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Seth Michalak

@sethfmichalak.bsky.social

Communications guy. Now using my powers for good. Vinyl lover. Dabbler in cured meats. Buffalo fan. Nine years as a Dad, still trying to be better. 22 years as a husband, same thing.

created August 15, 2023

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Profile picture Seth Michalak (@sethfmichalak.bsky.social)

Good. Fuck the Eagles.

5/9/2025, 12:28:43 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seth Michalak (@sethfmichalak.bsky.social)

Cool of ESPN to feature and fawn over a sex offender. Nice of UNC to host him as well.

2/9/2025, 2:08:33 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seth Michalak (@sethfmichalak.bsky.social)

Haha. Glad to see the BB era at UNC is off to such a rollicking start.

2/9/2025, 1:58:54 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seth Michalak (@sethfmichalak.bsky.social) reply parent

It's too good!

1/9/2025, 10:47:19 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture the Mountain Goats (@themountaingoats.bsky.social) reposted

10-12 absolute cowards attack one guy with a camera. Beyond disgraceful indeed.

1/9/2025, 1:11:26 AM | 210 14 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seth Michalak (@sethfmichalak.bsky.social)

Volpe bailed Boone out there. What the fuck was that squeeze call?

31/8/2025, 2:15:34 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jamelle (@jamellebouie.net) reposted

i find this image so fascinating. it is both a literal example of authoritarianism but also a second-hand reproduction of the aesthetics of other authoritarian states. it's like a simulacra of authoritarianism whose purpose is to attempt to make the simulacra real.

28/8/2025, 1:38:02 PM | 23231 6372 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seth Michalak (@sethfmichalak.bsky.social) reply parent

These centrists think we should act more like our oppressors to get people to vote for marginally better candidates. Fuck centrism always.

24/8/2025, 11:29:16 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seth Michalak (@sethfmichalak.bsky.social)

August lunch time walks on garbage day fucking suck.

12/8/2025, 4:39:26 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seth Michalak (@sethfmichalak.bsky.social)

Pierogi is the plural form of pierogi. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

11/8/2025, 2:05:48 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seth Michalak (@sethfmichalak.bsky.social)

How did Trubisky ever start in this league?

9/8/2025, 5:26:36 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seth Michalak (@sethfmichalak.bsky.social)

Yep, these guys fit right in in this bullpen. Blow this whole fucking team up.

2/8/2025, 1:55:23 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seth Michalak (@sethfmichalak.bsky.social)

Boone still can't manage for shit.

2/8/2025, 1:52:12 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seth Michalak (@sethfmichalak.bsky.social)

I hope this is the end of Boone and Cashman. This team is fucking wasting prime Aaron Judge and it's criminal. And Devin Williams needs to fuck off forever. Can't hack New York.

31/7/2025, 1:46:49 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seth Michalak (@sethfmichalak.bsky.social) reply parent

Walked off testing his knee with an arm around the trainer.

29/7/2025, 3:27:15 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seth Michalak (@sethfmichalak.bsky.social)

Aaron Boone needs to fucking go.

26/7/2025, 2:16:29 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seth Michalak (@sethfmichalak.bsky.social) reply parent

The Bills defense got better, the offense is the same and they're overrated. GTFOOH

15/7/2025, 12:10:01 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seth Michalak (@sethfmichalak.bsky.social) reply parent

So, just don't do it then?

9/7/2025, 6:17:13 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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29/6/2025, 1:07:25 AM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seth Michalak (@sethfmichalak.bsky.social)

Good morning. Fuck Kevyn Adams.

26/6/2025, 10:52:01 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seth Michalak (@sethfmichalak.bsky.social)

That play at the plate isn't even close with an average baseball player. Why Boone insists on paying Lemahieu EVERY FUCKING DAY is absolutely mystifying.

21/6/2025, 12:40:45 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seth Michalak (@sethfmichalak.bsky.social)

DJ doesn't hit and fucking sucks in the field. I am so fucking done with Aaron Boone.

17/6/2025, 11:32:16 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seth Michalak (@sethfmichalak.bsky.social)

Dominguez leading off... An eight year old could put together a better lineup than Aaron Boone.

17/6/2025, 11:21:06 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seth Michalak (@sethfmichalak.bsky.social)

Why is DJ Lemahieu in the fucking lineup every night?

17/6/2025, 1:51:05 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seth Michalak (@sethfmichalak.bsky.social)

Oh hey, fuck Clayton Kershaw.

