Mike Toth

"There Will Come Soft Rains" influenced me from the first sentence. John Scalzi's "Old Man's War" did the same thing. It is a dream of mine to do a book tour with John Scalzi. @scalzi.com

Hey there, @annaecook.com This is my week. I know you will understand. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jm4R... Feel free to share, maybe others will laugh with us.

Given Trump’s Easter threats to carry out new war crimes in Iran, we should think one or two steps ahead about a coup attempt connected to the war. And then deter it. (1/17)

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I wonder when MAGA world is going to wake up to the fact that not only did Trump never care about them and betray them at every turn but that as the malignant narcissist approaches death his incoherence and greed are only surpassed by the degree to which he now gives even less of a fuck about anyone

“This is the Vichy moment. It’s a classic collaborationist dilemma. You can have preserved your school but you live in a sea of authoritarianism.” Wesleyan University President Michael Roth in @economist.com

once again: you’re bound to find wild (and untrue) things if you analyze data that you do not understand

Excited to announce I've begun the process of building out my first set of courses: 'WCAG for Designers'. If you're interested in learning how to understand and apply the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines as a designer, feel free to drop a follow or sign up for updates at shellelittle.com

What's worse? That the president and his "advisors" do not understand basic economics or that they do not care. Or is it that they do not understand that they do not understand and do not care that they do not understand that they do not understand or care? open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...

ECONOMY IN SHAMBLES U.S. job cuts hit 275,240 in March 2025, the highest since the pandemic peak in 2020, surpassing 2001 & 2008 recessions. Layoffs surge as federal cuts, led by DOGE, echo Covid-era losses. It's the third highest monthly total on record.

Closely inspecting the list of tariffs/countries posted by the White House, Trump did not put tariffs on Russia. Ukraine's tariff is 10%, the EU's is 20%, and every American ally is on the list. But not Russia.

We have a paper out this morning on the risk of significant damage to Social Security from actions taken by the Trump Administration and DOGE. Here’s a summary 🧵 www.cbpp.org/research/soc...

The Trump regime is threatening to shut down the Social Security Administration in response to a court ruling blocking DOGE from further infiltrating the agency. If your Social Security check is late or doesn't arrive at all, remember who is to blame.

Cartoon by Kevin Necessary www.kevinnecessary.com

I'm trying to think of a coherent defense for Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick urging the public to buy a specific stock tied to the president's top campaign donor. Nothing is coming to mind. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

How the anti-vaccine movement weaponized a 6-year-old’s measles death www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

I’ll repeat — if the goal ISN’T to specifically and deliberately weaken and isolate the United States as quickly as possible, how would a plan to do that look any different than what they are doing?

The administration is removing phone support for Soc Security recipients. Making it more difficult for seniors to get their checks. It’s a back door way to cut SS benefits. Horrific. If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved

mRNA vaccines are legit a near-miracle tech, there's one in testing that might be able to cure pancreatic cancer, and this fucking degenerate might take them from us arstechnica.com/health/2025/...

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Is it a coincidence that the president would just happen to set the world’s richest man loose inside all of the government’s computers—allowing him access to everything the government knows about you—at the same moment he could be preparing to impose martial law? www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...

French Senator Claude Malhuret: "Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."

A study of solar farms in East Anglia in the United Kingdom has shown that they host nearly three times more birds than surrounding croplands. Solar sites maintaining diverse habitats, uncut grass, and hedgerows create vital refuges for declining farmland species. buff.ly/4hTbmBC #ShareGoodNewsToo

1/ So everyone remembers this line of demeaning horse plop from Texas Rep. Ima Dingus, right? It was yesterday. Like many other Republicans right now, he's basically pulling the racist, Reagan-era "welfare queens" nonsense and giving it another run. So I looked at SNAP data for his district.

He says what we've been shouting that MAGA just wouldn't hear but he says it in a way that some of them will hear. He's a rural farmer who speaks how they speak. @hcrichardson.bsky.social I posted 4 you to watch bec I think he's the missing link in our messaging. www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4CR...

Wednesday February 12- important free webinar about a lawsuit trying to throw out a 50 year old #Disability Rights law in the United States. The law is section 504, talked about in the wonderful #CripCamp movie. Register here: dredf-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi.... More info in first comment.

"Polling, in fact, showed that young voters had similar issue priorities as older voters, but Hogg’s elevation was a tribute to the wish masquerading as calculation that Democrats can gain vote share without compromising with the electorate." — Jonathan Chait www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Laws don’t change the heart, but they do protect us from the heartless.” -MLK

I’m old enough to remember there was some lady (I think she was like Black and Indian or something) who told us he was gonna do this and it would be bad

The Washington Post scoops some of Trump's plans for retribution at DOJ www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

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“Every American knew, or should have known. The man elected president last night is a depraved and brazen pathological liar, a shameless con man, a sociopathic criminal, a man who has no moral or social conscience, empathy, or remorse. ...

@annaecook.bsky.social let me see if this works....