Malaclypse the Middle
@malaclypse.bsky.social
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. I have frogs everywhere.
Pinned
“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 really lovely Blueberry Sour Ale.”
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Something I've been thinking about a lot lately is how when a driver does something wrong, the public and media don't smear all drivers as reckless assholes. But when a cyclist — and especially an e-biker — does something wrong, all bicyclists get attacked and blamed.
November 25, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Something I've been thinking about a lot lately is how when a driver does something wrong, the public and media don't smear all drivers as reckless assholes. But when a cyclist — and especially an e-biker — does something wrong, all bicyclists get attacked and blamed.
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First Secretary of Defense you could defeat by painting a tunnel on the side of a boulder.
November 25, 2025 at 1:55 PM
First Secretary of Defense you could defeat by painting a tunnel on the side of a boulder.
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OH FOR GOB'S SAKE.
DO. NOT. READ. THAT. OUT. LOUD.
"Archaeologists Found an Ancient Tablet With 39 Letters That Don’t Belong to Any Known Language"
STOP DIGGING FOR STUFF ON THE PLATEAU OF LENG.
www.popularmechanics.com/science/arch...
DO. NOT. READ. THAT. OUT. LOUD.
"Archaeologists Found an Ancient Tablet With 39 Letters That Don’t Belong to Any Known Language"
STOP DIGGING FOR STUFF ON THE PLATEAU OF LENG.
www.popularmechanics.com/science/arch...
Archaeologists Found an Ancient Tablet With 39 Letters That Don’t Belong to Any Known Language
Google Translate isn’t going to help here.
www.popularmechanics.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:28 PM
OH FOR GOB'S SAKE.
DO. NOT. READ. THAT. OUT. LOUD.
"Archaeologists Found an Ancient Tablet With 39 Letters That Don’t Belong to Any Known Language"
STOP DIGGING FOR STUFF ON THE PLATEAU OF LENG.
www.popularmechanics.com/science/arch...
DO. NOT. READ. THAT. OUT. LOUD.
"Archaeologists Found an Ancient Tablet With 39 Letters That Don’t Belong to Any Known Language"
STOP DIGGING FOR STUFF ON THE PLATEAU OF LENG.
www.popularmechanics.com/science/arch...
This is the zany plot of a CIA attempt to assassinate Castro in the 1960s.
FBI Director Kash Patel reportedly showed up in New Zealand this summer with diplomatic pleasantries and a handful of plastic guns that authorities rushed to get rid of because of an explosion risk.
Keystone Kash’s Illegal Gun Gifts Came With a Bonkers Risk
Firearms specialists concluded that Patel’s 3D-printed revolvers met the legal definition of actual firearms under New Zealand law.
trib.al
November 25, 2025 at 1:56 PM
This is the zany plot of a CIA attempt to assassinate Castro in the 1960s.
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You guys, I’m getting the feeling this wasn’t the optimal person to confirm as FBI Director.
FBI Director Kash Patel reportedly showed up in New Zealand this summer with diplomatic pleasantries and a handful of plastic guns that authorities rushed to get rid of because of an explosion risk.
Keystone Kash’s Illegal Gun Gifts Came With a Bonkers Risk
Firearms specialists concluded that Patel’s 3D-printed revolvers met the legal definition of actual firearms under New Zealand law.
trib.al
November 25, 2025 at 12:25 PM
You guys, I’m getting the feeling this wasn’t the optimal person to confirm as FBI Director.
To Be Scrupulously Fair, Pete was almost certainly drunk when he tweeted that.
November 25, 2025 at 1:27 PM
To Be Scrupulously Fair, Pete was almost certainly drunk when he tweeted that.
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There are 50,000 food insecure children in Maine and 2 trans athletes. Every single candidate running for office who can drum up concern about the latter but has nothing to say about the former is telling on themselves. They don’t care about children. Only power. And they’ll hurt kids for it.
25 Nov 2025 @rikiwilchins.bsky.social -- In unusual move, Sen Susan Collins (R-ME) signs petition for referendum on the 2026 ballot that would bar trans students from sports teams, locker-rooms and bathrooms. She's in a hotly contested election & this is pbly one way to increase Rep turnout.
Sen. Collins signs Maine petition for initiative to restrict transgender rights
The proposed referendum aims to enforce President Donald Trump’s <a href="https://themainemonitor.org/maine-title-ix-battle-national-consequences/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">stance on ...
www.pressherald.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:24 AM
There are 50,000 food insecure children in Maine and 2 trans athletes. Every single candidate running for office who can drum up concern about the latter but has nothing to say about the former is telling on themselves. They don’t care about children. Only power. And they’ll hurt kids for it.
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when trying on pants, do this in the store. then tell the sales associate "the menswear guy told me to do this."
IG mr.funkys0ul
IG mr.funkys0ul
November 25, 2025 at 10:17 AM
when trying on pants, do this in the store. then tell the sales associate "the menswear guy told me to do this."
IG mr.funkys0ul
IG mr.funkys0ul
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"Many well-studied changes show that thoughtful street design is key to reversing course. Narrower lanes that slow traffic, adding curb extensions to increase pedestrian access & visibility, & physically separating bike lanes from car traffic are a few examples."
www.startribune.com/mn-car-accid...
www.startribune.com/mn-car-accid...
