This Ain’t Michael
@micheil.bsky.social
Digital ecosystems, information systems, physicist, bulldog dad since 1996.
Chicago. Silicon Valley. Scottsdale. Denver.
Opinions and insights do not reflect any organization I am affiliated with.
Chicago. Silicon Valley. Scottsdale. Denver.
Opinions and insights do not reflect any organization I am affiliated with.
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This Ain’t Michael
@micheil.bsky.social
· Jun 22
Mr Wrinkles is always down for a photo op. Or two.
Hope everyone is staying cool! 🥵
Hope everyone is staying cool! 🥵
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This is Reggie. He is a very sweet boy whose hopes and dreams are entirely invested in this blueberry. 13/10 (TT: reggiethebully5)
January 12, 2026 at 6:17 PM
This is Reggie. He is a very sweet boy whose hopes and dreams are entirely invested in this blueberry. 13/10 (TT: reggiethebully5)
It's a slush fund, y'all. From the article:
"...this is being set up kind of like a slush fund,” said the expert who asked for anonymity. “It’s very troubling.”
Slush fund. Let that sink in.
"...this is being set up kind of like a slush fund,” said the expert who asked for anonymity. “It’s very troubling.”
Slush fund. Let that sink in.
January 20, 2026 at 12:51 AM
It's a slush fund, y'all. From the article:
"...this is being set up kind of like a slush fund,” said the expert who asked for anonymity. “It’s very troubling.”
Slush fund. Let that sink in.
"...this is being set up kind of like a slush fund,” said the expert who asked for anonymity. “It’s very troubling.”
Slush fund. Let that sink in.
Computing is an extension of human sociology and psychology. Humans create information from nothing. It is inextricably tied to the human condition.
It might also be consistent with the idea that LLMs are cultural technologies, soaking up all of humanity's knowledge such that they are a kind of interactive repository of all human intellectual (and other) history.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Large AI models are cultural and social technologies
Implications draw on the history of transformative information systems from the past
www.science.org
January 18, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Computing is an extension of human sociology and psychology. Humans create information from nothing. It is inextricably tied to the human condition.
Probably my first favorite artist, I remember loving Donna when I was 4-5yrs old! Her songs are immortal to that passage of time. They feel just as current as ever.
I can't even think of a song as sonically inventive, infectious and motherfucking sexy as I Feel Love. 😍
I can't even think of a song as sonically inventive, infectious and motherfucking sexy as I Feel Love. 😍
Between 1975 and 1979, Donna Summer released 22 singles, including "Bad Girls," "Hot Stuff," and "I Feel Love."
20 of them went to #1 on the Billboard Dance Chart.
20 out of 22.
20 of them went to #1 on the Billboard Dance Chart.
20 out of 22.
January 18, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Probably my first favorite artist, I remember loving Donna when I was 4-5yrs old! Her songs are immortal to that passage of time. They feel just as current as ever.
I can't even think of a song as sonically inventive, infectious and motherfucking sexy as I Feel Love. 😍
I can't even think of a song as sonically inventive, infectious and motherfucking sexy as I Feel Love. 😍
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ICE has kidnapped so many people from their cars that the city had to put out this statement. Let that sink in.
Vehicles that are abandoned due to an ICE detention and towed to the City's impound lot will be released to their owners or a representative at no cost.
Learn more: https://www.minneapolismn.gov/getting-around/parking-driving/impound-lot/#d.en.200746
Learn more: https://www.minneapolismn.gov/getting-around/parking-driving/impound-lot/#d.en.200746
January 16, 2026 at 11:42 PM
ICE has kidnapped so many people from their cars that the city had to put out this statement. Let that sink in.
January 16, 2026 at 10:24 PM
When Hinton/Hopfield were awarded the Nobel in 2024, the Nobel lost its shine. It's meaningless now.
Want to make it mean something again? Anyone who would "gift" it, try to reassign it or otherwise rewrite history should be stripped of the award. Integrity matters.
Want to make it mean something again? Anyone who would "gift" it, try to reassign it or otherwise rewrite history should be stripped of the award. Integrity matters.
I think it’s basically time to retire the peace prize because it really is meaningless at this point. Another 100+ year-old tradition cheapened, wrecked, and discredited by the gauche garish gangster.
