Sign in

Michael

@cascadilla.bsky.social
144 followers 128 following 710 posts

books, design, dogs, Judaism, language, linguistics, music, parenting, photography, publishing, travel, writing

PostsRepliesMedia
Michael @cascadilla.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
After all the clergy work on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur (which ended last night), I heard a rabbi this morning call today Yom Kaput.
000
Michael @cascadilla.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
As someone who wants Republicans to have fewer votes in the Senate, I am glad they are not replacing McConnell. A Republican senator who cannot show up to vote is better than one who can.
010
Michael @cascadilla.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
An amorphous syndrome also allows health insurers to deny paying for tests and treatments.
021
Michael @cascadilla.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
If McConnell were facing the questions, there wouldn't be the questions.
000
Michael @cascadilla.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Pretending McConnell is still alive and able to hold office is a dry run.
000
Michael @cascadilla.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Today's phone call to Infantino: "I just want you to find 11,780 more goals, because we won the game."
000
Reposted by Michael
Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Just here to post this again like I do every year, not only because Douglass was one of the founding philosophers of American liberty but because I am so moved by the kids Frederick Douglass’ descendants deliver “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July”
youtu.be
‘What To The Slave Is The Fourth Of July?’: Descendants Read Frederick Douglass' Speech | NPR
YouTube video by NPR
2124561163
Michael @cascadilla.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Trump: "What these terrible Vandals have done is a true affront... They took some form of knife or blade, and put a 250 foot long gash..." Cameras did spot the vandals.
000
Michael @cascadilla.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Have we signed the Iran surrender yet?
000
Michael @cascadilla.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Even money that Trump orders the workers to remove the entire name of the Kennedy Center, not just his name.
000
Reposted by Michael
Mark T. Sneed @marktsneed.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Always remember that the coup never ended. This un-American action, that would imprison everyone involved in a normal and functioning government, should disqualify all involved.
603167476622
Reposted by Michael
Strautz1 @strautz1.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
270174234686
Reposted by Michael
Dashingclaire @dashingclaire.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
#Birds #animal #video
1657154933
Reposted by Michael
Mark T. Sneed @marktsneed.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Sadly, every word is true. The American experiment is over. Killed in the middle of Fifth Avenue and no one in power blinked an eye to stop it.
1275171645966
Michael @cascadilla.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
I can't make heads or tails of these instructions.
000
Reposted by Michael
Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 18/05/2026
felt like there was not much reporting on Trump's investigation of Yale Med School, and the reporting that did exist undersold how batshit the investigation is I have attempted to remedy these errors ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
ballsandstrikes.org
Trump DOJ: Yale’s Medical School Has Way Too Many Black Students
The administration’s view is that the mere presence of students of color at Yale Medical School proves discrimination against white people.
8362201
Reposted by Michael
A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
This is exactly right, with one caveat: the reason "no it'll never fucking happen" is there (I bet) is to try (probably not successfully) to stave off dozens of annoying people replying just that. Except that impossible things become possible all the time, and it starts with saying what should be.
241387250
Reposted by Michael
Cabel Sasser @cabel.panic.com · 11/05/2026
this graduation speech moment is notable, and her amazed shock at having failed to read the room feels instructive. when you're inside the bubble, you think everybody else is. but everybody isn't.
992272926879
Michael @cascadilla.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Roberts should be in jail for this.
120
Reposted by Michael
celli @aliascelli.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Passing this along - fucking scammers leveling up, here's a new one to pay attention to.
tedcromwell.com
That "Pending PayPal Charge" Email Is a Scam — Even Though It Really Came From PayPal
If an email recently landed in your inbox with a subject line like "Pending charge of USD 987.90 for account activation. Questions? Call 855 629-1161" — don't c
947154771
Michael @cascadilla.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Like or comment if you also have total control of the Strait of Hormuz.
200
Reposted by Michael
ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/04/2026
A new investigation from ProPublica and @frontlinepbs.bsky.social examines federal agents’ response to protesters and bystanders at the Trump administration’s immigration sweeps. “We see, just, use of excessive force after use of excess force,” one expert said.
propublica.org
A Protester Threw a Snowball. Federal Agents Responded With Tear Gas and Pepper Balls.
A new investigation from ProPublica and FRONTLINE examines federal agents’ response to protesters and bystanders at the Trump administration’s immigration sweeps. “We see, just, use of excessive force...
14581240
Michael @cascadilla.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
The US far exceeds Russia in total wealth, GDP, and number of billionaires. How did we let Russia outbid the US for ownership of the Republican party?
120
Michael @cascadilla.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Vancesplaining Catholicism to the Pope is peak mansplaining.
010
Michael @cascadilla.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
JD Vance says that morality is not a consideration for the Trump-Vance regime. Seems pretty arrogant of JD Vance to pretend to convert to Catholicism in 2019 and then ignore its teachings and put himself above the Pope just like he's put himself above the Constitution.
110
Reposted by Michael
Dax (David J.) Schwartz @snurri.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Hey y'all, if you have a few bucks to throw at a group that's been delivering food to 90+ vulnerable families once or twice a week since the ICE occupation started (and is still doing it) hit up @southsideneeds on Venmo. I've been helping them out for a few months and they're good folks.
093
Michael @cascadilla.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
So glad to hear middle school kids recognizing reality. My kid's middle school class fought the pro-AI tech teacher over this last week, and sounded far more coherent than she did.
000
Reposted by Michael
Charles Booker @booker4ky.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
