Mike Wood
@funnyonceaday.bsky.social
Comedian. Beekeeper. Mathdork.
@kevinmkruse.bsky.social running an absolute clinic
My man looks like he’s auditioning for an off Broadway musical about Baskin Robbins
January 1, 2026 at 6:18 PM
@kevinmkruse.bsky.social running an absolute clinic
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Working your entire life so you can "enjoy" a couple years when you're close to death is the biggest scam of all time.
December 31, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Working your entire life so you can "enjoy" a couple years when you're close to death is the biggest scam of all time.
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biggest technological revolution of our lifetimes and it's not AI or blockchain or cryptocurrency or metaverse.
“South Africans like Dr. Booley have found a remedy for power cuts that have plagued people in the developing world for years. Thanks to swiftly falling prices of Chinese made solar panels and batteries, they now draw their power from the sun.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/c...
Cheap Solar Is Transforming Lives and Economies Across Africa
www.nytimes.com
December 30, 2025 at 6:35 PM
biggest technological revolution of our lifetimes and it's not AI or blockchain or cryptocurrency or metaverse.
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As a devout trend-follower, I love eating nothing but a potato while on my staycation in my multi-friend sharehome after a day of thrifting and couponmaxxing
December 30, 2025 at 3:26 PM
As a devout trend-follower, I love eating nothing but a potato while on my staycation in my multi-friend sharehome after a day of thrifting and couponmaxxing
Cabbage is the vegetable-du-jour; baked potatoes trending as a meal.
Really leaning into dustbowl poverty vibes.
Really leaning into dustbowl poverty vibes.
We're on the cusp of the next potato trend: the loaded, baked potato has been popping up on restaurant menus in Philly and worldwide, but as a main dish and not as a side.
A star, not a side: The baked potato is back in a big way
www.inquirer.com
December 30, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Cabbage is the vegetable-du-jour; baked potatoes trending as a meal.
Really leaning into dustbowl poverty vibes.
Really leaning into dustbowl poverty vibes.
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This is New England's version of the Louvre heist.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
$400,000 worth of lobster stolen en route to Costco stores, shipper says
The lobsters, which were not alive, were on their way to Costco stores in Illinois and Minnesota, according to Rexing Companies.
www.nbcnews.com
December 29, 2025 at 3:15 PM
This is New England's version of the Louvre heist.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Artists have no basic duty to perform on demand at all, let alone for "all people"
"Any artist cancelling their show at the Trump Kennedy Center over political differences isn't courageous or principled—they are selfish, intolerant, and have failed to meet the basic duty of a public artist: to perform for all people"- Kennedy Center spokesperson Roma Daravi
Kennedy Center vows to sue musician who canceled performance over Trump name change
The Kennedy Center is planning legal action after jazz musician Chuck Redd canceled an annual holiday concert. Redd pulled out after President Trump's name appeared on the building.
www.npr.org
December 28, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Artists have no basic duty to perform on demand at all, let alone for "all people"
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another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
"Whatever helps us stay productive is what really matters right now. There’s still plenty of time left for 1933 to be our year. Politics will come and go, but I’m sure when I look back on this period, what I’ll remember most will be the work that I completed on schedule."
#McSweeneys #BestOf2025
#McSweeneys #BestOf2025
I’m a German Citizen in 1933, and Is It Just Me or Is It Really Hard to Get Any Work Done Right Now?
Our 25th most-read article of 2025.
- - -Guten tag. I’m just wondering if anybody else can relate to this feeling I’ve been having that I just can...
www.mcsweeneys.net
December 27, 2025 at 3:17 PM
"Whatever helps us stay productive is what really matters right now. There’s still plenty of time left for 1933 to be our year. Politics will come and go, but I’m sure when I look back on this period, what I’ll remember most will be the work that I completed on schedule."
#McSweeneys #BestOf2025
#McSweeneys #BestOf2025
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being a rich tech guy in the 90s must have been so sick. every morning you start a web page that sells ring tones, sell it at lunch for 2 million dollars, get dinner at a “sushi” restaurant and go to a night club wearing a cologne called Apartheid Sapphire
December 27, 2025 at 2:36 AM
being a rich tech guy in the 90s must have been so sick. every morning you start a web page that sells ring tones, sell it at lunch for 2 million dollars, get dinner at a “sushi” restaurant and go to a night club wearing a cologne called Apartheid Sapphire
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It’s a neat artifact of the 2020s, assuming that people reject technology because they’re ignorant not because they just don’t find it appealing.
