Michael Eldredge
@michaeleldredge.bsky.social
Math enthusiast and teacher.
Working for Tulsa Community College.
Views my own, often sarcastic.
Working for Tulsa Community College.
Views my own, often sarcastic.
Is the image on the left supposed to make me think of a Borg cube or one of the trash-block heaps from Wall-E?
February 6, 2026 at 3:39 AM
Is the image on the left supposed to make me think of a Borg cube or one of the trash-block heaps from Wall-E?
Reposted by Michael Eldredge
“Doomerism” is when you say “holy shit things are going to get bad and there’s nothing we can do.” It’s not when you say “holy shit things are going to get bad and we better get prepared for that”.
February 4, 2026 at 10:43 PM
“Doomerism” is when you say “holy shit things are going to get bad and there’s nothing we can do.” It’s not when you say “holy shit things are going to get bad and we better get prepared for that”.
Reposted by Michael Eldredge
I've been having mixed feelings about this all day, because the rest of the order is powerful and righteous, but a sitting judge signing off any order (let alone a fiery defense of the Constitutional order, which includes judicial non-endorsement of religion) with Bible verses is Bad, Actually.
Judge Biery signed the order with a photo of Liam and two bible verses: The first is "But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven." The second is simply "Jesus wept."
Astonishing thing for a judge to do.
Astonishing thing for a judge to do.
February 1, 2026 at 4:05 AM
I've been having mixed feelings about this all day, because the rest of the order is powerful and righteous, but a sitting judge signing off any order (let alone a fiery defense of the Constitutional order, which includes judicial non-endorsement of religion) with Bible verses is Bad, Actually.
Source: Oklahoma Voice
search.app/X1hdi
The headline is misleading. He actually proposed making legislators subject to breathalyzer tests on an accusation.
Drinking alcohol on the job is already banned.
search.app/X1hdi
The headline is misleading. He actually proposed making legislators subject to breathalyzer tests on an accusation.
Drinking alcohol on the job is already banned.
Oklahoma lawmaker moves to ban his colleagues from drinking alcohol while working • Oklahoma Voice
A Republican senator has filed legislation to bar lawmakers from drinking alcohol on the job after he accused some of them of being drunk while taking critical votes.
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January 30, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Source: Oklahoma Voice
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The headline is misleading. He actually proposed making legislators subject to breathalyzer tests on an accusation.
Drinking alcohol on the job is already banned.
search.app/X1hdi
The headline is misleading. He actually proposed making legislators subject to breathalyzer tests on an accusation.
Drinking alcohol on the job is already banned.
Hey @davidgerard.co.uk
Have you seen this yet? I would like to see your thoughts.
youtu.be/b9EbCb5A408?...
Have you seen this yet? I would like to see your thoughts.
youtu.be/b9EbCb5A408?...
We Studied 150 Developers Using AI (Here’s What's Actually Changed...)
YouTube video by Modern Software Engineering
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Hey @davidgerard.co.uk
Have you seen this yet? I would like to see your thoughts.
youtu.be/b9EbCb5A408?...
Have you seen this yet? I would like to see your thoughts.
youtu.be/b9EbCb5A408?...
Unless and until this man spends some time in prison we have not gone back to normal politics.
I am not going to say it needs to be a long time, but it cannot be zero.
I am not going to say it needs to be a long time, but it cannot be zero.
"You raise your voice, I erase your voice."
ICE in Minneapolis are erasing your rights.
Please share our new video of what's happening in our city. youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY
ICE in Minneapolis are erasing your rights.
Please share our new video of what's happening in our city. youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY
January 27, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Unless and until this man spends some time in prison we have not gone back to normal politics.
I am not going to say it needs to be a long time, but it cannot be zero.
I am not going to say it needs to be a long time, but it cannot be zero.
The unspoken assumption here is that AI systems (LLMs specifically) actually have some real benefit.
I am not convinced they do. My experience is that they FEEL like they help without actually helping.
