Retired psychologist, flamenco guitarist. Dual citizenship U.S./Canada. Lives in Torontohttps://bsky.app/profile/mikemunger.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikemunger.bsky.social/post/3ljem33re7c2jLeider wiedermal.02 Mar 2025 04:31 +0000at://did:plc:k3ythe56u2kwprxo7f2fbkl6/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljem33re7c2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikemunger.bsky.social/post/3li5wludxcc27I seem to have come up short.14 Feb 2025 19:25 +0000at://did:plc:k3ythe56u2kwprxo7f2fbkl6/app.bsky.feed.post/3li5wludxcc27https://bsky.app/profile/mikemunger.bsky.social/post/3li44tcebqs2qI am deeply, deeply discouraged. It may take torches and pitchforks after all. Why federal courts are unlikely to save democracy from Trump’s and Musk’s attacks https://theconversation.com/why-federal-courts-are-unlikely-to-save-democracy-from-trumps-and-musks-attacks-249533?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=bylineblueskybutton14 Feb 2025 02:11 +0000at://did:plc:k3ythe56u2kwprxo7f2fbkl6/app.bsky.feed.post/3li44tcebqs2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikemunger.bsky.social/post/3lhhxjrhek22aA very old memory just bubbled to the surface. In Shibumi by Trevanian is this sentence: "Starr interposed, 'Not with nookie at a hundred K a throw!'" I was reading it in Spanish. The translator made a reasonable stab at an unknown word. He translated "nookie" as "escondrijo" (hiding place).06 Feb 2025 01:43 +0000at://did:plc:k3ythe56u2kwprxo7f2fbkl6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhhxjrhek22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/mikemunger.bsky.social/post/3lh7qnmzods2dLest we forget. qr.ae/pYbuyN https://qr.ae/pYbuyN02 Feb 2025 19:19 +0000at://did:plc:k3ythe56u2kwprxo7f2fbkl6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lh7qnmzods2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikemunger.bsky.social/post/3lh2mmaaqxk2n31 Jan 2025 18:23 +0000at://did:plc:k3ythe56u2kwprxo7f2fbkl6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lh2mmaaqxk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikemunger.bsky.social/post/3lgtjkp55yk2qAmerican voters have had their say. Trump is president. The Senate is Republican. The Congress is Republican. They are systematically implementing Project 2025, starting with corrupting the judiciary and installing spectacularly incompetent sycophants.28 Jan 2025 22:40 +0000at://did:plc:k3ythe56u2kwprxo7f2fbkl6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgtjkp55yk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikemunger.bsky.social/post/3lgbvkjv7pk2wMAGA Nazi Salutes: A Pictorial History https://open.substack.com/pub/borowitzreport/p/maga-nazi-salutes-a-pictorial-history?r=5juz1&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email21 Jan 2025 22:27 +0000at://did:plc:k3ythe56u2kwprxo7f2fbkl6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgbvkjv7pk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/mikemunger.bsky.social/post/3lgbtxbagd22gRuth Ben-Ghiat, February 1, 2022. Pardon Me: From Il Duce to Trump, Authoritarians Use Pardons to Increase Their Power https://open.substack.com/pub/lucid/p/pardon-me-from-il-duce-to-trump-authoritarians?r=5juz1&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false21 Jan 2025 21:58 +0000at://did:plc:k3ythe56u2kwprxo7f2fbkl6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgbtxbagd22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/mikemunger.bsky.social/post/3lg4t6m5oq22l19 Jan 2025 22:01 +0000at://did:plc:k3ythe56u2kwprxo7f2fbkl6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lg4t6m5oq22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikemunger.bsky.social/post/3lg4q6w5qfk241) Submit "What are the evils of theocracy" to ChapGPT. 2) Read this: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/02/new-apostolic-reformation-christian-movement-trump/681092/?gift=PxsrWiSyTX_BWVM90WX2W3DJrJ7dhjs9KM5DHDYXlW4&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share 3) Lie awake at night.19 Jan 2025 21:07 +0000at://did:plc:k3ythe56u2kwprxo7f2fbkl6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lg4q6w5qfk24https://bsky.app/profile/mikemunger.bsky.social/post/3lg4nyotkik2aThe Trump agenda gives the finger to Jesus and is avidly supported by Christian nationalists. This crazed cognitive collapse shows that Americans are trying to commit an anatomically impossible act. Their inspiration is Trump who is so narcissistic that if he were supple he would auto-fellate.19 Jan 2025 20:28 +0000at://did:plc:k3ythe56u2kwprxo7f2fbkl6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lg4nyotkik2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/mikemunger.bsky.social/post/3lg4m5n53sk24Suggested new meme word: Muskolini.19 Jan 2025 19:55 +0000at://did:plc:k3ythe56u2kwprxo7f2fbkl6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lg4m5n53sk24https://bsky.app/profile/mikemunger.bsky.social/post/3lfiouhmp2k2yBrain McFadden.11 Jan 2025 21:50 +0000at://did:plc:k3ythe56u2kwprxo7f2fbkl6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfiouhmp2k2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikemunger.bsky.social/post/3lffkxdbst22sEducating and energizing the public is too late. My grandchildren and great-grandchildren will be studying survivalism in school. https://www.nytimes.com/video/climate/100000009912640/weve-breached-a-key-limit-for-global-warming-now-what.html?smid=url-share10 Jan 2025 16:03 +0000at://did:plc:k3ythe56u2kwprxo7f2fbkl6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lffkxdbst22shttps://bsky.app/profile/mikemunger.bsky.social/post/3lffjtveiws2jOh my! Am I ever proud to be a Canadian! This video by The Green Party is brilliant in its non-bombastic description of Canadian virtues and its factual put-down of intellectual turd-fondlers south of the border. A bit testy, at times, but never coarse. https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=SQu5IsRcXZg10 Jan 2025 15:43 +0000at://did:plc:k3ythe56u2kwprxo7f2fbkl6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lffjtveiws2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikemunger.bsky.social/post/3lemdoy2uvs2iAn exponential growth curve describes human-driven "technomass". It doesn't go away but homo sapiens will. biocubes.net https://biocubes.net/31 Dec 2024 15:16 +0000at://did:plc:k3ythe56u2kwprxo7f2fbkl6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lemdoy2uvs2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/mikemunger.bsky.social/post/3lcofwz77pk2dNot to worry! The January 6th insurrectionists weren't carrying pitchforks. Maybe they will next year when the proposed tariffs and tax cuts for the very rich gain publicity. