Mikkel Snyder
@chimericnotion.myatproto.social
🇵🇭 🇺🇲 Writer with increasingly specific niches and increasingly divested interests. They/Them
https://buttondown.com/mixedmediawithmikkel/
https://buttondown.com/mixedmediawithmikkel/
One of my more deeply held personal beliefs is that socks are awful and traveling in socks is the worst.
But at least I'm home now and my feet feel like feet again.
But at least I'm home now and my feet feel like feet again.
December 30, 2025 at 6:27 AM
One of my more deeply held personal beliefs is that socks are awful and traveling in socks is the worst.
But at least I'm home now and my feet feel like feet again.
But at least I'm home now and my feet feel like feet again.
Did I purposely come out to the East Coast a couple days early just for a pizza? No, but it certainly was a factor.
My love for Ledo Pizza's Hawaiian is mostly nostalgia, but nostalgia is powerful.
My love for Ledo Pizza's Hawaiian is mostly nostalgia, but nostalgia is powerful.
December 22, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Did I purposely come out to the East Coast a couple days early just for a pizza? No, but it certainly was a factor.
My love for Ledo Pizza's Hawaiian is mostly nostalgia, but nostalgia is powerful.
My love for Ledo Pizza's Hawaiian is mostly nostalgia, but nostalgia is powerful.
I am not particularly good at competitive Pokemon, whether it's singles, doubles, or the weird free for all in ZA, but I like minmaxing and customizing and curating and there is something about making a team with arbitrary rules and compositions and themes that just feels good?
December 17, 2025 at 3:56 AM
I am not particularly good at competitive Pokemon, whether it's singles, doubles, or the weird free for all in ZA, but I like minmaxing and customizing and curating and there is something about making a team with arbitrary rules and compositions and themes that just feels good?
It is extraordinary telling that a show I called "Legally-Distinct-From-ER ER" for three episodes before insisting on using its proper name was appointment television for 4 months at the beginning of 2025.
You know how good a show has to be to survive a full year of media and still be the best?
You know how good a show has to be to survive a full year of media and still be the best?
Opening Scene | The Pitt Season 2 | HBO Max
YouTube video by HBO Max
youtu.be
December 12, 2025 at 5:59 PM
It is extraordinary telling that a show I called "Legally-Distinct-From-ER ER" for three episodes before insisting on using its proper name was appointment television for 4 months at the beginning of 2025.
You know how good a show has to be to survive a full year of media and still be the best?
You know how good a show has to be to survive a full year of media and still be the best?
Getting my oral appliance for sleep apnea today, and while it probably will take a couple weeks to find the correct placement of my jaw, there is a part of me that fears that I am going to wake up fully refreshed and go "so you're telling me I didn't have to be tired all the time?"
So we'll see.
So we'll see.
December 3, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Getting my oral appliance for sleep apnea today, and while it probably will take a couple weeks to find the correct placement of my jaw, there is a part of me that fears that I am going to wake up fully refreshed and go "so you're telling me I didn't have to be tired all the time?"
So we'll see.
So we'll see.
I am uncharacteristically at a bar for a speed dating event and they have Goosebumps playing on the TV, and truly the question on my mind is which is more horrifying:
* Being known
* Piano lessons that kill you
* Being known
* Piano lessons that kill you
November 29, 2025 at 2:21 AM
I am uncharacteristically at a bar for a speed dating event and they have Goosebumps playing on the TV, and truly the question on my mind is which is more horrifying:
* Being known
* Piano lessons that kill you
* Being known
* Piano lessons that kill you
It's having a source of dopamine hits and things to pass the time.
Look at my boys.
Look at my boys.
November 19, 2025 at 2:32 AM
It's having a source of dopamine hits and things to pass the time.
Look at my boys.
Look at my boys.
Front Bottoms quickly becoming part of my odd anthem rotation a.k.a. band where every song is oddly applicable to my life at the moment.
"I'll take what I can get / I'll take what I'm given / but we both know I'll need more."
"I'll take what I can get / I'll take what I'm given / but we both know I'll need more."
The Front Bottoms - More Than It Hurts You (Official Audio)
YouTube video by The Front Bottoms
youtu.be
November 12, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Front Bottoms quickly becoming part of my odd anthem rotation a.k.a. band where every song is oddly applicable to my life at the moment.
"I'll take what I can get / I'll take what I'm given / but we both know I'll need more."
