Solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short.https://bsky.app/profile/michaelhobbes.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/michaelhobbes.bsky.social/post/3mupxuasl4c2gnothing more cursed than this corner of tiktok04 Sep 2026 22:04 +0000at://did:plc:j76trmiofvaxxpvx2vnb2vwf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mupxuasl4c2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/michaelhobbes.bsky.social/post/3mupnz5464s2jThis is what shutting down scientific debate actually looks like https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-09-01/covid-19-lab-leak-fight-and-trump-cuts-threaten-us-virus-research?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc4ODI1MzU1NCwiZXhwIjoxNzg4ODU4MzU0LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUS09IMDZLSUpIOFMwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiIwMEJGMDJBNzYyNTA0RjU0QjY0MjQ5OUNEOEFDRDkxNSJ9.F0mT0suWAcH-v3AX-sc3ZpmOiRcOYv9-hxIQt6eZqd8&leadSource=article-gifting04 Sep 2026 19:08 +0000at://did:plc:j76trmiofvaxxpvx2vnb2vwf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mupnz5464s2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/michaelhobbes.bsky.social/post/3mupmfn744k2ePeople keep telling me the chatbots are getting really good and then I open my inbox and it’s 30 messages like this04 Sep 2026 18:39 +0000at://did:plc:j76trmiofvaxxpvx2vnb2vwf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mupmfn744k2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/michaelhobbes.bsky.social/post/3mupfnturdk2sThe Times describes this as an "influencer operation" but it kinda just seems like ... Mamdani is popular? https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/nyregion/mamdani-influencers-emilia-rowland.html04 Sep 2026 16:38 +0000at://did:plc:j76trmiofvaxxpvx2vnb2vwf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mupfnturdk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/michaelhobbes.bsky.social/post/3muper7te222oRandom question but does anyone know a decent secondhand bike shop around Irvine CA?04 Sep 2026 16:22 +0000at://did:plc:j76trmiofvaxxpvx2vnb2vwf/app.bsky.feed.post/3muper7te222ohttps://bsky.app/profile/michaelhobbes.bsky.social/post/3mup4xga6q22a"What's behind the appeal of the far right?" is one of those questions pundits keep asking but wherever you look, the answer is simple: Racism and lying https://www.dw.com/en/germany-is-saxony-anhalts-economy-really-struggling/a-7886714304 Sep 2026 14:03 +0000at://did:plc:j76trmiofvaxxpvx2vnb2vwf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mup4xga6q22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/michaelhobbes.bsky.social/post/3munghxztnc26Many people are saying it [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Sep 2026 21:48 +0000at://did:plc:j76trmiofvaxxpvx2vnb2vwf/app.bsky.feed.post/3munghxztnc26https://bsky.app/profile/michaelhobbes.bsky.social/post/3mun52tat6s2hThis is like the fifth profile of this asshole we’ve gotten this year lol [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Sep 2026 18:59 +0000at://did:plc:j76trmiofvaxxpvx2vnb2vwf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mun52tat6s2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/michaelhobbes.bsky.social/post/3mumzoofeak2tI have read Anne’s books and generally respect her work but it’s a little hard to take pieces like this seriously when she was one of the ones amplifying the myth of right-wing censorship. [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Sep 2026 17:59 +0000at://did:plc:j76trmiofvaxxpvx2vnb2vwf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumzoofeak2thttps://bsky.app/profile/michaelhobbes.bsky.social/post/3mumy6g54vs2t“The number of homicides is about 18% below the pre-pandemic number and the lowest reported in at least 40 years.” https://calmatters.org/justice/2026/07/crime-statistics-homicide-rate/03 Sep 2026 17:32 +0000at://did:plc:j76trmiofvaxxpvx2vnb2vwf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumy6g54vs2t