Mike Plavin
@plavin.bsky.social
A kinda nerdy, kinda funny dad. Foodie-ish fan of comic books and technology. Tech Marketing for Security Operations at ServiceNow. Makes bed after waking up. Views expressed on here are my own.
@lastweektonight.com got my bottle of Cabernet Sauvign John. Now I just need a special occasion to open it.
November 11, 2025 at 6:04 AM
@lastweektonight.com got my bottle of Cabernet Sauvign John. Now I just need a special occasion to open it.
Hi friends. I know AI art can be fun to tinker around with, but when it intentionally mimics a well known style (like the Studio Ghibli one that’s popular right now), that’s not okay. They trained the models by using existing artwork without permission. In other words, it’s theft.
Just say no.
Just say no.
April 1, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Hi friends. I know AI art can be fun to tinker around with, but when it intentionally mimics a well known style (like the Studio Ghibli one that’s popular right now), that’s not okay. They trained the models by using existing artwork without permission. In other words, it’s theft.
Just say no.
Just say no.
Reposted by Mike Plavin
These are the senators who collaborated with the GOP.
Schumer
Fetterman
Cortez Masto
Durbin
King
Shaheen
Gillibrand
Schatz
Hassan
Peters
Don’t let them forget it. No peace for them.
Schumer
Fetterman
Cortez Masto
Durbin
King
Shaheen
Gillibrand
Schatz
Hassan
Peters
Don’t let them forget it. No peace for them.
March 14, 2025 at 8:57 PM
These are the senators who collaborated with the GOP.
Schumer
Fetterman
Cortez Masto
Durbin
King
Shaheen
Gillibrand
Schatz
Hassan
Peters
Don’t let them forget it. No peace for them.
Schumer
Fetterman
Cortez Masto
Durbin
King
Shaheen
Gillibrand
Schatz
Hassan
Peters
Don’t let them forget it. No peace for them.
Looks like there might be an ongoing cyberattack against Visa and Mastercard. People locally are reporting that multiple stores card readers are down, and readers at Costcos around the country are down. Anyone else seeing or hearing anything?
March 14, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Looks like there might be an ongoing cyberattack against Visa and Mastercard. People locally are reporting that multiple stores card readers are down, and readers at Costcos around the country are down. Anyone else seeing or hearing anything?
Cutting 50% of the Department of Education, the stock market in free fall because the Bozo in Chief is treating tariffs like they’re his personal playthings, shilling Teslas (illegally) at the White House, and the continued idiotic saber rattling at *checks notes* CANADA.
“Make America great again”
“Make America great again”
March 12, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Cutting 50% of the Department of Education, the stock market in free fall because the Bozo in Chief is treating tariffs like they’re his personal playthings, shilling Teslas (illegally) at the White House, and the continued idiotic saber rattling at *checks notes* CANADA.
“Make America great again”
“Make America great again”
I just want to give a shout out to all the comic book pros I’ve gotten to know over the years. You are awesome and make our lives better with your creativity. I’m sure you hear it a lot, but I wanted you to hear it one more time. Seriously, thank you! 🙏
March 7, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I just want to give a shout out to all the comic book pros I’ve gotten to know over the years. You are awesome and make our lives better with your creativity. I’m sure you hear it a lot, but I wanted you to hear it one more time. Seriously, thank you! 🙏
Me watching the last few episodes of COBRA KAI, of all things: 😭😭😭😭
They stuck the landing. 🥋
They stuck the landing. 🥋
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February 15, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Me watching the last few episodes of COBRA KAI, of all things: 😭😭😭😭
They stuck the landing. 🥋
They stuck the landing. 🥋
I miss the days when I woke up and an infuriating news headline wasn’t waiting for me.
February 13, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I miss the days when I woke up and an infuriating news headline wasn’t waiting for me.