15/6/2025, 3:48:53 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seth Michalak (@sethfmichalak.bsky.social) reply parent

Those out-of -sync formations are not very inspiring. More like a bunch of folks out for a stroll rather than a parade march.

15/6/2025, 12:31:14 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seth Michalak (@sethfmichalak.bsky.social)

This inning is a very strong case for DFAing DJ Lemahieu.

4/6/2025, 12:56:29 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seth Michalak (@sethfmichalak.bsky.social)

If Aaron Boone could actually handle in game personally.decisions he might be a good manager. But, alas...

4/6/2025, 12:52:44 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seth Michalak (@sethfmichalak.bsky.social)

Taco and the Ketamine Cucks has potential as a band name.

31/5/2025, 4:51:51 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seth Michalak (@sethfmichalak.bsky.social)

The best part about being on the left is that you never know which shitty conservative idea your favorite candidates will cozy up to to court the fuckwit centrists.

30/5/2025, 5:39:50 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seth Michalak (@sethfmichalak.bsky.social)

Ron Washington can fuck himself. Coward.

29/5/2025, 2:08:53 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seth Michalak (@sethfmichalak.bsky.social) reply parent

Sorry. :( Don't know if it's at all helpful, but I used an existing Audible credit on Negative Girl. It's what was in the budget this month...

29/5/2025, 1:31:00 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seth Michalak (@sethfmichalak.bsky.social)

Just put Major League on for the first time in 20 years. I realized that Lou Brown is my role model for coaching little league.

25/5/2025, 2:41:45 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seth Michalak (@sethfmichalak.bsky.social)

Remember, Democrats: You are equally to blame for Trump and everything he does because you were mean to a Republican once. Noting the irony of a Trump voter's family member being deported is exactly the same as supporting and voting for those deportation policies. You should be ashamed of yourselves

24/5/2025, 5:52:00 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seth Michalak (@sethfmichalak.bsky.social)

Advertise your account with a Simpsons image.

23/5/2025, 9:59:51 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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23/5/2025, 6:33:28 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Scott Shapiro (@scottjshapiro.bsky.social) reposted

You know you’re winning when you post “We are NOT the Gestapo!”

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19/5/2025, 11:24:02 AM | 25212 5361 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seth Michalak (@sethfmichalak.bsky.social) reply parent

Someone please tell the author you don't get the benefits of asparagus's natural fiber content if you don't digest it.

19/5/2025, 11:57:04 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seth Michalak (@sethfmichalak.bsky.social)

Pete Alonso and the Leafs both screwing the pooch? What a night.

19/5/2025, 2:00:38 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seth Michalak (@sethfmichalak.bsky.social)

The Mets are fucking cowards.

19/5/2025, 1:26:59 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seth Michalak (@sethfmichalak.bsky.social) reply parent

Fuck you, you ghouls.

18/5/2025, 9:22:52 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seth Michalak (@sethfmichalak.bsky.social)

*Loud fart noises*

7/5/2025, 6:00:13 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seth Michalak (@sethfmichalak.bsky.social) reply parent

16 Heads in a Duffel Bag Four14en

5/5/2025, 11:56:02 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seth Michalak (@sethfmichalak.bsky.social) reply parent

I had to read that three times before I realized it didn't say "They pooped in my hood..."

2/5/2025, 8:43:49 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seth Michalak (@sethfmichalak.bsky.social)

New @lowestofthelow.bsky.social and @propagandhi.com records on the same day? We don't deserve Canada.

2/5/2025, 8:24:10 PM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seth Michalak (@sethfmichalak.bsky.social)

It's a great day to be familiar with the work of @jonathancoulton.bsky.social and to share that knowledge with others.

1/5/2025, 12:15:41 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seth Michalak (@sethfmichalak.bsky.social)

The Replacements Let it Be is objectively better than the Beatles album of the same name. I will not be taking questions.

30/4/2025, 2:58:06 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seth Michalak (@sethfmichalak.bsky.social)

Bought 4 tickets to the tune of $800 for tonight"s @pearljam.com show in Atl back. In January I realized a Tuesday night just wasn't going to work w/ jobs and my son's school. Sold them immediately on the @ticketmaster.com resale market. They still haven't paid me. It's fucking criminal.

30/4/2025, 12:08:53 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jamelle (@jamellebouie.net) reposted

this guy is a world class asshole

26/4/2025, 4:17:13 PM | 18044 3823 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) reposted

Macron shook one hand.

26/4/2025, 1:45:10 PM | 57108 12043 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seth Michalak (@sethfmichalak.bsky.social)

Rich Eisen sounds like an absolute fucking idiot tonight.

