Mike Sphar
@mikesphar.bsky.social
I have approximate knowledge of many things
Years ago, still relatively early in my tech career, we had an incident and a last minute meeting was called. I was the second person to walk into the room, and the first person said "Mike, are you aware when you walk into the room it feels like everything is going to be okay?"
What is the best compliment you ever received? Putting aside whether or not you believed it.
November 28, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Years ago, still relatively early in my tech career, we had an incident and a last minute meeting was called. I was the second person to walk into the room, and the first person said "Mike, are you aware when you walk into the room it feels like everything is going to be okay?"
Flock of Seagulls
Oingo Boingo
Kraftwerk
Great Big Sea
The Decemberists
Oingo Boingo
Kraftwerk
Great Big Sea
The Decemberists
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen —
NIN
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Soul Coughing
Poe
Tom Morello
NIN
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Soul Coughing
Poe
Tom Morello
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
Bowie *
Roger Waters
July Talk *
Metric *
Alice Phoebe Lou *
* multiple times
Bowie *
Roger Waters
July Talk *
Metric *
Alice Phoebe Lou *
* multiple times
November 28, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Flock of Seagulls
Oingo Boingo
Kraftwerk
Great Big Sea
The Decemberists
Oingo Boingo
Kraftwerk
Great Big Sea
The Decemberists
I met a Corgi today named Martin Short
November 28, 2025 at 2:28 AM
I met a Corgi today named Martin Short
There's more of gravy than of grave about you, Charlie Brown
Meat's back on the menu, Charlie Brown.
You can be my wingman any time, Charlie Brown.
November 24, 2025 at 5:08 AM
There's more of gravy than of grave about you, Charlie Brown
You are not brought upon this world to get it, Charlie Brown
I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe, Charlie Brown
Every living thing on earth dies alone, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 5:05 AM
You are not brought upon this world to get it, Charlie Brown
We've reached the phase where people propose ideas that are actual episodes of Black Mirror
November 15, 2025 at 12:52 AM
We've reached the phase where people propose ideas that are actual episodes of Black Mirror
God help these people if they ever discover Godzilla movies
Who in this blip of a lifetime, on this fragile earth, in this whisper of a dream of an existence, has ever assumed a continuity in the James Bond franchise
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 12, 2025 at 4:54 PM
God help these people if they ever discover Godzilla movies
The accumulated guests at your Thanksgiving dinner will look at the table and ask "Where is the turkey?" and then all the aunts and uncles will look down and shout 'DROP IT!'...and I'll look up and whisper 'No.”
November 12, 2025 at 1:05 AM
The accumulated guests at your Thanksgiving dinner will look at the table and ask "Where is the turkey?" and then all the aunts and uncles will look down and shout 'DROP IT!'...and I'll look up and whisper 'No.”
Today I was at a sold-out concert by former members of Oingo Boingo and it was by far the most concentrated genx energy I have ever experienced in my life
November 1, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Today I was at a sold-out concert by former members of Oingo Boingo and it was by far the most concentrated genx energy I have ever experienced in my life
When white Americans don’t understand what “aunt” means in many many other cultures, including some American ones
Christ the billionaire class is running scared from this guy.
The "pushback" for those who don't know is that he said his aunt was afraid to wear a hijab in the subway after 9/11 when she's actually his dad's cousin whom he calls his auntie.
The "pushback" for those who don't know is that he said his aunt was afraid to wear a hijab in the subway after 9/11 when she's actually his dad's cousin whom he calls his auntie.
In the final days of New York City’s mayoral race, Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani has faced pushback over a story he told about his aunt being afraid to wear her hijab while riding the subway after the September 11, 2001, attacks. https://cnn.it/432IAcr
October 28, 2025 at 8:12 PM
When white Americans don’t understand what “aunt” means in many many other cultures, including some American ones
Now if I could choose two people to tell the Aristocrats joke…
October 26, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Now if I could choose two people to tell the Aristocrats joke…
“You may choose one person to tell you the Aristocrats joke.”
October 26, 2025 at 1:34 AM
“You may choose one person to tell you the Aristocrats joke.”
The farther any shape is from radiatori or campanelle the worse it is, with one exception for spaghetti and only spaghetti.