I am not convinced they do. My experience is that they FEEL like they help without actually helping.
it’s been said before but ceding “ai” to the other side would be one of the most atrocious tactical errors imaginable
January 27, 2026 at 7:57 PM
The unspoken assumption here is that AI systems (LLMs specifically) actually have some real benefit.
I am not convinced they do. My experience is that they FEEL like they help without actually helping.
I am not convinced they do. My experience is that they FEEL like they help without actually helping.
How low can you go people?
How low can you go?
How low can you go?
January 26, 2026 at 10:13 PM
How low can you go people?
How low can you go?
How low can you go?
Today I learned about the 1968 Santa-booing incident.
imgaine getting sent packing with your ass in your own two hands by some of the nicest people in the world and then showing up in a city that is famous for booing santa claus
January 26, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Today I learned about the 1968 Santa-booing incident.
I am not a big sports guy, but I care enough to say these events shouldn't happen here at this time.
sign.moveon.org/petitions/fi...
sign.moveon.org/petitions/fi...
Tell FIFA and Olympics: It's Not Safe for the U.S. to Host!
Experts are already concerned about the treatment visitors to the World Cup and Olympics would face in the U.S.—especially for people traveling from countries that the Trump administration has treated...
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January 25, 2026 at 5:38 AM
I am not a big sports guy, but I care enough to say these events shouldn't happen here at this time.
sign.moveon.org/petitions/fi...
sign.moveon.org/petitions/fi...
Reposted by Michael Eldredge
I’m sorry but as someone who has a book and a PhD on this exact thing, this is just straight up not true. The majority of Nazis discovered living abroad (particularly in the US, Australia, and UK) faced almost no legal consequences beyond the occasional loss of citizenship.
This is essentially what governments did in the late 1900s and early 2000s with respect to Nazis. Whether you were a lowly concentration camp guard or in Hitler's inner circle, if there was evidence you were a Nazi, it was straight to jail with your walker.
It worked.
It worked.
Maybe instead of identifying specific ICE agents who do particularly heinous things, we could just penalize everyone who was on payroll at the agency starting by a certain date.
January 24, 2026 at 2:02 PM
I’m sorry but as someone who has a book and a PhD on this exact thing, this is just straight up not true. The majority of Nazis discovered living abroad (particularly in the US, Australia, and UK) faced almost no legal consequences beyond the occasional loss of citizenship.
Reposted by Michael Eldredge
i’m not particularly attached to “abolish ICE” as a slogan but as a policy it’s mandatory
January 24, 2026 at 5:50 PM
i’m not particularly attached to “abolish ICE” as a slogan but as a policy it’s mandatory
Now, I am not an expert on securities, but when they say "crypto tokens that seek to track U.S. stocks" it sounds like they are trying to bring back bucket shops.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucket_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucket_...
January 23, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Now, I am not an expert on securities, but when they say "crypto tokens that seek to track U.S. stocks" it sounds like they are trying to bring back bucket shops.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucket_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucket_...
I 100% agree with this.
To anyone outside the US that sees this: We need to face some harsh truths as a nation. We need your honesty more than we need kind words.
To anyone outside the US that sees this: We need to face some harsh truths as a nation. We need your honesty more than we need kind words.
I have one request for everyone outside the United States. Stop being polite to us Americans. Tell us what you really think.
"The most corrupt president The United States have ever seen."
UK Member of Parliament Ed Davey does not mince words when characterizing Trump after his move to take Greenland.
UK Member of Parliament Ed Davey does not mince words when characterizing Trump after his move to take Greenland.
January 21, 2026 at 3:05 AM
I 100% agree with this.
To anyone outside the US that sees this: We need to face some harsh truths as a nation. We need your honesty more than we need kind words.
To anyone outside the US that sees this: We need to face some harsh truths as a nation. We need your honesty more than we need kind words.
Happy Civil Liberties day. (My preferred name for MLK day.)
I pledge to keep pushing for a more just society and ask anyone who reads this to do the same.
I pledge to keep pushing for a more just society and ask anyone who reads this to do the same.
January 20, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Happy Civil Liberties day. (My preferred name for MLK day.)
