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Mike McMahan

@mikewriting2000.bsky.social

Chupacabra advocate. Music writer with San Antonio Current and Glide Magazine. Psychotherapist in private practice. Sci-fi/fantasy nerd. Lover of prog, metal, indie, post-rock, The Phish, Dylan, Dead, Beatles, and Slayer πŸ‘½πŸ‘Ύ

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Someone in a frog costume facing down a line of police in riot gear

Someone in a frog costume facing down a line of police in riot gear

George Orwell’s Animal Crossing

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Fox host says he 'hasn't washed hands in 10 years' - BBC News Harvard and Princeton graduate Pete Hegseth says germs don't exist because he can't see them.

It actually is woke to wash your hands

www.bbc.com/news/world-u...

06.10.2025 03:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œBluesky isn’t fun” problem and β€œBluesky is the only social media platform where you will actually see the news” problem are the same problem

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Guitar Legend Vernon Reid Talks New Album 'Hoodoo Telemetry', Playing Ozzy's 'Back To The Beginning' & More (INTERVIEW) - Glide Magazine He may have burst on the scene in the late β€˜80s via Living Colour and that awesome β€œCult of Personality” riff, but guitarist Vernon Reid has gone on to

My interview with #VernonReid. His new solo album, Hoodoo Telemetry is out today, and it’s a wild listen

glidemagazine.com/318208/guita...

03.10.2025 15:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Pete Davidson back stage at Riyadh making small talk.

"Yeah, my dad died on 9/11."
"Really? Mine too."
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Narrator: It was then that he learned the stark truth. Most people would rather die than read a book

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BREAKING: Striking workers are currently storming Tesla showrooms in Paris, demanding higher taxes on the ultra-wealthy.

(πŸŽ₯ Luc Auffret)

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When are we gonna get a show where the cops and crooks listen to Metallica, Five Finger Death Punch, and bro-country? Oh, right, never, because that stuff makes Hollywood music supervisors (and prestige TV viewers) want to throw up. So instead we get a biker gang full of Richard Thompson fans.

01.10.2025 16:30 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0

This is a really good one. I'm also a fan of Veneta '72

01.10.2025 18:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion | We Have Seen the β€˜Woke Right’ Before, and It Wasn’t Pretty Then, Either

The disappointing, often feckless NYT still hits the mark occasionally.

Gift link:
Excellent history by historian Nicole Hemmer.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/o...

01.10.2025 15:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Man Behind Trump’s Push for an All-Powerful Presidency

Maak kennis met Russell T. Vought - hij schrijft op wat Trump ondertekent.

β€œMr. Vought channeled the passion of MAGA into an actionable policy blueprint.
Charlie Kirk called Vought β€˜an absolute rock star.’
To many legal experts, Vought’s work is a threat to the foundations of democracy.”
[NYT gift]

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It’s crazy that you’re reading 13 books. If I push, I can read two relatively short books in a week or maybe a medium to long one

28.09.2025 11:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I definitely get that feeling. It’s odd. Sometimes I find it strange to know what a musician is doing for 30 mins (talking to me)

26.09.2025 21:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m fascinated by this. Rarely am I completely confusedβ€”yet curiousβ€”about every aspect of a skeet

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A spray-painted bronze statue titled β€œBest Friends Forever” showing Trump and Jeffrey Epstein holding hands was placed on the National Mall in front of the U.S. Capitol early Tuesday.

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Seeing them in a couple weeks and I can’t wait

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I saw Willie and Dylan this summer and bought tix several months in advance. It crossed my mind that there was an element of faith to the purchase

23.09.2025 12:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I know antifa isn't a real organization because I don't get 40 texts a week from them asking for donations.

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This sounds like more of a spinoff or reboot. Still, I’m here for it. Maybe it’s an anthology show like American Horror Story and your season can be about imprisoning the prior season leads

22.09.2025 14:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A ton of people are furious with me for this tweet. I’m getting hundreds of replies saying β€œbut Charlie Kirk’s widow forgave the shooter,” as if that erases what Trump, Miller and others spewed during their β€œeulogies.” Pathetic stuff.

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Just 2 gun rights advocates sitting behind a wall of bulletproof glass while enjoying a memorial for a gun rights advocate who got murdered by a gun.

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I felt anxious just reading that

19.09.2025 21:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

bsky needs a new setting that allows people to only let me reply

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"Imperial Boomerang with X-Ray Vision" is a great title for an album

11.09.2025 14:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Great band. The ethos reminds me of Guided by Voices, though LM and GbV don't sound much alike

11.09.2025 14:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Did the violence put you off? My wife liked it as a whole but two or three scenes were too much for her

10.09.2025 01:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Holy shit…You can’t make this up: a plane is circling Soldier Field before the Bears home opener with a banner that readsβ€”

β€œHEY ICE, MASKS ARE FOR CUCKS.”

Also the trolling is incredible for those that told us to stop wearing masks during the pandemic.

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The coffee is terrible but the look of the machine rules. So it’s 50/50

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