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Michaelangelo Matos
Author, historian, critic, journalist
St. Paul
he/him
The Underground Is Massive (Dey Street, 2015); Can't Slow Down (Hachette, 2020)
I edit books - inquire within
Beat Connection: DJ mixes newsletter - http://michaelangelo.substack.com

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The way AI calculates similarity is formally analogous to the way social media users collect images, hashtags, etc, together to construct a vibe. AI is literally just vibes at the most elementary technical level.

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I really don’t think most people realize just how hard the boot will come down if Trump and the Republicans win the election. Most people have never experienced the totalitarian surveillance state with the power to reach into their homes and minds at will they are telling us is their plan.

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Using “DEI” as pejorative is just the newest work-safe slur replacement for bigots to use to get off on the privilege of fake plausible deniability, tale as old as time

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“Now that we know felons can be white, we’re massive fans of crime.”

I don’t even know where to begin with this.

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We had a great time chatting!

Now up on Beat Connection: I spoke with 'The Freaks Came Out To Write: The Definitive History of the Village Voice' author @tromano.bsky.social about early raves in Vegas and spinning at the Tribeca Grand. Don't miss it! michaelangelo.substack.com/p/bc083-q-an...

BC083 - Q&A: Tricia Romano (May 2024)michaelangelo.substack.com The author of 'The Freaks Came Out to Write: The Definitive History of the Village Voice' discusses formative DJs and spinning at the Tribeca Grand

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Fun fact: this dude endorsed my opponent saying that we needed a "normal person" in office knowing virtually nothing about me except the fact that I have a funny name so uh take this as you will.

Quigley becomes first top Illinois Democrat to call on Biden to step aside for a stronger candidatet.co The Illinois congressman called on Biden to drop out of the presidential race in an interview on MSNBC Friday, hours before ABC aired an interview with Biden widely viewed as a litmus test for the pre...

The greatest evil genius in series television is Dave Hester.

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Yep. iden's inability to step away from his bipartisan fantasy that things would return to the 1980s or 1990s has been a huge problem for him throughout, and he hasn't met the moment on the threats posed by Trump and the courts. Doesn't have a goddamn thing to do with cognitive decline.

i get why this pisses people off--this pisses me off too!--but it's not a sign of cognitive decline? idgi. are people really just now grasping that joe biden has failed to appreciate the threat of trump/the right/the supreme court?

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TRUMP: I am going to drop daisy-cutter bombs on Seattle just cuz BIDEN: I'll have the Bob Salad — ha, COBB Salad, whoops. NYT: Biden's Gaffe Sends Shockwaves Through Democratic Party; Trump Pledges Infrastructure Changes to Northwest

what are we doing here? he accidentally said million instead of billion and then immediately knew it and corrected himself. he didn’t “flub a line” and then “make an effort to correct himself,” he did the speaking equivalent of a typo that you know you’ve made and instantly correct

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🚨BREAKING: Wisconsin Supreme Court OVERTURNS ban on ballot drop boxes. Congratulations to our client Priorities USA and the voters of Wisconsin. We are not done fighting for free and fair elections and we are not done winning! www.democracydocket.com/cases/wiscon...

🚨 Voting Rights Victory in Wisconsinwww.democracydocket.com Read about the latest voting rights victory in Priorities USA v. Wisconsin Elections Commission.

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More trains please.

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It's as if our press just can't process a threat as grave as Trump. They no longer have the skills or backing from their top editors to grapple with such a grand-scale horror as the death of our democracy. So they've shrunk the issues down to a size they feel comfortable with: Shaming an old man.

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It’s a landslide. Labour with 400+ seats. www.bbc.com/news/live/cn...

UK general election results live: Exit poll predicts Labour to win general election landslidewww.bbc.com Keir Starmer is on course to be new UK prime minister with predicted Labour majority of 170, according to the exit poll for the BBC, ITV, and Sky.

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i want what they have

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil's federal police indict ex-President Bolsonaro for money laundering and criminal association, source confirms.

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If Biden can't campaign he should consider passing the torch, but the elite press (and especially the NYT) is desperately trying to will this into existence. And it's really gross. (2/2)

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My essay about the Minneapolis of 1984 is now live on the Mpls St. Paul Magazine website. Love how this turned out, major thanks to Steve Marsh for asking. mspmag.com/arts-and-cul...

Is 1984 the Biggest Pop Culture Year in Minnesota History?mspmag.com Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to get through this thing called 1984.

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when we say a second Trump term will be the end of meaningful elections in America, we mean it

Heritage Foundation president celebrates Supreme Court presidential immunity ruling: "We are in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be" www.mediamatters.org/project-2025...

Heritage Foundation president celebrates Supreme Court immunity decision: "We are in the process of the second American Revolution"www.mediamatters.org

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Robot Monkey Pants

Some good MTV news, for a change? Internet Archive now hosts MTV News content

MTV News Repository of 460,000 Articles Launched by Internet Archive After Paramount Content Purgevariety.com After Paramount pulled MTV News offline, the Internet Archive assembled a searchable index of 460,575 pages previously published at mtv.com/news.

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"The election is about Donald Trump and the Supreme Court, the two forces working to overthrow the American republic. That’s the subject. It’s not Joe Biden." Full stop.

A thousand times this, from @joshtpm.bsky.social — "Trump threatens the entire existence of the American republic. He is able to do this because the Supreme Court he created is assisting him in doing so. It is a corrupt Court."

Yes, By All Means ...talkingpointsmemo.com A TPM Reader wrote in this morning asking if it’s just grasping...

I wrote about the life, not the death, of Liara Kaylee Tsai, the recently killed Minneapolis DJ, for Carbon Sound. It's a big story for a big personality and I hope you take the time for it. www.carbonsound.fm/feature/2024...

Remembering the electrifying Minneapolis DJ Liara Kaylee Tsaiwww.carbonsound.fm “This is who I am, and this is the gift I bring.” Colleagues and loved ones will celebrate Tsai on Friday, July 5.

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This isn’t “hypocrisy,” he was lying about what he believes so they would confirm him

The hypocrisy, it burns.

Justice John Roberts Saying The President Is 'Bound By The Law' During Confirmation Hearing Resurfaces After Immunity Rulingbit.ly John Roberts previously said presidents are "bound by the law" during his confirmation hearing.

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In awe of this tweet, which truly captures everything bad about mainstream journalism in 2024

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Nobody loves that Joe Biden is 81. It would be great if he was 35. But you know what I really dislike? Authoritarianism. So I humbly beseech people to get a goddamn grip.

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A tale of two newspapers, and two very different decisions.

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Laws are fake. Power is real. Goodbye, liberal institutionalism. Hello, new power centers. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/the-end-of...

The End of Liberal Institutionalismwww.hamiltonnolan.com Excessive belief in institutions is a proven failure.

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Just your occasional rage-inducing reminder that at least one of these last three judges is, by any definition of the word, illegitimate. The first vacancy was created while Obama was still in office; the third was created while Trump was FAR closer to an election that Obama was. Never forget!

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So if Joe Biden declared today that November’s election is canceled and ordered the military to keep him in power, would that be an “official act”?

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People seem down, but it’s actually pretty exciting that we can get legally killed by cops and presidents and people acting in self defense because we took their parking spot.

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Joe Biden has the potential to do the legalest thing now

If the Supreme Court decides in favor of Trump’s claim that a sitting president has immunity from prosecution, the logical and legal thing for Biden to do would be to simply assassinate him before the election