Mike Somes

illiterature13.bsky.social

19 October 2026 11:40

Nolan’s Batman gets praise for its timely rumination on the surveillance state and whether it is right to become evil in order to stop a great evil. But the Adam West Batman engages with an equally important a theme of not selling surplus nuclear subs to people who won’t leave a full address.

Vaporous_0

vaporous0.bsky.social

23 February 2026 02:29

#superbat 😶 (Totally forgot to post this here)

Ologies with Alie Ward

ologies.bsky.social

10 February 2026 03:17

ran into a friend at a cafe who mentioned his wife is having an emotional affair with chatgpt, missed that the "chat model was much hornier last spring," and that they're getting divorced but her chat & his chat negotiated the terms of the divorce over several weeks. They were together for 18 yrs.

Marian Call

mariancall.bsky.social

06 February 2026 00:46

this scans. any optimism i had about tech was actually faith in the power of actual human communities connecting and sharing. by now tech has betrayed and disrupted those communities repeatedly, but i still have that faith. if you believed in the tech itself tho? you're left emptyhanded.

thingswithwings

thingswithwings.bsky.social

06 February 2026 00:46

student came to office hours today and one of the questions she asked me was "why doesn't impeachment work" anyway teaching is an interesting job