Michael Thomas Monte

I picked the wrong decade to quit drinking

a green new deal president and they redecorate the white house like rainforest cafe

when critics of bari weiss say that she is not a journalist, we mean that literally. she does not respect or even appear to understand the values of the profession. everything for her is propaganda. www.semafor.com/article/10/1...

a tax revolt fueled by stupid people who don’t understand escrow payments www.politico.com/news/magazin...

the second el-sayed chose to treat tommy as an equal and not a nuisance, tommy was cooked

This is Tommy. Tommy had a question about my allegiances. Listen to the end to hear about his.

“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books

Mike Rogers told Michiganders he was an assembly line autoworker who made Chrysler LeBarons. Turns out it was a complete lie. Shameful.

Never forget that Frank Oz believes the stress of dealing with Disney's initial, relentless attempts to buy his creations is what killed Jim Henson. "The Disney deal is probably what killed Jim. It made him sick," he told The Guardian. www.theguardian.com/culture/2021...

this is a genuinely crazy story

AI BROS: AI can replicate itself exponentially, if you destroy one computer, it will still live on another, because AI is just code. ALSO AI BROS: AI can only run in huge power-hungry data centers.

A massive immigration operation is happening in Memphis. It’s been underway for just under a year now—hundreds of arrests, streets filled with officers. But most people have never heard of it. Why? It’s harder to record ICE in Tennessee than it is in many states.

After allegedly becoming emotionally reliant on ChatGPT, Austin died at 40 years old, leaving behind family and friends who loved him. Megan wants everyone to know what happened.

jawor's fun golf, roseville, michigan, 1986

"The most important reason Democrats stopped being the party of the working class is because Democrats stopped treating working class voters as partners, and started treating them as consumers."

Benghazi US death toll: 4 GOP response: Obsession, outcry for years Iran US death toll: 18 Trump: Small potatoes GOP response: …

At the start of Trump's war, Hegseth's DOD bombed a girls school, killing over a hundred. This week Hegseth's DOD hit a wedding, killing or wounding dozens. Hegseth's DOD has never explained what went wrong six months ago. Now they've done it again. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/v...

Every 1 in 5 people ICE arrested since February is a child. That and more in our latest analysis of data available through Freedom of Information Act lawsuits: www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/08/28/i...

When Pete Hegseth polled top commanders about cutting a program designed to protect civilians during military operations, he bet they’d back his view that the program was “woke” and out of step with “maximum lethality,” officials told ProPublica. Instead, every commander rebuffed the idea.

I will be adding some new items to the store for tomorrow's Bandcamp Friday. Bikini Kill Records will be raising funds for @abortionfunds.bsky.social all day tomorrow.

Okay, well, virtually no one is with you, so I guess almost everyone is against you. Now what?

Larry Ellison is using fake consumer groups to generate fake support for his shitty merger definitely the kind of people you want owning the lion's share of U.S. media

If labor wants to slow AI’s theft of wages and data, they should push for collective agreements with data rights: limits on biometric capture, use-rights for workers’ likenesses and voices, and protections against algorithmic management.

I don’t think there’s really even a colorable argument that this isn’t mass murder. theintercept.com/2026/09/02/m...

Guess what? 1) You can 3D print a crow and squirrel feeder that looks like a Flock camera 2) Crows are extremely good at pattern recognition 3) People are fucking hilarious and creative and I hope every Flock camera gets its own personal murder (of crows) www.printables.com/model/180491...

IN THE MIDDLE OF LOSING A WAR, Whiskey Pete appears to have fired General Randy George bc George refused to drop a probe into Kid Rock. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

The water that data centers use for electricity generation in just the top 7 states with the most data centers is the equivalent of 12-times the annual water use of Los Angeles, Phoenix, and Washington, DC, combined. /1 news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-...

Street music isn’t just performed on the street. It’s music made for it. From Moondog and The Space Lady to Konono N°1 and 75 Dollar Bill, meet the artists who turned public spaces into laboratories for radical sound.

Ypsilanti Township in Michigan passed a six month moratorium on “major electric utility infrastructure” as a delaying tactic, the latest in the Township’s long fight to stop the construction of a $1.2 billion data center. @mjgault.bsky.social reports. Read more: www.404media.co/township-fig...

Jon Ossoff’s schoolyard taunts should have no place in American politics. by Donald Trump

BREAKING: It made the final cut. Congratulations, Michigan, you might have the best voting sticker of 2026.

If ever a case were made to get all of your stuff and things out of the cloud and amass physical copies of everything, here is a prime example of why: PBS Could Lose 70 Years of Historic Archive Footage Over Cloud Dispute | PCMag share.google/mVR4o9Uk84T9...

Mike Rogers wants us divided. But there is so much more that unites us than sets us apart. The power is ours. This land was made for you and me.

Thank you, Michigan. I love you from the bottom of my heart!

Money out of politics. Money in your pocket. Medicare for All. Michigan... We won. I am so proud to be your Democratic nominee for US Senate. Let's win in November.

LOL. Abdul El-Sayed WON the Democratic Primary in Michigan despite being outspent 10-1! Amazing gaslighting here.

Bet you didn't know that the Little Morton Salt Girl is an immortal being who existed before there was life on Earth.

Well this is true I suppose. trump can’t be bought; he is subscription based. You have to keep bribing him forever www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

The AAUP is proud to endorse Dr. Abdul El-Sayed for U.S. Senate in the Michigan Democratic primary. Dr. El-Sayed is a fierce champion for debt-free & tuition-free higher education & will be an invaluable ally for academic freedom & higher education as a public good in Washington.

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It is political malpractice for Democratic senators to be helping Trump fill judicial vacancies four months before the midterms. Completely unserious people.