Mandalei
@mandalei.bsky.social
Recovered from academia in Classics, former.archarologist turned pro quilter, wahm, UM alum, ADHD, all my hobbies I can barter with in the end-times
He Uncle Ricoed that shit. I guess flag football replaced breakdancing
a man in a blue shirt is talking about how much you wanna make a bet
ALT: a man in a blue shirt is talking about how much you wanna make a bet
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February 8, 2026 at 11:33 PM
He Uncle Ricoed that shit. I guess flag football replaced breakdancing
February 8, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Here's my Superb Owl: a boreal owl hung out on our feeder all day in upstate NY in 2015. It was the first sighting of this little guy in NY since the 70s. When we posted about, people flipped out and wanted to drive from as far as Indiana and hang out in our back yard to see it again.
February 8, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Here's my Superb Owl: a boreal owl hung out on our feeder all day in upstate NY in 2015. It was the first sighting of this little guy in NY since the 70s. When we posted about, people flipped out and wanted to drive from as far as Indiana and hang out in our back yard to see it again.
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Virginia State Senator Louise Lucas is just a delight on every level
February 7, 2026 at 3:36 AM
Virginia State Senator Louise Lucas is just a delight on every level
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Doing art badly is good and sacred
February 6, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Doing art badly is good and sacred
There are many true things in this
Why don't they say anything?
Well, because when it happens to YOU, if you say something, that's frequently the ballgame. You get driven out of your community; you get to see what the people you thought loved you look like with the masks off. And way, way too many of them are monsters.
Well, because when it happens to YOU, if you say something, that's frequently the ballgame. You get driven out of your community; you get to see what the people you thought loved you look like with the masks off. And way, way too many of them are monsters.
February 6, 2026 at 4:10 PM
There are many true things in this
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I’m such a sucker for pop art crochet patterns www.etsy.com/listing/4369...
February 6, 2026 at 4:38 AM
I’m such a sucker for pop art crochet patterns www.etsy.com/listing/4369...
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👀 Apparently, Ross Douthat invited Seth Harp to debate him on Douthat's "Interesting Times" NYT podcast. Harp says that the episode was recorded, Douthat got crushed, and RD/NYT decided not to publish it.
What? x.com/sethharpesq/...
What? x.com/sethharpesq/...
February 6, 2026 at 1:57 AM
👀 Apparently, Ross Douthat invited Seth Harp to debate him on Douthat's "Interesting Times" NYT podcast. Harp says that the episode was recorded, Douthat got crushed, and RD/NYT decided not to publish it.
What? x.com/sethharpesq/...
What? x.com/sethharpesq/...
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One of my favorite things in history is when you find a person who was clearly just on the spectrum, like buddy, nobody's that into major infrastructure projects and Etruscan literature without a hyperfixation
February 6, 2026 at 1:47 AM
One of my favorite things in history is when you find a person who was clearly just on the spectrum, like buddy, nobody's that into major infrastructure projects and Etruscan literature without a hyperfixation
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unraveled is *two* people, doing work that much bigger newsrooms aren't
NEW: since last year, a pair of "highly trained" feds have been involved in an array of incidents attacking crowds with chemical weapons.
We used public records and open source analysis to identify Edgar Vazquez and Michael Sveum, alongside some other members of their tactical team.
Read more:
We used public records and open source analysis to identify Edgar Vazquez and Michael Sveum, alongside some other members of their tactical team.
Read more:
Identified: the El Paso BORTAC crew rampaging through the Midwest
One violent duo in particular, U.S. Border Patrol agents Michael Sveum (EZ-2) and Edgar Vazquez (EZ-17), have been frequently seen alongside former commander-at-large Greg Bovino terrorizing crowds wi...
unraveledpress.com
February 5, 2026 at 3:10 PM
unraveled is *two* people, doing work that much bigger newsrooms aren't
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Obsessed with this, from @curtisdozier.bsky.social’s excellent new book on the misuse of Greek and Roman antiquity by white nationalists
February 4, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Obsessed with this, from @curtisdozier.bsky.social’s excellent new book on the misuse of Greek and Roman antiquity by white nationalists
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"By the end of the two-year period, 94% of participants reported they were housed."
A million pilot programs show the same thing: when people are given enough money to afford housing, homelessness ends.
Other supports matter, but housing comes first. Not policing. Not moralizing. Homes.
A million pilot programs show the same thing: when people are given enough money to afford housing, homelessness ends.
Other supports matter, but housing comes first. Not policing. Not moralizing. Homes.
Homeless Oregon youth got $1,000 a month for two years. Most found housing after • Oregon Capital Chronicle
Oregon is the second of its kind in the nation to implement the direct cash transfer program after New York City.
oregoncapitalchronicle.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:12 PM
"By the end of the two-year period, 94% of participants reported they were housed."
A million pilot programs show the same thing: when people are given enough money to afford housing, homelessness ends.
Other supports matter, but housing comes first. Not policing. Not moralizing. Homes.
A million pilot programs show the same thing: when people are given enough money to afford housing, homelessness ends.
Other supports matter, but housing comes first. Not policing. Not moralizing. Homes.
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honestly this is one reason why I don't say "pedophilia" and explicitly talk about child sexual abuse—it avoids falling into these ridiculous pedantic arguments. abuse is wrong, period. but arguments like waste everyone's time dancing around that.
Yes, @mattyglesias.bsky.social has also argued, in The Atlantic (of course), that older men pursuing sexual relationships with sixteen year olds is not pedophilia.
