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Malaclypse the Middle

@malaclypse.bsky.social

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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.

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Malaclypse the Middle @malaclypse.bsky.social · 4d

“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 long ride on a beautiful day followed by spicy seafood ramen.”

A big bow of insanely spicy seafood ramen

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Malaclypse the Middle @malaclypse.bsky.social · 1m

Every Doctor except possibly 6 is absolutely Antifa

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Middle Age Riot @middleageriot.bsky.social · 4m

If "never leave your drink unattended" were a person.

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Malaclypse the Middle @malaclypse.bsky.social · 6m

The founder has got to be pretty old: bsky.app/profile/pale...

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 2h

"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."

- Jack Posobiec at Trump's roundtable on antifa

Malaclypse the Middle @malaclypse.bsky.social · 7m

"Fascism can best be understood as bringing the methods of imperial rule in the colonies into the metropole." - Michael Novick

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 2h

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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Malaclypse the Middle @malaclypse.bsky.social · 12m

a close up of a man 's face in a car with a woman behind him .

Alt: That's bait

media.tenor.com

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 19m

Hey, you guys? Is it a good sign or a bad sign if the prosecution is just getting its hands around the evidence *after* it criminally charged the former FBI director?

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 7h

At one point during the hearing, the judge asked the prosecution why the case can’t be tried before mid-December.

Lemons replied: We are “just getting our hands around” discovery in the case.

There’s lots of it, he added, and it includes a “significant” amount of classified information.

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 29m

“This is a man who’s suffering dementia,” said @govpritzker.illinois.gov. “This is a man who has something stuck in his head … He doesn’t read. He doesn’t know anything that’s up to date. It’s just something in the recesses of his brain that is effectuating to have him call out these cities.”

Gov. JB Pritzker says President Trump deploying troops to Chicago due to ‘dementia’ and obsessive fixations

Democratic governor’s comments came as he continues to oppose President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to Chicago area for deportation efforts.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Mistress Matisse @mistressmatisse.bsky.social · 36m

OK, she really said that they arrested “the girlfriend of the founder of ANTIFA”

The girlfriend

of the FOUNDER

of - anti fascism?

Bobby Silverman @robertsilverman.bsky.social · 1h

lest anyone think the girlfriend line was a hilarious joke I concocted...

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Malaclypse the Middle @malaclypse.bsky.social · 31m

"Too stupid to even be wrong" is apparently an actual thing, but it's no way to run a superpower.

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Boorke Gutslinger @bleaktheology.bsky.social · 1h

Tracing Antifa back to Weimar is definitely not the pwn he thinks it is.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 2h

"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."

- Jack Posobiec at Trump's roundtable on antifa

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Jacob Grier @jacobgrier.bsky.social · 54m

Reading this post from a recently opened coffeeshop enclosed by surprisingly transparent plywood.

View from a coffeeshop with wall-length windows

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 35m

Honest to god the biggest scam in America right now is whatever Dem consultants are being paid

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 2h

Durbin on whether Democrats can use reining in ICE in Chicago as a precondition to rein in the government says “can’t do that. It’s gotta be health care all the way.”

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Malaclypse the Middle @malaclypse.bsky.social · 34m

You almost have to admire that Trump, Bibi, and Hamas are all so untrustworthy that any "deal" they announce will be broken within a fortnight. Unfortunately, because they are so untrustworthy, more civilians will die.

The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 37m

Trump says Gaza peace deal ‘very close’ and he may travel to Middle East in days

US envoy Steve Witkoff, president’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, Qatar prime minister and Turkey’s intelligence chief gather in Egypt

www.irishtimes.com

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 54m

Good lord.

@apnews.com

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Malaclypse the Middle @malaclypse.bsky.social · 37m

And I was wondering during my commute if you did not list Leadbelly because you ranked him below 20, or if you consider him folk and not blues. But yea, his voice is astonishing, but not a top-20 guitarist.

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Malaclypse the Middle @malaclypse.bsky.social · 1h

Terry answered below, and his list is really good.

Malaclypse the Middle @malaclypse.bsky.social · 6h

So this list is terrible, but I’m genuinely curious what @terrybuckalew.bsky.social , who knows more about blues than anyone else I’ve ever known, would list as his top 20? (And if that is a big ask, please ignore it)

Natalie Weiner @natalieweiner.bsky.social · 1d

lmao a list of the top 20 blues artists of all time where the top 5 are all white guys... hellorayo.co.uk/planet-rock/...

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Malaclypse the Middle @malaclypse.bsky.social · 2h

Thank you. That’s a much better list, and I’m looking forward to the ones I don’t know already!

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Terry Buckalew @terrybuckalew.bsky.social · 2h

Robert Johnson
Albert King
Robert Nighthawk
Magic Sam
BB King
Buddy Guy
Robert Lockwood
Hubert Sumlin
Otis Rush
Albert Collins
Freddie King
Son Seals
Luther Allison
Jimmy Rogers
Mississippi Fred McDowell
Memphis Minnie
Corey Harris
Charley Patton
Son House

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 2h

After centuries beneath the waves, 22 massive stone blocks from the ancient Lighthouse of Alexandria have been recovered from the seafloor, marking a major step in efforts to digitally reconstruct one of the Seven Wonders of the World.

Lighthouse of Alexandria Rises Again as Giant Blocks Resurface After 2,000 Years - GreekReporter.com

After centuries beneath the waves, 22 massive stone blocks from the ancient Lighthouse of Alexandria have been recovered from the seafloor.

greekreporter.com

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Tuffy @smtuffy.bsky.social · 2h

lol

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Scott Lemieux @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · 5h

"The way to keep discriminating on the basis of race is to keep discriminating on the basis of race" -- John Roberts www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/10/kava...

Kavanaugh searches and seizures - Lawyers, Guns & Money

The facts of the infamous ICE raid in Chicago keep getting worse, and even more damning of Brett Kavanaugh’s farcical alternate-universe concurrence: Residents of a South Shore apartment building were...

www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com

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Malaclypse the Middle @malaclypse.bsky.social · 3h

Against the threat of twerking frogs.

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Sexy CHOAM Nomsky costume @samthielman.com · 3h

thanks to mike here and his buddies the odds are pretty good that if you’re a young pregnant woman who shows up at an ER you’re not going to get treated at all

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."

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Malaclypse the Middle @malaclypse.bsky.social · 3h

That’s a fair point, but did not apply in this case.

And I did mention it on day 2 or 3. They were working on it.

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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 3h

The Dude has spoken:

"ICE? Let's get ICE off our streets and into our beverages. This aggression will not stand. Let's just abide together"

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