This is an actual statement from the President of the United States. This cannot be hand waved away as a joke. The man is threatening war crimes on top of war crimes! ENOUGH! I don’t say this lightly: The 25th Amendment needs to be invoked. The President needs to be removed!
724131803015
Reposted by Michael
Andy Beshear @andybeshearky.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
An American President threatening to end a civilization is not just anti-American, it’s flat out crazy.
444107862109
Reposted by Michael
Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
“A whole civilization will die tonight” is the most vile thing a US president has ever said, certainly during the post-1945 era when they’ve had the power to kill civilizations with the dropping of a bomb. I’m staring into the darkness. May this not be one of the most fateful days in human history.
182114982743
Michael @cascadilla.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Have you tried turning the moon off and back on again?
010
Reposted by Michael
Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
I'm a bit of a broken record on this, but usurping the power of the purse isn't just one constitutional violation among all the many others. It is, uniquely and singularly, the death of constitutional government altogether. Game over, end of story, you now live in an autocracy.
8469352228
Reposted by Michael
Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
I used to write the WaPo editorials on US-Africa policy, as well on as human rights and politics on the continent. To describe hundreds of thousands of deaths on the continent as “messy” is an absolute abomination.
10187212343
Reposted by Michael
Mark T. Sneed @marktsneed.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
What is the point of the Constitution if this criminal is not impeached and removed? Seriously.
852167375453
Reposted by Michael
Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 21/03/2026
Sigh. If only we had learned from the start of COVID that work from home has many benefits, instead of being inexplicably forced back to the office by out-of-touch CEOs.
bbc.com
Work from home and drive more slowly to save energy, global body urges
People should change how they travel, work and cook to tackle the energy price crisis, the International Energy Agency says.
10822222
Reposted by Michael
Wemusthavehope! @sjmedeiros111.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Release these innocent people from these deplorable concentration camps!!!!!!! All Americans must stand up against this!!!!!!!
622770641
Reposted by Michael
Dee Chan @deechan17.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Iranians turn against Trump who presented himself as their saviour just a month ago. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
theguardian.com
‘You are all worse than each other’: anti-regime Iranians turn on Trump
Mood among some in Iran shifts from hope of being rescued to dismay at destruction of infrastructure, culture and lives
84669234
Reposted by Michael
upshittscreek1.bsky.social @upshittscreek1.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
If someone is providing info to our enemy Would they not also be our enemy 🤔 So a potus having secret conversations with said person be treason 🤔 & Isn't putting our troops at risk for no clear reason also treason 🤔 & Ending at home surveillance for terrorists, putting us at risk, also treason 🤔🤬
1327870
Reposted by Michael
Secular Talk @kylekulinskishow.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
IMPEACH TRUMP OR HIT HIM WITH THE 25TH AMENDMENT. DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO REMOVE HIM. IF YOU DON’T HE’S GOING TO USE NUKES. ALL OF THIS SHIT IS NOT FUCKING NORMAL. WAKE UP.
1392259555
Reposted by Michael
Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Trump does not have the authority to start a war in Iran. And yet, he’s moving in the direction of committing ground troops. If Republicans in Congress do not want to serve their constituents or their constitutional duty, they should just resign.
wsj.com
Pentagon Is Moving Additional Marines, Warships to the Middle East
The Pentagon is moving additional Marines and warships to the Middle East as Iran steps up its attacks on the Strait of Hormuz, according to three U.S. officials. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ap...
29341141297
Michael @cascadilla.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
One important reason to create a new federal government rather than tinker with this broken one is that no other country will ever trust the US without a clean break from the pariah that we have become.
000
Michael @cascadilla.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
I have seen conflicting reports. Is Russia helping Iran target US soldiers? Or is Russia paying bounties to Iran for killing US soldiers like they did in Trump's first term? Did Trump allow Russia to sell oil last week so Russia would have the money to pay bounties?
010
Michael @cascadilla.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Thanks to my kid, I know the term speedrunning. As in, Trump and his crew are currently speedrunning the Nazi Germany DLC. Can we skip ahead to the part where Nazi Germany is defeated and the remaining leadership is put on trial and locked up?
000
Reposted by Michael
Dee Chan @deechan17.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Today the United States wasted another #1B on an illegal war in Iran, money that could have been spent on funding health care or providing SNAP benefits or cancer research or academic scholarships for minorities. I could go on and on but I think you get my point. #endtheiranwarnow
33794582388
Reposted by Michael
Kaz @kazlefay.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
We started with restrain ICE. Then reform ICE, then landed squarely on abolish ICE. But I’ve moved on to prosecute ICE y’all. Every last one even if it takes 20 years of trials.
19057261278
Michael @cascadilla.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Tonight we eat Noementaschen.
000
Reposted by Michael
Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 03/03/2026
Again: Not hyperbole, misinterpretation, or a joke that Christian Dominionism is a strain of apocalyptic accelerationism which VERY LITERALLY SEEKS to hasten their vision of the Biblical end of the world, & the people who believe this have VERY CAREFULLY worked their way into the halls of U.S. power
rawstory.com
Military leaders pushing 'Armageddon views' on troops as Iran war begins: complaint
A combat-unit commander told non-commissioned officers Monday that the Iran war was part of God's plan to usher in the End Times and bring about Jesus Christ's second coming, according to a complaint ...
361504670
Reposted by Michael
molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
world-altering decisions are being made by a cabal of gambling addicts hell bent on self enrichment no matter the cost to humanity, we should look into that.
141116773777
Michael @cascadilla.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Some of the spam I receive claims to be hackers who are in my computer/phone. Hackers, if you want me to believe your credentials, get rid of all my other spam so you're not lost in the noise. Then we can talk.
000