Mikkel Snyder
@chimericnotion.myatproto.social
🇵🇭 🇺🇲 Writer with increasingly specific niches and increasingly divested interests. They/Them
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it is entirely fine not to prioritize becoming professionally or even significantly skilled at things you do for fun
February 6, 2026 at 7:31 PM
it is entirely fine not to prioritize becoming professionally or even significantly skilled at things you do for fun
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making stuff is important. making bad stuff is often the first step towards making good stuff; but mostly, it's important because it means you're making stuff.
February 6, 2026 at 7:16 PM
making stuff is important. making bad stuff is often the first step towards making good stuff; but mostly, it's important because it means you're making stuff.
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Eternal, from @carlaspeedmcneil.bsky.social :
February 6, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Eternal, from @carlaspeedmcneil.bsky.social :
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Defund the CIA and use the money to make more Muppet retellings of classic literature
production of The Muppet Show should not be dependent on petty vulgarities like “ratings” or “revenue.” it should be preserved as a vital function of american culture. it should have a taxpayer-funded budget rivaling the CIA
February 7, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Defund the CIA and use the money to make more Muppet retellings of classic literature
Trying to be better about self promotion & things, but Mary Wissinger invited me to give a talk about what I do for self care, and I talked about block scheduling for several minutes. If you wanna check it out...
Free, gentle daily practices.
Virtual, Feb 9–13 ✨
Link to join: marywissinger.com/rad
Free, gentle daily practices.
Virtual, Feb 9–13 ✨
Link to join: marywissinger.com/rad
Rad Self-Care Summit — Mary Wissinger
Free, gentle self-care practices guided by thoughtful humans. 10 mins or less. Virtual, Feb. 9-13.
marywissinger.com
February 6, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Trying to be better about self promotion & things, but Mary Wissinger invited me to give a talk about what I do for self care, and I talked about block scheduling for several minutes. If you wanna check it out...
Free, gentle daily practices.
Virtual, Feb 9–13 ✨
Link to join: marywissinger.com/rad
Free, gentle daily practices.
Virtual, Feb 9–13 ✨
Link to join: marywissinger.com/rad
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🎤 Join us at the St. Louis Planning Commission’s meeting next Wednesday at 5pm!
We’re using our strength in numbers to call for regulations to protect our city from AI data centers and make sure we’re not footing the energy bill for tech billionaires ⚡
We’re using our strength in numbers to call for regulations to protect our city from AI data centers and make sure we’re not footing the energy bill for tech billionaires ⚡
February 4, 2026 at 10:48 PM
🎤 Join us at the St. Louis Planning Commission’s meeting next Wednesday at 5pm!
We’re using our strength in numbers to call for regulations to protect our city from AI data centers and make sure we’re not footing the energy bill for tech billionaires ⚡
We’re using our strength in numbers to call for regulations to protect our city from AI data centers and make sure we’re not footing the energy bill for tech billionaires ⚡
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There's another university "AI Summit" coming up; my critical discussions of building otherwise than the current harmful paradigm of "AI" got good responses the last 2 yrs, but this year all i can think to do is sit on a table at the front of the room & ask "what are we doing?" for 15 full minutes.
February 2, 2026 at 7:31 PM
There's another university "AI Summit" coming up; my critical discussions of building otherwise than the current harmful paradigm of "AI" got good responses the last 2 yrs, but this year all i can think to do is sit on a table at the front of the room & ask "what are we doing?" for 15 full minutes.
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you know who else tried to imprison journalists?
duterte
where is he now?
in a prison cell in the Hague
see @mariaressa.bsky.social for the how-to
btw if you missed her story, watch www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontli...
because when i think of heroes, i think of maria first.
duterte
where is he now?
in a prison cell in the Hague
see @mariaressa.bsky.social for the how-to
btw if you missed her story, watch www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontli...
because when i think of heroes, i think of maria first.
A Thousand Cuts | FRONTLINE | PBS | Official Site | Documentary Series
Watch FRONTLINE's documentary on Maria Ressa, a renowned journalist who becomes a top target of Philippine President Duterte's press crackdown.
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January 30, 2026 at 7:55 PM
you know who else tried to imprison journalists?
duterte
where is he now?
in a prison cell in the Hague
see @mariaressa.bsky.social for the how-to
btw if you missed her story, watch www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontli...
because when i think of heroes, i think of maria first.
duterte
where is he now?
in a prison cell in the Hague
see @mariaressa.bsky.social for the how-to
btw if you missed her story, watch www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontli...
because when i think of heroes, i think of maria first.
You ever read a book that you admire the construction of and fundamentally disagree with the conclusion of said book? Well, I did earlier this month and it made me write a lot of words.
