Mike Lee Williams
@mlw.bsky.social
member of technical staff at anthropic • my favourite directed graphs are webrings
finally found a quote that's been stuck in my head for 25 years. from the boxer hector "macho" camacho: "When I do good, they boo me. When I do great, they boo me. If they don’t boo me, I get mad. When I make love to my girlfriend, she boos me." this quote explains a lot of posters.
November 5, 2025 at 3:08 PM
finally found a quote that's been stuck in my head for 25 years. from the boxer hector "macho" camacho: "When I do good, they boo me. When I do great, they boo me. If they don’t boo me, I get mad. When I make love to my girlfriend, she boos me." this quote explains a lot of posters.
i'm not saying there's a bubble, and if there is i'm not saying this is the top, but catered lunch today was from dimes.
October 29, 2025 at 6:29 PM
i'm not saying there's a bubble, and if there is i'm not saying this is the top, but catered lunch today was from dimes.
some personal news
October 27, 2025 at 1:30 AM
some personal news
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Stay woke friends
October 19, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Stay woke friends
it's real
Delightful read on 6-7, which is all my kids talk about. Who knew they were so familiar with Derridean poststructuralism
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/si...
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/si...
The Numbers Six and Seven Are Making Life Hell for Math Teachers
‘Six seven’ sends teens into a frenzy that schools have been powerless to stop. ‘It’s like throwing catnip at cats.’
www.wsj.com
October 14, 2025 at 3:18 PM
it's real
i'm banned for life from the PTA messageboard because i reply to every octoberfest committee message with "october 26? you're out of your mind. octoberfest is in september! it *ends* the first weekend of october! get your head in the game!!!! jfc people"
October 14, 2025 at 3:14 PM
i'm banned for life from the PTA messageboard because i reply to every octoberfest committee message with "october 26? you're out of your mind. octoberfest is in september! it *ends* the first weekend of october! get your head in the game!!!! jfc people"
It’s ‘It’s “It’s decorative gourd season, motherfuckers”, motherfuckers’, motherfuckers.
September 18, 2025 at 7:31 PM
It’s ‘It’s “It’s decorative gourd season, motherfuckers”, motherfuckers’, motherfuckers.
don’t ever knock this country to me
September 15, 2025 at 8:00 PM
don’t ever knock this country to me
saw this on the subway today. the woman wearing it seemed like she had it all figured out.
September 6, 2025 at 12:51 AM
saw this on the subway today. the woman wearing it seemed like she had it all figured out.
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Reposted by Mike Lee Williams
it is happening again
August 9, 2025 at 7:53 PM
it is happening again
whenever i start a new job i like to make the same joke about my 90 day onboarding plan being entirely comprised of trying to get my python environment set up. sadly that joke no longer works (because uv). anyway, today is my first day at anthropic!
July 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM
whenever i start a new job i like to make the same joke about my 90 day onboarding plan being entirely comprised of trying to get my python environment set up. sadly that joke no longer works (because uv). anyway, today is my first day at anthropic!
The Lily and The Lion, part 6 of Maurice Druon's accursed kings series, is a flawless masterpiece, just like the other 5 parts (part 7 is not canon). i am on the record about loving these books: maxread.substack.com/p/a-great-pu...
July 12, 2025 at 7:29 PM
The Lily and The Lion, part 6 of Maurice Druon's accursed kings series, is a flawless masterpiece, just like the other 5 parts (part 7 is not canon). i am on the record about loving these books: maxread.substack.com/p/a-great-pu...
wealth of shadows by graham moore is a good novel if you like monetary theory and ww2 but i cannot in good faith recommend it to anyone else
The Wide Wide Sea by Hampton Sides is extremely well done history/non-fiction for dads. I guess the worst thing you could say is it tells an incredible story in a somewhat simplistic way.
Banal Nightmare by Halle Butler is great. fucked up millennial women in a college town. kept reminding me of the movie Heathers (complimentary) even though all the characters are like 40.
