Achilles Micawber
@achillesthe2nd.bsky.social
Runner. Reader. Music and history. Poetry. Shakespeare. Film. Tweets in English and German.
Currently listening to a lot of music from 1977 and 1978.
Currently listening to a lot of music from 1977 and 1978.
Pinned
Might as well introduce myself:
I'm an English and history teacher (favourite subject: the short 20th century) who likes big books but often doesn't finish them. I'm obsessed with music lists, and especially the music from 1977 and 2000. I wish I had more time to watch movies.
I'm an English and history teacher (favourite subject: the short 20th century) who likes big books but often doesn't finish them. I'm obsessed with music lists, and especially the music from 1977 and 2000. I wish I had more time to watch movies.
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November 16, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Thing that rattles around in my head:
Fifteen or so years go I attended a book event for two ghost hunters. One of them just casually said, "As we all know, ghosts can't move anything heavier than a five-pound bag of flour."
I think about this ALL. THE. TIME.
Fifteen or so years go I attended a book event for two ghost hunters. One of them just casually said, "As we all know, ghosts can't move anything heavier than a five-pound bag of flour."
I think about this ALL. THE. TIME.
November 16, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Thing that rattles around in my head:
Fifteen or so years go I attended a book event for two ghost hunters. One of them just casually said, "As we all know, ghosts can't move anything heavier than a five-pound bag of flour."
I think about this ALL. THE. TIME.
Fifteen or so years go I attended a book event for two ghost hunters. One of them just casually said, "As we all know, ghosts can't move anything heavier than a five-pound bag of flour."
I think about this ALL. THE. TIME.
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Genuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename.
October 30, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Genuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename.
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Sometimes I build Time Machines.…
November 16, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Sometimes I build Time Machines.…
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I'm not religious, but this Pope seems like a really good dude.
ground.news/article/pope...
ground.news/article/pope...
Pope returns 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada as part of reckoning with colonial past
The Vatican on Saturday returned 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada as part of the Catholic Church’s reckoning with its role in helping suppress Indigenous culture in the Americas. Pope Le...
ground.news
November 16, 2025 at 5:46 AM
I'm not religious, but this Pope seems like a really good dude.
ground.news/article/pope...
ground.news/article/pope...
Werner Herzog for childhood and teenage years, David Attenborough for adulthood.
Who would you rather have narrate your mundane life:
David Attenborough or Werner Herzog?
(Yes, I'm writing poems about this)
David Attenborough or Werner Herzog?
(Yes, I'm writing poems about this)
November 16, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Werner Herzog for childhood and teenage years, David Attenborough for adulthood.
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I wanted to share probably the most important sermon I’ve given and it’s while I’m being arrested. It’s torture pure and simple what happens at #Broadview. I’m ok, though I was thrown to the ground and choked with my pectoral cross. A review of the video shows I was peaceful - did I deserve this?
November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I wanted to share probably the most important sermon I’ve given and it’s while I’m being arrested. It’s torture pure and simple what happens at #Broadview. I’m ok, though I was thrown to the ground and choked with my pectoral cross. A review of the video shows I was peaceful - did I deserve this?
I had a dream about meeting Kurt Russell tonight, because I was thinking about Death Proof yesterday. Cool dream.
November 15, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I had a dream about meeting Kurt Russell tonight, because I was thinking about Death Proof yesterday. Cool dream.
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I am once again thinking of this Marina Tsvetaeva
A kiss on the head
A kiss on the eyes - takes away sleeplessness.
I kiss your eyes.
A kiss on the head
A kiss on the eyes - takes away sleeplessness.
I kiss your eyes.
November 15, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I am once again thinking of this Marina Tsvetaeva
A kiss on the head
A kiss on the eyes - takes away sleeplessness.
I kiss your eyes.
A kiss on the head
A kiss on the eyes - takes away sleeplessness.
I kiss your eyes.
How do these people live with themselves?
November 15, 2025 at 8:22 PM
How do these people live with themselves?
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Share someone who looks stylish wearing the color pink 🌸
November 15, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Share someone who looks stylish wearing the color pink 🌸
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Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
November 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
Most of the time
I know exactly where it went
~Bob Dylan - Most of the Time
I know exactly where it went
~Bob Dylan - Most of the Time
November 15, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Most of the time
I know exactly where it went
~Bob Dylan - Most of the Time
I know exactly where it went
~Bob Dylan - Most of the Time
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amazing q&a with paul krugman
June 25, 2025 at 1:22 PM
amazing q&a with paul krugman
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If you need me, tap me on the shoulder. I’ll be happily working all day listening to this on a loop.
November 13, 2025 at 1:49 PM
If you need me, tap me on the shoulder. I’ll be happily working all day listening to this on a loop.
Groß.
Kaum jemand ist irgendwann in seinem Leben so kraftvoll, so klar, so eindeutig wie Wolf Biermann mit 89 Jahren - nehmt Euch 10 Minuten Zeit, staunt und gratuliert so Wolf zu seinem heutigen Geburtstag www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-ZU...
November 15, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Groß.
Had my first listen of Cornershop’s England is a Garden. They’re a fun band, aren’t they?
November 15, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Had my first listen of Cornershop’s England is a Garden. They’re a fun band, aren’t they?
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What a photograph.
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
November 15, 2025 at 1:51 PM
What a photograph.
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
But love is still there, even if it is buried, right?
That's my excuse to post this—"A Renewal" by James Merrill.
November 15, 2025 at 1:43 PM
But love is still there, even if it is buried, right?
Ah, and by the way, got my flu and corona shots 💪
November 15, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Ah, and by the way, got my flu and corona shots 💪
Waking up after 5 am for once would be nice.
November 15, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Waking up after 5 am for once would be nice.
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tradcaths are like "why is the pope doing this" as if there aren't very famous examples of jesus christ meeting with people considered to be sinners or societal outcasts (e.g. matthew the tax collector) www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/14/p...
Pope Leo set to dine with trans activists during Sunday's Jubilee for the Poor
Pope Leo XIV will meet and dine with Alessia Nobile and other trans Catholic activists this Sunday, during a special Vatican lunch marking the Church’s
www.thepinknews.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:36 PM
tradcaths are like "why is the pope doing this" as if there aren't very famous examples of jesus christ meeting with people considered to be sinners or societal outcasts (e.g. matthew the tax collector) www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/14/p...
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Sixty-five years ago today, four first-graders desegregated New Orleans's public schools: Ruby Bridges at William Frantz Elementary School, and Leona Tate, Tessie Provost, and Gail Etienne at McDonogh 19 Elementary School. They faced violent mobs and threats to their lives. They were 6 years old. 🗃
November 14, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Sixty-five years ago today, four first-graders desegregated New Orleans's public schools: Ruby Bridges at William Frantz Elementary School, and Leona Tate, Tessie Provost, and Gail Etienne at McDonogh 19 Elementary School. They faced violent mobs and threats to their lives. They were 6 years old. 🗃