dr. paul
@dochtuirpol.bsky.social
appalachian/intermontane studies, small angry dogs, midcentury modern fetishist, west mashallah virginia
"no friends but the mountains"
"no friends but the mountains"
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Already decided to be more of a lover in 2026 and in doing so I believe I have to become more of a hater of everything dead set on destroying humanity.
January 2, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Already decided to be more of a lover in 2026 and in doing so I believe I have to become more of a hater of everything dead set on destroying humanity.
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my “assume every genAI enthusiast has never had consensual sex” shirt is generating a lot of questions already answered by my shirt
call me crazy but it really feels like “World’s Richest Man Creates AI Chatbot That Generates Child Porn” would’ve been a huge international outrage requiring a governmental crackdown not even 24 months ago
January 2, 2026 at 11:59 AM
my “assume every genAI enthusiast has never had consensual sex” shirt is generating a lot of questions already answered by my shirt
Pop culture choice: Madonna’s “Express Yourself”; geek choice: The Cure’s “Lullaby” or “Never Enough”; esoteric bullshit choice: Skinny Puppy’s “Stairs and Flowers” or maybe “Worlock”
MTV is officially ending all of its music channels.
In honor of that, what's your favorite music video?
In honor of that, what's your favorite music video?
January 1, 2026 at 2:47 AM
Pop culture choice: Madonna’s “Express Yourself”; geek choice: The Cure’s “Lullaby” or “Never Enough”; esoteric bullshit choice: Skinny Puppy’s “Stairs and Flowers” or maybe “Worlock”
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Happy New Year, Bluesky (after dark edition).
January 1, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Happy New Year, Bluesky (after dark edition).
fuck it, I did this, mostly just to fully contemplate the question
December 31, 2025 at 2:02 AM
fuck it, I did this, mostly just to fully contemplate the question
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I feel like it is kind of going unsaid that the people losing their jobs because a student said they didn't praise the Bible enough or whatever are all contingent - VAPs, lectures, instructor, graduate teaching assistants
December 26, 2025 at 12:20 PM
I feel like it is kind of going unsaid that the people losing their jobs because a student said they didn't praise the Bible enough or whatever are all contingent - VAPs, lectures, instructor, graduate teaching assistants
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if you say stuff like “the divine feminine and the divine masculine” you are at least partially responsible for the measles coming back
December 24, 2025 at 10:38 PM
if you say stuff like “the divine feminine and the divine masculine” you are at least partially responsible for the measles coming back
Privateering thing is reminding me that “nautical white people” might be *the* most heinous Yakubian subspecies (I just forget b/c I’m blessed not to have to see it up close and personal much)
December 19, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Privateering thing is reminding me that “nautical white people” might be *the* most heinous Yakubian subspecies (I just forget b/c I’m blessed not to have to see it up close and personal much)
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You’re not “goth” unless
Santa puts clove cigarettes
In your stocking, dude
Santa puts clove cigarettes
In your stocking, dude
December 18, 2025 at 8:26 PM
You’re not “goth” unless
Santa puts clove cigarettes
In your stocking, dude
Santa puts clove cigarettes
In your stocking, dude
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a friend made this and because i am not selfish i am now sharing it with you, namaste
December 12, 2025 at 11:44 PM
a friend made this and because i am not selfish i am now sharing it with you, namaste
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Got kicked out of the Memphis Bass Pro Shops Pyramid, fellas… they don’t really like when you ask “Is Anubis working today?” or if you loudly sigh and lean on a kayak while saying “Lord, I hope my soul is lighter than a feather!”…y’all’s manager will be hearing from me!!!
December 14, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Got kicked out of the Memphis Bass Pro Shops Pyramid, fellas… they don’t really like when you ask “Is Anubis working today?” or if you loudly sigh and lean on a kayak while saying “Lord, I hope my soul is lighter than a feather!”…y’all’s manager will be hearing from me!!!
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Sheriff of Sucking You Off
December 12, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Sheriff of Sucking You Off
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My position on using AI in the workplace
It's hateful to the culture and history of the mountain people
December 11, 2025 at 11:41 AM
My position on using AI in the workplace
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the digital humanities erasure of archival labor walked so that LLMs inventing archival resources could gallop unimpeded
December 9, 2025 at 1:37 PM
the digital humanities erasure of archival labor walked so that LLMs inventing archival resources could gallop unimpeded
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They get off to violating the consent of others. Not more complicated than that.