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2gO4DKVpa8&t=1s07 Dec 2024 00:11 +0000at://did:plc:k3ythe56u2kwprxo7f2fbkl6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcofwz77pk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikemunger.bsky.social/post/3lcjitdoxx22hHere is another creative column from The Atlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/12/democratic-states-new-anti-trump-strategy-federalism/680868/05 Dec 2024 01:20 +0000at://did:plc:k3ythe56u2kwprxo7f2fbkl6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcjitdoxx22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikemunger.bsky.social/post/3lc4xbusgp223Terrific! Creative! Great fun! qr.ae/p2dq25 https://qr.ae/p2dq2530 Nov 2024 01:34 +0000at://did:plc:k3ythe56u2kwprxo7f2fbkl6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lc4xbusgp223https://bsky.app/profile/mikemunger.bsky.social/post/3lbpdag5tbs2fIf homo sapiens can put a man on the moon, why can't it stop committing species suicide? It is estimated that by 2050, there will be 1.5 billion (1,500,000,000) climate change refugees. They will overwhelm national borders, and, starving, will eat your pets. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/climate/global-warming-disasters.html24 Nov 2024 15:30 +0000at://did:plc:k3ythe56u2kwprxo7f2fbkl6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbpdag5tbs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikemunger.bsky.social/post/3lblex6efkk27 AOC nails it!! Republicans want to inspect the genitals of anyone trying to use a women’s bathroom that they think does not meet their standards of womanhood. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKmDSh1H6Kg23 Nov 2024 01:50 +0000at://did:plc:k3ythe56u2kwprxo7f2fbkl6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lblex6efkk27https://bsky.app/profile/mikemunger.bsky.social/post/3lbitv7sftc26Still laughing! https://theonion.com/trump-boys-get-weird-feeling-after-uncle-elon-shows-them-busty-anime-cat-girl/22 Nov 2024 01:40 +0000at://did:plc:k3ythe56u2kwprxo7f2fbkl6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbitv7sftc26https://bsky.app/profile/mikemunger.bsky.social/post/3lbb4b3zpos22More fun from The Onion. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bex5LyzbbBE18 Nov 2024 23:48 +0000at://did:plc:k3ythe56u2kwprxo7f2fbkl6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbb4b3zpos22https://bsky.app/profile/mikemunger.bsky.social/post/3lb66q5lbm22dAmazon sells "Escape from Freedom" by Erich Fromm, published in 1941. It appears the U.S. election has proven him right. Also from the "Department of What the Fuck Just Happened?", are the writings of authoritarian experts Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Timothy Snyder, and Rachel Maddow.17 Nov 2024 19:54 +0000at://did:plc:k3ythe56u2kwprxo7f2fbkl6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lb66q5lbm22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikemunger.bsky.social/post/3lb66k24fe22dOklahoma Students Mandated To Watch Video Announcing New Department of Religious Freedom and Patriotism. He flunked Religion 101, wherein students were taught the 11th Commandment: Thou shalt not shove thy religion down my throat.17 Nov 2024 19:51 +0000at://did:plc:k3ythe56u2kwprxo7f2fbkl6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lb66k24fe22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikemunger.bsky.social/post/3lb65tsxeqk2dI'd do it in a trice, giving the finger as I went.17 Nov 2024 19:38 +0000at://did:plc:k3ythe56u2kwprxo7f2fbkl6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lb65tsxeqk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikemunger.bsky.social/post/3lb64yylnx22dIn the book, Kolbert chronicles previous mass extinction events, and compares them to the accelerated, widespread extinctions during our present time. She also describes specific species extinguished by humans. The author received the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction for the book in 2015.17 Nov 2024 19:23 +0000at://did:plc:k3ythe56u2kwprxo7f2fbkl6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lb64yylnx22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikemunger.bsky.social/post/3lb64wgyffk2dThe Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History is a 2014 nonfiction book written by Elizabeth Kolbert and published by Henry Holt and Company. The book argues that the Earth is in the midst of a modern, man-made, sixth extinction.17 Nov 2024 19:22 +0000at://did:plc:k3ythe56u2kwprxo7f2fbkl6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lb64wgyffk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikemunger.bsky.social/post/3lb64u3syqk2dJane Goodall: “We’re in the midst of the sixth great extinction". The enormity of this beggars description and it's happening almost instantly compared to the time frames of the previous ones. Elizabeth Kolbert gave it a try in 2014. Read it and weep for what might have been.17 Nov 2024 19:21 +0000at://did:plc:k3ythe56u2kwprxo7f2fbkl6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lb64u3syqk2d