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Michael E. Cohen

@lymond.bsky.social
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Writer (TidBITS, Take Control Books), programmer, teacher, multimediator, bad cartoonist. Faith: Justified Misanthropist. Occasional blog posts at www.pixel-stained-wretch.com

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Michael E. Cohen @lymond.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Not content to let his immigration police murder U.S. citizens one-by-one, the President now calls upon a foreign power to murder them by the millions. And his party by and large ignores this.
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Michael E. Cohen @lymond.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
‘Tis true. ‘Tis pity, and pity ‘tis, ‘tis true!
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Michael E. Cohen @lymond.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The presidential equivalent of sticking his fingers in his ears and chanting, “La, la, la…I can’t HEAR you!!!”
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Michael E. Cohen @lymond.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Adam Engst covers this quarter’s Apple earnings carnival: tidbits.com/2026/07/31/a...
tidbits.com
Apple’s Q3 2026 Earnings—Record Revenue and Marketing to the Street - TidBITS
In Tim Cook’s final earnings call as CEO, Apple posted a record $109.4 billion quarter, but behind Apple’s AI hype and “phenomenal” reviews lie supply constraints driven by poor predictions, skyrocket...
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Michael E. Cohen @lymond.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
I hear you. I have a trusty laser printer that I’ve had for at least a decade, and, though it still works just fine, I haven’t used it for months. (BTW: I write tech books and articles for a living.)
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Michael E. Cohen @lymond.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Too bad, so sad. 🤷🏻
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Michael E. Cohen @lymond.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
“comparable space vehicle manufacturing facilities”? How many are there? What and where are they? Not being contentious, just curious.
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Michael E. Cohen @lymond.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Similar things happen when I visit the public library.😁
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Michael E. Cohen @lymond.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
I had been trying to decide whether to restart my SciAm subscription, and now I can put my checkbook back in the drawer.
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Michael E. Cohen @lymond.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Many politicians today are emulating the Senate’s greatest hypocrite by publicly mourning his passing. What an honor!
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Michael E. Cohen @lymond.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
So, like something over 4K words a day? That’s some serious productivity! Excuse me while I pick up and reattach my jaw.
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Michael E. Cohen @lymond.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
You would think that after all these years, Captain America would’ve gotten promoted to major. But no…
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Michael E. Cohen @lymond.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Thanks! Saw that post. Credit for that great Macbeth logo goes to Brian Speight, who made that CD-ROM a thing of beauty!
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Michael E. Cohen @lymond.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
With the refurbishment of the reflecting pond, the President has officially made green the new blue!
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Michael E. Cohen @lymond.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Yesterday was the anniversary of a very big day in the history of ebooks: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expande...
en.wikipedia.org
Expanded Books - Wikipedia
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Michael E. Cohen @lymond.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Elon Musk is the world’s first trillionaire. Now it’s reported he’s purchasing a stately mansion built above some bat infested caverns and seeking a teenage ward with athletic and gymnastic abilities.
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Michael E. Cohen @lymond.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
I’ll be missing the season finales of several TV series on CBS that I enjoy because I’m protesting the ill-advised cancellation of Stephen Colbert’s show. Worth it…and it gives me more time for reading.
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Michael E. Cohen @lymond.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
The downside to owning a lot of Apple gear is that when Apple releases OS updates you can spend hours downloading and installing them. Today I had to update 9 devices. My router is exhausted!
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Michael E. Cohen @lymond.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
In a theater in Century City.
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Michael E. Cohen @lymond.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Adam Engst and I listened to Apple’s quarterly earnings call yesterday and we wrote this: tidbits.com/2026/05/01/i...
tidbits.com
iPhone and Services Drive Apple to Record Q2 2026 Despite Supply Constraints - TidBITS
Apple reported record financial results for what it described as its “best March quarter ever,” with over $29 billion in profits and double-digit growth across every geographic segment as the Tim Cook...
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Michael E. Cohen @lymond.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Maybe the displaced disabled can find a government-owned ballroom in which they can live…
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Michael E. Cohen @lymond.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
How many of you are, like me, planning to spend all of this Earth Day on Earth? Show of hands…
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Michael E. Cohen @lymond.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Once again, I haven’t been chosen as Apple’s CEO. Siri refuses to explain why.
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Michael E. Cohen @lymond.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
True when I drew it 28 years ago, and true today.
Two children in front of a toy box, with one holding a doll and saying, “I swear too much…it’s a goddamn *shame*!”
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
If any more awful men wish to file their resignation from Congress, for heaven’s sake, send them in. I’m quite at my leisure.
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Michael E. Cohen @lymond.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
What a day to belong to the one major political party that deplores harassment, assault, and embezzlement among its own members.
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Michael E. Cohen @lymond.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Facts and stats? Bah! Only hippies and radical terrorists believe those!
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Michael E. Cohen @lymond.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Maybe he’s just hungover from celebrating the crucifixion of that Middle-eastern terrorist, Christ.
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Michael E. Cohen @lymond.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
If every book came with a gun, no book would be banned.
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Michael E. Cohen @lymond.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Bwahahahaha!!!
Headline: “Democrat flips seat in special election for Florida district that includes Trump‘s Mar-a-Lago resort”
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Michael E. Cohen @lymond.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
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Michael E. Cohen @lymond.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
That’s true: only Trump can shit his own pants!!
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Michael E. Cohen @lymond.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
I find your fascination with the sexual displays of various flora delightful.😁
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Michael E. Cohen @lymond.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
What if we just split the difference, set our clocks back half an hour (now that DST has begun), and be done with this biannual clock-setting BS for good.
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Michael E. Cohen @lymond.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
The President reaffirmed his commitment to the environment today by recycling Kristi Noem: he removed her as the Secretary heading Homeland Security but installed her as a “special envoy of a Western Hemisphere security initiative called the ‘Shield of the Americas.’”
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Michael E. Cohen @lymond.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Not so much contempt as disappointment.
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Michael E. Cohen @lymond.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Today the President’s vaunted Board of Peace is riddled with termites, carpenter ants, and knotholes.
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Michael E. Cohen @lymond.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Goodness, no! Why should the tar pit suffer? Besides, burning them would contribute to global warming. An extremely slow, painful, but ecologically friendly demise is more appropriate, after which their remains should be composted.
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Michael E. Cohen @lymond.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Sexually assaulting underage girls wasn’t enough. Now he’s dropped bombs on a girls’ elementary school. What a vile, sick, disgusting excuse for a man…
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Michael E. Cohen @lymond.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
“West L.A. Story” by T.S. Eliot We shall not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time…but then spend another half an hour looking for parking.
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Michael E. Cohen @lymond.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
✋🏼
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Michael E. Cohen @lymond.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
His mother must be so proud.
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Michael E. Cohen @lymond.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Autocorrect on my iPad insists that the 1971 quake in southern California took place in “Silmarillion” instead of “Sylmar.”
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Michael E. Cohen @lymond.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
It’s always sad when you look at the calendar and see that it’s the birthday of a friend or relative who is now deceased.
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Michael E. Cohen @lymond.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
“Incontinent tonight, huh?”
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Michael E. Cohen @lymond.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Stephen Miller?!
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Michael E. Cohen @lymond.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
On this Groundhog’s Day, Punxsutawney Phil saw not only his shadow, but 10 masked and armed ICE agents, who immediately surrounded him, doused him with pepper spray, handcuffed him, and shipped him off to a detention center in Louisiana.
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Michael E. Cohen @lymond.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Punxsutawney Phil predicts 6 more weeks of winter and 3 more years of Trump, and, cold as it is across most of the country, I’m hoping Phil has swapped the durations.
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Michael E. Cohen @lymond.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
My career as a very occasional tech industry financial reporter continues, as Adam Engst and I summarize Apple’s recent quarterly report: tidbits.com/2026/01/30/a...
tidbits.com
Apple Propelled to Record Q1 2026 Financials by iPhone and Services - TidBITS
With its devices and services bringing in over $140 billion in revenue, its earnings per share rising nearly 20% year over year, and the announced return of Ted Lasso to Apple TV, Apple has a lot to c...
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Michael E. Cohen @lymond.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
You know when you’ve been smoking too much pot when you seriously consider buying a ticket to see “Melania.”
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