December 26, 2025 at 3:29 PM
It’s a neat artifact of the 2020s, assuming that people reject technology because they’re ignorant not because they just don’t find it appealing.
make a Bond movie casual
Mooncompostinginplace
Mooncompostinginplace
make a Bond movie casual
Dr. Sorta
Dr. Sorta
make a Bond movie casual
Quantum of Shoelace
Quantum of Shoelace
December 26, 2025 at 3:06 AM
make a Bond movie casual
Mooncompostinginplace
Mooncompostinginplace
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It would be very funny if Kelce doesn’t retire and Taylor Swift spends another season going to watch the Chiefs suck in person
December 26, 2025 at 2:15 AM
It would be very funny if Kelce doesn’t retire and Taylor Swift spends another season going to watch the Chiefs suck in person
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Christ on a bike, this is brilliant.
And disgustingly historically accurate. 10/10
And disgustingly historically accurate. 10/10
December 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Christ on a bike, this is brilliant.
And disgustingly historically accurate. 10/10
And disgustingly historically accurate. 10/10
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"Serial founder in Health" is a phrase that evokes an extremely punchable face
December 23, 2025 at 5:40 PM
"Serial founder in Health" is a phrase that evokes an extremely punchable face
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I promise you dividing labour up in society by skill and passion is a better way to live than letting the rich dangle survival in front of us with meagre paycheques as a means of incentive.
December 23, 2025 at 10:40 AM
I promise you dividing labour up in society by skill and passion is a better way to live than letting the rich dangle survival in front of us with meagre paycheques as a means of incentive.
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I feel like there’s a story to be done on the under-recognized importance of tech nonprofits to modern journalism.
E.g.:
• Signal
• RECAP/Courtlistener
• Internet Archive/Wayback Machine
• Wikipedia/Wikimedia
See also: nonprofit outlets like AP, ProPublica, and RNS, obvi.
E.g.:
• Signal
• RECAP/Courtlistener
• Internet Archive/Wayback Machine
• Wikipedia/Wikimedia
See also: nonprofit outlets like AP, ProPublica, and RNS, obvi.
April 6, 2025 at 12:34 AM
I feel like there’s a story to be done on the under-recognized importance of tech nonprofits to modern journalism.
E.g.:
• Signal
• RECAP/Courtlistener
• Internet Archive/Wayback Machine
• Wikipedia/Wikimedia
See also: nonprofit outlets like AP, ProPublica, and RNS, obvi.
E.g.:
• Signal
• RECAP/Courtlistener
• Internet Archive/Wayback Machine
• Wikipedia/Wikimedia
See also: nonprofit outlets like AP, ProPublica, and RNS, obvi.
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2025 Headline of the Year nominee (April)
December 23, 2025 at 12:03 AM
2025 Headline of the Year nominee (April)
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2025 Headline of the Year nominee (February)
December 23, 2025 at 12:01 AM
2025 Headline of the Year nominee (February)
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2025 Headline of the Year nominee (September)
December 22, 2025 at 11:48 PM
2025 Headline of the Year nominee (September)
four hundred million dollar episodes of "The Raccoons"
i don’t think everyone needs to like every film but the way people refuse to even take the avatar series seriously in any capacity feels so performative in a way no other series has ever been treated, very odd to me
December 22, 2025 at 3:57 PM
four hundred million dollar episodes of "The Raccoons"
The point of summarising is not the summary. The act of gathering, reading and synthesising is the point -- the summary is just the result of doing the valuable thing.
December 21, 2025 at 2:03 PM
The point of summarising is not the summary. The act of gathering, reading and synthesising is the point -- the summary is just the result of doing the valuable thing.
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Professional level talent at anything is always a combination of natural aptitude and years and years and years of hard work. Vanity training can’t create it, and neither can substitutes like AI. You get good at things through sweat and failure and years. It’s unfakeable.
December 20, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Professional level talent at anything is always a combination of natural aptitude and years and years and years of hard work. Vanity training can’t create it, and neither can substitutes like AI. You get good at things through sweat and failure and years. It’s unfakeable.
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The White House has been caught.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
December 20, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The White House has been caught.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.