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Michael McCurdy @mightyrobots.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

these placards are pretty funny. people usually get up on ladders to stick their placards randomly on a canvas tent wall with…. scotch tape (uk: sellotape)?

three political placards at a UK “Restore Britain” rally in a large tent are randomly adhered to a seeming un-adhere-able canvas tent wall at an awkward height that would be difficult to achieve at a rally.

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Michael McCurdy @mightyrobots.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

just sending this out into the void. be as loving as you can be to people. your personal influence can have far-reaching, lasting effects that change people’s lives, people’s perspectives, and people’s hearts. we celebrated a great man/friend/musician today, a giant of a human being in all senses.

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Michael McCurdy @mightyrobots.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

while i support countries distancing themselves from the US for obvious reasons, just as a matter of fact I do recall a short time ago when the UK…. was IN THE EU. looks like brexiting hasn’t been so positive after all.

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Michael McCurdy @mightyrobots.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

yeah… you could even travel on a plane to canada with only your drivers license. wild. simpler times.

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Michael McCurdy @mightyrobots.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

and **of course** nobody will have standing to sue, then Roberts will likely write “though, the arch is probably illegal” — and therefore it will be built anyway. What an upside down country we are living in now. 😵‍💫

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Matthew Buckley @physicsmatt.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Dark matter's unbroken record of winning the annual How Not To Be Seen competition 13.8 billion consecutive times is facing its first real threat since acoustic oscillations bowed out of the event.

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Michael McCurdy @mightyrobots.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

thanks for posting this. fun to watch a good baseball game (nail biter!). i’m stuck with the mets.

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Michael McCurdy @mightyrobots.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

the 8 hour workday, birth control, sexual freedom, women’s liberation, and more! Thanks, Emma!

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Michael McCurdy @mightyrobots.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

While she is most known as an anarchist (a term that meant something much different 120+ years ago than it does today), she was a true American hero, and someone who is not celebrated enough for the work she did to advocate for so many things we take for granted today:

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Michael McCurdy @mightyrobots.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

The opera is about Emma Goldman, an early 20th century political/social activist, who advocated for workers’ rights, women’s rights, immigrant rights, human rights, and so much more!

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Michael McCurdy @mightyrobots.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

THIS FRIDAY! JULY 31! at Mass MoCA!! I am so excited to be premiering Emma, an opera I’ve worked on for many years. Composer/Librettist Annie Gosfield and I have been hatching this since 2018. If you are in the Berkshires this Friday, please come (concert is at 3pm). I’d love to see you.

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Michael McCurdy @mightyrobots.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

from NYT: “One of the Times reporters who was a subject of the subpoenas, Tyler Pager, accepted an award onstage Friday.” Impossible to understand why he would attend. What is wrong with these people?!!!!?

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Michael McCurdy @mightyrobots.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

he’ll be like satan in southpark and fall in love with sauron.

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Michael McCurdy @mightyrobots.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

did “my own research”… on wikipedia…. this planet was discovered in 2017. it orbits a red dwarf, which is bigger and less bright than our sun (so, easier to “see” planets as they transit, causing a dip in the sun’s luminosity). The new discovery is the helium from the spectroscopy from observations:

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Michael McCurdy @mightyrobots.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

would be great to see you Judd! hope all is well these days.

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Michael McCurdy @mightyrobots.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

if anyone on this here Sky app is around the Berkshires on July 31 & you like new, unique music, my percussion group is premiering a chamber opera about Emma Goldman — early 20th C. political/social activist (read: anarchist) — at Mass MoCA. Here’s a short vid from the composer, Annie Gosfield:

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Emma: a chamber opera for soprano and six percussionists

YouTube video by Mantra Percussion

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Michael McCurdy @mightyrobots.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

just checking if these are real images.

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Michael McCurdy @mightyrobots.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

and what nations/region get to have the daylight during… the day…. ?

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Michael McCurdy @mightyrobots.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Scott, do you sleep? omg. Thank you for all of your work. This Day Ahead summary is great; I can only imagine how much time it takes you to write it. And YOUR day ahead sounds almost comically busy! I’ve been following you since The Other Place… you are an inspiration to us all.

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Michael McCurdy @mightyrobots.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

obviously there’s chatter about passing amendments to counter some of these rulings — Slaughter perhaps foremost… or campaign finance (NRSC v. FEC and Citizens United). what do you think the likelihood of this is (with dem congress)? also expanding the court to 13. likely or prob not?!

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Michael McCurdy @mightyrobots.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

i maybe wasn’t paying enough attention when Greenspan died a few weeks ago to notice the droves of criticism he deserved for his despicable policies — mistakes he admitted to in 2008…. but here’s a great clip of Bernie DEMOLISHING Greenspan during a 2003 congressional hearing. Go, Bernie, GO!!

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Bernie Sanders Blasts Alan Greenspan – Greatest Bern (7/15/2003)

YouTube video by Catholics 4Bernie

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Michael McCurdy @mightyrobots.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

that’s me playing drums on The Knells! small world. Andrew’s a dear old friend.

