Citizen Michael

Citizen Michael

@citizenmichael.bsky.social

Former researcher. Shamelessly geeky. I would like for my child to have a livable future. The odds aren't good. And occasional videogame, comicbook and Superman content, because, yeah...

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A lot of people think that the fact that Superman flew back and forth between Gay City and Hetero City was a form of Bi Erasure. It is my sad duty to confirm that it was. During the 1940s, Lex Luthor was voted in as the mayor of Bi City. As a result, Superman refused to visit until 1952.

From Ottawa, I turn my envious eyes to Toronto. Mark Sutcliffe has said that he's going to remain the mayor until "his podcast takes off." Is Marion Dewar the last time Ottawa has had a decent mayor?

Luke LeBrun@lukelebrun.ca

It’s over

Probably the worst part of Grok's The Odyssey is that each of the sirens has winged, female body with Elon's face. As Odysseus grows near, mermaid Elon starts to sing Blue Monday in a falsetto.

The president has now been credibly accused of over 20 sexual assaults with a major Democratic report about Trump's ties to Epstein. No journalist is going to ask him about it.

Josh Sternberg@joshsternberg.com

This is how agenda setting and narrative work. Notice how the frame, in graf 4, shifts to "just eight days before Election Day". So instead a focus on the 50-page report, we get 6 grafs w/most of them tying report to Dems trying to win an election. Fascinating stuff! www.nytimes.com/2026/10/26/u...

After being called a "Freak-Out", Superman fled to the edges of the universe until he felt comfortable with himself once more.

Bronze Age Babies@bronzeagebabies.bsky.social

Neal Adams covered Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen 118 (1969). It’s nice to see Kal on the receiving end of some dickery.

In addition to collecting Superman volumes and omnibuses, I also grab *most* DC events. I thought that DC KO was going to be uninspired but I ended up really enjoying it. I love being surprised by a series.

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NEW: "Donald Trump was an active participant in Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse of young women during the mid-to-late 1990s," per new House Judiciary Dem report. Report has new allegation that Trump raped a 24-year-old and then promised the victim a visa & NYU admission, demanding she stay quiet.

If the Democrats can actually investigate Trump and Epstein, then tht could lead to the wider network of billionaires, pedophiles and intelligence agencies being exposed. The network is likely underground and relocating. Light should be shone on Russia, Israel and all of Epstein's clients.

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social

House Judiciary Democrats have just released a 50-page report that pulls together years of assault allegations against Trump and his reported connections to Jeffrey Epstein. The report calls for a special counsel to investigate Trump's ties to Epstein.

Trump can no longer pivot away from discussing his obsession with Jon Husted's ass. One of the signs of dementia is the loss of social discretion. Such as screaming at journalists and revealing that you obsess over men's asses when you place extreme value on seeming very, profoundly heterosexual.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump says he examined Jon Husted’s ass to groans but then says Nikki Minaj has a nice ass to cheers

Every conservative government that gets elected provincially are the worst option. BC just fucked themselves over, just like Ontario, by electing Doug Ford, has consistently decided to harm itself over and over.

Grob sounds like something that Finn shouts about in Adventure Time. "It's Grob! Hold me!"

Christopher Hale@christopherjhale.bsky.social

NEW: Archbishop Jeffrey Grob of Milwaukee apologized on Sunday for praying over President Trump in the Oval Office last week, and he accused the White House of posting video of the prayer without the bishops’ consent.

He really is perhaps the worst human in the planet. A man who has killed thousands as a result of his racism and pure, unfiltered idiocy. A man who is HATED and pays billions to maintain a bubble that keeps out the voices of his critics. A man this broken should, at best, be incarcerated right now.

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The Writers Guild on Musk blocking releasee of the documentary "Musk": "A small handful of billionaires now own virtually every major media company, news outlet, and social media platform and are demonstrating how this unchecked concentration over our news and media threatens democratic discourse."

When Peter Thiel says that freedom and democracy are not compatible, what he means is that informed democratic voters might restrain HIS freedom because of the constant, grievous, psychotic harms that he causes. Curtis Yarvin is a joke. He's an intellectual jester for ignorant billionaires.

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Elon Musk has now issued his fourth explanation for his actions in throttling StarLink and StarShield. Note that each of his explanations is inconsistent with its predecessor. And this one focuses on Ukraine supposedly violating its terms of service. If it did, that's an easily ascertainable fact.

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As such, they function as power fantasy (like superhero comics) and typically portray a hero’s journey from mild-mannered dupe to overpowered, god-like being. LitRPGs with DCC [3 of 3].

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“He’s got the White House looking like Saddam Hussein opened up a Cheesecake Factory” — Obama

The UCP is correct that they can destroy the drinking water and still receive votes if they signal that they hate the queer community.

Timothy Caulfield@caulfieldtim.bsky.social

This cruel move by Danielle Smith and MAGA UCP❓ It is very obviously about hate, exclusion, and regressive BS that plays to base❗️ Alberta must be better than this! 👎 share.google/MaoUIsZIa2Fe...

Not enforcing the law will surely turn out fine.

jamelle@jamellebouie.net

scott galloway and jessica tarlov held an event here in town yesterday where “don’t impeach or waste time on investigations because ‘28” was the consensus position of the panel. so yeah, this is something to anticipate.

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I wonder if buddy is even conscious of his own words. He's literally saying "gender dysphoria is real" but that he opposes health care for young people affected by it.

Toby Buckle@polphilpod.bsky.social

every now & then someone on the anti-trans side will get cold feet about how openly ugly it's all getting—they want to keep the image of a nice, sensible centrist but it's never enough for them to get off the train

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Avi Lewis: "There's been a lot of aggression directed at me recently for being a Jewish person standing up against genocide. But it's part of who I am. It's part of my Jewishness. And I won't apologize for it."

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🚨 BREAKING: Court transcripts from the Tate brother's bail hearing reveal that "Andrew Tate is "not even a millionaire," according to Tristan. What does this mean for all of the young men and boys who paid subscriptions to their "University" based on their claims of being hundred millionaires?

This is what you say when your advisers have told you that everyone has figured out that you're a vile, hateful, horrible person and nothing you say will change that.

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com

NEW: Vivek Ramaswamy says Amy Acton being a victim of childhood sexual abuse makes her “flawed” while defending his ad featuring her estranged mother. “In politics sometimes it's a tough sport.”

People who have the slightest decency know that fucking over trans youth to placate astoundingly vile and bigoted voters is a wildly immoral thing to do. The political calculus is that there are so few trans people, so we might as well throw them to the lions. Be an ally to the trans community.

Aleksandra Vaca@transiticsnews.com

Colorado & Michigan have become the latest blue states to end Medicaid coverage for trans youth. Solidly blue Colorado will also be IMMEDIATELY shutting off care for all trans kids receiving puberty blockers—despite Trump's rule allowing a 6 month ‘tapering’ period. This is a complete betrayal.

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Roger Marshall endorses the Kansas Athletic Association doing genetical inspections of children to keep trans kids out of sports

It's important (to me at least) to support journalists and creative workers. This is a good thing.

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