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Malaclypse the Middle

@malaclypse.bsky.social

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A hoopy frood who really knows where his towel is. Two wheels good, four wheels bad. Ex Sociology adjunct turned Accounting nerd. North of Boston, near witches. Born into a 321 PPM world. He/Him. Aurë entuluva.

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Malaclypse the Middle @malaclypse.bsky.social · 10d

“Harry, I’m going to let you in on a little secret. Everyday, once a day, give yourself a present. Don’t plan it, don’t wait for it. Just let it happen. It could be a new shirt at the Men’s store. A catnap in your office chair. Or a long ride on a beautiful day followed by spicy seafood ramen.”

A big bow of insanely spicy seafood ramen

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Malaclypse the Middle @malaclypse.bsky.social · 7m

I hate to say this, but Lennon was right here:

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Malaclypse the Middle @malaclypse.bsky.social · 8d

“When it gets down to having to use violence, then you are playing the system’s game. The establishment will irritate you... to make you fight. Because once they’ve got you violent, then they know how to handle you. The only thing they don’t know how to handle is non-violence and humor." - Lennon

competentposter @competentposter.bsky.social · 10d

wizard frog is insane

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Malaclypse the Middle @malaclypse.bsky.social · 9m

Kesh would never (derogatory)

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 13m

But that 120 year legacy changed on October 1st, when US customs announced a phase-out of Canadian access to the library.

Canadians with existing cards could still enter via an emergency exit until October 1st, but now must go through border control to enter their library.

Are we the baddies, etc.

Locals feel a loss as the U.S. limits Canadian access to cross-border library

Canadians will no longer be allowed to freely use the American entrance to the cultural building that sits on both sides of the U.S.-Canada border.

www.npr.org

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Malaclypse the Middle @malaclypse.bsky.social · 26m

This thread was certainly a choice.

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Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 28m

beetle bailey arc where we learn who in camp swampy will obey orders to fire on american citizens once the insurrection act is invoked. my picks are rocky, zero, and, surprisingly, plato. killer surprises everyone by making a big show of not doing it. beetle simply goes AWOL

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Malaclypse the Middle @malaclypse.bsky.social · 27m

Mike Johnson sees naked cyclists, and Mike Johnson’s kid gets the Pornography Alert and needs to talk his dad out of a boner.

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Kasey Kagawa @punkey.org · 1h

It very much is worth investigating how much of the arc from techo-feudalist libertarians to right wing ethnonationalist fascists are on unsafe self-prescribed medications while also pursuing dangerous self-destructive behaviors, and pushing each other to double down on both

SE Gyges @segyges.bsky.social · 5h

i cannot think of anything funny to say about this

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 1h

Literally nothing coming from the Pentagon, DHS, or DOJ should be considered credible unless backed up by an independent source outside of government. (This, for the record, is a huge problem!)

MFordTheRiver @prynnford.bsky.social · 1h

Of all the things that didn’t happen

Screen shot of ABC article with the headline “cartels issuing bounties up to 50k for hits on ICE and CBP agents, DHS says.”

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Malaclypse the Middle @malaclypse.bsky.social · 51m

We expected him to be an empty suit, and he is, but it turns out that if an empty suit is in charge of the foreign policy of a superpower, that vacuum results in mass murder on an unfathomable scale.

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Kenny Akers @keneakers.bsky.social · 55m

Dad joke……… You guys ready? Why don’t Republicans talk about sex crimes? Because their lawyers told them not to. 🥸

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 58m

This is no more lawful than if Iran / North Korea / whoever blew up a couple American yachts in the Mediterranean for suspected drug trafficking. On the legal spectrum it sits in the middle of a Venn diagram between overt acts of military aggression, state-sponsored terrorism, and simple murder.

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 5h

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

www.nytimes.com

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Malaclypse the Middle @malaclypse.bsky.social · 56m

Smut? On Al Gore’s interweb?

