Reposted by Mike McCollumDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 5hIs it bad if major defense contractors have their own foreign policies? 652816799 0
Reposted by Mike McCollumelias isquith @eliasisquith.blog · 6hthe more i think about this the more i feel like it's possibly one of the most outrageous scandals to happen in global politics in a long time. if it is what it looks like it's an absolute watershed crisis moment for the US and world. 232186639 0
Reposted by Mike McCollumMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 13/10/2026The signal feature of 🇺🇸 politics in my adult lifetime has been the glaring divide b/w competently staffed administrations & Congresses that try to actually govern when Dems are in office, & corrupt/criminal ideological kakistocrats when the GOP is. News coverage simply does not reflect that feature. 444391 0
Reposted by Mike McCollumIron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 08/10/2026We've been being promised 3 and 4-day work weeks thanks to technology ever since the 1950s. It never happens. We keep the 5-day work week, and expectations of output skyrocket instead. 1379482 0
Reposted by Mike McCollumNnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I don’t care how many people that idiot killed, an execution should NOT be made public. PERIOD. EVER. If you don’t understand my words, I cannot help you. 1157656 0
Reposted by Mike McCollumKasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 07/10/2026To put this in perspective chestnut trees used to be dominant species in the United States. Billions of trees were killed by fungal blight and now fully grown America chestnuts are functionally extinct. There is no getting them back. Ever. All for a data center. www.gadgetreview.com/one-of-ameri...gadgetreview.comOne of America’s Last Chestnut Groves Is About to Be Destroyed for a Data CenterA rare 200-tree American chestnut grove in West Virginia may be cleared for data-center development, but the project denies the site is on its land. 8537412232 0
Reposted by Mike McCollumJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead 10796383031 0
Reposted by Mike McCollumNolan Hicks @ndhapple.bsky.social · 05/10/2026"‘But I’m Not From Ghana’: ICE Targets Longtime New Yorkers for Third-Country Deportation" -- www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/10/05/t...thecityreporter.nyc'But I'm Not From Ghana': ICE Targets Longtime New Yorkers for Third-Country DeportationImmigrants with protected status who've lived in the city for decades are finding themselves swept up, shackled and threatened with expulsion. 10203111 0
Reposted by Mike McCollumHOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 04/10/2026Ninety years ago today, Oswald Mosley tried to march his Blackshirts through the Jewish East End. 🧵 He had thousands of uniformed fascists behind him and 6,000 police clearing the way. But the people of the East End got there first. 19895360 0
Reposted by Mike McCollumOliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Lex Luthor slammed the Justice League as an "evil group of people," arguing that "quite frankly, the Legion of Doom does far more good, so true" 420566 0
Mike McCollum @mcmccollum.bsky.social · 13/09/2026The small town millionaire will cover their fee. The doctor will be beholden to them first, everyone else second if they're lucky. Another form of control. 041 0
Reposted by Mike McCollumsteven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I finally made it out of the heat. Now I'm standing at the back of a large disorganized crowd. I've been told that there are two people processing credentials for the RNC midterm gathering in Dallas. The buses are supposed to start at 2pm. I wonder how long this will take. 13/ 61368 0
Reposted by Mike McCollumCrimson Mayhem @crimsonmayhem.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Introducing the BEEP BEEP Choir from Coyote vs ACME!! 211087360 0
Reposted by Mike McCollumPaul Tobin @paultobin.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Reminder that you can be reading this sweet little ol' supernatural romance story (by me, @colleencoover.bsky.social & @ghostgreen.bsky.social) online for free instead of doomscrolling. Embrace a time-out for your brain, and get some free chuckles. www.webtoons.com/en/romance/h...webtoons.comHeart AcresBen Crews has been kicked around by life one too many times. So when his grandmother offers him a place at her fancy estate, Heart Acres, he jumps on the opportunity to live a life of luxury. Imagine ... 1206 0
Reposted by Mike McCollumMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Darth Vader spoke in favor of Flock cameras at a San Diego city council meeting yesterdaygizmodo.com'The Emperor Is a Fan of Flock': Darth Vader Speaks at City Council Meeting"This council was elected to serve the police, not the public," said Vader. 583519882 0
Reposted by Mike McCollumNew York Transit Museum @nytransitmuseum.bsky.social · 06/08/2026🏅 Our citywide transit scavenger hunt is on through October 31! Meet the folks who were the first to finish. 🎁 Complete all 50 stops to get your official Transit Explorer Certificate, pin and medal. Download our official app in the Apple App Store or on Google Play. Have you gone on the hunt yet? 085 0
Reposted by Mike McCollumElizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Is the news here that taxpayers subsidize the things the government does? Because yeah, that's how it works. What's more expensive, five grocery stores with discounts in NYC, a la military PXes (which taxpayers subsidize) or treating people for health problems caused by food insecurity? 1013419 0
Reposted by Mike McCollumSarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 31/07/2026A very serious Rural Politico once told me "Dems have to go to farmer meetings! We gotta be where the people are!" I was in fact in a farmer meeting at that very moment! So I live-texted him the meeting. They were complaining that they want indentured workers that they don't have to pay or feed. 8553451205 0
Mike McCollum @mcmccollum.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Turn it into a Co-op, with all of the cast and crew (past and present) getting a share in the...Enterprise! 081 0
