Malaclypse the Middle
@malaclypse.bsky.social
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. Enjoy every sandwich. Aurë entuluva.
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Great ride to remember a life stolen to soon. Rest in power, Alex. With @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social and @eschneider.bsky.social .
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Thread.
Shitty people can make good and even great art. Likewise, dropping a favorite artist after you realize you can no longer support them can feel like a divorce or a friend breakup because they and their work were just that important to you. That shit hurts, even when it's necessary for you.
Shitty people can make good and even great art. Likewise, dropping a favorite artist after you realize you can no longer support them can feel like a divorce or a friend breakup because they and their work were just that important to you. That shit hurts, even when it's necessary for you.
A tough one to sit with--but we must--is that some people's ability to make good art in part derived from, or was protected by, the fact that they were enabling or doing terrible things. See also: We Need to Talk about Cosby doc. Even more troubling on this score: Read deep reporting on Alice Munro
"actually his stuff was very Derivative and not Original" like, you don't have to do this. it is good for us all to sit with the cognitive dissonance that a very bad person can make very good art. it is good for us to work through the moral ramifications of that.
February 3, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Thread.
Shitty people can make good and even great art. Likewise, dropping a favorite artist after you realize you can no longer support them can feel like a divorce or a friend breakup because they and their work were just that important to you. That shit hurts, even when it's necessary for you.
Shitty people can make good and even great art. Likewise, dropping a favorite artist after you realize you can no longer support them can feel like a divorce or a friend breakup because they and their work were just that important to you. That shit hurts, even when it's necessary for you.
"Why doesn't anybody talk about the people ICE doesn't shoot dead in the street?" is a question President Brainworms asks. Along with "What about our tiny trucks?"
Trump: I hate even talking about ICE. 2 people out of tens of thousands and you get bad publicity.
Host: But it was 2 Americans who died—
Trump: We have the smallest trucks. We've been very tough on the waters
Host: The waters?
Trump: The waters where we knock out boats
Host: But it was 2 Americans who died—
Trump: We have the smallest trucks. We've been very tough on the waters
Host: The waters?
Trump: The waters where we knock out boats
February 5, 2026 at 1:01 AM
"Why doesn't anybody talk about the people ICE doesn't shoot dead in the street?" is a question President Brainworms asks. Along with "What about our tiny trucks?"
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A large CAVA bag stuffed with what it says is $50,000 for White House Border Czar Tom Homan.
It’s been reported Homan took bribery money when he was recorded by the FBI accepting a bag full of $50,000 in cash.
“ICE GTFO OF MN”
Minneapolis February 4, 2026
It’s been reported Homan took bribery money when he was recorded by the FBI accepting a bag full of $50,000 in cash.
“ICE GTFO OF MN”
Minneapolis February 4, 2026
February 4, 2026 at 11:07 PM
A large CAVA bag stuffed with what it says is $50,000 for White House Border Czar Tom Homan.
It’s been reported Homan took bribery money when he was recorded by the FBI accepting a bag full of $50,000 in cash.
“ICE GTFO OF MN”
Minneapolis February 4, 2026
It’s been reported Homan took bribery money when he was recorded by the FBI accepting a bag full of $50,000 in cash.
“ICE GTFO OF MN”
Minneapolis February 4, 2026
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A driver hit and killed this woman from behind while she was riding an e-bike, but will task forces be convened about dangerous drivers?
Pregnant bicyclist dies in Playa del Rey crash while riding with her children and husband
Police said that the pregnant woman was riding a bicycle with her toddler in the saddle when they were hit from behind on Saturday night. They said that her 31-week-old baby was safely delivered at th...
www.cbsnews.com
February 5, 2026 at 12:39 AM
A driver hit and killed this woman from behind while she was riding an e-bike, but will task forces be convened about dangerous drivers?
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Ill-conceived or malicious, this plan will:
-reduce #cycling in #Ireland
-increase #traffic congestion
-put bike share services out of business
It’s not a safety win, it’s a win for cars & a nail in the coffin for #sustainabletransport.
Staring from bike-filled Copenhagen in disbelief.
#SpéirGorm
-reduce #cycling in #Ireland
-increase #traffic congestion
-put bike share services out of business
It’s not a safety win, it’s a win for cars & a nail in the coffin for #sustainabletransport.
Staring from bike-filled Copenhagen in disbelief.
#SpéirGorm
All bicycles included in draft plan for mandatory helmets and high-vis, Department confirms irishcycle.com/2026/02/04/a...
All bicycles included in draft plan for mandatory helmets and high-vis, Department confirms
— Plan was expected to be put to the Cabinet today before it was withdrawn from the meeting of Government Ministers. A reported plan by Ireland’s Government to make the wearing of helme…
irishcycle.com
February 5, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Ill-conceived or malicious, this plan will:
-reduce #cycling in #Ireland
-increase #traffic congestion
-put bike share services out of business
It’s not a safety win, it’s a win for cars & a nail in the coffin for #sustainabletransport.
