Mike Wood
@funnyonceaday.bsky.social
Comedian. Beekeeper. Mathdork.
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I’m announcing a $20M Series A to raise money to shoot these down.
Private company wants to put up space mirrors that can beam 'full noontime sun' to anywhere on the night side of Earth. I might be OK with preemptive shoot downs of these satellites rather than allow this to become an unregulated real industry
December 20, 2025 at 1:53 AM
I’m announcing a $20M Series A to raise money to shoot these down.
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Some of these redactions are almost like modern art
December 19, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Some of these redactions are almost like modern art
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My favourite thing about each new city I visit is standing on the curb in the freezing cold, downloading a new parking app to my phone, entering my license plate and credit card information, then determining the numbered parking location of my vehicle.
So much easier than quarters.
So much easier than quarters.
December 19, 2025 at 11:58 AM
My favourite thing about each new city I visit is standing on the curb in the freezing cold, downloading a new parking app to my phone, entering my license plate and credit card information, then determining the numbered parking location of my vehicle.
So much easier than quarters.
So much easier than quarters.
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![A victorian christmas card of a clown creeping up on a cop while holding a hot poker
Text on card:
Glad Christmas bade me happy make your [cropped] And so I thought I'd give you something [cropped]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ty2kxmxjmtealqi2kc7f4pww/bafkreifoarq4tytmti3ax5jtitpkrojxratwvalsmiw35rp726mjhziaqq@jpeg)
If anyone's interested, I'd sell the complete set (barely used!) for $140,000
Dr Oz: "The creation of a penis costs on average in America $150,000 per child ... if you add testicles, that's extra"
December 18, 2025 at 7:24 PM
If anyone's interested, I'd sell the complete set (barely used!) for $140,000
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Hey guys, I think his books might not be coming from an entirely genuine place
December 18, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Hey guys, I think his books might not be coming from an entirely genuine place
What if crypto is our Weimar hyperinflation?
December 18, 2025 at 3:22 PM
What if crypto is our Weimar hyperinflation?
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My earnest opinion after years of experience and many interviews in multiple fields, is that any interview longer than an hour is wasting everyone's time, and says more about the anxiety or sadism of the hiring panel than it does about you.
December 16, 2025 at 8:58 PM
My earnest opinion after years of experience and many interviews in multiple fields, is that any interview longer than an hour is wasting everyone's time, and says more about the anxiety or sadism of the hiring panel than it does about you.
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WATCH: Replica of the Statue of Liberty topples due to strong winds in Guaíba, Brazil
December 15, 2025 at 9:26 PM
WATCH: Replica of the Statue of Liberty topples due to strong winds in Guaíba, Brazil
Turned out fine for the Hudson's Bay Company.
Let's give a corporation complete autonomy to build a new society! It's never been tried before! www.ft.com/content/cd17...
Bitcoin investor plans Caribbean community — with its own court system
Some locals on island of Nevis oppose libertarian project, calling it ‘state within a state’
www.ft.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Turned out fine for the Hudson's Bay Company.
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Rob Reiner: I'm going to make a coming of age drama, a fantasy adventure story, a romantic comedy, a psychological horror and then a courtroom drama.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
December 15, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Rob Reiner: I'm going to make a coming of age drama, a fantasy adventure story, a romantic comedy, a psychological horror and then a courtroom drama.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
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any time you're told to use AI at work, turn your work in about half as fast and pepper it with obvious mistakes. if nobody cares, you have less to do, and if they do, you can tell them you'll never use AI at work again
December 7, 2025 at 8:41 PM
any time you're told to use AI at work, turn your work in about half as fast and pepper it with obvious mistakes. if nobody cares, you have less to do, and if they do, you can tell them you'll never use AI at work again
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NOW: Massive protest at a Manhattan Home Depot both inside and outside the store.
Protesters are deliberately jamming operations by buying and returning ice scrapers to disrupt business and demand ICE out.
Peaceful. Strategic. Relentless.
This is how we win against cruelty and fascism🔥
Protesters are deliberately jamming operations by buying and returning ice scrapers to disrupt business and demand ICE out.
Peaceful. Strategic. Relentless.
This is how we win against cruelty and fascism🔥
December 13, 2025 at 9:46 PM
NOW: Massive protest at a Manhattan Home Depot both inside and outside the store.
Protesters are deliberately jamming operations by buying and returning ice scrapers to disrupt business and demand ICE out.
