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Alabama’s Kadyn Proctor thunders into big man history

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John Archibald @johnarchibald.bsky.social · 15d

Just a little ode to the big man.

Proctor is no William "The Refrigerator" Perry. Just call him "The Walk-In Freezer."

How to disconnect and still keep your Wordle streak alive

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John Archibald @johnarchibald.bsky.social · 22d

When you find yourself without internet or cell service you realize what's important.

How does one survive in a world without news alerts and sports scores, without the latest memes and Reddit reaction to the day’s threat to our fractured nation?

Archibald: What a serial bomber can teach America in this perilous moment

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John Archibald @johnarchibald.bsky.social · Sep 15

Eric Rudolph wrote this of his targets: “It was irrelevant to me which particular issue – taxes, abortion, gun rights – ended up being the spark that ignited this revolution. This was a war between two entirely different world views.”
Those who want to divide us want chaos. Don’t let them win.

We are not at war.

History Podcast · Weekly Series · The Olympics explode on a July night in 1996. The largest pipe bomb the country has ever seen. A string of bombings shakes Atlanta for the next year. Thousands of pho...

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John Archibald @johnarchibald.bsky.social · Sep 10

Thanks! Y’all read Jordan Green.

Jordan Green @byjordangreen.bsky.social · Sep 10

Check out this podcast by @johnarchibald.bsky.social and @kbeccaandrews.bsky.social.

It's an incredible yarn that captures the violence, loss and inhumanity of Eric Rudolph's 1990s terror campaign, and shows how it echoes forward to our current national crisis. Can't recommend it enough!

Marc Criley @marcc.bsky.social · Sep 5

In the final episode of American Shrapnel, hosted by @johnarchibald.bsky.social and @kbeccaandrews.bsky.social, about Olympic & abortion clinic bomber Eric Rudolph, hear clinic bombing suvivor Emily Lyons give the SHIT to Rudolph in court.

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John Archibald @johnarchibald.bsky.social · Sep 9

Am I nuts to get bent out of shape about kids getting Bibles in schools? At a time when the president autographs them for cash and tells supporters he needs their $15 to further his unlikely bid to get into Heaven?

Call me crazy.

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John Archibald @johnarchibald.bsky.social · Sep 8

Marc Criley @marcc.bsky.social · Sep 5

In the final episode of American Shrapnel, hosted by @johnarchibald.bsky.social and @kbeccaandrews.bsky.social, about Olympic & abortion clinic bomber Eric Rudolph, hear clinic bombing suvivor Emily Lyons give the SHIT to Rudolph in court.

American Shrapnel

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John Archibald @johnarchibald.bsky.social · Sep 3

Hear the whole story on American Shrapnel. All episodes of season 1 are out and ready to binge today.

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American Shrapnel

History Podcast · Weekly Series · The Olympics explode on a July night in 1996. The largest pipe bomb the country has ever seen. A string of bombings shakes Atlanta for the next year. Thousands of pho...

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John Archibald @johnarchibald.bsky.social · Sep 3

John Archibald @johnarchibald.bsky.social · Sep 3

“Life knocks everybody down. What counts is how you stand up afterwards,” she said. “You are nothing more than a schoolyard bully, and I am not afraid to stand up to you.

“I am living proof of your failure … I am still here."

John Archibald @johnarchibald.bsky.social · Sep 3

“The joint in my middle finger had to be fused, and it is indeed an injury I have longed to show you,” she said.

And then she flipped him the bird with two hands.

Double barrel. People in the courtroom laughed, and the judge was none too pleased, but Emily Lyons did not give a shit.

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John Archibald @johnarchibald.bsky.social · Sep 3

"I have more guts in my broken little finger than you have in your body,” she said.

And then Emily Lyons did the only thing to do in that situation.

John Archibald @johnarchibald.bsky.social · Sep 3

“You damaged my body, but you did not instill the fear in me you hoped for," she said. “But you did not get the silence you longed for. I found a voice inside me I didn't know existed, and you're the one who brought it out."

John Archibald @johnarchibald.bsky.social · Sep 3

Emily wanted a reaction. She challenged Rudolph.

“Look at me, Eric,” she said. “Do I look afraid?

John Archibald @johnarchibald.bsky.social · Sep 3

Rudolph had agreed to plead guilty to save his own life. She goaded him, defiant.

“It's easy to be brave when holding the good end of a shotgun; or in this case, the remote control of a bomb," Lyons said to him. "When it was your turn to face death, you weren't so brave anymore."

John Archibald @johnarchibald.bsky.social · Sep 3

“We tend to think of a terrorist as someone in a foreign country who dresses differently, looks different and speaks a different language,” Lyons said. “Thank you for drawing attention to the home-grown terrorists in our own backyard”

John Archibald @johnarchibald.bsky.social · Sep 3

He was being sentenced in connection with the bomb that maimed her, that killed police officer Sande Sanderson. She spoke to Rudolph directly.

From the TrueCrimePodcasts community on Reddit

John Archibald @johnarchibald.bsky.social · Sep 3

A thread.

In the summer of 2005, more than 7 years and 20 surgeries after Eric Rudolph pressed a button on his homemade detonator and forever changed her life, Emily Lyons faced her bomber in a Birmingham, Alabama courtroom.

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John Archibald @johnarchibald.bsky.social · Sep 3

Redditors, join us for an AMA this morning from 10:30 to 12:30 to talk bombers and the damage they left behind.

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AL.com @al.com · Aug 27

The great survivalist Eric Rudolph was caught by a rookie cop while dumpster diving. This is that story.

Listen here: https://www.al.com/news/2025/08/american-shrapnel-part-7-how-a-rookie-cop-caught-the-uncatchable-eric-rudolph.html

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John Archibald @johnarchibald.bsky.social · Aug 27

It really is. :)

CDRE Fool Mental Jackass VI @uncle6.org · Aug 27

"my knees were knocking so hard I almost answered"

SUBLIME

John Archibald @johnarchibald.bsky.social · Aug 27

Indeed

Marc Criley @marcc.bsky.social · Aug 27

It is, but also a bit infuriating hearing how some (many?) of his co-workers reacted to the fallout of him simply doing his job, and doing it well.

John Archibald @johnarchibald.bsky.social · Aug 27

Episode 7 out today. I think it's a fun one.

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Archibald: Woodfin’s Birmingham beatdown was epic; but don’t get comfortable

John Archibald @johnarchibald.bsky.social · Aug 27

The best thing about Birmingham is that it is comfortable.

The worst thing about Birmingham is that it is comfortable.

We have no time to be comfortable, @randallwoodfin.bsky.social .

This was no fight. It was Michael Jordan vs. Michael Jackson in a slam dunk contest, Mike Tyson vs. Mr. Rogers – if Mr. Rogers just wouldn’t stop talking.

Archibald: Tubs' plan would Make Alabama dumb again

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Justin Eger @fugitivecourier.bsky.social · Aug 26

Most people hear "factory jobs" and think "1950s economic prosperity," which was only possible through strong unions.

The GOP says "factory jobs" and means "1880s corporate dominance over the working class."

Recognize the difference.

John Archibald @johnarchibald.bsky.social · Aug 26

A friend summed up Tuberville's plan for Alabama better than I did:

“It's build factories, send kids to tech school to work at the factories, build prisons for those who don't want to work at the factories, and cut taxes for the factory owners.”

Make Alabama 1901 again!

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“It's build factories, send kids to tech school to work at the factories, build prisons for those who don't want to work at the factories, and cut taxes for the factory owners.”