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. Aurë entuluva. I have frogs everywhere.
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“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 really lovely Blueberry Sour Ale.”
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one of the reasons that writing for liberal currents has been so meaningful to me? our country is overrun by Politics Commentators™️ who somehow manage to know nothing about politics. they watch politics like it's reality tv and imagine this gives them wisdom.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:54 PM
one of the reasons that writing for liberal currents has been so meaningful to me? our country is overrun by Politics Commentators™️ who somehow manage to know nothing about politics. they watch politics like it's reality tv and imagine this gives them wisdom.
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Genuinely it rocks that a bunch of dudes whose sole media diet is action thrillers and who have never read an academic nonfiction book have convinced the investor class to bet the entire U.S. economy on a gamble that relies on an untested technology raising productivity more than electricity did
November 24, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Genuinely it rocks that a bunch of dudes whose sole media diet is action thrillers and who have never read an academic nonfiction book have convinced the investor class to bet the entire U.S. economy on a gamble that relies on an untested technology raising productivity more than electricity did
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Gallego to Hegseth: "You will never ever be half the man that Sen. Kelly is. You, sir, are a coward. And the fact that you are following this order from the president shows how big of a coward you are. I can't wait until you are no longer the secretary of defense."
November 24, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Gallego to Hegseth: "You will never ever be half the man that Sen. Kelly is. You, sir, are a coward. And the fact that you are following this order from the president shows how big of a coward you are. I can't wait until you are no longer the secretary of defense."
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Cancer remission.
xkcd.com/3172/
xkcd.com/3172/
Fifteen Years
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November 24, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Cancer remission.
xkcd.com/3172/
xkcd.com/3172/
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Living in the US in 2025: The government that hates green tech says your e-bike battery might explode if it gets wet, but the company says, nuh uh, only if it gets REALLY wet. And now you, a person who needs their e-bike and also doesn't want their house to burn down, has to figure out what to do.
Not trying to stan Rad here, but should we be a little skeptical of a CPSC that was gutted this year by an administration that hates green tech?
www.13abc.com/2025/05/14/d...
www.13abc.com/2025/05/14/d...
DOGE dismantles Consumer Product Safety Commission
When a product turns out to be dangerous, or even deadly, it’s recalled by the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
It’s a watchdog group that’s now being dismantled by DOGE.
www.13abc.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Living in the US in 2025: The government that hates green tech says your e-bike battery might explode if it gets wet, but the company says, nuh uh, only if it gets REALLY wet. And now you, a person who needs their e-bike and also doesn't want their house to burn down, has to figure out what to do.
Siri, can you find me a pure, uncut sunken costs fallacy?
One explanation for economic populism in the US is the recurring cycle of bubbles and bailouts that happens without any democratic input
November 24, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Siri, can you find me a pure, uncut sunken costs fallacy?
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Wow she was a walking piece of Black history. May she rest in enteral peace & be reunited with her passed loved ones ❤️
Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old.
www.whatimreading.net
November 24, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Wow she was a walking piece of Black history. May she rest in enteral peace & be reunited with her passed loved ones ❤️
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I'm literally just living a normal life while also experiencing a theophany via communication with the satellite called VALIS.
November 24, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I'm literally just living a normal life while also experiencing a theophany via communication with the satellite called VALIS.
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oh look, the most predictable thing imaginable is happening now
PUNCHBOWL: “.. GOP members messaged us over the weekend saying that they, too, are considering retiring in the middle of the term. Here’s one particularly exercised senior House Republican:
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November 24, 2025 at 3:40 PM
oh look, the most predictable thing imaginable is happening now
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Ayanna needs to jump in because Markey's cooked
UNH poll | 11/13-11/17 LV
Massachusetts Democratic Senate primary
Ed Markey 34% (incumbent)
Seth Moulton 25%
Alex Rikleen 2%
Write in someone else 3%
Don’t know/undecided 35%
scholars.unh.edu/cgi/viewcont...
Massachusetts Democratic Senate primary
Ed Markey 34% (incumbent)
Seth Moulton 25%
Alex Rikleen 2%
Write in someone else 3%
Don’t know/undecided 35%
scholars.unh.edu/cgi/viewcont...
November 24, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Ayanna needs to jump in because Markey's cooked
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If "they're unsafe" is sufficient reason to "ban them" then goodbye cars/trucks/SUVs on neighbourhood streets! I ride an e-scooter daily, which (along with my bike, transit, etc) allows me to get around without owning a car. By far the most significant danger involved is the risk of cars hitting me!
November 24, 2025 at 8:55 PM
If "they're unsafe" is sufficient reason to "ban them" then goodbye cars/trucks/SUVs on neighbourhood streets! I ride an e-scooter daily, which (along with my bike, transit, etc) allows me to get around without owning a car. By far the most significant danger involved is the risk of cars hitting me!
Why does this feel like revenge porn?
November 24, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Why does this feel like revenge porn?
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do you have any idea how much you have to piss somebody off to make them change their gauge
#Finland will begin to #Russia - proof its rail network, integrate with EU train infrastructure.
