Michael Crawford
@michaelcrawford.com
Exists simultaneously as wave and particle. Occasionally pretends to be a writer.
See the rest of my nerdery at
@progresscityusa.com
Formerly @MiklCraw4d at The Old Place™
See the rest of my nerdery at
@progresscityusa.com
Formerly @MiklCraw4d at The Old Place™
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Rediscover genre-defining masterpieces during the Classic RPGs Promo, live now on GOG! ⚔️
Save big until September 21 on iconic adventures that shaped gaming history.
Take a look here: https://bit.ly/4hw1tvO
Save big until September 21 on iconic adventures that shaped gaming history.
Take a look here: https://bit.ly/4hw1tvO
September 16, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Rediscover genre-defining masterpieces during the Classic RPGs Promo, live now on GOG! ⚔️
Save big until September 21 on iconic adventures that shaped gaming history.
Take a look here: https://bit.ly/4hw1tvO
Save big until September 21 on iconic adventures that shaped gaming history.
Take a look here: https://bit.ly/4hw1tvO
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Here's all 13 released engineering film shots from the Artemis II launch played back at full speed and synced!
September 16, 2026 at 5:08 AM
Here's all 13 released engineering film shots from the Artemis II launch played back at full speed and synced!
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mainstream media has learned nothing
Woke up. Turned on the radio.
Steve Inskeep is talking to Steve Bannon about AI policy.
Time to go back to bed.
Steve Inskeep is talking to Steve Bannon about AI policy.
Time to go back to bed.
September 16, 2026 at 12:04 PM
mainstream media has learned nothing
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Every time I see a story about Joe Scarborough criticizing Trump I like to remind folks that he was one of the first to rush to Mar a Lago after Trump won in 24 to kiss Trump’s ass
September 16, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Every time I see a story about Joe Scarborough criticizing Trump I like to remind folks that he was one of the first to rush to Mar a Lago after Trump won in 24 to kiss Trump’s ass
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It looks like ICE is freaking out over all of the unqualified, un-vetted, un-fingerprinted desperation hires, so now officials are mass firing everyone that should have never been hired in the first place. wapo.st/3VfSxCd
September 15, 2026 at 1:46 PM
It looks like ICE is freaking out over all of the unqualified, un-vetted, un-fingerprinted desperation hires, so now officials are mass firing everyone that should have never been hired in the first place. wapo.st/3VfSxCd
Awful.
If the McClatchy layoffs weren't bad enough, the newspaper in Concord, N.C., axed its only reporter, and the papers covering Gastonia and Shelby are down to one reporter for both places, according to Business NC's Dave Mildenberg: businessnc.com/op-ed-race-t...
businessnc.com
September 16, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Awful.
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Just checked the price of a pound of ground beef in St. Cloud, MN (Emmer's district) -- $5.29/lb at ALDI, $7.23/lb at Walmart.
Not sure where "less than $2/lb" is happening there?
Not sure where "less than $2/lb" is happening there?
September 16, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Just checked the price of a pound of ground beef in St. Cloud, MN (Emmer's district) -- $5.29/lb at ALDI, $7.23/lb at Walmart.
Not sure where "less than $2/lb" is happening there?
Not sure where "less than $2/lb" is happening there?
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DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - A building housing half a dozen families gave out in Gaza City overnight into Wednesday, killing 19 people as they slept and injuring 25, and leaving rescuers digging through rubble for dozens more who'd been sheltering inside the structure.
@apnews.com
@apnews.com
September 16, 2026 at 10:48 AM
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - A building housing half a dozen families gave out in Gaza City overnight into Wednesday, killing 19 people as they slept and injuring 25, and leaving rescuers digging through rubble for dozens more who'd been sheltering inside the structure.
@apnews.com
@apnews.com
"NATO, But For Real This Time™"
Canada and the European Union are working on what Canadian Prime Minister, Mark Carney, has called a 'unique alliance.' Julia Payne has more on what that means and why the two powers have drawn closer together.
September 16, 2026 at 8:32 AM
"NATO, But For Real This Time™"
Dear lord. What a mess.
I stayed up too late depressing myself by reading the AI relationship subreddits again. We have given a coin-operated madness machine to an atomized and desperately lonely species uniquely prone to anthropomorphism and self-delusion.
Sweet dreams, chat.
Sweet dreams, chat.
September 16, 2026 at 6:39 AM
Dear lord. What a mess.
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I stayed up too late depressing myself by reading the AI relationship subreddits again. We have given a coin-operated madness machine to an atomized and desperately lonely species uniquely prone to anthropomorphism and self-delusion.
Sweet dreams, chat.
Sweet dreams, chat.
September 16, 2026 at 6:27 AM
I stayed up too late depressing myself by reading the AI relationship subreddits again. We have given a coin-operated madness machine to an atomized and desperately lonely species uniquely prone to anthropomorphism and self-delusion.
Sweet dreams, chat.
Sweet dreams, chat.
Dying laughing at 10,000 flights a year at a billion a pop. These people are lunatics.
At $10 trillion, Cathie Wood is arguing that SpaceX could make up a third of the entire U.S. economy inside of four years.
Elon: “it’s not impossible”
Elon: “it’s not impossible”
September 16, 2026 at 5:59 AM
Dying laughing at 10,000 flights a year at a billion a pop. These people are lunatics.
Does every male "influencer" have that dead-eyed Mr. Beast stare?
Car Influencer James Wehr's Wife Emma Breaks Silence on His Death
Car Influencer James Wehr's Wife Emma Breaks Silence on His Death
Emma Wehr, the wife of late car influencer James Wehr, has broken her silence following his tragic death at age 27. James and another passenger were involved in a fiery car accident in Irvine, California, in the early hours of Sunday, September 13. Irvine police confirmed two fatalities after the driver of a 2019 McLaren
bit.ly
September 16, 2026 at 5:55 AM
Does every male "influencer" have that dead-eyed Mr. Beast stare?
