Lift
@liftvsgravity.bsky.social
Lift is a writer, rapper, musician, producer and photographer, although not necessarily in that order. He works well with words, sounds, images and most people. Author of Oatmeal (on a mid winter morning) and more.
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Lift
@liftvsgravity.bsky.social
· Jan 13
Hi folk! In case you're looking, here are links to where you can find my stuff. Enjoy!
Poetry chapbook:
books2read.com/Oatmeal
SoundCloud music
m.soundcloud.com/user-121907467
BandCamp Music projects
lifthimup.bandcamp.com
Poetry chapbook:
books2read.com/Oatmeal
SoundCloud music
m.soundcloud.com/user-121907467
BandCamp Music projects
lifthimup.bandcamp.com
A leader 4 levels up reached out to me about a vendor problem affecting my dept for several million. He asked for more info EOD. An hour later, I sent a 1 pager with history, financial impact w/charts, 3 options w/cost and my recommendation to solve it for under a $1k.
He asked me "Is this AI?"
He asked me "Is this AI?"
What's an insult you'll never forget?
December 26, 2025 at 10:42 PM
A leader 4 levels up reached out to me about a vendor problem affecting my dept for several million. He asked for more info EOD. An hour later, I sent a 1 pager with history, financial impact w/charts, 3 options w/cost and my recommendation to solve it for under a $1k.
He asked me "Is this AI?"
He asked me "Is this AI?"
This is why the Detroit Lions are affectionately known as the Cardiac Cats. So many heart attacks and strokes occur at the end or directly after the games. This is not for the timid or faint of heart.
December 22, 2025 at 2:39 AM
This is why the Detroit Lions are affectionately known as the Cardiac Cats. So many heart attacks and strokes occur at the end or directly after the games. This is not for the timid or faint of heart.
Trying to decide if I want the new Cleveland WNBA team to bring back the Rockers name, the Quest name or something new...
If they choose something new, the Rockers and Quest need to be alternate uniforms, maybe a city & legacy.
If they choose something new, the Rockers and Quest need to be alternate uniforms, maybe a city & legacy.
December 22, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Trying to decide if I want the new Cleveland WNBA team to bring back the Rockers name, the Quest name or something new...
If they choose something new, the Rockers and Quest need to be alternate uniforms, maybe a city & legacy.
If they choose something new, the Rockers and Quest need to be alternate uniforms, maybe a city & legacy.
I would love having the Comets back but not at the cost of the Sun. Seeing the Sun @ Mohegan is a great & uniquely WNBA experience. The W needs more non-NBA adjacent teams. It's not a little sister league.
Also wondering if this would happen to other independent teams? Location or ownership issue?
Also wondering if this would happen to other independent teams? Location or ownership issue?
BREAKING:
Per @ramonaespn.bsky.social and @alexaphilippou.bsky.social, #NBA Rockets ownership is in deep talks to purchase and relocate the Connecticut Sun.
Could a return of WNBA basketball be on the horizon for Houston?
#WNBA
Per @ramonaespn.bsky.social and @alexaphilippou.bsky.social, #NBA Rockets ownership is in deep talks to purchase and relocate the Connecticut Sun.
Could a return of WNBA basketball be on the horizon for Houston?
#WNBA
December 20, 2025 at 12:30 AM
I would love having the Comets back but not at the cost of the Sun. Seeing the Sun @ Mohegan is a great & uniquely WNBA experience. The W needs more non-NBA adjacent teams. It's not a little sister league.
Also wondering if this would happen to other independent teams? Location or ownership issue?
Also wondering if this would happen to other independent teams? Location or ownership issue?
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Pay equity is not optional, @wnba.com. It’s way overdue.
It’s time to pay the players what you owe them.
Solidarity with the WNBPA players as they fight for a contract that gives them an equitable share of the profits THEY create.
It’s time to pay the players what you owe them.
Solidarity with the WNBPA players as they fight for a contract that gives them an equitable share of the profits THEY create.
December 17, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Pay equity is not optional, @wnba.com. It’s way overdue.
It’s time to pay the players what you owe them.
