Mike W
@mjwallace42.bsky.social
i solve problems. occasionally my own.
i enjoy running and taking pictures. manufacturing engineering continuous improvement nerd. i love pi[e].
he/him
i enjoy running and taking pictures. manufacturing engineering continuous improvement nerd. i love pi[e].
he/him
I'm always gonna go with Zak McKraken and the Alien Mindbenders.
Name an S-Tier Videogame.
November 15, 2025 at 3:59 AM
I'm always gonna go with Zak McKraken and the Alien Mindbenders.
Not only do I like to read poetry, but I actually write poetry! (My poems are terrible, but I don't care!)
Question 6:
Do you like poetry or are you normal and think the vast majority of poems suck donkey balls but like 10-20 are deeply profound and beautiful?
Do you like poetry or are you normal and think the vast majority of poems suck donkey balls but like 10-20 are deeply profound and beautiful?
November 14, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Not only do I like to read poetry, but I actually write poetry! (My poems are terrible, but I don't care!)
I love it when my interests overlap. Today it's @semi-rad.com including a link to the @nikostratis.com newsletter on accidents & the Edmund Fitzgerald in his own Friday Inspiration newsletter.
November 14, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I love it when my interests overlap. Today it's @semi-rad.com including a link to the @nikostratis.com newsletter on accidents & the Edmund Fitzgerald in his own Friday Inspiration newsletter.
A goat was behind a movie studio eating some old film from the trash bin and said aloud, "Hey! This is pretty good!"
And then some rando from the internet appeared and said, "Well actually, the book is better!"
And then some rando from the internet appeared and said, "Well actually, the book is better!"
Honestly, I find it kind of weird to reply to a post about how much someone likes a TV show or movie with "the book was better."
1st of all, no duh, that's true like 99% of the time and doesn't need to be stated.
2nd of all, you're jumping in to denigrate the thing I JUST said I liked. Nice, thanks?
1st of all, no duh, that's true like 99% of the time and doesn't need to be stated.
2nd of all, you're jumping in to denigrate the thing I JUST said I liked. Nice, thanks?
November 13, 2025 at 1:38 PM
A goat was behind a movie studio eating some old film from the trash bin and said aloud, "Hey! This is pretty good!"
And then some rando from the internet appeared and said, "Well actually, the book is better!"
And then some rando from the internet appeared and said, "Well actually, the book is better!"
Juicy Fruits are the best.
Repost with an iconic fictional band
November 12, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Juicy Fruits are the best.
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In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
Peak Niko in this week's newsletter. Also, go read her book if you haven't yet!
(The book is "The Dad Rock that Made Me a Woman".)
(The book is "The Dad Rock that Made Me a Woman".)
I wrote, as expected, about the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald in my newsletter. Also about the time I spilled coffee on myself in a drive-thru, and how that wasn't the worst thing to happen to me that day.
www.anxietyshark.ca/the-gales-of...
www.anxietyshark.ca/the-gales-of...
The Gales of November remembered
This is the beauty of the song, the heart of it in those who lost their lives in service of building a world many believed they never belonged to, as if they are men out of time.
www.anxietyshark.ca
November 11, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Peak Niko in this week's newsletter. Also, go read her book if you haven't yet!
(The book is "The Dad Rock that Made Me a Woman".)
(The book is "The Dad Rock that Made Me a Woman".)
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every generation loves Rumours. it’s fucking Rumours
November 9, 2025 at 2:55 AM
every generation loves Rumours. it’s fucking Rumours
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the sandwich guy walking away from the court house and suddenly, his limp disappears
November 6, 2025 at 8:19 PM
the sandwich guy walking away from the court house and suddenly, his limp disappears
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ah, perhaps instead of pumping millions into endless factional infighting Dem donors could invest in making local Dem organizations genuine civic spaces that can reach people during and between elections
November 5, 2025 at 12:49 PM
ah, perhaps instead of pumping millions into endless factional infighting Dem donors could invest in making local Dem organizations genuine civic spaces that can reach people during and between elections
i'm a fan of sheetz and all but yoinks! where yinz getting these ideas from?? sheetz about as far from a bodega as you can get.
also while we’re at it a bodega is distinct from a sheetz! fuck you!!!!!!!!!!!!!
