Michael Zapata
@michaelzapata.bsky.social
Author of the novel THE LOST BOOK OF ADANA MOREAU. Faculty at StoryStudio Chicago & Northwestern University. Descended from Andean farmers, poets, and union organizers.
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Beautiful, smart and aloof but not so aloof you still don’t kill it at work. Surely the @nypost.com knows these three things are what every New Yorker aspires for? Lol.
November 4, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Beautiful, smart and aloof but not so aloof you still don’t kill it at work. Surely the @nypost.com knows these three things are what every New Yorker aspires for? Lol.
Ladies and gentlemen, may I introduce you to the Democrats.
*Cool fact, unfavorable is 5% HIGHER than the anti-constitutional fascist GOP party!
Anyway, let’s go Mamdani!
*Cool fact, unfavorable is 5% HIGHER than the anti-constitutional fascist GOP party!
Anyway, let’s go Mamdani!
November 4, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Ladies and gentlemen, may I introduce you to the Democrats.
*Cool fact, unfavorable is 5% HIGHER than the anti-constitutional fascist GOP party!
Anyway, let’s go Mamdani!
*Cool fact, unfavorable is 5% HIGHER than the anti-constitutional fascist GOP party!
Anyway, let’s go Mamdani!
They should put THIS photo in the Louvre.
October 20, 2025 at 1:24 AM
They should put THIS photo in the Louvre.
10,000 points to the first paper to call it “apartheid.”
October 15, 2025 at 7:18 PM
10,000 points to the first paper to call it “apartheid.”
I remember the last time I volunteered for ICE watch in Chicago was under your presidency. Anyway,
October 11, 2025 at 4:10 AM
I remember the last time I volunteered for ICE watch in Chicago was under your presidency. Anyway,
The logic of fascism will always lead to this.
October 4, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The logic of fascism will always lead to this.
Thb there might be nothing to do but get off all major socials.
October 3, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Thb there might be nothing to do but get off all major socials.
All this nations know is war, so war eventually comes home.
September 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
All this nations know is war, so war eventually comes home.
Even when we have an actual right wing autocrat with Neo-Nazi staff, American liberals will find a way to blame communists.
September 24, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Even when we have an actual right wing autocrat with Neo-Nazi staff, American liberals will find a way to blame communists.
My grandfather, who fought Nazis, once told me that the “Don’t Tread on Me” folks really just cared about the “me” part.
September 17, 2025 at 2:43 AM
My grandfather, who fought Nazis, once told me that the “Don’t Tread on Me” folks really just cared about the “me” part.
The goal is permanent apartheid.
September 8, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The goal is permanent apartheid.
This is rather mind-blowing :)
August 29, 2025 at 2:10 PM
This is rather mind-blowing :)
Famously, punk rock, hip hop, and the counterculture didn't involve any humans and never took place irl.
August 6, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Famously, punk rock, hip hop, and the counterculture didn't involve any humans and never took place irl.
Millionaires say the darndest things.
July 17, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Millionaires say the darndest things.
I had more people packed into my backyard on my 17th birthday for a punk show.
June 15, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I had more people packed into my backyard on my 17th birthday for a punk show.
Stoked to destroy the kids at Mario Kart. Happy Switch 2 Day!
June 5, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Stoked to destroy the kids at Mario Kart. Happy Switch 2 Day!
Nihilism enters stage right.
May 31, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Nihilism enters stage right.
Art on my block in Chicago.
May 6, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Art on my block in Chicago.
I would never use a calculator that worked 21% of the time.
"When running another test called SimpleQA, which asks more general questions, the hallucination rates for o3 and o4-mini were 51 percent and 79 percent. The previous system, o1, hallucinated 44 percent of the time."
"When running another test called SimpleQA, which asks more general questions, the hallucination rates for o3 and o4-mini were 51 percent and 79 percent. The previous system, o1, hallucinated 44 percent of the time."
May 5, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I would never use a calculator that worked 21% of the time.
"When running another test called SimpleQA, which asks more general questions, the hallucination rates for o3 and o4-mini were 51 percent and 79 percent. The previous system, o1, hallucinated 44 percent of the time."
"When running another test called SimpleQA, which asks more general questions, the hallucination rates for o3 and o4-mini were 51 percent and 79 percent. The previous system, o1, hallucinated 44 percent of the time."
Me and my friends tho.
May 1, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Me and my friends tho.
Ladies and gentlemen, Simón Bolívar:
April 4, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Ladies and gentlemen, Simón Bolívar: