Michael Foley
@m1foley.bsky.social
I love Ruby, Elixir, mahjong, baroque cello, history, martial arts (Bay Jiu Jitsu white belt, muay Thai, Krav), Stoicism/REBT. Author of Fit Commit git linter & mahjongwind.com. Director of Yak Shaving at Trailhead. San Francisco 🌉
Pretty representative set of footnotes in Moby-Dick
August 16, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Pretty representative set of footnotes in Moby-Dick
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usually if you ask experts why an empire fell they’ll say it’s nuanced and multifaceted, so i think it’s kind of cool that with America future historians will get to just say like “oh they took the idiot train to moronsville”
August 10, 2025 at 3:36 AM
usually if you ask experts why an empire fell they’ll say it’s nuanced and multifaceted, so i think it’s kind of cool that with America future historians will get to just say like “oh they took the idiot train to moronsville”
@timeskull.bsky.social According to ChatGPT, Fall Semester ‘99 was peak Irritability (I gotta say I laughed at the rhino beetle one) chatgpt.com/share/6869fe...
ChatGPT - Funniest Irritability Comic
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July 6, 2025 at 4:43 AM
@timeskull.bsky.social According to ChatGPT, Fall Semester ‘99 was peak Irritability (I gotta say I laughed at the rhino beetle one) chatgpt.com/share/6869fe...
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I told you we’d be back
June 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I told you we’d be back
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making fun of a samurai I thought I beat in a sword fight 2 days ago when my torso starts sliding cleanly away from my legs
May 24, 2025 at 7:02 PM
making fun of a samurai I thought I beat in a sword fight 2 days ago when my torso starts sliding cleanly away from my legs
This is old man stuff here, but I had a fun time reading the Rime of the Ancient Mariner. The experience of reading was worth looking up the archaic words, and there are some big cultural influences in it, like "an albatross around one's neck." www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43997/...
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (text of 1834)
The Bridegroom's doors are opened wide, And I am next of kin; The guests are met, the feast is set: May'st hear the merry din.' He holds him with his skinny hand, 'There was a ship,' quoth he. He hold...
www.poetryfoundation.org
May 23, 2025 at 5:47 PM
This is old man stuff here, but I had a fun time reading the Rime of the Ancient Mariner. The experience of reading was worth looking up the archaic words, and there are some big cultural influences in it, like "an albatross around one's neck." www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43997/...
Richard Brautigan's "All Watched Over By Machines Of Loving Grace" now comes with an "AI analysis" allpoetry.com/All-Watched-...
All Watched Over By Machines Of Loving Grace by Richard Brautigan - Famous poems, famous poets. - All Poetry
Comments & analysis: I like to think (and / the sooner the better!)
allpoetry.com
May 20, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Richard Brautigan's "All Watched Over By Machines Of Loving Grace" now comes with an "AI analysis" allpoetry.com/All-Watched-...
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The Proclaimers sing of walking 500 miles and then 500 more to be the man that winds up at your door. It’s important to note that they are Scottish. Scotland at its widest point is 275 miles. We can therefore conclude they are either 1) liars or 2) idiots that walk into the ocean
November 3, 2024 at 8:16 PM
The Proclaimers sing of walking 500 miles and then 500 more to be the man that winds up at your door. It’s important to note that they are Scottish. Scotland at its widest point is 275 miles. We can therefore conclude they are either 1) liars or 2) idiots that walk into the ocean
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I was panicked that my 7-year-old might freak out during the face melting scene in Indiana Jones but she said "I guess he shouldn't have opened that" as seriously as possible and I've been crying laughing for 10 minutes
May 10, 2025 at 12:16 AM
I was panicked that my 7-year-old might freak out during the face melting scene in Indiana Jones but she said "I guess he shouldn't have opened that" as seriously as possible and I've been crying laughing for 10 minutes
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If I could do any move from street fighter I would probably choose hurricane kick. Maybe E. Honda's "hu-hoy" move. Anything you could use to get across a chasm etc.
May 6, 2025 at 6:37 PM
If I could do any move from street fighter I would probably choose hurricane kick. Maybe E. Honda's "hu-hoy" move. Anything you could use to get across a chasm etc.
