Mike Platania
@mikeplatania.bsky.social
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Gift link, probably the funniest thing the Wall Street Journal has done this year.
We Let AI Run Our Office Vending Machine. It Lost Hundreds of Dollars.
An AI agent ran a snack operation in the WSJ newsroom. It gave away a free PlayStation, ordered a live fish—and taught us lessons about the future of AI.
www.wsj.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Gift link, probably the funniest thing the Wall Street Journal has done this year.
Neon pop-punk merch is the antidote to the greige plague we're currently living in.
December 11, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Neon pop-punk merch is the antidote to the greige plague we're currently living in.
I just finished Mad Men for the first time. Hell of a slow burn, felt like it took 2.5 seasons to get going, but hot damn was that a good watch.
October 21, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I just finished Mad Men for the first time. Hell of a slow burn, felt like it took 2.5 seasons to get going, but hot damn was that a good watch.
FEEL LIKE I'M LOSING MY MIND
August 19, 2025 at 8:42 PM
FEEL LIKE I'M LOSING MY MIND
*taps the sign* it's not too late to get in on this bsky.app/profile/mike...
Millennial men of Bluesky, my husband wrote a piece about giving up on wearing big pants and I am here to co-sign the decision
www.gq.com/story/bring-...
www.gq.com/story/bring-...
July 28, 2025 at 11:26 PM
*taps the sign* it's not too late to get in on this bsky.app/profile/mike...
Might be the funniest video on a bits-per-second basis in history.
Conan beginning to laugh before Downey even starts because he knows something's coming. Downey nearly breaking on "with the island?" The "HA HA, sorry, nice try." Calling Ghislaine by only her first name. It's a masterpiece.
Conan beginning to laugh before Downey even starts because he knows something's coming. Downey nearly breaking on "with the island?" The "HA HA, sorry, nice try." Calling Ghislaine by only her first name. It's a masterpiece.
Relatedly to *gestures hands*, I have seen the meme 1 million times but never had actually watched this video and it is even funnier than I thought it would be
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKfH...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKfH...
"Jeff Epstein" - Jim Downey on Conan
YouTube video by Box Chat
www.youtube.com
July 18, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Might be the funniest video on a bits-per-second basis in history.
Conan beginning to laugh before Downey even starts because he knows something's coming. Downey nearly breaking on "with the island?" The "HA HA, sorry, nice try." Calling Ghislaine by only her first name. It's a masterpiece.
Conan beginning to laugh before Downey even starts because he knows something's coming. Downey nearly breaking on "with the island?" The "HA HA, sorry, nice try." Calling Ghislaine by only her first name. It's a masterpiece.
Circa Survive; Juturna
Porter Robinson; Worlds
Taking Back Sunday; Tell All Your Friends
Lorde; Melodrama
Bloc Party; Silent Alarm
Jamie xx; In Colour
Underoath; They’re Only Chasing Safety
Childish Gambino; Camp
Knuckle Puck; Copacetic
Coheed & Cambria; In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3
Porter Robinson; Worlds
Taking Back Sunday; Tell All Your Friends
Lorde; Melodrama
Bloc Party; Silent Alarm
Jamie xx; In Colour
Underoath; They’re Only Chasing Safety
Childish Gambino; Camp
Knuckle Puck; Copacetic
Coheed & Cambria; In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3
this is HARD:
good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar
In Rainbows, Radiohead
Sunbather, Deafheaven
Stankonia, Outkast
Igor, Tyler the Creator
Discovery, Daft Punk
Metamodern Sound, Sturgill Simpson
Currents, Tame Impala
Piñata, Freddie Gibbs/Madlib
Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, Phoenix
good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar
In Rainbows, Radiohead
Sunbather, Deafheaven
Stankonia, Outkast
Igor, Tyler the Creator
Discovery, Daft Punk
Metamodern Sound, Sturgill Simpson
Currents, Tame Impala
Piñata, Freddie Gibbs/Madlib
Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, Phoenix
Okay you gave the Times your ten best movies of the century, but what about your ten best ALBUMS, hmm? Hit me with that shit.
July 10, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Circa Survive; Juturna
Porter Robinson; Worlds
Taking Back Sunday; Tell All Your Friends
Lorde; Melodrama
Bloc Party; Silent Alarm
Jamie xx; In Colour
Underoath; They’re Only Chasing Safety
Childish Gambino; Camp
Knuckle Puck; Copacetic
Coheed & Cambria; In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3
Porter Robinson; Worlds
Taking Back Sunday; Tell All Your Friends
Lorde; Melodrama
Bloc Party; Silent Alarm
Jamie xx; In Colour
Underoath; They’re Only Chasing Safety
Childish Gambino; Camp
Knuckle Puck; Copacetic
Coheed & Cambria; In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3
Buried lede about this movie is that it also stars John Mulaney and Kathryn Hahn?!
