Mike Vachow
@mikevachow.bsky.social
Use every man after his desert, and who should 'scape whipping?
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Gambino’s king cake in a freezer unit at a grocery store in STL. This is how distant we are from the loving gaze of god.
post a banger that's not in English
Parlez-Nous a Boire
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February 9, 2026 at 10:05 PM
post a banger that's not in English
Bad Bunny halftime show: best part of telecast so far. This program somehow slipped through the MAGA brain-rot, obey-in-advance sensors.
February 9, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Bad Bunny halftime show: best part of telecast so far. This program somehow slipped through the MAGA brain-rot, obey-in-advance sensors.
Have already checked off the “really shitty AI slop” on my Super Bowl ad spot bingo card.
February 8, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Have already checked off the “really shitty AI slop” on my Super Bowl ad spot bingo card.
Trappist monks have been the ferments guys to track, for the last 500 years.
RFK Jr on what he'll eat during the Super Bowl: "I am on a carnivore diet so I just eat meat and ferments, and I'm very happy with that. So I'm probably going to have yogurt."
February 8, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Trappist monks have been the ferments guys to track, for the last 500 years.
Pulitzer prize winning, WaPo climate reporter, Chris Mooney, on the demise of newspapers.
The Washington Post and the tragic decline of newspapers
And, just maybe, of climate journalism.
open.substack.com
February 8, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Pulitzer prize winning, WaPo climate reporter, Chris Mooney, on the demise of newspapers.
NBC really hitting it out of the park with 5 hrs of talking head, pregame Super Bowl coverage and an interview with Dear Leader instead of, say, the Winter Olympics.
February 8, 2026 at 8:18 PM
NBC really hitting it out of the park with 5 hrs of talking head, pregame Super Bowl coverage and an interview with Dear Leader instead of, say, the Winter Olympics.
Terrifying. One very late, cold night in 1986, when I was a junior at Michigan, I found a kid passed out in the snow near the School of Ed. He came to when I shook him. I finally made out where he lived through the slurring, got him there, never saw him again.
Body of missing teen recovered in Ann Arbor
The body of a missing teenager was discovered Saturday following a coordinated 20-hour search amid extreme cold by authorities.
www.detroitnews.com
February 8, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Terrifying. One very late, cold night in 1986, when I was a junior at Michigan, I found a kid passed out in the snow near the School of Ed. He came to when I shook him. I finally made out where he lived through the slurring, got him there, never saw him again.
Clever winter placement of Muny ad spots when watching The Music Man while sitting on the surface of the sun seems really appealing.
February 8, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Clever winter placement of Muny ad spots when watching The Music Man while sitting on the surface of the sun seems really appealing.
Woman two rows back at mass today with a singing voice that was a dead ringer for Kirsty Maccoll’s. Turned out to be the priest’s sister.
February 8, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Woman two rows back at mass today with a singing voice that was a dead ringer for Kirsty Maccoll’s. Turned out to be the priest’s sister.
Best thing about cross country skiing at the Olympics is it favors the oldies.
February 7, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Best thing about cross country skiing at the Olympics is it favors the oldies.
This is an extraordinary design. Any Clevelanders ever see this property?
Horton Harper Architects Design Multigenerational Fox Residence - Architizer Journal
Cleveland, OH, United States
architizer.com
February 6, 2026 at 7:26 PM
This is an extraordinary design. Any Clevelanders ever see this property?
Just as in the 2010s we discovered that crowd-sourcing apps had to be manipulated by actual humans with discernment lest the #1 Yelp recommendation in every city be Applebees. Wisdom of the crowd turned out to be regression to the mean.
Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”
It Turns Out Waymos Are Being Controlled by Workers in the Philippines
During a Congressional hearing, Waymo's chief safety officer, Mauricio Peña, was grilled over the company's reliance on overseas workers.
futurism.com
February 6, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Just as in the 2010s we discovered that crowd-sourcing apps had to be manipulated by actual humans with discernment lest the #1 Yelp recommendation in every city be Applebees. Wisdom of the crowd turned out to be regression to the mean.
Country Music Hall of Fame has an outstanding LA country music scene exhibit up right now which includes the Nudie suits the Burritos are wearing on this album cover.
On this day in 1969, The Flying Burrito Brothers fused country rock with every other style of American music. The Gilded Palace Of Sin. #MusicSky
February 6, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Country Music Hall of Fame has an outstanding LA country music scene exhibit up right now which includes the Nudie suits the Burritos are wearing on this album cover.
