Mikal Lewis
@mikal-el.com
Human. Tech & Product Management
Former product @ Microsoft, Nordstrom, and more. Built multiple $100M+ product lines. 10+ years sharing hard won truths on life and product. Baltimore 🛫, FAMU, SEA, 🛬 ATX.
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Former product @ Microsoft, Nordstrom, and more. Built multiple $100M+ product lines. 10+ years sharing hard won truths on life and product. Baltimore 🛫, FAMU, SEA, 🛬 ATX.
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The hard part of product—the part that improves lives—can’t be automated away.
But only when we’re bold enough to win. I write about that.
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Reposted by Mikal Lewis
SO MANY FEELINGS RN
November 9, 2025 at 3:12 AM
SO MANY FEELINGS RN
Da bears…
Bears have attacked about 100 people in Japan since April and killed at least 13.
Now the military has deployed troops to combat the attacks, according to the Japanese Ministry of Environment.
Now the military has deployed troops to combat the attacks, according to the Japanese Ministry of Environment.
Japan deploys troops to combat record wave of deadly bear attacks
Troops from the country's Self Defense Force arrived in the northern Akita Prefecture on Wednesday to combat a crisis that has seen 100 people attacked and 13 killed since April.
nbcnews.to
November 9, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Da bears…
Ok.
I like this guy.
You can go and fire Hyde and hire him now.
I like this guy.
You can go and fire Hyde and hire him now.
November 8, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Ok.
I like this guy.
You can go and fire Hyde and hire him now.
I like this guy.
You can go and fire Hyde and hire him now.
I kept up personal counseling well after the “inciting event” and now use it as an accountability and alignment check in.
Highly recommend.
Highly recommend.
November 8, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I kept up personal counseling well after the “inciting event” and now use it as an accountability and alignment check in.
Highly recommend.
Highly recommend.
If the purpose of society isn’t in large part to ensure there is a future society—I think we’ve lost the plot.
November 8, 2025 at 2:58 PM
If the purpose of society isn’t in large part to ensure there is a future society—I think we’ve lost the plot.
I don’t like surrounding a first time manager with first time coaches.
It’s a little concerning that experience seems to be disqualifying for candidates.
It’s a little concerning that experience seems to be disqualifying for candidates.
November 7, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I don’t like surrounding a first time manager with first time coaches.
It’s a little concerning that experience seems to be disqualifying for candidates.
It’s a little concerning that experience seems to be disqualifying for candidates.
So dope.
Khruangbin rerecorded their debut album for its 10th anniversary (listen) www.brooklynvegan.com/khruangbin-r...
Khruangbin rerecorded their debut album for its 10th anniversary (listen)
Khruangbin reimagined The Universe Smiles At You, switching up the sequencing and tracklist. They also just kicked off their intimate club tour.
www.brooklynvegan.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:40 PM
So dope.
Negligent shareholders.
November 6, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Negligent shareholders.
Many businesses have opened since I first landed in Seattle but the Twice Sold Tales used bookstore has outlasted them all.
November 6, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Many businesses have opened since I first landed in Seattle but the Twice Sold Tales used bookstore has outlasted them all.
Every time I come to Seattle.
I’m reminded how much I really like Seattle.
I’m reminded how much I really like Seattle.
November 4, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Every time I come to Seattle.
I’m reminded how much I really like Seattle.
I’m reminded how much I really like Seattle.
Hmm…
So he won’t park his staff with obviously inexperienced successors.
That sounds better…
So he won’t park his staff with obviously inexperienced successors.
That sounds better…
Mike Elias said he and Craig Albernaz are working in collaboration to build Orioles’ coaching staff. Elias said he wants Albernaz to be able to put his stamp on it.
November 4, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Hmm…
So he won’t park his staff with obviously inexperienced successors.
That sounds better…
So he won’t park his staff with obviously inexperienced successors.
That sounds better…
For offseason priorities I think the Orioles should sign a couple players like Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto
November 4, 2025 at 3:19 PM
For offseason priorities I think the Orioles should sign a couple players like Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto
I think art requires an artist.
Without an artist there is no culture.
Without culture it is not art.
Without an artist there is no culture.
Without culture it is not art.
November 4, 2025 at 4:38 AM
I think art requires an artist.
Without an artist there is no culture.
Without culture it is not art.
Without an artist there is no culture.
Without culture it is not art.
We keep encouraging more and more value negative uses of capital
Crypto.com strikes a deal with Hollywood.com to let users make predictions related to movies, actors, shows, and awards (Rob Golum/Bloomberg)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
November 3, 2025 at 7:05 PM
We keep encouraging more and more value negative uses of capital
Aquariums aren’t much work.
