Might as well take down surveillance capitalism while we're at it. Let's take this chance to make it stick to Peter Thiel.

Kim Davis has been on a crusade to destroy same-sex families ever since the day she refused to sign a marriage license, despite the fact that she was being paid by the taxpayers of her county to do so. 1/7

Kim Davis has been on a crusade to destroy same-sex families ever since the day she refused to sign a marriage license, despite the fact that she was being paid by the taxpayers of her county to do so. 1/7

“Silence of the Whales” morning reflection: mystimikester.com/si...

Art is a Weapon We Could All Be Using: https://mikester.xyz/2025/08/17/art-is-a-weapon-we.html

NEW: Astounding scenes on the streets of Tel Aviv tonight as 300,000 join an anti-war protest. (🎥 Noga Tarnopolsky)

I don’t know who needs to hear this but I’m seeing reports of national guard members refusing to work with ICE being court martialed so the time to prepare is now. Remember “just following orders” didn’t work for the nazis and it won’t work for you.

This kind of low energy fear bait is tiresome and ignorant: https://mikester.xyz/2025/08/17/this-kind-of-low-energy.html

🚨 150 University of California law professors (and counting) have now signed this open letter to the UC Regents and other officials, explaining the flagrant illegality of the Trump Administration’s UCLA funding cut offs, and urging the UC to fight back. sites.google.com/view/uclawfa...

Wondering what you can do?: https://mikester.xyz/2025/08/15/wondering-what-you-can-do.html

And you may ask yourself …. 🎶

You can’t begin to know how wild we were in the clubs for this unless you were there. OMG I needed this today. Thank you algorithm gods!! 🕺 tidal.com/browse/tr…

I activated cross posting functions on micro.blog for mastodon, bluesky, and pixelfed so let’s see how that’s working out.

GET OUT OF THE WAY AND LET THE PROGRESSIVE WING COOK

The takeaway here is that the straights are not OK: “Across all free apps, TeaOnHer is ranked No. 17, higher than apps like Instagram, Netflix, Uber, and Spotify. Tea is currently ranked No. 2.”

Remember when they told us we needed Israel to stop Palestine because they would throw gay people off roofs?

I took a severe hit to my finances last month that has really set me back and I’m struggling to stay afloat and play catch-up too. Can you help me hold it together? Here are my app details: Venmo: @mikesteraz Cash App: $mikeshipley Zelle/PayPal: [email protected]

Remember when they said Obama would ruin the White House with Escalades on the South Lawn? Those people are really quiet about Trump turning this shit into a gaudy casino

The wild thing about legislators leaving the floor to thwart the people is that Mike Johnson adjourned the House to prevent Congress from releasing the Epstein files.

While boomers are handwringing like 'nobody wants to write emails anymore' the zoomers are busy automating brainrot and it's frankly glorious. www.diabrowser.com/s... 1/2

They really expect everyone to believe that this major, multigenerational shift just suddenly happened within a few months and not that the same MAGA movement that refuses to take responsibility for any other harm they do is also lying about this.

If you're looking for someone to blame for the loneliness epidemic, it's companies like American Eagle who prey on your unrealistic desires to sell you things. They don't care if they hurt you as long as they get paid. And when you demand more of it, you play into their hands.

I’m having a hard time coming up with the words because I don’t wanna feed into the idea that media personalities are there to be gazed at and judged because I understand that there’s a really harmful dynamic that hurts all of us. 1/5

If you're looking for someone to blame for unreasonable dating standards, look to the use of sexuality in marketing - ironically, the Sidney Sweeney ads you're cheering for. The ones showing you more realistic body images are actually helping - and you mock them for it.

I know there are a ton of mutual aid requests constantly circulating and I try not to add myself to these but right now I'm in a moment of crisis and I'm asking for help. Can you please send whatever you can to help me get through this month? Venmo: @mikesteraz Cash App: $mikeshipley

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Deeply insulting that they have money for things like this after cutting funds for education, healthcare, and emergency response. It doesn't matter if "donors" are paying (which makes it bribery, but I digress). If they can't afford wages or taxes, they can't afford ballrooms.

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When they lash out at people who are bravely living their truth (even other cis and straight people), what they're really saying is that they're in pain. If you found your way out of the prison, they hate you because you're living proof that they could be free, too.