Michael Flatt
@flatt.bsky.social
Poet, publisher of Threadsuns, book designer. Pain Olympics champion.
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THIS TUESDAY 6-8PM #Rochester #threeheadsbrewing
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Hear/see MICHAEL FLATT read @senecareview.bsky.social
www.knifeforkbook.shop/store/p171/M...
& @asterismbooks.bsky.social
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December 15, 2025 at 2:22 AM
THIS TUESDAY 6-8PM #Rochester #threeheadsbrewing
Hear/see MICHAEL FLATT read @senecareview.bsky.social
www.knifeforkbook.shop/store/p171/M...
& @asterismbooks.bsky.social
asterismbooks.com/product/i-ca...
Hear/see MICHAEL FLATT read @senecareview.bsky.social
www.knifeforkbook.shop/store/p171/M...
& @asterismbooks.bsky.social
asterismbooks.com/product/i-ca...
Always good to be with friends.
Michael Flatt #MichaelFlatt Kirby @itsakirby.bsky.social & Mertz @rbmertz.bsky.social in the wild at Queen Books #Leslieville #Toronto
December 15, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Always good to be with friends.
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New from me at Cato: I go through the numerous and massive First Amendment and academic-freedom violations of Trump's proffered "compact" with universities and then talk about the mechanism by which it would be enforced, by way of what I describe as a "retroactive push-button guillotine."
Universities Must Defend Their Independence by Rejecting Trump's "Compact"
The Trump administration has proffered a “compact” to universities that would require them to surrender their independence and academic freedom. How many First Amendment violations can we identify in ...
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October 11, 2025 at 2:08 AM
New from me at Cato: I go through the numerous and massive First Amendment and academic-freedom violations of Trump's proffered "compact" with universities and then talk about the mechanism by which it would be enforced, by way of what I describe as a "retroactive push-button guillotine."
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we, @cumediastudies.bsky.social, are still recruiting new grad students to begin fall 2026! We are also hoping to see apps for our PhD program from individuals with a secondary interest in obtaining training in digital humanities #dh. details here and pls share---> docs.google.com/document/d/1...
MDST Graduate Programs Recruitment
University of Colorado Boulder Media Studies Department Recruiting Graduate Students for Fall 2026! The Media Studies Department at the University of Colorado Boulder is now accepting applications fo...
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October 8, 2025 at 7:20 PM
we, @cumediastudies.bsky.social, are still recruiting new grad students to begin fall 2026! We are also hoping to see apps for our PhD program from individuals with a secondary interest in obtaining training in digital humanities #dh. details here and pls share---> docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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AI data centers are sending power bills soaring throughout America. Bloomberg analyzed consumption rates across the US and found that wholesale electricity rates had risen as much as 267%over the past five years in areas adjacent to AI data centers.
AI Data Centers Are Sending Power Bills Soaring
Wholesale electricity costs as much as 267% more than it did five years ago in areas near data centers. That’s being passed on to customers.
www.bloomberg.com
October 1, 2025 at 4:34 PM
AI data centers are sending power bills soaring throughout America. Bloomberg analyzed consumption rates across the US and found that wholesale electricity rates had risen as much as 267%over the past five years in areas adjacent to AI data centers.
So Hegseth was definitely going for the "Patton" thing here, right?
September 30, 2025 at 3:55 PM
So Hegseth was definitely going for the "Patton" thing here, right?
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The pure products of America/ go crazy--
(William Carlos Williams, Spring and All, 1923)
(William Carlos Williams, Spring and All, 1923)
September 12, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The pure products of America/ go crazy--
(William Carlos Williams, Spring and All, 1923)
(William Carlos Williams, Spring and All, 1923)
The year is 2059, and the word "definitely" is marked "archaic" by the Oxford Dictionary as it has long been subsumed by the dominant spelling, "defiantly."
August 14, 2025 at 10:36 AM
The year is 2059, and the word "definitely" is marked "archaic" by the Oxford Dictionary as it has long been subsumed by the dominant spelling, "defiantly."
One fun thing about working with older people is they talk into the phone like it's the world's first telephone.
July 23, 2025 at 1:52 PM
One fun thing about working with older people is they talk into the phone like it's the world's first telephone.
Mannequin Pussy has the edge that Wet Leg pretends to have.
July 9, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Mannequin Pussy has the edge that Wet Leg pretends to have.
All of a sudden, people seem to be saying "Overton window" a lot.
June 3, 2025 at 3:31 PM
All of a sudden, people seem to be saying "Overton window" a lot.
