dr. paul
@dochtuirpol.bsky.social
appalachian/intermontane studies, small angry dogs, midcentury modern fetishist, west mashallah virginia
"no friends but the mountains"
"no friends but the mountains"
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id vote for the somebody with the stones to say we need to be culturally abnormal because the culture is not working for everybody instead of governor nosy neighbor from the addams family over here sitting like a dork in his slippery bottom rich twat shoes
California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Thursday that the Democratic Party needed to be “more culturally normal” and “less judgmental.”
December 7, 2025 at 2:56 AM
id vote for the somebody with the stones to say we need to be culturally abnormal because the culture is not working for everybody instead of governor nosy neighbor from the addams family over here sitting like a dork in his slippery bottom rich twat shoes
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I can get pissed at this foolishness from two angles: as one of the benighted barbarians and as an academic smdh that someone can rehash this bullshit for the third or fourth time and put it in a tenure/promotion portfolio
The most violent U.S. regions — Appalachia, the Deep South and the old frontier states — are still deeply marked by a Wild West, stand-your-ground ethos, says a new study co-authored at UC Berkeley. news.berkeley.edu/2025/12/02/w...
When Americans migrate from violent states, the risk of future violence follows them - Berkeley News
The most violent U.S. regions — Appalachia, the Deep South and the old frontier states — are still deeply marked by a Wild West, stand-your-ground ethos, says a new study co-authored at UC Berkeley.
news.berkeley.edu
December 4, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I can get pissed at this foolishness from two angles: as one of the benighted barbarians and as an academic smdh that someone can rehash this bullshit for the third or fourth time and put it in a tenure/promotion portfolio
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white race suicide is the only ethical path for amerika 🤗
December 23, 2023 at 1:23 PM
white race suicide is the only ethical path for amerika 🤗
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we need NCAA abolition to become a basic moral labor position in higher ed
This year, universities are giving $228 million to football coaches who failed at coaching football so that they won't coach football anymore.
December 2, 2025 at 8:16 PM
we need NCAA abolition to become a basic moral labor position in higher ed
the gay hockey show is commendably very gay; esp. appreciate the “throbbing” minimalist techno soundtrack
old enough to remember all the tension in the rob lowe/patrick swayze Youngblood film
old enough to remember all the tension in the rob lowe/patrick swayze Youngblood film
November 30, 2025 at 1:31 AM
the gay hockey show is commendably very gay; esp. appreciate the “throbbing” minimalist techno soundtrack
old enough to remember all the tension in the rob lowe/patrick swayze Youngblood film
old enough to remember all the tension in the rob lowe/patrick swayze Youngblood film
thinking about the grade school art convention of adding a pilgrim hat to the five-finger turkey rendering; tacit acknowledgment of cannibalism amongst the settler-colonial yakubians, imo
November 27, 2025 at 3:40 PM
thinking about the grade school art convention of adding a pilgrim hat to the five-finger turkey rendering; tacit acknowledgment of cannibalism amongst the settler-colonial yakubians, imo
mired in tenure-y stuff, ransacking home file cabinets in a personal-professional archaeology enterprise; found old exam from art school hillbilly-ology class
I taught (flashback for @muleskinnerpress.net )
I taught (flashback for @muleskinnerpress.net )
November 26, 2025 at 4:37 PM
mired in tenure-y stuff, ransacking home file cabinets in a personal-professional archaeology enterprise; found old exam from art school hillbilly-ology class
I taught (flashback for @muleskinnerpress.net )
I taught (flashback for @muleskinnerpress.net )
makes sense that Trump would be one of those old school colonialist “oriental despotism”fetishists and consequently Arab dudes get him hot and swoon-ey on a “say what you will/amirite?” tip
November 22, 2025 at 12:19 AM
makes sense that Trump would be one of those old school colonialist “oriental despotism”fetishists and consequently Arab dudes get him hot and swoon-ey on a “say what you will/amirite?” tip
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"who all's coming for Thanksgiving this year?"
November 21, 2025 at 10:42 AM
"who all's coming for Thanksgiving this year?"
Fully endorse. Reminder, too, that there is not one goddamn “cute” thing about Harold & Maude.
if you are dating somebody you are twice as old as, you are a creep. there are no asterisks or "well actually"s for that one. you are an emotionally stunted creep. doesn't matter if it's 14/28, 17/34, 31/62, 45/90, whatever.
November 18, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Fully endorse. Reminder, too, that there is not one goddamn “cute” thing about Harold & Maude.
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I totally get it
November 17, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I totally get it
Just given a piece of student writing that used the Bass Pro Shop pyramid as a component of their critical literary analysis.
