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Armath Early

@armathearly.bsky.social

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Gardener, woodworker, backpacker. Ham radio and bushcraft. Historian of 19th Century American Religion and a smidge of 15th Century "German". MA in History, Luther Seminary.

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Armath Early @armathearly.bsky.social · Dec 17

I never used Twitter cause it felt like I was talking to myself. No replies, no conversations.

Then I came here and met all sorts of interesting people. Learned things about them, made friends even!

Then this place got popular and I’m back to being a mouse squeak in a cacophony of bullshit.

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Armath Early @armathearly.bsky.social · 1h

I’m glad my kids are happy to ask me questions about things they don’t know, but goddamn. Give me a break sometimes. Google that shit.

Armath Early @armathearly.bsky.social · 1h

I don’t get the PCA hatred I see across the baseball spectrum. Is because he’s a ginger? Cause that’s the only obvious thing.

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Armath Early @armathearly.bsky.social · 1d

Literally, it’s ratchet-strapped to a tree.

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Armath Early @armathearly.bsky.social · 1d

Literally, it’s ratchet-strapped to a tree.

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Armath Early @armathearly.bsky.social · 1d

Meanwhile, at the away game tonight, the play clock ratchet-strapped to a maple tree just past the endzone has died.

Armath Early @armathearly.bsky.social · 1d

Having enough people to make a squad is not in and of itself a reason to have one.

Like… one girl’s on the ground, one is doing leg kicks, the other is just walking around in circles looking for a cue…

Armath Early @armathearly.bsky.social · 1d

People think the worst part of living in a small town is the isolation and lack of amenities, but really it’s having to watch the horrible out-of-sync dance team flop around during halftime and not being able to complain cause you know you’re related to one of their relatives, somehow.

Armath Early @armathearly.bsky.social · 1d

I know! Like, using science and reason to determine outcomes rather than relying upon the divine right of Kings is somehow... not good? What are we talking about here?

Armath Early @armathearly.bsky.social · 1d

I typically use Safari for Facebook cause it blocks all that stuff. I had to load the app to do something not available via mobile web, and holy hell is that site garbage.

If I ever lose the ability to block half of what they show me, I'm outta there.

Armath Early @armathearly.bsky.social · 1d

I was talking to someone about philosophy the other day and they said "I'm not a big fan of the enlightenment."

My brain still freezes up trying to dissect that.

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Armath Early @armathearly.bsky.social · 1d

I thought that was one of those things you use to shape melons. Then they shoved it on a cat.

Armath Early @armathearly.bsky.social · 2d

You think the trauma of being told you aren’t what you are by a parent is somehow easier cause what you are is a cishet white dude? If anything I’d think you’d be sympathetic to what the guy had to endure.

Armath Early @armathearly.bsky.social · 2d

Ed was raised by an abusive mother who wanted a daughter and misgendered him. He was warped by poverty.

The dude is a poster child for everything the left fights for but “oh, cishet white dude, get over it.”

Bitch, please.

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Armath Early @armathearly.bsky.social · 2d

This has got to be one of the most ironically stupid takes I’ve seen in ages.

Armath Early @armathearly.bsky.social · 2d

Something something “when I listen to AC/DC so do the neighbors”

Armath Early @armathearly.bsky.social · 2d

Tfw you take the dog out and realize that you can hear your stereo echoing off the house across the street 😬

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Armath Early @armathearly.bsky.social · 2d

"On Tuesday, Jeffries rejected the one-year extension proposed by Rep. Jen Kiggans (R-Va.), calling the legislation a “nonstarter” and a “laughable proposition.”

AKA "This shutdown needs to run a little longer so we can keep scoring political points."

thehill.com/policy/healt...

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Armath Early @armathearly.bsky.social · 2d

Nothing says "I deserve a Nobel Peace Prize" quite like threatening to destroy an economy if you don't get one.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Norway braces for Trump’s reaction if he does not win Nobel peace prize

US president may impose tariffs, demand higher Nato contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says

www.theguardian.com

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Lord Businessman II @lordbusinessman.bsky.social · 3d

I think if it took you to October 5th, 2025 to realize that maybe this 1/6/21 business was maybe a big deal I think you shouldn't be allowed to comment on politics

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Sexy CHOAM Nomsky costume @samthielman.com · 3d

thanks to mike here and his buddies the odds are pretty good that if you’re a young pregnant woman who shows up at an ER you’re not going to get treated at all

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."

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Armath Early @armathearly.bsky.social · 3d

Yeah, well, what are ya gonna do about it?

thehill.com/homenews/sen...

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Armath Early @armathearly.bsky.social · 4d

"Dark, and smelling of the first decay of autumn. The first chill of winter on the back of the slight breeze stirring bright leaves. The promise of the biting, voracious cold that makes skin ache when exposed. The bleakness of the hungry season, the time when it is the strongest."

Armath Early @armathearly.bsky.social · 4d

Excerpt from "Hunger" by Phoenix Boudreau, in "Never Whistle at Night." It's about a possessed man stalking a woman, but it struck me as, hey that sounds like cold-weather me looking forward to Thanksgiving dinner:

Armath Early @armathearly.bsky.social · 5d

Someone, somewhere, is saying "You must be wrong, because both teams are in the NL and wouldn't play each other in the World Series. You must mean League Championship. Be better."

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Armath Early @armathearly.bsky.social · 5d

Someone's grandma is gonna be all over this at Thanksgiving

Decoding Fox News @decodingfoxnews.bsky.social · 5d

Last week Jesse Watters spoke to man named Eric who claimed he was formerly a member of antifa. Two years ago Watters interviewed Ramon "Mundo" Mendoza, a former Mexican Mafia member. Some folks thought the men looked similar. This is a side by side comparison. 🤷‍♀️