Michael Bazemore

Michael Bazemore

@deepwatermike.bsky.social

Technical trainer and occasional historian. Erstwhile medievalist. Lovingly crafting artisan blocks since 2012.

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Michael Bazemore
@deepwatermike.bsky.social

I remember watching "Westworld" a year or so after seeing "Jurassic Park" and thinking, "Wow. Crichton really ripped this off. Then seeing at the end that Michael Crichton was also responsible for "Westworld."

Sophia_Nyx 🐰@sophianyx.bsky.social

Name 2 films w the Same Plot.

Michael Bazemore
@deepwatermike.bsky.social

I guess it's true. So long, Bester.

Jesse Thorn@jessethorn.bsky.social

My pal Danielle Koenig shared that her father Walter Koenig passed away last night at age 90. A performer whose kindness and warmth shone through the screen. He will be well remembered.

Michael Bazemore
@deepwatermike.bsky.social

"You wouldn't BELIEVE the asses on some of these guys."

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "Now our soldiers are allowed to be strong people ... they are the best looking people you've ever seen. And they stand in the streets. And they walk up to a gang and they beat the shit out of them."

Michael Bazemore
@deepwatermike.bsky.social

When I was a kid, you couldn't fish in the James River below Richmond. Or at least not safely eat your catch. Now you can.

Michael Druker 🇨🇦@mdruker.app

Social media loves talking about how everything is getting worse. But what’s something that you’ve seen get _better_ in your lifetime?

Michael Bazemore
@deepwatermike.bsky.social

Reading this is not optional. Sorry. I don't make the rules.

Sam Weller@samwellerauthor.bsky.social

This is the most remarkable story Ray Bradbury ever shared with me. He told it to me late one night, sitting in his den of antiquities and mementos. Take five minutes to read this. It’s pure magic. #Writing #Living #Creativity #RayBradbury #BookSky

Michael Bazemore
@deepwatermike.bsky.social

The first one I can remember is "Star Wars." Just "Star Wars." No subtitle, no episode whatever. I was five and it blew my little mind, even if I didn't necessarily get everything. Saw it seven or eight times that summer.

Mark Thompson@markreckons.bsky.social

First film you saw at the cinema. The real first one, not the pretend one you tell people! Mine: The Empire Strikes Back, 1980, Wigan. We were near the front and I can still remember how massive the AT-ATs looked, looming over us out of the snow :) Film, year, where, and whatever stuck with you.

Michael Bazemore
@deepwatermike.bsky.social

Being "flawed" is better than being "an asshole," and only the latter is a choice.

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com

NEW: Vivek Ramaswamy says Amy Acton being a victim of childhood sexual abuse makes her “flawed” while defending his ad featuring her estranged mother. “In politics sometimes it's a tough sport.”

Michael Bazemore
@deepwatermike.bsky.social

Are we supposed to be grateful? Because lemme tell ya, the whole "collapse of the Internet" possibility has me ambivalent at best.

Charlie Warzel@cwarzel.bsky.social

70 percent of the internet was vulnerable yesterday to very bad security flaws inside a coding language. Turns out, *one volunteer* is mostly responsible for maintaining that code & helping push updates. Yesterday Ondřej Surý saved the internet. So I called him up www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

theatlantic.comThe Man Who Saved the Internet YesterdayOndřej Surý was a relatively anonymous volunteer working on PHP security. Then the internet exploded.
Michael Bazemore
@deepwatermike.bsky.social

Had a hankering to watch "L.A. Law," and, lo and behold, it's streaming. Just watched the pilot and already we have: Jimmy Smits before he was Jimmy Smits, Alfre Woodard, Mario van Peebles, and Joe Pantoliano. Crazy!

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Michael Bazemore
@deepwatermike.bsky.social

Had a hankering to watch "L.A. Law," and, lo and behold, it's streaming. Just watched the pilot and already we have: Jimmy Smits before he was Jimmy Smits, Alfre Woodard, Mario van Peebles, and Joe Pantoliano. Crazy!

Michael Bazemore
@deepwatermike.bsky.social

My mom and I watched religiously. Usually I'd watch in my room (Thursday was school night, after all) and she'd watch downstairs, but we always talked about it the next day. One of my favorite teachers was into it, too. Good memories. I still want to know who killed Nina Corey.

Michael Bazemore
@deepwatermike.bsky.social

It shouldn't happen to anyone. But... If it's gonna happen to SOMEONE...