"I'll take what I can get / I'll take what I'm given / but we both know I'll need more."
*emerging for my monthly errant thought*
Coalignz has joined adjacent as a word I find myself using increasingly frequently trying to explain when a thing is like a thing, but sufficiently different from it.
*Fades back into the void*
Coalignz has joined adjacent as a word I find myself using increasingly frequently trying to explain when a thing is like a thing, but sufficiently different from it.
*Fades back into the void*
November 7, 2025 at 2:06 AM
*emerging for my monthly errant thought*
Coalignz has joined adjacent as a word I find myself using increasingly frequently trying to explain when a thing is like a thing, but sufficiently different from it.
*Fades back into the void*
Coalignz has joined adjacent as a word I find myself using increasingly frequently trying to explain when a thing is like a thing, but sufficiently different from it.
*Fades back into the void*
Reposted by Mikkel Snyder
repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself
An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.
October 8, 2025 at 10:44 PM
repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself
Felt this line a little too hard on the first listen: "The first thing you learn is how far you can go with no gas in the tank."
Still, thank goodness for the Mountain Goats.
youtu.be/5qm70IbkR1Y?...
Still, thank goodness for the Mountain Goats.
youtu.be/5qm70IbkR1Y?...
the Mountain Goats - “Cold at Night” (Official Visualizer)
YouTube video by the Mountain Goats
youtu.be
October 7, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Felt this line a little too hard on the first listen: "The first thing you learn is how far you can go with no gas in the tank."
Still, thank goodness for the Mountain Goats.
youtu.be/5qm70IbkR1Y?...
Still, thank goodness for the Mountain Goats.
youtu.be/5qm70IbkR1Y?...
For all the media I actively consume, perhaps the most glaring and one people are surprised the most about is that I haven't seen Kill Bill (and of course, by extension, Kill Bill vol. 2).
Inspired by a post I just saw in which someone admitted they hadn’t seen a single episode of Friends nor the film Love Actually… what cultural hole do you have that’s a bit weird for your generation?
I’ll go first: I haven’t seen Dirty Dancing.
I’ll go first: I haven’t seen Dirty Dancing.
October 6, 2025 at 1:54 AM
For all the media I actively consume, perhaps the most glaring and one people are surprised the most about is that I haven't seen Kill Bill (and of course, by extension, Kill Bill vol. 2).
After about 200 hours since Early Access (175 hrs on the Steam Deck, ~25 hrs on the Switch 2), I haven't quite 100% Hades 2, but I have gotten the true ending and truer ending and maxed all my bonds. Anything else I do will be aspirational, but damn, this game was brilliant.
October 6, 2025 at 1:33 AM
After about 200 hours since Early Access (175 hrs on the Steam Deck, ~25 hrs on the Switch 2), I haven't quite 100% Hades 2, but I have gotten the true ending and truer ending and maxed all my bonds. Anything else I do will be aspirational, but damn, this game was brilliant.
Remembering I have public facing social media just long enough to share my solo @puzzmo.com debut.
Fandoms! Language! And an (un?)surprising number of Gundam fans saying how they feel seen by 18D!
www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2025-...
Fandoms! Language! And an (un?)surprising number of Gundam fans saying how they feel seen by 18D!
www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2025-...
Puzzmo - Cross|word
Play Cross|word on Puzzmo, Take a hint.
www.puzzmo.com
October 1, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Remembering I have public facing social media just long enough to share my solo @puzzmo.com debut.
Fandoms! Language! And an (un?)surprising number of Gundam fans saying how they feel seen by 18D!
www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2025-...
Fandoms! Language! And an (un?)surprising number of Gundam fans saying how they feel seen by 18D!
www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2025-...
Since Slay the Spire 2 got delayed, I have been playing the original just to see if I still have the fundamentals and luck. And well, while I won't ever do it consistently, I did manage another A20 Heart victory on Defect so I have retained some things at least.
September 14, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Since Slay the Spire 2 got delayed, I have been playing the original just to see if I still have the fundamentals and luck. And well, while I won't ever do it consistently, I did manage another A20 Heart victory on Defect so I have retained some things at least.