Staring from bike-filled Copenhagen in disbelief.
#SpéirGorm
-reduce #cycling in #Ireland
-increase #traffic congestion
-put bike share services out of business
It’s not a safety win, it’s a win for cars & a nail in the coffin for #sustainabletransport.
Staring from bike-filled Copenhagen in disbelief.
#SpéirGorm
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This pup found a stick shaped like an old timey pipe earlier today and has already solved three mysteries. 13/10
February 4, 2026 at 9:59 PM
This pup found a stick shaped like an old timey pipe earlier today and has already solved three mysteries. 13/10
5 day ago, all @massgovernor.bsky.social was willing to do was "limit" new 287(g) agreements, "unless there is a public safety need" like ICE keeps anybody safe.
NEW: Abigail Spanberger this afternoon ordered that all state agencies leave ICE's 287(g) program.
This means that the state police (and some other agencies) will no longer be empowered to detain and arrest people for ICE.
Big, big move by the governor within weeks of coming into office.
This means that the state police (and some other agencies) will no longer be empowered to detain and arrest people for ICE.
Big, big move by the governor within weeks of coming into office.
Virginia’s New Governor Ends ICE Program. Local Contracts Remain, For Now. - Bolts
Abigail Spanberger left the 287(g) program, which empowered state law enforcement to detain immigrants. Will Democrats also bar local police and sheriffs from the program?
boltsmag.org
February 5, 2026 at 12:33 AM
5 day ago, all @massgovernor.bsky.social was willing to do was "limit" new 287(g) agreements, "unless there is a public safety need" like ICE keeps anybody safe.
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Please send me any photos, videos, or reports of ICE, Border Patrol, and DHS using drones that you come across!
This looks like a Hoverfly Sentry, a tethered drone commonly used by law enforcement for persistent overwatch of certain areas at about 200 feet max (no need to swap batteries).
They do have civilian uses for event security, disaster response, traffic monitoring.
hoverflytech.com/tethered-dro...
They do have civilian uses for event security, disaster response, traffic monitoring.
hoverflytech.com/tethered-dro...
Persistent reports of ICE using drones, including this highly suspected ICE drone photographed being launched from a suburban park. It’s a HoverFly Spectre, a “tethered” surveillance drone flown over unspooling fiber-optic cables. I’d be curious if anyone knows a civilian use case
February 4, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Please send me any photos, videos, or reports of ICE, Border Patrol, and DHS using drones that you come across!
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If you want to read the transcript of the February 3 hearing where Julie Le had her "this job sucks" meltdown, now you can:
drive.google.com/file/d/1FnY2...
drive.google.com/file/d/1FnY2...
This is unreal. An AUSA talking like that in open court is about as close as you can come to a total breakdown. Never heard of anything like it.
February 4, 2026 at 8:27 PM
If you want to read the transcript of the February 3 hearing where Julie Le had her "this job sucks" meltdown, now you can:
drive.google.com/file/d/1FnY2...
drive.google.com/file/d/1FnY2...
Holy shit.
Rena Shirai
Age: 14
For: Fit Bike Co.
State Championships QLD Elite Female Class 🥇
Age: 14
For: Fit Bike Co.
State Championships QLD Elite Female Class 🥇
February 4, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Holy shit.
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I've reread this like 3 times. Freed herself from slavery by running away, *went back a week later bc the slaver was talking shit, set his house on fire, and then escaped again is absolutely incredible queen shit
As an aside, Rachel is a legend. (From Fischer’s “African Founders”)
February 4, 2026 at 1:51 PM
I've reread this like 3 times. Freed herself from slavery by running away, *went back a week later bc the slaver was talking shit, set his house on fire, and then escaped again is absolutely incredible queen shit
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nice, nice. feeling normal
February 4, 2026 at 8:43 PM
nice, nice. feeling normal
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Imagine if all the world's Presidents were as cool as Catherine Connolly. This is her in action at the PEC at QUB today.
It’s not just football tricks that President Catherine Connolly has up her sleeve – she can also score an impressive backwards basketball shot.
jrnl.ie/6946030
jrnl.ie/6946030
February 4, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Imagine if all the world's Presidents were as cool as Catherine Connolly. This is her in action at the PEC at QUB today.
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*Stares at @massgovernor.bsky.social and the Massachusetts Legislature*
February 4, 2026 at 8:29 PM
*Stares at @massgovernor.bsky.social and the Massachusetts Legislature*
Or we could just tax billionaires out of existence.
