Mike Batz @mikebatz.bsky.social · 23/08/2026@gruber.foo Your post on the Pixel II HiLight and @joannastern.bsky.social fond memories of the BlackBerry blinking light reminds me of the thrilling day you excerpted my pseudonymous tumblr way back in 2010. daringfireball.net/linked/2010/...daringfireball.netWad City: ‘Why I Miss the Blinking Red Light’Link to: http://wadcity.tumblr.com/post/904745882/why-i-miss-the-blinking-red-light 011
Mike Batz @mikebatz.bsky.social · 20/08/2026It’s just math: every 830,000 button pushes is the same as murdering an infant. 000
Mike Batz @mikebatz.bsky.social · 12/08/2026You’re welcome but it’s a small and long overdue gesture. Been enjoying your writing for free for far too long. 000
Mike Batz @mikebatz.bsky.social · 11/08/2026My first car was a shit brown 82 Celica notchback with orange and yellow pinstripes, headlights stuck in the up position, and huge rust bubbles. RWD 5-speed manual. Loved it. Now I feel OBLIGATED to send you money. 120
Mike Batz @mikebatz.bsky.social · 08/08/2026What?!! I’ve looked for these the last few years whenever I was pulling together a cheese board or whatever. It never once crossed my mind they stopped making them. 010
Mike Batz @mikebatz.bsky.social · 08/08/2026We also published the tool for analysis and visualization as an R package on GitHub (github.com/cdcgov/ifsac...).github.comGitHub - CDCgov/ifsac.trendrContribute to CDCgov/ifsac.trendr development by creating an account on GitHub. 031
Mike Batz @mikebatz.bsky.social · 02/08/2026(I moved off Spotify a while back but still check in on Release Radar every couple weeks because it picks up stuff I miss otherwise.) 000
Mike Batz @mikebatz.bsky.social · 02/08/2026So now the AI Sloplords are not just creating fake bands but dropping slop songs into real bands pages so they get auto-plopped onto Release Radar playlists… awesome. 100
Mike Batz @mikebatz.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Welp guess I have to bail on that session I helped organize… and maybe my technical talk… 120
Mike Batz @mikebatz.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Maybe Larry Niven’s Ringworld or Clarke’s Rendezvous with Rama? Not cities so much as massive alien structures with city-like aspects. Very what/why/how. 000
Mike Batz @mikebatz.bsky.social · 27/06/2026@bobfreelander.bsky.social are you still doing the director t shirts? went looking but couldn’t find again. 010
Mike Batz @mikebatz.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Digging the new tune from Ned Collette. Like so many of his songs, it urges you to stop what you’re doing and really listen.youtu.beNed Collette - Curious ThingYouTube video by It Records Melbourne 000
Mike Batz @mikebatz.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Wow, near the very end of the most recent ep of The B-Side podcast, John Sayles says he was working on a script with Joe Dante for a sequel to the classic ant movie “Them!” Give it to me nowwwwww! #filmsky pod.link/520164968pod.linkThe Film Stage PresentsListen to The Film Stage Presents wherever you get your podcasts! 000
Mike Batz @mikebatz.bsky.social · 06/06/2026Today’s a good day to listen to Silver Jews and Purple Mountains and think about who and what we’ve lost. 000
Reposted by Mike BatzDavid Berman Bot @davidbermanbot.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Oh, oh, oh, I'm lightning Oh, oh, oh, I'm rain Oh, oh, oh, it's frightening I'm not the same I'm not the same I'm not the same 041
Mike Batz @mikebatz.bsky.social · 02/06/2026This is a few years before my time but damn did I spend a lot of time in this place as a kid. Wonderland lasted 60 years, from 1965-2024. 000
Mike Batz @mikebatz.bsky.social · 31/05/2026I’m sorry. I have been there. This is a simple poem from one of my faves. She has others that may be more apt but this is one I return to www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...poetryfoundation.orgOut of WaterA new embroidery of flowers, canary color, dots the grass already dotty with aster-white and clover. 010
Mike Batz @mikebatz.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Really interesting paper that looks at the agglomeration of influence at the intersection of science and international policy across a bunch of domains. 011