Solidarity with the WNBPA players as they fight for a contract that gives them an equitable share of the profits THEY create.
It’s time to pay the players what you owe them.
Solidarity with the WNBPA players as they fight for a contract that gives them an equitable share of the profits THEY create.
I support refs but the Pistons-Mavericks had some of the most biased home-cooking refereeing I have ever seen and I watched Tim Donaghy fix games. 18 more free throws, ignored offensive goaltending on Dallas, and throwing Ausar out. Refs had WAY too much influence shaping the outcome of the game.
December 19, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I support refs but the Pistons-Mavericks had some of the most biased home-cooking refereeing I have ever seen and I watched Tim Donaghy fix games. 18 more free throws, ignored offensive goaltending on Dallas, and throwing Ausar out. Refs had WAY too much influence shaping the outcome of the game.
Had an interesting discussion today with a coworker who holds Tarantino films in much higher regard than I do. One thing we did agree on is wanting Quentin to do a Startrek film if only to see a Vulcan call a Klingon the n-word. He'd have Gowron out here like "Does Kahless look like a b*tch?"
December 4, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Had an interesting discussion today with a coworker who holds Tarantino films in much higher regard than I do. One thing we did agree on is wanting Quentin to do a Startrek film if only to see a Vulcan call a Klingon the n-word. He'd have Gowron out here like "Does Kahless look like a b*tch?"
Judging by the airing of grievances and the rage quitting at Uno, the holidays are officially here.
November 25, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Judging by the airing of grievances and the rage quitting at Uno, the holidays are officially here.
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I'm listening to the #Diamonds&pearls album by #Prince & remember the feeling of finding it at 12yo. There was no looking back from funkland for me, and I've been a solid fan since. When he died, it took 2y before I could listen to him again bc of grief.
Do you have a foundational fave like this?
Do you have a foundational fave like this?
October 17, 2025 at 7:26 AM
I'm listening to the #Diamonds&pearls album by #Prince & remember the feeling of finding it at 12yo. There was no looking back from funkland for me, and I've been a solid fan since. When he died, it took 2y before I could listen to him again bc of grief.
Do you have a foundational fave like this?
Do you have a foundational fave like this?
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No one truly does anything alone. Any success that I have is only made possible by my family, my friends, & my fans. Even my students! I may be the source of the idea and built the machine, but it's you guys that power it!
Thank you and let's keep the ride going!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/stu...
Thank you and let's keep the ride going!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/stu...
Midnight Tiger: EVO #1- Launching A New Ongoing Series!
Marvel & DC Comics veteran Ray-Anthony Height launches his new company, Studio Skye-Tiger Comics, with this flagship series!
www.kickstarter.com
October 6, 2025 at 9:05 PM
No one truly does anything alone. Any success that I have is only made possible by my family, my friends, & my fans. Even my students! I may be the source of the idea and built the machine, but it's you guys that power it!
Thank you and let's keep the ride going!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/stu...
Thank you and let's keep the ride going!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/stu...
Show me a picture on your phone that has your energy. Not a selfie.
September 20, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Show me a picture on your phone that has your energy. Not a selfie.
Was having a convo with my daughter yesterday about how Kelsey Mitchell should be in the MVP race (with Phee, A'ja, Lish, and AT)...then today Kelsey drops 38 in a 2OT thriller.
I think she heard us...
I think she heard us...
August 18, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Was having a convo with my daughter yesterday about how Kelsey Mitchell should be in the MVP race (with Phee, A'ja, Lish, and AT)...then today Kelsey drops 38 in a 2OT thriller.
I think she heard us...
I think she heard us...
If you say that an article is free, but that I need to make an account.... It is not free. I am trading my information, my privacy, my peace for that article...and it is not worth nearly that much.
August 11, 2025 at 10:10 PM
If you say that an article is free, but that I need to make an account.... It is not free. I am trading my information, my privacy, my peace for that article...and it is not worth nearly that much.
@mightymur.bsky.social Sundry node located...
August 3, 2025 at 3:16 AM
@mightymur.bsky.social Sundry node located...
