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Michael Tisserand

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Writer of books on Krazy Kat and zydeco. Next up: Charlie Chaplin and The Great Dictator. I answer mail at MichaelTisserand.com

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reserving one last ounce of outrage for Luhrmann for not crediting James Burton or any other musician or singer in that Elvis documentary

04.03.2026 06:13 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Minnesota would like a word.

02.03.2026 13:18 β€” πŸ‘ 6683    πŸ” 1731    πŸ’¬ 136    πŸ“Œ 41
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Operation Epic Distraction

anntelnaes.substack.com/p/operation-...

28.02.2026 18:43 β€” πŸ‘ 825    πŸ” 289    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 26
Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan looking devilish

Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan looking devilish

"We're here about that contract you signed in blood."

19.10.2023 12:28 β€” πŸ‘ 72    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3

β€œThis message is brought to you tonight by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, which is solely responsible for its content.”

25.02.2026 05:01 β€” πŸ‘ 4078    πŸ” 719    πŸ’¬ 80    πŸ“Œ 18
A lovely tray filled with sambusas and salad and a cappuccino

A lovely tray filled with sambusas and salad and a cappuccino

One thing you might do is visit a Somali restaurant in Minneapolis (this is lunch today at Albi Kitchen on Nicollet)

24.02.2026 01:29 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I was looking forward to it but decided to spend the evening pioneering the DIY colonoscopy

24.02.2026 00:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Post an album cover that could be an Olympic event

21.02.2026 21:23 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

does the Girl Scouts website ask you to accept all cookies

20.02.2026 20:44 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
Elephant masks, three costumers, β€œhear no evil … speak no evil … see no evil” …

Elephant masks, three costumers, β€œhear no evil … speak no evil … see no evil” …

There was that Mardi Gras we went as the Republican Party

17.02.2026 15:22 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Woman in Statue of Liberty costume holding up lighter.

Woman in Statue of Liberty costume holding up lighter.

Happy Mardi Gras 2026. Keep the light burning.

17.02.2026 15:14 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My mom sent me a loaf of banana bread and I sat on a curb in Barstow and split it with Robert Blake.

17.02.2026 06:15 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Thoth riders aggressively threw beads at Anti-ICE protesters

Thoth riders aggressively threw beads at Anti-ICE protesters

And there is is. F**k those guys.

17.02.2026 01:43 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Let me tell you a tale of how completely the normies have been mobilized. My 14 year-old niece has done School of Rock for the past 5 years; last summer she was part of their touring band, and the kids loved playing together so much that they decided to keep doing it. (1/?)

16.02.2026 00:45 β€” πŸ‘ 4678    πŸ” 1255    πŸ’¬ 42    πŸ“Œ 207

There is a counter-narrative that Thoth threw the beads at an anti-ICE protester because truth is a casualty in the fog of Gras

16.02.2026 14:25 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

They’re mad that their β€œHail to the Dictator” line has become redundant

16.02.2026 14:23 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
News that Thoth threw beads at federal agents

News that Thoth threw beads at federal agents

I don’t know if Thoth actually aggressively threw beads at ICE but if it’s true congratulations on the one thing Minneapolis didn’t think of

16.02.2026 14:22 β€” πŸ‘ 60    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
Chuck waits by mailbox in a doomed vigil for Valentines. Lucy underscores his fate with blank-faced mockery.

Chuck waits by mailbox in a doomed vigil for Valentines. Lucy underscores his fate with blank-faced mockery.

Happy Charlie Brown’s Empty Mailbox Day to all who celebrate

14.02.2026 12:55 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Hope that’s a better place to work than it was in 1983!

13.02.2026 00:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What's so amazing about Jim Henson as a puppeteer is that he could literally be explaining that Kermit is made out of felt and ping pong balls and yet Kermit still feels alive the whole time he's doing it

11.02.2026 22:03 β€” πŸ‘ 12077    πŸ” 4011    πŸ’¬ 78    πŸ“Œ 193
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Don't give anything an Emmy until it's as good as this.

11.02.2026 00:43 β€” πŸ‘ 5337    πŸ” 1827    πŸ’¬ 105    πŸ“Œ 322

If you’re concerned about your brain health, remember that mixing up metaphors is a herring in the coalmine

11.02.2026 14:44 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.

Hundreds of kids are still detained.

We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧡

09.02.2026 12:25 β€” πŸ‘ 11556    πŸ” 7420    πŸ’¬ 195    πŸ“Œ 826

Remember Garfield Minus Garfield? I feel like this version of Christianity is Bible Minus Jesus

09.02.2026 19:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1428    πŸ” 199    πŸ’¬ 40    πŸ“Œ 3

Darn it I just wish history could offer some lesson about this sort of thing

09.02.2026 19:22 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
National Review rag, I mean mag, said Bad Bunny was too gender bending and why couldn’t he be more like … Prince

National Review rag, I mean mag, said Bad Bunny was too gender bending and why couldn’t he be more like … Prince

Thx to Josh Paxton

09.02.2026 13:30 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The green grass was obviously a Tom Jones shout-out duh

09.02.2026 05:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

There are a lot of people who are going to complain about being unfairly vilified by that halftime show and it's because they know in their hearts they're on Team Hate.

09.02.2026 01:47 β€” πŸ‘ 8376    πŸ” 1468    πŸ’¬ 75    πŸ“Œ 24
Kid in halftime show who is not Liam

Kid in halftime show who is not Liam

I know we are desperate for resolution but that was not Liam, Liam is in hiding with threatened deportation, ICE prisons are filled with suffering children whose names we don’t know, and nothing I repeat nothing has improved in Minneapolis …

… but Bad Bunny did lift us all a bit tonight

09.02.2026 03:41 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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the bushes were people πŸ˜‚

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