Mike
@mritzius.bsky.social
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Yep. Less NTT faculty who know they can be discarded at will, but for TT folks, it's easy to forget that admin are *our managers* and when we enforce their agendas for them, we're managing ourselves on their behalf. @isaackamola.bsky.social and @elimeyerhoff.bsky.social nail this.
elimeyerhoff.com
October 24, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Yep. Less NTT faculty who know they can be discarded at will, but for TT folks, it's easy to forget that admin are *our managers* and when we enforce their agendas for them, we're managing ourselves on their behalf. @isaackamola.bsky.social and @elimeyerhoff.bsky.social nail this.
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The post office is also super convenient now. Meanwhile, getting customer service at a private company is like gearing up for battle.
Every time I have gone to the DMV in the last 20 years it has been fast and pleasant. Gotta be an all-time turnaround.
just had a pleasant and efficient interaction with the New York State DMV. for any motor vehicle issues you might come across, Seth recommends: the DMV!
July 21, 2025 at 2:05 PM
The post office is also super convenient now. Meanwhile, getting customer service at a private company is like gearing up for battle.
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"A free education is incompatible with fascism. That was Dewey's petition from his generation’s age of fascism to our own: that to make education incompatible with fascism is to make us more free."
My remarks from #TeachTruth 2025:
www.humanrestorationproject.org/writing/refl... #EduSky
My remarks from #TeachTruth 2025:
www.humanrestorationproject.org/writing/refl... #EduSky
Reflections on Teach Truth Day of Action 2025 | Human Restoration Project | Nick Covington
How can John Dewey’s ideal of a thriving democratic education revitalize a American commitment to freedom and democracy? Published by Human Restoration Project, a 501(c)3 organization restoring humani...
www.humanrestorationproject.org
June 18, 2025 at 1:20 PM
"A free education is incompatible with fascism. That was Dewey's petition from his generation’s age of fascism to our own: that to make education incompatible with fascism is to make us more free."
My remarks from #TeachTruth 2025:
www.humanrestorationproject.org/writing/refl... #EduSky
My remarks from #TeachTruth 2025:
www.humanrestorationproject.org/writing/refl... #EduSky
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shout out to the Homer Land of Chocolate Skip
June 18, 2025 at 2:51 PM
shout out to the Homer Land of Chocolate Skip
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We see regularly scheduled articles about why Bluesky is bad.
But what about the obvious point that Twitter is Elon's Machine for Fascism and it's breaking reporters' brains?
I decided to write it.
Reporters need to get off Elon's Twitter
But what about the obvious point that Twitter is Elon's Machine for Fascism and it's breaking reporters' brains?
I decided to write it.
Reporters need to get off Elon's Twitter
Reporters need to get off Elon's Twitter
Inside the Machine for Fascism, you can't even see that Biden won the 2020 election.
www.thefarce.org
June 13, 2025 at 11:47 AM
We see regularly scheduled articles about why Bluesky is bad.
But what about the obvious point that Twitter is Elon's Machine for Fascism and it's breaking reporters' brains?
I decided to write it.
Reporters need to get off Elon's Twitter
But what about the obvious point that Twitter is Elon's Machine for Fascism and it's breaking reporters' brains?
I decided to write it.
Reporters need to get off Elon's Twitter
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Dems need to start explicitly, publicly, loudly, repeatedly promising oversight, investigations, subpoenas, hearings, prosecutations, & jail time for those ransacking our country. I want specifics, timelines, inevitability. The new Dem House will get sworn in on 1/3/27. What happens on 1/4/27?
I’m very unhappy with Musk being sad.
That is not near enough. I want him in prison. Prosecute, jail, claw back our money.
That’s the only way to teach the next billionaire not to do crimes against the Republic.
That is not near enough. I want him in prison. Prosecute, jail, claw back our money.
That’s the only way to teach the next billionaire not to do crimes against the Republic.
Musk said repercussions over DOGE cuts were severe. “DOGE is just becoming the whipping boy for everything,” he said.
“So, like, something bad would happen anywhere, and we would get blamed for it even if we had nothing to do with it.”
Read more:
“So, like, something bad would happen anywhere, and we would get blamed for it even if we had nothing to do with it.”
Read more:
May 30, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Dems need to start explicitly, publicly, loudly, repeatedly promising oversight, investigations, subpoenas, hearings, prosecutations, & jail time for those ransacking our country. I want specifics, timelines, inevitability. The new Dem House will get sworn in on 1/3/27. What happens on 1/4/27?