Reposted by Mike McCollumRick McKee @rmckee.bsky.social · 29/07/2026I drew this August 23, 2022, and it’s coming to pass. 273186684688 0
Reposted by Mike McCollum🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 29/07/2026I hope to see Democrats as angry at Elon Musk for sending up to 14 million people to their deaths as Republicans are at Anthony Fauci for giving Donald Trump advice during a pandemic. 15980206 0
Reposted by Mike McCollumThe Liberal BoJack @thelibbojack.bsky.social · 25/07/2026lots of reporters suddenly worried about slipping into communism but strangely f*cking quiet about slipping into fascism 12745361087 0
Reposted by Mike McCollumJosephine Riesman @josie.zone · 20/07/2026Okay, I'm procrastinating, so here's a 20-skeet thread of Carrie Fisher answering Playboy's "20 Questions" in 1983: 🧵 (0/20) 824897 0
Reposted by Mike McCollumGreg Pak @gregpak.net · 19/07/2026"A.i." is a tool pushed by racist, fascist billionaires for racist, fascist purposes. 81368639 0
Reposted by Mike McCollumDavid Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 18/07/2026I was happy to participate in this video from Chris the Producer. He created an LLC, hired an actor who built a miserly profile online, and flew a phone via drone into a ritzy area to try to influence the prices derived from data collection. And it worked! www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCSw...youtube.comI beat BIG TECH'S new predatory pricing tactics (and saved $6,593)YouTube video by Chris the Producer 6497172 0
Reposted by Mike McCollumTaco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org · 17/07/2026The Taco Bell finger pointing is a psyop to redirect attention from the real culprit, the deregulation and lack of oversight in our food supply 120124993551 0
Reposted by Mike McCollumMichael P. Breen @mpbreen21.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Democrats nominated Al Gore for the presidency 26 years ago Guys like this ensured that we got W & Cheney instead 0272 0
Reposted by Mike McCollumMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 14/07/2026"AOC on Susan Collins" 1272777 0
Reposted by Mike McCollumSeth on the Nihil @lordsoftheseth.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Henry / Zlatan / Lalas is like that horse drawing meme 031 0
Reposted by Mike McCollumKendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 13/07/2026Also a reminder that Notre Dame got the nickname the fighting Irish because they physically fought the Klan who hated Catholics. 829825 0
Reposted by Mike McCollumleftylady.bsky.social @leftylady.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Curious to hear Mitch McConnell's comments on the passing of Lindsey Graham. 678142982441 0
Reposted by Mike McCollumOliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 11/07/2026“We have to show that we are tough on immigration, serious about deficits and that we aren’t left wing extremists on lgbtq, race, and crime issues” No we fucking don’t. Bill Clinton’s Democratic Party is dead. And we are better off for it. It was maybe the right thing for 1992 but that is the past 1134467 0
Reposted by Mike McCollumBrooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Most working-class people are women: they're doing the majority of union jobs. But leftbros aren't interested because when they say "working class," they are trying to put a legitimate façade on a politics of male supremacy--using class oppression as a fig leaf to conceal the oppression of women. 418141 0
Reposted by Mike McCollumGod @thegodshow.com · 11/07/2026Once upon a time Republicans demanded long-form birth certificate from Barack Obama. We’re only asking for a 10-second proof-of-life video from Mitch McConnell. 903546784 0
Reposted by Mike McCollumRob Pollard @robpollard45.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Lander is very good at this, so doesn't really need my help, but as he will keep getting asked "questions", I recommend he bring up the deaths of hundreds of journalists. "Dana, you're a journalist right? Do you think Israel has "tried" to not kill all these journalist? Or it's just bad luck? 216910 0
Reposted by Mike McCollumIron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 07/07/2026I double dog dare u, Maine 11847283 0
Reposted by Mike McCollumCara Ellison @caraellison.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Maybe this hasn’t sunk in for anyone who should care but the NHS was birthed when the UK *literally had negative money*. The USA had razed us of every penny to pay for weapons to defend ourselves against Germany, Germany had bombed all our industrial sites. We still did it in 6 months. 6. 91555674 0
Reposted by Mike McCollumMark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 30/06/2026I am stunned that the constitutional question was so close. I thought it would be 6–3 or 7–2. It is profoundly disturbing that four justices would allow either the president or Congress to rewrite the plain text of the 14th Amendment. This is obviously a good outcome, but the margin is alarming. 5544421113 0
Reposted by Mike McCollumAdam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella were excluded from the Panthéon ceremony at the request of Marc Bloch’s family, who cited his “deeply anti-nationalist” views. 101029139 0
Reposted by Mike McCollumJohn Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Now, the ironic thing is that these people feel this way as the inevitable result of late stage capitalism and income inequality, but saying that makes you a socialist apparently, rather than "a guy who read Adam Smith and he warned about all this, actually", but that's neither here nor there. 9/x 589879 0
Reposted by Mike McCollumJohn Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 25/06/2026"I don't want them bring back the same soup with some pepper, and I don't like it, so they bring the same soup but now with cheese -- no. I don't want the soup. Broom the soup." 4/x 256733 0
Reposted by Mike McCollumDr. Ryan French @ryanjfrench.bsky.social · 16/06/2026A beautiful filament of plasma erupted from near the Sun’s north pole today! Beautiful stuff. 628071 0