Michael Feraco
@michaelferaco.bsky.social
Ben: Stop talking to this person. In real life, you would’ve walked away from them a long time ago.
May 26, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Ben: Stop talking to this person. In real life, you would’ve walked away from them a long time ago.
Hi, Nick! I hope your mother is able to get all of the supplies she needs. Keep up the good work, and thanks for all that you do!
May 25, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Hi, Nick! I hope your mother is able to get all of the supplies she needs. Keep up the good work, and thanks for all that you do!
Thank you for writing so beautifully about one of my favorite movies!
May 3, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Thank you for writing so beautifully about one of my favorite movies!
I’m so glad you’re posting here as well now, Nick!!
May 2, 2025 at 11:34 PM
I’m so glad you’re posting here as well now, Nick!!
From your lips to the sports gods’ ears…
March 30, 2025 at 6:28 PM
From your lips to the sports gods’ ears…
Yeah! I mentioned above how the “self-quoted material” issue is less common now, and the edit history is why.
Some Wikipedia articles aren’t the best at citing high-quality primary sources, but the important articles do, and they’re great tools for helping kids learn to identify credible sources!
Some Wikipedia articles aren’t the best at citing high-quality primary sources, but the important articles do, and they’re great tools for helping kids learn to identify credible sources!
February 12, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Yeah! I mentioned above how the “self-quoted material” issue is less common now, and the edit history is why.
Some Wikipedia articles aren’t the best at citing high-quality primary sources, but the important articles do, and they’re great tools for helping kids learn to identify credible sources!
Some Wikipedia articles aren’t the best at citing high-quality primary sources, but the important articles do, and they’re great tools for helping kids learn to identify credible sources!
Hey! Teacher here. I tell students that profs don’t like direct Wiki citations because you can add chunks of your essay to an article, then “quote” them. (Rarer nowadays than 20 years ago, but still a pain to have to check.) But footnotes in Wiki articles point kids towards sources they CAN cite!
February 12, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Hey! Teacher here. I tell students that profs don’t like direct Wiki citations because you can add chunks of your essay to an article, then “quote” them. (Rarer nowadays than 20 years ago, but still a pain to have to check.) But footnotes in Wiki articles point kids towards sources they CAN cite!
If we’re doing The Wonder Years songs, I submit “The Paris of Nowhere.” They’re building shrines to St. Nick Foles!!
February 4, 2025 at 9:17 PM
If we’re doing The Wonder Years songs, I submit “The Paris of Nowhere.” They’re building shrines to St. Nick Foles!!
This. Exactly this.
Banning earmarks was defensible if you were convinced they were just vehicles for corruption, waste, etc. I didn’t realize they were the ONLY legitimate incentive for cooperation and compromise at the time. But removing them in the face of Citizens United was catastrophic.
Banning earmarks was defensible if you were convinced they were just vehicles for corruption, waste, etc. I didn’t realize they were the ONLY legitimate incentive for cooperation and compromise at the time. But removing them in the face of Citizens United was catastrophic.
January 4, 2025 at 5:28 PM
This. Exactly this.
Banning earmarks was defensible if you were convinced they were just vehicles for corruption, waste, etc. I didn’t realize they were the ONLY legitimate incentive for cooperation and compromise at the time. But removing them in the face of Citizens United was catastrophic.
Banning earmarks was defensible if you were convinced they were just vehicles for corruption, waste, etc. I didn’t realize they were the ONLY legitimate incentive for cooperation and compromise at the time. But removing them in the face of Citizens United was catastrophic.
I can’t figure out a sequence that really makes sense, but I’d go with:
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Men in Black
Knives Out
Margin Call
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Men in Black
Knives Out
Margin Call
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
January 4, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I can’t figure out a sequence that really makes sense, but I’d go with:
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Men in Black
Knives Out
Margin Call
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Men in Black
Knives Out
Margin Call
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Thanks for the quick response, Andrew! That’s really disappointing news; I’m not a local fan, but I’m fond of teams with nifty crests and names, and the Hailstorm checked both boxes for me.
November 14, 2024 at 11:37 PM
Thanks for the quick response, Andrew! That’s really disappointing news; I’m not a local fan, but I’m fond of teams with nifty crests and names, and the Hailstorm checked both boxes for me.
Did I miss something??? Why were the Hailstorm terminated? Where is CV Fuego going? I yearn for a stable USL pyramid.
November 14, 2024 at 8:33 PM
Did I miss something??? Why were the Hailstorm terminated? Where is CV Fuego going? I yearn for a stable USL pyramid.
It’s been years since “A Badly Broken Code” and “Parts of Speech,” and they’re as riveting as ever!
