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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 · 9d

“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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Lord Businessman II @lordbusinessman.bsky.social · 3m

A reminder, that today, on here, the tone of the website is what it is but out in the real world, Democrats are holding the line on the shutdown, MTG is slagging Republican leadership for the shutdown, and Thune and Johnson are on TV waxing rhapsodic about ANTIFA controlled cities

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Skywatch Blue / Anti-Alf Aktion @skywatch.blue · 2h

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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 6h

There needs to be more coverage of this in the news. I have read so many stories bout this on Facebook, first hand stories of the terror of that storm, and very little coverage n media.
www.facebook.com/100000960660...

Screenshot of a Facebook post. Photo is an elderly woman holding a child on her ap on a couch with flood water around them. Both are wearing jackets inside. Text says: This was after our 1st drift.. staying put for awhile. Our 3rd and final drift was terrifying. House moving fast then we started spinning in circles. While we were spinning in circles my oldest daughter was just staring at me while I held onto my younger two. Kipnuk doesn't look like kipnuk anymore, like more than 3/4 of the homes displaced, power poles fallen. It smells like stove oil outside. Contaminated

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Malaclypse the Middle @malaclypse.bsky.social · 41m

Man with opinions nobody values will “lead” “global pressure campaign” for someone - anyone, really - to care about his opinions.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 58m

Just now— @SpeakerJohnson announces he will lead a global pressure campaign to get the narcissist-in-chief a Nobel Prize next year

(Also revealing he doesn’t understand what “objective facts” are)

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2h

It’s amazing how all the reporting is just memory-holing this part

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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 12h

The Portland ICE protest camp literally has a rack full of inflatable costumes for demonstrators who want to try one on...

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Rob Schamberger @robschamberger.bsky.social · 3h

I had no idea that there was an I Love Lucy comic strip and holy moly Bob Oksner’s art for it was some bulletproof cartooning. Gorgeous acting with a deceptively effortless-looking clean line.

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Malaclypse the Middle @malaclypse.bsky.social · 4h

One of the greatest things about Jessica Jones S1 is that you realize how terrible the Jedi Mind Trick would be.

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 17h

"It's given me freedom. It's given me independence."

This story about the life-changing impact of micro mobility will put a smile on your face.

Jon @jontafkasi.bsky.social · 18h

www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-Zn...

Wheels4Me London- Jeremy's Story

YouTube video by Wheels for Wellbeing

www.youtube.com

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☠️deadward niedermurder☠️ @niedermeyer.online · 19h

Elon Musk is a white nationalist. Anyone who needs more data points to reach this conclusion is beyond help or persuasion.

If you buy, rent, service, or supercharge a Tesla you are supporting the most powerful white nationalist on earth. Period.

Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 19h

Musk is funding the legal battle of UK Far Right activist Tommy Robinson - real name Stephen Yaxley Lennon - as he faces charges brought by counterterrorism police.

Tommy Robinson claims Elon Musk is funding his legal battle — The Times and The Sunday Times

Tommy Robinson has claimed Elon Musk was paying his legal costs as he went on trial for refusing to comply with a request made by counterterrorism police as he tried to leave Britain last year. Robins...

apple.news

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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 22h

ALSO. ALSO. Needing us to find Europeans who condemned him for his actions at the time--and there are many! So many! My God so many!--is also some white supremacist bullshit, because the TAINO PEOPLE HE WAS MURDERING CERTAINLY CONDEMNED HIM FOR IT AND THEY WERE HUMAN BEINGS OF HIS TIME TOO.

Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 1d

Christopher Columbus was dragged back to Spain in chains by a crusading knight, convicted of tyranny and immeasurable cruelty, pardoned by Isabella but banned from returning to Hispaniola.

Fuck Columbus.

