Sign in

Mik Rosenhofer

@mikrosenhofer.bsky.social
968 followers 491 following 413 posts

Formerly Mik Everett. Author of MEMOIRS OF A HOMELESS BOOKSTORE OWNER. Believer in hope & holobionts. My W.I.P. is called either LAND OF PLENTY or BANANALAND depending on my mood. linktr.ee/mikrosenhofer

PostsRepliesMedia
Reposted by Mik Rosenhofer
Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
fun historical fact: among the core political forces in the development of mass incarceration was the "Victims' Rights Movement". Its first major legislative national legislative victory was under President Reagan. The prison population doubled under his administration.
684201895
Reposted by Mik Rosenhofer
Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
I'll add that Trump's entire political strategy is to be seen *defeating* the people and institutions the MAGA base has been trained to hate. If you fight back and deny him an easy victory, that unsettles his narrative about being an almighty conqueror, which is why he often scurries away.
122037
Reposted by Mik Rosenhofer
Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
As I wrote this week, the situation at Harvard deserves attention, not because we should share the mainstream media's obsession with elite education, but because there's a lesson in this for everyone. He's a paper tiger. Fight back. Watch how he will often back down. www.salon.com/2025/04/16/h...
salon.com
Harvard stands up to Trump — they get that complicity will not save you
Other institutions take note: It's delusional to lie low and hope Trump goes away in four years
426350
Reposted by Mik Rosenhofer
Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
There are many reasons to fight back, but a big one: Trump is a paper tiger. Often, fighting back works. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/b...
nytimes.com
Trump Officials Blame Mistake for Setting Off Confrontation With Harvard (Gift Article)
An official on the administration’s antisemitism task force told the university that a letter of demands had been sent without authorization.
20596127
Reposted by Mik Rosenhofer
Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Trump's team backing down in front of Harvard should embolden EVERYONE to stand up to them. Do not comply in advance. Instead say "Fuck you, make me."
9679187
Reposted by Mik Rosenhofer
kelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
I sure hope no one is still teaching information literacy and/or research skills with "you can trust sites with .gov" addresses because you sure as hell cannot.
16417110
Reposted by Mik Rosenhofer
Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Omg yall sobbing after watching a clip of neighbors of all races and ages forming a human chain around a father and son to prevent an ice deportation. In Nashville. I’m struggling with my conviction that people are inherently good these days and seeing stuff like this is so moving.
342092309
Reposted by Mik Rosenhofer
the fool @agnoster.net · 18/04/2025
Protect the most vulnerable, and I'll give you two reasons 1. It's the right thing to do 2. If you don't, you'll be next I think #1 really OUGHT to be enough for anyone, but if you think it's pie in the sky idealism then just do it for survival. Protect each other, and you protect us all
1238
Reposted by Mik Rosenhofer
Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 17/04/2025
RFK Jr. says there are no autistic poets, so we interviewed one. Hear from Elizabeth McClellan, @popelizbet.bsky.social, an award-winning poet, attorney, and legal educator based in Memphis, Tennessee.
motherjones.com
RFK Jr. says there aren't autistic poets. We asked an autistic poet.
"I will challenge RFK Jr. to write a poem as good as me any day of the week."
1288238926735
Mik Rosenhofer @mikrosenhofer.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Rough week to be the grocery buyer for a family, I’m not sure if I’m supposed to be shopping to prepare for Easter or for civil unrest. My grocery cart looks totally bonkers.
030
Reposted by Mik Rosenhofer
🇲🇽🕷️rustbelt rebel🕷️🇲🇽 @rustbeltrebel.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
This makes me think of my question again: is fascism what we call it when white supremacy happens to white people? Cuz some people already were property.
3204
Reposted by Mik Rosenhofer
Indrapramit Das @indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Calling a bunch of obscenely wealthy tourists taking a luxury jaunt to the edge of the atmosphere 'the first all-female space mission', fuck off. This isn't a 'mission', it's a gigantic ad for elite space tourism.
