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Mike Varak

@mikevarak.bsky.social
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Anti-filatelist, armchair enthusiast and shallow font of warmed-over and under-considered opinions. Chicago over everything.

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Mike Varak @mikevarak.bsky.social · 5h
The fuck are these “big” and “in the US” qualifiers
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Mike Varak @mikevarak.bsky.social · 5h
Looking into it very strongly
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10h
I'm not sure if @oversightdemocrats.bsky.social have issued a statement on this yet, but they should publicly announce that if Russ Vought tries to fuck with the election in any way they will fire him out of a cannon when they take power.
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Mike Varak @mikevarak.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Honestly opening this app up is like gambling- maybe I’ll see something fun, or I’ll lose and see that fascism has done a weird unexpected thing that benefits no one but is racist as shit
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spooky halloween txt @metaltxt.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
There's so much discussion about artists being political or whatever and then Hayley posts like this once a week
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Chris Ingraham @cingraham.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
why does the WaPo print headline on the botched TN execution read like The Onion
Drugs Fail to Kill Woman
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Mike Varak @mikevarak.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Lol- jail for a thousand years for all of these clowns
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Paul Cezanne @cezanne.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Uncle Dominique as a Lawyer, 1866 botfrens.com/collections/43/content…
Uncle Dominique as a Lawyer
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The Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It cannot be said any more clearly. Trump should have been arrested on January 20, 2021, and held without bail. Trump should be arrested now, or at least on January 20, 2029, if a Democrat wins. Let the justice system go to work. And if SCOTUS frees him, send him to prison in New York.
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gravewalker @grovewalker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
photo of werner herzog with a speech bubble added so that it looks like he is saying the quoted post
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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
new: federal authorities tapped into a network of flock license plate readers and surveillance cameras owned by chicagoland police during their failed attempts to prosecute marimar martinez and anthony ruiz for following immigration agents last october.
chicagoreader.com
Feds tapped local surveillance networks in botched Chicago prosecutions - Chicago Reader
During their failed efforts to prosecute Marimar Martinez and Anthony Ruiz, federal authorities accessed a network of Chicagoland license plate readers and surveillance cameras.
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☀️ Starshine @starshine.bsky.social · 02/01/2024
chris rufo (twitter): we’re going to lie and say school teachers are involved in satanic ritual abuse of children and these dumb fuck journalists will buy it jake tapper: and now we take a look at mcmartin preschool and the grave allegations against it chris rufo: thank you jake, fearless as ever
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Future presidential debates should probably feature questions like "are you stupid enough to start a cold war with Canada" or "who pays a tariff"
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Lake Huron! Live! @lake-huron.live · 28/09/2026
Current* conditions near Wasaga Beach, ON:
View looking SW over Wasaga Beach into the Georgian Bay. // Image captured at (local time): 2026-09-28 10:42:03 EDT (about 1 min. prior to this post) // Image sourced from: wasagabeach.com // Current Temp in Wasaga Beach: 63 F | 17 C // Precip: overcast clouds // Wind: N at 2 mph | 3 kph // Humidity: 81%
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Mike Varak @mikevarak.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Maskless, Jonathon?!
open.spotify.com
I Was Dancing In The Lesbian Bar
Jonathan Richman · I, Jonathan · Song · 1992
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Transphobes Can't Read @lordaslan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
lol
A series of tweets that reads "we didn't have a measles outbreak until we let in four years of millions of people pour over our border" 

"I live in Honduras. We vaccinate" 

"I live in American we can choose if we want the shot or not" 

