Colette Shade (buy Y2K!!)
@coletteshade.bsky.social
Author, Y2K: How the 2000's Became Everything (Essays on the Future That Never Was). The NYT called me “lean, nimble, and profoundly depressing,” but I think I’m pretty fun.
Come on over to Michigan
November 11, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Come on over to Michigan
Yep! As Stefan Zweig says
November 10, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Yep! As Stefan Zweig says
@philipchristman.bsky.social I didn’t know you were a UM guy! I wish I hadn’t missed this. In the future I will wander onto campus to check out more flyers and stay on top of local events.
November 9, 2025 at 3:38 AM
@philipchristman.bsky.social I didn’t know you were a UM guy! I wish I hadn’t missed this. In the future I will wander onto campus to check out more flyers and stay on top of local events.
The box investigator has logged on
November 5, 2025 at 11:39 PM
The box investigator has logged on
Wow, maybe I should come back to NYC
November 5, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Wow, maybe I should come back to NYC
Apropos of tonight’s election
November 4, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Apropos of tonight’s election
Thank you @teenvogue.com politics section for letting me explain to teens why the Great Recession is the key to understanding why politics sucks now
November 4, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Thank you @teenvogue.com politics section for letting me explain to teens why the Great Recession is the key to understanding why politics sucks now
Dick Cheney died. Here is the world he helped create, in 2004.
November 4, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Dick Cheney died. Here is the world he helped create, in 2004.
Happy Halloween from Ann Arbor! Camus wears his costume every day, but he still got some treats.
October 31, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Happy Halloween from Ann Arbor! Camus wears his costume every day, but he still got some treats.
Are we mind melding here?
October 24, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Are we mind melding here?
At least Andrew Jackson brought a giant cheese into the White House and just let anyone eat it
October 21, 2025 at 2:22 AM
At least Andrew Jackson brought a giant cheese into the White House and just let anyone eat it
We also got a cat
October 21, 2025 at 2:03 AM
We also got a cat
I’m quite proud of myself for retelling, in the final essay, the story of America as I learned it from Greg Grandin and others, and placing my own life story within it.
October 21, 2025 at 1:41 AM
I’m quite proud of myself for retelling, in the final essay, the story of America as I learned it from Greg Grandin and others, and placing my own life story within it.
Its an essay about Y2K futurism, coming of age in the new millennium, and entering middle age now
October 21, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Its an essay about Y2K futurism, coming of age in the new millennium, and entering middle age now
Here’s @lylerubin.bsky.social and I in Ann Arbor (we also beat University of Washington)
October 19, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Here’s @lylerubin.bsky.social and I in Ann Arbor (we also beat University of Washington)
They’re basically this guy
October 10, 2025 at 1:53 AM
They’re basically this guy
This just popped up on Facebook and I thought “I’ve gotta get tickets for this!” before realizing it was an event that took place in 1994.
October 9, 2025 at 11:40 PM
This just popped up on Facebook and I thought “I’ve gotta get tickets for this!” before realizing it was an event that took place in 1994.