December 7, 2025 at 11:38 PM
They get off to violating the consent of others. Not more complicated than that.
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id vote for the somebody with the stones to say we need to be culturally abnormal because the culture is not working for everybody instead of governor nosy neighbor from the addams family over here sitting like a dork in his slippery bottom rich twat shoes
California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Thursday that the Democratic Party needed to be “more culturally normal” and “less judgmental.”
December 7, 2025 at 2:56 AM
id vote for the somebody with the stones to say we need to be culturally abnormal because the culture is not working for everybody instead of governor nosy neighbor from the addams family over here sitting like a dork in his slippery bottom rich twat shoes
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I can get pissed at this foolishness from two angles: as one of the benighted barbarians and as an academic smdh that someone can rehash this bullshit for the third or fourth time and put it in a tenure/promotion portfolio
The most violent U.S. regions — Appalachia, the Deep South and the old frontier states — are still deeply marked by a Wild West, stand-your-ground ethos, says a new study co-authored at UC Berkeley. news.berkeley.edu/2025/12/02/w...
When Americans migrate from violent states, the risk of future violence follows them - Berkeley News
The most violent U.S. regions — Appalachia, the Deep South and the old frontier states — are still deeply marked by a Wild West, stand-your-ground ethos, says a new study co-authored at UC Berkeley.
news.berkeley.edu
December 4, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I can get pissed at this foolishness from two angles: as one of the benighted barbarians and as an academic smdh that someone can rehash this bullshit for the third or fourth time and put it in a tenure/promotion portfolio
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white race suicide is the only ethical path for amerika 🤗
December 23, 2023 at 1:23 PM
white race suicide is the only ethical path for amerika 🤗
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we need NCAA abolition to become a basic moral labor position in higher ed
This year, universities are giving $228 million to football coaches who failed at coaching football so that they won't coach football anymore.
December 2, 2025 at 8:16 PM
we need NCAA abolition to become a basic moral labor position in higher ed
the gay hockey show is commendably very gay; esp. appreciate the “throbbing” minimalist techno soundtrack
old enough to remember all the tension in the rob lowe/patrick swayze Youngblood film
old enough to remember all the tension in the rob lowe/patrick swayze Youngblood film
November 30, 2025 at 1:31 AM
the gay hockey show is commendably very gay; esp. appreciate the “throbbing” minimalist techno soundtrack
old enough to remember all the tension in the rob lowe/patrick swayze Youngblood film
old enough to remember all the tension in the rob lowe/patrick swayze Youngblood film
thinking about the grade school art convention of adding a pilgrim hat to the five-finger turkey rendering; tacit acknowledgment of cannibalism amongst the settler-colonial yakubians, imo
November 27, 2025 at 3:40 PM
thinking about the grade school art convention of adding a pilgrim hat to the five-finger turkey rendering; tacit acknowledgment of cannibalism amongst the settler-colonial yakubians, imo
mired in tenure-y stuff, ransacking home file cabinets in a personal-professional archaeology enterprise; found old exam from art school hillbilly-ology class
I taught (flashback for @muleskinnerpress.net )
I taught (flashback for @muleskinnerpress.net )
November 26, 2025 at 4:37 PM
mired in tenure-y stuff, ransacking home file cabinets in a personal-professional archaeology enterprise; found old exam from art school hillbilly-ology class
I taught (flashback for @muleskinnerpress.net )
I taught (flashback for @muleskinnerpress.net )
makes sense that Trump would be one of those old school colonialist “oriental despotism”fetishists and consequently Arab dudes get him hot and swoon-ey on a “say what you will/amirite?” tip
November 22, 2025 at 12:19 AM
makes sense that Trump would be one of those old school colonialist “oriental despotism”fetishists and consequently Arab dudes get him hot and swoon-ey on a “say what you will/amirite?” tip
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"who all's coming for Thanksgiving this year?"
November 21, 2025 at 10:42 AM
"who all's coming for Thanksgiving this year?"