Michael Pickett
mppickett.bsky.social
Michael Pickett
@mppickett.bsky.social
Prehistoric liberal techie forced to live on Maui to be close to the grandkids.
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Anyone seen the Michelin Man recently?

Maybe he's re-tired?
February 14, 2026 at 9:31 PM
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Enlightenment is overrated.
September 29, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself!

bluesky-map.theo.io

I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail
Bluesky Map
Interactive map of 3.4 million Bluesky users, visualised by their follower pattern.
bluesky-map.theo.io
February 8, 2026 at 10:59 PM
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Bovino and some of his brute squad are out?!

Does that mean what we did in Minneapolis this weekend kinda worked?

I feel like this wouldn't have happened if everyone had stayed home.
January 27, 2026 at 2:04 AM
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The White House has been caught.

The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.

In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
December 20, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Hey babe, the sky's on fire... And to top it off, the whales are back home to Maui. If they're born here they usually make an annual trek from the cold northern waters. Roughly 10,000 per season.
December 4, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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My great grandmother used say that things were better in Russia before the revolution, but I think she was being Tsarcastic.
June 29, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Nice sunset in Maui tonight. Sometimes it all comes together.
June 28, 2025 at 5:43 AM
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May 5, 2025 at 5:37 AM
A feral rooster has taken up residence in the trees in our backyard and serenades us at 4:30 AM. Checking the laws regarding rooster arrest, it turns out that on private property it's totally fine to lure non-pet visitors into humane traps and to relocate them.

Wish me good luck on my fowl safari.
April 22, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Sometimes I'm filled with a great sense of wellbeing and satisfaction just from sitting on the back porch, drinking my morning coffee and watching the world wake up. This is one of those days.
April 18, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Our dog caught in super derp mode.
March 17, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The rooster hanging around our backyard decided to announce sunrise from our shed this morning.
March 17, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Morning walks - Dragon's Teeth - This morning we drove over to Kapalua and hiked out on Dragon's Teeth. Spectacular weather, breeching whales, beautiful views and happy family.
March 16, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Morning Walks - Nude on the Beach - This was actually from a morning walk 7 years ago. You never know what you'll see. This shows a great view of the island of Lanai rising out of the blue Pacific 🙂
March 13, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Morning walks - Are You My Mother? - On the walk this morning, an egret decided to walk with us for about a mile. He'd fall behind occasionally looking for bugs and fly quickly to catch up. He wasn't shy a bit.
March 13, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Morning walks - Our Egret Buddy Video - On the walk this morning, an egret decided to walk with us for about a mile. He'd fall behind occasionally looking for bugs and fly quickly to catch up. He caught a couple of geckos and I got a video of one of them.
March 13, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Morning walks - Sax on the Beach Video - Here's the long distance video from the morning walk where we came upon a guy down by the water's edge just grooving on a saxophone.
March 13, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Sax on the beach - we were doing an early morning walk on the south side of Maui and heard some cool tunes coming up from the beach. I got a pretty good pic and a very mediocre video for you guys.
March 13, 2025 at 4:14 PM
After living on Maui for 13 years, we've been blessed (?) with a rooster that has taken up residence in our back yard. He sounds off about 45 minutes before sunrise. I have mixed feelings about this. I took care of chickens as a child, so it's nostalgic. On the other hand, do we need a rooster?
March 1, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Another nice Maui sunset. Sigh.
February 28, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Maui sunset
February 4, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Firing key FBI employees has generated much concern. To assuage this, I'd suggest that they change the name from the FBI to something like:

Government Enforcement Surveillance Threat Analysis and Policing Organization

That would greatly help the public understand their goals. Just saying...
January 31, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Sometimes life can just take your breath away. Sunset over the island of Lanai tonight.
January 8, 2025 at 4:44 AM