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Magpie Needs A Job
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Veteran teacher looking for a new career in San Antonio; avid reader, sometimes writer, rapidly approaching the “maybe I’ll start a podcast” stage of unemployment madness. If you promote AI in schools I will fight you. She/her.
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greenleejw.bsky.social
We're at the Middle Earth map.
We're at the subway map.
We're at the combination Middle Earth and Subway map!

And you could be too! These maps and more are for sale on my Etsy page! They make great presents for yourself and others!
#LOTR #maps #subway

www.etsy.com/shop/Surpris...
Art. Subway style map to go with The Lord of the Rings, showing the different pathways of various parties throughout the book. The title reads: "Lord of the Rings Transit Map: One Does Not Simply Walk Ino Mordor When One Can Ride." The map takes up the middle part of the page, and there are two keys. The one on the left is titles "Standard Service Lines, and has color keys matched to the subway lines on the map. Lines are named: "Shire-Bree Commuter Line Old Forrest Crescent Wildland Scenic Line Fellowship Line Gollum / Sméagol Line Uruk Hai Express Three Hunters Line Fangorn Slow Service Rohan to Gondor Business Line Black Ships Ferry Service Oliphant Direct Line Army of the West Line Gandalf Express A smaller key on the right side of the map is labeled: "Limited Service Lines" and has color keys matched to the following names lines: "Eagle Express Paths of the Dead Line Nazgûl Search & Resuce Valinor Ltd." A note at the bottom reads: "* Mount Doom station only accepts Rings of Power in payment. Plan accordingly." Art. Subway-style map of the itinerary in The Hobbit. The main journey is show in three different lines: red (Hobbiton to Goblin Town); green (Goblin Town to the Elvenking's Halls); and blue (Elvenking's Halls to Erebor). There are multiple stops on these lines. There is a yellow line going back from Erebor to Hobbiton, making stops at Beorn's Hall, Rivendell, and the Troll's Lair. There is an orange line directly from the Iron Hills on the map's right side to Erebor, and a purple line from Gundabad directly to Erebor. The map's title reads: "Hobbit Transit Map" and there are directions for both There and Back Again listing the lines and transfer points. Between them, in the middle of the page, is a dragon drawn to resemble the dragon on Thror's Map from The Hobbit. A key shows the names of each colored line: Red: Western Lands Line Green: Mountains and Forests Line Blue: Barrel Line Yellow: Gandalf Express Orange: Iron Hills Business Line Purple: Orc and Goblin Reserve Line Text at the bottom right reads Surprised Eel Maps, 2025
November 21, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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laminda.bsky.social
Science will often take you to unexpected and delightful places. In this study, researchers hypothesized that riders in a crowded subway car would be more likely to offer their seat to a pregnant person if there were someone in the subway car dressed as Batman 🧪🦇

www.nature.com/articles/s44...
A man in a Batman costume and a pregnant woman in a crowded subway car, their faces obscured by pixelation. Text on top of the image reads: "Fig. 1: An example of the experimental setting, with Batman and a woman simulating pregnancy stand in a crowded metro"
November 21, 2025 at 11:14 PM
magpielaughs.bsky.social
Tomorrow, I’ll be making a favorite stew. We call it chicken tomato chowder because its ancestor was an eponymous weight watchers recipe.

20 yrs of vibes rendered it nearly unrecognizable, but absolutely delicious. I never record how to make it, so I will try to post the steps tomorrow as I go.
November 23, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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marysunshineisgone.bsky.social
#Small red ant
#BlueskyArtShow
Red ant climbing around a blackberry bush.
November 22, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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aselrod.bsky.social
Megyn Kelly claimed Epstein was into “the barely legal type,” referring to 15 year-olds.

So I wrote about how her comments highlight the ways both purity culture and rape culture sexualize young girls and make male desire their responsibility.

www.liberalcurrents.com/the-barely-l...
The Barely Legal Type: Purity Culture, Rape Culture, and America’s Lose-Lose Proposition for Girls
The very parts of American culture that claim to promote teen abstinence and sexual purity operate on a parallel logic to the rape culture that enables the darkest misogynistic violence against women.
www.liberalcurrents.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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alisonfisk.bsky.social
A very good boy! 🐾🐕😍

An amazing c. 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian dog carved from ivory. This leaping dog opens and closes its mouth as if barking by using a lever below its chest.