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Musing on Mixed Media: A Review of Searches: Selfhood in the Digital Age by Vauhini Vara
The cover of “Searches: Selfhood in the Digital Age” by Vauhini Vara Usually for my last newsletter of the month, I try to match mixed media. Talk about how...
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January 30, 2026 at 9:30 PM
You ever read a book that you admire the construction of and fundamentally disagree with the conclusion of said book? Well, I did earlier this month and it made me write a lot of words.
buttondown.com/mixedmediawi...
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I'm doing the "responsible/weird" thing of cleaning up my files, and as I leaf through around who I used to be, I am both impressed by what I managed to create by then and also utterly bewildered.
Which I suppose is a good thing either way. I guess that's a type of growth I guess.
Which I suppose is a good thing either way. I guess that's a type of growth I guess.
January 25, 2026 at 7:28 PM
I'm doing the "responsible/weird" thing of cleaning up my files, and as I leaf through around who I used to be, I am both impressed by what I managed to create by then and also utterly bewildered.
Which I suppose is a good thing either way. I guess that's a type of growth I guess.
Which I suppose is a good thing either way. I guess that's a type of growth I guess.
"War College teaches them to fight battles. I am teaching you to end wars."
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy resonates with me deeply and I really look forward to seeing it develop over the course of its inaugural season.
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy resonates with me deeply and I really look forward to seeing it develop over the course of its inaugural season.
January 24, 2026 at 12:14 AM
"War College teaches them to fight battles. I am teaching you to end wars."
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy resonates with me deeply and I really look forward to seeing it develop over the course of its inaugural season.
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy resonates with me deeply and I really look forward to seeing it develop over the course of its inaugural season.
Last year, I started reverting back to the ways of old (i.e. high school) and started making osing mini-mixtapes alongside endearingly shitty cover art made in MS Publisher.
It's a fun exercise trying to make sense what my current taste in music is trying to tell me that month.
It's a fun exercise trying to make sense what my current taste in music is trying to tell me that month.
A Mixtape for January 2026 - SPEC
SPEC(IFIC/TRUM/TRE/TACLE/ULATE) Another month, another mixtape wrought from whatever my mind has latched onto this particular unit of time. “Well at least we...
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January 23, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Last year, I started reverting back to the ways of old (i.e. high school) and started making osing mini-mixtapes alongside endearingly shitty cover art made in MS Publisher.
It's a fun exercise trying to make sense what my current taste in music is trying to tell me that month.
It's a fun exercise trying to make sense what my current taste in music is trying to tell me that month.
I used to have stray thoughts like "wow, I really could have been X in a different life" or "I missed my calling to do Y."
I am now realizing that I can just do the thing. There's nothing actually stopping me. I'm allowed to be more than what I'm now, which is something I probably did already knowm
I am now realizing that I can just do the thing. There's nothing actually stopping me. I'm allowed to be more than what I'm now, which is something I probably did already knowm
January 19, 2026 at 4:24 PM
I used to have stray thoughts like "wow, I really could have been X in a different life" or "I missed my calling to do Y."
I am now realizing that I can just do the thing. There's nothing actually stopping me. I'm allowed to be more than what I'm now, which is something I probably did already knowm
I am now realizing that I can just do the thing. There's nothing actually stopping me. I'm allowed to be more than what I'm now, which is something I probably did already knowm
My favorite line is "2025 was a year of trying things. 2026 is a year of connection. I don’t know exactly what means yet, but I feel it in my bones."
The most important one is probably "The simple act of shuffling as means of casting a lot of fate."
The most important one is probably "The simple act of shuffling as means of casting a lot of fate."
On The Topic of Cards, Rules, and Fate
A standard deck of playing has 52 cards. That means there are 52! possible combinations. That exclamation is one denoting a factorial and not one of general...
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January 16, 2026 at 9:53 PM
My favorite line is "2025 was a year of trying things. 2026 is a year of connection. I don’t know exactly what means yet, but I feel it in my bones."
The most important one is probably "The simple act of shuffling as means of casting a lot of fate."
The most important one is probably "The simple act of shuffling as means of casting a lot of fate."
I have reached "Letters of Transit" in my Fringe rewatch, one of the weirdest episodes of a syndicated show ever, but damn the 2036 opener was clean and it's willingness to be so weird in service of staging the next arc and examining theme is just so cool.
January 14, 2026 at 2:11 AM
I have reached "Letters of Transit" in my Fringe rewatch, one of the weirdest episodes of a syndicated show ever, but damn the 2036 opener was clean and it's willingness to be so weird in service of staging the next arc and examining theme is just so cool.
I'm doing this thing this year where I actually like... share the work I produce on socials in the hopes of getting more people to read my work. Maybe for fame. Maybe just to be known.
Who's to say but I've been proud of the stuff I've written for my newsletter.
