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Mike MacFerrin @icesheetmike.myatproto.social · 06/09/2026

She’s been grilled on this. She didn’t even see his stuff directly. She’s heard what the avowed white-supremacists are saying about him very publicly, and she chooses to believe + join-in spreading it w/o fact-check. “Pick me!” She’s still making that conscious choice. For reasons, of course.

EtanaRachel
@bibliophelia94.bsky.social
I'm not defending Cofnas in any way here. His work seems offensive and harmful. But he was right about Arday.
7:22 AM • Sep 4, 2026

EtanaRachel
@bibliophelia94.bsky.social
What racism? The only racism I can see is Cambridge loosening all their standards and hiring a token black guy who was completely unqualified because it made them look benevolent.
8:02 AM • Sep 4, 2026

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Mike MacFerrin @icesheetmike.myatproto.social · 05/09/2026

For sure. But in terms of sheer impact, cats kill more birds than the remainder of all other anthropogenic causes combined.

Leading anthropogenic causes of bird mortality in the United States
Deaths per year.
Cats: 2.4 billion
Collisions - Building Glass: 599 million
Collisions - Vehicles: 214.5 million
Poison: 72 million
Collisions - Electrical lines: 25.5 million
Collisions - Communication towers: 6.6 million
Electrocutions: 5.6 million
Oil pits: 0.75 million
Collisions - Onshore Wind Turbines: 0.23 million

From SkepitcalScience.com

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Mike MacFerrin @icesheetmike.myatproto.social · 04/09/2026

She agrees Cofnas is a white supremacist… and therefore how dare you imply she agrees with him! But to be clear she also 100% agrees with him and is happy to join in the online white-supremacist lynch mob Cofnas started. You know, to protect sacred and pure bloodlines of our institutions. Y’know.

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Mike MacFerrin @icesheetmike.myatproto.social · 04/09/2026

WHEW. I’m just gonna leave that one there to simmer a bit. Internet’s forever.

Screenshotted post from EtanaRachel
@bibliophelia94.bsky.social
I think Gloria Steinem actually achieved a great amount for women that nets her some respect and leeway in the aftermath of her death. But Arday achieved nothing of the sort - his entire life's work was a fraud.
6:35 AM • Sep 4, 2026

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Mike MacFerrin @icesheetmike.myatproto.social · 30/08/2026

The MapQuest App lists both of them correctly and has publicly told the mad king he can get bent. I’ve made a decision about my new favorite driving-directions app. (Both 🏞️’s from Mapquest’s mobile app, which seems a bit janky but hey it gives you directions.)

A MapQuedt app screenshot of Lake Ontario.

A MapQuest app screenshot of the Gulf of Mexico.

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Mike MacFerrin @icesheetmike.myatproto.social · 30/08/2026

So, Google Maps (left) has capitulated to the mad king. But Apple Maps (right) has not. Just fyi.

A Google Maps screenshot. A search for Lake Ontario brings up “Lake America.”

An Apple Maps screenshot, that still calls it Lake Ontario.

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Mike MacFerrin @icesheetmike.myatproto.social · 28/08/2026

Has IHE always been this proto-fascist, or are they just on a streak lately?

John K. Wilson
@johnkwilson.bsky.social
| argue in my @insidehighered.com column for protecting the academic freedom of @nathancofnas.bsky.social
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
DEBATABLE
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IDEAS
In Defense of Nathan Cofnas
We must not abandon academic freedom and punish anyone for being a harsh critic, even when there are tra...

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Mike MacFerrin @icesheetmike.myatproto.social · 28/08/2026

The author literally thinks he’s Michelangelo, lol.

Drawing by the author, Evan D. Morris.
"H
ave a nice weekend, Mike. I'm off to Florence to see the latest by the scribbler,
Macky Velli. The ceiling is really shaping up. You'll be done in no time. BTW—Please remind Big Pappy that my salary will be increasing July 1. Union orders.—A.
Prentiss"
Such is the sticky note that might have been left by an ungrateful and transactional apprentice to
Michelangelo while grinding paints and learning fresco painting from the master.
Thankfully, there were no fresco painters' apprentice unions in 1508. And the world has enjoyed the incomparable Sistine Chapel since.

