Passable at: trivia, guitar, singing, writing Good at: Love: music, books, movies, baseball, football, beer Hate but mildly obsessed with: politics Podcasts: https://ptebb.com/ The Dadicorns (my band): https://dadicornsmusic.bandcamp.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikemott.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikemott.bsky.social/post/3me4v763bc22yIdiots: When did Rage Against the Machine get so political? RATM (back in 1992): 🎶 Some of those who work forces / Are the same that burn crosses / Those who died are justified / For wearing the badge, they're the chosen whites 🎶 Also RATM: *is fucking named Rage Against the Machine*05 Feb 2026 17:13 +0000at://did:plc:4precegeaeuejtoetmbygoqt/app.bsky.feed.post/3me4v763bc22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikemott.bsky.social/post/3lufhqworrk2lFrom "Robin Hood", a notoriously apolitical movie and character [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Jul 2025 12:23 +0000at://did:plc:4precegeaeuejtoetmbygoqt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lufhqworrk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikemott.bsky.social/post/3ltmctnko5c2qMy deep thought of the day: one of the most under-appreciated reasons behind the Beatles' rise to fame and continued popularity is that it's just really fun to say Liverpudlian.10 Jul 2025 12:19 +0000at://did:plc:4precegeaeuejtoetmbygoqt/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltmctnko5c2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikemott.bsky.social/post/3ltmayuye3k2qThe start of "Constructive Summer" is my go-to answer when people ask what my walk-up music would be if I were a professional baseball player. I usually get blank stares but it's a great answer. Sadly, I'm in my 40s with no athletic talent, so it will never come to pass. [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Jul 2025 11:46 +0000at://did:plc:4precegeaeuejtoetmbygoqt/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltmayuye3k2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikemott.bsky.social/post/3lnpox2gde22xMovies you’ve watched more than six times (“Hard Mode” no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LOTR) [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Apr 2025 12:02 +0000at://did:plc:4precegeaeuejtoetmbygoqt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnpox2gde22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikemott.bsky.social/post/3lmyz2jqbyk2qI am advocating for due process for Kilmar Abrego Garcia. I am also advocating for due process for the other deportees. Wanting to know for certain whether someone is a criminal is *not* the same as "aiding and abetting" crime, and this is not a difficult concept. [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Apr 2025 11:32 +0000at://did:plc:4precegeaeuejtoetmbygoqt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmyz2jqbyk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikemott.bsky.social/post/3ll2ay2pes22eThis level of sycophancy is equal parts pathetic, comical, and terrifying. But focus on the first two. Don't scream and shout. Mock, relentlessly. Because this is beyond lame. [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Mar 2025 12:36 +0000at://did:plc:4precegeaeuejtoetmbygoqt/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll2ay2pes22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/mikemott.bsky.social/post/3lha4ev34ms2uWhat -- and I cannot emphasize this enough -- the actual fuck [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Feb 2025 22:49 +0000at://did:plc:4precegeaeuejtoetmbygoqt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lha4ev34ms2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikemott.bsky.social/post/3leip7et6t22r5'5 guy here. Tried online dating with minimal traction for 4 or so years. Finally deleted all my profiles, started getting out more. Turned out I was not, in fact, undesirable. More dates, eventually met my now wife. Moral: get the fuck offline. (This does not just apply to dating either.) [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Dec 2024 04:31 +0000at://did:plc:4precegeaeuejtoetmbygoqt/app.bsky.feed.post/3leip7et6t22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikemott.bsky.social/post/3lbmlmj4ivk2xYes, but in 2004, even as Kerry lost, a freshman Senator with a funny name had just wowed at the DNC and seemed (correctly) to be on the fast track to the White House. I'm less engaged than I used to be for a wide variety of reasons, but is there anybody like that waiting in the wings? [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Nov 2024 13:22 +0000at://did:plc:4precegeaeuejtoetmbygoqt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbmlmj4ivk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikemott.bsky.social/post/3lbiiaaxrbk24My life in a nutshell: I type "F" in Spotify search bar and the first two suggestions are Fugazi and the Frozen soundtrack21 Nov 2024 22:11 +0000at://did:plc:4precegeaeuejtoetmbygoqt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbiiaaxrbk24https://bsky.app/profile/mikemott.bsky.social/post/3lbi2bm4fic2hHuh, I had assumed the point of the Gaetz nomination was to be so extraordinarily awful that it made the merely incredibly awful nominations around him easier to stomach21 Nov 2024 18:01 +0000at://did:plc:4precegeaeuejtoetmbygoqt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbi2bm4fic2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikemott.bsky.social/post/3lar2m367ls22Look, this isn't why Harris lost -- she was going to lose anyway -- but it's also NOT not why she lost either. [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Nov 2024 14:36 +0000at://did:plc:4precegeaeuejtoetmbygoqt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lar2m367ls22https://bsky.app/profile/mikemott.bsky.social/post/3lak2auqgc32bRead this short thread, then read more about the election of 1876 and the end of Reconstruction. It's undertaught at schools how dramatically this set the stage for much of the internal strife of the next century. In some ways, we still haven't recovered, and i think the comparison is apt [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Nov 2024 19:41 +0000at://did:plc:4precegeaeuejtoetmbygoqt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lak2auqgc32b