November 12, 2024 at 11:18 PM
It’s been years since “A Badly Broken Code” and “Parts of Speech,” and they’re as riveting as ever!
You’re in Amanda Mull’s starter pack! She’s good people, so I figured you must also be good people.
November 11, 2024 at 2:43 AM
You’re in Amanda Mull’s starter pack! She’s good people, so I figured you must also be good people.
Over at The Athletic, Anthony Slater noted that players like Kevon Looney and Gary Payton II look more fit and athletic this year. I’d like to know whether this is the result of Rick Celebrini and the rest of the staff adjusting their approach in some way, or just early-season fresh legs!
November 9, 2024 at 2:16 AM
Over at The Athletic, Anthony Slater noted that players like Kevon Looney and Gary Payton II look more fit and athletic this year. I’d like to know whether this is the result of Rick Celebrini and the rest of the staff adjusting their approach in some way, or just early-season fresh legs!
Yeah, the Venn diagram of a) transphobes making bad-faith arguments about protecting women’s sports and b) people who actually care about and attend/watch/support/follow women’s sports is a set of two circles that never intersect.
September 21, 2023 at 12:39 PM
Yeah, the Venn diagram of a) transphobes making bad-faith arguments about protecting women’s sports and b) people who actually care about and attend/watch/support/follow women’s sports is a set of two circles that never intersect.
Company is a great pick too!
And I’m with you 100% on Out of the Vein. If I could only save one 3EB album from being erased from history, it’s the one I’d pick. (The self-titled one is “better,” but OOTV has brought me so much joy, especially if I get to keep Persephone and My Time in Exile too.)
And I’m with you 100% on Out of the Vein. If I could only save one 3EB album from being erased from history, it’s the one I’d pick. (The self-titled one is “better,” but OOTV has brought me so much joy, especially if I get to keep Persephone and My Time in Exile too.)
September 21, 2023 at 12:26 PM
Company is a great pick too!
And I’m with you 100% on Out of the Vein. If I could only save one 3EB album from being erased from history, it’s the one I’d pick. (The self-titled one is “better,” but OOTV has brought me so much joy, especially if I get to keep Persephone and My Time in Exile too.)
And I’m with you 100% on Out of the Vein. If I could only save one 3EB album from being erased from history, it’s the one I’d pick. (The self-titled one is “better,” but OOTV has brought me so much joy, especially if I get to keep Persephone and My Time in Exile too.)
I will be overjoyed if Past Lives actually takes Screenplay, but worry it faded from the conversation too quickly to get across the finish line…do you think critics will still beat the drum for it after the usual end-of-year release crush?
September 21, 2023 at 1:23 AM
I will be overjoyed if Past Lives actually takes Screenplay, but worry it faded from the conversation too quickly to get across the finish line…do you think critics will still beat the drum for it after the usual end-of-year release crush?
They’re playing it at every show now for poignant reasons, but “Aurora” from “There is Nothing Left to Lose” has always been my favorite Foo Fighters song.
The current heaviest-in-rotation is probably the Live from the Ryman version of Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit’s “Last of My Kind.”
The current heaviest-in-rotation is probably the Live from the Ryman version of Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit’s “Last of My Kind.”
September 21, 2023 at 12:17 AM
They’re playing it at every show now for poignant reasons, but “Aurora” from “There is Nothing Left to Lose” has always been my favorite Foo Fighters song.
The current heaviest-in-rotation is probably the Live from the Ryman version of Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit’s “Last of My Kind.”
The current heaviest-in-rotation is probably the Live from the Ryman version of Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit’s “Last of My Kind.”
This is a FANTASTIC answer. It’s the most underrated song on the self-titled album.
For Blue: “Wounded”
Out of the Vein: “Palm Reader”
Ursa Major: “About to Break”
Dopamine: “Say It”
The last two albums have been pretty rough but “The Dying Blood”/“Funeral Singers” pairing is pretty great!
For Blue: “Wounded”
Out of the Vein: “Palm Reader”
Ursa Major: “About to Break”
Dopamine: “Say It”
The last two albums have been pretty rough but “The Dying Blood”/“Funeral Singers” pairing is pretty great!
September 21, 2023 at 12:10 AM
This is a FANTASTIC answer. It’s the most underrated song on the self-titled album.
For Blue: “Wounded”
Out of the Vein: “Palm Reader”
Ursa Major: “About to Break”
Dopamine: “Say It”
The last two albums have been pretty rough but “The Dying Blood”/“Funeral Singers” pairing is pretty great!
For Blue: “Wounded”
Out of the Vein: “Palm Reader”
Ursa Major: “About to Break”
Dopamine: “Say It”
The last two albums have been pretty rough but “The Dying Blood”/“Funeral Singers” pairing is pretty great!