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Michael McCurdy @mightyrobots.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

i just recorded an album with michael hammond, the engineer last week at figure 8. the editor, andrew mckenna lee and i played a lot together many years ago. and bill brittelle is an old friend. great to see all these awesome folks on this album. no wonder it’s so good!

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Michael McCurdy @mightyrobots.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

pals of mine! david bloom and friends doing it right. first time hearing dylan mattingly’s music. loving the wall of sound. thanks for sharing this.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, gun reform, universal child care, and a living wage. The right-wing agenda isn’t about “life.” It’s about control.

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Michael McCurdy @mightyrobots.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

another gorgeous day in NYC. happy father’s day to all who celebrate.

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Michael McCurdy @mightyrobots.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

without a doubt one of the best dark beers with or without alcohol! @athleticbrewingco.bsky.social

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Michael McCurdy @mightyrobots.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

It’s shocking to me how so many commenters here don’t understand the effects from the policies of these presidents (and Reagan/Bush 1) and how they led to Trump. From 1980 to 2016 rather than focusing on policies that would benefit people, so much gov’t policy benefitted corps and the wealthy:

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Michael McCurdy @mightyrobots.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

and so Trump stepped into that void with a message that the establishment of both parties had failed The People, which resonated with voters who believed that decades of policy had primarily benefited those at top.

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Michael McCurdy @mightyrobots.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

So many of the policies from Reagan to Biden further bolstered corp power and wealth, while ignoring The People. Thus many voters who had relied on Dem support—industrial workers, union households, economically struggling regions—began feeling that neither party truly represented them.

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Michael McCurdy @mightyrobots.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

In particular, Clinton and his “New Democrats” legitimized Reagan-era economics: - NAFTA - Welfare reform - Financial deregulation - Balanced-budget politics - Repeal of major portions of Glass-Steagall

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Michael McCurdy @mightyrobots.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

- Deregulation - Privatization - Free trade - Tax reductions for corps and wealthy - Weakened unions - Reduced public-sector investment - lack of immigration reform and investment in education - Reliance on private markets to solve social problems

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Michael McCurdy @mightyrobots.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

if you like interesting/complex music and you don’t know about Roulette Brooklyn’s archive of livestreams… now you do. so much incredible music here:

roulette.org

Livestream Archives - Roulette

Watch upcoming and archived livestreams from our YouTube below, and don’t forget to subscribe.

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Michael McCurdy @mightyrobots.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

but in sask, where -40C isn’t uncommon, -40F is the same temp (that’s where F&C cross and F becomes larger measurement)…. when it’s that cold it just doesn’t matter anymore. it’s just cold AF!!!!!

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Michael McCurdy @mightyrobots.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

wife is from saskatchewan & we go there each winter. i’m now fluent in below freezing C… and i think it describes the brutal cold way better. -5F is cold, yes. but -20C really describes so much better the feeling of that temp. But… F nails the heat. 37C has nothing on 100F.

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Michael McCurdy @mightyrobots.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

article archive page outside paywall: archive.today/aBPtX

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Michael McCurdy @mightyrobots.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

little league baseball and the battle against originalism!! really looking forward to digging into this. @jgienapp.bsky.social

Close-up of a hand holding Jonathan Gienapp’s book Against Constitutional Originalism: A Historical Critique at a youth baseball game. The book fills the center of the frame, with a chain-link fence, baseball diamond, green grass, and spectators seated in folding chairs visible behind it. The background is intentionally out of focus, emphasizing the book against the scene of an outdoor summer ballgame.

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Michael McCurdy @mightyrobots.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

i took almost the same smartphone pic the other night!

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Michael McCurdy @mightyrobots.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

watch as NJ troopers tackle protestors sitting on a curb. @mikiesherrill.bsky.social you are protecting ICE rather that protestors. SHAME. @statuscoupnews.bsky.social

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Michael McCurdy @mightyrobots.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Someone with a myopic and/or stunted worldview will have a harder time expressing something of interest artistically to humans, and then find it hard to be compensated for their art. It happens though… see Vanilla Ice, Nicki Minaj.

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Michael McCurdy @mightyrobots.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

the issue with left vs. right artists and their art has nothing to do with whether the art has been paid for by someone. the issue is whether the person has something unique and interesting or beautiful or horrifying or controversial or inspirational to say.

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Michael McCurdy @mightyrobots.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

The art is great (or not) only because of the artist. Commissions are a reflection of the trust in an artist’s ability to produce “great art”or, rather, art of some outstanding value to someone else. Artists being able to make a living bc of their success is an incredible feat — but MANY have not.

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Michael McCurdy @mightyrobots.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

generalizing the impetus of “great art” is impossible. many successful artists have had patrons; many have not. many less-than successful artists have had patrons. Beyond all of this, because a work of art (performing or visual arts) receives a commission has no bearing on its “greatness”.

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Michael McCurdy @mightyrobots.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

pretty sure nobody says this. would be happy to see sources where oppression is listed as the main well-spring of “great art”. many artists are born of struggle — life, mental, political, economic. but some artists are just born with talent/ideas from wealthy and/or healthy family/political life.

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