Michael Mullen
@michaeldmullen.bsky.social
I'm a writer and often build neat digital things. Read crap tons: history, science fiction, all kinds of science. Hopeful. #writersky #gamesky
I used to see this at the end of shows on PBS when I was a kid and I was just completely lost. Not only did I not know how to pronounce it, I didn't know it even involved water!!!
January 23, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I used to see this at the end of shows on PBS when I was a kid and I was just completely lost. Not only did I not know how to pronounce it, I didn't know it even involved water!!!
Also highly effective as a greeting
January 18, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Also highly effective as a greeting
Climbing up to the Ritacuba glacier in Boyaca, Colombia, we saw these colorful little ecosystems? Communities? Of plants. The landscape up there is pretty bleak, but beautiful plants thriving #plantsky
January 6, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Climbing up to the Ritacuba glacier in Boyaca, Colombia, we saw these colorful little ecosystems? Communities? Of plants. The landscape up there is pretty bleak, but beautiful plants thriving #plantsky
Foggy, rainy morning in Medellín
January 4, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Foggy, rainy morning in Medellín
This person is the absolute embodiment of the banality of evil
January 1, 2025 at 7:22 PM
This person is the absolute embodiment of the banality of evil
Some reflections after climbing up to a Colombian glacier at 16000+ feet.
- The last hour of the four+ hour climb was by far the hardest
- I'm 52 and a 77-year-old guy made it up, but a lot of people in their 20s didn't even get close
- The last hour of the four+ hour climb was by far the hardest
- I'm 52 and a 77-year-old guy made it up, but a lot of people in their 20s didn't even get close
December 31, 2024 at 9:48 PM
Some reflections after climbing up to a Colombian glacier at 16000+ feet.
- The last hour of the four+ hour climb was by far the hardest
- I'm 52 and a 77-year-old guy made it up, but a lot of people in their 20s didn't even get close
- The last hour of the four+ hour climb was by far the hardest
- I'm 52 and a 77-year-old guy made it up, but a lot of people in their 20s didn't even get close
Just some beautiful flowers I came across near La Uvita in Boyaca, Colombia! #flowersky
December 29, 2024 at 1:26 PM
Just some beautiful flowers I came across near La Uvita in Boyaca, Colombia! #flowersky
El Cocuy, Boyaca!!!
December 29, 2024 at 1:24 PM
El Cocuy, Boyaca!!!
Either a Kent Brockman gag or a terrible Hallmark Movie pitch. So depressing
December 29, 2024 at 11:09 AM
Either a Kent Brockman gag or a terrible Hallmark Movie pitch. So depressing
Climbed a mountain in Colombia today. To 16,000+ feet. To a glacier. Felt really good.
December 27, 2024 at 10:02 PM
Climbed a mountain in Colombia today. To 16,000+ feet. To a glacier. Felt really good.
Tomorrow going to a magical place I've wanted to visit for a long time... El Cocuy in Boyaca, Colombia. Many buses, many arrangements, very excited!
December 25, 2024 at 8:45 PM
Tomorrow going to a magical place I've wanted to visit for a long time... El Cocuy in Boyaca, Colombia. Many buses, many arrangements, very excited!
