Dr. Michaela Thompson
@snarknado.bsky.social
Cross-disciplinary scholar, environmental humanist, union organizer, adjunct.
Systematically disorganized. Habitually unserious.
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Systematically disorganized. Habitually unserious.
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Maggots falling from the ceiling during lecture was not on my bingo card for this year.
November 14, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Maggots falling from the ceiling during lecture was not on my bingo card for this year.
Course syllabus, Canvas site, lectures: "Do not do Thing, it's against course policies and will affect your grade significantly."
Student: "I did Thing, that's cool right?"
Hhhhhhhh.
Student: "I did Thing, that's cool right?"
Hhhhhhhh.
November 10, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Course syllabus, Canvas site, lectures: "Do not do Thing, it's against course policies and will affect your grade significantly."
Student: "I did Thing, that's cool right?"
Hhhhhhhh.
Student: "I did Thing, that's cool right?"
Hhhhhhhh.
Things my phone has autocorrected "SHASS" (the MIT acronym for the school of humanities, art, and social sciences) to: SHAQ, Shrek, shark, sash, Slash (capitalized, so clearly referring to the GNR guitarist), sass, swish, wash, shart.
November 3, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Things my phone has autocorrected "SHASS" (the MIT acronym for the school of humanities, art, and social sciences) to: SHAQ, Shrek, shark, sash, Slash (capitalized, so clearly referring to the GNR guitarist), sass, swish, wash, shart.
Finally heard a moose calling in the wild, and it was AMAZING.
November 1, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Finally heard a moose calling in the wild, and it was AMAZING.
I'm sorry to say that the Harvard incident doesn't surprise me, except in the fact that it didn't happen earlier and more severely.
November 1, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I'm sorry to say that the Harvard incident doesn't surprise me, except in the fact that it didn't happen earlier and more severely.
I'm unreasonably angry that after two-plus years of trying to figure out mystery dizzy spells and surprise puking, it turns out I'm just allergic to sucralose.
Also ironic that almost fainting while giving a food technology lecture was what clued me in.
Also ironic that almost fainting while giving a food technology lecture was what clued me in.
October 31, 2025 at 12:25 PM
I'm unreasonably angry that after two-plus years of trying to figure out mystery dizzy spells and surprise puking, it turns out I'm just allergic to sucralose.
Also ironic that almost fainting while giving a food technology lecture was what clued me in.
Also ironic that almost fainting while giving a food technology lecture was what clued me in.
Fffff. I had the thinnest of buffers for my courses this semester, and yesterday destroyed it completely.
October 21, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Fffff. I had the thinnest of buffers for my courses this semester, and yesterday destroyed it completely.
The fact that I can't grade my students' Technology and Culture papers because of a global cloud computing outage is a little too on the nose.
October 20, 2025 at 2:57 PM
The fact that I can't grade my students' Technology and Culture papers because of a global cloud computing outage is a little too on the nose.
Reposted by Dr. Michaela Thompson
Coverage by @wbznewsradio.bsky.social on the grassroots push to make the dangerous high crash corridor of Hyde Park Av safer wbznewsradio.iheart.com/content/resi... @ben4district6.bsky.social @enriquepepen.bsky.social @brianworrell.bsky.social @wutrain.bsky.social @jfh01.bsky.social
Residents, Boston City Councilors, Say Hyde Park Ave. Needs Safety Upgrades | WBZ NewsRadio 1030
Boston city councilors join the Forest Hills community in calling for immediate safety improvements to the corridor.
wbznewsradio.iheart.com
October 16, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Coverage by @wbznewsradio.bsky.social on the grassroots push to make the dangerous high crash corridor of Hyde Park Av safer wbznewsradio.iheart.com/content/resi... @ben4district6.bsky.social @enriquepepen.bsky.social @brianworrell.bsky.social @wutrain.bsky.social @jfh01.bsky.social
Boston's "Chief of Streets" responding to 40+ resident testimonials begging for a safer Hyde Park Ave at tonight's city council meeting. #Boston #JamaicaPlain
October 7, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Boston's "Chief of Streets" responding to 40+ resident testimonials begging for a safer Hyde Park Ave at tonight's city council meeting. #Boston #JamaicaPlain
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October 3, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Okay, season's over. I know Red Sox nation has a love affair with mediocre white dudes, but can we PLEASE fire Craig Breslow now?