I’m being informed that this is not in fact groundbreaking.

404 Media @404media.co · 3h

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced in a post on X Tuesday that ChatGPT is officially getting into the fuckable chatbots game, with “erotica for verified adults” rolling out in December.

🔗 www.404media.co/chatgpt-erot...

ChatGPT’s Hail Mary: Chatbots You Can Fuck

As recent reports show OpenAI bleeding cash, and on the heels of accusations that ChatGPT caused teens and adults alike to harm themselves and others, CEO Sam Altman announced that you can soon fuck t...

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Malaclypse the Middle @malaclypse.bsky.social · 58m

*Exactly* as impeccable.

Malaclypse the Middle @malaclypse.bsky.social · 59m

Your taste in television is every bit as impeccable as your taste in movies, Cowboy.

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 1h

Have you ever been so fucking delighted by a username/icon set that it made you follow a total stranger

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 1h

album cover with sound of music biking scene and the text

Meet The radical Cyclists.
no helmets - no lights - no hi viz - riding in a pack - distracted - taking the lane.

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Malaclypse the Middle @malaclypse.bsky.social · 1h

If you don’t tell your kids about Gabriel-era Genesis, they’ll end up finding out about Rush’s first three albums from the street. Only you can prevent “By-Tor and the Snow Dog.”

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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 12h

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Bluesky mods aid genocide by banning Palestinians @pastures.myatproto.social · 1h

Do you know what chemical contaminants can be found in the most heavily bombed place in human history? Me neither. I don't think anyone fully knows because nothing has ever been done like this before. It is unprecedented environmental catastrophe.

Timothy @landbeforetim.bsky.social · 2h

The homes Israeli hostages return to VS the homes Gazans return to

The is no going back to “normal” for them. They are now living in a rubble ridden hellscape while the western world moves on, pretending it didn’t fund and approve this.

On the left is a street in Tel Aviv, Israel. Pictured is beautiful green lush Mediterranean style cityscape.

On the right is an image of a young Palestinian girl walking the “streets” of Gaza City, now turned to rubble and ash. The buildings are demolished by bombs and war crimes while the streets are littered with debris, rubble, and broken concrete.

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Megan Goodwin @mpgphd.bsky.social · 1h

this country hates children so fucking much

Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 5h

“In the absence of federal funding, MSDH is stepping in to ensure WIC operations continue. Current WIC participants will continue receiving their benefits without interruption,” a Mississippi State Department of Health press release says.

WIC Stops Accepting Some Applicants Amid Government Shutdown

The WIC program will only accept applications from pregnant women, breastfeeding women and high-risk infants during the federal government shutdown.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1h

I’m a subscriber to The Onion print edition and trust me, the ads alone are worth it

Fake Apple ad

Remember when those
Chinese factory workers were all committing suicide?
Neither do we!

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Midatlantica @midatlantica.bsky.social · 2h

So does this mean Visa and Mastercard will cut them off as a payment processor?

The Verge @theverge.com · 7h

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 1h

Hey look, Israel broke the cease-fire, twice, in two different ways, within 24 hours - again.

Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 7h

NEW: Israel informed the UN it will permit only 300 aid trucks into Gaza daily, not the 600 mandated by the ceasefire it just signed.

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Evan Robertson @evanrobertsondc.bsky.social · 1h

Look at the responsible Republicans being respectful and lowering the temperature

Politico @politico.com · 7h

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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👻SAAAAAAAAHHHHHHvik Ford 🎃 @saavikford.bsky.social · 1h

This, btw, is why I oppose the death penalty. Someone (generally many someones, including judge, jury, guards, etc.) have to knowingly and calmly collaborate to take the life of another person. It harms those ppl—who go on to interact with the rest of society & the violence spirals out from there.

Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 9h

6. There is no such thing as free violence. All violence harms the wielder.

Every time someone tries to sell you on the idea that there is something we can do, without cost, that harms other people, realize that they are lying to you.

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