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Mike Mahaffie

@mmahaffie.bsky.social
212 followers 125 following 273 posts

Musician (guitar, surdo and djembe), Photographer (amateur), Grown-person dad, Cat dad, one-time Delawarean, current Vermonter and Partner to the Lovely Karen. I will not give in to the lies. I will not give into the fear.

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Mike Mahaffie @mmahaffie.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
We now have access to the collected wisdom of centuries at our fingertips. So we built AI agents to misinterpret and mansplain it to us.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 06/10/2026
This tells you everything about how Trump sees this country. The destruction, the fear and the innocent people who would pay the actual price are just collateral damage to him.
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Mike Mahaffie @mmahaffie.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Enjoy a moment on Lake Champlain, from Shelburne Farms, in Vermont.
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Mike Mahaffie @mmahaffie.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I think it's misleading to call Trump a stroke victim. I think the stroke is a victim of Trump.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
If you have a YouTube channel, stop hectoring us to LIKE, COMMENT, and SUBSCRIBE! We all know how YouTube works. You come across as a needy annoyance.
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Mike Mahaffie @mmahaffie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Maybe someone should check on her today?
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: “it’s inconceivable to me how you can pardon people who beat police officers… and then vilify the officers”
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Chuck Grassley's goat @chuckgoat.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Eric Schmitt making a fool of himself has one downside: it almost completely obscured Jack Smith's message, which is that trump should be in jail, not in the white house. He was pretty darn clear about that, and right now the only thing we'll see everywhere is how Schmitt is dumb.
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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 29/09/2026
Did you see a Trump campaign ad while watching football this weekend? Well, that campaign ad was funded by your tax dollars. Here’s why that’s a crime: www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5fw...
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Trump’s Illegal Advertising
YouTube video by Sen. Adam Schiff
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026
Do you use apps like DraftKings or FanDuel to place sports bets? If you've used them or work in the gambling industry, we’d like to hear from you.
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Help ProPublica Report on Sports Betting by Sending Us Your App Data
If you’ve bet on sports with FanDuel or DraftKings, you can help ProPublica understand how these apps respond to their users’ betting behavior. Use our browser extension to download your betting histo...
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Joy 💙 @sugataai.com · 22/09/2026
In a historic weekend, historian Heather Cox Richardson received the inaugural Gitlin-Auster Defender of Democracy Award for her unwavering courage and wisdom. #LiteraryHub sugataai.com/blog/heather...
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Heather Cox Richardson has been awarded the inaugural Gitlin-Auster Defender of Democracy Award.
In the often fractured landscape of American public discourse, where shouting matches frequently replace reasoned debate, the awarding of the inaugural Gitlin-Auster Defender of Democracy Award to…
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
My man looks like a mobster who's just been pantsed by Bugs Bunny
Pete Hegseth, looking like a cocktail you found the morning after a party
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Mike Mahaffie @mmahaffie.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I think we should change the reCAPCHA check-box from "I'm not a robot." to "I ain't no damned, dirty robot." You know, just to get ahead of the inevitable.
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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Well that depends. Do you think words have meanings? Like, when people say things, should we attach linguistic definitions to the words they use? Or do you think, like, you know, nothing really means anything, language is just kinda jazz and we should just kinda groove and zone out?
USA Today headline: Trump floats $5,000 checks 'if the Republicans win.' Is that a bribe?
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pjhrose.bsky.social @pjhrose.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
WE THE PEOPLE will tear down this monstrosity the minute Trump leaves office. It's the Berlin Wall and needs to be destroyed. It will be an inspiration for destruction of all Trump illegal follies in his name. I dream of the time when I can visit DC and not see his name ANYWHERE.
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Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness @tangledwilderness.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Oh wow, they did it, they came up with the most antisemitic way to claim they oppose antisemitism.
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Mike Mahaffie @mmahaffie.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
What if it turns out that the fallen angels actually jumped?
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Mike Mahaffie @mmahaffie.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Van Morrison in the mid 70s. He canceled. It would have made it a hat-trick weekend for me. I did get to see Rockpile at the U. Of Maryland student union and Springsteen at the Capitol Center.
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Mike Mahaffie @mmahaffie.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Looks like Google Maps has been hacked and defaced. Again.
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NPR @npr.org · 30/08/2026
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has unveiled a giant billboard reading: "Lake Ontario — Now and Always." But tech giant Google has said it is renaming the lake for U.S. users, as President Trump demanded.
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Canada claps back at Trump's efforts to rename Lake Ontario as 'Lake America'
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has unveiled a giant billboard reading: "Lake Ontario — Now and Always." But tech giant Google has said it is renaming the lake for U.S. users, as President Trump demanded.
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Mike Mahaffie @mmahaffie.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Here's my moment of zen. You're welcome to use it too.
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Mike Mahaffie @mmahaffie.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I don't see why Trump is so worried about his legacy. He's already going to go down in history as The Man Who Destroyed the United States of America.
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Mike Mahaffie @mmahaffie.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I guess this is what we get for taking away his sharpies.
