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BOOOOlioraptor, PhD (spooky version)

@biblioraptorphd.bsky.social

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English prof, mama & wife, reader/writer, 18C, pop culture, intersectional feminist, progressive, cyclist, hiker. NC. My views are my own. She/her

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BOOOOlioraptor, PhD (spooky version) @biblioraptorphd.bsky.social · Jul 22

Cycle to the Sea is in October! This 3-day ride from Charlotte to Myrtle Beach is the main fundraiser for ASAP, the Charlotte area adaptive sports program. 100% of your donation ensures that folks with disabilities can bike, ski, swim, hike, etc. 🚲 fundraise.atriumhealthfoundation.org/team/661194

2025 Cycle to the Sea

fundraise.atriumhealthfoundation.org

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BOOOOlioraptor, PhD (spooky version) @biblioraptorphd.bsky.social · 9h

Oh wow - heat already! We used to have a nice couple of weeks when we could turn off the AC and open windows but alas

BOOOOlioraptor, PhD (spooky version) @biblioraptorphd.bsky.social · 9h

One day I would like to be able to turn off the AC

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BOOOOlioraptor, PhD (spooky version) @biblioraptorphd.bsky.social · 10h

Probably!

BOOOOlioraptor, PhD (spooky version) @biblioraptorphd.bsky.social · 10h

NC has a lot of Scottish names because of the 18C - Grandfather Mtn has a huge Highland Games every year

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BOOOOlioraptor, PhD (spooky version) @biblioraptorphd.bsky.social · 10h

We have Cherryville which is pronounced Churvull and Rutherfordton which is pronounced Rawlfton

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BOOOOlioraptor, PhD (spooky version) @biblioraptorphd.bsky.social · 10h

I knew Edinburgh but I would never have guessed how to say Milngavie!

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BOOOOlioraptor, PhD (spooky version) @biblioraptorphd.bsky.social · 11h

Wow!

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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 11h

Matthew Firewalker
Mark Earthwalker
Luke Skywalker
John Waterwalker

Long ago, the four gospels lived in harmony

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BOOOOlioraptor, PhD (spooky version) @biblioraptorphd.bsky.social · 11h

a man wearing a helmet with the words desire to know more intensifies

Alt: a man wearing a helmet with the words desire to know more intensifies

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BOOOOlioraptor, PhD (spooky version) @biblioraptorphd.bsky.social · 11h

Love this series!

BOOOOlioraptor, PhD (spooky version) @biblioraptorphd.bsky.social · 11h

Beefs for that sweet boy

BOOOOlioraptor, PhD (spooky version) @biblioraptorphd.bsky.social · 12h

The Alabama edition - Lafayette

BOOOOlioraptor, PhD (spooky version) @biblioraptorphd.bsky.social · 12h

Appalachia

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 13h

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

BOOOOlioraptor, PhD (spooky version) @biblioraptorphd.bsky.social · 12h

Both my grandfathers were antifa. One even got an antifa medal. Think it was purple

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 13h

Incredible.

Jack Posobiec references the earliest version of antifa -- the anti-fascists in the Weimar Republic who were opposed to the Nazi Party -- as the bad guys.

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BOOOOlioraptor, PhD (spooky version) @biblioraptorphd.bsky.social · 12h

This is excellent

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 12h

Pretty sure Eleanor Roosevelt is dead

Bobby Silverman @robertsilverman.bsky.social · 13h

Bondi claiming they arrested [checks notes] "the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa" has me in stitches

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Bondi: "Bondi: "Just like we did with cartels, we are going to take the same approach, President Trump, with antifa -- destroy the entire organization from top to bottom. We are going to take them apart."

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BOOOOlioraptor, PhD (spooky version) @biblioraptorphd.bsky.social · 12h

Hope Thom Tillis is happy! 🙄

Ollie Connolly @ollieconnolly.bsky.social · 12h

Per sources: Bill Belichick has discussed buyout options with North Carolina’s hierarchy. Belichick has signaled a willingness to trigger his own $1 million buyout if he can find a soft landing with another team or in media

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BOOOOlioraptor, PhD (spooky version) @biblioraptorphd.bsky.social · 12h

(We’re going to the mountains for his birthday this weekend anyway)

BOOOOlioraptor, PhD (spooky version) @biblioraptorphd.bsky.social · 12h

I have had a grumpy day but I was fully prepared to go to dinner and a movie for J’s birthday but he decided he wants to order in and watch the Yankees game and I am so relieved

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BOOOOlioraptor, PhD (spooky version) @biblioraptorphd.bsky.social · 12h

Appalachia

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 13h

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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BOOOOlioraptor, PhD (spooky version) @biblioraptorphd.bsky.social · 15h

I cackled at that bit

BOOOOlioraptor, PhD (spooky version) @biblioraptorphd.bsky.social · 15h

Dolly:

I ATEN'T DEAD (Granny Weatherwax’s little sign)

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 15h

In my early interviews, it came up organically, initially without my even asking.

It quickly became clear that this was a common experience.

E.g., here's what the Rev. Hannah Kardon, a Methodist minister who has been protesting at the site, told me.

The Rev. Hannah Kardon, a United Methodist pastor who leads United Church of Rogers Park in Chicago, has also protested at the Broadview facility on several occasions. She, like Black, said she has been shot multiple times with pepper bullets, including while she was praying with her eyes closed and hands lifted, wearing a clerical collar and stole. She said she often prays for the ICE agents, but especially for the immigrants detained inside.
"I am praying for all of the people inside to be returned to their communities," she said. "These are our friends, our family, our cousins, our uncles. These are our community members, and they are being stolen."
At least once, Kardon said, agents fired a pepper ball at her without warning, leaving her with a bruise on her abdomen that has lasted for weeks.

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Chris Cooper @chriscooperwcu.bsky.social · 6d

We (Western Carolina University) are hiring for an assistant professor in American politics (w/ focus on & willingness to teach the Presidency, & Congress). Review of applications begins Oct. 15.

jobs.wcu.edu/postings/31915

Good colleagues, good students, good views. Reach out w/ ?s.

#polisky

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Peter Butler @peter-butler.bsky.social · 1d

Bloomberg research found wholesale electricity up ~270% in areas near data centers

It doesn't seem like nearly enough people are taking it seriously

One A.I. image isn't too much energy, but 5 million videos? Per day/hour/minute whatever. It's not sustainable

www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

AI Data Centers Are Sending Power Bills Soaring

Wholesale electricity costs as much as 267% more than it did five years ago in areas near data centers. That’s being passed on to customers.

www.bloomberg.com

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Jonathan Coe @jonathancoe.bsky.social · 22h

This morning I turned on my phone only to find that it had changed my user name to Shirley, and when I tried to enter a simple Google query it came out as "Do you like gladiator movies?"

Then I realised it was in Airplane! mode.

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