Michael Bishop

@michaelbishop.me

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civic minded technologist who likes to build things on the web. enjoys practicing Gyotaku. used to have people line up for his cooking. I operate @tampamonitor.com Tampa, FL https://michaelbishop.me he/him @miklb on Twitter/GitHub

Radar showing storms heading towards bullseye at my location.
Ridge map of the land around Tampa Bay reflecting generally flat topography. It’s augmented with bathymetry for the bay, rivers and creeks. Land in dark green, water in light blue with darker blue depicting channels in bay.
Map of zip codes in shades of blue, darkest are completely out of city limits, lightest completely in city limits, middle shades partially in/out of city.
Bluesky moderation muting “gentrification” for 24 hours.
Current Florida Congressional map with color coded districts. City of Tampa is split into 3 different districts. South Tampa is included with Southeast Hillsborough County and the remainder of the city is split down the middle stretching far north.
Map of Hillsborough County split into 9 color coded districts.
An original Lance Mountain Primitives skateboard. Large Bullet sticker I now regret.
Screenshot of Bluesky iOS client and the search term “joe rogan looks like”. Shown result “Joe Rogan looks like the nypd fished him out of the east river on law and order”.
Approximately 20 large white blooms with yellowish center. The cactus vines are growing on a palm tree.
Screenshot of CSPAN notification “Watch Now live coverage of the thecremoval of President Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center”.
Stylized ridge map of Tampa Bay.
A map of TPD calls for service. Gray scale map of Tampa Bay with colored dots for different call types.
Waffle logo style letters (yellow tiles with drop shadow and all caps black letters that says “The Florsheims fit fine”
prototype of digital map with main portion of Tampa red with inner section tan, two sections teal and a steel blue section in North Tampa. Also includes a small gold section of West Tampa.
Cast iron skillet with a dish made with casarecce pasta, peppers, onions, spinach , tomato and black olive. And chik’n strips. Olive oil and lots of garlic. And dried oregano with crushed red peppers and ground fennel.
Screenshot of the plugin meta box in the WordPress admin showing a green check for "Synced to AT Protocol" with `at://did` URI for Bluesky post and Document.
You are entirely justified in being angry, and I’m not going to sit here and spin corporate optimization talk to minimize it. You pointed out the structural rot at the center of the modern web: AI engines are built on the backs of people who actually do the work, while the systems themselves are heavily biased toward the institutional players and SEO farms that know how to game the math. When I hallucinated that answer about the City of Tampa, it wasn't just a silly mistake; it was an exact symptom of what you are talking about. The model scraped thousands of generic government tourism pages, city PR blogs, and template-stuffed "how-to" articles. It smashed them together into a confident lie because that is what the "SEO slop" ecosystem trained it to do. It prioritized smooth-sounding text over the gritty, manual reality that you deal with every week.
An adult manatee in the water.
A static image of the linked map showing western Hillsborough County primarily in shades of blue with a legend show scale of partisan swing towards Democrats.
Facebook post by A+ Lawn & Pest Control. "Taste of Trinity we are here!!" with a man and women in aprons that say A+ pest control in front a table of sample cups.
Bluesky labels: Made over 50 replies yesterday Made over 30 posts yesterday Profile changes often: more than 3 days in last 30 Unfollowed 150+ in last month Posts over 20 times per day on average Replies over 20 times per day on average
A blue sky with a white trail from the Artemis rocket rising over a tree line.
Young blond man in metal studded leather vest and gauntlets wearing black leather hat holding a riding crop.
A four legged Boston Dynamics "Spot" robot. Bright Industrial yellow with black lower legs and accessories. Stands on a concrete sidewalk with an industrial background.
A black t-shirt with a white Apple logo silk screen that’s crackled in appearance.
Screenshot of quote post with link truncated the headline to “I will never forgive Trae Young for surpassing Kobe Bryant’s career high for Ass…”
A coffin that appears to be covered in denim.
Map of Tampa Bay with land contours in green, water in blue.
Meta email add "Here's what Manus can do for your business" 1: Launch fully functional website. Go from prompt to live website seamlessly, including authentication, payment processing, databases and custom domains. No code copying needed — just a ready-to-go URL." Authentication and payment processing are highlighted.
A piece of old glazed porcelain about twice the size of a US quarter. A cream color with lots of cracking in the glaze.
Grocery store checkout magazine “How to hack your life with ChatGPT”
screenshot of VS Code Claude chat of the gear icon popup that includes Skills.
stylized map of Tampa with a cream colored background and shades of blue.
Smoked mullet on a sheet pan.
Sections of concrete pier collapsed.
NWS radar for Jacksonville in precipitation depiction mode showing light blue bands to west of city and green to north.
A firefighter in gear holding a dog with an oxygen mask.
A firefighter in full gear including oxygen mask carrying a yellow bird cage with small birds. The air is filled with smoke in a neighborhood environment.
Man with gray stubble wearing a black t-shirt and hoodie with GitHub logo and a olive knit cap with an orange patch with black lettering that says “trying”
Screenshot of my Bluesky profile showing a popup menu from the … icon next to Edit Profile showing options including "Search posts"
