Michael Apgar
@mapgar.bsky.social
1/3 Willow Rosenberg. 1/3 David Fisher. 1/3 Liz Lemon.
(He/Him)
Please enjoy the silly little TV/Film charts and graphs I make over @ https://bsky.app/profile/popculturecharts.bsky.social
(He/Him)
Please enjoy the silly little TV/Film charts and graphs I make over @ https://bsky.app/profile/popculturecharts.bsky.social
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Michael Apgar
@mapgar.bsky.social
· Sep 4
I think one thing we need more of over here is more silly fun accounts.
Relatedly, please enjoy and follow my new account where I take data about TV shows and movies and make charts and graphs.
Relatedly, please enjoy and follow my new account where I take data about TV shows and movies and make charts and graphs.
It's interesting to think about Newman's Own now that we're in the era where celebrities continue to launch bespoke vanity businesses.
February 15, 2026 at 3:48 AM
It's interesting to think about Newman's Own now that we're in the era where celebrities continue to launch bespoke vanity businesses.
I think it's notable that the revolving door in Trump's first administration is gone.
People like Hegseth, Noem, and Bondi would've been long gone by now with term 1 Trump, before they could do the worst damage. But it's clear cronyism is the top priority now.
People like Hegseth, Noem, and Bondi would've been long gone by now with term 1 Trump, before they could do the worst damage. But it's clear cronyism is the top priority now.
February 13, 2026 at 11:39 PM
I think it's notable that the revolving door in Trump's first administration is gone.
People like Hegseth, Noem, and Bondi would've been long gone by now with term 1 Trump, before they could do the worst damage. But it's clear cronyism is the top priority now.
People like Hegseth, Noem, and Bondi would've been long gone by now with term 1 Trump, before they could do the worst damage. But it's clear cronyism is the top priority now.
So like a week ago or whatever when it was all 'oh no Bitcoin is bottoming out'
Did that do anything? Did that mean anything? Is it still happening? Is it because the crypto bros migrated to a new fake currency?
Did that do anything? Did that mean anything? Is it still happening? Is it because the crypto bros migrated to a new fake currency?
February 13, 2026 at 10:25 PM
So like a week ago or whatever when it was all 'oh no Bitcoin is bottoming out'
Did that do anything? Did that mean anything? Is it still happening? Is it because the crypto bros migrated to a new fake currency?
Did that do anything? Did that mean anything? Is it still happening? Is it because the crypto bros migrated to a new fake currency?
Tech companies are not your friend. None of them.
February 13, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Tech companies are not your friend. None of them.
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This is just unconscionable man
February 13, 2026 at 1:43 AM
This is just unconscionable man
I will believe ICE has stopped terrorizing Minnesota when the people of Minnesota tell me they have.
February 13, 2026 at 2:08 AM
I will believe ICE has stopped terrorizing Minnesota when the people of Minnesota tell me they have.
I used to play Russian Roulette a lot, but never died, therefore I don't believe in bullets.
RFK Jr: I'm not scared of a germ. I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats.
February 12, 2026 at 9:44 PM
I used to play Russian Roulette a lot, but never died, therefore I don't believe in bullets.
Cap's write-off in Endgame was sweet and narratively necessary.
But you can't tell me Steve Rogers went back in time with full knowledge Bucky was being mind-controlled and Hydra was in the US government and just did nothing.
He is incapable of being like 'it'll sort itself out in a few decades'
But you can't tell me Steve Rogers went back in time with full knowledge Bucky was being mind-controlled and Hydra was in the US government and just did nothing.
He is incapable of being like 'it'll sort itself out in a few decades'
Avengers: Doomsday directors Joe and Anthony Russo have further discussed their claim that the film's four recent trailers were not actually trailers — and now described them as "narrative information." https://bit.ly/3MBv8XY
February 12, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Cap's write-off in Endgame was sweet and narratively necessary.
But you can't tell me Steve Rogers went back in time with full knowledge Bucky was being mind-controlled and Hydra was in the US government and just did nothing.
He is incapable of being like 'it'll sort itself out in a few decades'
But you can't tell me Steve Rogers went back in time with full knowledge Bucky was being mind-controlled and Hydra was in the US government and just did nothing.