/1 Watching the Grammys a day later. My observations:
1. Billie Eilish and Finneas’ parents should be proud of how well their kids get along.
2. Sabrina Carpenter crushed her performance! Genuinely funny and entertaining.
1. Billie Eilish and Finneas’ parents should be proud of how well their kids get along.
2. Sabrina Carpenter crushed her performance! Genuinely funny and entertaining.
February 3, 2025 at 9:04 PM
/1 Watching the Grammys a day later. My observations:
1. Billie Eilish and Finneas’ parents should be proud of how well their kids get along.
2. Sabrina Carpenter crushed her performance! Genuinely funny and entertaining.
1. Billie Eilish and Finneas’ parents should be proud of how well their kids get along.
2. Sabrina Carpenter crushed her performance! Genuinely funny and entertaining.
Just finished Civil War. I’m not sure what to think of it, particularly considering, ya know… *gestures broadly to the world*
I can see what Garland is going for, making it a “the horrors of war” but on our own turf instead of some faraway land. Still, I am not sure I actually LIKED the movie… /1
I can see what Garland is going for, making it a “the horrors of war” but on our own turf instead of some faraway land. Still, I am not sure I actually LIKED the movie… /1
February 2, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Just finished Civil War. I’m not sure what to think of it, particularly considering, ya know… *gestures broadly to the world*
I can see what Garland is going for, making it a “the horrors of war” but on our own turf instead of some faraway land. Still, I am not sure I actually LIKED the movie… /1
I can see what Garland is going for, making it a “the horrors of war” but on our own turf instead of some faraway land. Still, I am not sure I actually LIKED the movie… /1
I would like to see Violet Grohl be the singer for Nirvana from now on. Wow!!!!
February 1, 2025 at 5:04 AM
I would like to see Violet Grohl be the singer for Nirvana from now on. Wow!!!!
Just finished watching Saturday Night (the movie). Wow, I really enjoyed that. The first half had a frenetic energy about it that really captured how it must’ve felt in the moment. /1
January 28, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Just finished watching Saturday Night (the movie). Wow, I really enjoyed that. The first half had a frenetic energy about it that really captured how it must’ve felt in the moment. /1
Bowling with Corpses is classic @mikemignola.bsky.social through and through, from the little touches (like the musical notes denoting whistling) to the way each short story reads like a fable that’s completely new, but still somehow reads like it’s familiar. Each story is unique & fun. A must buy.
January 22, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Bowling with Corpses is classic @mikemignola.bsky.social through and through, from the little touches (like the musical notes denoting whistling) to the way each short story reads like a fable that’s completely new, but still somehow reads like it’s familiar. Each story is unique & fun. A must buy.
Just finished the season/series finale of Skeleton Crew. It was fine, but it sure felt like it needed another 10-15 minutes to wrap things up. If you watch it, you’ll know what I mean. The series definitely started a lot stronger than it finished, but I would still give it a solid B to B+ overall.
January 16, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Just finished the season/series finale of Skeleton Crew. It was fine, but it sure felt like it needed another 10-15 minutes to wrap things up. If you watch it, you’ll know what I mean. The series definitely started a lot stronger than it finished, but I would still give it a solid B to B+ overall.
My pal Ananya wrote a killer essay that I encourage you to read. It’s about Patti Smith, the anxiety around the question “what is it that you do here,” and transcending labels and categories.
Check it out here: open.substack.com/pub/mindmaps...
Check it out here: open.substack.com/pub/mindmaps...
genre transcendence
on defying classification with Patti Smith
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January 14, 2025 at 2:50 AM
My pal Ananya wrote a killer essay that I encourage you to read. It’s about Patti Smith, the anxiety around the question “what is it that you do here,” and transcending labels and categories.
Check it out here: open.substack.com/pub/mindmaps...
Check it out here: open.substack.com/pub/mindmaps...
Hot take: the new MacBook commercial with the weight lifter is one of the dumbest concepts I’ve ever seen in an advertisement. Kind of sad, coming from Apple.
January 12, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Hot take: the new MacBook commercial with the weight lifter is one of the dumbest concepts I’ve ever seen in an advertisement. Kind of sad, coming from Apple.
“We’re not getting airport sushi!” - random mom at the Denver airport to her two young kids who were begging for sushi
When the kids asked “why,” she said, “because I don’t want you throwing up on the airplane.”
Thank you for the laugh, random mom.
