Your Friend Michael
@michaelpg.bsky.social
We could be doing so much better than this.
"Don't tell me what you value. Show me your budget, and I'll tell you what you value." -Joe Biden, who never actually wanted people to hold him to that ...
"Don't tell me what you value. Show me your budget, and I'll tell you what you value." -Joe Biden, who never actually wanted people to hold him to that ...
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You've asked, you've begged, (you haven't this is rhetorical), and here it is: An Andor/Dril Season 2 Thread! Since I put half the EU in the Season 1 thread (embedded below), I'm instead going to focus on our special boy, Syril Karn.
(Spoilers for Andor S2 follow)
Fig. 1 - Syril at the office.
(Spoilers for Andor S2 follow)
Fig. 1 - Syril at the office.
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I have never been this vulnerable on here before, but I could really use the community's help. Literally everything my husband and I have worked for is at risk.
Shares mean everything.
Shares mean everything.
September 17, 2026 at 10:50 PM
I have never been this vulnerable on here before, but I could really use the community's help. Literally everything my husband and I have worked for is at risk.
Shares mean everything.
Shares mean everything.
Sounds great!
Trump: "I could've banned fishing. The power of this office is crazy. I could've banned fishing. I think I'm gonna do that."
September 18, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Sounds great!
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The dumbest asshole in the country and the President need to be two different people moving forward
Trump: "If we lose $50 billion a year with a country, and we say 'we're not going to trade with you anymore,' we don't lose $50 billion a year. It's very simple. Right?"
September 17, 2026 at 1:17 AM
The dumbest asshole in the country and the President need to be two different people moving forward
This isn't the Posting Hour, but this went live so I should say it. A long time ago, basically where I am right now... I wrote a 4,000 word essay about how Andor's very human villains illustrate aspects of the modern Right. Its out now in Red Futures.
www.redfuturesmag.com/publications...
www.redfuturesmag.com/publications...
Villains With Our Faces: What radicals can learn from Andor’s Imperials
By Your Friend Michael
Hello, reader. I’d like you to perform an exercise with me right now. I’d like you to look up from your screen and examine your surroundings.
Now I don’t know you, but based on ...
www.redfuturesmag.com
September 17, 2026 at 2:27 AM
This isn't the Posting Hour, but this went live so I should say it. A long time ago, basically where I am right now... I wrote a 4,000 word essay about how Andor's very human villains illustrate aspects of the modern Right. Its out now in Red Futures.
www.redfuturesmag.com/publications...
www.redfuturesmag.com/publications...
PUT IT IN THE LOUVRE
September 15, 2026 at 11:59 PM
PUT IT IN THE LOUVRE
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This pair of headlines…
September 14, 2026 at 6:33 PM
This pair of headlines…
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same thing in tampa. reportedly one of the venues that issued the ultimatum, hosted “heil hitler” kanye west for two shows in june
AT&T Stadium reportedly is one of the venues that opposed Macklemore being on Ed Sheeran's bill. Worth noting that AT&T is hosting Kanye West in November.
New: Macklemore says Robert Kraft — who owns Gillette Stadium, where Macklemore & Ed Sheeran were to perform later this month — called Sheeran.
Kraft rallied other owners together behind an ultimatum for Sheeran: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you won't be allowed in our venues.
Kraft rallied other owners together behind an ultimatum for Sheeran: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you won't be allowed in our venues.
September 14, 2026 at 6:10 PM
same thing in tampa. reportedly one of the venues that issued the ultimatum, hosted “heil hitler” kanye west for two shows in june
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Half the Sky: [NOT PICTURED]
September 13, 2026 at 11:32 PM
Half the Sky: [NOT PICTURED]
Lanterns is surf dracula. If you dont get the reference google it.
September 14, 2026 at 2:31 AM
Lanterns is surf dracula. If you dont get the reference google it.