He is incapable of being like 'it'll sort itself out in a few decades'
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It's astonishing to see this data in chart form:
February 12, 2026 at 5:17 PM
It's astonishing to see this data in chart form:
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Someone was abducted at 10 AM by ICE on Central Ave. Their coworker says they’ve lived here for over 20 years, are documented, and have 3 kids who were born here.
Don’t be fooled by headlines when they’ve been lying to us the whole time. We still need you out patrolling until every agent is gone.
Don’t be fooled by headlines when they’ve been lying to us the whole time. We still need you out patrolling until every agent is gone.
February 12, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Someone was abducted at 10 AM by ICE on Central Ave. Their coworker says they’ve lived here for over 20 years, are documented, and have 3 kids who were born here.
Don’t be fooled by headlines when they’ve been lying to us the whole time. We still need you out patrolling until every agent is gone.
Don’t be fooled by headlines when they’ve been lying to us the whole time. We still need you out patrolling until every agent is gone.
Stay loud.
Way-hey! After concerted local pushback, New Jersey company decides not to contract with ICE:
"The contract with ICE will not move forward, a Holman spokesperson told Patch.
"I have been informed that we declined that particular body of work," the spokesperson said...
patch.com/new-jersey/c...
"The contract with ICE will not move forward, a Holman spokesperson told Patch.
"I have been informed that we declined that particular body of work," the spokesperson said...
patch.com/new-jersey/c...
February 12, 2026 at 1:23 AM
Stay loud.
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Way-hey! After concerted local pushback, New Jersey company decides not to contract with ICE:
"The contract with ICE will not move forward, a Holman spokesperson told Patch.
"I have been informed that we declined that particular body of work," the spokesperson said...
patch.com/new-jersey/c...
"The contract with ICE will not move forward, a Holman spokesperson told Patch.
"I have been informed that we declined that particular body of work," the spokesperson said...
patch.com/new-jersey/c...
February 12, 2026 at 1:07 AM
Way-hey! After concerted local pushback, New Jersey company decides not to contract with ICE:
"The contract with ICE will not move forward, a Holman spokesperson told Patch.
"I have been informed that we declined that particular body of work," the spokesperson said...
patch.com/new-jersey/c...
"The contract with ICE will not move forward, a Holman spokesperson told Patch.
"I have been informed that we declined that particular body of work," the spokesperson said...
patch.com/new-jersey/c...
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A Reuters photographer captured this image of a page from Pam Bondi's "burn book," which she used to counter any questions from Democratic lawmakers during an unhinged hearing today.
It looks like the DOJ monitored members of Congress’s searches of the unredacted Epstein files.
Just wow.
It looks like the DOJ monitored members of Congress’s searches of the unredacted Epstein files.
Just wow.
February 11, 2026 at 11:06 PM
A Reuters photographer captured this image of a page from Pam Bondi's "burn book," which she used to counter any questions from Democratic lawmakers during an unhinged hearing today.
It looks like the DOJ monitored members of Congress’s searches of the unredacted Epstein files.
Just wow.
It looks like the DOJ monitored members of Congress’s searches of the unredacted Epstein files.
Just wow.
Our nation's poor understanding of biology and chemistry has allowed scam artists and marketers to create an endless mass of self-serving myths that have snowballed into something very dangerous.
Some chemicals are harmful, but chemicals are not innately scary. Everything is made of chemicals.
Some chemicals are harmful, but chemicals are not innately scary. Everything is made of chemicals.
February 12, 2026 at 12:40 AM
Our nation's poor understanding of biology and chemistry has allowed scam artists and marketers to create an endless mass of self-serving myths that have snowballed into something very dangerous.
Some chemicals are harmful, but chemicals are not innately scary. Everything is made of chemicals.
Some chemicals are harmful, but chemicals are not innately scary. Everything is made of chemicals.
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this is a level of complicity that had not occurred to me
Gallup will no longer measure presidential approval after 88 years thehill.com/homenews/med...
February 11, 2026 at 7:28 PM
this is a level of complicity that had not occurred to me
This is getting genuinely dangerous at this point. The level of rapid commitment to an organization that is so clearly tied to spreading the president's agenda speaks to some much deeper value WB has to their larger plans.
Paramount is adding more financial incentives to try to convince Warner Bros shareholders to let them buy the studio.
