maniagnosis
@maniagnosis.bsky.social
Tommy M. McGuire (Not that one. Nor that one.)
Coding bum, tetrapod. (he/him)
Bitterly cynical misanthrope. It's always more complicated. I apologize in advance; I tend to get too comfortable.
Called 'weird' by Kevin Kruse.
Coding bum, tetrapod. (he/him)
Bitterly cynical misanthrope. It's always more complicated. I apologize in advance; I tend to get too comfortable.
Called 'weird' by Kevin Kruse.
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maniagnosis
@maniagnosis.bsky.social
· Jun 25
For the curious, the text
(J'ay souvente fois envie
D'efforcer sans regarder où
Mais je ne peu onc en ma vie
Rompre une anguille au genou)
roughly translates into:
"Oftentimes I feel the need
To power through with my head down
But I can't for the life of me
Break an eel over my knee"
(J'ay souvente fois envie
D'efforcer sans regarder où
Mais je ne peu onc en ma vie
Rompre une anguille au genou)
roughly translates into:
"Oftentimes I feel the need
To power through with my head down
But I can't for the life of me
Break an eel over my knee"
Those are wise words, indeed.
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this is indeed correct! someday me and @lollardfish.bsky.social will write our book about how nostalgia is one of the most destructive forces in history!
I have come to the conclusion that nostalgia is a poison.
Like some poisons, it may have uses in small doses when carefully titrated, but when taken unfiltered and unmeasured it corrodes.
Like some poisons, it may have uses in small doses when carefully titrated, but when taken unfiltered and unmeasured it corrodes.
"What is certain, and felt instinctively by almost everybody, is that things cannot go on in their present way" – The Times, May 1975
“It is difficult to imagine a previous period when such an all-pervasive hopelessness was exhibited at all levels of British life” – Professor Stephen Haseler, 1975
“It is difficult to imagine a previous period when such an all-pervasive hopelessness was exhibited at all levels of British life” – Professor Stephen Haseler, 1975
November 14, 2025 at 2:44 PM
this is indeed correct! someday me and @lollardfish.bsky.social will write our book about how nostalgia is one of the most destructive forces in history!
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These are both great podcasts. Now…only one of them has eels, so I can’t say that they are equal. But they’re both worth listening to!
DID YOU KNOW that podcasts don't expire??? That you can listen to them anytime??? We just learned this. It's neat.
So, listen to "American Medieval" NOW - 1st 2 episodes feature @goingmedieval.bsky.social & @greenleejw.bsky.social
Braveheart and eels! Yes that's right!
So, listen to "American Medieval" NOW - 1st 2 episodes feature @goingmedieval.bsky.social & @greenleejw.bsky.social
Braveheart and eels! Yes that's right!
American Medieval | Patreon
If we've never been modern, we've always been medieval.
patreon.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
These are both great podcasts. Now…only one of them has eels, so I can’t say that they are equal. But they’re both worth listening to!
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Is Playtime in the Cards?
Amazing mail day! Not sure we can make epic swag like Becker Medical Library's anatomical tarot deck, but maybe a facsimile set of these early French beauties (Wing MS 373) at #NewberryLibrary reused as a library catalogue...
Also, new favorite shiny pirate shirt alert!
Amazing mail day! Not sure we can make epic swag like Becker Medical Library's anatomical tarot deck, but maybe a facsimile set of these early French beauties (Wing MS 373) at #NewberryLibrary reused as a library catalogue...
Also, new favorite shiny pirate shirt alert!
November 14, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Is Playtime in the Cards?
Amazing mail day! Not sure we can make epic swag like Becker Medical Library's anatomical tarot deck, but maybe a facsimile set of these early French beauties (Wing MS 373) at #NewberryLibrary reused as a library catalogue...
Also, new favorite shiny pirate shirt alert!
Amazing mail day! Not sure we can make epic swag like Becker Medical Library's anatomical tarot deck, but maybe a facsimile set of these early French beauties (Wing MS 373) at #NewberryLibrary reused as a library catalogue...
Also, new favorite shiny pirate shirt alert!
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Translucent brown chalcedony flake from the Wetherington Island Site (8HI473), Hillsborough Co., FL. Site 8HI473 is in the same Indigenous quarry area as the famous Paleo site of Harney Flats. #archaeology
November 14, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Translucent brown chalcedony flake from the Wetherington Island Site (8HI473), Hillsborough Co., FL. Site 8HI473 is in the same Indigenous quarry area as the famous Paleo site of Harney Flats. #archaeology
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Finished painting the stormcast portal, was a fun one nearly ran out of gold while doing it. #warhammer #WarhammerCommunity #ageofsigmar
November 14, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Finished painting the stormcast portal, was a fun one nearly ran out of gold while doing it. #warhammer #WarhammerCommunity #ageofsigmar
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'an analysis of skulls from than 600 ancient and modern dogs and wolves suggests that much of the diversity seen in present-day dogs emerged thousands of years ago'.