October 3, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Okay, season's over. I know Red Sox nation has a love affair with mediocre white dudes, but can we PLEASE fire Craig Breslow now?
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We've had fuckups in the White House before, but never a president who seemed so deliberately intent on being a fuckup.
It's been said before, but if these people were actual agents of an enemy power seeking to divide, dismantle and destroy the USA they wouldn't be doing anything different.
It's been said before, but if these people were actual agents of an enemy power seeking to divide, dismantle and destroy the USA they wouldn't be doing anything different.
October 2, 2025 at 1:43 PM
We've had fuckups in the White House before, but never a president who seemed so deliberately intent on being a fuckup.
It's been said before, but if these people were actual agents of an enemy power seeking to divide, dismantle and destroy the USA they wouldn't be doing anything different.
It's been said before, but if these people were actual agents of an enemy power seeking to divide, dismantle and destroy the USA they wouldn't be doing anything different.
Boy is this on the nose today
being a cat person is so crazy bc you live with someone who is undeniably annoying and you're always thinking "maybe i should get another cat"
October 1, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Boy is this on the nose today
My cat just walked across my open laptop and sent an email to my boss and two colleagues. Awesome.
October 1, 2025 at 1:50 PM
My cat just walked across my open laptop and sent an email to my boss and two colleagues. Awesome.
Happy Baby Wheel Day. We are truly seeing some shit we ain’t never seen before.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=P8Vj...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=P8Vj...
Boston We witnessin' a baby whale kid
YouTube video by Boston Guy
m.youtube.com
September 17, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Happy Baby Wheel Day. We are truly seeing some shit we ain’t never seen before.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=P8Vj...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=P8Vj...
My second batch of rhubarb gin tastes like punishment and Calvinism.
September 7, 2025 at 8:57 PM
My second batch of rhubarb gin tastes like punishment and Calvinism.
Peak MIT is walking to the T after my evening class past a lawn full of wild rabbits grazing unperturbedly alongside students practicing fire-spinning.
September 5, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Peak MIT is walking to the T after my evening class past a lawn full of wild rabbits grazing unperturbedly alongside students practicing fire-spinning.
US/Canada border agent told us they confiscated 72 bags of potatoes yesterday.
September 3, 2025 at 7:22 PM
US/Canada border agent told us they confiscated 72 bags of potatoes yesterday.
I just included the meanest warning about GenAI use in my syllabi that I've ever written, and I don't feel bad at all.
September 2, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I just included the meanest warning about GenAI use in my syllabi that I've ever written, and I don't feel bad at all.
Reposted by Dr. Michaela Thompson
What if they not letting Trump speak because he had a Reverse Fetterman Stroke and hes woke now
September 1, 2025 at 6:13 PM
What if they not letting Trump speak because he had a Reverse Fetterman Stroke and hes woke now
I generally try not to be a dick about formalities, but starting an email to me with an overly familiar salutation when you're trying to get into my severely overenrolled course and we've never interacted before is not the best approach.
August 31, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I generally try not to be a dick about formalities, but starting an email to me with an overly familiar salutation when you're trying to get into my severely overenrolled course and we've never interacted before is not the best approach.
I recommend my strategy of a blazer and bike shorts as a signature Zoom lewk.
August 26, 2025 at 1:40 PM
I recommend my strategy of a blazer and bike shorts as a signature Zoom lewk.
Once again, unions leading the way. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Harvard Grad Union Requests Academic Freedom Protections in New Contract Proposal | News | The Harvard Crimson
Harvard’s graduate student union requested that the University guarantee academic freedom protections for graduate students’ teaching and research pursuits in a new contract proposal on Thursday, join...
www.thecrimson.com
August 25, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Once again, unions leading the way. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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An M.I.T. study found that 95% of companies that had invested in A.I. tools were seeing zero return. It jibes with the emerging idea that generative A.I., “in its current incarnation, simply isn’t all it’s been cracked up to be,” johncassidysays.bsky.social writes.
The A.I.-Profits Drought and the Lessons of History
Like the steam engine, electricity, and computers, generative artificial intelligence could take longer than expected to transform the economy.
www.newyorker.com
August 25, 2025 at 2:43 PM
An M.I.T. study found that 95% of companies that had invested in A.I. tools were seeing zero return. It jibes with the emerging idea that generative A.I., “in its current incarnation, simply isn’t all it’s been cracked up to be,” johncassidysays.bsky.social writes.