Michael Lapinski
@mlapinski.bsky.social
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That Is great
More liberal Catholicism , damn it
More liberal Catholicism , damn it
www.nbcnews.com/world/middle... Pope Francis truly understood the assignment here. What a beautiful gesture!!
Francis' popemobile transformed into mobile clinic for Gaza children
“We’re pleased that we have here a serious contribution towards the healthcare of children in Gaza,” Caritas Secretary-General Alistair Dutton told a news conference in Bethlehem.
www.nbcnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:17 PM
That Is great
More liberal Catholicism , damn it
More liberal Catholicism , damn it
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“In these lectures, Thiel doesn’t just flirt with the apocalyptic. He goes all in — openly discussing the Antichrist, naming Pope Leo XIV as a potential manifestation of that figure, and, most disturbingly, advising JD Vance to ignore the pope on moral matters altogether.”
In newly leaked audio, Peter Thiel admits he urged JD Vance to ignore Pope Leo XIV on moral questions — including the ethical development of AI.
He goes even further, branding Leo “the woke American pope” and suggesting he’s a tool of the Antichrist.
He goes even further, branding Leo “the woke American pope” and suggesting he’s a tool of the Antichrist.
NEW: JD Vance’s Top Donor Suggests Pope Leo XIV is Antichrist
In a leaked lecture, Peter Thiel says he’s urged Vance to ignore the pope on moral questions — and simply pray for him.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:09 PM
“In these lectures, Thiel doesn’t just flirt with the apocalyptic. He goes all in — openly discussing the Antichrist, naming Pope Leo XIV as a potential manifestation of that figure, and, most disturbingly, advising JD Vance to ignore the pope on moral matters altogether.”
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Travelers: We would like you to hire more flight controllers, stop planes from colliding and not pack us in like it’s the last train to Auschwitz.
Duffy: Would it kill you guys to put on a fucking tie? Maybe buy a snappy pair of cordovans.
Duffy: Would it kill you guys to put on a fucking tie? Maybe buy a snappy pair of cordovans.
Sean Duffy: "Dressing with respect -- whether it's a pair of jeans and a decent shirt, I would encourage people to maybe dress a little better which encourages us to maybe behave a little better. Let's try not to wear slippers and pajamas as we come to the airport."
November 24, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Travelers: We would like you to hire more flight controllers, stop planes from colliding and not pack us in like it’s the last train to Auschwitz.
Duffy: Would it kill you guys to put on a fucking tie? Maybe buy a snappy pair of cordovans.
Duffy: Would it kill you guys to put on a fucking tie? Maybe buy a snappy pair of cordovans.
A friend at BLUE’S CLUES used to work on the floats and balloons so I know it’s a year-long massive effort but this is the sentence of the day:
The real miracle of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade happens at the end, when teams of volunteers dive chest-first on the colossal balloons in a 15-minute dash to deflate them.
The Real Magic of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade: Making It Disappear
Volunteers train at ‘flight schools’ to learn how to deflate the colossal balloons in 15 minutes. One rule: Don’t inhale.
on.wsj.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:00 AM
A friend at BLUE’S CLUES used to work on the floats and balloons so I know it’s a year-long massive effort but this is the sentence of the day:
I canvassed for @aftynbehn.bsky.social this weekend and someone told us they registered to vote for Aftyn specifically because her opponent’s ads were such a turnoff.
I’m currently in TN and saw a commercial on TV from @aftynbehn.bsky.social opponent. He is terrified and using all the dirty tactics used against female candidates.
TN-7 elect Aftyn Behn and put him in his place.
TN-7 elect Aftyn Behn and put him in his place.
It’s a beautiful day to claim your power in #TN07! Early voting ends WEDNESDAY! Vote Aftyn Behn!
✔️ Not sure about your district? Go to vote411.org and check!
✔️ Make sure your family & friends have a plan to vote!
✔️ Ready to help? Make calls, knock doors, and spread the word!
✔️ Not sure about your district? Go to vote411.org and check!
✔️ Make sure your family & friends have a plan to vote!
✔️ Ready to help? Make calls, knock doors, and spread the word!
November 25, 2025 at 4:07 AM
I canvassed for @aftynbehn.bsky.social this weekend and someone told us they registered to vote for Aftyn specifically because her opponent’s ads were such a turnoff.
