Malaclypse the Middle
@malaclypse.bsky.social
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. I have frogs everywhere.
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Imagine driving and missing out on this
December 26, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Imagine driving and missing out on this
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I’d never heard of John Doar before. If you haven’t either, give him a google. People like this, all the allies through history, give the lie to “but those were different times”. There have always been people raised in privilege who still knew right from wrong and took on the status quo.
Well, after eight years of research, writing and revision, I just sent the full manuscript for THE DIVISION: JOHN DOAR, THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, AND THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT to my publisher.
This is happening, people. Whether you want it or not.
This is happening, people. Whether you want it or not.
a man with a mustache wearing a blue jacket and scarf
ALT: a man with a mustache wearing a blue jacket and scarf
media.tenor.com
December 26, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I’d never heard of John Doar before. If you haven’t either, give him a google. People like this, all the allies through history, give the lie to “but those were different times”. There have always been people raised in privilege who still knew right from wrong and took on the status quo.
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Want to see a dead body?
December 26, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Want to see a dead body?
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Can't wait for the loosened up, non-perfect, but quickly shipped AI-enhanced updates to hit my banking and insurance services next year.
Im sure there will be no issues there at all.
Im sure there will be no issues there at all.
December 26, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Can't wait for the loosened up, non-perfect, but quickly shipped AI-enhanced updates to hit my banking and insurance services next year.
Im sure there will be no issues there at all.
Im sure there will be no issues there at all.
So, fun parrot story: back in the late 80s, I worked night audit at a cheap motel. And one of the things that cheap motels would get is coke dealers who just set up shop there. Private entrance, no ID, and the ability to just scram if you draw the wrong sort of attention.
there's been like sixteen panels of professor ian cameron yelling impotently at a parrot, which is cursing back at him, but sure, the tiny 2001 twins complimenting some boots, that's the winner
December 26, 2025 at 5:04 PM
So, fun parrot story: back in the late 80s, I worked night audit at a cheap motel. And one of the things that cheap motels would get is coke dealers who just set up shop there. Private entrance, no ID, and the ability to just scram if you draw the wrong sort of attention.
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Over at the Bad Place, Rod Dreher was complaining that the Pope never discussed his book. He gets into it with someone who replied, because his book is, he says, really important. Reply guy: “You need to remember that he’s the Pope, and you’re someone arguing on Twitter with a cartoon rabbit.”
What's an insult you'll never forget?
December 26, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Over at the Bad Place, Rod Dreher was complaining that the Pope never discussed his book. He gets into it with someone who replied, because his book is, he says, really important. Reply guy: “You need to remember that he’s the Pope, and you’re someone arguing on Twitter with a cartoon rabbit.”
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I like to imagine that there is a rivalry between two top ham-sniffers: one, a meticulous keeper of precise traditions, the other a brash bad-boy with a colossal nose.
July 1, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I like to imagine that there is a rivalry between two top ham-sniffers: one, a meticulous keeper of precise traditions, the other a brash bad-boy with a colossal nose.
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This 20 years ago:
My then (and now) producer Mike Danforth and I were talking about “The Golden Compass,” and I wondered what my daemon would be. He said, “A small hairless dog that wishes it was Ira Glass’ daemon.”
My then (and now) producer Mike Danforth and I were talking about “The Golden Compass,” and I wondered what my daemon would be. He said, “A small hairless dog that wishes it was Ira Glass’ daemon.”
What's an insult you'll never forget?
December 26, 2025 at 4:39 PM
This 20 years ago:
My then (and now) producer Mike Danforth and I were talking about “The Golden Compass,” and I wondered what my daemon would be. He said, “A small hairless dog that wishes it was Ira Glass’ daemon.”
My then (and now) producer Mike Danforth and I were talking about “The Golden Compass,” and I wondered what my daemon would be. He said, “A small hairless dog that wishes it was Ira Glass’ daemon.”
One does not simply walk into fucking Mordor!
December 26, 2025 at 4:12 PM
One does not simply walk into fucking Mordor!
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Lou Reed on Frank Zappa, "I think he doesn't like himself very much, and I think he's right."
What's an insult you'll never forget?
December 26, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Lou Reed on Frank Zappa, "I think he doesn't like himself very much, and I think he's right."
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Two stories side by side in WashPost
December 26, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Two stories side by side in WashPost
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I take on average 10,000 stills and a half hour of video every week. Most I'll never think about again. This I'll hold onto until I grow old. 4 hours ago.
Zero edits. No recoloring. No cropping. Nothing. Just straight up reality. 🦑
Zero edits. No recoloring. No cropping. Nothing. Just straight up reality. 🦑
November 23, 2025 at 5:21 AM
I take on average 10,000 stills and a half hour of video every week. Most I'll never think about again. This I'll hold onto until I grow old. 4 hours ago.
Zero edits. No recoloring. No cropping. Nothing. Just straight up reality. 🦑
Zero edits. No recoloring. No cropping. Nothing. Just straight up reality. 🦑
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Just wow. @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy came out swinging in this article. He's right though and that's the coolest part.
December 26, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Just wow. @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy came out swinging in this article. He's right though and that's the coolest part.
