Mike Shaw

guys chill he just took his kids and nannies on a nice family jaunt to pedophile island. there's really nothing untoward about that

‘We’ve Found Our Voice’: Many in Twin Cities Emerge With a Sense of Power

Really powerful stuff. The folks in Minnesota are inspiring.

“There’s something really heartwarming about looking a complete stranger in the eye and saying, ‘I’m here for you.’”

quick reminder that even if it's being expressed in a calm voice by an incel podcast host who eats too much protein and can bench a useless amount of weight, all racism is rooted in fear, not love. grow up.

But brown people who are undocumented are the reason we can't have Healthcare. And why housing is so expensive.

A Brief History of Children Today Are Growing Up Too Fast

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YouTube video by NFL Bad Bunny's Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show

This is America.

YouTube video by The Boston Globe The Boston accent is disappearing. In Southie, that carries a deeper meaning.

This is making me kinda tear up.

YouTube video by Graham Platner for Senate Fireside Chat: Masculinity and Winning Back Young Men

What an effing phenomenal message from @grahamformaine.bsky.social. Absolutely 100% spot-on.

Ugh. Criticism isn't about confirming priors. It's about analyzing the work for what it is. I detest Starfleet Academy, but I can appreciate the thoughtful takes of people who enjoy it. It's interesting. Keep doing what you do. 👍

Good morning, #Seattle!! Get ready for a good ol' fashioned Pats beat-down!! #Patriots #NFL #SuperBowl #SB60 #SBLX

- Became PBS & NPR supporters. (The PBS membership gets us their awesome streaming package.)

- Added library membership for movies & TV streaming

Some of the things that we've done, which weren't that hard:

- No more Amazon: Stopped all of our product subscriptions & switched to buying from vendors directly + canceled our Amazon Rewards credit card + canceled Prime

- Switched from Google's Chrome browser to Opera. (It's so much better!)

DVDs and public transit: Boycott drives people to ditch Big Tech to protest ICE A sweeping boycott has begun — targeting tech giants who participants believe are enabling President Trump and his immigration crackdown.

Proud to say that my lady & I have tried to do our part ratcheting down our dependence on Big Tech since Jan. It's been empowering to wake up and realize that we don't have to be so married to these companies & their services.

Demanding Support for Trump, Justice Dept. Struggles to Recruit Prosecutors

When the jobs don't require a higher education and/or a demonstrated ability to think critically, it's hard to find folks with a blind loyalty to the dear leader who can fill them.

Heading to bed early tonight. Tomorrow's gonna be a long day here in #Seattle! #SuperBowl #SB60 #SBLX

ME ONCE EVERY FOUR YEARS AT MY LOCAL SPORTS BAR: "Dammit! Put on the curling!"

Yes, this was a Dem-held seat, but the previous Rep. had been in the seat for a generation & was so conservative that he was appointed to a role in the GOP governor's administration. The winner is waaaay to the left of that guy. And she still won by an almost 2-to-1 margin. Astounding.

Texas last week. Now Louisiana. And an even bigger swing this time. Wow.

The Masshole's ethos.

Leave it to Shakespeare and Ian McKellen to so eloquently speak of man's mountainish inhumanity. See Ian McKellen in AN ARK, a new play for mixed reality, at @The Shed now! #Colbert #IanMcKellen #Sh... TikTok video by colbertlateshow

When you've already been canceled you can do the coolest sh!t. Like, who else is gonna air a 400 year-old soliloquy delivered by an octogenerian actor on late night TV?

Mesmerizing stuff, this.

My job provided me w/a social insurance card + I got foreign insurance so that I could go to private hospitals for care as well. So as a foreigner I guess that your level of access will depend on the province you're in and/or your employer.

From the TikTokCringe community on Reddit: How long does it take to see a doctor and get medication at a Chinese hospital? Explore this post and more from the TikTokCringe community

One of the consequences of having lived overseas: I know just how much lower our standard of living is here & how settling for so much less for such higher costs is a choice that we consistently make. It's insane.

(BTW: Hospitals in Beijing are vastly improved since when I left just before Covid.)

Any federal elected official who votes for ICE funding at this point will *never* get a vote from me again. Ever. I don't care who they are, which party they're a member of, or what other things they vote for that I might like.

This is existential. It's my Red Line.

Just fucking monstrous.

Star Trek: New Frontier - Wikipedia

Personally, I'm hoping for something centered on Captain Mackenzie Calhoun. Those stories by Peter David are my all-time favorite Star Trek books.

I remember a pretty cool dance music festival held on a decommissioned Russian aircraft carrier in Tianjin back in 2010. That was super fun. 😎

Huge if true.

Literally the easiest form of solidarity.

#DeleteTheApp