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“Political prescription isn’t the point; teasing out the humanity of these people is.”
An incredible critique by @angelicabastien.bsky.social’s via @vulture.com that looks at the faults of ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER without negating the agency of its Black actresses.
An incredible critique by @angelicabastien.bsky.social’s via @vulture.com that looks at the faults of ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER without negating the agency of its Black actresses.
Black Actresses Are Carrying One Battle After Another
Teyana Taylor, Chase Infiniti, and Regina Hall propel the film’s most conflicted ideas, for better and worse.
www.vulture.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:44 PM
“Political prescription isn’t the point; teasing out the humanity of these people is.”
An incredible critique by @angelicabastien.bsky.social’s via @vulture.com that looks at the faults of ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER without negating the agency of its Black actresses.
An incredible critique by @angelicabastien.bsky.social’s via @vulture.com that looks at the faults of ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER without negating the agency of its Black actresses.
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WE ARE SO CLOSE, HENCE THE RELENTLESS ATTACKS
The margins are shrinking, which is why they're getting louder. Channel all of your upset and frustration into talking to voters. This race is winnable, and together, we will flip this seat on December 2nd!
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The margins are shrinking, which is why they're getting louder. Channel all of your upset and frustration into talking to voters. This race is winnable, and together, we will flip this seat on December 2nd!
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November 24, 2025 at 12:51 AM
WE ARE SO CLOSE, HENCE THE RELENTLESS ATTACKS
The margins are shrinking, which is why they're getting louder. Channel all of your upset and frustration into talking to voters. This race is winnable, and together, we will flip this seat on December 2nd!
{Link in bio to sign up!}
The margins are shrinking, which is why they're getting louder. Channel all of your upset and frustration into talking to voters. This race is winnable, and together, we will flip this seat on December 2nd!
{Link in bio to sign up!}
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Hot take: since Thanksgiving food is *all* food that is far better as leftovers you mcguyver get into strange sandwiches at 3am the next day, that is what Thanksgiving should be.
All the food made the day before, everyone gathers in the kitchen in their pajamas at 3am to go goblin mode on leftovers
All the food made the day before, everyone gathers in the kitchen in their pajamas at 3am to go goblin mode on leftovers
November 25, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Hot take: since Thanksgiving food is *all* food that is far better as leftovers you mcguyver get into strange sandwiches at 3am the next day, that is what Thanksgiving should be.
All the food made the day before, everyone gathers in the kitchen in their pajamas at 3am to go goblin mode on leftovers
All the food made the day before, everyone gathers in the kitchen in their pajamas at 3am to go goblin mode on leftovers
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The teenager told officers he was a U.S. citizen, but an officer broke the car’s driver’s side window and detained him. In a video, the boy can be heard telling an officer that he is a citizen, to which the officer replies, “Get out of the car” and “I don’t care.”
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
High school senior, a U.S. citizen, detained by ICE in Oregon
The 17-year-old was held more than five hours Friday in an ICE facility, his brother said.
www.oregonlive.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The teenager told officers he was a U.S. citizen, but an officer broke the car’s driver’s side window and detained him. In a video, the boy can be heard telling an officer that he is a citizen, to which the officer replies, “Get out of the car” and “I don’t care.”
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
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Breaking News: Viola Fletcher, the oldest survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre who testified a century later in Congress to the terror she witnessed in the hope of winning reparations, died at 111. nyti.ms/4or9B1e
November 24, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Breaking News: Viola Fletcher, the oldest survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre who testified a century later in Congress to the terror she witnessed in the hope of winning reparations, died at 111. nyti.ms/4or9B1e
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aerons are one million percent worth having, it's an incredible chair and your back will thank you
also you should never pay retail or close to it (unless your work is buying it for you), there are always a million used ones floating around because of office churn
also you should never pay retail or close to it (unless your work is buying it for you), there are always a million used ones floating around because of office churn
it's some kind of journalistic malpractice to tell people an areon going for 30% off of $1600 is a meaningful "discount". you're supposed to get one from a shady facebook marketplace guy for $150 at most
Early Black Friday discounts—and a flash sale—help bring down the price of the iconic Herman Miller Aeron. www.wired.com/story/black-...
