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MICHR

@monocerous.bsky.social

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Sometime artist, transporter of the living and dead. Dust punk/lumbergoth. He/him https://www.teepublic.com/user/michr https://ko-fi.com/michr

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MICHR @monocerous.bsky.social · Jan 11

I have stickers and t-shirts available at:

ko-fi.com/michr/shop
www.teepublic.com/user/michr

Stickers of Bible verses: Ezekiel 23:20, 2 Kings 2-24, Matthew 5:29, and Jesus with the words "Don't be a dick".

A pride flag shaped like the state of Nevada.

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✪ Jonathan H. Gray: “Professor of Halloweenery” ✪ @jongraywb.bsky.social · 5h

If you are willing to throw away entire groups of people to protect your insular strategy that will only protect you instead of protecting everyone then I don’t want your leaders and I sure as hell don’t want to be associated with you.

the tallest stone @talleststone.bsky.social · 7h

I hate to say it but the majority of the country is not going to die on the hill of trans rights. We can’t protect ANY groups if we can’t win a national election, so purity tests only serve to make specific groups feel triumphant. That’s not “erasing” them; it’s long-horizon strategy.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 9h

i’d day this nails the South as well

William Hazen @williamhazen.bsky.social · 1d

This is the most accurate depiction of the Midwest to date. Wichita has always felt like the last Midwest city while also being the first plains city.

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barnfinds.bsky.social @barnfinds.bsky.social · 1d

A lifted Cadillac hearse on 44-inch mud tires—would you finish this monster build or keep it creepy?

Monster Hearse: Lifted 1996 Cadillac 4×4

A lifted Cadillac hearse on 44-inch mud tires—would you finish this monster build or keep it creepy?

barnfinds.com

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MICHR @monocerous.bsky.social · 1d

It's the Disneyland of death mountains for lines.

A whole lot of climbers lining up in a Mt. Everest traffic jam.

MICHR @monocerous.bsky.social · 2d

I was about to mention Zombo. Glad I scrolled down.

MICHR @monocerous.bsky.social · 2d

This reminded me of the German "Mud Wizard" from 2023.

A guy dressed like a wizard (maybe more like a monk?) at a protest in Germany to save a village from being bulldozed. He's shoving a bunch of cops over in the mud.

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Rakesh Khanna @blaftrakesh.bsky.social · 3d

When I was researching my book Ghosts, Monsters, and Demons of India, I learned of a 1000-year-old myth about Roman tech being used to build killer robots to guard the Buddha's remains in Pataliputra, and a Hungarian folklorist read my book & got excited about it, & she managed to dig up a🧵(1/3)

Romanised Pali manuscript of the Lokapannati

Ghosts, Monsters, and Demons of India
p. 60
Bhoota Vahana Yanta
Bhoota Vahana Yanta means “spirit movement machine.” The term is used
for several varieties of robot drone assassins and sword-wielding machine-
men mentioned in the Lokapannati, a Pali-language text written between
1000 and 1200 CE by Saddhammaghosa of Thaton, but concerning
events that took place much earlier, around 500 to 200 BCE.
According to the story, robots were first invented by engineers of the
early Roman Republic. These robots were used for commerce, in agriculture,
as a police force, and as executioners. The secret of how to build these
spirit-engines was fiercely protected. If any engineer dared to take the designs
out of the city, one of his own executioner robots would come after
him and kill him.
At that time, in Pataliputra (then in the kingdom of Magadha, now
Patna in the state of Bihar), there lived a young man who had heard of the
Romans’ magical androids. He became so determined to learn the secrets
of their manufacture and share them with the people of Magadha that he
arranged his own death. Then, on his deathbed, he vowed to be reincarnated
as a Roman.
This indeed took place. In his new life, the man grew up to join the
Roman guild of engineers. He even married the daughter of the Master
Robot-Maker, and had a son by her.
Once he learned the secrets of the Bhoota Vahana Yanta, the man resolved
to transfer the information back to Pataliputra. But he was well
aware that now, since he was a member of the guild, he would be killed as
soon as he left. So he cut a gash in his thigh, inserted the plans in his flesh,
and sewed the wound back up.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 3d

history teacher in 50 years: So in September, that’s when the president signed an executive order criminalizing anti-fascism and saying all resistance would be crushed

student: oh so that’s when the whole country realized they were living under fascism

teacher: haha what? oh no lol not at all. no.

