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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 · 5d

“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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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 59m

Stephen Miller just said that Chicago ICE raid was one of the most successful law enforcement operations ever. I asked Pritzker to respond.

"If this was Pinochet’s Chile, if this was Argentina under authoritarian rule, maybe you’d call it successful," he said. 2/

newrepublic.com/article/2016...

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Elle @biknmusicmama.bsky.social · 36m

Buy books for prisoners from my local awesome bookstore, which will match your order!

Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston @portersqbooks.bsky.social · 38m

The right to read is extremely circumscribed in America's prisons & even just getting books into them can be difficult. So, in honor of #BannedBooksWeek all orders from our Prison Book Program wish list will trigger a matching donation. Order here: portersquarebooks.com/wishlist/bri...

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 1h

The widespread media decision to frame international affairs as "will Donnie get the prize he wants?" is pathetic.

He's not the protagonist of human events. And to the extent he's a significant character in world affairs, whether or not he gets a prize is one of the least important things about it.

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 15h

James Cameron's Aliens (1986)
Carrie Henn was perfect as Rebecca "Newt" Jorden. She was only 9 during filming! This is her only film; she's a teacher in California.

(I don't know who the cake is for, because the filming took place in the fall and all these actors were born in the spring or summer.)

Lance Henriksen, Michael Biehn, Carrie Henn and Bill Paxton

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Evan Robertson @evanrobertsondc.bsky.social · 2h

It’s good they had someone from Portland on but this question is so illustrative of what’s wrong with the press. They can’t just say that Trump is lying. They need a Trump “critic” to address the allegations. It’s just more lazy “critics say…” journalism.

Bulldog @harpua.bsky.social · 15h

Portland City Council member Angelita Morillo humorously criticizes Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, leading to laughter from CNN's Boris Sanchez.

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Elad Nehorai @eladn.bsky.social · 9h

A Democrat shares a video by one of America’s most notorious antisemites. He misses the very obvious antisemitic trope in the video. He then defends the share after people point this out to him.

Incredible stuff.

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I don't take a dime from any PAC or lobbyist, including AIPAC.
I am proud to be one of the handful of Democrats standing up against Big Money.
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Ro Khanna
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This was a documentary made by Tommy G who interviewed me. I did not speak to or meet lan Carrol. I stand by my words and should be judged by them.

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 9h

Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).

The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 9h

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

heatmap.news

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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 2h

On this day in 1872, a three-person arbitration commission awarded the San Juan Islands off the coast of British Columbia to the United States by setting the marine boundary through the Haro Strait. This resolved the "Pig War" that began in 1859.

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Leon Jackson @drleonj.bsky.social · 12h

Here’s a typical bundle of file papers from the Boston Municipal Court archives. It probably hasn’t been unwrapped since it was docketed in 1822. The organization of the sub-layers is significant, & I always photograph bundles so that I can put them back together as I found them. I love this work! 🗃️

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Michelle 🪷🇲🇽🇺🇸🌵 @chicana74.bsky.social · 1d

This headline 🤣🤣🤣

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Ideas Roadshow @ideasroadshow.bsky.social · 5h

🎲 💯 Let's play! A well-preserved boardgame with exquisite decorations!

As long as there’ve been human societies, games have played a significant role in how people interact w/ each other & how we live our lives.

🎬 A Cultural Exploration: ideasroadshow.com/chess/

🏺 #archaeology 🗃️ #arthistory

Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 1d

The Royal Game of Ur is the world’s oldest playable boardgame!

Played by Sumerians in ancient Mesopotamia about 4,500 years ago!

It is a two-player race game, the rules of which have been deciphered from a cuneiform tablet.

Game from the Royal Cemetery of Ur. 📷 British Museum

#Archaeology

British Museum photo showing a two-player board game with gaming counters known as the Royal Game of Ur. Dated c. 2,500 BC.

The game board is composed of a hollow box made of wood adorned with shell plaques. There is a drawer at one end for storing game pieces and dice. The top of the board is covered with twenty square-shaped off-white shell plaques, each bordered with dark-blue lapis lazuli. The shell squares are intricately decorated with blue inlaid patterns including dots inside circles and eye-shapes. Five squares are inlaid with flower-shaped rosettes with red limestone and blue lapis lazuli petals.

The game board is roughly rectangular in shape. Viewed from above in the photo, on the left side of the board is a block of 12 squares made up of 4 across by 3 down. On the right side of the board is a block of 6 squares made up of 2 across by 3 down. The two blocks are joined by two squares extending between the second square down on the end row of the left block and the second square down on the first row of the second block.