37822
Reposted by Mik Rosenhofer
United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Roman sent us this pic from outside Watsonville CA. He shares, "we are weeding and thinning out the organic red and green leafy lettuce. We need to thin out the weaker plants to allow for maximum growth." #WeFeedYou
Farm workers weeding and thinning out a lettuce field
327737
Mik Rosenhofer @mikrosenhofer.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Pawpaws are in bloom in south central Kansas! They don’t leaf out until the flowers are pretty much done, to make it easier for beetles to find their blossoms. #asiminatriloba #northamericanpawpaw #nativeplants #kansas
A branch in the foreground is bare of leaves, but has two downward-turned, bell-shaped, maroon-colored blossoms on it. More trees and a blue sky are in the background. Two more downward-turned maroon flowers on a bare branch in the foreground. The flower on the right is particularly bell-shaped, while the one on the left is a darker maroon, almost black in some places. An upward view of a thin tree, bare of leaves, with dozens of maroon blossoms visible dotting rhetorical branches.
391
Reposted by Mik Rosenhofer
ebbiegoodfellow.bsky.social @ebbiegoodfellow.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Pawpaws blooming. Also heard a northern parula up in the trees. #nativeplants
Close up of down facing dark red flowers on a tree branch with woods in background.
0122
Reposted by Mik Rosenhofer
Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Yet another way to set back research. Without international attendees at conferences, we can't be on top of the most recent developments in research. Conferences often include unpublished data and papers take years to publish, so this literally setting us back years. 🧪
411140
Reposted by Mik Rosenhofer
alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
insane to repeat their self-propaganda like this, with nothing but a flimsy pair of single-quotes. i could call myself the world's hottest writer but they wouldn't put it in the headline bc it's not fucking true www.npr.org/2025/04/14/n...
npr.org
The 'world's coolest dictator' heads to the White House
El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele heads to the White House to discuss further cooperation with the U.S., including the continued use of El Salvador's supermax prison for deported migrants.
623142
Reposted by Mik Rosenhofer
Chris (or Kess) @theghilliedhu.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Truly @prisonculture.bsky.social, Jane Ball, and @ollycostello.bsky.social are all geniuses at their craft and everyone should have a copy of Prisons Must Fall! The visuals and the poetry of the message are exquisite! www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2588-p...
1356
Reposted by Mik Rosenhofer
Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
there’s a style of reporting that’s basically like “the left hasn’t been duped by the transparently bad faith framing of the right, but I, the reporter, very much have.”
7467651159
Reposted by Mik Rosenhofer
Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
AI is contributing to the need for more computing hardware, which puts a strain on the supply of rare earth minerals, which is why we’re deep sea mining. So those fake AI videos of deep sea “creatures” are not only bullshit, they are contributing to the destruction of real deep sea ecosystems.
8622204
Mik Rosenhofer @mikrosenhofer.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Me when I was 12 days postpartum & the only time I got to myself with both hands free was on the toilet, & I read a headline about how you should NEVER blow your nose on the toilet if you want your pelvic floor to heal, literally as I was finally blowing my nose after needing to for hours
020
Reposted by Mik Rosenhofer
Dorian Dawes @doriandawes.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
halfway through reading the Hundred Years War on Palestine and I had heard it mentioned Joe Biden was worse than Reagan on curbing Israel, I had no idea just how bad being worse than Reagan on anything is an embarrassment holy fucking shit
16619
Reposted by Mik Rosenhofer
Heather Randell @heatherrandell.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Well I suppose this is one way to move past the extractive, exploitative capitalist world system that we’ve lived under for the past 500 or so years… www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
Climate crisis on track to destroy capitalism, warns top insurer
Action urgently needed to save the conditions under which markets – and civilisation itself – can operate, says senior Allianz figure
32710
Mik Rosenhofer @mikrosenhofer.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Love that The Beach Boys wrote a song about the ritual transition from father to boyfriend occupying the role as gatekeeper of a teenage girl’s freedom of movement, and entitled it Fun Fun Fun
193
Reposted by Mik Rosenhofer
Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 03/04/2025
Tech Fascists: We shall weaken the nation, destroy the economy, replace the dollar with crypto, replace people with AI, and create new Network State cities everywhere. Normie Journalists: Folks, this is total chaos and incompetence with no structure or plan.
