Mike Mitchelson

Mike Mitchelson

@mikemitchelson.bsky.social

Ran magazines and a bakery and consults about those things from Saint Paul, MN. Operates vintage cameras (Instagram: @darkroomdetritus). TV-14: Fear, language, gore, smoking.

141 Followers 131 Following 224 Posts Joined Nov 2024
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If we made the green energy transition this war would be unthinkable and these authoritarians wouldn’t be in power — not in the US, not in Iran, not in Saudi Arabia, not in Russia. Hydrocarbons are killing our freedom and just plain killing us.

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The is the federal government telling news stations to provide favorable coverage of the war or their licenses will be pulled.

A truly extraordinary moment.

We aren't on the verge of a totalitarian takeover. WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT.

Act like it.

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2 days ago

Used to be what made the US special was the Declaration of Independence and Constitution, and our imperfect effort to follow those ideals. These billionaires don’t give a shit.

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4 days ago
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U.S. Eases Limits on Russian Energy as Oil Prices Soar

Better headline: tRump Helps Friend Who Helps Iran Target US Troops

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/w...

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5 days ago
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Party like it’s 2003: US goes “retro” with foreign policy Listening to President Donald Trump explain his rationale for launching a war against Iran is like listening to him explain any of his actions: an overconfident-yet-vague statement of the what&#821…

Another therapeutic (for me) rant.

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5 days ago

"England 1819" = US 2026. King George III = Donald Trump

"An old, mad, blind, despised, and dying King;
Princes, the dregs of their dull race, who flow
Through public scorn--mud from a muddy spring;
Rulers who neither see nor feel nor know,
But leechlike to their fainting country cling."

--Shelley

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Lucky, Heroic, Profane: The Story of N.Y.P.D. Shield No. 13558

Outstanding read.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/08/n...

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1 week ago
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Look Inside Richard Hell’s East Village Tenement Apartment The punk-rock icon and writer has spent more than 50 years in his East Village tenement apartment.

I’m lucky to live in a little, century-old house with character in Saint Paul, MN. But this is cool. Makes be yearn for my one-bedroom in Chicago while in grad school. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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1 week ago

BREAKING: Brain OK this morning.

I solved the 3/04/2026 New York Times Mini Crossword in 0:42!

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2 weeks ago
Paramount's new offer amounts to $31 a share for the entirety of Warner Bros. Netflix had previously offered $27.75 for only the studio and streaming portions of the company. Crucially, Netflix did not want to acquire Warner Bros.' linear television channels, which include CNN, TBS and the Food Network. 

Included in Paramount's offer are a series of sweeteners meant to demonstrate its willingness to put its money where its mouth is. If the deal doesn't close by Sept. 30, Paramount will pay Warner Bros. shareholders 25 cents a share every day — referred to as a ticking fee — until it does. If the deal is killed because of regulatory matters, Paramount will pay Warner Bros. $7 billion. 

Paramount will also cover the $2.8 billion termination fee Warner Bros. would owe Netflix for backing out of their previously agreed-to deal.

lol it's built into the warner bros deal that ellison has to pay the breakup fee — so he's literally handing netflix $2.8 billion just to walk away. (what would be REALLY funny is for like the EU to kill the deal and put him on the hook for another $7B.)

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2 weeks ago
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US farmers are rejecting multimillion-dollar datacenter bids for their land: ‘I’m not for sale’ Families are navigating the tough choice between unimaginable riches and the identity that comes with land

Last month, a Pennsylvania farmer rejected $15M from data center developers to sell his farmland.

Another in Wisconsin turned down $80M.

America's farmers and others across the country are pushing back on Big Tech.

This is what integrity looks like.

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3 weeks ago
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This one hits hard.

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3 weeks ago

I agree bigly.

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I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is

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1 month ago
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Lies, Occupation and Resistance Among my New Year’s resolutions was to write and post at least twice a month for this website, but for the last two months, there has really only been one topic in Minnesota dominating not just our…

Overdue rant.

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1 month ago

Coincidentally, my mood.

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NFL to ‘look into’ Giants co-owner Steve Tisch’s connection to Epstein files Epstein provided Tisch with scouting reports on women, according to emails the Department of Justice released Friday.

Or this headline: Footballers Take Epstein Files More Seriously Than Congress

NFL to ‘look into’ Giants co-owner Steve Tisch’s connection to Epstein files www.nytimes.com/athletic/701...

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1 month ago

True.

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Honored to share the words of Former President Obama and Michelle Obama. Make your voice heard and contact your legislators at www.5calls.org.
Support with donations at standwithminnesota.com

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1 month ago

Never thought having Homan come to town as a good thing, but here we are. Goebbels, er, Bovino, is out

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1 month ago
A small group gathered outside at night with candles lit.

We Saint Paul neighbors gathered at 7pm, along with countless others across the state in their communities, to recognize the tragedy that continues to unfold. Our winter hardens our resolve.

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1 month ago

Maybe Chuck Schumer will again talk about housing at this critical moment.

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1 month ago

ICE has now carried out two summary executions of innocent people in the streets of an American city.

If you work for ICE, there's no denying that's the mission you're supporting now. You don't get to claim in one year or ten or twenty that you didn't know what ICE was doing. You're complicit.

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1 month ago
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If you saw this happening in another country, what would you call it?

[Cartoon by Mike Luckovich]

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1 month ago

I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening.

The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.

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1 month ago

A great day today, fellow Minnesotans!

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1 month ago

Funny watching MAGA influencers melt down over Michael Fanone telling a Republican member of Congress to fuck off, when just a few days ago they were defending the President of the United States for flipping off an autoworker in Michigan.

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1 month ago

Good.

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1 month ago

And now he’s bashing Somalians, people I’ve worked with and interact with every day. And threatening a sitting member of congress! What a guy.

Remember, congressional Republicans approve of this message—not only to us in the US, but the world.

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