February 4, 2026 at 12:46 PM
honestly this is one reason why I don't say "pedophilia" and explicitly talk about child sexual abuse—it avoids falling into these ridiculous pedantic arguments. abuse is wrong, period. but arguments like waste everyone's time dancing around that.
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It’s a really bad sign if they are calling up Roger Stone who ran the Brooks Brothers riot in 2000 (to stop the Florida recount), cavorted with the Proud Boys & Oath Keepers before Jan 6, & was a primary architect of so-called “Stop the Steal” campaigns in 2016, 2018, and 2020, 1/
February 3, 2026 at 5:38 PM
It’s a really bad sign if they are calling up Roger Stone who ran the Brooks Brothers riot in 2000 (to stop the Florida recount), cavorted with the Proud Boys & Oath Keepers before Jan 6, & was a primary architect of so-called “Stop the Steal” campaigns in 2016, 2018, and 2020, 1/
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It’s more than a little fucked up that Star Trek: Lower Decks’ source files will just not exist or be usable by next year because of Adobe’s greed in shutting down Animate.
That’s an insane thing for a company to pull on a product used by many animation companies.
That’s an insane thing for a company to pull on a product used by many animation companies.
February 3, 2026 at 2:36 PM
It’s more than a little fucked up that Star Trek: Lower Decks’ source files will just not exist or be usable by next year because of Adobe’s greed in shutting down Animate.
That’s an insane thing for a company to pull on a product used by many animation companies.
That’s an insane thing for a company to pull on a product used by many animation companies.
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The following isn't 'doomerism', but it will sound like that at first.
I want to talk about MAGA/Trump supporters, the Epstein files & a model of human behavior called "cultural cognition."
Cultural cognition says that no-one interprets facts & evidence neutrally.
They filter them through VALUES.
I want to talk about MAGA/Trump supporters, the Epstein files & a model of human behavior called "cultural cognition."
Cultural cognition says that no-one interprets facts & evidence neutrally.
They filter them through VALUES.
What Is Cultural Cognition, and Why Does It Matter?
By all accounts, we currently live in a polarized political state in which virtually every fact is contestable. From climate change to vaccine efficacy, people feel free to choose their own facts to s...
www.annualreviews.org
February 3, 2026 at 2:57 PM
The following isn't 'doomerism', but it will sound like that at first.
I want to talk about MAGA/Trump supporters, the Epstein files & a model of human behavior called "cultural cognition."
Cultural cognition says that no-one interprets facts & evidence neutrally.
They filter them through VALUES.
I want to talk about MAGA/Trump supporters, the Epstein files & a model of human behavior called "cultural cognition."
Cultural cognition says that no-one interprets facts & evidence neutrally.
They filter them through VALUES.
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Epstein’s economic power among academics was made possible by a capitalist system that makes higher education dependent on the charity economy rather than a public good supported by taxing the rich
February 1, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Epstein’s economic power among academics was made possible by a capitalist system that makes higher education dependent on the charity economy rather than a public good supported by taxing the rich
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Looking at the list of 19 new CBS News commentators, the median number of times they appear in the searchable Epstein database is 2 and the mean is 100
January 31, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Looking at the list of 19 new CBS News commentators, the median number of times they appear in the searchable Epstein database is 2 and the mean is 100
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All these Epstein revelations are making me less and less skeptical of what Suetonius wrote about Tiberius on Capri.
January 31, 2026 at 11:46 AM
All these Epstein revelations are making me less and less skeptical of what Suetonius wrote about Tiberius on Capri.
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Here is Peter Attia MD emailing Epstein’s assistant claiming he goes into “JE withdrawal” when he doesn’t see him.
January 31, 2026 at 6:50 AM
Here is Peter Attia MD emailing Epstein’s assistant claiming he goes into “JE withdrawal” when he doesn’t see him.
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X is hiring a creative writing specialist at $40 an hour to make Grok better at writing and a true LOL at the qualifications
January 30, 2026 at 8:14 PM
X is hiring a creative writing specialist at $40 an hour to make Grok better at writing and a true LOL at the qualifications
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Union workers solved the trolley problem, you're welcome
January 31, 2026 at 1:45 AM
Union workers solved the trolley problem, you're welcome
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thought this was a shitpost and oh jesus
![From: Jeffrey Epstein [mailto:jeevacation@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 8:31 AM
To: Boris Nikolic
Subject: Re:
i liked mmot alot. i drove him home, he is very bright
On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 11:29 AM, Boris Nikolic kc C91117' wrote:
Sure.
I will be there as well.
In 2 weeks or so.
Just left Bill — running for a lunch with Rubenstein.
How did you like moot?](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tj2pxmoos64rzl2ofxkeke2d/bafkreidfyt4bab4roc3b3e2cyxjvpglanjz2acizlljc6nk5osi2bqbnsy@jpeg)
January 31, 2026 at 3:44 AM
thought this was a shitpost and oh jesus
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How to Film ICE
Filming federal agents in public is legal, but avoiding a dangerous—even deadly—confrontation isn’t guaranteed. Here’s how to record ICE and CBP agents as safely as possible and have an impact.
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January 31, 2026 at 10:55 AM
NEW: The @wired.com Security desk put together a comprehensive guide to filming ICE—with tips for reducing risk at the forefront. No paywall, but please consider subscribing to help find these kinds of resources. And stay safe out there. www.wired.com/story/how-to...
www.wired.com/v2/offers/wi...
www.wired.com/v2/offers/wi...
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RIP Catherine O'Hara, who managed to steal every scene she was in
Waiting for Guffman- Chinese Restaurant Scene
YouTube video by Kat
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January 30, 2026 at 6:41 PM
RIP Catherine O'Hara, who managed to steal every scene she was in