November 5, 2025 at 4:35 AM
i'm a fan of sheetz and all but yoinks! where yinz getting these ideas from?? sheetz about as far from a bodega as you can get.
We voted! (and the "kids" too!)
Fingers crossed we get a new mayor and retain some justices.
Fingers crossed we get a new mayor and retain some justices.
November 4, 2025 at 10:43 PM
We voted! (and the "kids" too!)
Fingers crossed we get a new mayor and retain some justices.
Fingers crossed we get a new mayor and retain some justices.
Sense8 and Somebody Feed Phil
Name movie or tv universes that aren’t connected but should be.
November 4, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Sense8 and Somebody Feed Phil
I paused a few times to take photos during my run along the Slippery Rock Creek in McConnells Mill State Park, and this one is my favorite. It was a beautiful partly cloudy fall day.
November 3, 2025 at 3:28 AM
I paused a few times to take photos during my run along the Slippery Rock Creek in McConnells Mill State Park, and this one is my favorite. It was a beautiful partly cloudy fall day.
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The best way to "respond" to a bad take is not to mention the original take at all. It's to make a new statement that is actually true/that you want to magnify and share that instead. Its making a new story; building a stronger and more compelling narrative.
November 1, 2025 at 12:31 PM
The best way to "respond" to a bad take is not to mention the original take at all. It's to make a new statement that is actually true/that you want to magnify and share that instead. Its making a new story; building a stronger and more compelling narrative.
i dressed up for halloween;
i wore a necktie.
i wore a necktie.
October 31, 2025 at 3:07 PM
i dressed up for halloween;
i wore a necktie.
i wore a necktie.
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The best show, Keith crying at the weight of a teapot will give you the strength to keep going
If you need comfort viewing/a break from everything, will note Great Canadian Baking Show free on Roku & Great Pottery Throw Down on HBOMax (2 seasons there, the rest are... shall we say, findable elsewhere). Spoke my truth on greatness of the GPTD a while back www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/20...
The Great Pottery Throw Down Is a Balm for a Weary Age
The TV cousin of The Great British Baking Show returns to HBO Max for a fifth season of delightful catharsis
www.vanityfair.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:43 PM
The best show, Keith crying at the weight of a teapot will give you the strength to keep going
"Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe" came out in 1989. I was 11 years old, and I got the cassette via some kind of fundraiser. It's still one of my favorite Yes albums.
Problem is, you can do this for any year and make the same claim. That's Billboard Madness. You can't take an era and distill it down to the hot 100, it's not indicative of the vibe as a whole. This is a discourse poisoned lens on culture, making everything a binary win/lose game.
People need to stop retconning literally the worst era in American popular music history into something it wasn't, just because there were also some amazing records that like 250 people happened to be hunting down and listening to
October 30, 2025 at 12:14 PM
"Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe" came out in 1989. I was 11 years old, and I got the cassette via some kind of fundraiser. It's still one of my favorite Yes albums.
What if the boys are back in town, walking with their feet just 10 feet just off of Beale?
October 29, 2025 at 3:36 PM
What if the boys are back in town, walking with their feet just 10 feet just off of Beale?
Me: I would like to set the chart axis boundary to 4.15 units.
Excel: Okay! Setting limit to 4.149999999999999 units.
Excel: Okay! Setting limit to 4.149999999999999 units.
October 29, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Me: I would like to set the chart axis boundary to 4.15 units.
Excel: Okay! Setting limit to 4.149999999999999 units.
Excel: Okay! Setting limit to 4.149999999999999 units.
Best ‘cup’ of gumbo I ever ate, and likely ever will, today at Dooky Chase’s Restaurant in the Treme neighborhood of New Orleans. It was a warm loving embrace in a bowl.
October 22, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Best ‘cup’ of gumbo I ever ate, and likely ever will, today at Dooky Chase’s Restaurant in the Treme neighborhood of New Orleans. It was a warm loving embrace in a bowl.
I welcome all shapes, but I admit I don’t understand flat lasagna.
a second day of the same discourse? no. no thank you.
instead I need you to name your least favorite pasta shape
instead I need you to name your least favorite pasta shape
October 22, 2025 at 2:31 PM
I welcome all shapes, but I admit I don’t understand flat lasagna.
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Today is my Birthday! Could I ask this amazing community for some reposts? 🎉
October 17, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Today is my Birthday! Could I ask this amazing community for some reposts? 🎉