26/4/2025, 3:31:14 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seth Michalak (@sethfmichalak.bsky.social)

Bills Going Will Johnson or trading back?

25/4/2025, 3:14:04 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seth Michalak (@sethfmichalak.bsky.social)

When Jaxson Dart is a flop can we fucking stop with the Daboll made Josh Allen nonsense?

25/4/2025, 3:02:17 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seth Michalak (@sethfmichalak.bsky.social)

Spending the evening with my extensive yet woefully incomplete @themountaingoats.bsky.social record collection. Still gutted I missed the Savannah show in December because our sitter canceled last minute.

A collection of Mountain Goats lps arranged in a grey rug
24/4/2025, 2:57:23 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seth Michalak (@sethfmichalak.bsky.social) reply parent

I never take my own advice, but try water or herbal tea. It's likely you might just be a bit dehydrated and not actually in need of food.

24/4/2025, 2:35:16 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seth Michalak (@sethfmichalak.bsky.social)

I don't go to church on Sunday...

20/4/2025, 1:46:49 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seth Michalak (@sethfmichalak.bsky.social) reply parent

I'm not too sure...

18/4/2025, 1:35:49 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seth Michalak (@sethfmichalak.bsky.social)

For all of the "doddering Biden" crap that MAGA tried to force for four years, Biden never looked as hapless as JD Vance did with that trophy yesterday. What a dipshit.

15/4/2025, 3:12:44 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seth Michalak (@sethfmichalak.bsky.social)

Terrible with sunglasses, yet I still refuse to not buy expensive ones... I broke the left lens on the first and then the right lens on the next of consecutive pairs of wayfarers. Did you know that 125 degree water will soften the frames enough to pop out the lens? Bonus shades!

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15/4/2025, 12:09:16 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seth Michalak (@sethfmichalak.bsky.social) reply parent

I just saw it tonight. And I just posted how savvy Hess was with the Napoleon Dynamite fan service at the start that was meaningless to the kids, but hooked the parents in with familiar things. I had a great time.

12/4/2025, 3:44:04 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seth Michalak (@sethfmichalak.bsky.social)

Jared Hess is no dummy. Tater tots and Deidrich Bader showing up in the first 15 minutes is all he needed to do to get an entire generation of parents who loved Napoleon Dynamite on board with the Minecraft movie. Well played.

12/4/2025, 3:38:54 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seth Michalak (@sethfmichalak.bsky.social)

Apparently some elitist assholes too...

6/4/2025, 11:19:50 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seth Michalak (@sethfmichalak.bsky.social)

Oh hey, look. Politicians who commit criminal acts can be held accountable.

31/3/2025, 11:50:57 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seth Michalak (@sethfmichalak.bsky.social)

Cry more you fucking monster.

29/3/2025, 12:20:49 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seth Michalak (@sethfmichalak.bsky.social)

Free speech absolutists they say...

28/3/2025, 9:53:32 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seth Michalak (@sethfmichalak.bsky.social)

2 hours in and I realized that the Sabres were playing this afternoon. Took a peek at the score. Continued with my day uninterrupted.

22/3/2025, 8:08:46 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seth Michalak (@sethfmichalak.bsky.social)

Why? Because Georgia is full of Redneck bigots and insular communities responding to centuries of exclusion. Makes for a lot of acceptance and understanding of others...

12/3/2025, 1:24:10 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seth Michalak (@sethfmichalak.bsky.social) reply parent

I think you spelled asshole wrong.

10/3/2025, 3:25:04 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seth Michalak (@sethfmichalak.bsky.social) reply parent

Got one in January. Really love it. While it doesn't work miracles, it dramatically improves older records and makes new vinyl play perfectly. Multiple cycles can help if you're not enamored with an initial result.

8/3/2025, 2:47:23 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seth Michalak (@sethfmichalak.bsky.social)

Huh?

7/3/2025, 4:20:17 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seth Michalak (@sethfmichalak.bsky.social) reply parent

Cool. We can get another hotel downtown!

5/3/2025, 2:12:30 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seth Michalak (@sethfmichalak.bsky.social)

The smug fucksticks in MAGA hats behind the bench are the reason why I am rooting for Canada tonight.

21/2/2025, 2:50:17 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seth Michalak (@sethfmichalak.bsky.social)

This has a real freedom fries energy to it. Frankly, I expected better work than this from my Canadian friends.

