Mike McLintalk
@sporkupine.bsky.social
NYC-based lover of truth, justice & the American way (in the Superman sense of it, not some right-wing hijacking of the phrase). Former techie trying to be techie again. Enjoy democracy, working the polls & ⛵️
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How I slept during Biden // How I sleep during Trump.
November 19, 2025 at 9:34 AM
How I slept during Biden // How I sleep during Trump.
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I helped make a film, out this week, called “Rovina’s Choice,” about the deaths this man without conscience or accountability has caused — already 600,000, ⅔ of them children.
November 6, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I helped make a film, out this week, called “Rovina’s Choice,” about the deaths this man without conscience or accountability has caused — already 600,000, ⅔ of them children.
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This is an incredible edit
November 6, 2025 at 1:34 AM
This is an incredible edit
I don’t think Cuomo is going to be doing anything remotely close to this in standing up for New York
Wow. Watch this from Zohran Mamdani. It looks like the exact "fight" and "conviction" people are hopelessly asking for from the people in charge of the Democratic party:
November 4, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I don’t think Cuomo is going to be doing anything remotely close to this in standing up for New York
The Fire Lord has just endorsed Cuomo
November 4, 2025 at 4:04 AM
The Fire Lord has just endorsed Cuomo
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I know that some people see foreign aid as wasteful but limiting the spread of deadly diseases is in all our interests
More than eight months after President Trump cut U.S. foreign assistance to Africa, health officials are reporting a rise in deadly infections brought on by a shortage of medical supplies, including a new Ebola outbreak in the Congo that has already killed several dozen people.
U.S. aid cuts are being felt across Africa. Here’s where.
How the abrupt withdrawal of U.S. aid has affected disease preparedness and response in Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Somalia and Tanzania.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 10, 2025 at 2:16 AM
I know that some people see foreign aid as wasteful but limiting the spread of deadly diseases is in all our interests
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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio insisted “no one has died” as a result of U.S. foreign aid cuts. In Myanmar, the grieving father of a 2-year-old boy who died after their food rations were cut calls such claims a lie.
Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.
bit.ly
October 8, 2025 at 7:30 AM
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio insisted “no one has died” as a result of U.S. foreign aid cuts. In Myanmar, the grieving father of a 2-year-old boy who died after their food rations were cut calls such claims a lie.
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Read more about your rights when interacting with military troops or federal agents at aclu.org/deployment_kyr
October 6, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Read more about your rights when interacting with military troops or federal agents at aclu.org/deployment_kyr
Preach! 🙏
The Democratic Party needs to get younger, feistier, smarter at messaging and more in touch with the electorate, both at the state and federal levels.
Democratic voters need to get more discerning about who they choose to fight against the rising tide of oligarchic fascism.
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Democratic voters need to get more discerning about who they choose to fight against the rising tide of oligarchic fascism.
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October 5, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Preach! 🙏
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Not a single Greta hater could do what she has done, face what she's faced, bear abuse and humiliation at the hands of the most psychotic and genocidal army. They haven't an ounce of her bravery and that's what drives them crazy. Free Greta, free Palestine🇵🇸
October 4, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Not a single Greta hater could do what she has done, face what she's faced, bear abuse and humiliation at the hands of the most psychotic and genocidal army. They haven't an ounce of her bravery and that's what drives them crazy. Free Greta, free Palestine🇵🇸
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"Congolese government data shows that in Suza’s province, deaths caused by malaria nearly tripled in the first half of this year." www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
Trump’s USAID pause stranded lifesaving drugs. Children died waiting.
USAID antimalarial and HIV supplies valued at nearly $140 million were delayed in the first half of the year or not delivered at all due to the Trump administration’s foreign aid pause, The Post found...
www.washingtonpost.com
October 2, 2025 at 1:01 PM
"Congolese government data shows that in Suza’s province, deaths caused by malaria nearly tripled in the first half of this year." www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
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It’s important for us to speak out against acts of political retribution.
The Trump Administration is taking away your money to punish you for their political shutdown. We’re going to fight to get it back.
The Trump Administration is taking away your money to punish you for their political shutdown. We’re going to fight to get it back.
October 2, 2025 at 11:37 AM
It’s important for us to speak out against acts of political retribution.
The Trump Administration is taking away your money to punish you for their political shutdown. We’re going to fight to get it back.
The Trump Administration is taking away your money to punish you for their political shutdown. We’re going to fight to get it back.
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Folks — this is not a normal government shutdown.
Let me explain the stakes and how we got here.
Let me explain the stakes and how we got here.
October 1, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Folks — this is not a normal government shutdown.
Let me explain the stakes and how we got here.
Let me explain the stakes and how we got here.
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1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it).
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
September 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it).
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
Awesome special! And very heartfelt and uplifting!
Love what you are wearing at the end!
Please head over to NYC!
Love what you are wearing at the end!
Please head over to NYC!
Hi! #UpperClassy will stream globally on @NetflixIsAJoke September 23!
Countdown starts now: 5 weeks.
I’m teaching my family (and myself) how to enjoy life…whether we like it or not. Truth is, the problem isn’t that you don’t work enough, it’s that you work too much. 🇲🇽❤️🇺🇸
Countdown starts now: 5 weeks.
I’m teaching my family (and myself) how to enjoy life…whether we like it or not. Truth is, the problem isn’t that you don’t work enough, it’s that you work too much. 🇲🇽❤️🇺🇸
September 25, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Awesome special! And very heartfelt and uplifting!
Love what you are wearing at the end!
Please head over to NYC!
Love what you are wearing at the end!
Please head over to NYC!
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Powerful message!
September 10, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Powerful message!
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“The facility’s director, Connie Schmaljohn, has also been placed on administrative leave, according to the email…. She has more than 200 research publications, and her work has led to several clinical trials of first-of-their-kind vaccines.”
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RFK Jr.’s HHS Orders Lab Studying Deadly Infectious Diseases to Stop Research
NIAID’s Integrated Research Facility is one of the few federal facilities charged with studying Ebola. Tuesday afternoon, all of its work was put on indefinite pause by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s departm...
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August 30, 2025 at 2:02 PM
“The facility’s director, Connie Schmaljohn, has also been placed on administrative leave, according to the email…. She has more than 200 research publications, and her work has led to several clinical trials of first-of-their-kind vaccines.”
www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni...
www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni...
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I bet he'd hate if this side-by-side went viral.
August 16, 2025 at 5:00 AM
I bet he'd hate if this side-by-side went viral.
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I still want to know what happened with the 20 million dead people that Musk said were getting Social Security payments. His DOGE gang couldn't find any. So are they still getting their checks?
Elon Musk's DOGE wasted more than $21 billion in just six months. Other studies have found that in the long term it may cost the government more than it saved, while resulting in millions of deaths.
www.commondreams.org/news/doge-wa...
www.commondreams.org/news/doge-wa...
DOGE Wasted Tens of Billions While Chainsawing the Government in the Name of 'Efficiency': Senate Report | Common Dreams
Elon Musk's DOGE wasted more than $21 billion in just six months. Other studies have found that in the longterm it may cost the government more than it saved, while resulting in millions of deaths.
www.commondreams.org
July 31, 2025 at 10:12 PM
I still want to know what happened with the 20 million dead people that Musk said were getting Social Security payments. His DOGE gang couldn't find any. So are they still getting their checks?