Michael F

Michael F

@michaelf617.bsky.social

Boston area geography buff, cat freak, film snob, physical media diehard, Sky Bar afficionado. He/him

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Michael F reposted

There is truly nothing you could do to make fun of the NYT covering the Obama Cheesecake Factory quip instead of Trump being accused of rape. It’s completely beyond parody.

Michael F reposted

i am inviting anyone from a legacy media organization to explain to me why the house judiciary dems report on trump’s epstein’s ties and multiple allegations of rape isn’t worthy of extensively reporting on. i’m serious. i want to understand.

Michael F reposted

The only reason I can think of for this news not being absolutely everywhere is that large media orgs don’t want to be seen as putting their thumbs on the scales a week before election day. And that’s cowardly as shit.

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social

Beyond disgusted by even more rape allegations against the President of the United States. "In total, more than 25 different women...have independently accused Donald Trump of rape, sexual assault, or other sexual misconduct." Report w/ new details: democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

You could give Boston a team, just saying we're used to working out logistics of deep playoff runs

Alexa Philippou@alexaphilippou.bsky.social

BREAKING: Game 6 of the WNBA Finals will be held Thursday at 12:30pm ET at Atlanta’s State Farm Arena, sources told ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne. It will be a double-header with the Atlanta Hawks’ game, which will be moved to 8pm.

Michael F reposted

the biggest presidential scandal in history but the political media largely acts as if it's not happening. hasan piker has received more mainstream political media coverage over the last 6 months than trump's connections with epstein has

Prem Thakker ツ@premthakker.bsky.social

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.

Michael F reposted

My heart is heavy. Walter Koenig, our Ensign Pavel Chekov, passed away early today. Walter and I met on the bridge of the Enterprise in the 1960s, and we stayed friends for nearly six decades. When Brad and I married in 2008, Walter stood beside us as our best man.

can somebody explain the ridiculous system in brazil to me where every vote counts the same and the backwards rural states don't get extra clout because of an electoral college

When he asks who a reporter is they should say they're the giraffe from the IQ test and it hurts their feelings that he doesn't recognize them

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

😳 WOMAN REPORTER: Do sexual abuse allegations mean nothing to you, sir? TRUMP: Wait. Wait! Wait wait wait. Slow down. Who are you with? REPORTER: NBC, sir. But they are very serious sex abuse allegations TRUMP: Quiet! Isn't she a fresh person? You're a horrible little reporter, aren't you?

Michael F reposted

Is there a long German word for "you see a link to an article that looks interesting and you want to read it but the link goes to a podcast and so you'll never know"

How do i rid myself of the vibe that says "go ahead and talk on your cell phone next to me on the train, I'm not the kind of person who will snap"

I love this and I love that nobody tried to make her shut the window so they could watch a Friends rerun

samuel mehr@mehr.nz

i am on a plane sitting next to a lady who looks 40ish and has informed me that this is her first time flying she is visibly excited. she asked the flight attendant how much a soda costs and was happy to learn that drinks are free on airplanes. she's taking lots of pictures. i love this for her

Michael F reposted

"Look how they massacred my boy" is an iconic line spoken by Vito Corleone (played by Marlon Brando) in the 1972 crime film The Godfather. He says it while grieving over the bullet-riddled body of his oldest son, Sonny Corleone and asks the mortician to make him look presentable for his mother.

Michael F reposted

Why didn’t she go to the police? No, not like that!

FactPost@factpostnews.bsky.social

Unearthed footage of Vivek Ramaswamy mocking Amy Acton for being a survivor of childhood abuse: "She has no vision other than to complain about what someone else did to her"

So curious what all these people on the train are taking with them in their backpacks...I am just going to work for the day but it seems like everyone else is on their way to hike across Tajikistan and is bringing all their supplies from the beginning

Michael F reposted

Trump: everyone in the US died from drugs last week Reporter: [nods] Trump: so we must murder on the high seas Reporter: [nods] Trump: I caught Trix rabbit once Reporter: [nods] Trump: the cock on that bunny Reporter: [nods] Trump: bigger than you think Headline: Trump Policy Seeks To Save Lives

Opening day starting at 3:00 on a Tuesday is the first time in forever I wish I had one of those jobs that was all emails and I could be dead for three days before anyone noticed

Michael F reposted

Ayanna Pressley speaking live in Boston about her HELL NO vote on Question 3.

Ayanna Pressley@ayannapressley.bsky.social

Private equity & billionaires are pouring millions on Question 3 to buy MA elections & rig them in favor of the ultra-wealthy. I'm with @voterrightsma.bsky.social & a grassroots coalition to say HELL NO to Question 3 so we can keep power in the hands of the people. www.facebook.com/share/v/1CQd...

Michael F reposted

Making myself angry for no reason at all remembering the American transit planner that went to Amsterdam and was appalled at how little stakeholder engagement they did in favor of actually building shit.

"we are required to stand by and sit in this tunnel until the last glimmer of daylight has disappeared over the horizon" - the mbta driver just now

"please, those of you on cell phone calls, speak louder and turn your volume up in fairness to those who would like to read some of a book while we're sitting here"

"we are required to stand by and sit in this tunnel until the last glimmer of daylight has disappeared over the horizon" - the mbta driver just now

"we received a report that two or three of you wanted to run an errand after work so we're making absolute certain that you miss the bus you were hoping to connect to", he went on

The press release said, "we spent months confirming that the toddler was black and the cop was white so what the hell did you expect"

Ashton Pittman@ashtonpittman.bsky.social

JUST IN: The police shooting that killed 1-year-old Kohen Wiley as he sat in his mother’s lap in a Walmart parking lot in Senatobia, Miss., in June “was justified,” Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch’s office said on Monday. Her office will not charge the white officer who shot the child.

remember when we were like, russia owns this guy 100%, and then he said no, and everyone just was ok, we'll drop it

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social

BREAKING: WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump puts new Russia sanctions passed by Congress on hold, saying a waiver is in the US national interest.

Michael F reposted

this is disqualifying for any leader of the democratic party, no matter how you look at it.

Truthout@truthout.org

Chuck Schumer — one of the most powerful Democrats in the country — has not issued statements to the press or through his social media channels about the administration’s attack on Ilhan Omar, which critics have described as a five alarm fire for the state of democracy in the U.S.

I hope one factor of what afterlife you get involves weighing how much time you spend waiting for people versus how much time you make other people wait for you

Michael F reposted

Do you need a nice little cry? Here you go.

Noelle@finallynoelle.bsky.social

So we fly a pride flag in our front yard in a very conservative neighborhood and it’s been there for the last few years. Someone put this in our mailbox and my goodness…

Wow I was half convinced that the cops never even wrote down the drivers name

Michael F reposted

Michael F reposted

Think about how little your representatives have said or done to defend their colleague Ilhan Omar. Now try to imagine how little they will do when it's our turn.

Trump spotlights clemens so here comes the once-respected globe to help with the redemption arc

The Boston Globe@bostonglobe.com

Because Roger Clemens was accused of using performance-enhancing drugs — allegations he denies — the former Red Sox star isn't in the National Baseball Hall of Fame. But as a grandpa and DJ, Clemens insists he's now chasing something else: happiness. trib.al/mH8y4zC

I also often stop at an airport bar before flying overseas

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Q: You said Zacharia is an attorney. Where did she pass the bar exam? What state? ZACHARIA: When I moved to China