20/2/2025, 4:36:36 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seth Michalak (@sethfmichalak.bsky.social) reply parent

There's where you're mistaken. Paid for is a given at this point. Delivered? That's where the breakdown will occur.

19/2/2025, 5:24:07 PM | 23 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seth Michalak (@sethfmichalak.bsky.social) reply parent

Anyways, Dark Horse records has been doing amazing work reissuing his post Clash work over the past few years. If you have a record player and an inkling to check it out, the compilation "Assembly" isn't a bad place to start.

19/2/2025, 5:37:29 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seth Michalak (@sethfmichalak.bsky.social)

I have spent the last 4 nights listening to Joe Strummer records. It's all so fucking good. And it feels like he was just hitting his stride with the Mescaleros. I fucking hate that he died so young and what didn't happen. But what a legacy he left.

19/2/2025, 5:30:26 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seth Michalak (@sethfmichalak.bsky.social) reply parent

That fascist boot leather must be fucking delicious.

15/2/2025, 8:34:46 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seth Michalak (@sethfmichalak.bsky.social)

I have waited so long to own this record on vinyl and now I do. The pressing is so goddamned good too. The soundstage is truly fucking stunning. Worth the wait to have it sound this good.

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15/2/2025, 4:48:32 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seth Michalak (@sethfmichalak.bsky.social) reply parent

Sometimes there are no chairs left when the music stops. Carolina fucked him over by not letting him interview until late in the process last year.

12/2/2025, 3:11:10 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seth Michalak (@sethfmichalak.bsky.social)

Dear Buffalo, make your defense more like this. Thank you.

10/2/2025, 12:10:29 AM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Didn't the refs cry all week about being unfairly treated? And then they make that call on 4th down. Fuck you.

9/2/2025, 11:48:26 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seth Michalak (@sethfmichalak.bsky.social) reply parent

I wouldn't want to be around anymore...

9/2/2025, 6:09:11 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seth Michalak (@sethfmichalak.bsky.social)

Saturday morning sounds.

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8/2/2025, 1:51:57 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seth Michalak (@sethfmichalak.bsky.social) reply parent

I held on to mine for too long too, and finally deactivated about two weeks ago. Haven't thought about it since. It's good.

8/2/2025, 1:42:49 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seth Michalak (@sethfmichalak.bsky.social) reply parent

And even worse to listen to.

8/2/2025, 1:15:23 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jamelle (@jamellebouie.net) reposted

this is exactly what i’m getting at when i see these people have no understanding of civil society. they do not seem to conceptualize other people as having agency whatsoever.

4/2/2025, 5:05:57 PM | 7138 1371 | View on Bluesky | view

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Why did even pretend like Susan Collins will ever do the right thing?

3/2/2025, 10:04:22 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The first time in a month I want to sit down and turn the Sabres on and the games in fucking NHL Network. What a goddamned joke.

1/2/2025, 1:51:34 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seth Michalak (@sethfmichalak.bsky.social) reply parent

I'm so perplexed I am ending sentences with prepositions.

31/1/2025, 10:32:20 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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There was fucking snow on the ground last week here.

31/1/2025, 10:30:29 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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You're not a fucking homesteader if you have granite countertops and stainless steel appliances.

31/1/2025, 9:19:13 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture the Mountain Goats (@themountaingoats.bsky.social) reposted

“Why didn’t the helicopter go up or down?” Jesus Mary & Joseph a competent opposition party would make him wear this around his neck for the next four years. At least six months of hearings. Over 60 bodies in the Potomac. “Why didn’t the helicopter go up or down.”

30/1/2025, 2:05:04 PM | 5577 955 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seth Michalak (@sethfmichalak.bsky.social) reply parent

Bringing Mr. Antivax back for the anthem.

30/1/2025, 1:47:23 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Sabres going full MAGA.

29/1/2025, 6:08:45 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seth Michalak (@sethfmichalak.bsky.social)

They've stopped it five times today, so keep going back to the well. It's working great.

27/1/2025, 2:19:29 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Need a takeaway or at least a stop.

27/1/2025, 1:29:06 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Not bad for a reset year, but boy this team can break your heart.

27/1/2025, 12:52:01 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seth Michalak (@sethfmichalak.bsky.social)

Welp, It has to be a shootout now. Field goals are not going to cut it.

27/1/2025, 12:44:05 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Fumblerooski?

27/1/2025, 12:15:02 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seth Michalak (@sethfmichalak.bsky.social) reply parent

Nothing good. Still early, but the tea leaves are not promising.

27/1/2025, 12:09:27 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view