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Mike MacFerrin @icesheetmike.myatproto.social · 21/08/2026

In case you wanted more evidence that the Washington Post ceased to be a "news" organization the moment it became Jeff Bezos' little side project.

Image of a Washington post article front page. It says "Opinion: Editorial Board", with the title "How data centers can win back the public"

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Mike MacFerrin @icesheetmike.myatproto.social · 20/08/2026

Why would anyone want to listen to what David Frum has to say about it?

@hotgirlhala
"this does not help your cause" - guy who hates you and your cause

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Mike MacFerrin @icesheetmike.myatproto.social · 17/08/2026

Put Elon Musk + 500 other citizens in a room, “on average everyone‘s a $Billion richer lately! Economy’s great!” This is what “big line go up, who’s complaining” takes miss (& it’s quite intentional at this point). And why the bottom 90% keep telling you to eat shit. www.cnbc.com/2026/01/30/w...

A line plot from a CNBC article, showing wealth inequality (as measured by the Gini coefficient) being the highest it’s been in 60 years, since measurements began.

Text reads:

Wealth inequality over the last six decades
The Gini coefficient from 1965 to 2025

Note: Numbers closer to 100 indicate higher inequality and wealth concentration; numbers closer to zero indicate the reverse. 2024 and 2025 data utilize some estimates.
Source: U.S. Bank Economics calculations via Bloomberg, World Bank, Census and Statistica
CNBC

The net worth of America's top 1% hit a record share of nearly 32% in the third quarter of 2025, the Federal Reserve reported. By comparison, the bottom 50% cumulatively held 2.5% of overall net wealth.

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Mike MacFerrin @icesheetmike.myatproto.social · 05/08/2026

But with knights and swords! 🗡️ And this guy, lol.

Zoomed Screenshot of an icon that reads “Defendant Summary”. The icon is a cartoon white head with a black Zorro mask and a pointy brown Robin Hood hat with glorious little tassles at the end.

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Mike MacFerrin @icesheetmike.myatproto.social · 05/08/2026

“Bottom line: if you win, it means you’re unpopular!” - galaxy-brained Dem strategist who lost Michigan and gave us all Trump

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Mike MacFerrin @icesheetmike.myatproto.social · 18/07/2026

Do they even make jeans anymore that don’t blow out at the crotch after 1-2 yrs occasional use? Just so sick of flimsy-assed clothing. Garbage.

A photo of 3 separate pairs of jeans sitting on a bed, with the legs of the jeans spread apart to show three threadbare holes near the seam where they’ve all worn through completely.

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Mike MacFerrin @icesheetmike.myatproto.social · 14/07/2026

The article describes Republicans being petty shits, praising Trump for capital projects funded by Biden’s Infrastructure bill. Then the author congratulates themself for also giving Trump some praise and tries to make it a “both sides” article without ever reflecting on the lopsidedness of it all.

Last week, Alabama's two U.S. Senators,
Republicans Katie Britt and Tommy Tuberville, penned an op-ed thanking President Donald Trump for the project. They heaped praise upon him and talked so breathlessly about his contributions to the project that you'd have thought Trump was hanging from a crane helping to erect the bridge with his bare hands.
You'd never know, for example, that it wasn't his project.
It was President Joe Biden's.
The funding for it - almost all of the $550 million it will cost - came as part of Biden's infrastructure plan that was passed in 2021.
The actual awarding of the $550 million grant was announced in 2024, while Biden was still president.
Every one of Alabama's Republican
congressional delegation, including Tuberville, voted against the infrastructure bill. Britt, who was elected a year later, said she also would have voted against it. Rep. Terri Sewell, Alabama's only Democrat at the time, was the only one from the state to vote for it. (Which makes a pretty solid argument for electing more Democrats, it seems.)