January 16, 2026 at 7:17 PM
When Hinton/Hopfield were awarded the Nobel in 2024, the Nobel lost its shine. It's meaningless now.
Want to make it mean something again? Anyone who would "gift" it, try to reassign it or otherwise rewrite history should be stripped of the award. Integrity matters.
Want to make it mean something again? Anyone who would "gift" it, try to reassign it or otherwise rewrite history should be stripped of the award. Integrity matters.
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Hats off to whoever did this (and the beautiful model).
January 16, 2026 at 8:18 AM
Hats off to whoever did this (and the beautiful model).
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We’re underreacting
January 16, 2026 at 3:06 AM
We’re underreacting
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“If a mostly white community can push back on this project and get it stopped, it’s unacceptable that the next move is to fly under the radar in a rural Black community with even less transparency,” Black added.
www.canarymedia.com/articles/dat...
www.canarymedia.com/articles/dat...
After a white town rejected a data center, developers eyed a Black…
Four million Americans live within 1 mile of a data center. The communities closest to them are “overwhelmingly” non-white.
www.canarymedia.com
January 14, 2026 at 6:11 PM
“If a mostly white community can push back on this project and get it stopped, it’s unacceptable that the next move is to fly under the radar in a rural Black community with even less transparency,” Black added.
www.canarymedia.com/articles/dat...
www.canarymedia.com/articles/dat...
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Some serious abuser language, right there.
“Why do you make me hit you?”
“Why do you make me hit you?”
January 11, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Some serious abuser language, right there.
“Why do you make me hit you?”
“Why do you make me hit you?”
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I don’t see how this country survives until 2029 unless Trump is impeached and removed. This level of lawless malice is not sustainable. What fresh horrors await us this week?
January 12, 2026 at 4:39 AM
I don’t see how this country survives until 2029 unless Trump is impeached and removed. This level of lawless malice is not sustainable. What fresh horrors await us this week?
If only I could get my hands on the USDA frozen concentrated orange juice crop report before it’s released!
Holy cow: TRUMP LEAKED THIS MORNING'S PAYROLL NUMBERS.
At 8:20pm last night he posted a photo of a briefing he received from his CEA. It reveals market-moving numbers that were officially released at 8:30am this morning.
(Note: CEA receives the data—confidentially—on Thursday evening.)
At 8:20pm last night he posted a photo of a briefing he received from his CEA. It reveals market-moving numbers that were officially released at 8:30am this morning.
(Note: CEA receives the data—confidentially—on Thursday evening.)
January 9, 2026 at 11:38 PM
If only I could get my hands on the USDA frozen concentrated orange juice crop report before it’s released!
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BIG FIGHT AT POLAND’S WROCLAW ZOO!!!
January 9, 2026 at 8:02 PM
BIG FIGHT AT POLAND’S WROCLAW ZOO!!!
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can’t believe i still see so many liberals trying to debunk gop talking points as if they are actually outlining disprovable arguments, not clumsy pretexts for projecting power. you people sound like you are attempting to out-logic a squid dragging you underwater. use a fucking machete.
January 26, 2024 at 3:36 AM
can’t believe i still see so many liberals trying to debunk gop talking points as if they are actually outlining disprovable arguments, not clumsy pretexts for projecting power. you people sound like you are attempting to out-logic a squid dragging you underwater. use a fucking machete.
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I am impeaching Secretary Kristi Noem, who is an incompetent leader and a disgrace to our democracy.
She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.
She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.
January 8, 2026 at 12:00 AM
I am impeaching Secretary Kristi Noem, who is an incompetent leader and a disgrace to our democracy.
She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.
She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.
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Abolish and prosecute ICE. They did a murder in broad daylight today. Imagine what they're doing in the closed facilities we're somehow not even allowed to see.
January 7, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Abolish and prosecute ICE. They did a murder in broad daylight today. Imagine what they're doing in the closed facilities we're somehow not even allowed to see.
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Jacob Frey: "To ICE -- get the fuck out of Minneapolis"
January 7, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Jacob Frey: "To ICE -- get the fuck out of Minneapolis"
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Crockett: "Everyone wants to talk about how Maduro was illegitimate. As we sit here on January 6, I do want to be clear: somebody else was trying to be a Maduro of the United States. Somebody else wanted to do the exact same thing. The difference is Maduro was successful."
