to a lot of late 1970s music I am evidently 66 years of age. I await my pension.
December 3, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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tcmtv.bsky.social
Step back in time as we present a special lineup of Hanna-Barbera classics! 🐭 💥 🐈‍⬛

Join animation historian, Greg Ehrbar for two spectacular evenings as we explore the studio’s rich history and its contributions to screens big and small – starting tonight at 8pm ET.

Learn more here: bit.ly/4ivAmA9
December 3, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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rianjohnson.bsky.social
It’s a beautiful Monday to be in movie theaters! Thanks to all who came out this weekend - spread the good word, we’re just getting started. Theater finder link in my pinned post ⏰💀🎟️🙌🏻#WakeUpDeadMan
December 1, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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miamidsa.org
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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barackobama.bsky.social
As a survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher bravely shared her story so that we’d never forget this painful part of our history. Michelle and I are grateful for her lifelong work to advance civil rights, and send our love to her family.
Viola Fletcher, Oldest Survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Dies at 111
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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markharris.bsky.social
I cannot tell a lie--this was fun to write. (Please note that it was conceived, written, edited, and closed well before recent events involving the mizzdeedzz of zzertain journalizzts.) www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/t...
How to Get Revenge
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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kenjennings.bsky.social
Please enjoy this list of ways that the NY Times crossword puzzle has clued the word SEXT, it's my sexy gift to you.
They're not funny
November 24, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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pino-fotus.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 3:54 AM
simplymicki.bsky.social
Yuck. I think this is MTG's plan. #Georgia, we can't let that happen. There should be no coming back—politically—from the reprehensible things she's said and done. If people want to forgive her as a private citizen, have at it. But she should never hold office again.

#GaPol
#politics
#PoliticalSky
macpj.bsky.social macpj🫘. bsky.social @macpj.bsky.social · 27d
Wonder if she will throw her hat into the race for Gov of Georgia which ends next year. She could spend all of her time campaigning!! This is what I think she’s up to!!
November 22, 2025 at 5:06 AM
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npr.org
The adventures of a precocious 6-year-old and his stuffed tiger debuted on November 18, 1985. NPR's Renee Montagne spoke with the comic strip's editor, Lee Salem, in 2005.
40 years ago, Calvin and Hobbes' raucous adventures burst onto the comics page
The adventures of a precocious 6-year-old and his stuffed tiger debuted on November 18, 1985. NPR's Renee Montagne spoke with the comic strip's editor, Lee Salem, in 2005.
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November 22, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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californialabor.bsky.social
@sbworkersunited.org have launched the biggest open-ended strike in Starbucks history, fighting for fair wages and against unfair labor practices. We all need to stand in solidarity with striking workers. DON'T BUY STARBUCKS FOR THE DURATION OF THE STRIKE. #NoContractNoCoffee
Don't buy Starbucks at any location for the duration of the strike
November 21, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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tolkiensociety.org
A very happy 101st birthday to Christopher #Tolkien!

Most of what we know about Middle-earth is thanks to Christopher who posthumously edited over 20 books. He sadly passed away over five years ago, but please raise a glass, and toast Christopher's service to us all. Namárië. #BookSky
November 21, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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willmckinley.bsky.social
Happy 52nd to A CHARLIE BROWN THANKSGIVING.

The tenth PEANUTS special debuted on CBS #OTD in 1973.

Creator Charles M. Schulz won an Emmy for the teleplay. #TVSky #Animation
November 21, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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willmckinley.bsky.social
A treasure trove of rare and historic American music is now available online for free.

5,000 songs from private collectors have already been preserved and uploaded, and "thousands more are in the pipeline".

laist.com/news/arts-an... #MusicSky
Thousands of rare American recordings — some 100 years old — go online for all to enjoy
The project, which will include some 50,000 songs from private record collections, is a collaboration between UC Santa Barbara and the Dust-to-Digital Foundation.
laist.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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tvmojoe.bsky.social
With #BlueLights back for season three, I went behind the scenes at BritBox, talking to its president about how the BBC Studios-owned streamer has carved out a niche of loyal viewers --and how they're trying to expand that base. In #Buffering and on @vulture.com now: www.vulture.com/article/brit...
‘Crime and Corsets’: The Great British Streaming Strategy
Here’s how BritBox forged a “profitable, enduring” bond with its audience — without leaning on hits.
www.vulture.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:39 PM
simplymicki.bsky.social
I hate that most (all?) new tech features are introduced in the "on' position by default. The consumer is forced to opt out (if they're even aware they've been opted in). 😠

#TechSky
#Gmail
#Gemini
booksofm.com Monica Valentinelli is buried in snow ❄️🏔️⛄ @booksofm.com · 28d
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."

There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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goodlander.house.gov
Joint Statement from Goodlander, Slotkin, Kelly, Crow, Deluzio, and Houlahan
November 20, 2025 at 6:20 PM