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Beth Boyle Machlan

@bethmachlan.bsky.social
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Essayist, educator, Zillow stalker, hockey fan, pet pic poster. Usually tired; probably mad. Words at The Common, Catapult, Avidly, River Teeth, NYT, The Rumpus, Guernica. CFA-UAW she/her linktr.ee/bethmachlan?utm_source=li…

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Beth Boyle Machlan @bethmachlan.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A spoof of the classic Maine children’s book “Blueberries For Sale” in which Sal must eat road salt because Senator Susan Collins sucks.
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Beth Boyle Machlan @bethmachlan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The “In space, no one can hear you scream” ads for Alien
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Beth Boyle Machlan @bethmachlan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Remember the Gentlemen?
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Beth Boyle Machlan @bethmachlan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
That’s me in the ocean, practicing my religion.
Smiling person floating on their back in blue ocean under blue-grey sky
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Beth Boyle Machlan @bethmachlan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Come on, @nytgames.bsky.social
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Beth Boyle Machlan @bethmachlan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Beth Boyle Machlan @bethmachlan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Sunset, Rockland Maine
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Beth Boyle Machlan @bethmachlan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Since that New York Magazine piece cast doubt on Jackson’s stance on Israel/Palestine, he’s set the record straight.
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Beth Boyle Machlan @bethmachlan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Beth Boyle Machlan @bethmachlan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Or just buy this awesome shirt
Troy Jackson campaign shirt says “Not safe for scabs”
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Beth Boyle Machlan @bethmachlan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Troy Jackson stopped by Rockland this morning to hype us up before a day of canvassing. Now that Platner’s gone, ME is getting much less press when the race is still just as crucial. If you can send some $ his way, it will make a difference.
Troy Jackson, Dem candidate for senate in ME, speaking with a Dublin Donuts cup
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Beth Boyle Machlan @bethmachlan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I am simply not emotionally equipped for Hot Mr. Bennett
Rufus Sewell as Mr. Bennett in 2026 Pride and Prejudice
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Beth Boyle Machlan @bethmachlan.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
My boys
A closeup of two dogs, one gold, one white and brown, looking up
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Beth Boyle Machlan @bethmachlan.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I used to know joy
A picture of Will Arnett and Henrik Lundqvist from the NHL awards
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Beth Boyle Machlan @bethmachlan.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
IT’S A GODDAMN WORD
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Beth Boyle Machlan @bethmachlan.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
In Rockland, ME, protesting a murder. Abolish ICE.
Middle-aged white woman holding a sign that says “Murder does not make us safer”
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Beth Boyle Machlan @bethmachlan.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
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Beth Boyle Machlan @bethmachlan.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Man, these hardcore Platner stans are really … something.
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Beth Boyle Machlan @bethmachlan.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Me rn
Runway model wearing strange black latex tentacle outfit
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Beth Boyle Machlan @bethmachlan.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
They are indeed
Two small brown dogs looking up with big eyes
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Beth Boyle Machlan @bethmachlan.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
An illustration from Anne Carson’s “Antigonick” featuring four human figures with Greek pedestals (?) for heads
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Beth Boyle Machlan @bethmachlan.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Zohran Mamdani in a suit and tie has just jumped into the water at Coney Island; the caption says *screams*
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Beth Boyle Machlan @bethmachlan.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
From June 16th:
Susan Collins asserts that she does not regret her vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh
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Beth Boyle Machlan @bethmachlan.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
This snapping turtle just wanted some string beans and honestly same.
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Beth Boyle Machlan @bethmachlan.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Because we can all use a little joy, I bring you SEXY RHUBARB
A poster for a rhubarb festival in Maine featuring a drawing of rhubarb wearing fishnet stockings and heels under the caption “Rhubarb is sexy”
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Beth Boyle Machlan @bethmachlan.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
This is on FB Marketplace … from an alternate universe in which Jesus would like a word about that whole crucifixion thing, actually.
A very scary looking picture of Jesus’s head
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Beth Boyle Machlan @bethmachlan.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Summer reading
A pile of classic mystery stories
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Beth Boyle Machlan @bethmachlan.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
I am apparently “drunk yarn shopping” years old.
A picture of a ball of teal blue yarn, a pink cocktail with orange, and two Totoro needle covers.
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Beth Boyle Machlan @bethmachlan.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
How can anyone possibly teach without this ELITE TOOL?
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Beth Boyle Machlan @bethmachlan.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
This little man was abandoned 2x: as a puppy & again fully grown. He was stray so long he wore down his teeth from eating garbage. He came to us w/heartworm & skin infections making him miserable, but he tried so hard to be good. Now he’s healthy & happy and all tennis balls belong to him forever.
Brown and white dog smiling
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Beth Boyle Machlan @bethmachlan.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Lunch on the first real warm Maine day
A chocolate and vanilla ugh swirl ice cream cone held up in front of a harbor with green water and blue sky
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Beth Boyle Machlan @bethmachlan.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
It’s the McDonald’s delivery that really lifts it into *chef’s kiss*
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Beth Boyle Machlan @bethmachlan.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Strikes work! Up the Union!
NYU contract faculty have reached a tentative agreement with the administration
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Beth Boyle Machlan @bethmachlan.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Albino snake seems to be smiling
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Beth Boyle Machlan @bethmachlan.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
She has her own matching bed directly out of frame, but hey, we don’t call her “Dumb Fat Baby” for no reason
A fat gray cat sleeps on the edge of a round fluffy bed already occupied by another cat
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Beth Boyle Machlan @bethmachlan.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Solidarity with my beloved former colleagues at NYU!
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Beth Boyle Machlan @bethmachlan.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
OMG, there’s actually an AI app called “Delve.” Which is perfect, because when students use this word, I know they have no idea what they’re talking about. Nobody fucking “delves,” dammit.
An ad for an AI “agent” called “Delve.”
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Beth Boyle Machlan @bethmachlan.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
I did this in PT today! (Plus a sports bra; minus the bangs.)
Dakota Johnson doing a cobra pose in jeans and no top.
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Beth Boyle Machlan @bethmachlan.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
How many boots can NYU eat, Part 347,659
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Beth Boyle Machlan @bethmachlan.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
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Beth Boyle Machlan @bethmachlan.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Really want a world where the news looks like this:
This is a graphic explaining that temperatures are good for making maple syrup
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Beth Boyle Machlan @bethmachlan.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
(And @kpower90.bsky.social ) I was mocking the guy who didn’t understand the podcast name and this happened:
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Beth Boyle Machlan @bethmachlan.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
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Beth Boyle Machlan @bethmachlan.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
He is New and unused to the Screaming
Concerned brown and white dog
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Beth Boyle Machlan @bethmachlan.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Actor Jeff Hiller saying he always takes a cab to LaGusrdia Airport
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Beth Boyle Machlan @bethmachlan.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Just wondering how they’re defining “notable” at @bowdoincollege.bsky.social these days?
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Beth Boyle Machlan @bethmachlan.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
How the livestock is weathering the storm
Two cats in two round fuzzy cat beds near a heating vent
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Beth Boyle Machlan @bethmachlan.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
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Beth Boyle Machlan @bethmachlan.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Standing together in Lewiston, ME
The Power Puff Girls with the words “SugarSpice Abolish ICE”A church full of people protesting ICE
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Beth Boyle Machlan @bethmachlan.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Honestly never knew I could hate this hard.
Describes ICE naming Maine roundups as “Catch of the Day”
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