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Mike Oliveri

@mikeoliveri.bsky.social
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Writer, martial artist, and cigar aficionado.

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Brian Keene @briankeene.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Today is release day for @urbancik.bsky.social's URBANCIK: A MEMOIR, which, unlike most memoirs, contains chapters written by myself, @marysangiovanni.bsky.social, @nytebird45.bsky.social, @mikeoliveri.bsky.social and more. Never been a book quite like this. Paperback and eBook. amzn.to/4nzPLRf
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Urbancik: A Memoir
Urbancik: A Memoir [Urbancik, John] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Urbancik: A Memoir
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Mike Oliveri @mikeoliveri.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
Most of my friends right now.
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Mike Oliveri @mikeoliveri.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds, but if a contractor parks his truck too close to your mailbox you ain't getting your mail until tomorrow.
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Mike Oliveri @mikeoliveri.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
The website that perfectly encapsulates red, right-wing America: guns-glory.com
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Guns and Glory | Gun shop and Christian Bookstore Le Roy, IL - Guns & Glory
About Us     Gallery     Contact Guns and Glory Gun Shop & Christian Book Store Call Now 309-962-9143 Guns and Glory Services Buy, Sell, Trade All types of firearms and firearm related items We have m...
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Mike Oliveri @mikeoliveri.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
It's not like science fiction hasn't warned us about this for decades. And don't worry, the videos aren't creepy at all. 😬
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Watch creepy humanoid robot twitch and move with human-like skeleton
Poland's Clone Robotics reveals Protoclone V1, a lifelike android with 200+ degrees of freedom, 1,000 Myofibers, and 500 sensors.
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Mike Oliveri @mikeoliveri.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
I know someone who works at the Peoria Ag Lab. They're scrambling to reorganize and absorb the workload from vacated positions, but it's next to impossible, especially if there's another round of layoffs. This is the lab where penicillin was first mass produced. They do critical work for us all.
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Peoria Ag Lab workers reflect on sudden dismissal from federal cuts
Jeannie Klein-Gordon spent more than 11 years getting to a permanent position with the United States Department of Agriculture.
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Mike Oliveri @mikeoliveri.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
I put this in as my preferred name on my Verizon account years ago, and it has never stopped being funny.
A partial screenshot from my online Verizon account with the greeting "Hi Asshole. Thank you for being a loyal customer for over 10 years."
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Mike Oliveri @mikeoliveri.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
I'm getting tired of performative patriotism like this. Dude's so eager to show off his 'Murica boner that he doesn't realize, given all of the road filth on that flag, he may as well just drag it through the mud.
A tanker truck that was driving in front of me on the highway. It has an American flag zip-tied to the ladder on the back of the tank, and the flag is absolutely filthy from road dirt and grime.
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Mike Oliveri @mikeoliveri.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
I named our living room stereo Audio Murphy for streaming purposes, and not near enough people acknowledge how brilliant that is.
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Mike Oliveri @mikeoliveri.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
I was really hoping this was shopped and satirical. Nope. We really are living out Idiocracy.
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Mike Oliveri @mikeoliveri.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Watching a jury orientation video produced by the state, and I love that one of the YouTube-recommended videos is "How to Get Out of Jury Duty (Legally)."
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Darren Mckeeman @darren.mckeeman.net · 11/02/2025
Delete your shopify account.
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Mike Oliveri @mikeoliveri.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Man, those "exploding" paper straws. I put one in a hot chocolate and the shrapnel almost killed my mom. What the fuck. This is the dumbest timeline.
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Trump...has ZERO RESPECT FOR OUR MILITARY MEMBERS. www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
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Trump administration evicts former Coast Guard leader from her house with 3 hours notice
Trump fired Linda Fagan, the first female Coast Guard commandant, on his second day in office. A Trump official told her she had three hours to leave her house on Tuesday.
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Mike Oliveri @mikeoliveri.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
In other words: "What he said was reprehensible, but we're still going to give him a platform to grow his audience so we both profit from it." Dana White continues to show what a huge piece of shit he is. www.rte.ie/sport/mma/20...
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UFC president White condemns fighter's Hitler comments
Ultimate Fighting Championship president Dana White said comments made by featherweight fighter Bryce Mitchell about Adolf Hitler were "beyond disgusting".
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Mike Oliveri @mikeoliveri.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
I was a subscriber to Heavy Metal for a time, and have a handful of back issues that go waaaayyy back. I'm looking forward to seeing if this relaunch captures the spirit of the original mag. www.kickstarter.com/projects/hea...
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Coming soon: Heavy Metal Magazine #1
The World's Greatest Illustrated Magazine of Sci-Fi Fantasy and Horror
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Mike Oliveri @mikeoliveri.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Seems like there's a sudden flurry of activity on this app. Bring it! With X long dead and Threads being loaded with nonsense, I've been feeling out of touch for a while.