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250 to 250 @250to250.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The executive director of @eji.org, Bryan Stevenson is a public interest lawyer who has dedicated his career to helping the poor, the incarcerated, and the condemned. Here, he recounts the displacement of millions who fled the dangers and violence of the Jim Crow-era South. #WeAreAmerica250
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Mike Mahaffie @mmahaffie.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
More bullshit from Facebook. I've clicked "Hide" on this same ad 5 times this week.
Screenshot of a message reading "You won't see this ad sgain."
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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Finally saw The Odyssey. It’s good! Have you seen it? My main take away: Elliot Page is an absolute badass. Not as an actor, though he is that too. Just as a human being. Consider: Assigned female at birth, he rose to significant fame presenting as an attractive young woman.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
As a Christian, Karoline Leavitt has decided that lying to people face-to-face, instead over a television, is more personal and uplifting to the glory of God. Glory!
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Mike Mahaffie @mmahaffie.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Torture is also nonlethal. It's still wrong and, not to get too US Constitution on you, "cruel and unusual punishment." If you are marketing something that needs to be labeled "nonlethal," you need to take a long, hard look in a mirror.
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Mike Mahaffie @mmahaffie.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
She wants to spend more time lying to her family?
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Mike Mahaffie @mmahaffie.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I don't speak much Midwest American, but I think I understand this message. And I like it.
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Eric Haywood @erichaywood.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Operation Dessert Shield
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Merrymac Farm Sanctuary @merrymacsanctuary.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
This is sanctuary ❤️
Janey the goat and Louie the pig
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Mike Mahaffie @mmahaffie.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Another Lake Champlain Dragonboat Festival in the books for the drummers of Sambatucada (including me). #Burlington #Vermont
A large group of people wearing matching purple shirts pose with various drums.
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Mike Mahaffie @mmahaffie.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Take a moment to feel something. Enjoy this short film from Anika Kan Grevstad: My Only Friend is a Robot Named Beans. Made with help from my niece Skye and her partner Lucy, who produce films and handle visual effects and casting. I give it more than 4.3 stars! youtu.be/8FyCUeI646o?...
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My Only Friend is a Robot Named Beans | Sci-Fi Short Film | DUST
YouTube video by DUST
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/08/2026
FYI: Blanche rescinded the ORDER establishing the slush fund, not the underlying “settlement.” The settlement says any changes must be agreed to by ALL parties, not just Todd. This “rescission” isn’t worth the paper it’s printed on.
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Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Covid lockdowns demonstrated, in a deeply imperfect way, the possibility of large-scale social solidarity for a higher cause. That is a prime reason why so many powerful people want us to run screaming away from them into the comforting arms of selfish individualist competition.
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Mike Mahaffie @mmahaffie.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
And why would we trust anything this man says? Or puts in writing?
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Vermont Green FC @vermontgreenfc.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
CHAMPIONS AGAIN ALLEZ ALLEZ THE VERMONTERS HAVE DONE IT!
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Green Mountain Bhoys @greenmountainbhoys.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Today’s the day. We’re with you, lads. Love and support from all of us in Flint, back home in Vermont, and all over the globe. #UTFG
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Vermont Public @vermontpublic.org · 31/07/2026
The Vermont-based quartet performs original compositions as well as traditional tunes, drawing from a deep well of Romani, flamenco, jazz, and more.
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Kraatz Carromato honors Romani music in its original tunes
The Friday Song, "Enigma de la Carromato," from the Vermont-based quartet, is infused with flamenco, jazz and Romani influences.
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Mike Mahaffie @mmahaffie.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
KarmaSutra -- Ancient guide to the embarrassingly awkward positions the camera catches you in when you are caught cheating.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 30/07/2026
youtu.be/_yNQiiX6Od8?...
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Adam Kinzinger Slams GOP's Anthony Fauci Hearing: "This Is McCarthyism"
YouTube video by Adam Kinzinger
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Lorna Rainey @lraineyny.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
If Rand Paul can get into and release Dr. Fauci's digital notes/ files, why can't he release the Epstein Files?
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Mike Mahaffie @mmahaffie.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Rand Paul is such a prick.
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Adrian Weckler @adrianweckler.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
RIP Glen Hansard. Motorcycle crash. www.independent.ie/irish-news/r...
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Renowned musician Glen Hansard dies in Dublin motorcycle crash
Renowned musician Glen Hansard has died overnight in a motorcycle crash in Dublin’s Lucan.
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VTDigger @vtdigger.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Vermont's 2026 Election Guide is live. 🗳️ Find county races, candidate information, campaign finance data, voting deadlines, how-to-vote resources and our latest election reporting, all in one place. Take a look before the Aug. 11 primary: vtdigger.org/2026-primary...
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2026 Primary Election Guide - VTDigger
Prepare for Vermont's Aug. 11, 2026, primary election. Find candidates, learn how to vote and explore races by county.
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Vermont Green FC @vermontgreenfc.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
THE GREEN ARE GOING BACK TO THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP ONE MORE ALLEZ LES VERTS
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