@mitchw.blog.bsky.social
Mostly links, mostly technology, progressive politics, science fiction/fantasy and history. Also, jokes, memes, vintage photos and ads. I'm a San Diego resident and expatriate Long Islander.
Starlog #4 (1977). Cover by Jack Thurston
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C Spire overcomes AI βstigmaβ β C Spire accelerated trustworthy AI adoption via a CEO-backed Center of Excellence, a customer-first strategy, and early tooling wins that saved time and blocked threats. My latest on Fierce Network.
06.10.2025 16:54 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Pushing back against enshittification: https://mitchw.blog/2025/10/06/pushing-back-against-enshittification.html
06.10.2025 16:36 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON (1981)
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An excellent name for an excellent dog.
06.10.2025 04:03 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Minnie does zoomies.
06.10.2025 00:21 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Astounding Science Fiction, April 1957 Kelly Freas
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This is Tinaβs dog Walter. Tina had about a dozen people over to her house this morning, and Walter greeted every one of them at the front door with a rope-toy in his mouth. Walter excels at tug-of-war.
05.10.2025 19:13 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Whatβs Wrong With Las Vegas? Prices are rising, international tourism is falling, and visits are down 11% year-over-year.
05.10.2025 18:56 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0L.A.βs Entertainment Economy Is Looking Like a Disaster Movie: https://mitchw.blog/2025/10/05/las-entertainment-economy-is-looking.html
05.10.2025 18:52 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The mafia hitman who dreamt of being a pop star: The scarcely believable true story of convicted Israeli assassin Avner Harari
04.10.2025 22:30 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Drew Scanlon, the face of the three-panel Blinking White Guy meme, is using his Internet fame to raise money for multiple sclerosis.
04.10.2025 16:25 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Mitchellaneous CLX: Six things I saw on the Internet: https://mitchw.blog/2025/10/04/mitchellaneous-clx-six-things-i.html
04.10.2025 15:55 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0"Many Germans look back with bafflement at how the country that produced Bach and Goethe succumbed to rule by Hitler and his enabling thugs. Americans may someday look back with bafflement at how the country that produced Washington ... https://mitchw.blog/2025/10/03/many-germans-look-back-with.html
03.10.2025 23:37 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Nine Things I Learned in Ninety Years. By Edward Packard, writer, whose work includes the prototype Choose Your Own Adventure book, and native son of Huntington, NY, where I grew up.
03.10.2025 23:32 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Chicago apartment ICE raid: Tenants detained for hours and American kids separated from parents: https://mitchw.blog/2025/10/03/chicago-apartment-ice-raid-tenants.html
A large overnight raid by ICE in Chicago traumatized residents, with adults and children being detained amid a chaotic scene inv...
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Here's something I saw while walking the dog. Note the wee small pickup truck with surfboards on the left.: https://mitchw.blog/2025/10/03/heres-something-i-saw-while.html
03.10.2025 16:31 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0One of my neighbor kids is doing trumpet practice. This is a sentence one hopes never to utter.
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