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Dead McCoy 💀

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(he/him) university professor and some kind of writer Star Trek: M33 comic. https://www.instagram.com/startrekm33

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Dead McCoy 💀 @tedmccoy.bsky.social · Apr 26

Writing my new theme music

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Dead McCoy 💀 @tedmccoy.bsky.social · 44m

Wakes me up at 5:00, sleepy by 6:00. Extremely inconsiderate animal

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Dead McCoy 💀 @tedmccoy.bsky.social · 16h

Sunshine making her sleepy

Dead McCoy 💀 @tedmccoy.bsky.social · 18h

sorry but Dylan and Springsteen don't hold a candle to how cool Johnny Cash was. This is why we need history in schools.

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 1d

Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, country-music legend Johnny Cash can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength, writes Jon Fasman.

Essay | Can We Finally Give Johnny Cash His Due?

Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, the country-music legend can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength.

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Dead McCoy 💀 @tedmccoy.bsky.social · 21h

If you are advocating for a "neutral university" then your politics are not neutral

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Dead McCoy 💀 @tedmccoy.bsky.social · 21h

long body especially well suited for zooming up the park stairway

A corgi puppy zooming up a set of stairs

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Laurasaurus @laurasaurus.bsky.social · 1d

It is frankly strange to be this obsessed with college if you no longer attend one and do not work in education. More people in legacy media need to be told that.

Dan Sinykin @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social · 1d

And who is the author of this op-ed? The billionaire CEO of an asset management firm who helped author the compact.

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Dead McCoy 💀 @tedmccoy.bsky.social · 1d

Dead McCoy 💀 @tedmccoy.bsky.social · 1d

tip: a carrot will keep your corgi happy and quiet for around 90 seconds

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Dead McCoy 💀 @tedmccoy.bsky.social · 1d

why did we creat a breed of dog primarily to excel at doing this?

A corgi puppy pulling her rope like her life depends on it

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Dead McCoy 💀 @tedmccoy.bsky.social · 1d

looking like a little goblin while chewing and hanging out

Maggie, a corgi puppy who her mom says is not even cute chewing on her chewing stick and looking like a weird little goblin

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Dead McCoy 💀 @tedmccoy.bsky.social · 1d

what breed is Harvey the Hound

Dead McCoy 💀 @tedmccoy.bsky.social · 1d

Canadian citizenship should be for whoever wants it

Dead McCoy 💀 @tedmccoy.bsky.social · 2d

Hell yeah let’s hear it for da little guys 😂

Dead McCoy 💀 @tedmccoy.bsky.social · 2d

Jays and Flames two big wins coming up for da little guys

Dead McCoy 💀 @tedmccoy.bsky.social · 2d

My 7/11 is now serving cold beer and wine which you can drink in a little fenced off corner of the very tiny store. Grim.

A sign reading now serving cold beer and wine

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Dead McCoy 💀 @tedmccoy.bsky.social · 2d

Jays

Dead McCoy 💀 @tedmccoy.bsky.social · 2d

Jays and Flames two big wins coming up for da little guys

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Dead McCoy 💀 @tedmccoy.bsky.social · 2d

appear to be extremely focused during the meeting but actually watching live webcam footage of my sleeping dog

Dead McCoy 💀 @tedmccoy.bsky.social · 2d

they don't ever have an idea of their own, just vapid lockstep with American conservatism.

National Newswatch @nationalnewswatch.com · 2d

Conservatives want to end birthright citizenship for children of temporary residents nationalnewswatch.com/2025/10/08/c...

Conservatives want to end birthright citizenship for children of…

National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.

nationalnewswatch.com

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Toby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 3d

if you’ve ever watched the apprentice, that’s the world without arts or humanities degrees

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Dead McCoy 💀 @tedmccoy.bsky.social · 2d

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The Wonder of Tolkien @tolkienwonder.bsky.social · 2d

The first Silmarillion map. Drawn by Tolkien on an unused page from a University of Leeds examination booklet.

Dead McCoy 💀 @tedmccoy.bsky.social · 2d

don’t see too many antennas like this anymore. They used to be all over. Sorry for this old man skeet

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Dead McCoy 💀 @tedmccoy.bsky.social · 3d

worst people at UofC's Speaker's Corner now in charge of everything in the province :(

Dead McCoy 💀 @tedmccoy.bsky.social · 3d

everybody do your best on Worf Wednesday

Our boy in security yellow looking focused and ready to go

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 3d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Tom Rodgers @tojuro.bsky.social · 3d

If AI can use our words and thoughts so that they can replace our jobs, then people should be given lifelong reparations in the form of UBI.

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