Michael Osinski
@maoscorpio.bsky.social
Music lover, theatre artist, podcast host, instructional designer and educator.
For my birthday I got to be a guest on my own podcast! Many thanks to @thebadspot.bsky.social for serving as co-host and adjudicator alongside Tyler.
It's Michael's birthday! So he gets to nominate another album to join the pantheon - SIMPLE THINGS by #Zero7 - and guest host @thebadspot.bsky.social has something to say about it. #podcast #musicpodcast
Ep 108: Michael Osinski Nominates Zero 7's "Simple Things" with guest host Matt Risby - YouTube
It’s Scorpio season, and all Michael wanted for his birthday this year was the chance to nominate another album to join the pantheon. Well who are we to deny...
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October 28, 2025 at 12:41 PM
For my birthday I got to be a guest on my own podcast! Many thanks to @thebadspot.bsky.social for serving as co-host and adjudicator alongside Tyler.
Is it me or is the New York Times actively trying to get Cuomo elected as mayor? #ZohranMamdani #NYTimes #NYCmayor
July 15, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Is it me or is the New York Times actively trying to get Cuomo elected as mayor? #ZohranMamdani #NYTimes #NYCmayor
Don't even get me started on the problems with legacy media. This just scratches the surface.
My take on the consequences of the media's "original sin."
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May 24, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Don't even get me started on the problems with legacy media. This just scratches the surface.
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Anyone else out there finding it hard to trust the jobs report numbers - or any statistics - coming out of this administration?
May 2, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Anyone else out there finding it hard to trust the jobs report numbers - or any statistics - coming out of this administration?
Anyone know what it means when your car makes a rattling sound whenever you turn or even slightly veer to the right? #crowdsourcing #carproblems
April 21, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Anyone know what it means when your car makes a rattling sound whenever you turn or even slightly veer to the right? #crowdsourcing #carproblems
I shall now attempt to avoid White Lotus spoilers for the next 12 hours. Wish me luck.
April 7, 2025 at 11:10 AM
I shall now attempt to avoid White Lotus spoilers for the next 12 hours. Wish me luck.
5 years ago THIS was what I was worrying about. Is it crazy to say I miss those days?
April 6, 2025 at 3:53 PM
5 years ago THIS was what I was worrying about. Is it crazy to say I miss those days?
Why does 1-ply toilet paper still exist?
March 6, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Why does 1-ply toilet paper still exist?
Just read a book for the first time in a long time. Must remember to prioritize reading.
March 3, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Just read a book for the first time in a long time. Must remember to prioritize reading.
I thought we could all use a mood refresher...
February 15, 2025 at 3:22 AM
I thought we could all use a mood refresher...
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One of our supporters shared this with us—people are getting creative tonight!
February 14, 2025 at 4:25 AM
One of our supporters shared this with us—people are getting creative tonight!
I know this probably seems small compared to everything else that's happening, but I think it is laying the groundwork for something really bad. Please support the arts and genuine free speech, y'all.
February 12, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I know this probably seems small compared to everything else that's happening, but I think it is laying the groundwork for something really bad. Please support the arts and genuine free speech, y'all.
8 years ago I would have laughed at this.
February 9, 2025 at 1:32 PM
8 years ago I would have laughed at this.
Why is no one raising a zillion alarms about the fact that Elon now has access to the government payment mechanisms? I'm assuming the next step will be to manually shut off those federal grant and loan payments? Will the Supreme Court intervene then? I feel like I'm being gaslit 24/7.
February 1, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Why is no one raising a zillion alarms about the fact that Elon now has access to the government payment mechanisms? I'm assuming the next step will be to manually shut off those federal grant and loan payments? Will the Supreme Court intervene then? I feel like I'm being gaslit 24/7.
I'm currently figuring out the right way to deal with the next 4 years without negatively impacting my physical and mental health. Listening to music helps: @thisonegoesto11pod.bsky.social
January 25, 2025 at 12:59 PM
I'm currently figuring out the right way to deal with the next 4 years without negatively impacting my physical and mental health. Listening to music helps: @thisonegoesto11pod.bsky.social
I'm trying so hard not to watch or read too much news this week, but...don't watch his reaction - and his family's reaction and especially his second-in-command's reaction - to Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde's sermon if you don't want to see clear evidence of how little he cares about certain Americans.
January 21, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I'm trying so hard not to watch or read too much news this week, but...don't watch his reaction - and his family's reaction and especially his second-in-command's reaction - to Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde's sermon if you don't want to see clear evidence of how little he cares about certain Americans.
For the next 4 years, every time some new policy is enacted or a law is passed or a decision is made, we need to ask "Whom does this REALLY benefit?" Not "Whom do THEY say this benefits?" And if the answer isn't "ALL Americans" - or frankly "ALL humanity" - we need to do something about it.
January 20, 2025 at 2:56 PM
For the next 4 years, every time some new policy is enacted or a law is passed or a decision is made, we need to ask "Whom does this REALLY benefit?" Not "Whom do THEY say this benefits?" And if the answer isn't "ALL Americans" - or frankly "ALL humanity" - we need to do something about it.
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Weekend wrap up. This week, shout outs to @thebadspot.bsky.social and @maoscorpio.bsky.social; tooth pain, festival memories, and curry disasters.
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0.3.0 - Everybody's working for the weekend (Week 2 Wrapup)
A music blog where I, Rich, try to listen to more than 1000 albums in a year, in order to beat a quiz show contestant I saw on TV.
www.recordreconstructor.com
January 19, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Weekend wrap up. This week, shout outs to @thebadspot.bsky.social and @maoscorpio.bsky.social; tooth pain, festival memories, and curry disasters.
www.recordreconstructor.com/2025/01/030-...
www.recordreconstructor.com/2025/01/030-...
Oligarchy actually means rule by a small number of people - with no mention of wealth - while autocracy means absolute rule by one person. Plutocracy describes government ruled by people of great wealth or income. #TheMoreYouKnow
January 19, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Oligarchy actually means rule by a small number of people - with no mention of wealth - while autocracy means absolute rule by one person. Plutocracy describes government ruled by people of great wealth or income. #TheMoreYouKnow
Genuine question for any German speakers out there. Which of these is the better translation of "hellscape": Schreckensort or Höllenlandschaft?
January 18, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Genuine question for any German speakers out there. Which of these is the better translation of "hellscape": Schreckensort or Höllenlandschaft?
"Watching [Musk's] Nigel-no-friends attempts to be popular, his endless pathetic tweets that read as though they come from the brain of an 11-year-old poser, has made me start to believe we should bring back bullying." - Rebecca Shaw
I knew one day I’d have to watch powerful men burn the world down – I just didn’t expect them to be such losers | Rebecca Shaw
Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg’s desperation to be cool as they suck up to Donald Trump is so cringe it makes my skin crawl
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January 17, 2025 at 3:13 PM
"Watching [Musk's] Nigel-no-friends attempts to be popular, his endless pathetic tweets that read as though they come from the brain of an 11-year-old poser, has made me start to believe we should bring back bullying." - Rebecca Shaw