Mike Batz
@mikebatz.bsky.social
My mother hung me on a hook once. Once.
Found some of my old writing. Do not recommend.
October 7, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Found some of my old writing. Do not recommend.
At this point, bring it on.
Aug 12th - The rogue star, Bellus, is due to collide with the earth, destroying all life as we know it.
📽️📅 When Worlds Collide (1951)
📽️📅 When Worlds Collide (1951)
August 12, 2025 at 1:16 PM
At this point, bring it on.
No matter what religion you have
No matter what part of the world you come from to here
This piece of dirt under our feet
Doesn't belong to just one person
The person with the most lawyers doesn't own all of it
It belongs to everybody
No matter what part of the world you come from to here
This piece of dirt under our feet
Doesn't belong to just one person
The person with the most lawyers doesn't own all of it
It belongs to everybody
This Land is Your Land
YouTube video by Mojo Nixon - Topic
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July 5, 2025 at 3:15 AM
No matter what religion you have
No matter what part of the world you come from to here
This piece of dirt under our feet
Doesn't belong to just one person
The person with the most lawyers doesn't own all of it
It belongs to everybody
No matter what part of the world you come from to here
This piece of dirt under our feet
Doesn't belong to just one person
The person with the most lawyers doesn't own all of it
It belongs to everybody
The internet is really useful for self-diagnosis. Like just now I thought I was having a mental break but then came here to learn I wasn’t hallucinating the NYT Spelling Bee completely resetting to a new set of letters mid-morning.
June 3, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The internet is really useful for self-diagnosis. Like just now I thought I was having a mental break but then came here to learn I wasn’t hallucinating the NYT Spelling Bee completely resetting to a new set of letters mid-morning.
Friday the 26th Part XVI: Jason Takes Manhattan
Implement a 100% tariff and ruin a movie
Six Men and Two Babies
Six Men and Two Babies
Tora! Tora! Tora! Tora! Tora! Tora!
May 5, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Friday the 26th Part XVI: Jason Takes Manhattan
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YOU MUST TOUCH SOMETHING SOFT TO HAVE STRENGTH TO CRUSH YOUR ENEMIES.
May 3, 2025 at 9:05 PM
YOU MUST TOUCH SOMETHING SOFT TO HAVE STRENGTH TO CRUSH YOUR ENEMIES.
Halfway through Ring Shout and it rules
Counter-argument:
You should use Sinners to springboard yourself into some other Black American horror like the following
You should use Sinners to springboard yourself into some other Black American horror like the following
April 21, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Halfway through Ring Shout and it rules
PSA: this album absolutely rips. So excited for their upcoming US tour.
The Tubs are The Sunday Times’ Album of the Week, aaaand on their Best Albums of 2025 So Far list 👀:
www.thetimes.com/culture/musi...
🙌 @onebeatpr.bsky.social
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🙌 @onebeatpr.bsky.social
March 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
PSA: this album absolutely rips. So excited for their upcoming US tour.
One of the little things I miss about living in DC is hearing the go go beat everywhere. I was lucky enough to catch Chuck Brown a couple of times and I’m so glad his legacy continues to grow. Also, I want that shirt!
February 25, 2025 at 2:35 PM
One of the little things I miss about living in DC is hearing the go go beat everywhere. I was lucky enough to catch Chuck Brown a couple of times and I’m so glad his legacy continues to grow. Also, I want that shirt!
Watched “The American Friend” last night and “The Brutalist” today. What should I watch tomorrow to keep this bleak “Americans using and degrading Europeans” run going? 📽️
January 26, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Watched “The American Friend” last night and “The Brutalist” today. What should I watch tomorrow to keep this bleak “Americans using and degrading Europeans” run going? 📽️
From firing offense to hiring condition in one day
January 20, 2025 at 10:24 PM
From firing offense to hiring condition in one day
Reposted by Mike Batz
With today’s high of -21°C (-6°F), this seems like a good day to mention one of my favourite words:
Apricity (n.): the warmth of the Sun in winter.
Here’s Logan, enjoying some.
Apricity (n.): the warmth of the Sun in winter.
Here’s Logan, enjoying some.
January 19, 2025 at 9:51 PM
With today’s high of -21°C (-6°F), this seems like a good day to mention one of my favourite words:
Apricity (n.): the warmth of the Sun in winter.
Here’s Logan, enjoying some.
Apricity (n.): the warmth of the Sun in winter.
Here’s Logan, enjoying some.
First it was a poppy seed bagel covered in tiny ticks and now it’s a bat that looks like a doughnut.
When not impersonating a jelly donut, the Eastern red bat controls insect pest populations like gypsy moths, cutworms, coneworms, and tent caterpillars.
Therefore: do not eat the crunchy, fuzzy, squeaky donut.
Therefore: do not eat the crunchy, fuzzy, squeaky donut.
March 4, 2024 at 5:19 PM
First it was a poppy seed bagel covered in tiny ticks and now it’s a bat that looks like a doughnut.