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Mike MacFerrin @icesheetmike.myatproto.social · 06/07/2026

I’m on it as well, seems to be a pretty widespread thing. Then they added me to a “Spies on Moderation Lists” list, which I thought was pretty funny. 😄

@schizanon.bsky_social has added you to the "Wrong about VR, Al, Crypto, SmartGlasses, GLP1, NFTs, or Bitcoin" moderation list

Today at 1:04 AM
@schizanon.bsky.social has added you to the "spies on moderation lists"
moderation list

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Mike MacFerrin @icesheetmike.myatproto.social · 04/06/2026

The Ohio Archipelago is beautiful this time of year.

Subset of the maplike-digital-artifact above, zoomed in on imaginary Ohio, with an entire fjorded embankment of islands over what is apparently now-drowned Maryland, Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

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Mike MacFerrin @icesheetmike.myatproto.social · 15/05/2026

My daughter, in the meantime, made “Hugh,” the capybara. And a yuzu fruit.

A photo of a very cute stuffed crocheted capybara. With a small orange crocheted yuzu fruit with a green leaf sitting next to it.

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Mike MacFerrin @icesheetmike.myatproto.social · 14/05/2026

This is Pierre. I made him from a popular kids’ “learn to crochet” kit, it’s my first time learning any of these stitches. He has some knot errors and slight asymmetries but I think he’s perfect just how he is. My daughter was very proud of me.

My version of Pierre the Penguin, from the popular Woobles “learn to crochet” kits. He’s a little blue egg-shaped stuffy with two black plastic safety eyes, a little white circular belly, a yellow yarn beak between his eyes, and a little blue flipper on each side of his body. He doesn’t sit up very well but that’s okay, he’s perfect and none of y’all rat bastards can me otherwise. My little contribution to hand-made cuteness in a screwed up world.

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Mike MacFerrin @icesheetmike.myatproto.social · 12/05/2026

To be clear I ❤️ bees. Sorry no content warning.

A big fuzzy bumblebee in flight in front of a pink flower. Images glommed from Googleapis.com.

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Mike MacFerrin @icesheetmike.myatproto.social · 06/05/2026

This is a *very well-written* article if you have friends/family who are falling for the “Tucker has changed, he really has!” act. I don’t pay enough attention to have picked up on the glaring differences btw two interviews in a week, but @parkermolloy.com did the work here.

He is very good at this. The Fox audience that fell for him for ten years was the easy mark.
The harder mark is the audience that just spent ten years watching what he did to the easy mark, and is now being told he has changed. He has not. He has just found people who have not been watching as carefully.

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Mike MacFerrin @icesheetmike.myatproto.social · 06/05/2026

My goodness we needed this SO BADLY here in Colorado. It doesn’t “erase” the severe drought conditions this year but it puts a dent in them.

Image of a small backyard covered in fresh snow. The tree branches are weighed down heavily.

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Mike MacFerrin @icesheetmike.myatproto.social · 28/04/2026

Yeah, and when even the tiniest tax is proposed to begin to reverse that trend in the slightest, Forbes is always gonna do this:

Opinion
Here's Why It Would Be A Mistake To Do Anything That Inconveniences
Rich Assholes by Some Rich Asshole

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Mike MacFerrin @icesheetmike.myatproto.social · 14/04/2026

Gawd, that's annoying. I just pasted 2 paragraphs of a human-written email I'm sending out (brief summary of a project). Out of curiosity I ran it through an "AI detector." It claims "High probability of being flagged as AI-generated content." I wrote every word myself. No em-dashes. F these guys.

Screenshot of an "AI-Detector" results on 2 paragraphs of hand-written text. It says "HIGH - High probability of being flagged as AI-generated. Consider refining or verifying your text."

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Mike MacFerrin @icesheetmike.myatproto.social · 14/04/2026

Just a reminder that Tyler Cowen is *this guy.*

Screenshot of a blog post by Tyler Cowen

My Favorite Actress Is Not Human
Tilly Norwood doesn't need a hairstylist, has no regrettable posts, and if you wish to see a virgin on-screen, this is one of your better chances. That's because she's Al.

•NOT EVERYONE IS HAPPY ABOUT THIS GORGEOUS INNOVATION. WRITES TYLER COWEN:
(@TILLYNORWOOD VIA INSTAGRAM)
By Tyler Cowen

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Mike MacFerrin @icesheetmike.myatproto.social · 13/04/2026

Yes because historically nothing soothes people more than chatting with an automated bot on the phone that has no idea how to solve actual problems.