I’m out here trying my best and it’s good to know that sometimes I succeed.
I’m out here trying my best and it’s good to know that sometimes I succeed.
November 13, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Just given a piece of student writing that used the Bass Pro Shop pyramid as a component of their critical literary analysis.
I’m out here trying my best and it’s good to know that sometimes I succeed.
I’m out here trying my best and it’s good to know that sometimes I succeed.
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one thing about all these emails (& really recent American history) is that anyone with impostor syndrome should be thankful they're not successful by normal standards, bc it means you're not a huge piece of shit
November 13, 2025 at 1:20 PM
one thing about all these emails (& really recent American history) is that anyone with impostor syndrome should be thankful they're not successful by normal standards, bc it means you're not a huge piece of shit
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at its heart you'll find rape culture. Consent doesn't exist. Take whatever you want and don't ask or apologize. Every firm you hate in tech is doing the exact same shit.
There is something deeply rotten at the heart of modern tech that goes well beyond the corruptions produced by capitalism.
“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion”
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
November 9, 2025 at 1:54 PM
at its heart you'll find rape culture. Consent doesn't exist. Take whatever you want and don't ask or apologize. Every firm you hate in tech is doing the exact same shit.
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Dorothy Allison (top left) was the co-founder of the Lesbian Sex Mafia in New York and an award-winning author. Allison received the Publishing Triangle’s Bill Whitehead Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2024.
November 6, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Dorothy Allison (top left) was the co-founder of the Lesbian Sex Mafia in New York and an award-winning author. Allison received the Publishing Triangle’s Bill Whitehead Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2024.
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if i see an academic described as a “pioneer” i just assume they have raped and pillaged to get where they are professionally
November 6, 2025 at 6:13 PM
if i see an academic described as a “pioneer” i just assume they have raped and pillaged to get where they are professionally
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Stone. Cold. Knotts.
November 6, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Stone. Cold. Knotts.
I always (ALWAYS) have time for Japanese psych-metal with rolling-yowling reimaginings of Appalachian ballads:
riotseasonrecords.bandcamp.com/track/the-cu...
riotseasonrecords.bandcamp.com/track/the-cu...
The Cuckoo, by HIBUSHIBIRE
from the album Flashback Stonehenge
riotseasonrecords.bandcamp.com
November 1, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I always (ALWAYS) have time for Japanese psych-metal with rolling-yowling reimaginings of Appalachian ballads:
riotseasonrecords.bandcamp.com/track/the-cu...
riotseasonrecords.bandcamp.com/track/the-cu...
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Dressing like a couch around JD Vance is a choice
October 31, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Dressing like a couch around JD Vance is a choice
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Miss Piggy and leather Kermit at a gay motorcycle club event in the 1970s. Photo from the Stallions MC collection at the LA&M. #LeatherHistory
October 28, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Miss Piggy and leather Kermit at a gay motorcycle club event in the 1970s. Photo from the Stallions MC collection at the LA&M. #LeatherHistory
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My comfort in folklore often comes from the fact it ratifies the truths that greed is an evil, tyranny is to be opposed and manners matter. If it legitimises a fear of trespassing against the common good by the rich, it is performing one of its fundamental roles. – #CLNolan #FolkloreThursday
October 23, 2025 at 2:21 PM
My comfort in folklore often comes from the fact it ratifies the truths that greed is an evil, tyranny is to be opposed and manners matter. If it legitimises a fear of trespassing against the common good by the rich, it is performing one of its fundamental roles. – #CLNolan #FolkloreThursday
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Always trust your instincts. If you see a (D) candidate who looks like that Rich Men North Of Richmond asshole, and won't shut up about American Jobs,, well
October 21, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Always trust your instincts. If you see a (D) candidate who looks like that Rich Men North Of Richmond asshole, and won't shut up about American Jobs,, well
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Reminder that Violent J of Insane Clown Posse has the correct response to a lot of the shitty things he said in the early days.
October 21, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Reminder that Violent J of Insane Clown Posse has the correct response to a lot of the shitty things he said in the early days.
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everybody knows about the thin blue line flag (goddamn culture wars) but not nearly enough know about the fat purple line flag (where the concept of "fuck work" protects us from being assholes). one of these proudly flies in my front yard (the solar spotlight is broken though)
October 21, 2025 at 1:46 AM
everybody knows about the thin blue line flag (goddamn culture wars) but not nearly enough know about the fat purple line flag (where the concept of "fuck work" protects us from being assholes). one of these proudly flies in my front yard (the solar spotlight is broken though)