The Met 📷 by me

#Archaeology
My photo shows a three quarter profile of an ancient Egyptian figurine of a leaping dog facing left. Carved from ivory, now a warm caramel brown colour with glossy surface. The dogs eyes are outlined in black, the ears are floppy, the mouth is slightly ajar (the inside of the mouth is painted red - not sen in my photo). The front and back legs are outstretched as if running at full speed. A lever under the dog’s chest opens and closes the mouth so that the dog looks as if it’s barking. Dimensions: L 18.2 cm × H 6.1 cm × W 3.6 cm. Dated to Late Dynasty I8, I400-I350 BC, reign of Amenhotep III who was Tutankhamun’s grandfather. The dog is mounted on a thin metal rod in a display case. In the background in the same display case is a ‘galloping’ brown horse, which is the handle of an ancient Egyptian fly whisk or light whip.
November 22, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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ianrosewrites.bsky.social
The first episode of the new Ken Burns American Revolution documentary gives a quick passing mention to the Pine Tree Riots. If you're curious about how New England white pines figured into the run up to the war, I wrote about it last year over at JSTOR Daily:

daily.jstor.org/tree-of-peac...
Tree of Peace, Spark of War - JSTOR Daily
The white pines of New England may have done more than any leaf of tea to kick off the American Revolution.
daily.jstor.org
November 22, 2025 at 5:11 AM
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steventdennis.bsky.social
This 1884 beauty on the national register has been updated with HVAC and a two-car garage. Just $190K! In DC it would be $1.5M? Love it. Brings a smile to my face. We all need more color in our lives! #FridayNightZillow www.zillow.com/homedetails/...
November 22, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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laurajedeed.bsky.social
I joke about the VA and it's certainly not perfect but the reason politicians run it down so hard is that if people knew how good VA socialized medicine is they'd riot immediately
November 17, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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harikunzru.bsky.social
These arguments have been staples of holocaust denial discourse since the 80’s when a Canadian NeoNazi commissioned a pseudoscientific ‘report’ using samples taken from Auschwitz. Grok laundering this in the usual confident LLM tone of authority shows why this tech is so destructive
November 20, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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runwithskizzers.bsky.social
finally picking up the first episode again while I eat dinner and i am enjoying it -- tho idk how else to say this but Carrie Coon is broadway acting and no one else is lol
runwithskizzers.bsky.social Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 25d
guys should i watch the gilded age
November 17, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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trance.bsky.social
RESTORE LINK'S ACCOUNT

techcrunch.com/2025/11/19/b...
Bluesky announces moderation changes focused on better tracking, improved transparency | TechCrunch
Bluesky is making moderation changes, including the addition of new reporting categories, strikes, and more clarity when communicating with users about violations.
techcrunch.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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laurasaurus.bsky.social
I’m howling.
Recently, Clifford "Buzz" Grambo decided to upgrade his electric scooter. The old one he had purchased online only reached 16 mph and wasn't cutting it anymore. He needed to go faster to keep up with the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement cars he chases around Baltimore. So, Grambo bought a Segway MAX G3, which features a 2,000-watt motor and can get up to 28 mph. "The first time I caught up to them, I could tell that they already knew who I was," he told me when we first spoke on the phone in late October. "They had seen me before, so they thought they were just going to speed away. I was like, ha-ha bitches, I got a new scooter!"
November 20, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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atomikterra.blacksky.app
Sorry citizen, travelling within your own country is now suspicious. Please only travel to government approved destinations apnews.com/article/immi...
Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns
The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious.
apnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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scrivenerapp.bsky.social
Unlike most apps these days, Scrivener does not use AI in any way. However, if you’re on a Mac, you may see an AI prompt.
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Here’s why, and what you can do if you want to remove this: buff.ly/MlAq0rL
November 19, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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erininthemorning.com
1. Texas A&M has voted that Professors must seek out official permission to talk about trans people, sexuality, or race.

