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Michael Figueroa

@figmic.bsky.social
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Cybersecurity strategist, business process hacker, writer, & parent. A poor kid from a single-parent household who graduated from MIT while also working full-time. Latino by culture, Indigenous by ancestry, American by birth, and patriot by choice.

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Michael Figueroa @figmic.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
I held off killing my @washingtonpost.com subscription for a year to support the journalists, hoping that they could right the ship. Then, they were all gone and articles shifted their tone and began using dog whistle phrasing. Haven’t looked back.
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Michael Figueroa @figmic.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Boston Legacy FC will most definitely be part of the family support equation, though. I hate that they will play at Gillette to start, but maybe they can help us love watching a team again.
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Michael Figueroa @figmic.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Though the NE Revolution should be a natural contender for our Boston-area family, they are run just as badly. Say not to Kraft. Friends don’t let friends root for the Revs.
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Michael Figueroa @figmic.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Related, after supporting DC United since first moving to DC in ‘97, my family and I considered an off-season trade. Just about all of the Eastern teams have marks against them, with the Union coming out as the top contender. We expect to be free agents after the 2026 season if things don’t around.
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Michael Figueroa @figmic.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
I can now watch my shitty team play shitty, turn good players shitty, and allow violent supporters to continue being shitty, without paying a premium. Vamos, DC United…meh. www.apple.com/newsroom/202...
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Major League Soccer is coming to Apple TV starting in 2026
Apple today announced that all Major League Soccer matches will stream on Apple TV starting in 2026.
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Michael Figueroa @figmic.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
My high school kid just broke a drum stick playing Rock Band. That’s the way to play.
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Michael Figueroa @figmic.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Always on point satire.
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Michael Figueroa @figmic.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
An incredible and damning analysis of how our administration is normalizing death as a tool, regardless of legality or morality. How long before its defenders make it allowable against our own people? Have they already? Is this what they truly believe the USA is? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/o...
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Opinion | What Trump Is Really Doing With His Boat Strikes
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Michael Figueroa @figmic.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
A very transparent airline captain is my guess. Safe travels!
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Michael Figueroa @figmic.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Revised headline: “President, facing loss, changes position and prepares to gaslight nation, again.”
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Michael Figueroa @figmic.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Seeing Christmas decorations up around old San Juan but not yet lit is an indication that Mariah Carey is starting to awaken from cryosleep.
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Michael Figueroa @figmic.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Swear fealty to the crown and the crown will bestow its favor. This is yet another step is tamping down dissent by essentially requiring those in higher ed to censor the speech of their communities. www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
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Colleges weigh whether to sign onto Trump plan or forgo federal benefits
A new proposal from the Trump administration would give colleges funding advantages if they adopt conservative priorities.
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Michael Figueroa @figmic.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Is it too cynical to think that the federal government has accepted enhanced national security risk to flood the white collar talent market to manipulate supply-and-demand, force longer unpaid hours, reduce compensation baselines, and rehire at reduced expense? www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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National Weather Service at ‘breaking point’ as storm approaches
The National Weather Service is struggling to maintain its weather forecasting operations due to significant staffing cuts under the Trump administration.
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Michael Figueroa @figmic.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
<cough> Bullshit <cough> Just continuing down the pathway towards a fully state-sponsored media environment. Nothing to see here. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Pentagon demands journalists pledge to not obtain unauthorized material
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is imposing strict new rules that would severely limit the ability of journalists to report on the Pentagon.
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Michael Figueroa @figmic.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Another lost season for DCU. What a waste. #SelltheTeam
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Michael Figueroa @figmic.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Disheartening to see people vilifying warfighters for following lawful orders of their Commander-in-Chief in DC. It is wholly inappropriate, and exceedingly dangerous, to ask them to interpret the law themselves before the judiciary acts. Focus angst on politicians and empathize with the soldiers.
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Michael Figueroa @figmic.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Yes, this.
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Michael Figueroa @figmic.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
I’ve been a huge fan of the @washingtonpost.com weather coverage since living in DC and hope that this error will be corrected and more will be done to avoid the issue in the future. Thoughts, @bennollweather.bsky.social?
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Michael Figueroa @figmic.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
I’ve complained about this in past years and while the journalists usually respond positively and correct their pieces, the behavior persists and demonstrates a systemic disregard for how the narrative further marginalizes our Caribbean citizens. Editors need to do better.
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Michael Figueroa @figmic.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
Reinforcing exclusionary narratives, @washingtonpost.com continues to be way too casual about statements like “make its closest approach to the United States” when referring to the mainland while PR and USVI were closer and are certainly part of the USA. www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...
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Where dangerous Category 3 Hurricane Erin is headed next
Erin became one of the earliest Category 5 hurricanes on record on Saturday. The storm will lash parts of the northern Caribbean on Sunday and Monday.
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Michael Figueroa @figmic.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Folks across the US unhappy about the Federal intervention in DC can help by pushing for statehood. The vulnerability that is being exploited is the lack of representative control. The mitigation is handing the power to the citizens and their elected officials as the proper check on Federal action.
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Michael Figueroa @figmic.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
It's likely underreported bc white-collar workers often avoid filing for unemployment until it's necessary. We're stumbling into a silent economic bubble where the market is flooded with talent, supply only declines, and previously well-off, now over-leveraged, workers will be losing their shirts.
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Michael Figueroa @figmic.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
I have infinite respect for all of those who have served our nation. Tubman is one of those exceptional warriors who serves as an example of what it means to serve with the courage, intelligence, and sacrifice to defend the values that our nation. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Opinion | Actually, Secretary Hegseth, Harriet Tubman was a war hero
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is wrong to consider stripping her name from the USNS Harriet Tubman.