July 12, 2025 at 7:24 PM
wealth of shadows by graham moore is a good novel if you like monetary theory and ww2 but i cannot in good faith recommend it to anyone else
quit my job a couple of weeks ago and have been enjoying funemployment. first break between jobs ... ever I think? watching a tremendous amount of rubbish on youtube (idiots in cars compilations, northern lion) and finally finishing DS9.
July 12, 2025 at 7:20 PM
quit my job a couple of weeks ago and have been enjoying funemployment. first break between jobs ... ever I think? watching a tremendous amount of rubbish on youtube (idiots in cars compilations, northern lion) and finally finishing DS9.
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just saying, if an pro-transit mayor wants to fund some ambitious policies, there is a massive goldmine of 3 million free parking spaces in New York City just sitting there waiting to be metered
June 26, 2025 at 3:27 AM
just saying, if an pro-transit mayor wants to fund some ambitious policies, there is a massive goldmine of 3 million free parking spaces in New York City just sitting there waiting to be metered
much love to this voter in the navy yard
June 25, 2025 at 1:52 AM
much love to this voter in the navy yard
completely disgusting out there, don’t get me wrong, but this is the least unpleasant 100 degree weather I’ve ever felt.
June 24, 2025 at 9:02 PM
completely disgusting out there, don’t get me wrong, but this is the least unpleasant 100 degree weather I’ve ever felt.
I did this walk last year. Highly recommend it, even if you’re not running for mayor. Magical island. Also don’t rank Cuomo.
On Friday night, we walked the length of Manhattan, from Inwood Hill to Battery Park.
New Yorkers deserve a Mayor they can see, hear, even yell at. The city is in the streets.
New Yorkers deserve a Mayor they can see, hear, even yell at. The city is in the streets.
June 23, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I did this walk last year. Highly recommend it, even if you’re not running for mayor. Magical island. Also don’t rank Cuomo.
it’s “fill my cap with water from a splash pad and put it on my head” degrees in the city
June 12, 2025 at 8:33 PM
it’s “fill my cap with water from a splash pad and put it on my head” degrees in the city
people give those amazon brands with consonant names a hard time, but the customer service is better than "real" brands (or amazon itself). you contact a human and they send you a replacement, no questions. i just had a nice chat (on whatsapp!) with a guy in shenzen and he replaced my RC car?!
May 31, 2025 at 3:50 PM
people give those amazon brands with consonant names a hard time, but the customer service is better than "real" brands (or amazon itself). you contact a human and they send you a replacement, no questions. i just had a nice chat (on whatsapp!) with a guy in shenzen and he replaced my RC car?!
The Wide Wide Sea by Hampton Sides is extremely well done history/non-fiction for dads. I guess the worst thing you could say is it tells an incredible story in a somewhat simplistic way.
Banal Nightmare by Halle Butler is great. fucked up millennial women in a college town. kept reminding me of the movie Heathers (complimentary) even though all the characters are like 40.
Big Swiss by Jen Beagin. i think i read this because I liked All Fours so much. this is as good, but it's pretty good. great on small art town life.
May 30, 2025 at 4:13 AM
The Wide Wide Sea by Hampton Sides is extremely well done history/non-fiction for dads. I guess the worst thing you could say is it tells an incredible story in a somewhat simplistic way.
Banal Nightmare by Halle Butler is great. fucked up millennial women in a college town. kept reminding me of the movie Heathers (complimentary) even though all the characters are like 40.
Big Swiss by Jen Beagin. i think i read this because I liked All Fours so much. this is as good, but it's pretty good. great on small art town life.
The Rent Collectors: Exploitation, Murder, and Redemption in Immigrant LA by Jesse Katz. Great reporting, great city.
May 30, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Banal Nightmare by Halle Butler is great. fucked up millennial women in a college town. kept reminding me of the movie Heathers (complimentary) even though all the characters are like 40.