Some days I feel pretty normal and then I remember that my favorite candy are black licorice “salty herrings.”
February 16, 2024 at 1:33 AM
Some days I feel pretty normal and then I remember that my favorite candy are black licorice “salty herrings.”
That’s right, this outbreak is older than your fourth grader.
WGS has utterly transformed our ability to solve these kinds of outbreaks caused by dispersed, repeated contamination.
WGS has utterly transformed our ability to solve these kinds of outbreaks caused by dispersed, repeated contamination.
A listeria outbreak that sickened at least 26 people in 11 states since 2014 has been linked to queso fresco and cotija cheese made by Rizo-López Foods, a California-based food supplier, officials said. The company recalled its dairy products this week.
Dairy Products Are Linked to Listeria Outbreak
Rizo-López Foods recalled its dairy products this week, as officials linked some of them to an outbreak that has sickened 26 people since 2014.
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2024 at 2:02 AM
That’s right, this outbreak is older than your fourth grader.
WGS has utterly transformed our ability to solve these kinds of outbreaks caused by dispersed, repeated contamination.
WGS has utterly transformed our ability to solve these kinds of outbreaks caused by dispersed, repeated contamination.
For sure The O but also…
November 29, 2023 at 4:55 AM
For sure The O but also…
I find myself suddenly, randomly, and painfully nostalgic about See/Hear, the rad zine/book store in the East Village that I loved to visit in the 90s and very early 00s whenever I made my way to the city. Made a mark on me, that place.
Back to See/Hear
It's been closed now for a decade, but since it's been gone, it seems almost inconceivable that such a place even ever existed, ... much like the neighborhood it once called home. See/Hear was an inde...
vassifer.blogs.com
November 21, 2023 at 8:05 PM
I find myself suddenly, randomly, and painfully nostalgic about See/Hear, the rad zine/book store in the East Village that I loved to visit in the 90s and very early 00s whenever I made my way to the city. Made a mark on me, that place.
I’m apparently a Millennial at work:
45% Millennial
35% Gen Z
20% Gen X
0% Boomer
As a late Gen Xer I don’t know if I should be embarrassed in a how-do-you-do-fellow-kids kind of way or happy that I’m capable of change. Probably both.
45% Millennial
35% Gen Z
20% Gen X
0% Boomer
As a late Gen Xer I don’t know if I should be embarrassed in a how-do-you-do-fellow-kids kind of way or happy that I’m capable of change. Probably both.
Do you talk more like a millennial or a boomer at work? Take this quiz to find out.
What your communication habits at work say about you and how that might differ from your boss and colleagues.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 21, 2023 at 7:36 PM
I’m apparently a Millennial at work:
45% Millennial
35% Gen Z
20% Gen X
0% Boomer
As a late Gen Xer I don’t know if I should be embarrassed in a how-do-you-do-fellow-kids kind of way or happy that I’m capable of change. Probably both.
45% Millennial
35% Gen Z
20% Gen X
0% Boomer
As a late Gen Xer I don’t know if I should be embarrassed in a how-do-you-do-fellow-kids kind of way or happy that I’m capable of change. Probably both.
It’s not a food safety snowglobe but it’s not not a food safety snowglobe #foodsafety dementedpenguins.com/products/mad...
November 20, 2023 at 3:41 PM
It’s not a food safety snowglobe but it’s not not a food safety snowglobe #foodsafety dementedpenguins.com/products/mad...
It’s not worth $35 but…
A Prayer For Useful Data Cocktail Candle
You’ve tried everything else, you’ve begged, bargained and pleaded with the gods of good data, so here’s a candle to light when you just need one good data set. What harm could it do? This candl...
cognitive-surplus.com
November 5, 2023 at 3:11 PM
It’s not worth $35 but…
There’s also a three minute video with Grady Hendrix waxing poetic about it in an open-collared polyester shirt and furry tiger-print blazer. Glorious!
In November, finally on the Criterion Channel where it belongs (in a new restoration!)
November 1, 2023 at 5:35 PM
There’s also a three minute video with Grady Hendrix waxing poetic about it in an open-collared polyester shirt and furry tiger-print blazer. Glorious!
Reposted by Mike Batz
This is. Incredibly kind.
October 22, 2023 at 5:37 AM
This is. Incredibly kind.
Reposted by Mike Batz
I could not be less surprised by this. I am a data point. I've watched so many (and I mean TOO MANY) of my women colleagues experience the same. Women networks in academia are so fragile because there's never a sense of security or permanence. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Toxic workplaces are the main reason women leave academic jobs
Women feel driven out by problems with workplace culture more often than by lack of work–life balance. Women feel driven out by problems with workplace culture more often than by lack of work–life...
www.nature.com
October 21, 2023 at 2:57 PM
I could not be less surprised by this. I am a data point. I've watched so many (and I mean TOO MANY) of my women colleagues experience the same. Women networks in academia are so fragile because there's never a sense of security or permanence. www.nature.com/articles/d41...