• They will give shareholders $650M per quarter if the takeover isn’t done by end of 2026
• They will pay the $2.8 billion termination fee on Netflix’s deal
• They will give shareholders $650M per quarter if the takeover isn’t done by end of 2026
• They will pay the $2.8 billion termination fee on Netflix’s deal
February 11, 2026 at 5:48 PM
This is getting genuinely dangerous at this point. The level of rapid commitment to an organization that is so clearly tied to spreading the president's agenda speaks to some much deeper value WB has to their larger plans.
Grand juries continue to show more of a spine than public officials elected for their so-called leadership abilities.
February 11, 2026 at 6:12 AM
Grand juries continue to show more of a spine than public officials elected for their so-called leadership abilities.
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I think maybe the remarkable part is that the US Attorney tried to indict six Democratic elected officials (and veterans) who made a video saying that everyone should follow the law.
Breaking News: Prosecutors failed to secure an indictment against six Democrats who posted a video reminding members of the military to refuse illegal orders.
Prosecutors Fail to Bring Charges Against Democrats Involved in Illegal Orders Video
The rejection was a remarkable rebuke, suggesting that ordinary citizens did not believe that the lawmakers had committed any crimes.
nyti.ms
February 11, 2026 at 2:00 AM
I think maybe the remarkable part is that the US Attorney tried to indict six Democratic elected officials (and veterans) who made a video saying that everyone should follow the law.
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Leslie Wexner, former CEO of Victoria's Secret, was the other man named by Ava Cordero as her rapist and abuser alongside Jeffrey Epstein in 2007, only to be mocked and degraded and dismissed as crazy because she's trans.
For all the WHO ARE THE NAMES people in the comments: www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
Democratic congressman Ro Khanna names six men appearing in unredacted Epstein files – live
Khanna, who co-sponsored the Epstein transparency act, named six people including Victoria’s Secret tycoon Leslie Wexner on the House floor
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Leslie Wexner, former CEO of Victoria's Secret, was the other man named by Ava Cordero as her rapist and abuser alongside Jeffrey Epstein in 2007, only to be mocked and degraded and dismissed as crazy because she's trans.
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This is starting to get like universal basic income where every single objective study shows the same result but the people who don't like that result go "uh, well there's just really no way to know"
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW: “.. In our in-progress research, we discovered that AI tools didn’t reduce work, they consistently intensified it.”
hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
February 10, 2026 at 3:06 PM
This is starting to get like universal basic income where every single objective study shows the same result but the people who don't like that result go "uh, well there's just really no way to know"
One of the best things we can do for ourselves culturally is to normalize the idea that there is such a thing as ENOUGH money and reaching beyond that makes you greedy and pathetic.
Greed is not good. It's not an 'anyone would do it' situation.
Greed is not good. It's not an 'anyone would do it' situation.
February 9, 2026 at 5:43 PM
One of the best things we can do for ourselves culturally is to normalize the idea that there is such a thing as ENOUGH money and reaching beyond that makes you greedy and pathetic.
Greed is not good. It's not an 'anyone would do it' situation.
Greed is not good. It's not an 'anyone would do it' situation.
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"Trump is not profound. He has been the same person this whole time. The question is why so many others have refused to see what he has never bothered to hide."
"For years, a cottage industry of political observers has contorted itself to obscure and occlude the obvious. That regardless of what others see in him, Trump’s entire political career...cannot be understood outside the context of his bitter, deep-seated racism." (gift link)
Opinion | This Is Just Who Trump Is
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 7:36 PM
"Trump is not profound. He has been the same person this whole time. The question is why so many others have refused to see what he has never bothered to hide."
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By the way, for those of you not in MN: Homan’s strategy was to withdraw some agents, so it felt like we were in the denouement of the crisis, and then escalate hard against observers. They’re being incredibly aggressive with observers now. National media may not want to check out just yet
February 7, 2026 at 3:38 AM
By the way, for those of you not in MN: Homan’s strategy was to withdraw some agents, so it felt like we were in the denouement of the crisis, and then escalate hard against observers. They’re being incredibly aggressive with observers now. National media may not want to check out just yet
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No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Genuinely surprised they're even pretending he didn't post that incredibly racist thing he definitely posted.
February 6, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Genuinely surprised they're even pretending he didn't post that incredibly racist thing he definitely posted.