Michael Byrd

St. Louis Architect of green mixed-use and urban buildings, general nerd, husband, dad, roller derby fan, serial procrastinator. He/Him or They/Them.

[ProPublica @propublica]

For decades, Justice Clarence Thomas has secretly accepted luxury trips from a major Republican donor, newly obtained documents and interviews show.

The extent and frequency of these apparent gifts to Thomas has no known precedent in modern SCOTUS history... 🧵👇

[Michael Byrd @cybrmichael]

@HrishiHirway @JoshMalina did the W3 podcast address whether Animal House and The West Wing were in the same universe re: Otter/John Hoynes? They both liked beer, a lot...

[Mohamad Safa @mhdksafa]

For the record: cops aren’t supposed to kill guilty people either.

[Jurassic Coast Guide @jurassicguides]

COMPETITION TIME! To be in with a chance of winning this HUGE ‘Eteoderoceras’ Ammonite from Charmouth, all you have to do is RETWEET this tweet and make sure you’re FOLLOWING me… winner announced this Saturday around 7pm. Good luck 🤞

[Sarah Unsicker @SarahUnsicker]

The Attorney General, at least, should understand that while social media is powerful, free speech is not an absolute right. For example, it is a crime to use speech to incite others to commit a crime https://t.co/IJYW8ZDY3j
or to make a terrorist threat https://t.co/uswa3Ws8WL.

[Valyri🇺🇸🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @vjayebroder]

@HaysKali At this point, I'm only still hanging around to watch it all fall apart. It's mildly entertaining, in a horrifying way, but it's not a show I would pay money to see.

[RepresentUs @representus]

Voters across the country agree: Ranked Choice Voting can help fix our broken politics. With RCV, you force candidates to win a majority.

That sounds simple, but it's HUGE.

[Howard Mittelmark @HMittelmark]

With all the talk about migrating to mastodon, I'm starting to picture myself as a tribal elder who realizes he has already made his last migration as he watches everyone pack up their furs and babies and earthenware pots and start traveling south ahead of the advancing glacier.

[Charles Jaco @charlesjaco1]

The Extremist Schmitt lives in Glendale, which has 4th highest income in MO. We know he's part of Trump's Treason Weasels, but why in the world would The Extremist sue to overturn the '20 election & outlaw all abortions, & use our tax $ for right-wing stunts?
Fixed that for you.

[Nicholas Grossman @NGrossman81]

For rural America, it’s not enough to subsidize them, and get mail, internet, and healthcare to places the market would leave behind, but apparently you also must pretend that’s not happening lest you hurt their feelings.
And this, supposedly, is the attitude that respects them.

[Urban Cycling Institute 🚲  @fietsprofessor]

'Alexia: please visualise the priorities of US transport planners.'

Yes, that is actually a bike path!
Yes, those are actually 8 lanes for car drivers!

[Resistbot @resistbot]

“Half of U.S. adults (50%, up from 35% in 2019) feel that Supreme Court justices ‘are just like any other politicians’ and ‘we cannot trust them to decide court cases in a way that is in the best interest of our country.’” https://t.co/E0lYK8dySj

[Trish Gunby @TrishForMO]

For someone who loves to tweet about inflation, Ann Wagner's voted against nearly every congressional attempt to lower costs for working families.

The Ann Wagner Approach ➡️ Never solve a problem you can use to score political points.

[Atlas Obscura @atlasobscura]

This church transformation is seriously rad. https://t.co/vE4VgyCOCk

[Alexandra Petri @petridishes]

don’t question my legitimacy https://t.co/XqXQ8ApYp7

[Eka Bakie @EkaBakie]

Don’t forget to leave cookies out for Earth, Wind, & Fire tonight

[Michael Byrd @cybrmichael]

@scottEmovienerd This is The End. "I don't know why they have to swear so much."

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

The struggle of our time is not left versus right, Democrat versus Republican.

It’s a struggle for democracy versus authoritarianism.