"I know and that's why you have measles and we don't"
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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
just want to point out how crazy it is the justice department put this in writing
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Mike Varak @mikevarak.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
As foretold by the Epstein files
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Patrick Monahan @pattymo.com · 23/09/2026
Gavin Newsom thank you so much
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Adam Gurri @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com · 23/09/2026
As Greg says, we all know why they call it "Remigration" in the first place. Just horrid. Every document associated with this "office" should serve as evidence for future prosecutions.
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Omri Marian @omrimarian.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Worth noting that the Kol Nidre BS is a traditional antisemitic trope going back *literally* to the middle ages. It's in the same category as using blood to make matzoh. So, congratulations to Aladwan for going to the sources.
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Tom Ewing @tomewing.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This is amazing as there was literally a top 40 hit explicitly about how Fleetwood Mac were square music for olds
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The Legacy Sites @legacysites.eji.org · 21/09/2026
At our Legacy Museum, visitors can see 800 jars of soil collected from lynching sites across the country. Part of our Community Remembrance Project, the jars provide a tangible way for communities and Museum visitors to confront the legacy of racial terror lynchings.
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Mike Varak @mikevarak.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
War criminal George W Bush on the timeline again. Reminder that he belongs in The Hague and gave us Roberts and Alito- not all painters are good people.
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Jim Furbranes @unlox.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
ME WITH A TIME MACHINE: even accounting for inflation, we’re talking about the most expensive diesel ever. the proximate cause is Trump starting a war in Iran- 2024 MEDIAN VOTER: hawk tuah! ME: yeah pure adventurism, quickly getting bogged down in- what 2024 MEDIAN VOTER: spit on that thang!
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 21/09/2026
for your future voting knowledge, Gavin Newsom was central in pressuring the AGs to settle their antitrust lawsuit against Paramount:
deadline.com
Done! Paramount Settles Antitrust Suit, Set To Seal Deal For Warner Bros. Discovery
Paramount agreed to settle an antitrust suit by a dozen State Attorneys General led by California's Rob Bonta, the last obstacle to its merger with WBD.
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28 Days Lehner 🪦 @danlehner.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
friend told me a story about her dad’s college music class where they wrote different examples of classical compositions John Williams ripped off and John Williams showed up for a masterclass one day, saw it, went over to the blackboard and started adding more examples
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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/co... The come to Stinson Beach creepypasta has a perfectly dreamlike feel to it, *evocatively* unexplained shit. It's 15 years old now.
reddit.com
From the nosleep community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the nosleep community
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Steven (with a PH) @sjksalisbury.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Christening a baby is nothing like christening a ship. I know that now. Once again I can only apologise.
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Jay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Is this real? I so desperately want it to be real. It's been such a long day.
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Mike Varak @mikevarak.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Ahh Friday night- what a great time to check in and see if I can find a new thing to be mad at
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MisterJayEm @misterjayem.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Lyle: The People's Elon Musk
An Achewood comics panel

Roastbeef: They let you give at a sperm bank, Lyle ?

Lyle: Not every woman wants a good baby.

https://patreon.com/Achewood
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Mike Varak @mikevarak.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
More of this- accuse them of starting a war in Iran to distract from Epstein too
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Jae @jaehanley.social · 15/09/2026
We fucked over domestic EV production and banned the Chinese ones, only to make oil changes unaffordable in less than a year.
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Mike Varak @mikevarak.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Please no more Ed Sheeran talk
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
GOP candidate strongly favored to win seat in Florida legislature talkingpointsmemo.com/news/florida...
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Trump didn't want to be in a photo with this guy, so now we know the real reason he didn't attend the wedding
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Mike Varak @mikevarak.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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Nina Metz @ninametz.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
“Enslaved African people were seared with hot metal brands bearing the royal crown, according to research by historians who have documented the monarchy’s centuries-long involvement in Britain’s slave trade” The British monarchy’s current wealth (which is substantial) is directly tied to slavery
theguardian.com
The royal crown branded on enslaved Africans: Britain’s monarchy and the slave trade
From Elizabeth I’s backing of early voyages to royal investment in trafficking companies, generations of monarchs were central to Britain’s slave trade
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John Lingan @johnlingan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Just one man's opinion but the version of Shelter From the Storm on Hard Rain is a top 10 all-time Dylan performance, and the stage outfits here only improve it.
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Spooky Back From The Dead Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
You don't think of 2% being a particularly high rate of anything, but "2% of the House GOP caucus" is way too high of a percentage for that particular thing.
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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Things we loved to hate. As with the Thompson Center, the Lucas Museum. No, it wasn't on the lakefront. Yes, it was a weird building. God forbid the "City of Architecture" risk something new or radical. Oh, well, we'll always have the parking lot. arcchicago.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-...
arcchicago.blogspot.com
The Heresy: Why Chicago Should Welcome the George Lucas Museum
click images for larger view Seven years ago, I spent a lot of time writing in opposition to then Mayor Richard M. Daley's shameless bli...
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dr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
it appears a new elephant graveyard just dropped
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Emily St. James @emilystjams.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I used to frame this as: If we could pass a constitutional amendment guaranteeing trans people access to comprehensive gender-affirming healthcare, the bathroom of their choice, etc., in exchange for us giving up sports, do you think the people who don't want trans people in sports would go for it?
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Ian Rennie @theangelremiel.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Nathan Fielder and Elizabeth Holmes doing the "we're just normal men" meme
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
“im not interested in your childrens genitals” is just such an easy thing to say
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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Is this good
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Mike Varak @mikevarak.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
This place is obviously a huge bummer- gonna delete at least for the long weekend 🖕🤠🖕
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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
It's Lous Sullivan birthday! For his 150th, back in 2010, there were some small observances, but nothing could match burning down not one, not two, but THREE of his precious buildings that year. lynnbecker.com/repeat/harve...
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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 03/09/2026
The first wave of Democratic candidates to understand that “The Supreme Court is a corrupt cesspool of pro-Trump reactionaries and there is only one way to fix it” is a winning message will become stars in a hurry
ballsandstrikes.substack.com
Democrats Who Are Still Afraid of Supreme Court Expansion Need to Grow Up
Democrats are finally grasping that their voters do not like the Supreme Court and do not want to be represented by politicians who defend it.
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