Raw Story@rawstory.com

A 72-year-old man raided by federal agents over alleged illegal voting in California has been identified by his wife as a vocal supporter of President Donald Trump.

bit.ly‘Vociferous’ Trump fan ensnared in president’s own voter fraud crackdown: reportA 72-year-old man raided by federal agents over alleged illegal voting in California has been identified by his wife as a vocal supporter of President Donald Trump.Omar Alexander Muñoz, a Belizean green card holder living in Commerce, a small city in Los Angeles County, was among 11 people arrested ...
Michael Bazemore
@deepwatermike.bsky.social

In 2018, control of the Virginia House of Delegates was decided by drawing a name out of a bowl.

Joanne Freeman@jbf1755.bsky.social

For those wondering if their vote matters: Speaking as a historian, there have been elections throughout American history that were decided by an AMAZINGLY SMALL number of votes. Don't surrender your right to have a say. Vote!

Michael Bazemore
@deepwatermike.bsky.social

I'm glad I'm not jaded enough not to be sicked by this, frankly. I worry, sometimes, that I might become inured to the callous racism of, especially, Republican electeds, since it's SO ominipresent.

Ashton Pittman@ashtonpittman.bsky.social

JUST IN: The police shooting that killed 1-year-old Kohen Wiley as he sat in his mother’s lap in a Walmart parking lot in Senatobia, Miss., in June “was justified,” Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch’s office said on Monday. Her office will not charge the white officer who shot the child.

mississippifreepress.orgKohen Wiley Shooting ‘Was Justified,’ Mississippi AG SaysThe police shooting that killed 1-year-old Kohen Wiley as he sat in his mother’s lap in a Walmart parking lot in Senatobia, Miss., in June “was justified,” Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch’s…
Michael Bazemore
@deepwatermike.bsky.social

I mean, he's not wrong about the "art."

Media Matters for America@mmfa.bsky.social

Newsmax host calls George W. Bush “borderline treasonous” for not helping Ken Paxton in his Senate race: "George W. Bush screws around in his basement garage... painting high school quality art class paintings of his friends. That is a disgrace.”

Michael Bazemore
@deepwatermike.bsky.social

So we're all cool that cops can just fucking kill anybody whenever, right? Guess when you're already undead, the lives of others don't matter. Fucking ghoul. The cops AND Lynn Fucking Fitch.

Ashton Pittman@ashtonpittman.bsky.social

JUST IN: The police shooting that killed 1-year-old Kohen Wiley as he sat in his mother’s lap in a Walmart parking lot in Senatobia, Miss., in June “was justified,” Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch’s office said on Monday. Her office will not charge the white officer who shot the child.

mississippifreepress.orgKohen Wiley Shooting ‘Was Justified,’ Mississippi AG SaysThe police shooting that killed 1-year-old Kohen Wiley as he sat in his mother’s lap in a Walmart parking lot in Senatobia, Miss., in June “was justified,” Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch’s…
Michael Bazemore
@deepwatermike.bsky.social

The beauty of this is that the average patron of a colonial-era tavern didn't leave much to go on, so Sam can project whatever he wants onto him.

Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie@audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app

if you were wondering whether Alito's book is an embarrassing crock of shit, I can now officially answer your question with a resounding yes ballsandstrikes.org/legal-cultur...

Michael Bazemore
@deepwatermike.bsky.social

If i had seen this n post before I knew the underlying article w a s (co-)written by an "AI," my first question would still have been, "Did an 'AI' write this?"

Chronicle of Higher Education@chronicle.com

Opinion: If AI is now part of academic writing, what should institutions actually evaluate? This essay argues that analytical writing should be judged by evidence, structure, argument, and accountability not by guesses about how each sentence was produced. https://chroni.cl/4eDRdjg

chroni.clOpinion | Who Cares Whether Academics Use AI to Write?We should judge analytical writing by its quality, not its source.
Michael Bazemore
@deepwatermike.bsky.social

Carville's big moment was 34 fucking years ago. Kristol's was helping talk us into disaster more than 20 years ago. Why does ANYONE give a single, solitary shit about what EITHER of these fossils has to say?

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social

🤔 James Carville: “I’d rather Republicans keep the house by 5 than Dems win by 5… Because then they’re hostage to DSA, and Hakeem can’t move.” 😬Bill Kristol: “Good point.” So afraid of DSA folks who want M4ALL, etc. they’d rather Republicans hold power. Unreal. True colors.