Michael Wade
@mikewords.bsky.social
Writer. Journalist. Ph.D. molecular biologist. Former biopharm exec. Sentient neural network. Small Language Model.
His thoughts are often dead leaves, falling from a tree gone dormant. Posted for all to see.
November 8, 2025 at 4:40 PM
His thoughts are often dead leaves, falling from a tree gone dormant. Posted for all to see.
Thoughts and prayers have begun to arrive from intelligent life across the universe.
October 30, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Thoughts and prayers have begun to arrive from intelligent life across the universe.
Carrboro NC. Estimated 3,900 attendees according to post by a city council member
October 18, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Carrboro NC. Estimated 3,900 attendees according to post by a city council member
Great turnout and vibes under Carolina blue skies in Carrboro NC. And everywhere else, it looks like.
“Do you hear the people sing?” asked one sign.
Oh yeah. They hear.
“Do you hear the people sing?” asked one sign.
Oh yeah. They hear.
October 18, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Great turnout and vibes under Carolina blue skies in Carrboro NC. And everywhere else, it looks like.
“Do you hear the people sing?” asked one sign.
Oh yeah. They hear.
“Do you hear the people sing?” asked one sign.
Oh yeah. They hear.
Poseidon be spicy today off Emerald Isle, NC
October 12, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Poseidon be spicy today off Emerald Isle, NC
He always has that golf-champ at his own club thing to fall back on.
October 10, 2025 at 3:17 PM
He always has that golf-champ at his own club thing to fall back on.
Salt marsh field report: same as it ever was.
September 23, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Salt marsh field report: same as it ever was.
I can step outside and see this whenever I want and that’s not nothing.
August 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I can step outside and see this whenever I want and that’s not nothing.
I’m sorry, our circuits are not transmitting this level of batshit crazy right now. Please try your call again later.
August 24, 2025 at 12:59 AM
I’m sorry, our circuits are not transmitting this level of batshit crazy right now. Please try your call again later.
Meanwhile in NY, Mamdani is hosting…an actual scavenger hunt, apparently. Dem establishment, are you at least taking some notes here?
August 23, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Meanwhile in NY, Mamdani is hosting…an actual scavenger hunt, apparently. Dem establishment, are you at least taking some notes here?
🌶️ to see 🌮 get out-🌮-ed
August 13, 2025 at 5:26 PM
🌶️ to see 🌮 get out-🌮-ed
Come on. Does the fascism also have to be gauche and gross and cringey?
August 7, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Come on. Does the fascism also have to be gauche and gross and cringey?
Just before the trail crossed a gorgeous patch of swamp rose mallow, we were talking nerd stuff. I said, of course we’re not going to be doing that kind of science here now. He turns and says: let’s not go there. And that’s one more reason he’s a favorite hiking partner.
August 7, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Just before the trail crossed a gorgeous patch of swamp rose mallow, we were talking nerd stuff. I said, of course we’re not going to be doing that kind of science here now. He turns and says: let’s not go there. And that’s one more reason he’s a favorite hiking partner.
Say what you will about the guy, but his comms are off the charts
July 27, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Say what you will about the guy, but his comms are off the charts
Just saw this Bruegelian timeline horror-multiplier on a NY beach. You’re welcome.
June 22, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Just saw this Bruegelian timeline horror-multiplier on a NY beach. You’re welcome.
This is a sort of surreal inverse of that pivotal moment in the movie “The Invention of Lying”:
Elon Musk said a thing…that is true
Elon Musk said a thing…that is true
June 3, 2025 at 8:53 PM
This is a sort of surreal inverse of that pivotal moment in the movie “The Invention of Lying”:
Elon Musk said a thing…that is true
Elon Musk said a thing…that is true
My brain trying to deal with the news today.
May 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
My brain trying to deal with the news today.
I checked and this is real. There’s no better illustration of why corporate health insurance and your doctors are adversaries.
May 26, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I checked and this is real. There’s no better illustration of why corporate health insurance and your doctors are adversaries.
If this happens, wouldn’t it be sweet to see a massive ad buy on Faux News showing how to enroll? Maybe a little gift for completers?
May 25, 2025 at 8:16 PM
If this happens, wouldn’t it be sweet to see a massive ad buy on Faux News showing how to enroll? Maybe a little gift for completers?
Not to brag, but my day looked like this yesterday and the phone never came out of the dry-bag.
May 21, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Not to brag, but my day looked like this yesterday and the phone never came out of the dry-bag.
Fascinating. Walmart of course is where people shop in red states. He’s telling the corporation to cut its profits to help his supporters…because of his tariffs.
May 17, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Fascinating. Walmart of course is where people shop in red states. He’s telling the corporation to cut its profits to help his supporters…because of his tariffs.
You knew this post was coming, and you knew what it would say, and you knew it would be just this petty and rambling. Evil really is banal, man.
May 16, 2025 at 3:50 PM
You knew this post was coming, and you knew what it would say, and you knew it would be just this petty and rambling. Evil really is banal, man.
Out here in the reality-based community, we’re sipping our coffee and considering the distance between ourselves and the people who thought this was a good idea.
May 3, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Out here in the reality-based community, we’re sipping our coffee and considering the distance between ourselves and the people who thought this was a good idea.
Good Saturday. First the Tar Heel 4-mile race in Chapel Hill, in which, not to brag, the brilliant kiddo wins her age group.
Then the Durham No Kings event, in which, not to brag, another big, raucous crowd protests the last-place-in-history-by-any-conceivable-measure presidency.
Then the Durham No Kings event, in which, not to brag, another big, raucous crowd protests the last-place-in-history-by-any-conceivable-measure presidency.
April 19, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Good Saturday. First the Tar Heel 4-mile race in Chapel Hill, in which, not to brag, the brilliant kiddo wins her age group.
Then the Durham No Kings event, in which, not to brag, another big, raucous crowd protests the last-place-in-history-by-any-conceivable-measure presidency.
Then the Durham No Kings event, in which, not to brag, another big, raucous crowd protests the last-place-in-history-by-any-conceivable-measure presidency.