November 25, 2025 at 2:50 AM
"Many well-studied changes show that thoughtful street design is key to reversing course. Narrower lanes that slow traffic, adding curb extensions to increase pedestrian access & visibility, & physically separating bike lanes from car traffic are a few examples."
www.startribune.com/mn-car-accid...
www.startribune.com/mn-car-accid...
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i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
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A reminder that cars aren’t a technology problem. They’re a geometry problem.
Waymo privatized another public street:
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
November 25, 2025 at 4:16 AM
A reminder that cars aren’t a technology problem. They’re a geometry problem.
Not The Onion.
“US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is planning for the military to sever all ties with Scouting America, saying the group once known as the Boy Scouts is no longer a meritocracy and has become an organization designed to ‘attack boy-friendly spaces,’ according to documents reviewed by NPR.”
U.S. ready to cut support to Scouts, accusing them of attacking 'boy-friendly spaces'
Documents show the U.S. Military is planning to sever all ties with the organization formally known as the Boy Scouts
www.npr.org
November 25, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Not The Onion.
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The wonderful Somerville Illuminations Bike Tour rolls from City Hall on Saturday, December 13 between 5:45 – 8:00pm!
somervilleartscouncil.org/events/illum...
somervilleartscouncil.org/events/illum...
November 23, 2025 at 10:18 PM
The wonderful Somerville Illuminations Bike Tour rolls from City Hall on Saturday, December 13 between 5:45 – 8:00pm!
somervilleartscouncil.org/events/illum...
somervilleartscouncil.org/events/illum...
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Always a fun ride!
Annual Ciclismo Classico Jingle Ride | Ciclismo Classico
The Ciclismo Classico Jingle Ride is one of the longest-running Boston holiday sporting events and certainly one of the most colorful.
ciclismoclassico.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Always a fun ride!
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Mark Kelly: "My wife, Gabby Giffords, meeting with her constituents, shot in the head. Six people killed around her, a horrific thing. She spent six months in the hospital. We know what political violence is and we know what causes it too, The statements that Donald Trump made incites others."
November 25, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Mark Kelly: "My wife, Gabby Giffords, meeting with her constituents, shot in the head. Six people killed around her, a horrific thing. She spent six months in the hospital. We know what political violence is and we know what causes it too, The statements that Donald Trump made incites others."
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Baldur's Gate 3 has a combat track called Nine Blades. It's in 9/8. When you crit, kill, or gain the numbers advantage in a fight, it transitions to a track called Sixteen Strikes, because you crit the music. Borislav Slavov replied to my tweet about it
November 25, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Baldur's Gate 3 has a combat track called Nine Blades. It's in 9/8. When you crit, kill, or gain the numbers advantage in a fight, it transitions to a track called Sixteen Strikes, because you crit the music. Borislav Slavov replied to my tweet about it
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"During the presidential campaign, Donald J. Trump gathered oil executives at his Mar-a-Lago estate and promised them a powerful return on their investment if they raised $1 billion to help him retake the White House"
November 25, 2025 at 10:09 AM
"During the presidential campaign, Donald J. Trump gathered oil executives at his Mar-a-Lago estate and promised them a powerful return on their investment if they raised $1 billion to help him retake the White House"
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DOGE is ending 8 months early. It will have cost us $135B to rehire workers, $21.7B in waste, a potential loss of more than $500B billion in tax revenue over 10 years & a loss of $10B in economic activity with the loss of programs that previously returned billions to taxpayers.
November 25, 2025 at 4:07 AM
DOGE is ending 8 months early. It will have cost us $135B to rehire workers, $21.7B in waste, a potential loss of more than $500B billion in tax revenue over 10 years & a loss of $10B in economic activity with the loss of programs that previously returned billions to taxpayers.
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"[I]f history were to repeat itself and we were to return to the so-called "normalcy" of the 1920's—then it is certain that even though we shall have conquered our enemies on the battlefields abroad, we shall have yielded to the spirit of Fascism here at home."
Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1944
Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1944
November 25, 2025 at 10:59 AM
"[I]f history were to repeat itself and we were to return to the so-called "normalcy" of the 1920's—then it is certain that even though we shall have conquered our enemies on the battlefields abroad, we shall have yielded to the spirit of Fascism here at home."
Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1944
Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1944
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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November 25, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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Oh look, more murder.
About 90,000 people living near larger chemical plants face an unacceptable risk of developing cancer, the EPA says.
New rules adopted last year could’ve cut that number to 3,000 residents — a drop of 97%.
But Trump has halted those efforts.
New rules adopted last year could’ve cut that number to 3,000 residents — a drop of 97%.
But Trump has halted those efforts.
Air Pollution From Industrial Facilities Is Far Worse Than Estimated
The Trump administration has put a stop to EPA rules that would have required more than 130 industrial facilities to install air monitors to measure pollution. Millions of people living near these pla...
www.propublica.org
November 25, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Oh look, more murder.
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one of the reasons that writing for liberal currents has been so meaningful to me? our country is overrun by Politics Commentators™️ who somehow manage to know nothing about politics. they watch politics like it's reality tv and imagine this gives them wisdom.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:54 PM
one of the reasons that writing for liberal currents has been so meaningful to me? our country is overrun by Politics Commentators™️ who somehow manage to know nothing about politics. they watch politics like it's reality tv and imagine this gives them wisdom.