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M. Ryan

@merpwashere.bsky.social

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Former tracker/kerner. Second career as recently minted JD. We’ll see.

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M. Ryan @merpwashere.bsky.social · 25m

Well, when you put it like that, it makes sense.

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Justin Sherin @wychstreet.bsky.social · 1h

Peter Saville's birthday. View his astonishing archive here - petersaville.info/sleeves/

Peter Saville Sleeve Design | Sleeves

Peter Saville Sleeve Design: Main Content: Illustrated discography.

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M. Ryan @merpwashere.bsky.social · 4h

This just makes me giggle a little.

“You will naturally suppose that a skeleton—say that of Mag Nicolas Francken—was discovered. That was not so.”

😱 #pleasingterror

M. Ryan @merpwashere.bsky.social · 4h

“Had not the landlord at this moment knocked at the door, it is probable that quite a long poem might have been laid before the reader.”

😱 #pleasingterror

M. Ryan @merpwashere.bsky.social · 11h

I mean Begin the begin beats Worksong, but that’s a different thread altogether

M. Ryan @merpwashere.bsky.social · 11h

There’s also a sort of Clue The Movie energy or almost Young Frankenstein sight gag vibe as they’re trying to sort of out the room situation that cuts against true spookiness. I kept imagining their stacked heads poking out around a door jamb Scooby Gang style. 😱 #pleasingterror

M. Ryan @merpwashere.bsky.social · 11h

Again, character limits.

M. Ryan @merpwashere.bsky.social · 11h

Oh Worksong is on the list (and is from ’87, so slightly predates my vague 90s Sugar framing) . As is Zoo Station. There’s a vibe. My playlist has like 40+ songs and is growing.

M. Ryan @merpwashere.bsky.social · 11h

Well, it’s an evolving, mostly 90s/based list but Airbag, Summer Babe, and then like a six way tie between Army of Me, Lone Star Song, Rock N Roll (Could Never Hip Hop
like This), Kiss them for Me, Come Talk to Me, and well I have a playlist. Also, Begin by Lambchop.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 15h

“A second inflatable frog has now been spotted wiggling through Portland.”

Marco Rubio whispers into Donald Trump's ear.

M. Ryan @merpwashere.bsky.social · 12h

Oh my

Sam Adams @samadams.bsky.social · 12h

as someone who has played air drums to “Gee Angel” until my arms got tired, I endorse this

Is Bob Mould reforming Sugar with original lineup?

There's been no official word, but the Sugar instagram account is followed by the band's Bob Mould, David Barbe, and Malcolm Travis.

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M. Ryan @merpwashere.bsky.social · 12h

The Act We Act = top five opening track

M. Ryan @merpwashere.bsky.social · 15h

CMEs, or Child-meal equivalents?

M. Ryan @merpwashere.bsky.social · 19h

“I possess a copy of an astrological work which I have never read.”

Truer words… truer words…

😱 #pleasingterror

M. Ryan @merpwashere.bsky.social · 21h

Thank you for articulating my inchoate thoughts for me

M. Ryan @merpwashere.bsky.social · 1d

A generative laser that create digital objects in the real world, you say? Hmm…

a robot is glowing in the dark with a blue light coming out of it 's chest .

Alt: No one can accurately describe Automan. It’s a man with an 80s haircut who seems to be glowing, with arms akimbo.

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M. Ryan @merpwashere.bsky.social · 1d

That was such a wonderfully sassy and impatient bit of narrator intrusion

M. Ryan @merpwashere.bsky.social · 1d

So, a few days late, but… despite involving the Jamesian standbys of hairy subterranean spiders and a desiccated witch (that’s a full MRJ bingo in one story, I think), Ash Tree didn’t land as much as it once did for me. That, and it seems to change tense for a few paragraphs? 😱 #pleasingterror

M. Ryan @merpwashere.bsky.social · 2d

Things appear normal now… apologies for the panic

M. Ryan @merpwashere.bsky.social · 2d

So does the feed appear upside down to anyone else? Top of the feed posts are 10+ days old? I fell behind this weekend, but I’m also not seeing anything new from the past few days? 😱 #pleasingterror

M. Ryan @merpwashere.bsky.social · 3d

You’re approaching the frequency they rebuild Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters mansion

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Amanda Watson @amndw2.bsky.social · 3d

I couldn't resist. #pleasingterror

A bingo card for the ghost stories of M.R. James. Boxes read:
"Spiders
Terrible hotel stay
Narrator makes fun of golf
Latin passages
Eerie disembodied voices
Confirmed bachelor main character
Vengeful spirit
Evil magician
Working-class character as comic relief
Bleak East Anglian coast
Visit to an archive
Narrator in guidebook mode
FREE SPACE
Unholy doings in a church
Frogs or toads
Queen Anne style house
Cursed artifact
Don't buy that rare book!
Something hairy and horrible
Someone gets too curious
Tentacles
Story told via old manuscript
Research trip gone horribly wrong
Beds are scary
Tactile horror

M. Ryan @merpwashere.bsky.social · 4d

I’ve been there. I assume it’s mostly Xiu Xiu’s “pop” stuff and the like

M. Ryan @merpwashere.bsky.social · 4d

This is obviously the house. Let’s chip in and buy it a plaque.

M. Ryan @merpwashere.bsky.social · 4d

Perhaps play a quick nine holes and revisit. You may be surprised by what you find.