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Michael Burns @michaelburns.bsky.social · 3m

haha yes - I picked a relatively "tech friendly" area of town in hopes that I wouldn't get run over.

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Michael Burns @michaelburns.bsky.social · 4m

thank so much Jon! kind of you to say and share.

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Jon Ramirez @jram899.bsky.social · 31m

Not an ‘artsy’ person by nature. Tend to be the type of scientistic chud who says things like “Why watch that movie again? I already watched it once.” But Michael Burns has lured me into finding value in subjectivity, art, and art criticism. Been thinking about the vid for two weeks. Recommend!

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Michael Burns @michaelburns.bsky.social · 9h

Austin Texas I’m coming to you this weekend come hang out and see my movie and talk and drink and make friends

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Michael Burns @michaelburns.bsky.social · 22h

how i stopped worrying and learned to love data centers youtu.be/mp1AZUSd4rI

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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Data Centers

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Tim-my Eat World 😋🌏🎶 @t2thacoops.bsky.social · 17h

"here's the dirty little secret.. ..American evangelicalism, and Christian nationalism more broadly, is little more than the logic of capitalism with a Bible verse -tattoo on its lower back.." - @michaelburns.bsky.social

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America’s Christian Death Cult

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Michael Burns @michaelburns.bsky.social · 23h

Ah thats so kind of you to say! Thanks so much!

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 06/10/2026

Anti-Prime Day starts…NOW! 🥳 Today through midnight on 10/7, enjoy free shipping site-wide, all while supporting local, independent bookstores.

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Michael Burns @michaelburns.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

check out my interview with Joshua Frank about his new book, Bad Energy, one of the most important (and frankly, shocking) books I've read in years. youtu.be/8TdUV0RQvmY

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the most shocking book I've read this year

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Nerd Inferno @nerdinferno.com · 06/10/2026

Today's main gym takeaway from my elliptical time with @michaelburns.bsky.social was actually an observation from @lbyock.bsky.social: AI tool use reduces friction and friction is how learning happens. Perfect. Now how to market the approach? Frictionmaxxing 🔥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=bi4-...

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the humanists fighting back against AI

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Michael Burns @michaelburns.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

humanism is BACK baby fuck them machines

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Michael Burns @michaelburns.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

and if you think this is a joke you don't really know me

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Michael Burns @michaelburns.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

i need a cloud rap producer to make soundtracks for all my videos, currently taking applications

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Gavin Mueller @gavinmueller.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Sorry I Didn't Catch That, I Was Reading Literary Criticism That I Paid For

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Michael Burns @michaelburns.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

great option if you've thought about joining my patreon but are like "damn i don't have money for just one guy." this way you're supporting a ton of dope people and have access to a whole damn library of good shit.

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Michael Burns @michaelburns.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

worried that YT as a platform might be crashing out soon - especially for critical and creative work - so if you want to support a workers owned streaming service with videos, films, documentaries, and more join @means.tv and use the code MBURNS to support your guy means.tv/programs/mic...

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Michael Burns

Video essays by Michael Burns on philosophy, capitalism, religion and the left: Kierkegaard, Jameson, Silicon Valley, Christian nationalism, burnout and more.

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Michael Burns @michaelburns.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

apropos nothing - we need a more critical (in the proper sense) culture of engaging with YouTube videos/work.

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Michael Burns @michaelburns.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

just a normal 41 year old bald father, casually getting really into cloud rap

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tonx @tonx.coffee · 03/10/2026

posting to bluesky for posterity: created a Youtube playlist of all my recent Boards of Canada short videos (and I'm likely to make some new ones as time permits) youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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Boards of Canada stuff - YouTube

starting making short vids about Boards of Canada ahead of the Inferno release and might keep making more.

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Michael Burns @michaelburns.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Austin get tickets tell your friends it’s gonna be a fun weekend why go to “ACL” when you can come to indoor events that are cheaper are more fun

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Michael Burns @michaelburns.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Austin get tickets tell your friends it’s gonna be a fun weekend why go to “ACL” when you can come to indoor events that are cheaper are more fun

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Michael Burns @michaelburns.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

my @means.tv movie LEAVE A COMMENT is coming to Austin next Saturday October 10th at Hyperreal Film Club. it's fun/good/weird movie and i'll be hanging out and doing a Q&A after with @tailboi.bsky.social and we'll have some special treats and exclusive merch. pools.events/event/nx7Obn...

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Michael Burns @michaelburns.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

IF ANYONE COMES TO BOTH EVENTS I'LL GIVE YOU A LINK FOR DISCOUNTED AND EXCLUSIVE MERCH THAT NO ONE ELSE IS ALLOWED TO HAVE

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Michael Burns @michaelburns.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

and as a warmup the evening before i'll be doing a show with the world's best comedian @skylerhigley.bsky.social at the FALLOUT THEATER on Friday OCT 9 (some are calling it my CHOOSIN TEXAS tour) www.eventbrite.com/e/rehumaniza...

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Michael Burns @michaelburns.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

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Michael Burns @michaelburns.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

yeah i mean more like . . . a social/creative "scene"

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Michael Burns @michaelburns.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Wrestling with the philosophical question of whether or not scenes are inherently good or if the concept of the scene is empty of a moral core and scenes are capable of being co-opted and utilized by various ideologies and aesthetic movements

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Michael Burns @michaelburns.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Austin Texas! One week until @skylerhigley.bsky.social and myself come to town to bring you the type of comedY show that would make Joe Rogan cry and apologize to god. Get tickets NOW www.eventbrite.com/e/rehumaniza...

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Michael Burns @michaelburns.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

lord forgive me, but i'm asking you to watch the data center video again if you haven't youtu.be/mp1AZUSd4rI

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Michael Burns @michaelburns.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

i've had good experiences so far!

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B-dub @madmav99.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

you should get you a shirt; it's a real conversation starter

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Michael Burns @michaelburns.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

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Michael Burns @michaelburns.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

this is petty to say - but - all the theory stuff I hated in grad school is the stuff that right wing techno-fascist anti-human freaks love. Sticking with the loosely dialectical materialist tradition has yet to put me on the wrong side of history.

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Michael Burns @michaelburns.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

i made a video earlier this year about how the pope's critiques of AI absolutely rip youtu.be/a73A9i301x0

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Silicon Valley is Creating Hell on Earth

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