One of the professors said that the new policy would make routine lessons on things like the Holocaust impossible.

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Texas A&M Votes That Professors Must Have Permission To Discuss Trans People, Sexuality or Race
The Texas Board of Regents said it wasn’t restricting “teaching,” but professors—and a university press release—says otherwise.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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sarahebond.bsky.social
The latest Pasts Imperfect is out! This week, Kristen Leer discusses Egyptomania in Europe. Then, mapping tarot cards and Platonic philosophy, opium in Ancient Egypt, @profarumpark.bsky.social discusses Classics and Asia, new ancient world journals from @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social, and much more.
Pasts Imperfect (11.20.25)
This week, media psychology and classical reception specialist Kristen Leer discusses Ancient Egypt in horror movies and the problems surrounding "Egyptomania." Then, mapping the thousands of miles of...
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November 20, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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lizlgenealogy.bsky.social
I visited one of the Parmigiano-Reggiano factories that was hit by a mammoth heist, you could do worse than turning that into a film

www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/i...
How Italian Police Finally Busted Thieves for Nabbing $875,000 in Cheese
Cheese is the most stolen food in the world
www.smithsonianmag.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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samulmschneider.bsky.social
Suggestions wanted! High school means I have to ask for book purchases before December. Here's my plan for History of 20th Century US Popular Culture (taught as an elective to high achieving juniors and seniors). I'd love suggestions for how to spend a book/DVD budget in addition to what's here:
A list of suggested texts and episodes for a class in the history of popular culture. A list of suggested texts and episodes for a class in the history of popular culture.
November 20, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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courtneymilan.com
Is a massively accessible hiking trail that goes through an absolutely gorgeous canyon expensive? Yes.

Does it provide massive benefit? Also yes.
Clear creek, a beautiful creek with rocks and white water, rushing through two golden hills.
November 19, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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partialobserver.bsky.social
No. The chief problem is, AI is literally A TOOL FOR UNLEARNING. The more you use it, the worse you get at whatever it is you’re using it for. It’s the opposite of educating, it’s uneducating. 2/2
November 19, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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libraryephemera.bsky.social
Poem

I loved my friend.
He went away from me.
There’s nothing more to say.
The poem ends,
Soft as it began,—
I loved my friend.

- Langston Hughes
November 19, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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asherelbein.bsky.social
I cosign every single word of this

anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
I do understand: you want permission. There’s a machine in the corner wrapped in human skin that makes things out of shit and blood to look like whatever you want (as long as you don’t look too closely). You gave one to your teacher and they didn’t notice. Your boss told you to use it after they laid off half the team and it was fine. You fed one to your kids and they liked it. You want to know you can use it sometimes without me thinking less of you. You don’t need me to believe it’s useful, you just want me to be polite about it. But I am a hater, and I will not be polite. The machine is disgusting and we should break it. The people who build it are vapid shit-eating cannibals glorifying ignorance. I strongly feel that this is an insult to life itself.
November 19, 2025 at 1:21 PM
magpielaughs.bsky.social
Okay okay this is not a drill. Two months and god knows how many resumes and I finally got an interview!!!

Everybody be cool. Stop panicking!
Deep breath.

Should I get a manicure? Schedule a blowout? Buy a new bra?

Why is this so scary?!
A photo of a middle aged white woman’s left hand. The nails are trimmed as short as possible and have no nail polish.
November 19, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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jessemlocker.bsky.social
Johannes Jelgerhuis, Pieter Meijer Warnars' bookstore on the Vijgendam in Amsterdam, 1820 (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam)
"Amsterdam’s cultural elite met up in this book and print shop. Warnars, the owner, was a bookdealer, publisher and printer. These activities are reflected in the full bookcases, the hanging banner, new reams of paper and the printing press on the floor. The painter of this scene, Johannes Jelgerhuis, was also a noted actor. The pronounced perspective of the shop interior makes it look like a stage set with a city view as a backdrop." https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/The-Shop-of-the-Bookdealer-Pieter-Meijer-Warnars-on-the-Vijgendam-in-Amsterdam--f1db15873a09965c63b77155a777d2ff
November 19, 2025 at 3:08 PM