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Michael King

@pointaustin.bsky.social
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Semi-retired writer, currently in Austin, defrocked academic, published over the years in the Austin Chronicle, Texas Observer, The Baffler, Houston Press, & (eons ago) the New Haven Advocate. Editor, Collected Early Poetry of Ezra Pound (ND, 1976}

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Amante2 AmeliaBee7 @amante2ameliabee7.bsky.social · 10h
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Thanks SCOTUS
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Richard, Toad the Just, Earl of Sausagetoad 🇬🇧 🇺🇸🌊 @richardlordtoad.bsky.social · 19h
They all knew, but sucked-up anyway...
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 4h
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h
It’s really remarkable to me that 10 years into this people feel compelled to “clarify” Trump’s homicidal and often genocidal fantasies. It is deranged for the president to daydream about American cities in states he hates getting blown up. Full stop.
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The Austin Chronicle @austinchronicle.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Former Chronicle News Editor @pointaustin.bsky.social on how the Garces Perez case is just one instance of an official terror campaign. www.austinchronicle.com/news/point-a...
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Get ICE Off Our Streets • The Austin Chronicle
The Garces Perez case is just one instance of an official terror campaign
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Michael King @pointaustin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
One more victim of Trump's terror campaign against immigrants: www.austinchronicle.com/news/point-a...
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Get ICE Off Our Streets • The Austin Chronicle
The Garces Perez case is just one instance of an official terror campaign
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
How do I know Hegseth’s order to deny access to bases to members of Congress is about a cover up, not about safety? Because I asked for a military briefing at the embassy as a substitute and was told the policy prohibited military leaders in the region from even talking to me.
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Luke Ontario @coolhand.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Can’t believe there’s only six hundred years left until the midterms in 30 days.
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halcorley.bsky.social @halcorley.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 04/10/2026
the idea that rufo has, at any point in his public career, been a sincere advocate for “colorblind meritocracy” is brain dead
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
They're holding up a major escalation in Iran and a crackdown on abortion until after the midterms to limit political damage. To the extent that the last two years have been a right-wing smash-and-grab operation, the next two will be worse.
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Michael King @pointaustin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
They never stop cheating. It's the only way they win.
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Erik Loomis @erikloomis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This Day in Labor History: September 29, 1917. The Army intervenes in the strikes of the Northwest forests and sends in the military to get out the wood for airplanes. It both busted the IWW and also massively improved conditions on the ground for workers. Let's talk about this unusual moment!
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 28/09/2026
“i woke up every morning and name searched myself on twitter. i am normal by the way”
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Who could’ve foreseen that after the Supreme Court gave Trump immunity from prosecution for committing crimes while in office he would commit lots of crimes while in office?
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I’m sorry, what? This piece was not a joint publication/ reporting job (as some are). It was @propublica’s alone and the Times followed with a summary. This is so indicative of NYT. If they don’t ignore proper credit, they just go for stolen valor.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This is like accusing someone of robbing a bank because they deposited money and never withdrew it
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🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota.
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
i really can’t bring myself to care about AI anthropomorphism debates. “is AI thinking?” i don’t know. is a calculator calculating? questions for the philosophers. what’s important is that we put sam altman in prison.
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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 23/09/2026
“Let Donald Trump save face” is how you got January 6 *and* why faced no consequences for doing it.
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Michael King @pointaustin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Bret Stephens is a public embarrassment masquerading as an intellectual
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Michael King @pointaustin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The Mad Emperor is building an Arch to His Great (non) Achievements, complete with "snipers and drones"! It needs Lasers too, and sound effects: "Pew! Pew! Pew!" Maybe Gamer Musk can have a remote! Could eliminate anybody dipping a hand in the Reflecting Pool! What a Maroon!
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Michael King @pointaustin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
So Stephen Miller's discount Gestapo saved my town from a DoorDash delivery driver -- how heroic! No details yet as they construct a story, but the fed "investigation" will undoubtedly issue a concoction of evasions and lies. ICE needs to be expelled from Austin, and soon abolished.