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Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · 5d

super cool study found human artifacts in Bearded vulture nests, incl. "weaponry like a crossbow bolt and wooden lance, decorated sheep leather, and parts of a slingshot....a shoe made from twigs and grass is ~675-years-old." link to paper: doi.org/10.1002/ecy..... www.popsci.com/environment/... 🧪🌍🦉

Multi-generational vulture nests hold 700 years of human artifacts

Crossbow bolts, sandals, slingshots, and more.

www.popsci.com

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Queer Satanic @queersatanic.bsky.social · 6d

Wow, the University of Washington's Psych 201 class does *not* play

go fuckin Huskies

Nazi UW students fuck off

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David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 5d

Holy hell. DHS just openly stated that its agents use “reasonable suspicion” to make ARRESTS. This is blatantly unconstitutional. The Supreme Court is clear that you need probable cause to arrest someone, as opposed to stop them to ask them a question or two. This is huge b/c…

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MICHR @monocerous.bsky.social · 6d

Your unprovoked, "don't worry I'm not doing anything illegal" statement has given me concerns that I previously didn't have.

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Chicken Puppet @chickenpuppet.online · 6d

I know these guys are all dumber than a sack of hammers, but it is fascinating to see the military decide “logistics are gay” in real time

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Johnnnnnnnn @johnnewhouse.bsky.social · 7d

lol, wrong almost half the time

Microsoft says its agent mode in excel has an accuracy rate of 57.2 percent in SpreadsheetBench, a benchmark for evaluating an AI model’s ability to edit real world spreadsheets.

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Medusa’s Wink😉 @medusaswink.bsky.social · Jul 11

Me: i’m Autistic

Them: Oh you take things literally

Me: No that’s kleptomania

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Dan H Artworks @danhawk333.bsky.social · 8d

Not the first time I've put this quote out in the wild.
Won't be the last.

“On the level of individuals and civilizations, personality predates ideology. Meaning, before you were a fascist, you were a bully and an asshole.”
― Brennan Lee Mulligan

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Steve 🏳️‍🌈🇬🇧 @wohyeahwohyeah.bsky.social · 12d

Timeline cleanser 🐈

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dial “m” for marlo @marlo.ooo · 11d

Logan Hall @ @loganclarkhall • 19h
Vance is so good: "The American Space Program, the first program to put a human being on the moon, was built by American citizens. This idea that American citizens don't have the talent to do great things, that you have to import a foreign class of servants, I just reject that."

the quote retweet reads: “Funniest possible example to pick lol”

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MICHR @monocerous.bsky.social · 12d

I’ve heard him do other weird falsetto stuff. The baritone blew my mind a bit.

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 12d

No matter what this meeting is about, Pete will always be a National Guardsman assigned to a Civil Affairs unit who got a bunch of crusader tattoos in his 40s because he wants you to think he's a cool, war-criming operator instead of an extremely online wife-beating loser

@PeteHegseth on X: Cool story, General

QT of @general_ben on X: July 1935 German generals were called to a surprise assembly in Berlin and informed that their previous oath to the Weimar constitution was void and that they would be required to swear a personal oath to the Führer. Most generals took the new oath to keep their positions.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 12d

“.. We have a term: ‘groceries.' It's an old term but it means basically what you're buying, food. It’s a pretty accurate term, but it's an old fashioned sound — but groceries are down."

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MICHR @monocerous.bsky.social · 12d

The 70s were a rough time for kids fashion.

A 6 year old me with a bowl cut and turtleneck with a burgundy diamond pattern.

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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 12d

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 15d

Stolen from an Animorphs Facebook group.

A teenager turning into a bird, Animorphs cover style

"Getting raptured?

No thanks

I'm getting raptored"

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 15d

Pope Leo is said to have accepted Cardinal Dolan's resignation and to have picked his successor as New York archbishop. Will Dolan serve in retirement as spiritual advisor to Turning Point USA? In any event, his adherence to the GOP is far stronger than his adherence to the Catholic Church.

Outgoing NYC Cardinal Dolan Faces Unprecedented Catholic Backlash After Comparing Kirk to St. Paul

Pope Leo stays measured, while Dolan’s likely successor — Bishop Daniel Flores — prepares to bring a very different voice to New York.

www.thelettersfromleo.com

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