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Mike Oliveri @mikeoliveri.bsky.social · 02/09/2024
Damn, son, why you gotta drop it on us like that? commonreader.wustl.edu/pulp-fiction...
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Pulp Fiction is Officially an “Old Movie” Now - Common Reader
Quentin Tarantino’s most identifiable feature as a writer-director is his characters’ talking, talking, talking, often followed by violence triggered not by the talking, really, but by accident, coinc...
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Mike Oliveri @mikeoliveri.bsky.social · 01/09/2024
It was pretty cool to hear a great interview with @gabino.bsky.social on my feeds this morning. It's not like they talk to horror authors often. www.npr.org/2024/09/01/1...
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A Haunted Revenge with Gabino Iglesias : Up First from NPR
By the time he was in middle school, writer Gabino Iglesias gravitated toward stories that unsettled him. Stories that scared him enough that he needed to turn on a light. Now a Bram Stoker Award-winning author, Iglesias writes this type of fiction himself. Today on The Sunday Story, Iglesias talks to host Ayesha Rascoe about his new novel, House of Bone and Rain, which centers on a group of friends determined to avenge a murder. Iglesias describes how he uses supernatural elements to make a story more powerful, the redeeming parts of toxic masculinity, and the beauty and perils of unwavering loyalty.
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Mike Oliveri @mikeoliveri.bsky.social · 12/07/2024
It'd be pretty awesome if folks could help Brian and Mary build out a great place for author events.
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Mike Oliveri @mikeoliveri.bsky.social · 16/06/2024
Happy Father's Day! youtu.be/E_qIq2P11RY?...
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Happy Father's Day (Creepshow)
It's Father's Day, and I got my CAKE!
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Mike Oliveri @mikeoliveri.bsky.social · 15/06/2024
Happy National Bourbon Day, y'all. Cheers!
A bourbon Old Fashioned in the foreground, with my Lochby Field Journal in the background.
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Mike Oliveri @mikeoliveri.bsky.social · 10/06/2024
I practice and teach a martial art called jodo, which not a lot of people are familiar with. This video is a pretty solid introduction. If you like samurai, anime, or martial arts, it might be worth a few minutes of your time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nM_e...
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Jodo①〜Japanese martial art 〜
we feature the traditional Japanese martial art of jodo, in which competing opponents wield a long wooden staff.We also take an in-depth look into the intric...
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Mike Oliveri @mikeoliveri.bsky.social · 08/06/2024
"Let's have kids," she said. "It'll be nice," she said.
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Mike Oliveri @mikeoliveri.bsky.social · 26/05/2024
Summer planning in full effect. I have a lot of catching up to do.
Tight shot of a CAO Bones cigar and the Stephen Mitchell translation of the Tao Te Ching atop my trusty Lochby field journal, alongside a rocks glass of New Riff's Balboa rye.
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Mike Oliveri @mikeoliveri.bsky.social · 24/05/2024
On this date in 1844, the first telegram was sent: "What hath God wrought?" Flash forward 180 years and I start every morning asking Google Assistant "What fresh Hell is this?" (and it then streams the news). Time is a flat circle.
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Mike Oliveri @mikeoliveri.bsky.social · 24/05/2024
Props to the folks at Lochby for excellent customer service. I didn't want to buy a four-pack of identical notebooks, so they built me a custom four-pack via email and I still got their Memorial Day free shipping. www.lochby.com
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First in Durable, Versatile, and Portable Journals and Accessories
LOCHBY specializes in crafting durable, versatile, and portable travel journals and everyday carry essentials, perfect for travel, outdoor adventures, and creative minds. Our products, featuring rugge...
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Mike Oliveri @mikeoliveri.bsky.social · 14/05/2024
It's my last kid's last day of high school. I'm old.
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Mike Oliveri @mikeoliveri.bsky.social · 14/05/2024
This bagpiper is a good friend and former coworker of mine, and I guarantee you they could not possibly have found a guy more capable of driving a school administrator insane than Scott. nypost.com/2024/05/12/u...
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Illinois students hire bagpiper to follow high school principal...
“We get a fair amount of gig requests,” the 34-year-old bagpiper told the Star Journal. “Most are funerals or weddings. Maybe a birthday. But this was my first senior prank request.”
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Mike Oliveri @mikeoliveri.bsky.social · 12/05/2024
The restaurant/bar in this hotel is called The Tower. And it's in the basement.
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Mike Oliveri @mikeoliveri.bsky.social · 09/05/2024
Imagine being a font or typography nerd and literally discovering lost type in a river. news.artnet.com/art-world/do...
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Remnants of a Legendary Typeface Rescued From the River Thames
The Doves typeface was thrown into the water a century ago, following a dispute between its creators. Pieces of it are now on show in London.
