April Fools. I meant the second rockwall.

Colleges should be mandated to pay adjunct faculty a living wage before they build their third rockwall.

Sunday Feeld Notes 29.03.2026 Game of Thrones, Adjunct Ghost Study, and more... "...MACCLV have released a ten-year study concluding that adjunct professors may, in fact, be ghosts..." open.substack.com/pub/mikespry... #adjunct #highered #gameofthrones #ghosts

Sunday Feeld Notes 29.03.2026 Game of Thrones, Adjunct Ghost Study, and more... "...MACCLV have released a ten-year study concluding that adjunct professors may, in fact, be ghosts..." open.substack.com/pub/mikespry... #adjunct #highered #gameofthrones #ghosts

The Deep Local series of shorts from @rattysnake.bsky.social is getting the exact kind of awesomeweird I'm into. Check out the latest: youtu.be/2iifHOlyCDw?... #ducks #baddies #shortfilm

Non-tenure-track contract faculty at NYU went on strike this morning after over a year of bargaining (capped by a 24-hour+ marathon session). Big crowd of @uaw.org members and supporters, incl lots of students. They’re picketing over pay, workload, AI, a voice in faculty governance, & more.

See y'all at 12:10 in 307. Adjuncts and Allies. #awp26 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇

#AWP26 is here. Join the @awpwriter.org's Adjunct Writers Caucus Thu Mar 5 | 12:10–1:25pm | Room 307 Scribner editor Emily Polson + union organizer Farallon Broughton on the real challenges facing contingent faculty in the literary world. 📚✊ MORE INFO: shorturl.at/0oqAq

#AWP26 is here. Join the @awpwriter.org's Adjunct Writers Caucus Thu Mar 5 | 12:10–1:25pm | Room 307 Scribner editor Emily Polson + union organizer Farallon Broughton on the real challenges facing contingent faculty in the literary world. 📚✊ MORE INFO: shorturl.at/0oqAq

I’m too sad to write any Sunday Feeld Notes today because hockey broke my heart. If it broke yours, maybe read this instead to remind us that the beauty of sports exists outside of the spotlight. open.substack.com/pub/mikespry...

The Ethos of Eephus Eephus sees sport not as a cultural commodity, but a community engagement, and the simplicity of its framing [...] finds the beauty in the relationship baseball has not just to its participants and onlookers, but the landscape of the country. open.substack.com/pub/mikespry...

The Ethos of Eephus Eephus sees sport not as a cultural commodity, but a community engagement, and the simplicity of its framing [...] finds the beauty in the relationship baseball has not just to its participants and onlookers, but the landscape of the country. open.substack.com/pub/mikespry...

NEW REVIEW......"We’re Out Here: The Poet and How to Survive" ----a Review and Love Letter about (@chenchenwrites.bsky.social) Chen Chen's 2022 "Your Emergency Contact Has Experienced an Emergency" tinyurl.com/yaf2v7kk . . . #poetry #booksky #substack #writingcommunity #poemsky #writing #reviews

Super Bowl Sunday Feeld Notes 8.2.26 I’m going to make chili and cheer for a tie. Wouldn’t we all just rather watch Kid Rock and Bad Bunny in a celebrity boxing match? My Super Bowl column/self-indictment: open.substack.com/pub/mikespry...

Honestly, f*ck all these people. F*ck these colleges. F*ck the institutions and communities that were complicit in this division of class and the perpetuation of evil. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/u...

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Sunday Feeld Notes 01.02.2026 So many feelings this week: Loving @thedollop.bsky.social, Sophie Turner and Steal, not SNL, not the weather, and not the Super Bowl. Plus, last week's and this week's essays. open.substack.com/pub/mikespry...

ICYMI: I wrote about GenX, hauntology, Stranger Things, and futures lost.

Shoutout my friend the Poet Emily Siegenthaler for helping keep twenty twenty-somethings alive for a month in Tokyo. #mamiya #film #photography #mediumformat #mediumformatfilm #mediumformatfilmphotography #colorphoto #tokyo #japan

ICYMI: I wrote about GenX, hauntology, Stranger Things, and futures lost.

"Haunted by Futures Promised: Stranger Things, PLUR1BUS, and the ghost of expectation" New essay on #StrangerThings, hauntology, and the quiet disappearance of expectation. mikespry.substack.com/p/haunted-by... #GenX #Hauntology #PLUR1BUS

"Haunted by Futures Promised: Stranger Things, PLUR1BUS, and the ghost of expectation" New essay on #StrangerThings, hauntology, and the quiet disappearance of expectation. mikespry.substack.com/p/haunted-by... #GenX #Hauntology #PLUR1BUS

power #35mmfilm #35mm #35mmphotography #leica #leicam6 #film #photography #filmphotography

Happy #pubday to @gion.bsky.social! His debut collection 'Designated Stranger' for @thirdhandbooks.bsky.social Read the first piece in my new series of reviews of poetry collections from independent presses. ----> tinyurl.com/bdhx6aux #poemsky #WritingCommunity #booksky #5amwritersclub #substack