January 6, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Crockett: "Everyone wants to talk about how Maduro was illegitimate. As we sit here on January 6, I do want to be clear: somebody else was trying to be a Maduro of the United States. Somebody else wanted to do the exact same thing. The difference is Maduro was successful."
"Negotiated exit" - see the 10:30 mark.
Note:
- No US equipment, life lost; minimal injuries
- Inside knowledge of VZ targets, infra
- Low VZ casualties given ops' scale, significance
- Maduro's wife taken - highly unusual
Did Trump orchestrate this or Michael Bay?
Note:
- No US equipment, life lost; minimal injuries
- Inside knowledge of VZ targets, infra
- Low VZ casualties given ops' scale, significance
- Maduro's wife taken - highly unusual
Did Trump orchestrate this or Michael Bay?
Pretty interesting breakdown of America's special military operation into Maduro's compound: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PC3t...
How U.S Delta Force Raid Captured Maduro
YouTube video by Cappy Army
www.youtube.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:03 PM
"Negotiated exit" - see the 10:30 mark.
Note:
- No US equipment, life lost; minimal injuries
- Inside knowledge of VZ targets, infra
- Low VZ casualties given ops' scale, significance
- Maduro's wife taken - highly unusual
Did Trump orchestrate this or Michael Bay?
Note:
- No US equipment, life lost; minimal injuries
- Inside knowledge of VZ targets, infra
- Low VZ casualties given ops' scale, significance
- Maduro's wife taken - highly unusual
Did Trump orchestrate this or Michael Bay?
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Nicolás Maduro Charged With Felony Oil Possession
January 5, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Nicolás Maduro Charged With Felony Oil Possession
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No, Trump didn’t tell Congress before launching a large-scale operation in Venezuela. But he did tell U.S. oil companies.
Trump seemed to have no reservations that his government isn’t a democracy at all—it’s an oligarchy, where companies come first and are already cashing in. trib.al/T6IK2Dv
Trump seemed to have no reservations that his government isn’t a democracy at all—it’s an oligarchy, where companies come first and are already cashing in. trib.al/T6IK2Dv
January 5, 2026 at 2:33 PM
No, Trump didn’t tell Congress before launching a large-scale operation in Venezuela. But he did tell U.S. oil companies.
Trump seemed to have no reservations that his government isn’t a democracy at all—it’s an oligarchy, where companies come first and are already cashing in. trib.al/T6IK2Dv
Trump seemed to have no reservations that his government isn’t a democracy at all—it’s an oligarchy, where companies come first and are already cashing in. trib.al/T6IK2Dv
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look at some point you gotta face the fact that not everything is a distraction from everything else and there’s just a lot of bad stuff going on all the time
Schumer: "It makes you think that maybe to Trump he wants to distract the American people, as he always does, from the skyrocketing costs they are facing, from the Epstein files."
January 3, 2026 at 10:30 PM
look at some point you gotta face the fact that not everything is a distraction from everything else and there’s just a lot of bad stuff going on all the time
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Donald Trump now claiming the United States hasn’t just illegally kidnapped the Venezuelan president and his wife, but also that it carried out a coup and will run the country until the US government chooses a new leader for Venezuela.
There’s no way the world can let this stand.
There’s no way the world can let this stand.
January 3, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Donald Trump now claiming the United States hasn’t just illegally kidnapped the Venezuelan president and his wife, but also that it carried out a coup and will run the country until the US government chooses a new leader for Venezuela.
There’s no way the world can let this stand.
There’s no way the world can let this stand.
I cannot take @carnage4life.bsky.social seriously any longer and will be unfollowing.
Postings are increasingly clickbait; lacking introspection and critical thought.
Postings are increasingly clickbait; lacking introspection and critical thought.
I still can’t get used to Marjorie Taylor Greene being the person in Congress that’s most meeting the moment.
January 3, 2026 at 8:01 PM
I cannot take @carnage4life.bsky.social seriously any longer and will be unfollowing.
Postings are increasingly clickbait; lacking introspection and critical thought.
Postings are increasingly clickbait; lacking introspection and critical thought.