Michael Orr

Unlearning: Brutalism

This is vital. Writing helps us think. So many students are saying they turn to LLMs because they don’t know what to say, and need to hear that not knowing is normal as one starts to write.

this has such fax machine transfer deadline energy

if you don’t know Ken Bone you don’t know ball (also, how the fuck is that dude only 44)

One of the funniest things this fall was when I gave a friend a copy of my book and he later told me he gave it to his girlfriend and she can’t wait to read it 🤣🤣🫡

The worst baseball theme nights

I was at Kell’s downtown watching the Timbers play at LA Galaxy when Diego Chara made his Timbers debut as a second half substitute. That was fifteen-and-a-half years ago, almost to the day. Chad Barrett’s family was there watching, all wearing his shirts 🤣 I was 28 years old.

BREAKING: Diego Chará announces he will retire at the end of the 2027 MLS Sprint season. #RCTID

Here’s the train ticket for my return trip from 30th St Station to DC Union Station when I was 8. My grandparents put me on the train and my parents met me in DC. I’d done the reverse a few days before. Imagine putting an 8yo kid on the train by themselves and waving bye today 🤣🤣

fucking this

my favorite one my cousins used to joke about is ‘passing mustard’ 🤣

We acknowledge that no one has the bandwidth for this, but if it helps: -It’s ‘sleight of hand’ -It’s ‘bated breath’ -It’s ‘lo and behold’ -It's 'buck naked' -It’s ‘brass tacks’ -It’s ‘free rein’ -It’s ‘toe the line'

Added to my @letterboxd.social latest for the first time in 26 months. Wildwood! happy birthday Olive!

is being conservative the new “punk rock”? of course not you fuckin dip shit

looking for something else and found this again. 👋🏻 @nomadpdx.bsky.social April 14, 2018

what texting in my family looks like

tbf he didn’t say where they’d be in the afterlife

what a fun way to start the season

Ja is fun to watch It’s also going to take a minute for Ja to stop autocorrecting to Ha

Dundon sucks, #ripcity forever.

wahoowa

I like this, and makes me grateful for @ladyhistorian.bsky.social and work in this nuanced area

I agree with almost all criticism of Tom Dundon. But I don’t agree about this. There are only 30 of these properties and it was available. A very rare thing. He’s fucking clown and a piece of shit, and I hope he dumps the asset eventually. But that doesn’t mean I can’t understand why he did it.

There is no world in which I will vote in favor of removing the first-class clause, and it's not something the Mayor can do unilaterally. This man has secured a path to roughly a billion in public subsidy for a stadium deal (despite my opposition) and still cries poor. We deserve better than this.