They added that the character was being trained on the billionaire's mannerisms, tone and publicly available statements, as well as his own recent thinking on company strategies, so that employees might feel more connected to the founder through interactions with it.

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Mike MacFerrin @icesheetmike.myatproto.social · 13/02/2026

Is there latency for labels being *removed*? I picked “he/him” to replace the separate “he” & “him” labels, & de-selected the latter two. “He/him” showed up almost instantly but now all 3 persist, despite only 1 being currently selected. Do I wait, or is it a bug? Not a big deal, but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

A screenshot of the header on one of my posts (@icesheetmike.bsky.social)

Just under my screen name and pic are three separate labels for “He”, “He/Him”, and “Him.”

There should only be one (“He/Him”).

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Mike MacFerrin @icesheetmike.myatproto.social · 03/02/2026

Beterridge’s Law of Headlines still undefeated.

Betteridge's Law of Headlines
noun

Any headline which ends in a question mark can be answered by the word "no".

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Mike MacFerrin @icesheetmike.myatproto.social · 16/01/2026

On a local neighborhood message board in Colorado. To our knowledge ICE hasn't set foot in this particular neighborhood yet (well outside Denver metro). But they know it's coming. There are a few MAGAs in the neighborhood but local organizers have already stood up to them previously (and won).

Photo of a close-up on a message board. A handwritten post-it note says "Feel free to take and use if the neighborhood gets too ICE-Y" with a heart. Beside it is a ziplock bag with several dozen metal keychain whistles.

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Mike MacFerrin @icesheetmike.myatproto.social · 11/01/2026

Dude didn’t even look past the chain-link fence in the backyard.

Screenshot from the article. Panel 1 sees the dude covering his ears by the back fence, which is chain-link. Second panel shows a plan going right overhead.

Caption reads: “Harrison reacting to the plane, and the aircraft over his home. | TikTok @haztrology”

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Mike MacFerrin @icesheetmike.myatproto.social · 07/01/2026

The AP completely reversed the headline in the past 30-ish min.

AP News headline that now reads “Minneapolis mayor says ICE officer’s killing of a motorist was ‘reckless’ and wasn’t self-defense”

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Mike MacFerrin @icesheetmike.myatproto.social · 15/12/2025

There's a "Settings" button there but it just sends me to a paid subscription prompt, lolsob. It isn't selectable on the slide. I can't click -> delete. It's just "there" now. I can't "Undo" to before it'd appeared. I can only delete the slide entirely and re-create my cover slide from scratch now.

When I click the "Setting" button, it pops up this "PP Timer" window with the prompt "Get full Timer functionality for only $5 a year! Buy a license." and 'PP Timer by Addinly' in the byline below. There is no setting to delete or disable this little window now.

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Mike MacFerrin @icesheetmike.myatproto.social · 15/12/2025

I'm editing a PowerPoint using MS Sharepoint Online (with CoPilot automatically enabled). I can't convey how horrific & painful this is. It literally added a giant "5 min timer" window (an "Add-in" feature!) to my cover slide that I can't select, disable, nor delete. Because it assumes I want this.

A screenshot of a cover slide for a presentation, with a gigantic white window in the middle of that says "4:55", with a Pause and Restart button at the bottom. There's a "Settings" button but that's broken and doesn't do anything to get rid of this window.

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Mike MacFerrin @icesheetmike.myatproto.social · 09/12/2025

100%. Faculty control has been on the decline for decades.

The “why would X do this?” Meme.

First panel is a guy standing, shooting a gun at a man sitting in a chair, clearly killing him instantly. The man with the gun is labeled “University.” The man is the chair is also “University.”

Second pan is the man with the gun asking “Why would faculty do this?”

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Mike MacFerrin @icesheetmike.myatproto.social · 04/12/2025

It's hard to interpret for sure but I think he's proposing running a Tough Mudder event.

A bearded man laying shoulder-deep in a pool of mud, his face and hair completely encrusted with it. His mouth is slightly agape, in a kind of creepy way to be honest, with a blue-stud tongue piercing showing, literally the only color in the photo.

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