So yeah, it’s penne. If Ned Flanders has a favorite pasta, it’s penne.
So yeah, it’s penne. If Ned Flanders has a favorite pasta, it’s penne.
a second day of the same discourse? no. no thank you.
instead I need you to name your least favorite pasta shape
instead I need you to name your least favorite pasta shape
October 22, 2025 at 10:03 PM
The farther any shape is from radiatori or campanelle the worse it is, with one exception for spaghetti and only spaghetti.
So yeah, it’s penne. If Ned Flanders has a favorite pasta, it’s penne.
So yeah, it’s penne. If Ned Flanders has a favorite pasta, it’s penne.
Reposted by Mike Sphar
The Jays have the chance to do the funniest thing Canada has done since 1814
Imagine winning the World Series. You'd get to visit the ruins that used to be the White House
October 21, 2025 at 3:50 AM
The Jays have the chance to do the funniest thing Canada has done since 1814
It's very beside the point, but it's an irony of "No Kings" that I don't know any living monarch has the carte blanche power to do whatever the fuck he wants that Trump gets away with.
October 20, 2025 at 11:49 PM
It's very beside the point, but it's an irony of "No Kings" that I don't know any living monarch has the carte blanche power to do whatever the fuck he wants that Trump gets away with.
There’s a bee in the Menards garden section buzzing around the aisle of fake flowers and that’s just a little sad.
October 18, 2025 at 4:15 PM
There’s a bee in the Menards garden section buzzing around the aisle of fake flowers and that’s just a little sad.
Honestly probably easier to name the few that are less worthy
name an italian more worthy of an american holiday than columbus
October 13, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Honestly probably easier to name the few that are less worthy
Who the fuck is out there doing “late” circumcisions??? How much data could there possibly be?
Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.
"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."
"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."
October 10, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Who the fuck is out there doing “late” circumcisions??? How much data could there possibly be?
Willis
What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?
October 8, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Willis
Reposted by Mike Sphar
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
Good Boy is a really interesting film, technically. Effective use of unusual camera angles, sound, editing, and textbook demonstration of kuleshov effect. (There's even a post credits behind the scenes bit where the director talks about and demonstrates this.)
October 5, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Good Boy is a really interesting film, technically. Effective use of unusual camera angles, sound, editing, and textbook demonstration of kuleshov effect. (There's even a post credits behind the scenes bit where the director talks about and demonstrates this.)
Reposted by Mike Sphar
this is basically portland's version of a haka
Portland enacts emergency powers of nudity to check federal overreach.
October 1, 2025 at 9:41 PM
this is basically portland's version of a haka
Even if they truly “hit both sides equally” we have years of clear evidence that one side will consider that to be extreme left-wing bias, because equality is oppression to them
Jimmy Fallon plans to “keep my head down” and avoid politics on “The Tonight Show”: “We hit both sides equally”
Jimmy Fallon Plans to ‘Keep My Head Down’ and Avoid Politics on ‘The Tonight Show’: ‘We Hit Both Sides Equally’
Jimmy Fallon says he plans to "keep my head down" and avoid politics on "The Tonight Show."
variety.com
October 1, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Even if they truly “hit both sides equally” we have years of clear evidence that one side will consider that to be extreme left-wing bias, because equality is oppression to them
Reading that apparently the NFL never pays for halftime performers? As if Prince or Springsteen or Beyonce or _Michael Jackson_ needed the exposure either, much less Taylor
Apparently the NFL wanted her show for free, and thought the value of it for her was the exposure. The NFL has been getting free exposure from Taylor, just from her going to her fiancés games, and she is getting death threats for it.
www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...
www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...
NFL ‘Flatly Refused’ to Meet Taylor Swift’s Demands About Super Bowl Performance, Source Says
The speculation about Taylor Swift’s possible performance at the Super Bowl has now reportedly come to an abrupt end. Industry insiders claimed that Swift made some demands to perform for the halftime...
www.yahoo.com
September 26, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Reading that apparently the NFL never pays for halftime performers? As if Prince or Springsteen or Beyonce or _Michael Jackson_ needed the exposure either, much less Taylor