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BOOOOlioraptor, PhD (spooky version)

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English prof, mama & wife, reader/writer, 18C, pop culture, intersectional feminist, progressive, cyclist, hiker. NC. My views are my own. She/her

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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

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BOOOOlioraptor, PhD (spooky version) @biblioraptorphd.bsky.social · 9h

Two artists who worked on Tron taught my honors seminar in 1993 and they tried hard to get us interested and we just weren’t but to be fair I don’t think they were that interested in it either

Cosmic Marvel @dailycosmicmarvel.bsky.social · 20h

‘TRON: ARES’ has earned $14.3M in its opening day at the domestic box office.

For comparison, ‘MORBIUS’ opened to $17.3M.

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👁🌻🦊⚙️⚓ Bob, Engineer, Pusher of Paper @navmecheng.bsky.social · 18h

> It is 2025 BC. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

Soldiers at the Bass Pro Shops pyramid in Memphis, TN.

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BOOOOlioraptor, PhD (spooky version) @biblioraptorphd.bsky.social · 10h

Oh that’s awesome!

BOOOOlioraptor, PhD (spooky version) @biblioraptorphd.bsky.social · 10h

I’ve read them all but it’s been many years and this one is set in the fall

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 13h

It’s pronounced cyclist.

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BOOOOlioraptor, PhD (spooky version) @biblioraptorphd.bsky.social · 15h

For a few hours this afternoon I thought I had acclimated to the elevation but alas I was wrong

BOOOOlioraptor, PhD (spooky version) @biblioraptorphd.bsky.social · 15h

Went to a book exchange in Banner Elk (wish I’d known about it so I could have taken books to it) and found a new to me series, a local book, and a book that is out of print and way hard to find

THE THIRD GIRL
NELL GODDIN

Lilian Jackson Braun
The Cat Who Went Bananas

Shut Up, Legs!
JENS VOIGT WIH JAMES STARTT

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

Oh I just saw why y’all are talking about Diane Keaton ☹️

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

Oh my goodness! The landslides are terrifying! We have folks in our neighborhood in Shelby who have just now gotten roofs fixed and one neighbor had her house cut in two by a tree and still not back in it. Just awful

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

It writes itself!

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

Oh it was BANANAS! We just drove through after getting off the Parkway and everyone and their brother was there

BOOOOlioraptor, PhD (spooky version) @biblioraptorphd.bsky.social · 17h

All these little mountain towns are choked with cars in October and I have a wild Hallmark movie idea of opening an ebike rental in one of them 😂

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BOOOOlioraptor, PhD (spooky version) @biblioraptorphd.bsky.social · 17h

Uh oh

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BOOOOlioraptor, PhD (spooky version) @biblioraptorphd.bsky.social · 17h

Still lots of bridges being repaired and places where it is evident that creeks became raging rivers ☹️

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BOOOOlioraptor, PhD (spooky version) @biblioraptorphd.bsky.social · 18h

The original Mast General Store - W got to see the Helene water line

Line showing how high water from Helene went

Various water marks from other storms and Helene well above Hurrican Ivan

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BOOOOlioraptor, PhD (spooky version) @biblioraptorphd.bsky.social · 18h

The Parkway is gorgeous this weekend! It’s also wild to me that people come from all over the world to see this - we heard so many languages spoken as people happily took photos

W on a rock taking photos of the mountains

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BOOOOlioraptor, PhD (spooky version) @biblioraptorphd.bsky.social · 21h

Being too damn high up a mountain has its perks

View of Blue Ridge Mountain with blue sky

View of mountains with trees in foreground

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

Old man at the breakfast buffet at Fred’s - “I don’t remember all the gravies I’ve had in my lifetime, but this has to be the best”

Fred’s General Mercantile store in Beech Mtn

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BOOOOlioraptor, PhD (spooky version) @biblioraptorphd.bsky.social · 1d

Look, in These Our Troubled Times maybe lead off with “in the new film” instead

NPR @npr.org · 1d

A single nuclear warhead, of unknown origin, is heading toward the U.S. mainland in Kathryn Bigelow's new Netflix film. It's an unnerving scenario — but it's also thrilling to watch. n.pr/48przga