Peaceful. Strategic. Relentless.
This is how we win against cruelty and fascism🔥
Protesters are deliberately jamming operations by buying and returning ice scrapers to disrupt business and demand ICE out.
Peaceful. Strategic. Relentless.
This is how we win against cruelty and fascism🔥
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GEORGE LUCAS (just wrote "a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away..."): ha HA. good luck getting obsessively pedantic about THIS setting, nerds
December 13, 2025 at 5:14 PM
GEORGE LUCAS (just wrote "a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away..."): ha HA. good luck getting obsessively pedantic about THIS setting, nerds
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That photo of me with Jeff Epstein is totally misleading. I only met him that day because I had left my wallet on his island
December 13, 2025 at 3:57 AM
That photo of me with Jeff Epstein is totally misleading. I only met him that day because I had left my wallet on his island
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I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
December 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
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I was at the mall tonight and walked by the Olympic Canada jersey everyone is complaining about. Decided to take a look!
Wow. It’s $150, made in Pakistan, and has the look and feel of a Temu shirt. Printed-on stripes, zero stitching, the patch leaf is super thin.
Wow. It’s $150, made in Pakistan, and has the look and feel of a Temu shirt. Printed-on stripes, zero stitching, the patch leaf is super thin.
December 12, 2025 at 4:11 AM
I was at the mall tonight and walked by the Olympic Canada jersey everyone is complaining about. Decided to take a look!
Wow. It’s $150, made in Pakistan, and has the look and feel of a Temu shirt. Printed-on stripes, zero stitching, the patch leaf is super thin.
Wow. It’s $150, made in Pakistan, and has the look and feel of a Temu shirt. Printed-on stripes, zero stitching, the patch leaf is super thin.
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space *and* time? in this vacuum?
December 11, 2025 at 10:37 PM
space *and* time? in this vacuum?
{ahem}
FUCK THAT,
FUCK YOU,
FUCK NO.
FUCK THAT,
FUCK YOU,
FUCK NO.
U.S. plans to mandate social media checks for visa-free visitors vancouversun.com/news/us-mand...
December 10, 2025 at 4:37 PM
{ahem}
FUCK THAT,
FUCK YOU,
FUCK NO.
FUCK THAT,
FUCK YOU,
FUCK NO.
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'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 8:31 AM
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
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That thing when a song that I consciously encountered zero (0) times this year, is the Top Global Song.
#FullRangeOfMaleEmotions
#FullRangeOfMaleEmotions
TikTok names Connie Francis's 1962 hit 'Pretty Little Baby' the Top Global Song of 2025. According to a year-end report, the record was used more than 28 million times in posts that racked up more than 68 billion views, including uploads from Nara Smith, Kylie Jenner, and Ariana Greenblatt.
TikTok's Top Global Song of the Year Is a 63-Year-Old Hit Single From Connie Francis
bit.ly
December 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
That thing when a song that I consciously encountered zero (0) times this year, is the Top Global Song.
#FullRangeOfMaleEmotions
#FullRangeOfMaleEmotions
The Reverse Turing Test
If the LLM can generate the output, then the output doesn't matter.
That might be bc it's a waste of time; or it might be that doing the process is the part that matters
That might be bc it's a waste of time; or it might be that doing the process is the part that matters
December 9, 2025 at 6:34 PM
The Reverse Turing Test
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this is similar to what I've come to think of as the "reverse turing test"
when people find synthetic text is "good enough" to complete a task (homework, business report, email) it doesn't mean the machine is smart. it means they were asked to produce something that didn't matter
it's diagnostic
when people find synthetic text is "good enough" to complete a task (homework, business report, email) it doesn't mean the machine is smart. it means they were asked to produce something that didn't matter
it's diagnostic
So similarly, when we see people who prefer ChatGPT or a similar synthetic text extruding machine as a source of medical information, that means those are people who are under-served in the current system.
December 9, 2025 at 3:57 PM
this is similar to what I've come to think of as the "reverse turing test"
when people find synthetic text is "good enough" to complete a task (homework, business report, email) it doesn't mean the machine is smart. it means they were asked to produce something that didn't matter
it's diagnostic
when people find synthetic text is "good enough" to complete a task (homework, business report, email) it doesn't mean the machine is smart. it means they were asked to produce something that didn't matter
it's diagnostic