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@drmick.bsky.social

Chemical Engineer, Dad, Democrat- working to build a better future for my baby girl. Sustainable materials, polymer science. Too many hobbies to list- leatherwork, MtG, books, tabletop games, and politics get most of my spare time.

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It’s not just Medicaid funding they’re withholding to MN. It’s food assistance, child care assistance, social services, job training, safety testing, public health, disaster relief. SNAP. Free lunch for kids in school.

They hate us for loving our neighbors, and are collectively punishing us for it.

25.02.2026 22:37 β€” πŸ‘ 7543    πŸ” 3723    πŸ’¬ 212    πŸ“Œ 126
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Epstein Files Are Missing Records About Woman Who Made Claim Against Trump

So, the Trump DOJ failed to release files concerning an Epstein accuser with claims involving Trump... but did manage to accidentally reveal that the files existed?

Americans are fed up with this administration’s mix of incompetence and corruption. Time to come clean.

25.02.2026 17:27 β€” πŸ‘ 3470    πŸ” 927    πŸ’¬ 114    πŸ“Œ 41

Yeah, if it's still running on COBOL it's because it absolutely cannot tolerate fuck-ups

AI is not great at 0 fuck-ups

23.02.2026 22:39 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

People on that site are just way too busy generating cp with AI to look at academic papers

23.02.2026 13:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Everyone using a text based app thinking it's the "commons" could use some perspective. Most of America is watching videos, all of us reading text are in small echo chambers and personally I don't see the need to be in one with a bunch of Nazis.

23.02.2026 00:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1080    πŸ” 112    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 9

Guy who shows up here once every couple months to defend his continued presence on Twitter thinks there's nothing wrong with hanging out on Twitter

23.02.2026 00:24 β€” πŸ‘ 151    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1

it's also notable that historians, scientists, non-fiction authors have thrived here while journalists often *haven't*. I think there are many reasons for that that are not journalists' fault, and some that are.

23.02.2026 00:26 β€” πŸ‘ 968    πŸ” 115    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 4

I'm convinced none of these people have normal jobs, because if you tried to talk like this in any normal workplace, people would look at you like you had grown a tentacle out of your forehead

23.02.2026 00:12 β€” πŸ‘ 188    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 0
welcome to our trash revolution
@trash_panda97
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i've been on the subway with homeless people that peed, screamed, all sorts of stuff. it was mildly uncomfortable but truly didn't impact my day in any way. maybe your husband needs to toughen up
daniela @daniela_127β€’3d
My husband was on a crowded train yesterday when a homeless woman got on, pulled down her pants, and peed all over the train in front of everyone. He hasn't stopped talking about it for the past 24+ hrs. It is the single most traumatizing thing that's happened to hi...

welcome to our trash revolution @trash_panda97 x.com i've been on the subway with homeless people that peed, screamed, all sorts of stuff. it was mildly uncomfortable but truly didn't impact my day in any way. maybe your husband needs to toughen up daniela @daniela_127β€’3d My husband was on a crowded train yesterday when a homeless woman got on, pulled down her pants, and peed all over the train in front of everyone. He hasn't stopped talking about it for the past 24+ hrs. It is the single most traumatizing thing that's happened to hi...

American leftism will never achieve power if the response to getting peed on while taking public transit is β€œtoughen up”

public spaces should be safe and pleasant, and that shouldn’t be a hot take

23.02.2026 00:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1505    πŸ” 160    πŸ’¬ 312    πŸ“Œ 275

The hardest struggle of parenting isn't the lack of sleep or cleaning up blowouts or keeping them safe

It's when you save a really tasty treat for them and they throw it on the ground or to the dog

22.02.2026 19:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You're in good company, my wife is Iranian and she wouldn't touch a rice cooker

22.02.2026 02:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The tragedy of John Fetterman is that he used to dress like a slob but have an encouraging spirt, making him an Oaf of Rugged Individuality, one of America’s great oaf groups. But now he dresses like a slob and whines all the time, making him an Oaf of Misery

21.02.2026 16:36 β€” πŸ‘ 10565    πŸ” 1158    πŸ’¬ 239    πŸ“Œ 64

The decline of right wing cultural production is just due to the fact that they don’t like culture, they like the signifiers of culture, ie β€œclassic sculpture means white people are better.” They don’t like art at all except for this purpose. They don’t even like the nerd stuff they whine about

18.02.2026 16:06 β€” πŸ‘ 10185    πŸ” 1920    πŸ’¬ 259    πŸ“Œ 176

Incredible. We got to "Is a pedophile island really all that bad?" five times faster than I thought.

16.02.2026 22:59 β€” πŸ‘ 7931    πŸ” 1705    πŸ’¬ 286    πŸ“Œ 40

Wouldn't want to cover up their faces

16.02.2026 22:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You know he polishes those knives with way too much passion

15.02.2026 16:58 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Dude wakes up every morning so excited to go to work

15.02.2026 15:52 β€” πŸ‘ 51    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

And wearing a Really Cool Suit, of course

15.02.2026 15:51 β€” πŸ‘ 63    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

He had some social credits to spend and there was a Nazi right in front of him, he knew what to do

15.02.2026 00:17 β€” πŸ‘ 86    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Agreed on both accounts. He's a scumbag, so I would never vote for him in the primary, but he is also extremely partisan, which I would be happy with in the general.

14.02.2026 00:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Going to tell my kids this is the Folding Screen Monkies

14.02.2026 00:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
CNN headline that says Trump delivers a deadly blow to EPA’s ability to regulate climate pollution

CNN headline that says Trump delivers a deadly blow to EPA’s ability to regulate climate pollution

The president is overruling science to eliminate measures that protect us from pollution and environmental damage, mainly to benefit multinational corporations that have thrown money at his campaign, ballroom, and family.

It's simple corruption, and it will cost American lives and livelihoods.

12.02.2026 22:49 β€” πŸ‘ 4741    πŸ” 1570    πŸ’¬ 275    πŸ“Œ 81

Ending this operation is not enough.

We need justice and accountability. That starts with independent investigations into the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, economic restitution for businesses impacted, abolishing ICE, and the impeachment of Kristi Noem.

12.02.2026 17:07 β€” πŸ‘ 13870    πŸ” 3455    πŸ’¬ 302    πŸ“Œ 132

In terms of taste and health, you can do significantly worse than eating curry for lunch every day

12.02.2026 17:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This apparently includes military flights and medevac flights

Should be top-line news on every channel

11.02.2026 13:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

A sudden 10 day closure of airspace in a major US city like El Paso should be THE STORY, with nothing else getting any air time until at minimum someone within the US government says what’s happening and why.

It barely even registers on CNN’s site. It’s literally the last item before the page ends.

11.02.2026 12:57 β€” πŸ‘ 545    πŸ” 207    πŸ’¬ 29    πŸ“Œ 19
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FAA grounds all flights to and from El Paso until Feb. 20 The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued a temporary flight restriction halting all flights to and from El Paso, including commercial, cargo, and ge

The FAA abruptly shut down all flights to and from El Paso with zero stated reason?

kfoxtv.com/news/local/f...

11.02.2026 13:35 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I feel like some people forget that the actions of the Gestapo were "legal," and the actions of people who hid their Jewish neighbors were "illegal"

11.02.2026 03:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The focus on your accomplishments make it pretty clear that bro is very jealous

11.02.2026 01:21 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Amazing how I don't know how to read this, but I know exactly what it says. Internet culture really is beautiful

09.02.2026 19:39 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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