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intently watching this video while the sound of horses and siege engines grows louder
April 7, 2025 at 11:12 PM
intently watching this video while the sound of horses and siege engines grows louder
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saturday was a blast and sunday was even better, really on a roll here. now to check the calendar to see what day tomorrow is
March 24, 2025 at 4:26 AM
saturday was a blast and sunday was even better, really on a roll here. now to check the calendar to see what day tomorrow is
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"no rapping tonight"
why?
"you rap about patrick swayze everytime, it's embarrassing"
ok
[after one beer]
uh oh y'all it's gettin kinda hazy
why?
"you rap about patrick swayze everytime, it's embarrassing"
ok
[after one beer]
uh oh y'all it's gettin kinda hazy
August 12, 2023 at 3:47 PM
"no rapping tonight"
why?
"you rap about patrick swayze everytime, it's embarrassing"
ok
[after one beer]
uh oh y'all it's gettin kinda hazy
why?
"you rap about patrick swayze everytime, it's embarrassing"
ok
[after one beer]
uh oh y'all it's gettin kinda hazy
@timeskull.bsky.social Wondering how this egg shortage is affecting the egg themed adventurer. Increases his prestige, right?
March 10, 2025 at 3:34 AM
@timeskull.bsky.social Wondering how this egg shortage is affecting the egg themed adventurer. Increases his prestige, right?
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"Careful it's hot! It's hot!" But you don't move out of the doorway in time and I let go to spill the entire dish no one asked me to bring, a 60 qt stock pot full of boiling water and a completely unseasoned butcher shop pig's head that spins down the foyer making eye contact with every single guest
November 28, 2024 at 3:33 PM
"Careful it's hot! It's hot!" But you don't move out of the doorway in time and I let go to spill the entire dish no one asked me to bring, a 60 qt stock pot full of boiling water and a completely unseasoned butcher shop pig's head that spins down the foyer making eye contact with every single guest
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[wakes up after 8 years in cryogenic chamber] I did it. I slept through the trump years. now to see what's on TV
March 5, 2025 at 2:09 AM
[wakes up after 8 years in cryogenic chamber] I did it. I slept through the trump years. now to see what's on TV
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Realized I never said "unquote" after reciting a famous poem in 10th grade. Sorry if you thought everything I've said since is Shakespeare
May 18, 2023 at 3:18 PM
Realized I never said "unquote" after reciting a famous poem in 10th grade. Sorry if you thought everything I've said since is Shakespeare
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saying "I've got to go update my neovim config" the same way patrick bateman says he's got to return some video tapes
February 20, 2025 at 4:16 AM
saying "I've got to go update my neovim config" the same way patrick bateman says he's got to return some video tapes
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(explaining bugs bunny to a girl) ok the thing you gotta know about this guy is hes basically never serious. He is always clowning on others
February 16, 2025 at 5:28 PM
(explaining bugs bunny to a girl) ok the thing you gotta know about this guy is hes basically never serious. He is always clowning on others
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Like, my nostalgia is not for how the past was, but for how I used to envision the future.
February 15, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Like, my nostalgia is not for how the past was, but for how I used to envision the future.
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Sometimes I'll just make thumbnail graphics for YouTube videos that don't exist.
February 7, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Sometimes I'll just make thumbnail graphics for YouTube videos that don't exist.
My fave web comic goes ALL IN on the alt text
February 6, 2025 at 6:01 PM
My fave web comic goes ALL IN on the alt text
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STEVE MILLER: some people call me the space cowboy
LIE DETECTOR ADMINISTRATOR: *looks up and shakes head*
LIE DETECTOR ADMINISTRATOR: *looks up and shakes head*
January 17, 2025 at 1:51 AM
STEVE MILLER: some people call me the space cowboy
LIE DETECTOR ADMINISTRATOR: *looks up and shakes head*
LIE DETECTOR ADMINISTRATOR: *looks up and shakes head*
A misprogrammed bird that immediately flies off the screen and doesn't reappear when you walk forward
Which classic platformer enemy type would you be? I'd probably be one of the wall-mounted things that shoots projectiles that follow you
January 15, 2025 at 11:17 PM
A misprogrammed bird that immediately flies off the screen and doesn't reappear when you walk forward