Dr Oz: "Seniors should retire later and kids put off schooling and work right out of high school. They should do this in order to make up for federal debt."
February 4, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Or we could just tax billionaires out of existence.
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Final note on this, I'm seeing people responding, "Stancil with communication skills!? LOLz" and...my dude.
You know his name. You know what he stands for. You know what town he calls home and what he wants to do for it.
He has annoyed you into winning.
Communication skills.
You know his name. You know what he stands for. You know what town he calls home and what he wants to do for it.
He has annoyed you into winning.
Communication skills.
I find the @whstancil.bsky.social backlash strangely fascinating.
At its core it seems to be a desperate effort by folks further to the left to avoid having a liberal (with communication skills) become the face of their movement.
But, to be honest, winning was always going to require that.
At its core it seems to be a desperate effort by folks further to the left to avoid having a liberal (with communication skills) become the face of their movement.
But, to be honest, winning was always going to require that.
February 4, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Final note on this, I'm seeing people responding, "Stancil with communication skills!? LOLz" and...my dude.
You know his name. You know what he stands for. You know what town he calls home and what he wants to do for it.
He has annoyed you into winning.
Communication skills.
You know his name. You know what he stands for. You know what town he calls home and what he wants to do for it.
He has annoyed you into winning.
Communication skills.
“We must make our choice. We may have democracy, or we may have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we cannot have both.” - Louis D. Brandeis
I'm just a shitlib but i think there's a lot of evidence at this point that this level of concentrated wealth is incompatible with democracy
February 4, 2026 at 8:00 PM
“We must make our choice. We may have democracy, or we may have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we cannot have both.” - Louis D. Brandeis
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Old > Crime is a hell of a hill to die on.
Jake Tapper on Biden: "It is a scandal. It is without question -- and maybe even worse than Watergate in some ways, because Richard Nixon was in control of his faculties when he wasn't drinking."
May 28, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Old > Crime is a hell of a hill to die on.
February 4, 2026 at 11:10 AM
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DHS is 14 years younger than the people it martyred on the streets of Minneapolis, and we'd all be safer without it.
February 4, 2026 at 4:20 AM
DHS is 14 years younger than the people it martyred on the streets of Minneapolis, and we'd all be safer without it.
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Will rewatch this every time I see it I absolutely love it, Evelyn Normielib 4eva.
February 4, 2026 at 8:33 AM
Will rewatch this every time I see it I absolutely love it, Evelyn Normielib 4eva.
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THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent cattle I have met on walks.
You will find the captions for the photos in the alt text.
You will find the captions for the photos in the alt text.
February 4, 2026 at 9:23 AM
THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent cattle I have met on walks.
You will find the captions for the photos in the alt text.
You will find the captions for the photos in the alt text.
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We want ICE abolished and their agents hauled before Nuremberg style tribunals. Anything less is a policy failure.
Democrats want commonsense reform for ICE:
End the roving patrols and racial profiling.
Take accountability and abide by the same rules as local police.
Masks need to come off, body cameras need to stay on—no secret police in the United States of America.
End the roving patrols and racial profiling.
Take accountability and abide by the same rules as local police.
Masks need to come off, body cameras need to stay on—no secret police in the United States of America.
February 4, 2026 at 2:09 AM
We want ICE abolished and their agents hauled before Nuremberg style tribunals. Anything less is a policy failure.
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“It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.”
Luke 17:2 KJV
And that’s red letter text, by the way.
Luke 17:2 KJV
And that’s red letter text, by the way.
Elizabeth is a Columbia Heights fourth-grader who loves volleyball, learning English and giggling in the halls with her friends. She's been held in the Dilley Immigration Processing Center for nearly a month, and she and her mom have both fallen ill. sahanjournal.com/education/co...
Sick fourth-grader among 4 Columbia Heights students held by ICE
Columbia Heights Public Schools says four students remain detained by ICE after Liam’s return, including 10-year-old Elizabeth, who has fallen ill.
sahanjournal.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:04 AM
“It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.”
Luke 17:2 KJV
And that’s red letter text, by the way.
Luke 17:2 KJV
And that’s red letter text, by the way.
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"I was a stranger and you kidnapped and deported me". Matthew 25:35, as modified by Pastor Mike.
Q: Pope Leo cited Matthew 25:35 to critique Donald Trump's mass deportation agenda. How would you respond to Pope Leo in scripture?
MIKE JOHNSON: Sovereign borders are biblical and right and just. It's not because we hate the people on the outside. It's because we love the people on the inside.
MIKE JOHNSON: Sovereign borders are biblical and right and just. It's not because we hate the people on the outside. It's because we love the people on the inside.
February 3, 2026 at 7:51 PM
"I was a stranger and you kidnapped and deported me". Matthew 25:35, as modified by Pastor Mike.