Does anyone remember when George W. Bush nominated Harriet Miers for SCOTUS and she was such a hack that even the GOP wouldn't have it? Well, at this stage, if Trump nominates a slime mold, it will get in
December 19, 2024 at 8:02 PM
Does anyone remember when George W. Bush nominated Harriet Miers for SCOTUS and she was such a hack that even the GOP wouldn't have it? Well, at this stage, if Trump nominates a slime mold, it will get in
Usually a little tough to get a closeup photo of a chachalaca in Medellin. This one was beautifully perched in an urban garden
December 18, 2024 at 10:27 PM
Usually a little tough to get a closeup photo of a chachalaca in Medellin. This one was beautifully perched in an urban garden
Hey AI, stop pool-shaming elephants! Anyhoo, ChatGPT just gave me photographic proof that this is true
December 12, 2024 at 5:24 PM
Hey AI, stop pool-shaming elephants! Anyhoo, ChatGPT just gave me photographic proof that this is true
Extra scary because I was way too young to get into R rated. Bought a ticket for the dinosaur movie Baby😹 and snuck into this. Seriously scared the bejesus out of me
December 12, 2024 at 2:24 AM
Extra scary because I was way too young to get into R rated. Bought a ticket for the dinosaur movie Baby😹 and snuck into this. Seriously scared the bejesus out of me
Im not recommending passive-aggressive game design for most, but I do love the hilarity of Kojima making players wear the "chicken hat" during a mission if they go on easy mode😹. But yeah, players should be able to just chill and play if they want
December 8, 2024 at 4:58 PM
Im not recommending passive-aggressive game design for most, but I do love the hilarity of Kojima making players wear the "chicken hat" during a mission if they go on easy mode😹. But yeah, players should be able to just chill and play if they want
In 1972, Nixon won 2nd term... with 48 states. So wild. Tumultuous indeed!
December 5, 2024 at 3:51 PM
In 1972, Nixon won 2nd term... with 48 states. So wild. Tumultuous indeed!
His elderly aunt insisted he wear her favorite brooch into battle, a menswear trend that continues today
December 5, 2024 at 12:23 PM
His elderly aunt insisted he wear her favorite brooch into battle, a menswear trend that continues today
I HIGHLY recommend Long Good Friday if you haven't seen it. Best cat-and-mouse game ever and we never really see the cat
December 5, 2024 at 12:07 PM
I HIGHLY recommend Long Good Friday if you haven't seen it. Best cat-and-mouse game ever and we never really see the cat
I'm really fascinated by the black ibises that hang out in Medellin in Colombia. They chill in fields to get insects, I reckon. But my favorite behavior, if you get a wee bit too close, they just sort of tiptoe away. "No ibis here, no sir!"
December 4, 2024 at 5:42 PM
I'm really fascinated by the black ibises that hang out in Medellin in Colombia. They chill in fields to get insects, I reckon. But my favorite behavior, if you get a wee bit too close, they just sort of tiptoe away. "No ibis here, no sir!"
In Colombia, they wanted their own Black Friday even though there is no Thanksgiving, no holiday. So they came up with something ominously called just "Black Days" in English. I propose this fellow as Black Days Santa
December 4, 2024 at 12:29 AM
In Colombia, they wanted their own Black Friday even though there is no Thanksgiving, no holiday. So they came up with something ominously called just "Black Days" in English. I propose this fellow as Black Days Santa
Soon to a computer... nanoseconds? Soon in cosmic time? Like, before the earth plunges into the soon? I imagine an engineer chuckling when they wrote that error message
December 2, 2024 at 5:17 PM
Soon to a computer... nanoseconds? Soon in cosmic time? Like, before the earth plunges into the soon? I imagine an engineer chuckling when they wrote that error message
I didn't want to push my own top hat-centric worldview but since you've gone there, yes, and a monocle. The pipe in this photo of a whale in the wild is only because it was St. Crispin's Day. Usually would be a humongous cigar
November 27, 2024 at 6:52 PM
I didn't want to push my own top hat-centric worldview but since you've gone there, yes, and a monocle. The pipe in this photo of a whale in the wild is only because it was St. Crispin's Day. Usually would be a humongous cigar
What an imagination-provoking idea! This makes me think of the drive from Houston to New Orleans over the Atchafalaya Basin, just teeming with all kinds of mysterious things
November 27, 2024 at 5:46 PM
What an imagination-provoking idea! This makes me think of the drive from Houston to New Orleans over the Atchafalaya Basin, just teeming with all kinds of mysterious things
Can we take up a collection to get this done?!
November 26, 2024 at 2:36 PM
Can we take up a collection to get this done?!