November 24, 2025 at 6:12 PM
aerons are one million percent worth having, it's an incredible chair and your back will thank you
also you should never pay retail or close to it (unless your work is buying it for you), there are always a million used ones floating around because of office churn
also you should never pay retail or close to it (unless your work is buying it for you), there are always a million used ones floating around because of office churn
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here is a much better and 100x more correct article than this crap. it’s even properly fact checked
November 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM
here is a much better and 100x more correct article than this crap. it’s even properly fact checked
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I just feel we need to keep saying, over and over, that the problem with DOGE was not its failure to cut spending. the problem with DOGE is that it CUT GLOBAL AID LEADING TO THE DEATHS OF 600K PEOPLE AND COUNTING. 1
DOGE is one of the greatest failures of the Trump administration. The next Democratic administration should pick up that issue and actually work to cut government waste, fraud, and abuse. I’d suggest starting by taking a look at Elon Musk’s government contracts.
November 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I just feel we need to keep saying, over and over, that the problem with DOGE was not its failure to cut spending. the problem with DOGE is that it CUT GLOBAL AID LEADING TO THE DEATHS OF 600K PEOPLE AND COUNTING. 1
Shut
X
down
now!
“Seeing all of these MAGA accounts exposed as foreign actors trying to destroy the US is a complete vindication”
And X accidentally unmasking itself is the most self-own Wizard of Oz moment for a fella who claimed to promote free speech
www.thedailybeast.com/top-maga-inf...
X
down
now!
“Seeing all of these MAGA accounts exposed as foreign actors trying to destroy the US is a complete vindication”
And X accidentally unmasking itself is the most self-own Wizard of Oz moment for a fella who claimed to promote free speech
www.thedailybeast.com/top-maga-inf...
Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Actors
A new feature on Elon Musk’s X has given deeper insight into the online “America First” movement.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Shut
X
down
now!
“Seeing all of these MAGA accounts exposed as foreign actors trying to destroy the US is a complete vindication”
And X accidentally unmasking itself is the most self-own Wizard of Oz moment for a fella who claimed to promote free speech
www.thedailybeast.com/top-maga-inf...
X
down
now!
“Seeing all of these MAGA accounts exposed as foreign actors trying to destroy the US is a complete vindication”
And X accidentally unmasking itself is the most self-own Wizard of Oz moment for a fella who claimed to promote free speech
www.thedailybeast.com/top-maga-inf...
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A needlefish launches skyward, Jupiter shining down from above, skipping upright on the surface like an antennae to the heavens 🪡🐟📡🚀🪐🌌✌️👽 #needlefish #coralcityafterdark #skyward #jupiter #underwaterastronomy #dontforgettolookup #skipping #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity
November 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
A needlefish launches skyward, Jupiter shining down from above, skipping upright on the surface like an antennae to the heavens 🪡🐟📡🚀🪐🌌✌️👽 #needlefish #coralcityafterdark #skyward #jupiter #underwaterastronomy #dontforgettolookup #skipping #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity
HANDS DOWN - The Harder They Come is song for song the superlative movie soundtrack (although I’ve never seen the movie) and I return to it time and time again, today in honor of maestro, Jimmy Cliff.
youtu.be/FHAbj1pIT4g?...
youtu.be/FHAbj1pIT4g?...
Jimmy Cliff Recording The Harder They Come In Studio Session
YouTube video by Perry Henzell
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 2:28 PM
HANDS DOWN - The Harder They Come is song for song the superlative movie soundtrack (although I’ve never seen the movie) and I return to it time and time again, today in honor of maestro, Jimmy Cliff.
youtu.be/FHAbj1pIT4g?...
youtu.be/FHAbj1pIT4g?...
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Terribly sad news. I am literally working on an episode on Cliff at the moment.
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Star of The Harder They Come had hits including You Can Get It If You Really Want and I Can See Clearly Now
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Terribly sad news. I am literally working on an episode on Cliff at the moment.
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Aside from the fascism, Trump's open corruption as president is genuinely staggering. Warren's list is from April and there were already around 100 incidents. It's only got worse and literally no one in the US is doing anything. Even one of these incidents would've prob ended most leaders' careers.