The Finnish government has announced the conversion of its rail network from Russian gauge (1,524 mm) to European standard (1,435 mm).
www.trenvista.net/en/news/flas...
The Finnish government has announced the conversion of its rail network from Russian gauge (1,524 mm) to European standard (1,435 mm).
www.trenvista.net/en/news/flas...
November 23, 2025 at 4:40 PM
do you have any idea how much you have to piss somebody off to make them change their gauge
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Wow this is bad.
CPSC Warns Consumers to Immediately Stop Using Batteries for E-Bikes from Rad Power Bikes Due to Fire Hazard; Risk of Serious Injury or Death www.cpsc.gov/Warnings/202...
November 24, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Wow this is bad.
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An ICE agent was caught removing a sign marking an ICE kidnapping in DC last week! Do we think he did it out of anger, embarrassment, or most appropriately shame? If you think what you’re doing is right, why are you trying to hide the evidence? 👀
November 24, 2025 at 2:49 PM
An ICE agent was caught removing a sign marking an ICE kidnapping in DC last week! Do we think he did it out of anger, embarrassment, or most appropriately shame? If you think what you’re doing is right, why are you trying to hide the evidence? 👀
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It’s like the people behind the Fyre Festival decided to throw a little war
Really looks like the United States is about to launch a regime change war against Venezuela with:
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
November 24, 2025 at 3:59 PM
It’s like the people behind the Fyre Festival decided to throw a little war
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I cannot imagine what could possibly go wrong in trying to court-martial an astronaut and pilot decorated multiple times for valor and exceptional service, who is also a sitting senator, for correctly making the point that service members are obliged not to follow unlawful orders
Hegseth is now threatening to recall Sen. Mark Kelly to active duty in order to court martial him.
November 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I cannot imagine what could possibly go wrong in trying to court-martial an astronaut and pilot decorated multiple times for valor and exceptional service, who is also a sitting senator, for correctly making the point that service members are obliged not to follow unlawful orders
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any system that showers hundreds of billions on this person for building zero sustainably profitable businesses is a bad system
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 3:57 PM
any system that showers hundreds of billions on this person for building zero sustainably profitable businesses is a bad system
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I don’t know what the Supreme Court will do, but I am confident that at the District Court level it is still the case that the Pentagon cannot recall a sitting US Senator to active duty in order to court martial him for something he said. Article 1, Section 6, among other constitutional provisions.
November 24, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I don’t know what the Supreme Court will do, but I am confident that at the District Court level it is still the case that the Pentagon cannot recall a sitting US Senator to active duty in order to court martial him for something he said. Article 1, Section 6, among other constitutional provisions.
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Matt Stoler is the dumbest motherfucker on the planet. Zohran went because everyone knows that Trump's going to try sending the national guard into NYC in January to derail Zohran's time as hizzoner, not to validate Matt Stoler's extremely credulous personal politics.
Matt Stoller: “..Trump & Mamdani defeated establishment in their own way, representing hunger of voters on the right & left who want something different. If those sides cd come together.. that would be a sea change in how we organize our political economy”.
www.thebignewsletter.com/p/monopoly-r...
www.thebignewsletter.com/p/monopoly-r...
Monopoly Round-Up: Why the Establishment Freaked Out Over a Mamdani-Trump Press Conference
Meta wins its antitrust case, there are now two fire truck antitrust claims, the stock market got wobbly, and Larry Summers was exiled from the establishment, at least for now.
www.thebignewsletter.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Matt Stoler is the dumbest motherfucker on the planet. Zohran went because everyone knows that Trump's going to try sending the national guard into NYC in January to derail Zohran's time as hizzoner, not to validate Matt Stoler's extremely credulous personal politics.
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Bamboo Bicycles by Calfee Designs
November 23, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Bamboo Bicycles by Calfee Designs
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imagine this, you’re standing around on ur phone posting racist memes on facebook, and telling people go and stop occasionally, even sitting in your truck sleeping sometimes, and you’re getting paid $100 an hour. are you picturing it? good. you’re imagining a cop doing traffic detail.
November 24, 2025 at 1:12 PM
imagine this, you’re standing around on ur phone posting racist memes on facebook, and telling people go and stop occasionally, even sitting in your truck sleeping sometimes, and you’re getting paid $100 an hour. are you picturing it? good. you’re imagining a cop doing traffic detail.
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The latest evaluation of bike lane projects in Boston continues to show that if you build bike infrastructure, people will use it.
Full report: www.boston.gov/sites/defaul...
Full report: www.boston.gov/sites/defaul...
November 24, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The latest evaluation of bike lane projects in Boston continues to show that if you build bike infrastructure, people will use it.
Full report: www.boston.gov/sites/defaul...
Full report: www.boston.gov/sites/defaul...
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That’s nothin’. Wait til you see my new AI Bris Kit.
November 24, 2025 at 12:10 PM
That’s nothin’. Wait til you see my new AI Bris Kit.