You can keep on pristine with only about forty hours a week.
You can keep on pristine with only about forty hours a week.
November 2, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Aquariums aren’t much work.
You can keep on pristine with only about forty hours a week.
You can keep on pristine with only about forty hours a week.
He missed important fine print: the market can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent.
What If You Spent Every Waking Moment Taking On Elon Musk?
www.nytimes.com
November 2, 2025 at 9:49 PM
He missed important fine print: the market can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent.
Reposted by Mikal Lewis
My congratulations to all Baseball Perverts. It was their "super bowl" last night and it seems they all had a very bad time (in their culture that's how you have a good time)
November 2, 2025 at 3:23 PM
My congratulations to all Baseball Perverts. It was their "super bowl" last night and it seems they all had a very bad time (in their culture that's how you have a good time)
This series is 100000% unreal
November 2, 2025 at 3:50 AM
This series is 100000% unreal
Snatched?
That’s not even a Baltimore crime.
In Baltimore they strong arm you.
That’s not even a Baltimore crime.
In Baltimore they strong arm you.
Fox45 running a bumper interviewing a lady who claims to be here from Chicago who got her wallet snatched during the 'crime summit' is peak Sinclair horseshit
November 1, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Snatched?
That’s not even a Baltimore crime.
In Baltimore they strong arm you.
That’s not even a Baltimore crime.
In Baltimore they strong arm you.
I drink a macchiato every day and finally found a barista friendly reusable cup.
I mostly do it to ease my guilt about disposable cups and assumed I’d need a thousand uses to offset the carbon footprint. Turns out, it’s closer to ~50 uses.
Sharing for fellow macchiato lovers.
I mostly do it to ease my guilt about disposable cups and assumed I’d need a thousand uses to offset the carbon footprint. Turns out, it’s closer to ~50 uses.
Sharing for fellow macchiato lovers.
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November 1, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I drink a macchiato every day and finally found a barista friendly reusable cup.
I mostly do it to ease my guilt about disposable cups and assumed I’d need a thousand uses to offset the carbon footprint. Turns out, it’s closer to ~50 uses.
Sharing for fellow macchiato lovers.
I mostly do it to ease my guilt about disposable cups and assumed I’d need a thousand uses to offset the carbon footprint. Turns out, it’s closer to ~50 uses.
Sharing for fellow macchiato lovers.
Some Orioles level base running here.
November 1, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Some Orioles level base running here.
Texas has a switch called Fall that turns on the last week in October.
Cause I just went for a 90° run last weekend.
Cause I just went for a 90° run last weekend.
October 31, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Texas has a switch called Fall that turns on the last week in October.
Cause I just went for a 90° run last weekend.
Cause I just went for a 90° run last weekend.
It’s like this was the perfect form factor to store and transport lunch—and then, it was not.
VINTAGE LUNCHBOX MEGATHREAD!
There is something deeply, nostalgic about the artwork on old lunchboxes. They meet at the crossroads of childhood, food, pop culture, & school/friends. Every day, for as long as I feel like, I'll be adding a new lunchbox to this thread!
TMNT-1989 (My first lunchbox!)
There is something deeply, nostalgic about the artwork on old lunchboxes. They meet at the crossroads of childhood, food, pop culture, & school/friends. Every day, for as long as I feel like, I'll be adding a new lunchbox to this thread!
TMNT-1989 (My first lunchbox!)
October 31, 2025 at 12:18 PM
It’s like this was the perfect form factor to store and transport lunch—and then, it was not.
Reposted by Mikal Lewis
wikipedia page of the day; ozone depletion
"The UN now projects that under the current regulations the ozone layer will completely regenerate by 2045."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozone_d...
"The UN now projects that under the current regulations the ozone layer will completely regenerate by 2045."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozone_d...
Ozone depletion - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
October 30, 2025 at 5:58 PM
wikipedia page of the day; ozone depletion
"The UN now projects that under the current regulations the ozone layer will completely regenerate by 2045."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozone_d...
"The UN now projects that under the current regulations the ozone layer will completely regenerate by 2045."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozone_d...
Strangely it’s easier for me to wake up early in the fall/winter because my best “alarm clock” is a lamp that fades in.
It’s most effective when outside is dark.
It’s most effective when outside is dark.
October 30, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Strangely it’s easier for me to wake up early in the fall/winter because my best “alarm clock” is a lamp that fades in.
It’s most effective when outside is dark.
It’s most effective when outside is dark.