Very mid Mike
@michaelgeorgeco.bsky.social
Cats, comics, IT, video games, books. Totally disillusioned.
How lucky am I that I can just see a friggin’ owl out the back door?
December 21, 2025 at 11:56 PM
How lucky am I that I can just see a friggin’ owl out the back door?
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The Donald Trump Kennedy Center For Kids Who Can’t Read Good And Want To Learn How To Do Other Stuff Good Too
December 20, 2025 at 3:49 AM
The Donald Trump Kennedy Center For Kids Who Can’t Read Good And Want To Learn How To Do Other Stuff Good Too
If you are looking for ways to use the leftover cranberry sauce, putting it on your breakfast oats is pretty great! Just a bit, though; don’t go crazy.
November 29, 2025 at 12:23 AM
If you are looking for ways to use the leftover cranberry sauce, putting it on your breakfast oats is pretty great! Just a bit, though; don’t go crazy.
Because one is opening in my town today, I remind everyone that In-N-Out is mid, at best. Good Times is vastly superior. Whataburger is also better.
November 20, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Because one is opening in my town today, I remind everyone that In-N-Out is mid, at best. Good Times is vastly superior. Whataburger is also better.
Idle thought while running: in the latest @xplainthexmen.bsky.social episode (Amulet of Ass, which makes sense in context!), they point out that characters in comics that are from England are required to say “bloody” at least once. I have a theory…
November 15, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Idle thought while running: in the latest @xplainthexmen.bsky.social episode (Amulet of Ass, which makes sense in context!), they point out that characters in comics that are from England are required to say “bloody” at least once. I have a theory…
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we have a president who only does good things when everyone calls him a pedophile. our mission for the next 3 years is clear.
November 14, 2025 at 11:24 PM
we have a president who only does good things when everyone calls him a pedophile. our mission for the next 3 years is clear.
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Cat Follows Man Through Apartment Like Racist Walgreens Employee https://theonion.com/cat-follows-man-through-apartment-like-racist-walgreens-employee/
November 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Cat Follows Man Through Apartment Like Racist Walgreens Employee https://theonion.com/cat-follows-man-through-apartment-like-racist-walgreens-employee/
Shout-out to the Jeopardy contestant rocking the cool S earrings.
November 7, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Shout-out to the Jeopardy contestant rocking the cool S earrings.
Rosario’s is, in fact, great.
These are the four best bites that our food writer had last month around Denver.
Four restaurant dishes we loved in October, like Peruvian aji de gallina at Rosario’s
Plus : Yemisir wot key at Lucy Ethiopian restaurant and bangers at Bull & Bush Brewery
trib.al
November 3, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Rosario’s is, in fact, great.
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ICE Agent, 7-Year-Old Both Wearing Same ‘Military Commando’ Halloween Costume
October 31, 2025 at 9:00 PM
ICE Agent, 7-Year-Old Both Wearing Same ‘Military Commando’ Halloween Costume
This is a fun article. Some is predictable and some is too bonkers to guess.
Treat yourself to this incredible photo essay/interview series with Cybertruck owners from @zoeschiffer.bsky.social. Will put my favorite part in a reply below because it is a SPOILER.
Spit On, Sworn At, and Undeterred: What It’s Like to Own a Cybertruck
“We were the targets.” WIRED spoke to seven Tesla Cybertruck owners about their most controversial purchase and why they're proud to drive it.
www.wired.com
October 16, 2025 at 5:35 PM
This is a fun article. Some is predictable and some is too bonkers to guess.
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Stephen King Most Banned Author In U.S. Schools
https://theonion.com/stephen-king-most-banned-author-in-u-s-schools/
https://theonion.com/stephen-king-most-banned-author-in-u-s-schools/
October 6, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Stephen King Most Banned Author In U.S. Schools
https://theonion.com/stephen-king-most-banned-author-in-u-s-schools/
https://theonion.com/stephen-king-most-banned-author-in-u-s-schools/
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I have lived and worked in and around Chicago for 27 years and I have been assaulted less often than Sen Paul has been in his own back yard.
September 28, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I have lived and worked in and around Chicago for 27 years and I have been assaulted less often than Sen Paul has been in his own back yard.
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Do you like comic books and want to think more seriously about the linguistics of them?
Are you a social scientist or a linguist who wants to know more about nation-building or language planning in fiction?
HAVE I GOT EXACTLY THE ARTICLE YOU NEVER ASKED FOR, on CAMP Anthropology. 🐦🐦
Are you a social scientist or a linguist who wants to know more about nation-building or language planning in fiction?
HAVE I GOT EXACTLY THE ARTICLE YOU NEVER ASKED FOR, on CAMP Anthropology. 🐦🐦
X-Men, Krakoa, and Linguistic Sovereignty
by Erika Alpert Krakoan national co-founder Magneto explains to diplomats at the new Krakoan Embassy in Jerusalem why mutants have decided to create their own language, from House of X #1 (Hickman …
campanthropology.org
September 15, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Do you like comic books and want to think more seriously about the linguistics of them?