ICYMI: Warren Reads 100 Acts of Trump Corruption Into Congressional Record To Mark 100 Days of the Trump Administration | U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts
The Official U.S. Senate website of Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts
www.warren.senate.gov
November 24, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Aside from the fascism, Trump's open corruption as president is genuinely staggering. Warren's list is from April and there were already around 100 incidents. It's only got worse and literally no one in the US is doing anything. Even one of these incidents would've prob ended most leaders' careers.
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hot cranberry juice with Torani almond syrup tastes exactly like a cherry pie, you're welcome (that was a specialty of my mom's). amaretto for those that want it instead
also people go fucking apeshit over a lemonade bar or a hot cocoa bar
also people go fucking apeshit over a lemonade bar or a hot cocoa bar
November 24, 2025 at 3:38 AM
hot cranberry juice with Torani almond syrup tastes exactly like a cherry pie, you're welcome (that was a specialty of my mom's). amaretto for those that want it instead
also people go fucking apeshit over a lemonade bar or a hot cocoa bar
also people go fucking apeshit over a lemonade bar or a hot cocoa bar
A movie that takes place where you’re from.
(They paved over our Little League to situate Cruise’s auto body shop under the bridge. Word is, Spielberg and Cruise rebuilt the field with their own money)
(They paved over our Little League to situate Cruise’s auto body shop under the bridge. Word is, Spielberg and Cruise rebuilt the field with their own money)
November 24, 2025 at 3:40 AM
A movie that takes place where you’re from.
(They paved over our Little League to situate Cruise’s auto body shop under the bridge. Word is, Spielberg and Cruise rebuilt the field with their own money)
(They paved over our Little League to situate Cruise’s auto body shop under the bridge. Word is, Spielberg and Cruise rebuilt the field with their own money)
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and all so he could avoid the consequences of his actions, remember Musk did this cos USAID was investigating him for turning off starlink in the Ukraine during a major operation against Russia.
600,000+ people died so Elon Musk can avoid punishment for his stupid actions.
600,000+ people died so Elon Musk can avoid punishment for his stupid actions.
November 24, 2025 at 2:13 AM
and all so he could avoid the consequences of his actions, remember Musk did this cos USAID was investigating him for turning off starlink in the Ukraine during a major operation against Russia.
600,000+ people died so Elon Musk can avoid punishment for his stupid actions.
600,000+ people died so Elon Musk can avoid punishment for his stupid actions.
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FYI gang, tomorrow Fantagraphics is offering 40% off most items with free domestic shipping for orders over $75.
November 24, 2025 at 1:48 AM
FYI gang, tomorrow Fantagraphics is offering 40% off most items with free domestic shipping for orders over $75.
WICKED FOR GOOD
4D Review
- 1st interaction was for thunder but rumbled in my seat. Had to regain composure after “Thunderbutt”
- During a melee, felt like I dropped something. Instead grabbed a flaccid rubber tube at my calves. Unpleasant
- During romance, a child yelled “Why he has no shirt on?”
4D Review
- 1st interaction was for thunder but rumbled in my seat. Had to regain composure after “Thunderbutt”
- During a melee, felt like I dropped something. Instead grabbed a flaccid rubber tube at my calves. Unpleasant
- During romance, a child yelled “Why he has no shirt on?”
November 23, 2025 at 7:56 PM
WICKED FOR GOOD
4D Review
- 1st interaction was for thunder but rumbled in my seat. Had to regain composure after “Thunderbutt”
- During a melee, felt like I dropped something. Instead grabbed a flaccid rubber tube at my calves. Unpleasant
- During romance, a child yelled “Why he has no shirt on?”
4D Review
- 1st interaction was for thunder but rumbled in my seat. Had to regain composure after “Thunderbutt”
- During a melee, felt like I dropped something. Instead grabbed a flaccid rubber tube at my calves. Unpleasant
- During romance, a child yelled “Why he has no shirt on?”
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I had a popular account with a valuable audience and my Twitter payout was $80 a month-ish, to the point where I disabled monetization instead of uploading my ID. Payouts are only material if you live in a developing country, so “guy in Nigeria posting right-wing Amerislop” has taken over the site.
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I had a popular account with a valuable audience and my Twitter payout was $80 a month-ish, to the point where I disabled monetization instead of uploading my ID. Payouts are only material if you live in a developing country, so “guy in Nigeria posting right-wing Amerislop” has taken over the site.