I pledge to keep pushing for a more just society and ask anyone who reads this to do the same.
I pledge to keep pushing for a more just society and ask anyone who reads this to do the same.
The company I tutor with (gig economy "employer") excitedly advertised to me that I can tutor in new topics like "vibe coding", "Gemini", and "ChatGPT".
I think giving my honest opinion on this would violate the "non-disparagement" clause in my contract, so I will just leave that here.
I think giving my honest opinion on this would violate the "non-disparagement" clause in my contract, so I will just leave that here.
January 17, 2026 at 6:16 PM
The company I tutor with (gig economy "employer") excitedly advertised to me that I can tutor in new topics like "vibe coding", "Gemini", and "ChatGPT".
I think giving my honest opinion on this would violate the "non-disparagement" clause in my contract, so I will just leave that here.
I think giving my honest opinion on this would violate the "non-disparagement" clause in my contract, so I will just leave that here.
Reposted by Michael Eldredge
As with other state media, any engagement (even ironic) with this verified ICE bluesky account will be weaponised for fascist propaganda.
Block and move on. Use screengrabs if commenting on a post.
Block and move on. Use screengrabs if commenting on a post.
January 17, 2026 at 12:56 PM
As with other state media, any engagement (even ironic) with this verified ICE bluesky account will be weaponised for fascist propaganda.
Block and move on. Use screengrabs if commenting on a post.
Block and move on. Use screengrabs if commenting on a post.
I never realized before the crisis in Minnesota just how bad the political instincts of the left tend to be.
So many are calling for violent revolution and chastising Gov. Walz for saying "Don't do that."
Guys, think two steps ahead and imagine how bad things can get.
So many are calling for violent revolution and chastising Gov. Walz for saying "Don't do that."
Guys, think two steps ahead and imagine how bad things can get.
January 15, 2026 at 3:22 PM
I never realized before the crisis in Minnesota just how bad the political instincts of the left tend to be.
So many are calling for violent revolution and chastising Gov. Walz for saying "Don't do that."
Guys, think two steps ahead and imagine how bad things can get.
So many are calling for violent revolution and chastising Gov. Walz for saying "Don't do that."
Guys, think two steps ahead and imagine how bad things can get.
Slightly diminish a game:
Group of the Lamb.
Group of the Lamb.
Slightly diminish a game:
Dark Soups
Dark Soups
Slightly diminish a game:
Red Dead Apology 2
Red Dead Apology 2
January 11, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Slightly diminish a game:
Group of the Lamb.
Group of the Lamb.
Do we have a list of the Vance shots?
January 9, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Do we have a list of the Vance shots?
Reposted by Michael Eldredge
Sometimes all you can do is make the world 0.0000000000001% less awful by being a good person and it feels very meaningless but it’s also the only thing that really matters
January 7, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Sometimes all you can do is make the world 0.0000000000001% less awful by being a good person and it feels very meaningless but it’s also the only thing that really matters
Reposted by Michael Eldredge
"Venture capital investors in the year 2025 were too cynical and hesitant to invest in a technology that promised to revolutionize the world"
- some cryptobro with a better-than-average grasp of reality apparently.
- some cryptobro with a better-than-average grasp of reality apparently.
January 5, 2026 at 2:26 AM
"Venture capital investors in the year 2025 were too cynical and hesitant to invest in a technology that promised to revolutionize the world"
- some cryptobro with a better-than-average grasp of reality apparently.
- some cryptobro with a better-than-average grasp of reality apparently.
I have sent emails to both of my senators and my congressional representative.
It isn't much, but at this point I don't know what else I can do.
So BlueSky, do you have any suggestions?
It isn't much, but at this point I don't know what else I can do.
So BlueSky, do you have any suggestions?
January 3, 2026 at 3:14 PM
I have sent emails to both of my senators and my congressional representative.
It isn't much, but at this point I don't know what else I can do.
So BlueSky, do you have any suggestions?
It isn't much, but at this point I don't know what else I can do.
So BlueSky, do you have any suggestions?