Move over Silk Road.
Move over Silk Road.
How ancient humans bred and traded the first domestic dogs
Analyses of fossils and ancient genomics reveal how early human populations bred less wolf-like companions, and might have traded them around the world.
www.nature.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:01 PM
'an analysis of skulls from than 600 ancient and modern dogs and wolves suggests that much of the diversity seen in present-day dogs emerged thousands of years ago'.
Move over Silk Road.
Move over Silk Road.
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Tween: What are you cooking?
Me: Nothing, I made you a bagel...
Tween: But the stove is on. It's making that hiss sound.
Me:.... Have you forgotten what rain sounds like?? ☔
(This is the California child who, as a toddler, was confronted with a puddle in Seattle and called it "bath".)
Me: Nothing, I made you a bagel...
Tween: But the stove is on. It's making that hiss sound.
Me:.... Have you forgotten what rain sounds like?? ☔
(This is the California child who, as a toddler, was confronted with a puddle in Seattle and called it "bath".)
November 13, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Tween: What are you cooking?
Me: Nothing, I made you a bagel...
Tween: But the stove is on. It's making that hiss sound.
Me:.... Have you forgotten what rain sounds like?? ☔
(This is the California child who, as a toddler, was confronted with a puddle in Seattle and called it "bath".)
Me: Nothing, I made you a bagel...
Tween: But the stove is on. It's making that hiss sound.
Me:.... Have you forgotten what rain sounds like?? ☔
(This is the California child who, as a toddler, was confronted with a puddle in Seattle and called it "bath".)
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Morning mammonth lawndry timbe. Haff yuo washedt yuor mammonths lately? #catsofbluesky
November 14, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Morning mammonth lawndry timbe. Haff yuo washedt yuor mammonths lately? #catsofbluesky
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Overheard conversation between my boyfriend and Marcel last night:
BF: No, you can't touch my food with your paw.
Marcel: Mew.
BF: Why? I think you know why.
BF: No, you can't touch my food with your paw.
Marcel: Mew.
BF: Why? I think you know why.
November 14, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Overheard conversation between my boyfriend and Marcel last night:
BF: No, you can't touch my food with your paw.
Marcel: Mew.
BF: Why? I think you know why.
BF: No, you can't touch my food with your paw.
Marcel: Mew.
BF: Why? I think you know why.
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The key to Ash allowing butt scritches is to catch him when he’s sleepy. Bubs had just gotten out of his blanket basket and was too sleepy to overthink it ❤️
November 14, 2025 at 4:23 PM
The key to Ash allowing butt scritches is to catch him when he’s sleepy. Bubs had just gotten out of his blanket basket and was too sleepy to overthink it ❤️
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What seemingly bad equipment or vehicles did the western Allies use in the SWW which was actually pretty good?
Swordfish, for one?
Swordfish, for one?
November 14, 2025 at 6:14 PM
What seemingly bad equipment or vehicles did the western Allies use in the SWW which was actually pretty good?
Swordfish, for one?
Swordfish, for one?
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Public transportation AND Pride?! Utrecht, I love you. Now if only I could ride a bike…
November 14, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Public transportation AND Pride?! Utrecht, I love you. Now if only I could ride a bike…
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Good eels make good neighbors. Sometimes.
In 1410, the Archbishop of Canterbury & the Earl of Arundel got in a fight about eel fishing rights on the Ouse in Sussex. Each wanted sole rights to set nets & traps in the river.
It got so bad that King Henry IV had to intervene. 1/3
🗃️🧪
In 1410, the Archbishop of Canterbury & the Earl of Arundel got in a fight about eel fishing rights on the Ouse in Sussex. Each wanted sole rights to set nets & traps in the river.
It got so bad that King Henry IV had to intervene. 1/3
🗃️🧪
November 14, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Good eels make good neighbors. Sometimes.
In 1410, the Archbishop of Canterbury & the Earl of Arundel got in a fight about eel fishing rights on the Ouse in Sussex. Each wanted sole rights to set nets & traps in the river.
It got so bad that King Henry IV had to intervene. 1/3
🗃️🧪
In 1410, the Archbishop of Canterbury & the Earl of Arundel got in a fight about eel fishing rights on the Ouse in Sussex. Each wanted sole rights to set nets & traps in the river.
