You actually can fight it. That is absolutely something you can do.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoTrump on data centers: "You have to convince your communities how great these things are. You can't fight it. You have to go with it."
Michael Scott Moore
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Bestselling author of "The Desert and the Sea," about Somali pirates; "Sweetness and Blood," about the history of surfing, and "Too Much of Nothing," a novel about LA. The real action is here: https://open.substack.com/pub/michaelscottmoore
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w ago
Talking surf travel, Mexican prison islands, and migrant longboarders trying to paddle into California with Scott Hulet, longtime editor of The Surfer’s Journal: open.substack.com/pub/michaels...
Meta are sending Fucko the Knife Robot to stab you in the knee. To disable go to Accounts> Settings> Robots> Knife Robots> Fucko> Opt Out
3/3 Gilded silver ship automaton by Hans Schlottheim for kunstkammer of Rudolf II, born OTD 1552. Canons actually fire, so be careful where you're seated at the table!
Yesterday, WIRED learned that Madison Square Garden was suing us for our accurate reporting. We stand by our work. That’s why we’re removing the paywall from two of the MSG stories they don’t want you to read, making them free for everyone.
I talked to Diane Foley and Colum McCann about the life & death of Jim Foley. We had a very moving conversation about Diane meeting one of her son’s murderers, as described in her memoir AMERICAN MOTHER. michaelscottmoore.substack.com/p/037-diane-...
Annabelle Gurwitch talks about cancer and its platitudes — and her new book, THE END OF MY LIFE IS KILLING ME michaelscottmoore.substack.com/p/036-annabe...
Annabelle Gurwitch talks about cancer and its platitudes — and her new book, THE END OF MY LIFE IS KILLING ME michaelscottmoore.substack.com/p/036-annabe...
“On Friday, The Daily Beast reported that Amazon restricted reviews of the vice president’s new book to verified purchasers only, leaving the tome with just seven reviews: six five-stars and one two-star. On Goodreads, which is owned by Amazon, reviews were disabled entirely.”😂
Social Media Lab@socialmedialab.ca · 2mo ago"Two websites restrict reviews of JD Vance’s book after savage critiques" www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
In countries that have successfully reversed democratic backsliding in recent years—from Poland in 2023 to Hungary in 2026—opposition movements made prosecuting those who have broken laws a central campaign issue.
Whoopi Goldberg now owns over two tons of enriched uranium.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2mo agoJD Vance: "I have seen some progressive criticisms of me saying, 'What experience does the VP have with hostile, high-stakes negotiations?' And I would point out that just two days ago I spent over an hour on The View. Joy Behar is way tougher than the Iranians."
Lauren Southern's story of being raped by Andrew Tate is sad on so many levels. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Meg Smaker was held hostage in Colombia by an anti-FARC militia for about ten days in 2003. She exlpains how her short kidnapping led her to the topic of her most controversial film, Jihad Rehab / The UnRedacted. michaelscottmoore.substack.com/p/035-meg-sm...
For Episode 34 of Radio Free Mike I talked to novelist Ed Park about his dreamlike stories, and the allure of (early) REM substack.com/home/post/p-...
This would not be the way to fight cartels
ProPublica@propublica.org · 2mo agoNEW: Trump repealed Biden’s zero-tolerance policy for gun dealers who willfully violated the law, invited revoked dealers to reapply and shifted hundreds of ATF agents to immigration work, while ATF referred fewer gun-trafficking charges to prosecutors.
BREAKING: The rookie federal prosecutor and former GOP committeeman who brought the James Comey seashells photo case to the grand jury has stepped away from the prosecution. www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Lead federal prosecutor in James Comey seashells photo case steps aside
Matthew Petracca, a former Republican county committeeman, was the rookie federal prosecutor who brought the highly criticized case to a federal grand jury.
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Daniela Gerson and Talia Inlender talk about THE WANDERERS and the strange coincidence among their grandparents, who all fled the Nazis from Poland in about 1940. Episode 33 of Radio Free Mike: michaelscottmoore.substack.com/p/033-daniel...
america's reactionaries would love nothing more to nullify the reconstruction amendments and render them a dead letter of the constitution. this was as true in 1873 as it is today.
jamelle@jamellebouie.net · 3mo agoi think it is a testament to the inherent radicalism of the reconstruction amendments that the supreme court’s main project with regards to them has been to limit and weaken their impact on american society.
Rod Stewart to King Charles on his visit with Trump: “Hello, sir. May I say well done in the Americas. You were superb. Absolutely superb. You put that little rat bag in his place.”
The U.S. has spent billions to lose a war that enriches its oligarchs, impoverishes the citizenry, sabotages its alliances, and strengthens its enemies. Empires have risen and failed before, but to my knowledge no state has ever chosen to kill its own power. snyder.substack.com/p/on-superpo...
On Superpower Suicide
And the recovery of justice
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I had a great time talking to Betsy Crane for Episode 32 of Radio Free Mike @elizabethcrane.bsky.social substack.com/home/post/p-...
Interesting, about the Ukraine war: Putin was supposed to conquer Ukraine in a few days. Four years later, he was reduced to having his friend Trump ask Zelensky not to rain on his parade -- i.e., Putin's May 9 event. In all likelihood, historians will note this.
In the White House's new Counterterrorism Strategy released today, narcoterrorists are placed above "Legacy Islamic Terrorists."
I had a great time talking to Betsy Crane for Episode 32 of Radio Free Mike @elizabethcrane.bsky.social substack.com/home/post/p-...
(🚨) We’re mere *hours* from a constitutional crisis of historic proportions—and many Americans don’t seem to realize it. Why? Because nearly no corporate media outlet will properly report on it. So please consider sharing this new report widely.
Trump’s Second Iran War Becomes Illegal May 1
Contrary to claims by the New York Times, U.S. law doesn’t grant Trump authority to “give himself an extension” on a war already illegal under international law. His Iran war becomes illegal on May 1.
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To be clear about what just happened: The Trump administration sent armed FBI agents to abduct a 78-year-old doctor and former federal public health worker from his home and stripped him because the brainwashed right-wing base, hopped up on a literal conspiracy theory, wants scalps.
They will use Spirit for ICE flights. Watch.
Nathaniel William Horadam@horadam.bsky.social · 3mo agoOh my G-d it's even dumber than I thought "The Pentagon would use Spirit's excess capacity for transporting troops, military cargo or other missions, sources told CBS News." www.cbsnews.com/news/white-h...