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“Billionaires building bunkers to survive an AI apocalypse, attempting to disrupt death through cryopreservation, scouting the planet for pop-up cities and network states — are not reliable stewards of the collective good.”
— Dr. Ruha Benjamin
— Dr. Ruha Benjamin
Ruha Benjamin: We can call bullshit on their eugenic futures
Dr. Ruha Benjamin’s must-see talk on tech's ‘artificial intelligentsia’
www.thenerdreich.com
May 23, 2025 at 12:56 PM
“Billionaires building bunkers to survive an AI apocalypse, attempting to disrupt death through cryopreservation, scouting the planet for pop-up cities and network states — are not reliable stewards of the collective good.”
— Dr. Ruha Benjamin
— Dr. Ruha Benjamin
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I think about this comic at least once a week
May 10, 2025 at 5:47 AM
I think about this comic at least once a week
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Sounds like it’s a mistake to leave public goods in the hands of billionaires who can decide at any moment they’re bored and don’t want to support them anymore bsky.app/profile/clar...
“‘Mommy, the guy who’s been giving money to our school doesn’t want to give it to us anymore,’” he told her.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
The Zuckerbergs Founded Two Bay Area Schools. Now They’re Closing.
Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Dr. Priscilla Chan, opened the schools to help communities of color. Some families wonder if the shutting of the schools is related to his D.E.I. retrenchment.
www.nytimes.com
April 25, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Sounds like it’s a mistake to leave public goods in the hands of billionaires who can decide at any moment they’re bored and don’t want to support them anymore bsky.app/profile/clar...
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Harvard figured out what everyone else in power needs to understand: Complicity with Trump will not save you.
Standing up isn't just the right thing to do. It's the smart thing to do. He will renege on any "deal" you make and come after you anyway.
www.salon.com/2025/04/16/h...
Standing up isn't just the right thing to do. It's the smart thing to do. He will renege on any "deal" you make and come after you anyway.
www.salon.com/2025/04/16/h...
Harvard stands up to Trump — they get that complicity will not save you
Other institutions take note: It's delusional to lie low and hope Trump goes away in four years
www.salon.com
April 16, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Harvard figured out what everyone else in power needs to understand: Complicity with Trump will not save you.
Standing up isn't just the right thing to do. It's the smart thing to do. He will renege on any "deal" you make and come after you anyway.
www.salon.com/2025/04/16/h...
Standing up isn't just the right thing to do. It's the smart thing to do. He will renege on any "deal" you make and come after you anyway.
www.salon.com/2025/04/16/h...
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People don't miss manufacturing jobs. They miss the effects of having 30+ percent union density. And we can build worker power again, with good policies, for the jobs most working class people actually have today rather than hoping mumbo jumbo will make it 1955 again.
When (some) people talk about bringing back manufacturing, they mean "bring back steel & auto jobs that someone can take right out of high school, and live a middle class life"
The worst part of this is that even if manufacturing jobs came back because of this (they won’t)
and even if Americans retooled for those jobs (they won’t) those jobs sucked! It’s like demanding to return to being a farming society. People fled that life the instant they could, in the millions!
and even if Americans retooled for those jobs (they won’t) those jobs sucked! It’s like demanding to return to being a farming society. People fled that life the instant they could, in the millions!
April 3, 2025 at 2:54 PM
People don't miss manufacturing jobs. They miss the effects of having 30+ percent union density. And we can build worker power again, with good policies, for the jobs most working class people actually have today rather than hoping mumbo jumbo will make it 1955 again.
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Unions are more popular than the Republican Party or the Democratic Party.
This is a moment for Democrats to legislate for labor in the areas they control.
Capital has their guy.
Labor needs an ally is anyone who claims to his opposition.
www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...
This is a moment for Democrats to legislate for labor in the areas they control.
Capital has their guy.
Labor needs an ally is anyone who claims to his opposition.
www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...
Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Exempts Agencies with National Security Missions from Federal Collective Bargaining Requirements
PROTECTING OUR NATIONAL SECURITY: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order using authority granted by the Civil Service Reform Act of
www.whitehouse.gov
March 28, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Unions are more popular than the Republican Party or the Democratic Party.
This is a moment for Democrats to legislate for labor in the areas they control.
Capital has their guy.
Labor needs an ally is anyone who claims to his opposition.
www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...
This is a moment for Democrats to legislate for labor in the areas they control.
Capital has their guy.