Local news is like, "Five cute new breweries in your area and also a toddler fell fifty feet off a bridge into the river that runs behind your house. Please look for his blue jacket on your way to the Boozy Floozy."
June 3, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Local news is like, "Five cute new breweries in your area and also a toddler fell fifty feet off a bridge into the river that runs behind your house. Please look for his blue jacket on your way to the Boozy Floozy."
They keep making shirts stretchier and stretchier like we all just want to be Mr. Fantastic or some shit.
May 26, 2025 at 1:09 PM
They keep making shirts stretchier and stretchier like we all just want to be Mr. Fantastic or some shit.
The Mission: Impossible marketing campaign is all about how Tom Cruise does his own crazy, death-defying stunts. Where that loses me is having to care whether or not Tom Cruise dies. #missionimpossible
May 23, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The Mission: Impossible marketing campaign is all about how Tom Cruise does his own crazy, death-defying stunts. Where that loses me is having to care whether or not Tom Cruise dies. #missionimpossible
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the revealed position of the republican party is that it thinks broad expansion of higher education — and especially its expansion for certain americans — was a mistake that must be rolled back
an overwhelming percentage of cuts at the NSF are to STEM education. experts see it as part of a broader attack on DEI, as well as on education as a whole.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/s...
Funding Cuts Are a ‘Gut Punch’ for STEM Education Researchers
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May 23, 2025 at 1:08 PM
the revealed position of the republican party is that it thinks broad expansion of higher education — and especially its expansion for certain americans — was a mistake that must be rolled back
Artists, come visit my city. The Visual Studies Workshop does amazing work in the avant space, and lives around the corner from my workplace. We could have lunches! vsw.submittable.com/submit?goal=...
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Visual Studies Workshop nurtures experimental and expansive approaches to photography and media arts, and builds community among artists and the public through exhibitions, publications and residencie...
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May 15, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Artists, come visit my city. The Visual Studies Workshop does amazing work in the avant space, and lives around the corner from my workplace. We could have lunches! vsw.submittable.com/submit?goal=...
Someone tell Chet Holmgren his haircut isn't helping him not look like the failed experiment from The Fly.
May 10, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Someone tell Chet Holmgren his haircut isn't helping him not look like the failed experiment from The Fly.
Robert Francis Prevost names himself Pope Leo XIV. Could have been Pope Bob I.
May 8, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Robert Francis Prevost names himself Pope Leo XIV. Could have been Pope Bob I.
I'm so glad social media is over. Now we can all get some sleep.
April 29, 2025 at 2:04 AM
I'm so glad social media is over. Now we can all get some sleep.
Easter is a great reminder that there's nothing worse than peeling hardboiled eggs.
April 20, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Easter is a great reminder that there's nothing worse than peeling hardboiled eggs.
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3/4. If we accept the idea that moving a person from one place to another undoes rights and disempowers the judiciary, we are endorsing the basic Nazism practice that enabled the killing of millions.
April 15, 2025 at 1:13 AM
3/4. If we accept the idea that moving a person from one place to another undoes rights and disempowers the judiciary, we are endorsing the basic Nazism practice that enabled the killing of millions.
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2/4. The entire practice of the Holocaust of the Jews involved zones of statelessness. It is easier to move people away from law than it is to remove law from people. Almost all of the killing took place in artificially created stateless zones.
April 15, 2025 at 1:13 AM
2/4. The entire practice of the Holocaust of the Jews involved zones of statelessness. It is easier to move people away from law than it is to remove law from people. Almost all of the killing took place in artificially created stateless zones.
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1/4. On the White House’s theory, if they abduct you, get you on a helicopter, get to international waters, shoot you in the head, and drop your corpse into the ocean, that is legal, because it is the conduct of foreign affairs.
April 15, 2025 at 1:13 AM
1/4. On the White House’s theory, if they abduct you, get you on a helicopter, get to international waters, shoot you in the head, and drop your corpse into the ocean, that is legal, because it is the conduct of foreign affairs.
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credit where it's due, it's great to see them adopt thoughtful and sustainable practices. a lot of restaurants that serve xenomorph throw all the glands and organs straight in the garbage. not these folks
This plating and cooking wouldn’t even pass a TAFE assessment in the first week.
March 24, 2025 at 2:41 AM
credit where it's due, it's great to see them adopt thoughtful and sustainable practices. a lot of restaurants that serve xenomorph throw all the glands and organs straight in the garbage. not these folks