471642532
Reposted by Mik Rosenhofer
Harry Wallop @harrywallop.co.uk · 03/04/2025
I am one of the authors whom Meta stole (sorry, ‘scraped’) from, by using their books to train Libgen. So I’m biased. But this from @mscaitlinmoran.bsky.social is👌
321430531
Reposted by Mik Rosenhofer
Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
We simply had to intentionally destroy the world’s strongest economy while dismantling our scientific and educational infrastructure to ensure that a team with a trans girl would never finish second place in the Mountain West volleyball standings again
146232197079
Reposted by Mik Rosenhofer
Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 02/04/2025
Inbox: "A Jewish-led group of Columbia students have chained themselves to the locked campus gates in solidarity with Palestinian students, with 1 demand: the Uni provide the names of the trustees who reported Mahmoud Khalil to ICE... [they] refuse to unchain themselves until [they are answered]"
5602165
Reposted by Mik Rosenhofer
Ahhhhh @nerdjpg.com · 02/04/2025
Guys we need communism
2797739971
Reposted by Mik Rosenhofer
Mayday Trippe @maydaytrippe.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
you can teach compliance or morality but not both
06517
Reposted by Mik Rosenhofer
More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Adobe is backing the GOP attack on click-to-cancel. Last year the FTC ruled that any subscription you sign up for with a click must be cancel-able with a click. Now Republican politicians want to roll back this rule, and Adobe is supporting their push.
591894695
Reposted by Mik Rosenhofer
Dan Farbman @danfarbman.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Gonna keep saying this: In the 1840s, Southerners insisted that they could kidnap any person they alleged was a slave without any state or federal process. This turned even minimal process into resistance and raised the salience of the issue, which radicalized a bunch of people against slavery.
5959341909
Reposted by Mik Rosenhofer
minty tear gas 🏳️‍⚧️ @nihilamacabre.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
This is what the people complaining about GoFundMe campaigns didn't want you to read It was never about scams It was always about silencing Palestinian voices and covering up fucking Israel's hideous crimes against every HUMAN BEING You can look away but you can't say you didn't know
01315
Reposted by Mik Rosenhofer
Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Jesus Christ, this is horrifying. slate.com/news-and-pol...
841308507
Reposted by Mik Rosenhofer
Gallifreyan Jedi @jediofgallifrey.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Regarding Trump, Musk, their crew, the current govt: THEY ARE NAZIS they are not communists. they are not tankies. they are not stalins or lenins or castros or xis THEY ARE NAZIS. this is a very important distinction and i need everyone to start getting this right
734090
Reposted by Mik Rosenhofer
Miranda Schmidt @mirandarschmidt.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
In these novels, you can feel the folklore reaching out to pull you in. I loved writing about works by @arielgore.bsky.social, @rachelyoder.bsky.social, @alissahattman.bsky.social, @poingu.bsky.social, and more incredible authors for @electricliterature.com! #booksky
282
Reposted by Mik Rosenhofer
Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
SCOOP: The Trump admin appears to be going into a visa database to quietly change students' immigration status. It's coming entirely by surprise — setting students up to be detained without warning. It's Mahmoud Khalil & Rumeysa Ozturk — on a wider scale.
zeteo.com
SCOOP: ICE Revoking Students’ Immigration Statuses Without Their or the University’s Knowledge
“Never seen something like this,” say university officials about the secret targeting of Middle Eastern students.
17369684229