It got so bad that King Henry IV had to intervene. 1/3
🗃️🧪
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Walt Disney Presents at Disney's Hollywood Studios now features an exhibit with props and costumes from holiday films like 'The Muppet Christmas Carol' and 'The Santa Clause.'
November 14, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Walt Disney Presents at Disney's Hollywood Studios now features an exhibit with props and costumes from holiday films like 'The Muppet Christmas Carol' and 'The Santa Clause.'
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What am I thinking about? Oh, nothing in particular.
November 14, 2025 at 6:21 PM
What am I thinking about? Oh, nothing in particular.
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I think most artists hit a point where they’re like, well if I can’t be the best artist, I shall be the most ME artist.
November 14, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I think most artists hit a point where they’re like, well if I can’t be the best artist, I shall be the most ME artist.
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Underappreciated deep cut of the day: As long as we're reflecting on Sword & Sorcery.
deepcuts.blog/2022/08/20/e...
deepcuts.blog/2022/08/20/e...
Editor Spotlight: Interview with Oliver Brackenbury of New Edge Sword and Sorcery Magazine
New Edge Sword & Sorcery is an upcoming magazine which hopes to showcase not just the sword & sorcery fiction of yesteryear, but what sword & sorcery can be. Editor Oliver Brackenbury h…
deepcuts.blog
November 14, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Underappreciated deep cut of the day: As long as we're reflecting on Sword & Sorcery.
deepcuts.blog/2022/08/20/e...
deepcuts.blog/2022/08/20/e...
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Octopuses have nine brains—one in their head and one in each of their eight arms, which are all capable of acting independently.
But humans invented Extra Toasty Cheez-Its, so our brains are pretty cool, too.
But humans invented Extra Toasty Cheez-Its, so our brains are pretty cool, too.
November 14, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Octopuses have nine brains—one in their head and one in each of their eight arms, which are all capable of acting independently.
But humans invented Extra Toasty Cheez-Its, so our brains are pretty cool, too.
But humans invented Extra Toasty Cheez-Its, so our brains are pretty cool, too.
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We're headed into the holiday season, so two things to know:
- The only items in the store that are more expensive due to tariffs are: two leather bookmarks. The other 2,100 gift items and 47,000 books haven't gone up. thehauntedbookshop.com
- A trip to a local bookshop is a present in itself 📚❤️
- The only items in the store that are more expensive due to tariffs are: two leather bookmarks. The other 2,100 gift items and 47,000 books haven't gone up. thehauntedbookshop.com
- A trip to a local bookshop is a present in itself 📚❤️
thehauntedbookshop.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:28 AM
We're headed into the holiday season, so two things to know:
- The only items in the store that are more expensive due to tariffs are: two leather bookmarks. The other 2,100 gift items and 47,000 books haven't gone up. thehauntedbookshop.com
- A trip to a local bookshop is a present in itself 📚❤️
- The only items in the store that are more expensive due to tariffs are: two leather bookmarks. The other 2,100 gift items and 47,000 books haven't gone up. thehauntedbookshop.com
- A trip to a local bookshop is a present in itself 📚❤️
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A hidden gem of Late and Post-Roman regalia from Trøndelag and up right on the top floor in an exhibit that hasn’t been updated since 1957; these must be the ‘northern routes to kingship’ everyone is talking about
November 14, 2025 at 6:01 PM
A hidden gem of Late and Post-Roman regalia from Trøndelag and up right on the top floor in an exhibit that hasn’t been updated since 1957; these must be the ‘northern routes to kingship’ everyone is talking about
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I'm just a little catto wishing you the bestest #CatsNoirFriday possible. Share your kindness today if you can. Seriously lacking in this world & needed by so many. Love you all. Family sends hugs 🍂🧡🍂
November 14, 2025 at 1:20 PM
I'm just a little catto wishing you the bestest #CatsNoirFriday possible. Share your kindness today if you can. Seriously lacking in this world & needed by so many. Love you all. Family sends hugs 🍂🧡🍂
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6-second videos of CPSC lab staff saying, "Yeah, it shouldn't do that."
November 14, 2025 at 5:31 PM
6-second videos of CPSC lab staff saying, "Yeah, it shouldn't do that."
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Few insults are as mean as those from 1920s silent movies ;)
From 'Kiki' (1926)
www.imdb.com/title/tt0017...
From 'Kiki' (1926)
www.imdb.com/title/tt0017...
November 13, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Few insults are as mean as those from 1920s silent movies ;)
From 'Kiki' (1926)
www.imdb.com/title/tt0017...
From 'Kiki' (1926)
www.imdb.com/title/tt0017...