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Happy Birthday to Paloma McLardy aka Palmolive, original drummer for influential punk groups The Slits and The Raincoats, born on this day in 1954, Melilla, Spain
Photo by Kevin Cummins
#punk #punks #punkdrummer #womenofpunk #palmolive #theslits #history #punkrockhistory #otd
Photo by Kevin Cummins
#punk #punks #punkdrummer #womenofpunk #palmolive #theslits #history #punkrockhistory #otd
December 26, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Happy Birthday to Paloma McLardy aka Palmolive, original drummer for influential punk groups The Slits and The Raincoats, born on this day in 1954, Melilla, Spain
Photo by Kevin Cummins
#punk #punks #punkdrummer #womenofpunk #palmolive #theslits #history #punkrockhistory #otd
Photo by Kevin Cummins
#punk #punks #punkdrummer #womenofpunk #palmolive #theslits #history #punkrockhistory #otd
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"Donald Trump calls himself the “Peace President.” But this week, as he outlined his plans to capture Greenland and hijack Venezuelan oil, his real agenda became obvious. It’s not peace. It’s extortion, conquest, and theft."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
The Politics of Plunder
His domestic and foreign policies have one consistent theme.
open.substack.com
December 26, 2025 at 2:03 PM
"Donald Trump calls himself the “Peace President.” But this week, as he outlined his plans to capture Greenland and hijack Venezuelan oil, his real agenda became obvious. It’s not peace. It’s extortion, conquest, and theft."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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Prosecute them all. Beyond the depravity of this, it's pure theft. The local prosecutor should open an investigation and charge them all.
ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
December 26, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Prosecute them all. Beyond the depravity of this, it's pure theft. The local prosecutor should open an investigation and charge them all.
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Merry Christmas. Please enjoy the best text I've ever received.
December 26, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Merry Christmas. Please enjoy the best text I've ever received.
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Norwegian Christmas Tree Dressed for the Boxing Day Party, drawing by J.R.R. Tolkien, 1934.
December 26, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Norwegian Christmas Tree Dressed for the Boxing Day Party, drawing by J.R.R. Tolkien, 1934.
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"I can still drive everywhere — if it sometimes takes a few minutes longer, that’s a small price to pay to protect my friends, neighbours and family."
Too many with power still see a few minutes for car owners as too high a price to pay to provide safety and dignity for everyone else.
Too many with power still see a few minutes for car owners as too high a price to pay to provide safety and dignity for everyone else.
“Even if you don’t use the safe bike and roll network, there are thousands and thousands of your neighbours that do.
…a huge thank you to Victoria’s councils — 5 of them — who have made it possible for so many people to bike or roll around our city safely & efficiently.
You have changed my life.”
…a huge thank you to Victoria’s councils — 5 of them — who have made it possible for so many people to bike or roll around our city safely & efficiently.
You have changed my life.”
Comment: How Victoria’s bike and roll network changed my life
Even if you, or your friends, don’t use the safe bike and roll network, there are thousands and thousands of your neighbours that do.
www.timescolonist.com
December 26, 2025 at 11:01 AM
"I can still drive everywhere — if it sometimes takes a few minutes longer, that’s a small price to pay to protect my friends, neighbours and family."
Too many with power still see a few minutes for car owners as too high a price to pay to provide safety and dignity for everyone else.
Too many with power still see a few minutes for car owners as too high a price to pay to provide safety and dignity for everyone else.
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The original Betty Boop, the first four Nancy Drew books and Greta Garbo's first talkie are among the many works from 1930 that will be free to use, share and remake starting on Jan. 1. n.pr/4scrT9d
The cultural works becoming public domain in 2026, from Betty Boop to Nancy Drew
The original Betty Boop, the first four Nancy Drew books and Greta Garbo's first talkie are among the many works from 1930 that will be free to use, share and remake starting on Jan. 1.
n.pr
December 26, 2025 at 11:06 AM
The original Betty Boop, the first four Nancy Drew books and Greta Garbo's first talkie are among the many works from 1930 that will be free to use, share and remake starting on Jan. 1. n.pr/4scrT9d
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I did not understand this: one of the five Europeans the US has barred from traveling to the United States...is a permanent resident who lives with his family in the US.
Now he is worried about being arrested and deported for the crime of monitoring online hate.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/u...
Now he is worried about being arrested and deported for the crime of monitoring online hate.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/u...
Judge Blocks Detention of British Researcher Who Scrutinizes Online Hate
www.nytimes.com
December 26, 2025 at 3:55 AM
I did not understand this: one of the five Europeans the US has barred from traveling to the United States...is a permanent resident who lives with his family in the US.
Now he is worried about being arrested and deported for the crime of monitoring online hate.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/u...
Now he is worried about being arrested and deported for the crime of monitoring online hate.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/u...
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this holiday trump took time away from his wife, 5 kids, and 11 grandkids to post a tsunami of text about a dead pedophile that he is definitely not at all concerned about
December 26, 2025 at 1:24 AM
this holiday trump took time away from his wife, 5 kids, and 11 grandkids to post a tsunami of text about a dead pedophile that he is definitely not at all concerned about