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Samuel Perry @profsamperry.bsky.social · 18h

UVA's Sociology department is looking to hire a tenured sociologist of religion at the Associate or Full level. Here is the advertisement. @sssreligion.bsky.social @asareligion.bsky.social

Details here: apply.interfolio.com/173879

The Department of Sociology at the University of Virginia invites applications for a tenured Associate or Full Professor position specializing in the sociology of religion. We are particularly interested in a theoretically engaged scholar whose work addresses religious pluralism in complex modern societies, the relationship between religion, civic engagement, and democratic political cultures, the social and economic impact of religion from a cultural and historical perspective. Relevant questions may include but are not limited to: how does religion shape cultural and political conflicts? How does religion relate not only to political participation but to the shaping of collectives? How do different understandings of the sacred inform the development of, and dispute over, morality?

For additional information about our dynamic department, please visit https://sociology.as.virginia.edu/. For questions regarding this position, please contact Isaac Reed, Search Chair, at iar2c@virginia.edu.

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Tom Shapira @tomshaps.bsky.social · 5h

I don't care that they were never worn, I'm not paying full price for secondhand shoes.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Malaclypse the Middle @malaclypse.bsky.social · 5h

No, but cool!

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Malaclypse the Middle @malaclypse.bsky.social · 14h

Same rather specific combo.

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Susan of Hell @susanoftexas.bsky.social · 15h

This right here. Give me your tired, your poor. Gay, trans, straight. Immigrant, native-born, foreign worker or student. Able, disabled, and those who will be disabled some day. Young, old, in between.
Nobody left behind. Everyone is represented.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 15h

"For too long, our leaders have forgotten New Yorkers with disabilities. We have been failed by those with their own agendas, those who care only about holding on to power to remain relevant and serve their own egos." - Quemuel Arroyo

Quemuel Arroyo, in a wheelchair holding a microphone, on stage with "Our Time Has Come" projected behind him.

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OB Cycler @obcycler.bsky.social · 15h

Your reminder that the risk of serious injury or death increases quadratically with speed.

pedestrian fatality risk as a function of collision speed

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Russell T. McCutcheon @mccutcheonsays.bsky.social · 15h

apply.interfolio.com/173879

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Malaclypse the Middle @malaclypse.bsky.social · 15h

/drops mic

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Hobby Drifter in Tokyo @hobbydrifter.bsky.social · 8d

White people who have spent decades thinking “Born in the USA” is patriotic and “Every Breath You Take” is a great wedding song are suddenly very concerned about not being able to understand lyrics to some songs at the Super Bowl halftime show.

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Rick Perlstein @rickperlstein.bsky.social · 16h

This is Israel's defense minister. Just to be clear: Israel interprets the deal allowing continueing the violence even after the freeing of the hostages.

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Il Pomodoro @dabenner.bsky.social · 16h

Serious answer, Gino Bartali. He hid passport documents for Jews and messages to the Italian resistance inside the tubes of his bicycle when he was training for the Tour and Giro.

Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 1d

name an italian more worthy of an american holiday than columbus

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BOOOOlioraptor, PhD (spooky version) @biblioraptorphd.bsky.social · 16h

This starts on Thursday! Any and all donations are helpful - donations mean the adaptive sports program can expand its offerings and hire more people and everyone gets to do the activity they love! 🚲

BOOOOlioraptor, PhD (spooky version) @biblioraptorphd.bsky.social · Jul 22

Cycle to the Sea is in October! This 3-day ride from Charlotte to Myrtle Beach is the main fundraiser for ASAP, the Charlotte area adaptive sports program. 100% of your donation ensures that folks with disabilities can bike, ski, swim, hike, etc. 🚲 fundraise.atriumhealthfoundation.org/team/661194

2025 Cycle to the Sea

fundraise.atriumhealthfoundation.org

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Kieran Healy @kjhealy.co · 19h

A couple of parking signs for anyone who wants to print them out for this coming Saturday.

Parking Signs

If you want to print out a poster for October 18th, here are two; fully-guaranteed countrywide but maybe especially suitable for in and around New York. No King Anytime sign ...

kieranhealy.org

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Malaclypse the Middle @malaclypse.bsky.social · 16h

Milkshake Duck reference, somehow?

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