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Michael Bazemore

@deepwatermike.bsky.social

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Technical trainer and occasional historian. Erstwhile medievalist. Now practicing the Wudang 108 form of Taijiquan and delivering sizzling takes. Walking the elements and holding the gates in North Carolina.

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Michael Bazemore @deepwatermike.bsky.social · 9h

Yeah. I always think about that idea of Mao's about letting a hundred flowers bloom. Social media has done that. But we're OVERWHELMED with weeds.

Michael Bazemore @deepwatermike.bsky.social · 9h

I connected with a history community after my PhD cratered. I've read so much scholarship and learned so many things I might otherwise have missed in a silo.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 21h

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Michael Bazemore @deepwatermike.bsky.social · 9h

I cannot overstate how much I need this to happen.

Michael Bazemore @deepwatermike.bsky.social · 10h

Also, Krypto is the best. He needs a series.

Michael Bazemore @deepwatermike.bsky.social · 10h

Vanity is exactly the place to hit these fucks.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

AOC: Stephen Miller “looks like he's 4'10”. He looks like he's angry about the fact he's 4'10”.”

@aoc.bsky.social

Michael Bazemore @deepwatermike.bsky.social · 10h

Also, how do you write a pitch?

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Michael Bazemore @deepwatermike.bsky.social · 10h

Also, does @jamesgunn.bsky.social take pitches? I have half an idea roping in the Golden Age Sandman, the Albert Höllerer Swamp Thing, maybe Solomon Grundy, the Question, Renee Montoya, maybe Jack Knight, Green Arrow, and Jack Hawksmoor. The ultimate fanfic. But I'm the fan 🤣

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Michael Bazemore @deepwatermike.bsky.social · 10h

Also, Krypto is the best. He needs a series.

Michael Bazemore @deepwatermike.bsky.social · 10h

I have the new Superman movie, WHICH I FREAKING LOVE, BY THE WAY, on in the background while I work. My complaint, and this stretches back to Snyder's BvS, is Lex Luthor playing increasingly like the Joker. Lex isn't crazy. Lex is brilliant, arrogant, jealous, and megalomaniacal. But not crazy.

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Michael Bazemore @deepwatermike.bsky.social · 13h

I bitch a lot about living in suburbia (and it DOES suck sometimes), but it occasionally pays off.

A barred owl perches on a branch. Nearby rodents beware!

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Michael Bazemore @deepwatermike.bsky.social · 1d

I think we can safely assume that the Jays are going to win 16-9 based on the current score and can call the series. #YankeesGoHome

Michael Bazemore @deepwatermike.bsky.social · 1d

True fact. Orcas are just big dolphins and dolphins, as we know deep down but try to deny, are assholes.

Michael Bazemore @deepwatermike.bsky.social · 2d

I mean, it's not exactly a secret, is it? Christian friends of Israel are NOT friends of the Jewish people. Like ever.

Rick Caruso’s Private Fire Crew @amandasmith.bsky.social · 2d

Suspending Erin Biba, a Jewish woman for this skeet is nasty work. Between this and intentionally misreading Link’s use of a meme as a threat, bsky mods are more than willing to ban based on the Spirit Of The Law for *some* posters but never Jesse Singal.

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"All the Jews have to die or convert to trigger the rapture. Then our dead bodies surround Jerusalem and they climb over us to reach Jesus, who will bring them to heaven. It's why they're all Zionists obsessed with Israel.
Cause they need Jews to go there so we can die"

Michael Bazemore @deepwatermike.bsky.social · 2d

Looks like my strategy of not writing books has paid off. Or not.

Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 2d

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Michael Bazemore @deepwatermike.bsky.social · 2d

My favorite version of this. It has the impromptu piano solo by Jess Stacy. I have this on a 65 year-old record in glorious mono as God (sic) intended.

Matt Weiner @mattweiner19.bsky.social · 2d

that thesis reminds me to toss in Benny Goodman doing Sing, Sing, Sing. this is the famous 1938 version. obviously the whole big band is on this, but there's a long duet between Goodman and Gene Krupa

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Sing Sing Sing - Carnegie Hall 1938

YouTube video by DarkwingFlash

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Michael Bazemore @deepwatermike.bsky.social · 3d

We keep electing people like him. OF COURSE he thinks we're stupid.

Michael Bazemore @deepwatermike.bsky.social · 3d

If conservative ideas can't stand on their own merits, maybe they have none to stand on?

John Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social · 5d

“No self-respecting university could ever accept something like this,” said Lee Bollinger, a First Amendment scholar and former Columbia University president. “Trying to protect conservative ideas against being ‘belittled’ — that’s about as violative of the First Amendment interests as you can get.”

Colleges weigh whether to sign onto Trump plan or forgo federal benefits

A new proposal from the Trump administration would give colleges funding advantages if they adopt conservative priorities.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Michael Bazemore @deepwatermike.bsky.social · 4d

Meal Team Six bucking for some hazard pay.

Michael Bazemore @deepwatermike.bsky.social · 4d

Is this Sabrett's compatible? Asking for a friend.

Michael Bazemore @deepwatermike.bsky.social · 4d

It goes along with the idea that only Christians are "religious" in the sense that the first amendment protects.

Michael Bazemore @deepwatermike.bsky.social · 4d

That's amazing.

Michael Bazemore @deepwatermike.bsky.social · 4d

Same.

Mirya R. Holman @mirya.bsky.social · 4d

I laughed so hard at this @poorlydrawnlines.bsky.social comic

@poorlydrawnlines comic
Pane 1: white guy w black hair talks to a grey cat "how do I make this email friendlier?"
Pane 2: cat says "use an exclamation mark"
Pane 3: guy, holding phone "oh yeah"
Pane 4: you see the screen of the phone "Hey!"
Pane 5: same screen: "Hey! Fuck you!"

Michael Bazemore @deepwatermike.bsky.social · 4d

Still a federal crime though. I know, I know...

Michael Bazemore @deepwatermike.bsky.social · 4d

Not exactly forbidden. It's ok if you use it on a Black person who "scares" you. Or a target the government doesn't like.

Michael Bazemore @deepwatermike.bsky.social · 4d

Disrespecting federal agents is NOT a crime. Not even when they DESERVE respect. Which these masked cowards don't.

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 5d

Federal officer blasts chemical spray into vocal but nonviolent Portland protester, video shows

The interaction illustrates how federal law enforcement officers do use aggressive tactics against protesters who yell and needle officers but don’t appear to present clear physical threats.

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Michael Bazemore @deepwatermike.bsky.social · 4d

Sorry. David. Not Dave...need better glasses.