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Harry Michalakeas @harrymichalakeas.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

I haven't been posting much...feeling depressed and retreating into hanging out with my kitties for the most part. Here's some more of my art - 'The Artist', 16 x 22", Pastel, Carbon, Charcoal and Conte on Stonehenge. I finished this one in the spring of 2023. What do you guys think?

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Harry Michalakeas @harrymichalakeas.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

I'm in my early-mid fifties, so I remember flying as a little kid in the late 70s. It was an occasion, and you were expected to dress up a bit!

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Harry Michalakeas @harrymichalakeas.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

That was the year my Grandad was born. What a beautiful photo!

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Harry Michalakeas @harrymichalakeas.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Beautiful photo! And I know what you mean about getting out super early for walks! One of life's true pleasures!

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Harry Michalakeas @harrymichalakeas.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Not to mention, it's morally wrong. If we can't afford to make sure every kid is fed, people have a roof of their heads and have access to healthcare, then we can't afford billionaires.

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Harry Michalakeas @harrymichalakeas.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

I disagree about the billionaires. This is the reason that we are in the mess we're in - Musk can fund a primary against any politician that doesn't fall into line. If we want to save democracy (and capitalism for what it's worth), a 100% tax on wealth above 1bn is needed.

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Harry Michalakeas @harrymichalakeas.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

"Questions" (about paternity, because that is a hell of a height difference!)

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Harry Michalakeas @harrymichalakeas.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

I know it's old news, but what cruel, sick bastard names his kid something like that?

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Harry Michalakeas @harrymichalakeas.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Hell yeah! Another couple of things I think are really important: 1) Pass Bernie's No More Billionaires bill. This solves the root of virtually every problem we have. 2) Fund election campaigns with public money only.

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Harry Michalakeas @harrymichalakeas.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

It can't afford for one citizen to horde half a trillion bucks to himself, period! Bernie's No More Billionaires bill is a must if we ever come out of this.

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Harry Michalakeas @harrymichalakeas.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Haha! We haven't started on Bezos and Zuckie yet!

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Harry Michalakeas @harrymichalakeas.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

More billionaire math: if Musk's fortune were dissolved and returned to the people of America, that would be over $1200 for each person. If it were weighed more heavily to the poor, say 50% to the bottom 25%, then a family of 4 would receive over $14,000, a life changing amount.

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Harry Michalakeas @harrymichalakeas.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Totally agree with you about sports. Regarding AI, I think this is an opportunity to buck the trend. In a world full of AI noise, be the place where humans write stuff.

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Harry Michalakeas @harrymichalakeas.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

To be truly republican about it, you'd have to allocate EVs based on how much a state is contributing financially! That would mean no EVs at all for most red states, since they are net takers.

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Harry Michalakeas @harrymichalakeas.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

I absolutely agree, and I think it is a once in a lifetime opportunity for other countries to poach our top researchers and fund them to continue their research at local universities. Once we realize how badly we've screwed up, you can't just turn the funding back on and expect them to return.

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Harry Michalakeas @harrymichalakeas.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

The only place where white people have R > 2.1 is in mobile home parks. They don't need transportation, they need investment in education and outreach so there is a future. Free readily available BC would also be good. Glorifying 19 year olds w/ 3 kids and all options already gone is sick.

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Harry Michalakeas @harrymichalakeas.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Just ordered mine too! I feel that there is so much (negative) noise about this issue that it's on us to really educate ourselves. Thanks for writing this, Dr. Turban.

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Harry Michalakeas @harrymichalakeas.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

My piece, 'The Centre Cannot Hold' (2019) which was the sister piece to 'Things Fall Apart' (see profile). This was the first time I tried my hand at a diptych. Pastel, Charcoal, Carbon and Conte on Bristol. Interpretations differ about what I was getting at here!

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Harry Michalakeas @harrymichalakeas.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

100% with Bernie on this. At $1bn, you can have everything you want - 5th Avenue penthouse, country mansions, a nice yacht, etc. So what is the difference between that and $500bn? Power. The ability to buy elections, buy politicians, etc. So cap it at 1bn and most of our problems go away.

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Harry Michalakeas @harrymichalakeas.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

This is so tragic. They obviously see real education as something you purchase at a private school, with the public education system being relegated to a backup basic option for the poor. TX is already well on it's way, having reduced the school week to 4 days in many districts.