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"The president is a stupid asshole" quickly became a trite observation but that's still the analysis that most accurately and succinctly explains almost everything that happens
September 13, 2026 at 9:07 PM
"The president is a stupid asshole" quickly became a trite observation but that's still the analysis that most accurately and succinctly explains almost everything that happens
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I resigned from ExxonMobil today. I spent the last three years doing fossil fuel extraction research at both BP and ExxonMobil. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing to maximize extraction while the window to act closes, and gambling with our lives. More below.
September 12, 2026 at 1:14 PM
I resigned from ExxonMobil today. I spent the last three years doing fossil fuel extraction research at both BP and ExxonMobil. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing to maximize extraction while the window to act closes, and gambling with our lives. More below.
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Looking back from 2026, it is absurdly easy to draw an perfectly straight line from 9/11 to all the shit happening today. It's not even a stretch. From ICE blowing citizens' brains out in the streets, to rampant xenophobia/Islamophobia, to Donald Trump being an important figure... Straight Line.
Your periodic reminder that All Nationalism Is Bad Nationalism.
It feels “good” in the way meth or crack feel good, but it always leads to bad outcomes, because it’s made out of poison.
It feels “good” in the way meth or crack feel good, but it always leads to bad outcomes, because it’s made out of poison.
September 11, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Looking back from 2026, it is absurdly easy to draw an perfectly straight line from 9/11 to all the shit happening today. It's not even a stretch. From ICE blowing citizens' brains out in the streets, to rampant xenophobia/Islamophobia, to Donald Trump being an important figure... Straight Line.
Me when Bluesky puts the adult content filter on my travel photos of Michaelangelo's David:
September 10, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Me when Bluesky puts the adult content filter on my travel photos of Michaelangelo's David:
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Happy warmest US Summer on record to those who celebrate
September 9, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Happy warmest US Summer on record to those who celebrate
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At ~$0.07/kWh for electricity alone, $22M buys ~310 million kWh. A human spending 100W on average consumes ~64,000 kWh in 75 years. So $22M corresponds to the lifetime metabolic energy of roughly 4,800 people.
This is brute force, not intelligence.
This is brute force, not intelligence.
Some humans were already fooled by Eliza-like programs decades ago. I don't think we stand much of a chance against data-driven brute force at scale mascarading as intelligence. Most people can't intuitively grasp what $22M of computing power means. The AGI propaganda will be difficult to beat.
Millennium math problem solved by OpenAI may have "regurgitated" competitors unpublished work... also they spent more than $22 million in computing power in one week to scoop them.
techcrunch.com/2026/09/08/o...
techcrunch.com/2026/09/08/o...
September 9, 2026 at 6:00 AM
At ~$0.07/kWh for electricity alone, $22M buys ~310 million kWh. A human spending 100W on average consumes ~64,000 kWh in 75 years. So $22M corresponds to the lifetime metabolic energy of roughly 4,800 people.
This is brute force, not intelligence.
This is brute force, not intelligence.
I cant believe the cover NYT runs for this bigot who keeps pushing this hateful bile against trans people because he only had sons until one realized she was his daughter. I explained it in 200 characters. I could write it in an AP style paragraph. The Times doesnt. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/u...
Musk Targets Transgender Issues in Key Midterm Senate Races
A political group for the world’s richest man, who is ramping up a midterm spending blitz, began running attack ads against Democrats in Texas, Ohio and Iowa.
www.nytimes.com
September 9, 2026 at 1:58 AM
I cant believe the cover NYT runs for this bigot who keeps pushing this hateful bile against trans people because he only had sons until one realized she was his daughter. I explained it in 200 characters. I could write it in an AP style paragraph. The Times doesnt. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/u...
Juniper @junlper.beer got in trouble for saying this but I have to agree: libs and the left need to just lie more. It's free, there are usually no legal consequences, and it makes your message more effective to an audience that doesnt know youre lying to them.
“Democrats would be better advised to follow the example of Thomas Jefferson’s Republicans,” this WSJ oped says about court reform.
They thought the courts were so partisan they abolished entire circuit courts and prevented the Supreme Court from meeting for a year!
www.wsj.com/opinion/is-c...