Dimensions H: 2.40 cm, L: 30.10 cm, W: 11 cm, (W 5.70 cm at narrowest part)

Beneath the board are 14 disc-shaped gaming counters. On the left are 7 white pieces, inlaid with 5 spots of blue lapis lazuli. On the right are 7 black pieces inlaid with five white spots.

Between the game pieces are three tetrahedron-shaped dice. L to R: Dark blue, brown, cream.

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Malaclypse the Middle @malaclypse.bsky.social · 2h

Also, too, this is fucking ominous:

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 2h

NETANYAHU SAYS WE WILL EXPAND THE CIRCLE OF PEACE

Malaclypse the Middle @malaclypse.bsky.social · 2h

This should not be as ominous as it is.

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 2h

NETANYAHU SAYS WE WILL EXPAND THE CIRCLE OF PEACE

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Tade Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 2h

It's important to focus on who won, not who did not.

Nobel peace prize 2025 live: María Corina Machado wins for work promoting democratic rights in Venezuela

US president had been conducting campaign to influence prize committee

www.theguardian.com

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Doug Saunders @dougsaunders.bsky.social · 2h

Maria Machado is a superb choice for the peace prize, having risked her life to resist one of the world’s most disruptive democratic crises, and created Venezuela’s legitimate elected party. And sends a clear message about who won’t be eligible for the prize

www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...

Maria Corina Machado wins 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

Venezuelan opposition leader recognized for promoting a peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 3h

“The problem with billionaires isn’t that they’re hoarding money that would otherwise pay for a Scandinavian social utopia. It’s that their money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.”

Billionaires Are Hoarding Power, Not Money

Billionaire money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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Malaclypse the Middle @malaclypse.bsky.social · 12h

Is there ANYTHING a tax cut cannot do?

National Newswatch @nationalnewswatch.com · 16d

'Wake Up': Bank CEO Urges Carney to Fight US With Radical Tax Cuts financialpost.com/pmn/business...

Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com

'Wake Up': Bank CEO Urges Carney to Fight US With Radical Tax Cuts

National Bank of Canada’s top executive called on Prime Minister Mark Carney to consider bold tax cuts and deregulation for strategic sectors to boost the country’s…

financialpost.com

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Malaclypse the Middle @malaclypse.bsky.social · 12h

NIXON:

Nixon Sock It To Me

YouTube video by Whims of Resistance

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all hallows eve-run enjoyer @rickywlmsbong.bsky.social · 12h

NIXON: this, uh, “frog guy”…

EHRLICHMAN: yes

NIXON: it’s all the networks! gyrating like that - in front of kids! despicable, (inaudible) kissinger’s people

HALDEMAN: we’re looking into it, sir

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 14h

Okay this is a good headline

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 14h

You won’t believe what degrading practice the Pope just condemned

Communication must be freed from clickbait and misguided thinking, head of Catholic church tells journalists The Pope has condemned clickbait as a “degrading” part of journalism, at a private audience with global newswires. Australian media representatives were among those to hear directly from Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on Thursday with about 150 members of newswire alliance MINDS International. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Malaclypse the Middle @malaclypse.bsky.social · 12h

Ask yourself why ABC/CBS/CNN don't run this story this way.

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 16h

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 13h

hey this reminds me. remember how early on DOGE fired the whole team that sets the federal poverty level every year, and it turned out that team had been doing it since the concept was invented and nobody else knew how, and lots of things rely on that number. was there any follow up to that

Jessica Roy @jessicaroy.bsky.social · 13h

The COLA increase for 2026 was set to be announced on Oct. 15. The government shutdown “is going to delay that announcement.” www.sfchronicle.com/personal-fin...

How the government shutdown could impact the Social Security COLA increase

The 2025 cost-of-living adjustment increase for Social Security recipients was set to be announced Oct. 15. The government shutdown is expected to delay that.

www.sfchronicle.com

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RDS (formerly shawphd) @rds773.bsky.social · 13h

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · Apr 4

A cool thing about building foundries to make microchips is it takes like a decade for the factory to be built and then actually break even.

And pretty much as soon as it breaks even, it is already in need of expensive and lengthy overhauling.

Taiwan makes half of the world's semiconductors.

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Serial Bookseller @serialbookseller.bsky.social · 13h

When my wife and her nurses union were on strike four years ago, James came from the other side of the state to walk the line with them.

Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 13h

Letitia James is a former public defender and public advocate. She's spent most of her career on the side of the marginalized and underprivileged. And let's be honest: Trump is attacking her because he doesn't want Black women in positions of authority in this country.

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Malaclypse the Middle @malaclypse.bsky.social · 13h

Charlie Kirk and Principal Jesus were on the ranch riding horsies and I saw one of the horsey and the horsey looked at me!

Charlie Kirk and Principal Jesus were in the ranch riding horsies and I saw one of the horsey and the horsey looked at me!

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