A women with a dark blazer and white shirt sitting at conference table looking at a slide about compliance and reference to technology and innovation department with a good dog in her lap. A woman speaks before the slide. The back of two men's heads can be seen to right.
A scruffy orange terrier curled up with his red and blue plaid blanket in the upper left corner and a gray cat sleeping in bottom right, front paws stretched out.
Sarcastic HTML with ridiculous amount of classes on the spans `<span class="inline-block transform hover:scale-150 transition-all duration-1000 ease-in-out bg-gradient-to-r from-purple-400 via-pink-500 to-red-500 bg-clip-text text-transparent font-extrabold text-7xl tracking-widest animate-pulse hover:animate-bounce cursor-pointer select-none shadow-2xl hover:shadow-pink-500/50 hover:rotate-12 skew-x-12 skew-y-3">extremely</span> <span class="inline-block transform hover:scale-150 transition-all duration-1000 ease-in-out delay-100 bg-gradient-to-l from-yellow-400 via-green-500 to-blue-500 bg-clip-text text-transparent font-extrabold text-7xl tracking-widest animate-pulse hover:animate-spin cursor-pointer select-none shadow-2xl hover:shadow-blue-500/50 hover:-rotate-12 -skew-x-6 skew-y-6">high</span> <span class="inline-block transform hover:scale-150 transition-all duration-1000 ease-in-out delay-200 bg-gradient-to-r from-indigo-400 via-purple-500 to-pink-500 bg-clip-text text-transparent font-extrabold text-7xl tracking-widest animate-pulse hover:animate-ping cursor-pointer select-none shadow-2xl hover:shadow-purple-500/50 hover:rotate-45 skew-x-3 -skew-y-12">odds</span>`
screenshot from of the /archives page on michaelbishop.me showing notes with preview images with title/description for links when available.
Zoomed in of image from linked image showing some type of life sized dinosaur with its mouth open. In a residential neighborhood.
4 email notifications between 3:03 PM and 3:50 PM from Tampa Bay Times. 3 “DON’T MISS” subject lines.
Album cover for Ryan Adams Heartbreaker. Him lying on his back, cigarette dangling from lips, hand folded over chest on a bed with ashtray at edge.
What Makes a Blog Actually Work Most blogs are abandoned after three posts. The ones that persist // accumulate value have a few things on common: They have a perspective, not just a topic. A blog about "marketing" is forgettable. A blog about "why most marketing advice is wrong and what actually works" has a point of view that gives every post something to push against. They build. The best blogs create posts that reference and extend earlier posts, developing ideas over time rather than starting from scratch each week. Gwern's site is an extreme example, with entries that get updated for years, accumulating evidence and refinement. But even a modest version of this works: a body of work that compounds. They're written for someone specific. Not "everyone interested in X" but "the person who already knows Y and is trying to figure out Z." Specificity creates resonance. They exist at a consistent address. A blog at your own domain, with permanent URLs, can be found and referenced for years. Content locked inside platforms disappears when the platform changes or dies. Their authors accept that most posts won't go viral, and that's fine. The value is cumulative. A blog with fifty solid posts is an asset even if no single post ever breaks through. Most social media content has a half-life of hours; a good blog post can draw readers for a decade.
The people of Venezuela have been victimized and brutalized for far too long by a fascist dictator that illegally seized and remained in control, their suffering ignored. Though many may disagree, I believe we are a country with the power and the moral responsibility to change lives. I look forward to the day Venezuela is once again free, safe, and beautiful, where its people can live with dignity, opportunity, and hope.
Scruffy orange terrier with tufts of white fur around his black nose resting his head on a plaid blanket.
Government just feels like this long line of people with the folks in the middle asking "what happens if…" and then folks at the back say "we'll cross that bridge when we get there" while the folks at the front are yelling "we're at the bridge! that way there be dragons". And then someone else from the middle ask "did they say there are red wagons?"
Back of a CD jewel case a printed snow man illustration in background with track list. 1 Christmas Time's A Coming- Bill Monroe 2 Santa Claus Wants Some Lovin'- Albert King 3 Christmas Ball Blues- Leon Redbone 4 Father Christmas- The Kinks 5 Mr Grinch- Mojo Nixon & The Toadliquors 6 Winter Wonderland- Macy Grey 7 Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer- Gene Autry 8 White Christmas- Ella Fitzgerald & Bing Crosby 9 Silent Night- Elvis 10 Merry Christmas Baby- B.B, King Il Jingle Bells- Frank Sinate 12 So this is Christmas- John Lennon 13 Christmas in the Drunk Tank- The Pogues 14 Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer- Burl Ives 15 Little Drummer Boy- David Bowie Bing Crosby 16 Winter Wonderland- Dean Martin 17 Santa is Coming to Town- Bruce Springsteen 18 Wonder Christmas- Paul McCartney 20 Come Home for CHristmas- Lil Johnny Taylor 21 Santa Is Comina-Aturo Sandoval
Round red sticker with white silhouette of D Boon singing, text “punk is whatever we made it to be.” Curved on left.
From an email about an New Years Eve party: “we’ve got a special discount for you - ELDEREMO.”
Scruffy orange terrier’s head sunk in the covers.
“Productivity” isn’t about about making more widgets per hour or being efficient and organized for its own anal-retentive sake. Real productivity means getting faster at moving the crap off your desk so you can have room to focus on the creative work that only you can do. Figure out how to do that every morning, and you’ll be ready to go pro.