Mike Rot
@mike-rot.bsky.social
I’m between dimensions right now. Reluctant activist and connoisseur of physical media. Toronto icon sometime writer.
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Bernie would’ve won every time he ran and the societal blockage of this energy has allowed fascism to flourish as the only populist alternative, but finally the dam the DNC built is breaking. Let’s fucking go!
June 25, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Bernie would’ve won every time he ran and the societal blockage of this energy has allowed fascism to flourish as the only populist alternative, but finally the dam the DNC built is breaking. Let’s fucking go!
That the English call a baked potato a jacket potato is the reason that they will forever be the lords of literature.
June 24, 2026 at 1:00 PM
That the English call a baked potato a jacket potato is the reason that they will forever be the lords of literature.
Trump is like an uzi that got dropped down the stairs and sprays bullets in all directions indiscriminately and every 84th bullet it hits something that deserved it.
June 17, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Trump is like an uzi that got dropped down the stairs and sprays bullets in all directions indiscriminately and every 84th bullet it hits something that deserved it.
My new thing is watching Youtube vids of people visiting Toronto for the first time because of FIFA and choosing the worst touristy place to visit and still coming out happy. The only Toronto worth a damn ain't at the 'seafront' or St Lawrence Market.
June 17, 2026 at 9:45 PM
My new thing is watching Youtube vids of people visiting Toronto for the first time because of FIFA and choosing the worst touristy place to visit and still coming out happy. The only Toronto worth a damn ain't at the 'seafront' or St Lawrence Market.
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Happy Trans Day of Visibility ❤️🏳️⚧️❤️
March 31, 2026 at 11:42 AM
Happy Trans Day of Visibility ❤️🏳️⚧️❤️
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"The COVID-19 pandemic at 6 years: Mass death, debilitation and media silence"
"The pandemic has killed over 30 million people worldwide, left more than 400 million suffering from Long COVID... It is one of the most catastrophic events in modern history—and it is not over."
"The pandemic has killed over 30 million people worldwide, left more than 400 million suffering from Long COVID... It is one of the most catastrophic events in modern history—and it is not over."
The COVID-19 pandemic at 6 years: Mass death, debilitation and media silence
As the sixth anniversary of the WHO pandemic declaration passes with total media silence, wastewater data, excess death estimates and new research on Long COVID reveal an ongoing public health catastr...
www.wsws.org
March 12, 2026 at 4:53 AM
"The COVID-19 pandemic at 6 years: Mass death, debilitation and media silence"
"The pandemic has killed over 30 million people worldwide, left more than 400 million suffering from Long COVID... It is one of the most catastrophic events in modern history—and it is not over."
"The pandemic has killed over 30 million people worldwide, left more than 400 million suffering from Long COVID... It is one of the most catastrophic events in modern history—and it is not over."
Kill your darling franchises. Fuck the ParaWarnerstein monster.
February 27, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Kill your darling franchises. Fuck the ParaWarnerstein monster.
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If you're white, cis, abled and have a car/wifi/AC/a job, this isn't the time for a "personal journey" or "disconnecting from the issues" or "tired of politics".
Nope, our people have historically made the issues for everyone else since ever.
Get involved.
Tired?
Imagine how everyone else feels.
Nope, our people have historically made the issues for everyone else since ever.
Get involved.
Tired?
Imagine how everyone else feels.
December 4, 2024 at 5:25 PM
If you're white, cis, abled and have a car/wifi/AC/a job, this isn't the time for a "personal journey" or "disconnecting from the issues" or "tired of politics".
Nope, our people have historically made the issues for everyone else since ever.
Get involved.
Tired?
Imagine how everyone else feels.
Nope, our people have historically made the issues for everyone else since ever.
Get involved.
Tired?
Imagine how everyone else feels.
Oh no don’t take co-pilot away!
They are getting so desperate to push a garbage product that nobody wants.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Countries that do not embrace AI could be left behind, says OpenAI’s George Osborne
Without AI you will be a ‘weaker and poorer nation’, says former UK chancellor two months into job at US firm
www.theguardian.com
February 19, 2026 at 12:19 PM
Oh no don’t take co-pilot away!