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Harry Michalakeas @harrymichalakeas.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

I don't think you do business with an out nazi in any way, shape or form. Stop issuing registration for new teslas, and give existing owners a year to turn them in and get re-imbursed. Then flat out ban.

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Harry Michalakeas @harrymichalakeas.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

The title of the piece was 'The Second Coming' and it was done with pastel, charcoal, carbon, conte, and black colored pencil. It took about 115 hours for a 17 x 22" piece. This was one of the hardest pieces I've done. Maintaining some kind of harmony across all those jacket details was tough!

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Harry Michalakeas @harrymichalakeas.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

I drew this in 2020 after George Floyd's murder. I am not religious, but think it is possible that Jesus existed as a historical figure. If he returned, what if it was as a woman? Wouldn't she stand with the protesters? What would she think of many of her followers standing with the oppressors?

A realistic pastel and charcoal drawing of a modern Jesus as a woman. She is wearing a jean jacket with pins showing support for Black Lives Matter, Love is Love, Peace, and one saying "Never Again" with a cross through a nazi symbol.

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Harry Michalakeas @harrymichalakeas.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

I'm in North TX, and I go out walking early every morning. You are right about the fog. There has been a load - probably about 5-6 mornings, just since xmas.

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Harry Michalakeas @harrymichalakeas.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Wow! That is phenomenal! Congratulations!

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Harry Michalakeas @harrymichalakeas.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Thanks so much for standing up for families like my sister's. She is British and moved back home last year, and is separated from her Greek husband because of this.

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Harry Michalakeas @harrymichalakeas.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Pretty insane how relatively mild (not downplaying how offensive) what Kanye West said seems by comparison after the salute. It only took a few days for West's empire to collapse. I guess it's ok to be a nazi when you're a demi-trillionaire? Though I wouldn't write off a slow collapse.

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Harry Michalakeas @harrymichalakeas.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

My kitties Onyx, Venus and Grover ❤️

Three kitties snuggle together. A black boy cat named Onyx, a stripey gray and white girl named Venus, and a white cat with a little bit of black called Grover on the other side. I love these guys. They give me so much of my joy in life.

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Harry Michalakeas @harrymichalakeas.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Absolutely agree with the premise, but I don't feel it's right to list atheists among the groups said to be more likely to commit such acts. Just because we derive our morals from empathy and a sense of decency and kindness rather than scripture doesn't make us any more likely to commit such acts!

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Harry Michalakeas @harrymichalakeas.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Thank you so much. I really needed that.

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Harry Michalakeas @harrymichalakeas.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Wow. "Don't take a little kid's parents away" (among other things) is a radical ideology?

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Harry Michalakeas @harrymichalakeas.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

For a few years, there was an imaginary headline that played in my head: "Miracle cancer cure announced. Republicans in congress working around the clock to block funding." Told myself I was being melodramatic and a screechy liberal. I was wrong, that's exactly what would happen.

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Harry Michalakeas @harrymichalakeas.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

So much to be concerned and fearful about over the last few days, so I thought I'd post what makes me happy. Here's my boy Onyx and young lady Venus ❤️

A beautiful black boy cat laying on his back, snuggling with a beautiful stripey gray and white lady cat. The boy kittie is quite large and is named Onyx, and the lady cat is called Venus.

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Harry Michalakeas @harrymichalakeas.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Good on her. Gives me a little hope that not all on the other side are beyond reach.

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Harry Michalakeas @harrymichalakeas.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

My fear is that calling him "just a pathetic troll" underestimates the threat. I believe it's very likely he's both. He grew up in a regime that while far less severe, holds the same core beliefs about racial supremacy. Then there's been all the eugenic talk for some time...

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Harry Michalakeas @harrymichalakeas.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

So glad you came over here! And I love that piece!

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Harry Michalakeas @harrymichalakeas.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Totally agree. And it was right in front of our faces. The fascination with breeding and eugenics makes a lot more sense now.

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Harry Michalakeas @harrymichalakeas.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Look at those faces. That is what actual evil looks like.

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Harry Michalakeas @harrymichalakeas.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Uh...well, uh, thanks for the election! Why don't you, uh, people, stand over there, or better yet, go away. Elon thanks you and I'm sure there will be jobs at his camps, as long as you are hard core and can keep up with the 9/9/6 hours (great idea, China! So productive!)

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