Sunday Feeld Notes: prediction markets, Netflix doom,+ why everything feels like satire. 🧠 Prediction markets=existential threat 🎬 Netflix & #TheRip 🐴 Ponies is low-key kinda great 🎥 Deep Local & Poems by Sean Bates = cultural sherpas mikespry.substack.com/p/sunday-fee... #NECo #MediaCriticism

Dabls Mbad African bead Museum Detroit, MI #mamiya7 #film #photography #filmphotography #mediumformatfilm #mediumformatphotography #colorphoto

Deep Local | Ep.4: Sleepwalker #digitalshort #digitalphotography #canon5d youtu.be/T5m6_hN2jp0

ANNOUNCING--- Indie Press Poetry: A Series of Reviews This winter I’ll be reviewing a new collection each week from #poets published on independent presses. Each book is a reccommendation from a friend or mentor. Follow along here: tinyurl.com/3w5zwywv #writingcommunity #poemsky #booksky #poems

Sunday Feeld Notes 11.01.2026 On #DCBDay, OBAA, Twitter/X, His & Hers, and more from Vermont on a Sunday morning. NECo. Season Three is coming Wednesday! open.substack.com/pub/mikespry...

PREDICTION: In tomorrow's #strangerthings secret ep, #conformitygate, Ell is going to wake up in bed with Suzanne Pleshette.

Somehow I forgot #Andor!!! I guess I thought it came out in 2024. This year was 36 months long.

Just dropped my 2025 year-in-review: long drives, too much media, strong opinions. Best albums, TV, books, AI (I named mine Gary), and the stuff I still don’t get. Real feels only. 👉 mikespry.substack.com/p/sunday-feeld-notes-04012026 #SundayFeeldNotes #YearInReview #Substack #CultureNotes #AI #NECo

Did anyone work on a Project 2026?

I wrote a lot this year. Essays on film, TV, music, politics, sobriety, and the slow disappearance of communal culture. These are the 10 most-read pieces from Narrative Electric Co. — a good place to start if you’re new, or a revisit if you’ve been around. ⚡️ ⬇️

Biggest snub was Shane Hollander, imo. #heatedrivalry #teamcanada #cravetv @hrnews.bsky.social

Some yuletide thoughts on #HeatedRivlary, traffic, #Fallout, and some lady yelling about her matcha. Also: "A Christmas Sestina" from JACK (2008). Also also: #GaltonWoggins. open.substack.com/pub/mikespry...

Some yuletide thoughts on #HeatedRivlary, traffic, #Fallout, and some lady yelling about her matcha. Also: "A Christmas Sestina" from JACK (2008). Also also: #GaltonWoggins. open.substack.com/pub/mikespry...

One Battle After Another, PLUR1BUS, Geese and more. open.substack.com/pub/mikespry...

Decided yesterday it was time to get the old #Substack back up and running with a wee note. I'll begin in earnest tomorrow with a #SundayFeeldNotes hot take on #onebattleafteranother being a not-so-great film, S3 of NECo., a mea culpa on #Pluribus, and more mikespry.substack.com/p/power-rest...

We appreciate your patience while service was unavailable. The outage was longer than expected. Crews have completed repairs. The issue has been identified and resolved. Power has been restored in most areas. open.substack.com/pub/mikespry... #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #substack

We appreciate your patience while service was unavailable. The outage was longer than expected. Crews have completed repairs. The issue has been identified and resolved. Power has been restored in most areas. open.substack.com/pub/mikespry... #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #substack

The latest "Deep Local" by Chris Ayala (@rattysnake.bsky.social). This series is a beautiful consideration of the forgotten artists, artisans, and people who occupy a country on fire. Watch until the end. It got me. #shortfilm #pioneervalley #shortshorts #SmallTownVibes youtu.be/guhSuWn0vYE?...

The colleges I work for are demanding that faculty/students/staff watch active shooter training videos. Oddly, none of these institutions are demanding gun control legislation or repealing the 2nd Amendment. This is the administrative version of "thoughts & prayers."

New Deep Local from @rattysnake.bsky.social. Beautiful vid. Check it out: youtu.be/-rrC784oV-w?... #shortfilm #pioneervalley #shortshorts #EasthamptonLife #SmallTownVibes #ShortFilm #SmallEngines #CommunityStories #LocalCulture #FilmMaking #EasthamptonMA #EngineEnthusiasts #EverydayMoments

I also find that the best way to read is to pretend to read while taking the subway, even if you never actually do, and have a fashion photographer take pictures. This is so stupid, I got dumber. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/b...

Apparently, Chuck Schumer voted for Fiorello La Guardia.

Andrew Cuomo is the epitome of status quo, unambitious, craven establishment politics. You'd be better off voting for a fire hydrant.

The culture in Michigan is pristine. #leica #leicacamera #leicaphotography #leicam #m6 #film #photography #filmphotography #35mm #35mmfilm #35mmphotography #colorphoto #michigan

More about "Busy" and the Deep Local project here: #shorts #shortfilm #writing #poem #poetry rattlesnakehallelujah.substack.com/p/deep-local

No sport ignores sexual assault like hockey, and no city ignores it like Vegas. Perfect match. Hat tip to the sportsbro hockey media for their complicity. #NHL #Vegas #goldenknights #carterhart @hockeycanada.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/652...