Mike Zwick

Mike Zwick

@fezzwick.bsky.social

Lucky husband of Hafsa, father to 7 great kids and owner of a Good Dog. Pretty avid gamer as well

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AFAIK, I've played about 50 RPG systems: Dungeons & Dragons 1st-5.5 editions, Gamma World 1st and 2nd Editions, Mothership, Alien, Mutant Year Zero, Hyperborea, Call of Catthulhu, Shadow of the Demon Lord, Shadow of the Weird Wizard, Star Wars d20, Star Wars Saga, Star Wars (FFG),

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Elizabeth Holmes is not the face of motherhood for incarcerated women. Jazmin Valentine wailed in agony for 6 hours in labor while staff and nurses LAUGHED at her. She had to resort to sliding her amniotic sac under her cell door to prove she was in labor.

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A 2025 Nobel Prize winner in chemistry, Omar Yaghi is the son of Palestinian refugees who grew up in Jordan. He just left the US to move to China after raising concerns about rising anti-immigrant sentiment, like the kind shown here. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/china-than...

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com

RFK: "There's five hundred million Arabs in the world. And yet they don't produce science. They don't win the Nobel Prize. They don't win the Fields Prize. They don't win the Wolf Prize. They don't produce literature."

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El-Sayed saying the loud part out loud.

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com

El-Sayed on Trump's cognitive tests: "I went to medical school...In my neurology unit, I would have to give that MoCA exam...The only people that you give a MoCA test to are people who you worry may have cognitive deficits. By definition, if you're taking one of those tests, something's wrong."

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“Unfortunately, finding a stray tabby under a car and gently tying your ballot to its tail with a ribbon almost certainly ensures your vote will miss the deadline for counting.” — Jocelyn Benson, Michigan Secretary of State

theonion.comElection Officials Warn That Ballots Tied To Stray Cat Unlikely To Arrive In TimeLANSING, MI—Urging the public to use the most reliable methods available to submit their vote, election officials across the country warned Monday that a ballot tied to stray cat would likely not arri...

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Whether it's Republicans not being allowed within 200 feet of a Chuck E. Cheese or Democrats making jokes about a Cheesecake Factory, both side have a fraught relationship with chain restaurants.

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The far right is international and they all organize together and raise money for each other. I'd argue it's critical to pay attention to elections in other countries.

brent 🌹🗽@therealbrent.bsky.social

Yes well it does require things like “empathy” and possessing a basic understanding that all of our lives are interconnected

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NEW: "Donald Trump was an active participant in Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse of young women during the mid-to-late 1990s," per new House Judiciary Dem report. Report has new allegation that Trump raped a 24-year-old and then promised the victim a visa & NYU admission, demanding she stay quiet.

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Did the New York Times’ regular headline writers call in sick? I‘d love to see more headlines as direct as this one.

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I knew someone who went to Harvard with him and said the only thing he'd trust Kushner to broker a deal for is cocaine

The Randyman@randonutz.bsky.social

memba when Kushner got into Harvard because Dad did the 'Yale needs an international airport' manuever

Sure makes me proud to be an American. The president is a horrible person with a horrible character and no morals. How anyone could support him is beyond me.

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social

We are now at the point where Trump is comparing the asses of Jon Husted and Nicki Minaj.

Racism is still thriving in America.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social

FLORIDA — Insane: Winter Park police called on 3 year old for being too good at soccer because 5 year olds couldn’t get the ball from him. (H/T @the_public_defender2) More: blacksportsonline.com/2026/10/poli... Their TikTok account: www.tiktok.com/@nevadaney10...

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If any other reporters in the press pool who were present when this happened are reading this, I have a question: why didn't you stand up for your colleague?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

😳 WOMAN REPORTER: Do sexual abuse allegations mean nothing to you, sir? TRUMP: Wait. Wait! Wait wait wait. Slow down. Who are you with? REPORTER: NBC, sir. But they are very serious sex abuse allegations TRUMP: Quiet! Isn't she a fresh person? You're a horrible little reporter, aren't you?

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Maybe it makes me a credentialist, but I hate how we constantly elevate guys like Yglesias — who have no relevant education or work experience. In politics, he's never run for office, worked on a campaign or served as an appointee. On policy, he has a BA and has never worked in government.

Jake Grumbach@jakemgrumbach.bsky.social

A helpfully clear exchange here Hasan: "So your argument is that [Minnesota ICE protesters] should stay at home because immigration is a salient issue for Donald Trump. Opposing ICE is only going to help Trump. Wait until we win the election in 2028." Yglesias: "Yes that is what I would have said"

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NEW: A bird flu outbreak has been raging uncontrolled on a Utah mink farm for two months. Flu experts fear it could spark a devastating human pandemic. But officials haven’t acted — instead prioritizing the financial interests of the fur trade.

propublica.orgBird Flu Is Raging on a Mink Farm. It Could Spark a Human Pandemic, Experts Say, but Officials Won’t Act.Federal officials brushed off the issue as Utah prioritized the fur industry’s interests. Little has been done to stop the spread of the virus and ensure it can’t spread to humans, a failure that expe...

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Excited about the new season of Rings of Power? Grab a pregen and give The One Ring a try!

Free League Unbound@freeleagueunbound.bsky.social

Get on the road to adventure faster after any unexpected party with pre-generated Player-heroes - now available in the Character Tools for The One Ring RPG. Be sure not to forget your pocket-handkerchief!

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El-Sayed: "We had a little debate. Or I had a debate and he just pointed at me and said, 'He's Muslim.'"

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Ramaswamy has produced an attack ad weaponizing the rape of his opponent, Amy Acton, when she was 12 years old. It features Acton’s mother, who abandoned Acton after she was raped by her step-father, fleeing the state with her husband. Here is the corporate money helping fund that ad.

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Trump wants us to stop talking about Epstein, but we haven't forgotten that the DOJ is withholding nearly three million documents related to our investigation. We're not going to stop until we get justice for survivors and all the files are released to the public.

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since California ballots are now out: prop 40 is the billionaire tax, and you should vote yes to stick it to them but both props 41 and 42 are designed to retroactively cancel the billionaire tax because they’re afraid they can’t beat it at the ballot box yes on 40, no on 41 and 42

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I am requesting that we bring back shame a bit more urgently than usual

Eric Michael Garcia@ericmgarcia.bsky.social

Amy Acton's brother slams Vivek Ramaswamy featuring her estranged mother in a campaign ad. "This desperate, disgusting attack reveals exactly who Vivek Ramaswamy is at his core – a pathetic excuse for a man who is willing to hurt anyone as long as it gets him what he wants."

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I fucking love Abdul. Just home run after home run. "JD thinks America is small, like him." 🔥

Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social

When JD Vance says Abdul El-Sayed should express "gratitude" for what America has given him, Vance is really saying he's lower on the American hierarchy than "heritage Americans" are. I asked El-Sayed to respond to this point. Here's his answer: newrepublic.com/article/2169...

What is he talking about? This administration is corrupt and pathetic.

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social

Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff to Vladimir Putin today: “You talk so much about Trump being a humanitarian, you are a humanitarian also, sir. And I salute that. I commend you.”