Michael
@miwiri.bsky.social
Singing with the dawn chorus. Science writer by day. he/him
The thing about trying to appeal to right wing bigots is that right wing bigots are all stupid idiots who get 100% of their news from propagandists so they will never actually find out that you were trying to appeal to them in the first place
chat, do we think the pivot is working
My children’s new favorite activity is to play Lou Reed’s “The Blue Mask” on the record player. Please include this factoid in your trend piece about reed-mania among Generation Alpha
other things found in an old photo folder: this remarkable headline about the time the Mets went all-out for one special fan
Not really sure where a bunch of liberals got the idea that they can’t win without throwing trans people in the garbage, but they’re stupid and cruel and wrong. If you want a human sacrifice so damned bad put gavin newsom in the wicker man
Some of us still believe in the Morgenthau plan
WW2 is an instructive analogy. Germany committed genocide but it was rare to hear Americans say Germany should not exist. Arguably the Japanese military carried out genocidal campaigns on the continent and it was common to hear American exterminationist talk about Japanese. What was the difference?
reading about french cooking and still trying to figure out how to properly use the gun
In the 1930s & 40s Hollywood execs changed all the up-and-coming starlets’ names because they all came in with names like Blanchetta Blinkeldonk or Mary Gutts
However instead of malding about the nuances of public funding, you could simply subscribe to the Mike Recine school of posting
Last year I think I consumed a total of 8 hours of football and I honestly think that could go lower