Reposted by Mikkel Snyder
Reposted by Mikkel Snyder
Ahoy! Check out the official SLICE 2025 poster, designed by Alain McAlister! Alain is a nonbinary artist and illustrator from STL with a passion for graphic novels, comics, fiber arts, and community work. They won SLICE's inaugural Local Best in Show Award in 2024. www.amcaart.com/portfolio
August 29, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Ahoy! Check out the official SLICE 2025 poster, designed by Alain McAlister! Alain is a nonbinary artist and illustrator from STL with a passion for graphic novels, comics, fiber arts, and community work. They won SLICE's inaugural Local Best in Show Award in 2024. www.amcaart.com/portfolio
Long Story Short is such a wonderful case study in how the specific becomes universal, how absurdity anchors reality, and how everything is connected in all sorts of ways. The parts we see and the parts we don't.
Not a series I could binge. Absolutely a series I love.
Not a series I could binge. Absolutely a series I love.
August 27, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Long Story Short is such a wonderful case study in how the specific becomes universal, how absurdity anchors reality, and how everything is connected in all sorts of ways. The parts we see and the parts we don't.
Not a series I could binge. Absolutely a series I love.
Not a series I could binge. Absolutely a series I love.
There's a lot of lyrics in this song that have got me hypnotized as I listen on repeat, including:
"There's an amount to take / reasons to take more."
"Make sure you kiss your knuckles before you punch me in the face?"
"I wanna contribute to the chaos. I don't want to watch and then complain."
"There's an amount to take / reasons to take more."
"Make sure you kiss your knuckles before you punch me in the face?"
"I wanna contribute to the chaos. I don't want to watch and then complain."
The Front Bottoms - Twin Size Mattress (Official)
YouTube video by barnonerecords
www.youtube.com
August 24, 2025 at 1:32 AM
There's a lot of lyrics in this song that have got me hypnotized as I listen on repeat, including:
"There's an amount to take / reasons to take more."
"Make sure you kiss your knuckles before you punch me in the face?"
"I wanna contribute to the chaos. I don't want to watch and then complain."
"There's an amount to take / reasons to take more."
"Make sure you kiss your knuckles before you punch me in the face?"
"I wanna contribute to the chaos. I don't want to watch and then complain."
As this year is continually choosing to inform me, the scary things aren't actually scary when you face them head on.
August 17, 2025 at 1:24 AM
As this year is continually choosing to inform me, the scary things aren't actually scary when you face them head on.
Reposted by Mikkel Snyder
<billionaire genius looking at this> now… how can we ruin it?
In August 1991 the creator of HTML and WWW, Tim Berners-Lee compiled the first index of websites called the WWW Virtual Library. The hyperlinks were organized into a tree of categories and subcategories depending on the individual fields of human interest.
#InternetHistory
#InternetHistory
August 11, 2025 at 5:33 PM
<billionaire genius looking at this> now… how can we ruin it?
One of the reasons I subscribe to so many YouTube channels is that every so often, an artist will return after nearly a decade with something I become immediately enamored with.
Case and point, Ryn Weaver's triumphant return.
Case and point, Ryn Weaver's triumphant return.
Rorschach Baby
YouTube video by Ryn Weaver - Topic
youtu.be
August 11, 2025 at 5:29 PM
One of the reasons I subscribe to so many YouTube channels is that every so often, an artist will return after nearly a decade with something I become immediately enamored with.
Case and point, Ryn Weaver's triumphant return.
Case and point, Ryn Weaver's triumphant return.
After seeing Summer Wars in 4K, I return a quote that summarizes the essence of AMC's Halt and Catch Fire and also my idealized vision of tech in general.
"Computers aren't the thing. They're the thing that gets us to the thing."
"Computers aren't the thing. They're the thing that gets us to the thing."
July 30, 2025 at 3:25 AM
After seeing Summer Wars in 4K, I return a quote that summarizes the essence of AMC's Halt and Catch Fire and also my idealized vision of tech in general.
"Computers aren't the thing. They're the thing that gets us to the thing."
"Computers aren't the thing. They're the thing that gets us to the thing."
Muttering "Everything's in service of the next thing", not really sure if I fully believe it today, but muttering it nevertheless.
July 25, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Muttering "Everything's in service of the next thing", not really sure if I fully believe it today, but muttering it nevertheless.
I swear there's a brilliant concept for an Aarakocra Cleric somewhere here.
"Do geese see God?" is a palindrome.
...but do they???
...but do they???
July 24, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I swear there's a brilliant concept for an Aarakocra Cleric somewhere here.