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"
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?"
Fully endorse. Reminder, too, that there is not one goddamn “cute” thing about Harold & Maude.
if you are dating somebody you are twice as old as, you are a creep. there are no asterisks or "well actually"s for that one. you are an emotionally stunted creep. doesn't matter if it's 14/28, 17/34, 31/62, 45/90, whatever.
November 18, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Fully endorse. Reminder, too, that there is not one goddamn “cute” thing about Harold & Maude.
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I totally get it
November 17, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I totally get it
Just given a piece of student writing that used the Bass Pro Shop pyramid as a component of their critical literary analysis.
I’m out here trying my best and it’s good to know that sometimes I succeed.
I’m out here trying my best and it’s good to know that sometimes I succeed.
November 13, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Just given a piece of student writing that used the Bass Pro Shop pyramid as a component of their critical literary analysis.
I’m out here trying my best and it’s good to know that sometimes I succeed.
I’m out here trying my best and it’s good to know that sometimes I succeed.
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one thing about all these emails (& really recent American history) is that anyone with impostor syndrome should be thankful they're not successful by normal standards, bc it means you're not a huge piece of shit
November 13, 2025 at 1:20 PM
one thing about all these emails (& really recent American history) is that anyone with impostor syndrome should be thankful they're not successful by normal standards, bc it means you're not a huge piece of shit
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at its heart you'll find rape culture. Consent doesn't exist. Take whatever you want and don't ask or apologize. Every firm you hate in tech is doing the exact same shit.
There is something deeply rotten at the heart of modern tech that goes well beyond the corruptions produced by capitalism.
“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion”
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
November 9, 2025 at 1:54 PM
at its heart you'll find rape culture. Consent doesn't exist. Take whatever you want and don't ask or apologize. Every firm you hate in tech is doing the exact same shit.
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Dorothy Allison (top left) was the co-founder of the Lesbian Sex Mafia in New York and an award-winning author. Allison received the Publishing Triangle’s Bill Whitehead Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2024.
November 6, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Dorothy Allison (top left) was the co-founder of the Lesbian Sex Mafia in New York and an award-winning author. Allison received the Publishing Triangle’s Bill Whitehead Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2024.
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if i see an academic described as a “pioneer” i just assume they have raped and pillaged to get where they are professionally
November 6, 2025 at 6:13 PM
if i see an academic described as a “pioneer” i just assume they have raped and pillaged to get where they are professionally
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Stone. Cold. Knotts.
November 6, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Stone. Cold. Knotts.
I always (ALWAYS) have time for Japanese psych-metal with rolling-yowling reimaginings of Appalachian ballads:
riotseasonrecords.bandcamp.com/track/the-cu...
riotseasonrecords.bandcamp.com/track/the-cu...
The Cuckoo, by HIBUSHIBIRE
from the album Flashback Stonehenge
riotseasonrecords.bandcamp.com
November 1, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I always (ALWAYS) have time for Japanese psych-metal with rolling-yowling reimaginings of Appalachian ballads:
riotseasonrecords.bandcamp.com/track/the-cu...
riotseasonrecords.bandcamp.com/track/the-cu...
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Dressing like a couch around JD Vance is a choice
October 31, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Dressing like a couch around JD Vance is a choice
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Miss Piggy and leather Kermit at a gay motorcycle club event in the 1970s. Photo from the Stallions MC collection at the LA&M. #LeatherHistory
October 28, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Miss Piggy and leather Kermit at a gay motorcycle club event in the 1970s. Photo from the Stallions MC collection at the LA&M. #LeatherHistory
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My comfort in folklore often comes from the fact it ratifies the truths that greed is an evil, tyranny is to be opposed and manners matter. If it legitimises a fear of trespassing against the common good by the rich, it is performing one of its fundamental roles. – #CLNolan #FolkloreThursday
October 23, 2025 at 2:21 PM
My comfort in folklore often comes from the fact it ratifies the truths that greed is an evil, tyranny is to be opposed and manners matter. If it legitimises a fear of trespassing against the common good by the rich, it is performing one of its fundamental roles. – #CLNolan #FolkloreThursday
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Always trust your instincts. If you see a (D) candidate who looks like that Rich Men North Of Richmond asshole, and won't shut up about American Jobs,, well
October 21, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Always trust your instincts. If you see a (D) candidate who looks like that Rich Men North Of Richmond asshole, and won't shut up about American Jobs,, well
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Reminder that Violent J of Insane Clown Posse has the correct response to a lot of the shitty things he said in the early days.
October 21, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Reminder that Violent J of Insane Clown Posse has the correct response to a lot of the shitty things he said in the early days.
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everybody knows about the thin blue line flag (goddamn culture wars) but not nearly enough know about the fat purple line flag (where the concept of "fuck work" protects us from being assholes). one of these proudly flies in my front yard (the solar spotlight is broken though)
October 21, 2025 at 1:46 AM
everybody knows about the thin blue line flag (goddamn culture wars) but not nearly enough know about the fat purple line flag (where the concept of "fuck work" protects us from being assholes). one of these proudly flies in my front yard (the solar spotlight is broken though)
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Like lol seriously. What is wrong with you ppl? You get a decent job with lots of blind spots, fuck off as much as possible, help others fuck off, & when something seriously needs doing, knock that shit out real quick, & get back to fuckin off
October 21, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Like lol seriously. What is wrong with you ppl? You get a decent job with lots of blind spots, fuck off as much as possible, help others fuck off, & when something seriously needs doing, knock that shit out real quick, & get back to fuckin off
Specifically recall a Loni Anderson bikini one that appeared in several places throughout my childhood.
Forget lunchboxes… if you really wanted to express your interests in the 80s, oval metal oval trash cans were all the rage. Naturally, my trash would be guarded by Mac Tonight. (1988)
October 17, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Specifically recall a Loni Anderson bikini one that appeared in several places throughout my childhood.
And here was me just recently questioning the rigidity of my anti-natalist convictions
Dr Oz: "Turns out that about 1/3 families don't have the number of babies they desire. They're under-babied. So this president committed to address that during the campaign and he's delivering on that today."
October 16, 2025 at 9:29 PM
And here was me just recently questioning the rigidity of my anti-natalist convictions
I forget that I unconsciously “present” as a hillbilly laether bear these days. Kinda sweet to be reminded.
October 1, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I forget that I unconsciously “present” as a hillbilly laether bear these days. Kinda sweet to be reminded.
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every time I hear somebody talk about third spaces, I just wanna yell at them about how they're assuming everybody has the first two spaces
September 30, 2025 at 7:38 PM
every time I hear somebody talk about third spaces, I just wanna yell at them about how they're assuming everybody has the first two spaces
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Today, cartoonist and fetish artist Eric Stanton was born in 1926 in New York. #EricStanton
September 30, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Today, cartoonist and fetish artist Eric Stanton was born in 1926 in New York. #EricStanton
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The use of leaf blowers is white supremacist behavior. I won't be replying to comments.
September 28, 2025 at 5:43 PM
The use of leaf blowers is white supremacist behavior. I won't be replying to comments.