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Michael Figueroa @figmic.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
We all likely agree that using official government communications to spread rhetoric spam is a violation of trust in mission over politics. As one of your constituents, I ask, what are you going to do about it? @repauchincloss.bsky.social @warren.senate.gov @markey.senate.gov
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Rep. Jake Auchincloss (@repauchincloss.bsky.social)
Dad. Marine. Massachusetts Congressman. Build an economy that works like Legos, not Monopoly. My only Bluesky account.
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Michael Figueroa @figmic.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
I can’t remember ever receiving a press release through one of my government email accounts.
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Michael Figueroa @figmic.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Congress seems poised to run a basic misdirection/extortion scam. House and Senate Republicans are going to bitch about how bad each other’s bill is to increase the public appetite baseline, then approve something more publicly appealing that is still the worst outcome constituents could imagine.
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Michael Figueroa @figmic.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
I’ve been on a plane for 5 hours. WTF happened in that time? Oh, that’s right, it’s the modern USA. Vamos!
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Michael Figueroa @figmic.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Results may vary. The key is to understand what an LLM does - predicts what should come next. You want to do everything you can to guide that prediction, but not so much as to overly constrain the result. And then verify, validate, and accept.
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Michael Figueroa @figmic.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
My executive spouse produced a complex machine learning script to perform a cluster analysis of a bunch of unstructured data, complete with a ranked list of differentiating features and visualizations, including a word cloud of distinct categories. In 20 minutes. Never looking at code. Amazing.
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Michael Figueroa @figmic.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
People who pull through angled parking spots should have their licenses revoked.
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Michael Figueroa @figmic.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
I'm curious how many GOP leaders will encourage their kids (or grandkids, as is more likely the case) to trade schools over Ivy Leagues. I'll wait with bated breath.
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Michael Figueroa @figmic.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Hmm. You don’t say. The administration wouldn’t actively delegitimize taxpayer-funded research. Never came up.
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Michael Figueroa @figmic.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
There is only one truth. Our truth. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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RFK Jr. says he may bar scientists from publishing in top medical journals
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took aim at reputed journals such as the Lancet and said the agency will create “in-house” publications instead.
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Michael Figueroa @figmic.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Now, I carry my Global Traveller card just in case some official thinks my Real ID is fake.
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Michael Figueroa @figmic.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
I mean, yeah, but part of me misses being able to walk around in my Mexican family in a predominantly Latino region only to worry about words and slurs and whether a cop will pull us over to search the car. Those were the good old days.
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Michael Figueroa @figmic.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
According to the TJ Maxx men’s section, dads play golf, drink whiskey, and charge devices. At least golf includes disc golf - unexpected to see PGA-branded disc kits, though.
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Michael Figueroa @figmic.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
According to the TJ Maxx men’s section, dads play golf, drink whiskey, and charge devices. At least golf includes disc golf - unexpected to see PGA-branded disc kits, though.
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Michael Figueroa @figmic.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
“Let’s pause this conversation so I can find the right meme to respond with.” Modern marriage.
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Michael Figueroa @figmic.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
May the odds be ever in your favor. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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DHS considering reality show in which immigrants compete for citizenship
The competition series was pitched by Rob Worsoff, a Canadian-born writer and producer who was behind A&E’s “Duck Dynasty” and Bravo’s “Millionaire Matchmaker.”
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Michael Figueroa @figmic.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Security fundamentals treated as optional. Classic Silicon Valley behavior. venturebeat.com/ai/elon-musk...
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Elon Musk’s xAI tries to explain Grok’s South African race relations freakout the other day
With its prompts now public and a team of human babysitters on call, Grok is supposedly back on script. But the incident underscores...
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Michael Figueroa @figmic.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
"And this was how they settled it in the end, for the city was doomed when it took in that horse, within which were all the bravest of the Argives waiting to bring death and destruction on the Trojans."
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Michael Figueroa @figmic.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Loved the Thunderbolts*, but I couldn’t help but see Bob/Sentry as simply a recast Hulk to pair with the recast Black Widow. In the post-credits scene, it even sounded like Bob was worried about releasing “the other guy.” I look forward to the “sun getting real low” in Doomsday.
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Michael Figueroa @figmic.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
What does it look like year-over-year? It would be good to have a broader sample window to check for seasonal correlation. But, the trend is definitely concerning, nonetheless.
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Michael Figueroa @figmic.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
The entire executive branch is simply a tool to execute his desires, not serve the people of the United States. How is it that Congress continues to allow his actions to reflect the obvious active subversion of democratic rule? Does the GOP actually agree or just assumes it can hold the line?
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Michael Figueroa @figmic.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
“I have brilliant lawyers that work for me…” Not the USA, “me.” Combine that with not knowing whether he has to maintain his oath of office to follow the Constitution, and you get a clear indication that the only law he believes he needs to follow is his own. Very Presidential.
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Trump says, ‘I don’t know,’ when asked if he’s required to uphold Constitution
The president also downplayed fears of a recession and spoke of potential successors when his four-year term ends in an NBC interview.
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Michael Figueroa @figmic.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Great read. Thx
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Michael Figueroa @figmic.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
National security run by halo effect. What could go wrong?
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Michael Figueroa @figmic.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Same. Hang in there...the stages of grief are real.
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Michael Figueroa @figmic.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
I think that I fixed the website routing issues. The redirects did not transfer over, and I had to recreate them manually. It was all much more turnkey in the old Google Domains.
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Michael Figueroa @figmic.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
At least it has basically zero legitimate traffic, so yay irrelevance!
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