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10/10 Bernie stuck the landing here
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bsky.app/profile/more...
BREAKING: Bernie Sanders is introducing an amendment to cut ICE’s $75 billion funding increase, and to use those funds to restore the federal cuts to health care.
January 30, 2026 at 9:05 PM
10/10 Bernie stuck the landing here
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bsky.app/profile/more...
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Shut it all down, America. 💪
NEW: Tens of thousands are once again bringing downtown Minneapolis to a standstill (Friday Jan 30, 2026).
A massive protest against ICE and in support of a national economic shutdown.
(🎥 Vince Monroy)
A massive protest against ICE and in support of a national economic shutdown.
(🎥 Vince Monroy)
January 30, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Shut it all down, America. 💪
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Monday morning mood.
January 26, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Monday morning mood.
TikTok Twitter peeps jumping to UpScrolled to be able to sustain a level of free speech. Join the resistance! @mikerot
January 25, 2026 at 9:49 PM
TikTok Twitter peeps jumping to UpScrolled to be able to sustain a level of free speech. Join the resistance! @mikerot
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Grok says Trump's "Board of Peace" is *checks notes* "Doubleplusgood" and reminds us that "Trump has always ended eight wars with Eastasia".
January 23, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Grok says Trump's "Board of Peace" is *checks notes* "Doubleplusgood" and reminds us that "Trump has always ended eight wars with Eastasia".
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It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing
January 23, 2026 at 8:16 PM
It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing
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It's official. The US has left the World Health Organization as of today. I don't know when or how or where, but I can guarantee that mathematically the infectious diseases of the world will not stop at national borders and they will cause millions more deaths when the world does not cooperate.
January 22, 2026 at 5:56 PM
It's official. The US has left the World Health Organization as of today. I don't know when or how or where, but I can guarantee that mathematically the infectious diseases of the world will not stop at national borders and they will cause millions more deaths when the world does not cooperate.
Buh-bye.
I was present for the birth of the web, the explosion of personal sites, and the blogging revolution, and you know what we never had to do? Beg people to use our shit.
AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns
Big tech boss tells delegates at Davos that broader global use is essential if technology is to deliver lasting growth
www.irishtimes.com
January 21, 2026 at 11:47 AM
Buh-bye.
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Beautiful, historic speech by our Prime Minister. It heralds the end of the post war order and, in the long term, the American empire. Its a serious, sad speech. But an essential one.
paulwells.substack.com/p/the-carney...
paulwells.substack.com/p/the-carney...
The Carney doctrine
Open comment thread on the PM's Davos speech
paulwells.substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 11:09 PM
Beautiful, historic speech by our Prime Minister. It heralds the end of the post war order and, in the long term, the American empire. Its a serious, sad speech. But an essential one.
paulwells.substack.com/p/the-carney...
paulwells.substack.com/p/the-carney...
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"I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace"
January 19, 2026 at 7:00 PM
"I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace"
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Homes and women's faces are both going through a modern aesthetic trend to rip the sheen of character from them and leave this minimalist carbon copy remainder in its place. Vacant, clean, emotionless tabula rasa for the Other to dream over unobstructed.
January 12, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Homes and women's faces are both going through a modern aesthetic trend to rip the sheen of character from them and leave this minimalist carbon copy remainder in its place. Vacant, clean, emotionless tabula rasa for the Other to dream over unobstructed.
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A dominant theme of Hitler's speeches in the late 1930s is that Germany was surrounded by threats. These threats were imaginary: it was Nazi Germany that threatened other nations. But they were used to justify pre-emptive attacks. Trump is following this script.
January 10, 2026 at 10:51 AM
A dominant theme of Hitler's speeches in the late 1930s is that Germany was surrounded by threats. These threats were imaginary: it was Nazi Germany that threatened other nations. But they were used to justify pre-emptive attacks. Trump is following this script.