Mike Batz @mikebatz.bsky.social · 28/04/2026bran wisps are a straight edge band with 3 guitarists and two vocalists and their longest song lasts 43 seconds 000
Mike Batz @mikebatz.bsky.social · 16/04/2026That might be the first time I tried to write like AI. I’ve internalized it so throughly it almost came naturally. Yuck. 010
Mike Batz @mikebatz.bsky.social · 16/04/2026You’re right to say this. Your writing strikes a rare balance, blending deep scientific authority with a genuine openness to new perspectives. You manage to command the subject matter completely—while still leaving the door open for a great conversation. 220
Mike Batz @mikebatz.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Not a day goes by in 2026 that I don’t think about quitting my job to open a mini-golf course full of holes like this 000
Mike Batz @mikebatz.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Very bummed I couldn’t make this talk! 45 min away has never felt so far. 120
Mike Batz @mikebatz.bsky.social · 01/04/2026I hope so! I used to play globle and worldle daily but am now out of practice. 110
Mike Batz @mikebatz.bsky.social · 01/04/2026oh no not another game I am now OBLIGATED to play daily! 110
Mike Batz @mikebatz.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Writing an application to grow some local opium alkaloids, maybe kickstart a DIY penicillin setup 010
Mike Batz @mikebatz.bsky.social · 24/03/2026I can’t even explain why but clickhole.com/here-are-4-p...clickhole.comHere Are 4 Pics Of The Nasty Prez O-BUMPER Dipping His BUNGLER’S FINGERS In People’s SOUP AND MILK In Order To DESTROY LUNCH For All America 040
Mike Batz @mikebatz.bsky.social · 24/02/2026I see lots of great authors in your replies but I want to throw in Anjali Sachdeva. Her collection “All the Names They Used for God” blew me away. 040
Mike Batz @mikebatz.bsky.social · 17/09/2025This photo reminds me that Pollard once put out a record of only drunken stage banter. Relaxation of the Asshole. I remember it being a fun waste of time, but dare say I have not revisited it in 20 years. 020
Mike Batz @mikebatz.bsky.social · 05/07/2025No matter what religion you have No matter what part of the world you come from to here This piece of dirt under our feet Doesn't belong to just one person The person with the most lawyers doesn't own all of it It belongs to everybodyyoutu.beThis Land is Your LandYouTube video by Mojo Nixon - Topic 030
Mike Batz @mikebatz.bsky.social · 03/06/2025The internet is really useful for self-diagnosis. Like just now I thought I was having a mental break but then came here to learn I wasn’t hallucinating the NYT Spelling Bee completely resetting to a new set of letters mid-morning. 091
Mike Batz @mikebatz.bsky.social · 28/05/2025I have to recommend this tune by Broken Chanter, a rousing call for solidarity in the face of shared burden. They also do a solid cover of Woody’s “Tear the Fascists Down.” brokenchanter.bandcamp.com/track/the-ra...brokenchanter.bandcamp.comThe Rain Doesn't Only Fall On You, by Broken Chanterfrom the album Chorus Of Doubt 130
Mike Batz @mikebatz.bsky.social · 16/05/2025Why did the blindfolded man fall down the well? He didn’t see that well. 000
Reposted by Mike BatzOrcspiration @orcspiration.bsky.social · 03/05/2025YOU MUST TOUCH SOMETHING SOFT TO HAVE STRENGTH TO CRUSH YOUR ENEMIES. 0253
Mike Batz @mikebatz.bsky.social · 23/04/2025Man this sucks. Been there. I know it isn’t the point of your skeet at all but I would look into a PT. My son has seen some for running injuries. I’ve been really impressed by their medical knowledge to assess his issues and develop treatment plans. 110
Mike Batz @mikebatz.bsky.social · 10/03/2025PSA: this album absolutely rips. So excited for their upcoming US tour. 041
Mike Batz @mikebatz.bsky.social · 25/02/2025One of the little things I miss about living in DC is hearing the go go beat everywhere. I was lucky enough to catch Chuck Brown a couple of times and I’m so glad his legacy continues to grow. Also, I want that shirt! 120
Mike Batz @mikebatz.bsky.social · 14/02/2025Everyone knows you only get salmonellosis if you don’t hit your macros 100
Mike Batz @mikebatz.bsky.social · 29/01/2025Really good book. Ultimately it is uplifting, but it’s a long road… On the subject of post-apocalyptic shit, have you read A Canticle for Leibowitz? 120