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In 1982, McDonald's introduced the Spaceship Happy Meal nationally - a burger and fries were loaded in a plastic ufo with a sticker sheet to decorate the craft. IMO, this is probably the first truly great Happy Meal promo ever.
September 16, 2026 at 12:56 AM
In 1982, McDonald's introduced the Spaceship Happy Meal nationally - a burger and fries were loaded in a plastic ufo with a sticker sheet to decorate the craft. IMO, this is probably the first truly great Happy Meal promo ever.
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Rough week to tell people that your application to join the FBI finally went through.
September 16, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Rough week to tell people that your application to join the FBI finally went through.
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Perhaps build the triumphal arch out of scrunched up gasoline receipts?
September 16, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Perhaps build the triumphal arch out of scrunched up gasoline receipts?
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True story.
BREAKING: Wyld Stallyns will no longer be opening for Ed Sheeran
September 15, 2026 at 11:47 PM
True story.
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"in week one the ballroom is coming down and the kennedy center is reopening" - free statement to any dem who wants to win in 2028
September 15, 2026 at 6:44 PM
"in week one the ballroom is coming down and the kennedy center is reopening" - free statement to any dem who wants to win in 2028
Wild horse living along North Carolina coast is wearing a mask to protect it from biting flies, and it’s scaring other horses, Corolla Wild Horse Fund says.
Banker horse wearing a mask is scaring other horses, Outer Banks nonprofit says
Wild horse living along North Carolina coast is wearing a mask to protect it from biting flies, and it’s scaring other horses, Corolla Wild Horse Fund says.
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September 15, 2026 at 11:44 PM
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"Mike, the polls show we're down, and things are only likely to get worse. What should we do?"
"Uh ... skip the televised debate?"
"Brilliant."
"Uh ... skip the televised debate?"
"Brilliant."
September 15, 2026 at 11:31 PM
"Mike, the polls show we're down, and things are only likely to get worse. What should we do?"
"Uh ... skip the televised debate?"
"Brilliant."
"Uh ... skip the televised debate?"
"Brilliant."
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Elon Musk: 20+ years here, hates American culture and most Americans, constantly undermines our multi-racial democracy as part of his obsession to restore the Apartheid of his foreign youth, says non-white people can't assimilate
Malala Yousafzai: visits Philly once, instantly adopts local customs
Malala Yousafzai: visits Philly once, instantly adopts local customs
September 15, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Elon Musk: 20+ years here, hates American culture and most Americans, constantly undermines our multi-racial democracy as part of his obsession to restore the Apartheid of his foreign youth, says non-white people can't assimilate
Malala Yousafzai: visits Philly once, instantly adopts local customs
Malala Yousafzai: visits Philly once, instantly adopts local customs
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Update: even @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social voted against CLARITY! 😂
You know it’s bad poltically when Corrupt Kirsten won’t even vote for a bill that’s an industry giveaway to wealthy donors.
She’s up for re-election in 2030 btw.
🤔
theintercept.com/2026/09/15/c...
You know it’s bad poltically when Corrupt Kirsten won’t even vote for a bill that’s an industry giveaway to wealthy donors.
She’s up for re-election in 2030 btw.
🤔
theintercept.com/2026/09/15/c...
Crypto Darling Gillibrand’s 11th-Hour Flip-Flop Helps Block Trump Crypto Bill
Just hours before switching sides, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand was lobbying fellow Democrats to pass the bill.
theintercept.com
September 15, 2026 at 10:44 PM
Update: even @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social voted against CLARITY! 😂
You know it’s bad poltically when Corrupt Kirsten won’t even vote for a bill that’s an industry giveaway to wealthy donors.
She’s up for re-election in 2030 btw.
🤔
theintercept.com/2026/09/15/c...
You know it’s bad poltically when Corrupt Kirsten won’t even vote for a bill that’s an industry giveaway to wealthy donors.
She’s up for re-election in 2030 btw.
🤔
theintercept.com/2026/09/15/c...
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Never a bad time to remind ourselves that in addition to being a halfwit, Mullin got his job because Trump thought he was a badass MMA fighter, when in fact his career consisted of a couple of matches in a Tulsa semipro league, including one in which he managed to beat a teenager named Huggie Bear
DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin: "The only way you can take a republic country like the United States and turn it into a communist country is by causing chaos on purpose and then saying, 'hey look, government is a mess. You need us, the communist country, to rule you.' It's insane."
September 15, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Never a bad time to remind ourselves that in addition to being a halfwit, Mullin got his job because Trump thought he was a badass MMA fighter, when in fact his career consisted of a couple of matches in a Tulsa semipro league, including one in which he managed to beat a teenager named Huggie Bear
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only send your strongest, buffest, most handsome men to watch mr hegseth
Exclusive: The Pentagon is asking commanders to nominate troops to attend Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s “State of the Force” address this September, and says the servicemembers must meet waist-to-height requirements and exhibit “impeccable” grooming standards. https://on.wsj.com/3VwFKeF
September 15, 2026 at 9:29 PM
only send your strongest, buffest, most handsome men to watch mr hegseth
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The Kennedy Center was a beloved Washington institution, enjoyed by millions of people. It has been destroyed for no real reason. Just vanity, carelessness, indifference.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Trump’s Kennedy Center Shakedown
The only appropriate response is to refuse to accede to his demands.
www.theatlantic.com
September 15, 2026 at 8:24 PM
The Kennedy Center was a beloved Washington institution, enjoyed by millions of people. It has been destroyed for no real reason. Just vanity, carelessness, indifference.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...