I was hoping that @dieworkwear.bsky.social would chime in with a draping take on this story, and I woke up this morning and it was true.
ski jump penis doping story only underscores the advantages of shape and drape over slim fit clothing
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...
February 6, 2026 at 1:48 PM
I was hoping that @dieworkwear.bsky.social would chime in with a draping take on this story, and I woke up this morning and it was true.
As a teacher, school head, and now consultant who does a dozen school admin placements a yr, I have written/spoken/read/heard thousands of recommendations and references and never encountered a description of a candidate’s appearance. My career began in 1990. Jeezus!
I have been writing letters of recommendation for just shy of thirty years— 17 students this year alone— in ratios that more or less track the majority-women population of liberal arts students.
Obviously I have never commented on a student's looks... and no recipient has ever called me to ask.
Obviously I have never commented on a student's looks... and no recipient has ever called me to ask.
February 6, 2026 at 1:41 PM
As a teacher, school head, and now consultant who does a dozen school admin placements a yr, I have written/spoken/read/heard thousands of recommendations and references and never encountered a description of a candidate’s appearance. My career began in 1990. Jeezus!
I thought that I’d successfully blocked my way free from an algorithmic surge from the bottom of foodsky (I want pizza rolls!) only to be plagued by posts from the sub basement of foodsky (my tummy hurts!)
February 6, 2026 at 1:15 PM
I thought that I’d successfully blocked my way free from an algorithmic surge from the bottom of foodsky (I want pizza rolls!) only to be plagued by posts from the sub basement of foodsky (my tummy hurts!)
Wins bsky
Oh, hello Mrs. Dart. Oh...is Jaxson not home? Well...I guess I could just wait for him. You just keep working out...
February 6, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Wins bsky
Tired: pole vaulter with an inconveniently big wiener
Wired: ski jumpers exploiting the intersection of big wieners and sail making
Wired: ski jumpers exploiting the intersection of big wieners and sail making
February 6, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Tired: pole vaulter with an inconveniently big wiener
Wired: ski jumpers exploiting the intersection of big wieners and sail making
Wired: ski jumpers exploiting the intersection of big wieners and sail making
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Saint Louis University says Customs and Border Protection will not participate in its March 4 career fair after students circulated a petition objecting to the agency’s presence. www.ksdk.com/article/news...
SLU reverses course on immigration enforcement recruiters after student pressure
Federal agency had already registered before university responded to student concerns citing faith-based mission
www.ksdk.com
February 5, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Saint Louis University says Customs and Border Protection will not participate in its March 4 career fair after students circulated a petition objecting to the agency’s presence. www.ksdk.com/article/news...
I love rock and roll stories. Heard this one recently: Blondie’s Clem Burke says he overplayed an early take, mostly fills, just goofing, and that’s the one they recorded.
February 5, 2026 at 3:56 AM
I love rock and roll stories. Heard this one recently: Blondie’s Clem Burke says he overplayed an early take, mostly fills, just goofing, and that’s the one they recorded.
Deepest apologies from the State of Missouri. Schmitt is a pro at these kinds of stunts.
Schmitt: "Your words that don’t mean anything aren't going to stop what’s coming, and I want you to take that back to Soros and all these ridiculous funders you have. Because justice is coming. And by the way, if I have it my way, we will be denaturalize all these fraudsters and send them home."
February 5, 2026 at 3:33 AM
Deepest apologies from the State of Missouri. Schmitt is a pro at these kinds of stunts.
Follow @jackiemader.bsky.social and the @hechingerreport.org for reporting on the impact of ICE actions on young children and their education.
Immigration raids traumatize even the youngest children
Young kids need mental health support, protection from witnessing aggressive enforcement, experts say.
hechingerreport.org
February 5, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Follow @jackiemader.bsky.social and the @hechingerreport.org for reporting on the impact of ICE actions on young children and their education.
That's what I'm talking about
'A Blank Canvas:' Grand Traverse Bay Frozen For First Time Since 2019
Grand Traverse Bay is officially frozen for the first time since 2019 and only the seventh time this century.
After a prolonged stretch of temperatures ranging from cold to brutally cold, ice slowly b...
www.traverseticker.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:29 PM
That's what I'm talking about
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Our founders, though deeply flawed, understood that democracy requires an informed citizenry and a government accountable to it people. That’s why the press is the only profession protected by the Constitution. It’s also why autocrats and oligarchs seek to control and destroy it.
February 4, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Our founders, though deeply flawed, understood that democracy requires an informed citizenry and a government accountable to it people. That’s why the press is the only profession protected by the Constitution. It’s also why autocrats and oligarchs seek to control and destroy it.