Mike Calcagno
@mikecalc.bsky.social
Not the best, but pretty good.
Hope springs eternal
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January 30, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Hope springs eternal
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Seems like Claude Code makes the GitHub contribution graph pretty meaningless.
January 28, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Seems like Claude Code makes the GitHub contribution graph pretty meaningless.
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Great day to have functioning eyes and a working brain
January 7, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Great day to have functioning eyes and a working brain
I didn’t think it was possible that flying in Europe could be *worse* than the US, but here we are.
January 6, 2026 at 6:28 PM
I didn’t think it was possible that flying in Europe could be *worse* than the US, but here we are.
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The Fundies Wrap
I'm probably just being unfair.
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December 9, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Housing, child care, health care. Then we can worry about Chipotle.
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Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
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November 25, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Housing, child care, health care. Then we can worry about Chipotle.
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Feeling a little old seeing the juniors from my club (who are not juniors anymore) advance to the Olympic Qual Tournament.
November 17, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Feeling a little old seeing the juniors from my club (who are not juniors anymore) advance to the Olympic Qual Tournament.
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Abduction of Proserpina, by Giambologna, 1579 (from the @NortonSimon Museum in Pasadena), 📸 by @nturchiarophoto
November 2, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Abduction of Proserpina, by Giambologna, 1579 (from the @NortonSimon Museum in Pasadena), 📸 by @nturchiarophoto
It’s kind of a shame that they don’t allow landscape mode on HoF plaques.
November 2, 2025 at 11:15 AM
It’s kind of a shame that they don’t allow landscape mode on HoF plaques.
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The Good Samaritan, by Joseph Highmore, 1744, 📸 by @patricksmith04
November 2, 2025 at 4:49 AM
The Good Samaritan, by Joseph Highmore, 1744, 📸 by @patricksmith04
Looks like you don’t need any knowledge of baseball to be a pinch runner, either.
October 28, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Looks like you don’t need any knowledge of baseball to be a pinch runner, either.
Proof that you don’t need to be fast to be a pinch runner. There’s hope for all of us.
October 28, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Proof that you don’t need to be fast to be a pinch runner. There’s hope for all of us.
Using Bazardo against Springer was malpractice, but I think the main violation was “using your (tired) third best reliever in the highest possible leverage situation“ and not something subtle like a “lineup familiarity effect“ that a manager may or may not believe in.
October 22, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Using Bazardo against Springer was malpractice, but I think the main violation was “using your (tired) third best reliever in the highest possible leverage situation“ and not something subtle like a “lineup familiarity effect“ that a manager may or may not believe in.
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The Assumption of the Virgin, by Guido Reni, 1597, 📸 via @RoysEnergy
October 21, 2025 at 3:27 AM
The Assumption of the Virgin, by Guido Reni, 1597, 📸 via @RoysEnergy
That MLB Together climate song is setting back progress by at least 50 years.
October 11, 2025 at 3:12 AM
That MLB Together climate song is setting back progress by at least 50 years.
Walking Torres, completely inexcusable.
October 11, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Walking Torres, completely inexcusable.
Parents probably regretting the name Orion right now.
October 10, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Parents probably regretting the name Orion right now.
Luke Jackson is on to kill the buzz.
September 25, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Luke Jackson is on to kill the buzz.
If anyone is holding out hope that “deficit hawks” in the House won’t cave and vote for massive tax breaks, social spending cuts and massive deficit spending, I don’t know what planet you’ve been living on…
July 3, 2025 at 1:35 AM
If anyone is holding out hope that “deficit hawks” in the House won’t cave and vote for massive tax breaks, social spending cuts and massive deficit spending, I don’t know what planet you’ve been living on…
The world is going to shit in every dimension, but, according to LinkedIn, my profile is getting noticed (!) and 2 viewers have the title of *project manager* (!!)
July 2, 2025 at 11:41 PM
The world is going to shit in every dimension, but, according to LinkedIn, my profile is getting noticed (!) and 2 viewers have the title of *project manager* (!!)
I don’t see anything wrong with a local wet market operated by the city where suppliers can sell direct to consumers.
July 2, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I don’t see anything wrong with a local wet market operated by the city where suppliers can sell direct to consumers.
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In the past 24 hours, Trump’s threatened Elon Musk, Thomas Massie, Japan, a judge in Israel, the CEO of AT&T, Jerome Powell, Canada, Thom Tillis, a Forbes reporter, Harvard, & migrants with being eaten by Burmese pythons in the Everglades, while releasing a new line of colognes.
July 1, 2025 at 1:19 PM
In the past 24 hours, Trump’s threatened Elon Musk, Thomas Massie, Japan, a judge in Israel, the CEO of AT&T, Jerome Powell, Canada, Thom Tillis, a Forbes reporter, Harvard, & migrants with being eaten by Burmese pythons in the Everglades, while releasing a new line of colognes.
Who made the CalTrain Mobile app? I want to hire that whole team.
June 20, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Who made the CalTrain Mobile app? I want to hire that whole team.
Your tax dollars at work..
April 19, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Your tax dollars at work..
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Der Gestürzte, by Wilhelm Lehmbruck, 1915-16, 📸 by @rheathcote.bsky.social
April 13, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Der Gestürzte, by Wilhelm Lehmbruck, 1915-16, 📸 by @rheathcote.bsky.social