Mike Billips @mbillips.bsky.social · 15/10/2026No, it’s illegal regardless. You can’t bribe people to vote AT ALL; it doesn’t require a promise to vote a certain way. It isn’t a felony in Michigan, but it’s illegal. 221 0
Mike Billips @mbillips.bsky.social · 10/10/2026When bicycles became a craze in the late 19th century it was the first time the middle class had to encounter dogs on the road without the protection of a horse or carriage. It spawned a whole class of tiny “bicycle revolvers” to scare away dogs, often loaded with non-lethal ammunition. 191 0
Mike Billips @mbillips.bsky.social · 09/10/2026This girl passed away aged almost 17 this year. VERY SNUGGLY. 030 0
Mike Billips @mbillips.bsky.social · 27/09/2026“Gorgo” (1961), the British Kaiju movie, in like 1965-66. I was 3 or 4. 130 0
Mike Billips @mbillips.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The trick is to make the overhead lights REALLY BRIGHT. I think something’s always been a bit off with my eyesight because I hate dimly lit rooms with pools of illumination from table lamps and what not. This is about four feet wide in my 12 by 13 den: 100 0
Mike Billips @mbillips.bsky.social · 16/09/2026My grandmother painted this from life of our cat Smudge. 0100 0
Mike Billips @mbillips.bsky.social · 16/09/2026He got shot in the ear, full stop. The bullet grazed his skin and left a scar. There is no possible way he could have faked it and left two people dead. He would have blabbed about it and accused others of doing it if it were faked. Not to mention he’s WAY too big a coward. 020 0
Mike Billips @mbillips.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I got in a bunch of arguments on Facebook with people who were convinced that McConnell was dead and Trump didn’t get his ear grazed by a bullet. They’ll probably claim it’s a body double when Mitch shows up. No, shut up, he has a fucking scar where it just touched his skin. 010 0
Mike Billips @mbillips.bsky.social · 14/09/2026It still makes ME giggle, though. This hangs in my den: 120 0
Mike Billips @mbillips.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Forgetting about the attacks on 9/11 would be good and we should do it because the US response to 9/11 killed far more people and made America a less-free, worse place. 020 0
Mike Billips @mbillips.bsky.social · 05/09/2026I am petless atm after recent bereavement, so I’m having to pet sit to get my fix. Cassie and Kennedy are my fren’s babies: 0140 0
Mike Billips @mbillips.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Gross. I’m trying to do outdoor work this weekend and then drive to Mobile on Thursday. At least the humidity’s nice and high. 030 0
Mike Billips @mbillips.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Possibly Little Lulu and her mother? It’s definitely not Popeye; she’s carrying a baby doll. 120 0
Mike Billips @mbillips.bsky.social · 10/08/2026I have also commuted by bike in Christchurch, NZ; Norfolk, Va.; London; and Baghdad. I love it but it is WAY less convenient and practical than driving. 000 0
Mike Billips @mbillips.bsky.social · 09/08/2026I never heard of him but boy howdy would he fit right in to MAGA America. He was even apparently an incel: 010 0
Mike Billips @mbillips.bsky.social · 04/08/2026I can’t get over the trees catching strays. The hell is he yammering about? 2352 0
Mike Billips @mbillips.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Aside from being a legendary and possibly mythical figure who lived before history, Grokdysseus is wearing 1st century CE Roman parade armor. Bronze-Age Achaean armor looked like this: 71655 0
Mike Billips @mbillips.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Oh, please. Donald Trump’s not IN the US military, either. From the DSA website front page 100 0
Mike Billips @mbillips.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Huh. I never heard of this and turns out I’ve always had it. Eyes are the same now as 60 years ago. 000 0
Mike Billips @mbillips.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Ah, dang, the lunatic fabulist is losing the Colorado Republican gubernatorial nomination. Hope there’s a runoff. 020 0
Mike Billips @mbillips.bsky.social · 27/06/20261.5 miles through the Green Zone from my hooch over to where I worked next to the Parliament building. Really easy tbh, very little traffic except at one roundabout. Got waved through checkpoints. Saved me 15 minutes over linking up with my boss and riding in the armored SUV. 020 0
Mike Billips @mbillips.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Dried-apple stack cake. It’s an elaborate Appalachian recipe that I’ve made exactly once because as much as I love it, it’s too much work. 110 0
Mike Billips @mbillips.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Fixing up an old house is a lot of work and occasionally it gets discouraging, but then there are fun moments like this: 120 0
Mike Billips @mbillips.bsky.social · 21/06/2026I’m guessing she hasn’t actually been to a No Kings rally, because the US flag was all over the place. 150 0
Mike Billips @mbillips.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Croquet with flamingos for mallets, hedgehogs for balls and servants dressed as playing cards for the hoops. 000 0
Mike Billips @mbillips.bsky.social · 09/06/2026We don't usually see each other's headers. Here's mine. Quote post with yours. Some years back with the Seed and Feed Marching Abominable. 261 0
Mike Billips @mbillips.bsky.social · 05/06/2026For all the “Iran’s navy is supposed to not exist” posts, Iran’s shore-based antiship weapons are likely also controlled by their navy. Fun fact, the US Navy runs the anti-ballistic-missile bases in Romania and Poland and they look like this: 130 0
Mike Billips @mbillips.bsky.social · 25/05/2026Pick a Bond villain from the pictures you already have on your phone 030 0
Mike Billips @mbillips.bsky.social · 18/05/2026I had a cat like that. Chloe always ate from my wife’s plate. One Thanksgiving we fixed her her own plate of a little of everything and she polished it off and demanded seconds. On the second plate she ate everything but the turkey. Cat would fight you for a slice of bell pepper. 1140 0
Mike Billips @mbillips.bsky.social · 15/05/2026As I suspected. The Advocate left out this bit: If he hadn’t granted her clemency she’d have spent months more time in prison serving an improper sentence length while they did the resentencing. 000 0