Mike Sakasegawa
@sakeriver.com
Photographer, writer, podcaster. Host of Keep the Channel Open. Co-host of Hey, It's Me. He/him. Please no unsolicited advice.
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Mike Sakasegawa
@sakeriver.com
· Dec 15
Okay new rule: if you respond to my jokes with advice and I don’t know you, I’m blocking you.
Good morning, by the way.
Good morning, by the way.
I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Dec 26th 2025 (Tricky), in less than 24 minutes
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So close on this one but I slipped while trying to use the corner notes 😩
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So close on this one but I slipped while trying to use the corner notes 😩
Clues by Sam
A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who is a criminal!
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December 26, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Dec 26th 2025 (Tricky), in less than 24 minutes
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So close on this one but I slipped while trying to use the corner notes 😩
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So close on this one but I slipped while trying to use the corner notes 😩
I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Dec 25th 2025 (Tricky), in less than 15 minutes
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Clues by Sam
A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who is a criminal!
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December 26, 2025 at 1:43 AM
I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Dec 25th 2025 (Tricky), in less than 15 minutes
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I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Dec 24th 2025 (Medium), in less than 9 minutes
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Clues by Sam
A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who is a criminal!
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December 24, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Dec 24th 2025 (Medium), in less than 9 minutes
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Clues by Sam
A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who is a criminal!
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December 23, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Clues by Sam
A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who is a criminal!
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December 22, 2025 at 4:52 PM
“Don’t tell me you could imagine. I won’t give you a medal” is legitimately something I would hang on my wall if somebody cross-stitched it.
they are not brilliant.
the billionaires and institutions in this country are just more craven than we could have ever imagined, even in our most cynical imaginings.
(don't tell me you could imagine. I won't give you a medal.)
the billionaires and institutions in this country are just more craven than we could have ever imagined, even in our most cynical imaginings.
(don't tell me you could imagine. I won't give you a medal.)
December 22, 2025 at 6:15 AM
“Don’t tell me you could imagine. I won’t give you a medal” is legitimately something I would hang on my wall if somebody cross-stitched it.
I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Dec 21st 2025 (Hard), in less than 34 minutes
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Kinda frustrating that the one mistake was from a slip of my finger rather but it is what it is.
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Kinda frustrating that the one mistake was from a slip of my finger rather but it is what it is.
Clues by Sam
A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who is a criminal!
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December 22, 2025 at 12:33 AM
I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Dec 21st 2025 (Hard), in less than 34 minutes
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Kinda frustrating that the one mistake was from a slip of my finger rather but it is what it is.
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Kinda frustrating that the one mistake was from a slip of my finger rather but it is what it is.
I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Dec 20th 2025 (Hard), in less than 16 minutes
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Clues by Sam
A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who is a criminal!
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December 20, 2025 at 8:20 PM
I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Dec 20th 2025 (Hard), in less than 16 minutes
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Reposted by Mike Sakasegawa
Without getting into it too much, the Thing You Do that feels simple & straightforward can seem like deepest sorcery to someone who doesn’t have that facility & vice versa, & that’s good & beautiful imo, whether it leads to striving through difficulty or dwelling more intentionally in your strength
December 20, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Without getting into it too much, the Thing You Do that feels simple & straightforward can seem like deepest sorcery to someone who doesn’t have that facility & vice versa, & that’s good & beautiful imo, whether it leads to striving through difficulty or dwelling more intentionally in your strength
Perhaps the greatest proof to me that age rots the brain is that somewhere in the past 28 years my brain has reclassified Sugar Ray as “pleasantly nostalgic.”
December 20, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Perhaps the greatest proof to me that age rots the brain is that somewhere in the past 28 years my brain has reclassified Sugar Ray as “pleasantly nostalgic.”
Every time I go into a McDonald’s, especially for breakfast, there is at least one table with two or more old guys just hanging out, talking or playing chess or something. And tbh I think it’s kind of beautiful.
December 20, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Every time I go into a McDonald’s, especially for breakfast, there is at least one table with two or more old guys just hanging out, talking or playing chess or something. And tbh I think it’s kind of beautiful.
Well shit. Now I’m gripped by this fact as well.
My brain finds the muffin part distinct, having a top muffin half and a bottom muffin half.
But now I'm gripped by the fact that an Egg McMuffin puts the meat on top but the Sausage McMuffin with Egg puts it in the middle.
But now I'm gripped by the fact that an Egg McMuffin puts the meat on top but the Sausage McMuffin with Egg puts it in the middle.
December 20, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Well shit. Now I’m gripped by this fact as well.
You know what, this made my morning better
A friend sent this today and it is the best thing I have ever read: gothamist.com/news/harlem-...