Are you a social scientist or a linguist who wants to know more about nation-building or language planning in fiction?
HAVE I GOT EXACTLY THE ARTICLE YOU NEVER ASKED FOR, on CAMP Anthropology. 🐦🐦
Are you a social scientist or a linguist who wants to know more about nation-building or language planning in fiction?
HAVE I GOT EXACTLY THE ARTICLE YOU NEVER ASKED FOR, on CAMP Anthropology. 🐦🐦
I appreciate a new music day where o can listen to Cardi B, Nine Inch Nails, and Sarah McLachlan.
September 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I appreciate a new music day where o can listen to Cardi B, Nine Inch Nails, and Sarah McLachlan.
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Hey, as a librarian I need to tell you:
Our funding depends on usage.
So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.
Our funding depends on usage.
So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.
August 12, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Hey, as a librarian I need to tell you:
Our funding depends on usage.
So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.
Our funding depends on usage.
So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.
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this reminds me of the time i got an email about my “vocal fry” in a guest lecture
![Vocal fry
Vladimir Belinsky <vladimir@
May 26, 2022, 5:47PM
to me
Dear Ms. White,
I listen to your fascinating March 7 Stanford lecture with great interest. I am a believer and Investor in crypto so hearing such an intelligent and knowledgeable counter argument was quite valuable. Typically, when I hear someone speaking in vocal fry I turned them out regardless their level of intelligence. You came right up to the edge and actually went over the edge when you started the Q&A. Valley girls and the Kardashians have made this form of speech popular. Why, I’m not exactly sure. A great example of someone who quickly comes to mind who does not use vocal fry and is a great role model is Judy Woodruff from the PBS NewsHour. You will not detect the smallest amount of vocal fry. You are obviously very smart and have a tremendous amount of wisdom to offer at such a young age. Don’t cheapen it With a questionable and demeaning vocal technique. I don’t believe you’re doing it on purpose, you don’t strike me as someone who would consciously value that speaking technique. Listen to your lecture and towards the end of some of the points you make and end of sentences you will hear what I’m observing. I want to hear more of what you have to say but at this point, I can’t get the vocal fry out of my head.
Respectfully yours,
Vladimir
[redacted]
Sent from my iPhone
Please excuse any illiteracies
Molly White <molly.white5@
May 26, 2022, 6:19PM
to Vladimir
Dear Mr. Belinsky,
Next time you type up a 100+ word email telling a person to change their natural speaking voice to fit your personal tastes, consider leaving it in drafts. There is a full transcript of the lecture available; perhaps you would find it more palatable to use your browser's text-to-speech feature to read it to you in a man's voice.
Respectfully yours,
Molly](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:exrxvyu6bpoym6mbnctke5tn/bafkreic32ch6nud64i5jucof3ekicpzgeburvxxmry5wpxba453azbzyuy@jpeg)
July 23, 2025 at 9:34 PM
this reminds me of the time i got an email about my “vocal fry” in a guest lecture
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'Vacations.'
The word is 'vacations.'
The word is 'vacations.'
July 7, 2025 at 5:53 PM
'Vacations.'
The word is 'vacations.'
The word is 'vacations.'
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Thank you to @gqmagazine.bsky.social for enlisting me to figure out why dads watch tv while standing up! (And thank you to everyone who offered their insights!)
Why Do Dads Watch TV Standing Up?
Everyone knows that fathers love to watch TV standing up. Comedian Josh Gondelman investigates this cultural mystery, and develops a complete taxonomy of standing dads.
www.gq.com
June 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Thank you to @gqmagazine.bsky.social for enlisting me to figure out why dads watch tv while standing up! (And thank you to everyone who offered their insights!)
You know you consume too much media when you think of your therapy sessions as episodes in a season.
June 6, 2025 at 2:41 AM
You know you consume too much media when you think of your therapy sessions as episodes in a season.
@axios.com maybe don’t put smile emoji within the vicinity of “hate crime”. Love the newsletter otherwise, btw.
June 3, 2025 at 12:51 PM
@axios.com maybe don’t put smile emoji within the vicinity of “hate crime”. Love the newsletter otherwise, btw.
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I know it’s my job to inspect this cardboard box. I don’t always feel excited about the job, but the work matters
May 23, 2025 at 4:26 AM
I know it’s my job to inspect this cardboard box. I don’t always feel excited about the job, but the work matters
How good is Murderbot?! It’s so faithful and the casting is great. I want more now, please. Like, right now.
May 16, 2025 at 2:42 AM
How good is Murderbot?! It’s so faithful and the casting is great. I want more now, please. Like, right now.