They thought the courts were so partisan they abolished entire circuit courts and prevented the Supreme Court from meeting for a year!
www.wsj.com/opinion/is-c...
Opinion | Is Court Packing Constitutional? Don’t Be So Sure
The precedents don’t support what the Democrats want to do, which would be an assault on the separation of powers.
www.wsj.com
September 8, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Juniper @junlper.beer got in trouble for saying this but I have to agree: libs and the left need to just lie more. It's free, there are usually no legal consequences, and it makes your message more effective to an audience that doesnt know youre lying to them.
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Microsoft pumped a mind-blowing amount of money into carbon removal. This is how it went for them:
September 8, 2026 at 11:24 AM
Microsoft pumped a mind-blowing amount of money into carbon removal. This is how it went for them:
Shit, worth a shot.
I don't understand why we stop at "unindicted."
Pardon power rests in the office of the president.
At least raise the theory that a future president can undo the pardons of a previous president.
Expand the Supreme Court and I think it will be upheld.
Pardon power rests in the office of the president.
At least raise the theory that a future president can undo the pardons of a previous president.
Expand the Supreme Court and I think it will be upheld.
September 8, 2026 at 3:02 AM
Shit, worth a shot.
Mamdani dropping the bomb that giuliani and bloomberg knew about lower manhattan being toxic and said nothing as giuliani has the gall to tell him not to show up to the memorial...masterful.
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/n...
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/n...
After 9/11, Documents Suggest New Yorkers Were Misled About Air Quality
The Mamdani administration is releasing more than 170,000 pages of documents related to the air quality around the World Trade Center site in the months after the Sept. 11 attacks.
www.nytimes.com
September 8, 2026 at 2:58 AM
Mamdani dropping the bomb that giuliani and bloomberg knew about lower manhattan being toxic and said nothing as giuliani has the gall to tell him not to show up to the memorial...masterful.
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/n...
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/n...
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IF YOU HAVE PHOTOS OR VIDEOS THAT COULD BE RELEVANT TO THE INVESTIGATION, PLEASE EMAIL [email protected] - idk if i have anyone who is in Miami, but if you spread the word, you could genuinely help an investigation. even if you actually witnessed it and don’t have photos, might be worth emailing
September 7, 2026 at 8:33 PM
IF YOU HAVE PHOTOS OR VIDEOS THAT COULD BE RELEVANT TO THE INVESTIGATION, PLEASE EMAIL [email protected] - idk if i have anyone who is in Miami, but if you spread the word, you could genuinely help an investigation. even if you actually witnessed it and don’t have photos, might be worth emailing
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This rhetorical tactics of the fascists where they mockingly parrot your language back to you in a situation where it obviously doesn't apply, in order to assert that any kind of moral judgment or reasoning is a farce
Itamar Ben-Gvir calls on Netanyahu to recognize the Falkland Islands / Malvinas as "territory under [British] occupation" in response to the forthcoming trade ban on Israeli settlement goods and services in occupied Palestine.
September 7, 2026 at 10:24 PM
This rhetorical tactics of the fascists where they mockingly parrot your language back to you in a situation where it obviously doesn't apply, in order to assert that any kind of moral judgment or reasoning is a farce
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This is ADL's solitary statement after Nazis won state elections in Germany for the first time since the Holocaust:
September 7, 2026 at 10:02 PM
This is ADL's solitary statement after Nazis won state elections in Germany for the first time since the Holocaust:
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That's an incredibly sedate fundraising SL too, most of them are like "I have come to feel naked without the gun in my mouth. Is this what it felt like to eat of the fruit of knowledge?"
it's totally possible that NH-SEN is closer than you'd expect based on national polling but this headline is literally pulled from one of those fundraising emails with alarmist subject lines
September 6, 2026 at 11:04 PM
That's an incredibly sedate fundraising SL too, most of them are like "I have come to feel naked without the gun in my mouth. Is this what it felt like to eat of the fruit of knowledge?"