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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
If you have a dollar for every transgender athlete playing college sports you'd have about $6 which just happens to be the price for a gallon of diesel now. Congrats MAGAts, you played yourselves.
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The horror has come to our city: ICE has shot a person in Austin this morning. As the facts emerge, I am demanding a full, independent investigation, immediate release of the body camera footage, and accountability for any ICE officer who broke the law.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
It is profoundly un-American for President Trump to ban my colleagues from the White House grounds. In protest, I plan to give him a good ribbing about that when we break bread at next year’s White House Correspondents Dinner.
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🌊🏄BlueWaveSurfer🏄🌊 @bluewavesurfer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Michael King @pointaustin.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Instead of "expressing solidarity," couldn't @nytimes.com & @washingtonpost.com and others walk out and deny the tyrant the daily headlines he can't live without? Unthinkable, I guess. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/u...
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News Outlets Express Solidarity After Trump Bars Some Reporters
Some Democrats said President Trump’s ban was an attempt to control the press and distract voters as Republicans face deep challenges in the midterm elections.
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Tade "Will Eat Your Heart in the Marketplace" Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I'm constantly torn between the idea that people should read more sci-fi and people should read less of it. Why are people so eager to believe the 'Kill all humans" AI narrative? The folks in charge of creating narratives are using the silliest Sci-fi scenarios and the public just lap it up.
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Michael King @pointaustin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Too bad Mitch McConnell & John Schriffen have returned
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Susan Park @susanpark60.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
We in other countries just don’t understand you couldn’t see what we saw.
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 17/09/2026
Email from my grandfather, who likes to say he's lived for a third of the time that America has existed: "America was nice while it lasted, although it's really hard to believe a criminal narcissist TV show host that paints himself orange was all it took to take us down."
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
“We are also looking at whether the Earth is flat”
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"My department has also dispatched three of our finest schooners to explore the part of our maps that say 'here be dragons.' We vow to get to the bottom of this mystery."
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Grumpy Philosopher @stevecooke.org · 17/09/2026
Maddening to be in a room full of academics and professional services staff agreeing that GenAI is harming our students as researchers, threatening human flourishing, & destroying the environment, but knowing that the most powerful people in the university will just keep imposing more of it.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Reminder: voter fraud is not a thing. Voter suppression is.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The owners of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory self-regulated.
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Michael King @pointaustin.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
If you speak out, they will try to silence you. Don't let them win.
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Michael King @pointaustin.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
We are ruled by a deranged, malicious, & greedy emperor
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Captain Mark Kelly @captmarkkelly.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Donald Trump is the most corrupt president we've ever had, and it's not even close.
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Our Common Defense @ourcommondefense.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
There’s no reason for armed federal agents to be at or near a polling place in any state, at any time
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
One of the coolest things about people who don't have a lot of power taking a principled stand is it lays bare the complete cowardice of the ones who actually *do* have power when they fail to do even a fraction as much.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
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James Fegan @jrfegan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The good news for the White Sox is they’re playing a supremely important September series in Cleveland with the division title at stake. The bad news for them is they’ve heightened its importance by staggering into it. chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/20...
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'This is why you play': White Sox readying for all-important AL Central showdown in Cleveland
The Sox' AL Central lead has been shaved down to a half-game before a three-game set against the Guardians at Progressive Field, but they can clinch the season series with just one victory.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I said this years ago. It's been obvious. It remains obvious. It's a tragedy for our country.
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Michael King @pointaustin.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
McNight so much better than Schriffen
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Sarah Langs @slangsonsports.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Pete Alonso and Francisco Lindor both enter this series with 299 home runs If you’re curious: There’s 1 game in MLB history where two players hit their 300th home run:   4/13/2009: Paul Konerko (CHW) & Jermaine Dye (CHW)   And they did so back-to-back!   h/t @EliasSports
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