@musicweeklies.bsky.social Was there a new challenge this week?
August 1, 2025 at 7:33 PM
@musicweeklies.bsky.social Was there a new challenge this week?
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Reparations?
Close enough 🙂↕️
Close enough 🙂↕️
July 14, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Reparations?
Close enough 🙂↕️
Close enough 🙂↕️
Just a reminder to check on your neighbors, especially during the current heatwave. This is normal weather but it is still dangerous, especially for the elderly.
Today was 100F(38C) with high humidity and is expected to be at least 90F(32C) for the next 10 days.
Today was 100F(38C) with high humidity and is expected to be at least 90F(32C) for the next 10 days.
June 22, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Just a reminder to check on your neighbors, especially during the current heatwave. This is normal weather but it is still dangerous, especially for the elderly.
Today was 100F(38C) with high humidity and is expected to be at least 90F(32C) for the next 10 days.
Today was 100F(38C) with high humidity and is expected to be at least 90F(32C) for the next 10 days.
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June 20, 2025 at 5:43 AM
@danschkade.bsky.social Just started Lavender Jack and WOW! Is this in print anywhere? I would love to buy a trade.
May 31, 2025 at 12:21 AM
@danschkade.bsky.social Just started Lavender Jack and WOW! Is this in print anywhere? I would love to buy a trade.
Where 1's not enough and 3's too many
And 2 bring a man to his knees. Hey!
And 2 bring a man to his knees. Hey!
May 3, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Where 1's not enough and 3's too many
And 2 bring a man to his knees. Hey!
And 2 bring a man to his knees. Hey!
Movie you've watched more than six times using gifs.
("Hard mode" no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LoTR)
("Hard mode" no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LoTR)
April 26, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Movie you've watched more than six times using gifs.
("Hard mode" no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LoTR)
("Hard mode" no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LoTR)
Swung through @tacobell.bsky.social drive thru tonight & there was some sort of voice AI taking orders.
Nope. Never again.
I'll just stick with my local taco places from now on.
Nope. Never again.
I'll just stick with my local taco places from now on.
April 26, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Swung through @tacobell.bsky.social drive thru tonight & there was some sort of voice AI taking orders.
Nope. Never again.
I'll just stick with my local taco places from now on.
Nope. Never again.
I'll just stick with my local taco places from now on.
For some perspective, RFK Jr's aunt Eunice Kennedy Shriver started the Special Olympics 56 years ago after hosting a day camp for disabled children for years. She was inspired by her sister Rosemary Kennedy, who was born with disabilities and later given a lobotomy which incapacitated her.
RFK JR: ADD, ADHD, Tourette syndrome, Narcolepsy, Autism.. All of these are injuries that I never heard of when I was a kid.
April 23, 2025 at 12:31 PM
For some perspective, RFK Jr's aunt Eunice Kennedy Shriver started the Special Olympics 56 years ago after hosting a day camp for disabled children for years. She was inspired by her sister Rosemary Kennedy, who was born with disabilities and later given a lobotomy which incapacitated her.
Can Christopher Robin come to play?
In six words or fewer, write a story about this photo.
#sixwordstory #WritingCommmunity #writing #prompt
#sixwordstory #WritingCommmunity #writing #prompt
March 22, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Can Christopher Robin come to play?
Continue the Solo films w/Ron Howard. Make some fun $20 million dollar self contained films opposite the blockbusters. Let proven storytellers (Coens, Johnson, Lee, GDT, Joon-ho, Tarantino, Cuarón etc) loose in the galaxy away from Skywalkers. Horror. Heists. Whodunits. RomCom w/ Lando!Enfys Nes!
Genuine question - if you were the new head of LucasFilm, what would you do to revitalise the Star Wars franchise?
February 28, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Continue the Solo films w/Ron Howard. Make some fun $20 million dollar self contained films opposite the blockbusters. Let proven storytellers (Coens, Johnson, Lee, GDT, Joon-ho, Tarantino, Cuarón etc) loose in the galaxy away from Skywalkers. Horror. Heists. Whodunits. RomCom w/ Lando!Enfys Nes!