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Mudflap

@bgfloyd.bsky.social
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Historian. Ireland, empire, rebellion, ships, archives, and the revolutionary Atlantic. Writing about the United Irishmen and rebellion at sea and land. Also jokes. Occupationally hotdogs.

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Mudflap @bgfloyd.bsky.social · 4h
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Gord Jorkins @nothinkyjustvibey.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
That hurts. Colin Powell would have loved this administration's war crimes.
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Mudflap @bgfloyd.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
If you are interested in the United Irishmen or the disporia of Irish radicalism in the late 1790s and early 1800s, let me know. I have been building a database of those conscripted into the British army and navy. I have around 500 names thus far but I am looking for help. I will repost this.
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Mudflap @bgfloyd.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 03/10/2026
The midterms will test democracy. We’ll help you through it. Tune into our new video podcast, “Stress Test,” every Wednesday and Friday for the latest from hosts @davidcorn.bsky.social and @garrisonhayes.bsky.social.
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Introducing "Stress Test": The midterms will test democracy. We'll help you through it.
David Corn and Garrison Hayes on what to watch, what to tune out, and what's at stake. New episodes twice a week.
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Mudflap @bgfloyd.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
If you are interested in the United Irishmen or the disporia of Irish radicalism in the late 1790s and early 1800s, let me know. I have been building a database of those conscripted into the British army and navy. I have around 500 names thus far but I am looking for help. I will repost this.
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Mudflap @bgfloyd.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Mudflap @bgfloyd.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I am waiting for the action movie about the Battle of Agincourt. Kind of surprised one has not been made (yes, there are movies that include it, but one focuses on it)
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Dr. Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Misogynistic women are as exhausting as the men are #pinks
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Naomi Klein Is Spot On.......
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Mudflap @bgfloyd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
69, ohhhhh yeah
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Mudflap @bgfloyd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I am no capitalist but it does strike me that those who support capitalism might want to stop punching left and clean their own house up as I don't think tech bros are capitalists. They use the language to mask their greed and are actually the real threat to the capitalist system.
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
they are stealing billions from us in order to build data centers in our backyards in order to run machines designed to take our jobs and ultimately enslave us
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Sukie 💙🇺🇸🇺🇦🌊 @froggybottompond.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
''I'd like to go ahead and solve it. The Atlanta Hawks.''
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Mudflap @bgfloyd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Is this mud puddle of a society we have created, I put my headphones on during my walk to work and listened to CCR and I don't know how you can walk, listen to them, and not walk with a bit more confidence.
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Mudflap @bgfloyd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Martha Acuna @marthaacuna.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I would freaking out too 😭🐶♥️ Good morning everyone!
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cmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
If you are a graduate student in the humanities (construed as broadly as possible), what is the MOST EXCITING book published in the last five years to you? Please repost if you’re not a graduate student!
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The Lexorcist @lexidarlingxoxo.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
anarchists when they turn 40 and you tell them they have to get a pro-state exam:
guy screaming no meme
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Mudflap @bgfloyd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
When I'm too stoned to remember the word Christians
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Victor Pickard @victorpickard.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A major structural hazard with extreme media ownership concentration is that oligarchs impose their ideological agendas--which almost always skew to the far right--on everyone. This capture of core info and communication infrastructures must be dismantled if we're to have any semblance of democracy.
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Mudflap @bgfloyd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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The JER Pano @thejerpano.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The complete #JERPano Vol. 46 Fall issue is available free on Project MUSE for the next four weeks, courtesy of @uncpress.bsky.social. Every article in this edition is open to read, download, and share with students and colleagues! Click the link in the🧵or scan the QR code to access.
"Read the Fall issue without a login until the second week of October! Scan QR or click the link" in the thread below.
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Mudflap @bgfloyd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 23/09/2026
“Sure, it could wipe out humanity, but what’s the recurring revenue model?”
Borowitz cartoon of the day
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
“.. The greatest danger facing society isn’t that software will awaken and overthrow its human masters. It is that we will allow the creators of the software to abdicate human responsibility for the systems they choose to build ..” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
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Mudflap @bgfloyd.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Meade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Not to sound like a car commercial, but it’s by far the best vehicle I’ve owned. We’ve taken it on many 1,000+ mile roadtrips and it’s a delight to drive. It also really seems to be taking over from Tesla as the most prominent EV around Seattle, which I enjoy very much.
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Just realized this is a Michael and The Temp situation
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Pól Micheál O'Slatraigh @pmoslatraigh.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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𝕊𝕜𝕖𝕝𝕖𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕂𝕖𝕪 @skeletonkey.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Mudflap @bgfloyd.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
So with AI writing all sorts of stuff and what not, does that mean my typos and mistakes in articles and books will be celebrated now? Seen as truly a human piece, because I would like that.
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The Desert Veteran @jkz12769.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Robert Kraft is in the Epstine Files. He was arrested for prostitution at a massage parlor. He never faced jail time for it. He helps ICE FUCKS. He is a huge supporter of the Convicted FElon. He is a total SCUMBAG. People need to ban the N.E. Patriots as long as he is the owner of the team.
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Mudflap @bgfloyd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Pissedoffpundit @pissedoffpundant.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Yup🤔...
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🎃 Halloween Keeps Frightening 🎃 @historykeeper.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The cool thing about market anarchism is that you still have to go to work. Imagine a boot stamping a human face forever but it's a boot you had to cobble yourself after spending all day at different markets trying to find and buy all the different materials needed to make the boot.
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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
It's OK to think that the people who voted for this are un-American.
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Mudflap @bgfloyd.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
It brings me joy to think of people yelling and being a prick to Johnson. What a weak leader, and small person
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A Philadelphia family just bought their first home with a $10,000 first-time homebuyer grant funded by a group of Quakers It’s part of the congregation’s racial justice plan to redistribute wealth to Black residents in the Germantown area as a form of reparations
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A Philly family bought their first home thanks to reparations from Quakers in Germantown
Green Street Friends Meeting, a Quaker congregation in Germantown, pledged to spend $50,000 a year for 10 years as part of its reparations work. It’s helping Black Philadelphians become homeowners.
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Thanks For Sharing, Jerk @thx4sharingjerk.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I think the only real lesson I’ve learned about American politics is that rich people will vote in their own interests and poor people won’t
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Ben (Bee) Kahn @benkahncomics.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
BREAKING: Wyld Stallyns will no longer be opening for Ed Sheeran
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feral streep @feralstreeep.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
what it feels like to leave the office early without saying goodbye to anyone
Julianne Moore walking on the beach
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Mudflap @bgfloyd.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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Jo @krugashlfc.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
😱😱😱
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Mudflap @bgfloyd.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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P @intothejunction.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Just in time for Bears season
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Leia🇨🇴🇺🇸 @theswprincess.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
This is an excellent guide on what you can and should do to help if someone you know is taken by ICE. The most important thing - 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝗻'𝘁 𝗱𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝘁. There's PLENTY we can do help ensure a fair outcome.
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