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Who's to say but I've been proud of the stuff I've written for my newsletter.
buttondown.com/mixedmediawi...
How to Get a Hugo Award of My Own
In Which We Introduce Ourselves Again and Again and Again.
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January 9, 2026 at 10:55 PM
I'm doing this thing this year where I actually like... share the work I produce on socials in the hopes of getting more people to read my work. Maybe for fame. Maybe just to be known.
Who's to say but I've been proud of the stuff I've written for my newsletter.
buttondown.com/mixedmediawi...
Who's to say but I've been proud of the stuff I've written for my newsletter.
buttondown.com/mixedmediawi...
Thankful to have a schedule that lets me watch The Pitt Season 2 premiere "live."
Won't be live posting, but know I am watching with intent.
Won't be live posting, but know I am watching with intent.
January 9, 2026 at 1:59 AM
Thankful to have a schedule that lets me watch The Pitt Season 2 premiere "live."
Won't be live posting, but know I am watching with intent.
Won't be live posting, but know I am watching with intent.
If anyone was wondering, Fringe still holds up incredibly well and still has one of the finest episodes of all television in Season 2's White Tulip.
This also serves as my regular plea to the universe to give Anna Torv more work.
This also serves as my regular plea to the universe to give Anna Torv more work.
January 4, 2026 at 11:11 PM
If anyone was wondering, Fringe still holds up incredibly well and still has one of the finest episodes of all television in Season 2's White Tulip.
This also serves as my regular plea to the universe to give Anna Torv more work.
This also serves as my regular plea to the universe to give Anna Torv more work.
One of my more deeply held personal beliefs is that socks are awful and traveling in socks is the worst.
But at least I'm home now and my feet feel like feet again.
But at least I'm home now and my feet feel like feet again.
December 30, 2025 at 6:27 AM
One of my more deeply held personal beliefs is that socks are awful and traveling in socks is the worst.
But at least I'm home now and my feet feel like feet again.
But at least I'm home now and my feet feel like feet again.
Did I purposely come out to the East Coast a couple days early just for a pizza? No, but it certainly was a factor.
My love for Ledo Pizza's Hawaiian is mostly nostalgia, but nostalgia is powerful.
My love for Ledo Pizza's Hawaiian is mostly nostalgia, but nostalgia is powerful.
December 22, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Did I purposely come out to the East Coast a couple days early just for a pizza? No, but it certainly was a factor.
My love for Ledo Pizza's Hawaiian is mostly nostalgia, but nostalgia is powerful.
My love for Ledo Pizza's Hawaiian is mostly nostalgia, but nostalgia is powerful.
I am not particularly good at competitive Pokemon, whether it's singles, doubles, or the weird free for all in ZA, but I like minmaxing and customizing and curating and there is something about making a team with arbitrary rules and compositions and themes that just feels good?
December 17, 2025 at 3:56 AM
I am not particularly good at competitive Pokemon, whether it's singles, doubles, or the weird free for all in ZA, but I like minmaxing and customizing and curating and there is something about making a team with arbitrary rules and compositions and themes that just feels good?
It is extraordinary telling that a show I called "Legally-Distinct-From-ER ER" for three episodes before insisting on using its proper name was appointment television for 4 months at the beginning of 2025.
You know how good a show has to be to survive a full year of media and still be the best?
You know how good a show has to be to survive a full year of media and still be the best?
Opening Scene | The Pitt Season 2 | HBO Max
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December 12, 2025 at 5:59 PM
It is extraordinary telling that a show I called "Legally-Distinct-From-ER ER" for three episodes before insisting on using its proper name was appointment television for 4 months at the beginning of 2025.
You know how good a show has to be to survive a full year of media and still be the best?
You know how good a show has to be to survive a full year of media and still be the best?
Getting my oral appliance for sleep apnea today, and while it probably will take a couple weeks to find the correct placement of my jaw, there is a part of me that fears that I am going to wake up fully refreshed and go "so you're telling me I didn't have to be tired all the time?"
So we'll see.
So we'll see.
December 3, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Getting my oral appliance for sleep apnea today, and while it probably will take a couple weeks to find the correct placement of my jaw, there is a part of me that fears that I am going to wake up fully refreshed and go "so you're telling me I didn't have to be tired all the time?"
So we'll see.
So we'll see.
I am uncharacteristically at a bar for a speed dating event and they have Goosebumps playing on the TV, and truly the question on my mind is which is more horrifying:
* Being known
* Piano lessons that kill you
* Being known
* Piano lessons that kill you
November 29, 2025 at 2:21 AM
I am uncharacteristically at a bar for a speed dating event and they have Goosebumps playing on the TV, and truly the question on my mind is which is more horrifying:
* Being known
* Piano lessons that kill you
* Being known
* Piano lessons that kill you