Mike Traynor, a know-It-all

@amanda.omg.lol WIT 146 was great fun. Got a lot of laughs that just flow from intelligent chat.

@amanda.omg.lol ZOMG! I can't believe you haven't read Lord of the Rings! How dare you! Call yourself a "nerd"? The effrontery! Does that count as dragging you on the internet?

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@wrycritic.bsky.social Hi, Natalie. In the long term, patreon might be a source of income, but setting that up might be a bit too much for you (I'd sign up in an instant), but in the meantime, I can offer practical help in the amount of 100 CAD each month, if I may.

@paleodudebrennan.bsky.social Can you tell me whether these are made from recycled materials?

I've just booted one pillock who proudly proclaims "I am a very different Liberal. I am ready to fight back as opposed to a typical strongly worded letter that has no effect. An eye for an eye." & yet restricts who can reply. If you don't allow replies, don't pose as a tough guy.

@postoctobrist.bsky.social, @isabel.kim, @amanda.omg.lol, @donoteat.bsky.social . Always a banner day when a new WTYP pod and a new Wow If True drop. Thanks so much to all of you for the mental stimulation I get from your work. And for the laughs. Not sure I know how to @ more than one person.

Sorry for the poor quality pic, but I'm surprised I hot Jackson in flight at all.

I stumbled across the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Gakaxy first in the radio play on CKCU FM 93.1, a local college station. I turned on my radio as the whale was falling to the planet. I'd never heard of it and was mighty perplexed. IMO, having joined it in media res heightened the effect.

Jackson likes to keep me company as I read in what I call the small reading room in my house.

On the language of Homeric Greek, and the language of a certain forthcoming film: here are a few simple observations.

Some will find the sight of undies and the implications I'm on a toilet [reading, I'll have you know] off putting and not notice how sweet my cat Jackson is that that's one of his very favourite places to curl up in.

As a Canadian, let me say Happy Treason Day, Yanks! It's never too late to repent & be welcomed back into the fold. As a bonus, Charles III is a much less embarrassing head of state than your current guy.

Jacky using my hand as a pillow as is his cat-given right.

I'm having a laugh at Americans crowing about beating Bosnia and Herzegovina 1-0, a country with 1% of the US' population. The appropriate response is to pocket the win and move along quietly, hoping nobody noticed the score

@stonerphillyfan.bsky.social Did you do that centrists stick figure drawing? I'd like to use it and credit the person who did it.

@amanda.omg.lol Just read your Marc Andreessen & poor people piece. I knew you were good, but that one is just brilliant. Especially "What is missing here ... some live in their cars to sustain a decent wage." That's the best one sentence on the inequality implications of unbridled tech I've seen.

Right now. Can't get any computer stuff done and wouldn't have it any other way.

Hilarious Wow If True episode as Adam Becker of Dreaming Against the Machine joins Amanda and Isabel. Cannot convey how much I love their pod. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1...

Snuggling with Jackson, on an 'artificial lap' formed by my shorts spread between my thighs as I was in the process of getting up from the throne.

Oh, and buy Isabel's book, Sublimation. Or get it from a library that helps too. To keep her from having to go back to work at the law firm.

Listen to Wow If True at the link below. It's a great podcast & recently science fiction author Isabel J Kim and tech reporter Amanda Silberling talked about Isabel's book Sublimation which just came out the other day. Very engaging & musing, as the two always are. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1...

@mrgeorgewallace.bsky.social Some years ago, I saw a comic on TV quip about saying to a cop who's pulled him over, before the cop says anything, 'Do you have any idea how fast I was going?' Broke me up. Still does. I think the comic is you and wonder if that's right?

I can play a tune by rapping my knuckles on my head and modulating the tension in my cheeks. I will NOT be playing at Trump's KlanFest 250. I turned them down flat.

@dominicpreziosi.bsky.social Just read the generally good article " 'Simply Murder’ ". However, it would have carried more oomph had Commonweal itself said what Trump was doing was simply murder rather than only have the phrase appear as quotations from others. It should not be tough call.

@markwitton.bsky.social What's your email address for paypal purposes at this time?

