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Michael Nickerson

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Reader, writer, traveler, educator, runner, and lifelong Mainer. Life is better with a good book, knees that don't hurt, and a quality scotch of an evening. My Substack: https://mtnickerson.substack.com/?r=5bb6p0&utm_campaign=pub-share-checklist

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As a fellow Mainer, I wish there was factual feedback offered.

22.02.2026 12:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Plantner is correct.

22.02.2026 12:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Why?

I voted for her twice, but Iโ€™m genuinely curious what out of state folks see as her qualifications for senate.

22.02.2026 12:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿซฐ

21.02.2026 22:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿคฃ

21.02.2026 20:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Funny, you donโ€™t seem bothered when calling everyone Nazis without evidence.

Dear.

21.02.2026 15:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Eric Dane likely made more per episode than a the average two salary household made in a year.

Itโ€™s sad he died young, but this is grift.

21.02.2026 13:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

See, I KNEW you were a fake Mainer.

Happy trolling.

21.02.2026 01:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

But did she face him down? I havenโ€™t seen anything other than she attended.

Of course, with Trumpโ€™s dementia, Iโ€™m not confident he even knows what room he is in most of the time.

21.02.2026 00:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Trust me, itโ€™s fairly common here in Maine.

21.02.2026 00:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yeah, she sucks.

Unfortunately, us Mainers havenโ€™t ousted her, yet.

20.02.2026 23:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Loved getting the chance to see him play on the regular, back in the days when tv came over the antenna and I mostly followed baseball in the newspaper box scores.

20.02.2026 22:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Gov. Mills photographed at meeting with Trump after saying she was skipping it Mills is joining multiple other Democratic governors boycotting the event.

A personโ€™s words should matter, @janetmillsforme.bsky.social. Maine doesnโ€™t need gut feelings, it needs the same conviction you showed last year, and Maine needs someone who isnโ€™t going waver.

#mepolitics

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20.02.2026 22:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I worked at a residential facility for 17 years where many of the kids there were victims of SA, and the number of perpetrators worldwide is far higher than in the thousands.

We donโ€™t need any of them, though.

20.02.2026 21:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Lawyer and Wexner seem to think all of this is funny. Itโ€™s disgusting how they keep laughing and smirking.

20.02.2026 21:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We had Dawson for a couple seasons in Boston at the end of his career but he still had some pop in his bat.

20.02.2026 21:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Separation of powersโ€ฆ too difficult for him at this point.

20.02.2026 21:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Maybe Penix is better than Cousins, but considering the Falcons did nothing this past season, the Penix pick still seams like a wasted one.

20.02.2026 21:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Shockingly (to no one) the decision was based on money.

20.02.2026 21:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

As a self-proclaimed Mainer, youโ€™re going to claim dear isnโ€™t a Maine thing? Said to both women and men?

See, I knew you canโ€™t get there from here.

20.02.2026 20:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A seven fay notice for ejected officials to visit a facility is ridiculous.

20.02.2026 20:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So much spit in his mouth. Heโ€™s losing control of his ability to swallow due to advanced dementia.

20.02.2026 20:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So you admit your ignorance and then assert your authority on the subject?

With logic like that, Iโ€™m clearly out of my league.

Gonna mute the trolls and transplants. Thanks.

20.02.2026 19:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Being offended by โ€˜dearโ€™ shows a person isnโ€™t a true Mainer. Those of us who actually grew up here used that word for everyone, male or female, โ€˜deahโ€™.

20.02.2026 15:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I muted, but should have blocked.

20.02.2026 15:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

As a nation, we need younger politicians in charge.

20.02.2026 15:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Mid-20โ€™s for nothing a modern driver expects in a vehicle.

By contrast, I bought a tricked out Equinox EV last year for just over $30k after the $7,500 rebate.

Iโ€™m seeing new equinoxโ€™s for upper 20โ€™s right now after dealer incentives.

I grew up poor & I havenโ€™t had a hand crank window in 30 years

19.02.2026 23:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Holy s***.

The abstract.

Just tell me youโ€™re too lazy to read and be done.

19.02.2026 16:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

But you havenโ€™t been open and honest.

You started with being glad veterans are hurting, called every member of the military a murderer, then you wonโ€™t even read the study YOU presented as evidence.

Iโ€™m still not even sure why you hate all US soldiers.

19.02.2026 16:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Hypothesis 3 is a banger and looking at the middle class data from this study, it says what I already did.

Because I read a few studies last night, too.

Did you read the actual study, btw, or just the article you shared, that poorly summarized the study?

19.02.2026 16:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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