Michael Bishop
@michaelbishop.me
civic minded technologist who likes to build things on the web. enjoys practicing Gyotaku. used to have people line up for his cooking. I operate @tampamonitor.com Tampa, FL https://michaelbishop.me he/him @miklb on Twitter/GitHub
Jolly should just run this sound bite for the rest of the cycle.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2h agoRNC Chair Joe Gruters: "I don't care what the website says -- Byron is the most pro-Donald Trump member of Congress I think we have right now. What the website says is irrelevant."
Thanks to @wmnf.org this is stuck in my head so I thought you’d like it stuck in yours too music.apple.com/us/album/sil...
Silver Lining by Rilo Kiley on Apple Music
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lulz, last week I emailed the city to say how absurd I thought it was for specialized rec staff to be installing stone columns on the building the city spent over $250K rehabbing 2 years ago only to learn to day it was all for a photo op to encourage folks to vote against property tax cut.
Tampa Bay Times@tampabaytimes.bsky.social · 6h agoAs Tampa council approves budget, Castor warns of property tax cuts
I am screaming into the void watching Tampa City Council try and approve a budget. I have a lot of respect for a couple of people involved, but this is as bad as the Bucs performance on Sunday.
I can think of a few times I wish I had an ejection seat.
Bring a Trailer@bringatrailer.bsky.social · yesterdayRepublic Aviation Ejection Seat at No Reserve
I feel like if we had a functioning media it wouldn’t be up to the candidates whether there’s a forum/debate. They either show up or they don’t. Didn’t a Fox affiliate do that in Michigan for Senate?
WUSF@wusf.org · yesterdayThe governor's race could be the first in more than half a century to go without a general election debate. Other races also don't have debates scheduled. Read more: www.wusf.org/politics-iss...
The Bureau of Prisons quietly revised its rules to allow Attorney General Todd Blanche to unilaterally decide where federal prisoners serve time. www.themarshallproject.org/2026/09/18/b...
Prison Policy Gives Trump Administration New Way to Punish Enemies
The Bureau of Prisons quietly revised its rules to allow Attorney General Todd Blanche to unilaterally decide where federal prisoners serve time.
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In case you thought the Bucs might be playing again soon.
Alerts from NWS Tampa Bay Ruskin FL (UNOFFICIAL)@tpa.nws-bot.us · 3d agoTBW issues A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY THROUGH 615 PM EDT [wind: 50 MPH, hail: 0.00 IN] for Coastal Hillsborough, Inland Hillsborough [FL] ... at Sun, 20 Sep 2026 21:37:32 +0000 via IEMbot Additional Details Here.
I made a breakfast Reuben this morning and let me tell you young reader, no regrets.
Day 263 of #365DaysOfMaps. September 20th is World Paella Day! And if it doesn't turn out right, call it fried rice because it's also World Fried Rice Day. Paella World (263/365) mapdesign.icaci.org/2026/09/worl...
So a Republican PAC is running an ad against Kathy Castor accusing her of stock trading in Congress and being worth millions. She's countering with an ad noting she broke with Dems last year to vote to stop stock trading by members of Congress. Ads running back to back during USF Bulls game on ESPN.
FBI warns ICE agents not to trust any woman willing to date them. (Thanks @jennymckinnon.bsky.social!) gizmodo.com/fbi-warns-ic...
FBI Warns ICE Agents Not to Trust Any Woman Willing to Date Them
ICE officers on dating apps should be wary of tradwives, an FBI memo suggested, as well as any woman whose profile would "appeal" to them.
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It's a right in Florida, kind of like the right to be in a labor union. But that doesn't mean they haven't tried very hard to regulate these rights to death.
Bolts@boltsmag.org · 5d agoMissouri and Montana Republicans have tried to restrict citizen-led initiatives in recent years. In response, democracy advocates have put constitutional amendments on the ballot declaring popular initiatives a fundamental right.
so I was following along via the stream and knew there was some disturbance in an outer chamber, but Warren Sapp? Will be interesting to find out if he was there about the agenda item at hand (a contentious stormwater project) or some unrelated issue.
Tampa Bay Times@tampabaytimes.bsky.social · 6d agoPolice: Bucs Hall of Famer Warren Sapp disrupts Tampa council meeting
Former DOGE official and Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia’s White House unit, called the National Design Studio, is leading the project. Edward Coristine, another former DOGE operative who goes by the moniker “Big Balls,” is working on the project.
You can read all the details in my write-up, which also shows exactly where in this public dataset you can find all of this micahflee.com/flock-camera...
Flock cameras are riddled with security vulnerabilities and hard-coded credentials
This morning, DDoSecrets published an exciting new dataset: Filesystem images of the partitions from an in-use Flock ALPR camera. 404 Media and Wired published a joint investigation into it. I downloa...
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The fact that Musk himself is sponsoring so many of the anti-trans ads this cycle presents a pretty golden opportunity for Dems to point out that of course the guy who literally wants to build a gas-powered data center in your backyard wants this election to be about trans people.
The only thing I miss from old Twitter is Dana Chisnell reminding us “every day is a civics lesson.”
Monteiro@monteiro.bsky.social · last wk.Hello. They are going to try to fuck with your vote, and we are NOT going to let them. Last week I pinged my friend Dana Chisnell, who knows how elections work, and said "Hey, let’s make it hard for them to fuck with us.” Today, we are very proud to announce the HOW TO VOTE zine. howtovote.tips
oh hell yes you better believe I'm going to public records request chat logs for the new "AI chat bot" the city slipped onto the city website. I really love how #1 disclaimer from the city "No Guarantee of Accuracy" www.tampa.gov/about-us/tam...
Chatbot / Automated Assistance Disclaimer
Disclaimer for City of Tampa's AI chatbot: responses are informational only, may not be accurate or official, and user data may be public.
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The nuance of this convo is that video is not allowed in that part of the Capitol, that's why you only see stills from those press conferences. You could argue about whether someone should choose to break the rule and get their pass revoked, this is different from ppl self-censoring due to content.
Andrew Lawrence@ndrew.bsky.social · last wk.reporters werent “barred” from recording, the powerful people they are covering asked them not to record and they immediately complied and hid whats happening from their audience
"The Michael Jordan of drawing dicks."
Effin' Birds@effinbirds.com · last wk.My friend Richard is the Michael Jordan of drawing dicks. He has a new book of Star Wars-themed illustrations called The Foreskin Awakens that is crowdfunding now. I didn’t want to just put dicks in your timeline — go check out @dicksbyrichard.bsky.social for samples and a link to the campaign.
Having one of those days where I think about trying to find a kitchen to work out of.
A lot going on at Tampa City Hall this week but don't sleep on this one. State Attorney's Office backdooring more surveillance tech for TPD through a state appropriated Ybor crime prevention grant.
Tampa Monitor@tampamonitor.com · last wk.Among the items on this week's agenda is a request from TPD to accept a grant through the State Attorney's Office for Peregrine, a platform from a Palantir alum’s company that Florida agencies elsewhere are buying for immigration enforcement.
so weird to see a Paxton ad. Same with the Turek attack ad I saw during Iowa/Iowa St game. Yet only FL political ad I see is the weird Donalds attack ad on some hurricane tax he's pinning on Jolly.