The tiny, pretty kitty I'm visiting while his mom is out. He's purring at me there. Other cats greet with a mew, he dies it with loud purrs.

Jackson being cuddly.

@mikez.bsky.social I like your painting (as I call it) 'Birds Flying Out of Mouth of Tree' and was wondering if you were to sell it what would you want for it? I'm tapped out for the next month or so, but do occasionally buy original art (got a large collection of the work of Memo Kosemen).

@suitti.bsky.social I laughed out loud at yout 'we don't want kids'. l tlod it to a friend. I misremembered it & gave the second part as 'At dinner tonight, we're going to tell them.' I think that improves it by delaying the twist. It's your joke, so I offer this to use as your own should you wish..

@wowiftrue.bsky.social Oh, and I'd dawdled on listening to #134 to the point where when I finished that one Apple started in on #135 that I hadn't realized was out. Woo hoo! Both were great fun. Lots of laughs and moments where it's like 'They're not just funny, they're so very smart and real.'

@wowiftrue.bsky.social Regarding Iz 'not respecting sex', a Victorian gent had this to say about sex: 'The pleasure is fleeting, the position ridiculous and the expense damnable.' BTW, "Riordan" is generally pronounced as if it were 'Rearden' and "McMahon" as if it were 'McMan'. I'm old.

Jacky getting his favorite fa e rubs.

@black-stardust.bsky.social Your " the woke mind virus is just compassion and wanting other people to thrive" is brilliant. Pithy and true. The best I ve seen. I use it regularly, though sometimes I put it as " 'the woke mind virus' ". Hope you don't mind that.

@support.bsky.team I like cats & want to see more cat pics. I don't want to see pics of dogs. I hit 'See more like this' on every post with a cat pic & I hit 'See less like this' on every post with a dog pic. Yet I am seeing a lot of dog pics & fewer cat pics than I used to. It is very frustrating.

@amanda.omg.lol I didn't laugh out loud at your opening midroll joke in #130, but I did find myself smiling very broadly in reaction. I think that justifies the bit.

In a world with dire shit like the latest murder by ICE, in Minneapolis, a spark of joy in the form of a new Wow If True pod dropping shines through the gloom and bolsters my hope. Thanks, @isabel.kim and @amanda.omg.lol !

Jackson under the covers with me as I take a nap

A few days ago.

I get to cat sit with this cutie, Didi, seen here bellying up to the bar for a beer.

@amanda.omg.lol @isabel.kim Wow If True can be dark in subject matter while being light in manner. This is a good thing. Laughter and smiles are resistance.

I generally appreciate people who post cat pics. But when they post tropes like 'no thoughts' or the like, it really pisses me off. Pisses me off enough to have just blocked someone. Cats are as smart as they need to be & would do better living off the land than all but a few very people here.

@nytimes.com NYT has the blood of democracy on its hands for sanewashing Trump, for spending more ink on Clinton's fake emails 'scandal' than it did on all of Trump's real scandals. NYT pretended Trump would reduce inflation instead of laughing at him. If democracy lives, it's no thanks to the NYT

@nbcnews.com Hey, you guys, tell the truth. Say who shot the US marshal and the immigrant. Not saying who the shooter is is misleading the public. You can do better.

Jackson often gets under the covers with me at night. Nothing cozier than being under the covers (a CPAP machine helps!) snuggling with a warm cat.

I think this qualifies for Whiskers Wednesday, though it was not taken on a Wednesday. He's kneading the duvet as I was trying to get to sleep and I thought 'Well, I'm awake, so let's take a cat pic.' #CatsOfBluesky #WhiskersWednesday

Without Critical AI Literacy (CAIL) in psychology (doi.org/10.31234/osf...) we risk the following: 1️⃣ misunderstanding statistical models, thinking correlation is causation; 2️⃣ confusing statistical models and cognitive models, undermining theory; 3️⃣ going against stated open science norms. 4/

@jimmykimmel.com JImmy Kimmel got forced off the air (for the time being) for being truthful and human, two things that are entirely absent from Trump and coterie of inhman and inhumane minions.