Michael Oberg

@michaeloberg.bsky.social

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Ex research faculty in High Performance Scientific Computing in bioinformatics and climate. Now run a nonprofit in renewable energy.

Screenshot from last season of The Wire, detectives Jimmy McNulty and Bunk Moreland in Stringer Bell's posh apartment, looking around confused. Jimmy about to say "who the fuck was I chasing"

Screenshot of a post saying:

"He talked about electric cars. I don't know anything about cars, so when people said he was a genius I figured he must be a genius.

Then he talked about rockets. I don't know anything about rockets, so when people said he was a genius I figured he must be a genius."

Now he talks about software. I happen to know a lot about software & Elon Musk is saying the stupidest shit I've ever heard anyone say, so when people say he's a genius I figure I should stay the hell away from his cars and rockets.

Series of 4 blue & black birds against a pure white background simulating flying. Painting is called [conspiracy]

Screenshot composition from the movie The Big Short where they are talking to one another about the Florida realtors who just told them about all of the fraudulent loans they push: one character asks "I don't get it. Why are they confessing?, second character says "they are not confessing", third says "they are bragging"

Screenshot of Ultima Online at a very busy time near the bank in one of the cities, my character is a ghost just taking in the madness while 30-40 other characters standing or running (or riding) around

Chart showing transit composition and quantity across straight of Hormuz Jan - mid June, showing a 10x reduction in transit post Iran war. June numbers are not statistically different than any other period post March start of the closure.

Screenshot from the TV show Shogun where Blackthorn tries Natto, his face showing surprise/interest and maybe a bit of shock

Fake ad of Michael Caine wearing incredibly large glasses, pitching for "BLOODY LARGE GLASSES" by Michael Caine

60's 7-Up ad "you're really COOKING when you're cooking with SEVEN-UP" showing 7-up cake, ham roast, pie, and some sort of dessert in a cup

Scene from Withnail and I, with the two leads on a grassy hilltop in the country near London

Image of text saying"The first episode of Star Trek is now closer to the sinking of the Titanic than to today"

Fake NYTimes headline with their characteristic look, headline is "You Were In For a Dipshit Take As Soon As You Saw This Font"

Two snowy peaks where an artist has drawn faces on them, left (taller) looks annoyed and right is younger with a smile and look of adoration

Wilhoit: Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.

Screenshot of Orc Captain Gothmog from the Lord of the Rings, showing his disfigured and overgrown face

Three panel comic where a couple points to two birds in the familiar WW shape and says "Look, birds! Spring is coming". Second panel has the woman squint and say "Not spring". Third panel same as first except birds show WW3

Photo of plume of smoke rising above Chautauqua in Boulder, CO taken from 15th and Mapleton

Fake NYTimes headline in their signature font: "Here's Why It Would Be A Mistake To Do Anything That Inconveniences Rich Assholes by Some Rich Asshole"

Gif from the movie Tombstone where Curly Bill (played by Powers Boothe) says "Well... Bye"

Professor Wurman practices law with the firm Tully Bailey. He has litigated a variety of administrative law and constitutional law cases, including cases involving COVID-19 restrictions, transmission lines, and Appointments Clause challenges. He also devised winning public nuisance theories to force city governments to address the increasingly challenging public camping crises throughout the country.

Man in bearskin from the movie True Grit

Still shot of the scene from Mad Men with Sal Romano and Duane where Sal says the quote

Sign saying "safety third" showing a hand with the index finger missing

Screen capture of "Precious bodily fluids" phrase used in the movie Dr. Strangelove by General Jack D. Ripper, who believes that Communists are impurifying people's bodily fluids through fluoridation

A graph labeled "Every Graph About the US", bottom axis is "some metric" and there is a green line and a red line, green being a good thing and red being a bad thing. Both colors are straight until a single point labeled "Ronald Reagan" where following the good thing line goes down and the bad thing line goes up