Labor needs an ally is anyone who claims to his opposition.
www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...
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If Donald Trump was a Russian spy actively sabotaging the United States of America... what would he do differently?
March 19, 2025 at 1:22 AM
If Donald Trump was a Russian spy actively sabotaging the United States of America... what would he do differently?
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Again, the Union that represents the people most directly impacted by a shutdown is saying that the CR is WORSE than a shutdown. Can you imagine how bad the CR is for the Union to say a shutdown is better? Listen to workers. Listen to the Union.
The American Federation of Government Employees, which represents 800,000+ federal and D.C. workers (i.e. people directly impacted by a government shutdown), is urging senators to vote no on the House GOP's CR.
In other words, AFGE is saying a government shutdown is less bad than this GOP bill.
In other words, AFGE is saying a government shutdown is less bad than this GOP bill.
March 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Again, the Union that represents the people most directly impacted by a shutdown is saying that the CR is WORSE than a shutdown. Can you imagine how bad the CR is for the Union to say a shutdown is better? Listen to workers. Listen to the Union.
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“It’s a kind of farm subsidy, but for billionaires making digital magic beans instead of food.”
wrote about trump's grotesque crypto scamming for public notice. www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-cryp...
Trump’s "Crypto Reserve" is a world historical grift
Corruption doesn’t get much more blatant than this.
www.publicnotice.co
March 7, 2025 at 8:49 PM
“It’s a kind of farm subsidy, but for billionaires making digital magic beans instead of food.”
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Zelenskyy stayed in Kyiv while Russia was bombing the city and sending in hit squads to kill him. J.D. Vance fled to an undisclosed location because some peaceful protesters yelled at him while he was on vacation. This is why I believe victory over these people is still possible.
March 2, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Zelenskyy stayed in Kyiv while Russia was bombing the city and sending in hit squads to kill him. J.D. Vance fled to an undisclosed location because some peaceful protesters yelled at him while he was on vacation. This is why I believe victory over these people is still possible.
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I’m somehow on a Heritage Foundation mailing list (😂) and they sent a survey to see what we think of DOGE.
Who wants to offer some m-fing feedback?!?
secured.heritage.org/the-heritage...
Please share with a friend or a thousand :)
Who wants to offer some m-fing feedback?!?
secured.heritage.org/the-heritage...
Please share with a friend or a thousand :)
secured.heritage.org
February 26, 2025 at 11:12 PM
I’m somehow on a Heritage Foundation mailing list (😂) and they sent a survey to see what we think of DOGE.
Who wants to offer some m-fing feedback?!?
secured.heritage.org/the-heritage...
Please share with a friend or a thousand :)
Who wants to offer some m-fing feedback?!?
secured.heritage.org/the-heritage...
Please share with a friend or a thousand :)
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Truly incredible how Americans can go to the polls, choose a bunch of incompetent jerks to run the country, then immediately recognize "welp everything's gonna suck now."
I dunno, maybe don't choose the incompetent jerks next time? Just sayin.
I dunno, maybe don't choose the incompetent jerks next time? Just sayin.
February 25, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Truly incredible how Americans can go to the polls, choose a bunch of incompetent jerks to run the country, then immediately recognize "welp everything's gonna suck now."
I dunno, maybe don't choose the incompetent jerks next time? Just sayin.
I dunno, maybe don't choose the incompetent jerks next time? Just sayin.
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"When you ride TESLA, you ride with Hitler.
Join Public Transportation Today!"
Reworked WW2 poster spotted in Oakland
Join Public Transportation Today!"
Reworked WW2 poster spotted in Oakland
February 19, 2025 at 12:30 AM
"When you ride TESLA, you ride with Hitler.
Join Public Transportation Today!"
Reworked WW2 poster spotted in Oakland
Join Public Transportation Today!"
Reworked WW2 poster spotted in Oakland
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Please stop saying it saved money until you understand the value of what was cut. They are downsizing, and if the stuff getting cut had real value, its not a saving.
DOGE says it has saved $55 billion in federal spending so far, but its website only accounts for $16.6 billion of that
DOGE Says It’s Saved $55 Billion, Itemized Data Show Far Less
The federal cost-cutting effort dubbed the Department of Government Efficiency says it has saved $55 billion in federal spending so far, but its website only accounts for $16.6 billion of that.
www.bloomberg.com
February 19, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Please stop saying it saved money until you understand the value of what was cut. They are downsizing, and if the stuff getting cut had real value, its not a saving.