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Mike Oliveri @mikeoliveri.bsky.social · 09/05/2024
When your robo Muskmobile is designed to eat you: gizmodo.com/cybertruck-v...
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Cybertruck Owner Breaks His Finger Trying to Show Vehicle Is Safe
The YouTuber even tried it with a stick first, which broke in half.
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Mike Oliveri @mikeoliveri.bsky.social · 02/05/2024
At a clinic. Middle-aged dude checks in after me, is asked if he's been around anyone sick. "I haven't been around anyone healthy in thirty years!" And he laughs and laughs. Shut the fuck up, chuckles. You're exhausting and you're making the rest of us middle-aged dudes look like assholes.
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Mike Oliveri @mikeoliveri.bsky.social · 02/03/2024
Well this sucks. This show was a lot of fun. www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/t...
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Mike Oliveri @mikeoliveri.bsky.social · 12/02/2024
It's nice to see someone in the industry post realistic numbers instead of what influencers and juiceheads tell people they should be pushing.
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What It Takes To Bench 315
Starting Strength Coach Grant Broggi talks about how realistic it is for most lifters to be able to bench press 315lbs, and what it takes to get there. Shop ...
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Mike Oliveri @mikeoliveri.bsky.social · 20/12/2023
One of the best parts of the school gig is when an irate parent comes in to scream at office personnel for some nonsense claim their kid made, and insists "my child wouldn't lie to me!" The look on their faces when we demonstrate that yes, their child definitely lied to them, is priceless.
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Mike Oliveri @mikeoliveri.bsky.social · 19/12/2023
Yogis and health influencers: "Get 5-10 minutes of direct sunlight in your eyes immediately upon waking for optimal health." It's 15°F and I'm up 90 minutes before the Sun because I'm a wage slave. Guess I'm fucked.
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Mike Oliveri @mikeoliveri.bsky.social · 15/12/2023
If I'm rolling up on an AI drive-thru, I want Matt Berry cussing me for being too lazy to cook decent food at home. thetakeout.com/ai-voice-clo...
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Mike Oliveri @mikeoliveri.bsky.social · 17/11/2023
For the journal/notebook folks out there, or those searching for a new kit, Lochby is having a pretty generous sale right now: www.lochby.com/collections/...
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Mike Oliveri @mikeoliveri.bsky.social · 14/11/2023
My photo of a door in St. Louis has 4.6 million views. I would kill to have a fraction of that in book sales.
The woode front door of the BBQ Saloon (restaurant) in St. Louis, MO. There is a dummy dressed in a Templar outfit beside it.
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Mike Oliveri @mikeoliveri.bsky.social · 11/11/2023
The good part of ADD is the surprises. I asked my wife if we'll be fed at a wedding reception. "You picked the taco bar, remember?" Nope! Sounds awesome! I bought a big cookie with breakfast, and I left the cookie in the car. Four hours later, I'm starving. Got in the car: "Woohoo! A cookie!"
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Mike Oliveri @mikeoliveri.bsky.social · 04/10/2023
Braaaaaaaaaaains
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Mike Oliveri @mikeoliveri.bsky.social · 04/10/2023
If you honestly believe this, you are straight-up fucking stupid.
Tweet: "Turn off your cell phones on October 4th. The EBS is going to "test" the system using 5G. This will activate the Marburg virus in people who have been vaccinated. And sadly turn some of them into zombies."
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Mike Oliveri @mikeoliveri.bsky.social · 24/09/2023
Had a great time with my students at our dojo picnic, then a less great time fighting the crowds grocery shopping. Now it's me time.
Two cigars, a notebook, and a glass of whiskey
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Mike Oliveri @mikeoliveri.bsky.social · 19/09/2023
"He got hit in the hole." Does Joe Buck actually listen to what he's saying?
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Mike Oliveri @mikeoliveri.bsky.social · 11/09/2023
When you have high editorial standards.
Screenshot from online newspaper article about daylight saving time where the author makes a point to say DST is "properly said and typed as 'daylight saving time' not 'daylight savings time" but in two separate subheads it's circled where the author wrote (or the editor corrected) it as "daylight savings time" with the S.
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Mike Oliveri @mikeoliveri.bsky.social · 04/08/2023
Best news I've heard all week. www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2…
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Mike Oliveri @mikeoliveri.bsky.social · 03/08/2023
Me, seeing something in a classroom that was supposed to have been taken down and recycled years ago: youtu.be/BzUWKSYjpgQ
Wall-mounted 19" tube TV with a VCR beneath it
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Mike Oliveri @mikeoliveri.bsky.social · 01/08/2023
This is pretty awesome. news.mit.edu/2023/mit-engineers-cre…
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Ellen Datlow @datlow.bsky.social · 29/07/2023
From @catrambo.bsky.social:Grammarly just announced that they've been using customer work to train their AI. If you still use their service, stop now if you care about your copyright.
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