…yes? Yes??? YESSSSSSS!!!!
Sneaky of them to reveal a photo of Christian Bale as Al Davis and Nicolas Cage as John Madden from the upcoming Madden film while we’re all going insane for the Andor finale.
May 14, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Buried lede about this movie is that it also stars John Mulaney and Kathryn Hahn?!
Pope Leo go on Are You Garbage
a pope who knows what giardiniera is
May 8, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Pope Leo go on Are You Garbage
Feel uncomfortable leaving the house without eating at least one item of clothing that’s black
May 2, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Feel uncomfortable leaving the house without eating at least one item of clothing that’s black
We need a mass intervention for these dudes, who are truly living in a prison of their own creation.
Why Do So Many Men Refuse to Wear Shorts?
No matter how swampy it gets outside, a not-insignificant number of fellas refrain from ever exposing their legs. We asked a handful of holdouts to explain themselves.
www.gq.com
April 30, 2025 at 12:42 PM
We need a mass intervention for these dudes, who are truly living in a prison of their own creation.
Song of the summer
NIAMOS | Season 2 Club MIX | Andor OST Cover Chandrila Wedding, Mon Mothma Dance Music #andorseason2
YouTube video by Jeremy Brauns Music
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April 25, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Song of the summer
NEW AWAY MESSAGE: A few months ago I went against my better judgment and bought a kick-ass GTI. It did not go well.
When Achieving a Childhood Dream Goes Wrong
Inside me there are two wolves. And they're both idiots.
mikeplatania.substack.com
April 13, 2025 at 8:17 PM
NEW AWAY MESSAGE: A few months ago I went against my better judgment and bought a kick-ass GTI. It did not go well.
Taps the trusty "Just Go See New Found Glory For $50" sign
Somewhere, someone is shelling out $1,062 for the Prudential Center BMW Studio Suite thinking they’re gonna hear “Jude Law and a Semester Abroad”
April 1, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Taps the trusty "Just Go See New Found Glory For $50" sign
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Excellent work by new NYT headline writer Werner Herzog
March 28, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Excellent work by new NYT headline writer Werner Herzog
Reposted by Mike Platania
Surely a contender for the funniest thing a judge has ever said www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
March 25, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Surely a contender for the funniest thing a judge has ever said www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Someday Swampfest is going to see someone strapped to a DIY rocket and go to actual space. Every year the ante gets upped at this event, genuinely bonkers shit in the best way possible.
MASHER: SWAMPFEST 2025 Video
YouTube video by ThrasherMagazine
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March 22, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Someday Swampfest is going to see someone strapped to a DIY rocket and go to actual space. Every year the ante gets upped at this event, genuinely bonkers shit in the best way possible.
This has been playing on loop in my head for like 36 hours now and there’s no signs of it slowing
March 15, 2025 at 3:51 PM
This has been playing on loop in my head for like 36 hours now and there’s no signs of it slowing
Mr. Jones is the ultimate honey pot karaoke song. Everyone knows it, everyone loves it. We all feel like we know the words, but we don't. No one does. It is verbose and wordy as hell. You'll be left bellowing "MR. JONES AND ME!" and mumbling the rest of the way. This is a singular song in this way.
Counting Crows - Mr. Jones (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by CountingCrowsVEVO
www.youtube.com
March 14, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Mr. Jones is the ultimate honey pot karaoke song. Everyone knows it, everyone loves it. We all feel like we know the words, but we don't. No one does. It is verbose and wordy as hell. You'll be left bellowing "MR. JONES AND ME!" and mumbling the rest of the way. This is a singular song in this way.
I can't decide if reading this was like picking an old scab or a nice walk down memory lane.
There have been so many goddamn near-misses for NY sports this century, none of which looms larger in my memory than the 2014 Stanley Cup Final. Not sure I'll ever get over it.
There have been so many goddamn near-misses for NY sports this century, none of which looms larger in my memory than the 2014 Stanley Cup Final. Not sure I'll ever get over it.
Sports and the City: A Quarter Century of Misery (and Company) for New York Fans
Across the past 25 years, it has rarely mattered how uniquely New York sports stories have been told or how sweetly they have unfolded. They’ve mostly all ended the same way.
www.theringer.com
March 14, 2025 at 2:32 AM
I can't decide if reading this was like picking an old scab or a nice walk down memory lane.
There have been so many goddamn near-misses for NY sports this century, none of which looms larger in my memory than the 2014 Stanley Cup Final. Not sure I'll ever get over it.
There have been so many goddamn near-misses for NY sports this century, none of which looms larger in my memory than the 2014 Stanley Cup Final. Not sure I'll ever get over it.