Harlem lawmaker sanctioned for explicit remarks about his mom after Rep. Rangel's death
Gibbs said on the floor that his late mother was enamored with both Rep. Rangel and his predecessor, Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
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December 20, 2025 at 5:33 PM
You know what, this made my morning better
In a Sausage McMuffin with Egg, the sausage patty sits between the cheese and the egg. And my weird brain has decided that there must be a right side up to this sandwich, but cannot decide which side is up. So what do you think: is the egg on bottom and cheese on top, or the other way around?
December 20, 2025 at 5:26 PM
In a Sausage McMuffin with Egg, the sausage patty sits between the cheese and the egg. And my weird brain has decided that there must be a right side up to this sandwich, but cannot decide which side is up. So what do you think: is the egg on bottom and cheese on top, or the other way around?
I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Dec 19th 2025 (Hard), in less than 9 minutes
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Clues by Sam
A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who is a criminal!
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December 19, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Dec 19th 2025 (Hard), in less than 9 minutes
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I know in my bones that there will come a day when Costco stops selling cheap hot dogs, and on that day a part of my soul will die. But for now we still have cheap Costco hot dogs, which is to say that there is still beauty in the world.
December 19, 2025 at 2:30 AM
I know in my bones that there will come a day when Costco stops selling cheap hot dogs, and on that day a part of my soul will die. But for now we still have cheap Costco hot dogs, which is to say that there is still beauty in the world.
I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Dec 18th 2025 (Tricky), in less than 10 minutes
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Clues by Sam
A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who is a criminal!
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December 18, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Dec 18th 2025 (Tricky), in less than 10 minutes
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Reposted by Mike Sakasegawa
Really glad to have had this conversation with @annwallace.bsky.social on The WildStory last week (!!) 🎙️📚💜 Mountains and image and silence and Milton and Thoreau and more 🏔️
Episode 27: Poet Han VanderHart, Visual Artist Mare McClellan and Benjamin Vogt, Author of Prairie Up
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December 18, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Really glad to have had this conversation with @annwallace.bsky.social on The WildStory last week (!!) 🎙️📚💜 Mountains and image and silence and Milton and Thoreau and more 🏔️
Reposted by Mike Sakasegawa
Kennedy curse when.
December 18, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Kennedy curse when.
Reposted by Mike Sakasegawa
Five guests who appeared on BTC in 2025—Rickey Laurentiis, Caren Beilin, Madeleine Thien, Olga Ravn & Omar El Akkad— are longlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award this year. You can check out the conversations about their acclaimed books at tinhouse.com/podcasts
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December 18, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Five guests who appeared on BTC in 2025—Rickey Laurentiis, Caren Beilin, Madeleine Thien, Olga Ravn & Omar El Akkad— are longlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award this year. You can check out the conversations about their acclaimed books at tinhouse.com/podcasts
@bookcritics.bsky.social
@bookcritics.bsky.social
This one makes me think of this concept from Buddhism—and, I admit, I’m at best an amateur Buddhist—of non-striving. That is, neither pulling toward the good nor pushing away from pain, rather accepting that both are temporary and both are part of life.
Today's Love Letter is a reflection on the incredible, healing, life-affirming power of pain -- and how good it is to get the chance to hurt.
When It Hurts
A Love Letters Feature by Sarah Gailey - December 2025
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December 17, 2025 at 10:13 PM
This one makes me think of this concept from Buddhism—and, I admit, I’m at best an amateur Buddhist—of non-striving. That is, neither pulling toward the good nor pushing away from pain, rather accepting that both are temporary and both are part of life.
Reposted by Mike Sakasegawa
Today's Love Letter is a reflection on the incredible, healing, life-affirming power of pain -- and how good it is to get the chance to hurt.
When It Hurts
A Love Letters Feature by Sarah Gailey - December 2025
stone-soup.ghost.io
December 17, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Today's Love Letter is a reflection on the incredible, healing, life-affirming power of pain -- and how good it is to get the chance to hurt.
Clues by Sam
A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who is a criminal!
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December 16, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Whatever your day was like, I hope tomorrow is better
December 16, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Whatever your day was like, I hope tomorrow is better
I feel like there are two kinds of dads who are hard to shop for. One is the dad who always buys himself the things he wants, so by the time it's a gift-giving occasion he's already got the things you can think to get him. The other is the dad who doesn't really have any identifiable interests.
December 15, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I feel like there are two kinds of dads who are hard to shop for. One is the dad who always buys himself the things he wants, so by the time it's a gift-giving occasion he's already got the things you can think to get him. The other is the dad who doesn't really have any identifiable interests.