When the kids asked “why,” she said, “because I don’t want you throwing up on the airplane.”
Thank you for the laugh, random mom.
December 15, 2024 at 12:58 AM
“We’re not getting airport sushi!” - random mom at the Denver airport to her two young kids who were begging for sushi
When the kids asked “why,” she said, “because I don’t want you throwing up on the airplane.”
Thank you for the laugh, random mom.
When the kids asked “why,” she said, “because I don’t want you throwing up on the airplane.”
Thank you for the laugh, random mom.
Flute Guy won The Video Game Awards yet again this year.
Also glad Astro Bot won Game of the Year, and Swen’s speech before the award was perfect.
Also glad Astro Bot won Game of the Year, and Swen’s speech before the award was perfect.
a man is playing a flute in an orchestra with the game awards written on the bottom
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December 13, 2024 at 6:51 AM
Flute Guy won The Video Game Awards yet again this year.
Also glad Astro Bot won Game of the Year, and Swen’s speech before the award was perfect.
Also glad Astro Bot won Game of the Year, and Swen’s speech before the award was perfect.
Arcane: wow. Not even done with the series yet, but holy smokes does it deliver on every single front.
December 5, 2024 at 6:23 AM
Arcane: wow. Not even done with the series yet, but holy smokes does it deliver on every single front.
What’s this? @gailsimone.bsky.social at Books With Pictures - Eugene again?! Oh wait, it’s just her on the cover of this Zdarsky Comic News 😁
November 30, 2024 at 4:17 AM
What’s this? @gailsimone.bsky.social at Books With Pictures - Eugene again?! Oh wait, it’s just her on the cover of this Zdarsky Comic News 😁
Dune: Prophecy - why do shows like this have to be all
“10,000 years before the stuff you know and love” and yet the technology looks exactly the same as the stuff we know and love?
Knights of the Old Republic, which I adore, had the same problem.
Otherwise, it was an okay series premiere.
“10,000 years before the stuff you know and love” and yet the technology looks exactly the same as the stuff we know and love?
Knights of the Old Republic, which I adore, had the same problem.
Otherwise, it was an okay series premiere.
November 19, 2024 at 6:53 AM
Dune: Prophecy - why do shows like this have to be all
“10,000 years before the stuff you know and love” and yet the technology looks exactly the same as the stuff we know and love?
Knights of the Old Republic, which I adore, had the same problem.
Otherwise, it was an okay series premiere.
“10,000 years before the stuff you know and love” and yet the technology looks exactly the same as the stuff we know and love?
Knights of the Old Republic, which I adore, had the same problem.
Otherwise, it was an okay series premiere.
Newest art acquisition, and it ISN’T comic book art! I know - I’m just as surprised as you are. Purchased from Le Stelle gallery in Yachats.
November 19, 2024 at 6:18 AM
Newest art acquisition, and it ISN’T comic book art! I know - I’m just as surprised as you are. Purchased from Le Stelle gallery in Yachats.
Every time I see a new Trump appointment, I think Eleanor might be right…
a woman is saying `` this is the bad place ! ''
ALT: a woman is saying `` this is the bad place ! ''
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November 15, 2024 at 6:55 AM
Every time I see a new Trump appointment, I think Eleanor might be right…
Heads up, gamer friends - some folks are reporting on the PS5 subreddit that their accounts were compromised over the weekend, with hundreds to thousands of dollars being stolen. What's more disturbing is that the attackers were able to disable two-factor authentication in many of the cases.
October 10, 2023 at 10:37 PM
Heads up, gamer friends - some folks are reporting on the PS5 subreddit that their accounts were compromised over the weekend, with hundreds to thousands of dollars being stolen. What's more disturbing is that the attackers were able to disable two-factor authentication in many of the cases.
Finally joined Bluesky to see what all the fuss is about, and wow! My pal @noysh.bsky.social wasn’t lying: it’s like a more chill version of Twitter!
October 9, 2023 at 3:33 PM
Finally joined Bluesky to see what all the fuss is about, and wow! My pal @noysh.bsky.social wasn’t lying: it’s like a more chill version of Twitter!