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Michelle Lyons-McFarland @biblioscholar.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

@amyactonoh.bsky.social I just wanted to note that I'm a huge supporter , but I take significant issue with your support of Ohio's current anti-transgender policies. I hope you know better than this -- be the leader we need, not a follower of other people's fear tactics.

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Michelle Lyons-McFarland @biblioscholar.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Also one of my favorite artists. Not only is his composition amazing and just the images so vigrant, but being in the same room with one is an ENTIRELY different experience that never fails to take my breath away.

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Michelle Lyons-McFarland @biblioscholar.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

9 games meme: I'm sort of uncomfortable with the level of Gen X I'm giving here, but to heck with it. I just went with formative PC games -- I didn't get a console until much later. Not listed here: the online MUSH/MUX text games I played in college. My 9 games #My9Games my9games.net/en/share/526...

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My 9 Games | Shared games picks

A shared 9-panel games collage.

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Caroleeena @caroleeena.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

🧵Lauren Boebert had sex with three of her staffers. Two of them were women. Her sex partners were Clarisse Navarro, Jeffrey Small and Raven Finnegan. Navarro's husband Jace Ratzlaff: "I assumed this would eventually surface. I’ll have no further comment on this topic.”

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Count Trashula @trashmobminis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

What you need to understand is nothing we built was “off the shelf.” Store-bought environmental assets for stop-motion features do not exist. We were given concept art and told “make it look like this.” Everything you see here, down to the dirt and moss, was meticulously designed and crafted.

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Michelle Lyons-McFarland @biblioscholar.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

So I realized the other day that as a kid, I had measles, German measles, and chickenpox. Now, when I was a kid, we didn't have a chickenpox vaccine, but the others I should have had, right? And the fact that I had the diseases means I didn't get those shots? My mom insists I did, but I have doubts.

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祖思薪 Eugenia Zuroski @zugenia.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

My kid asked me what‘s something I teach my students and I said “That if you write what you have to say on paper then—unlike devices—no one has access to it except you and whoever else physically interacts with the paper” and you guys, it made an immediate impression

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Michelle Lyons-McFarland @biblioscholar.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

A minor debacle but followed up with a bit of good news as well -- this month in the LBP update! lennoxbibliographyproject.com/2026/09/18/s...

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Chinook salmon have recolonised 88% of their historic range on the Klamath River, with more than 13,000 fish passing the old Iron Gate Dam site in 2025, up from 7,700 the year before. Two years after the dams’ removal, it’s going better than anyone predicted. buff.ly/pToC9gB #ShareGoodNewsToo

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Rewilding the upper Klamath River Basin: rapid recolonization of Chinook salmon following the world’s largest dam removal - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - Rewilding the upper Klamath River Basin: rapid recolonization of Chinook salmon following the world’s largest dam removal

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Paul Riddell @kyloboomhauer.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

RT if you’ve never had a tab of ChatGPT open, ever. (And in my case, neither Claude nor Grok, either.)

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Michelle Lyons-McFarland @biblioscholar.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Having just dealt with an elder parent situation, my belief is that McConnell is in a SNF, and no one knows yet what his status is going to be except that things probably aren’t going as well as they’d like. He might have hospice aids for wound care and mobility and no one wants to explain that.

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

The beautiful chaos of a used bookstore is unmatched.

Looking into bookstore from
The street at night

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Michelle Lyons-McFarland @biblioscholar.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Noodle would like you to know that here’s here for you. And your sandwich. But also you.

My white and black Pibble Noodle on the couch next to me looking to see what my step kid is doing in the kitchen to my left.

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Michelle Lyons-McFarland @biblioscholar.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I’m excited about the first day back today. I’ll miss summer break and not having to know what day it is, but at the same time, there’s something so hopeful about interacting with students on the first day of the semester. This is unlikely to prevent my first-day pre-class freakout in an hour or so.

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Michelle Lyons-McFarland @biblioscholar.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Working on what movies I want to include in my Gothic class showings this semester (talking about haunted houses as the focus, and what it does to talk about when home isn’t safe anymore).

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Michelle Lyons-McFarland @biblioscholar.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

To all my old friends—if I was ever super awkward to you and oblivious about it, my new friends can vouch for the autism behind it. Mea Culpa. The love is real even if the social skills were suspect.

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Michelle Lyons-McFarland @biblioscholar.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Some days I think maybe I’m not actually autistic, but then last night my husband had to give me instructions on how to make mashed potatoes because it had been too long and my brain had dumped the info. Also I had too many arm feels this morning because it’s loud in here.

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Michelle Lyons-McFarland @biblioscholar.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I would just like to say, for the record, that as I’m showing signs of fatty liver and need to lose weight, I’ve gone off pop entirely for two days now, which is also happening at the same time I’ve cut out most of the sweets in my diet. I hate life right now SO MUCH.

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Michelle Lyons-McFarland @biblioscholar.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Okay, so when I was a kid, my grandmother had a whole bunch of the cup cozies, for lack of a better term, and my mom requested some new ones when her inherited ones started giving out. So for today’s grandmacore crafting moment, I bring you crochet cotton cup cozies.

Brown, tan, and cream colored yarn in a crocheted tube with a bottom.

The same tube on a plastic water tumbler.

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Michelle Lyons-McFarland @biblioscholar.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Hey there, #CLE people on my feed — the Writing Program at CWRU is looking for a full-time Administrative Director. Are you a good fit? Do you want to help a bunch of awesome students and faculty keep some organization in their world while they teach writing? employment.case.edu/psp/ERECRUIT...

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Michelle Lyons-McFarland @biblioscholar.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Going through boxes left from my MiL’s storage space, and she saved EVERYTHING, which means that there’s so many newspapers, programs, ephemera, graduation cards, postcards, etc. We’re not going to keep all of it — if you have any interest in a small trove of 1960’s greeting cards, etc. let me know.

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Michelle Lyons-McFarland @biblioscholar.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

I am such an international soccer dilettante, because honestly I just like hearing the announcers say “Mbappe.” And thus how cheaply my alliegences are bought.

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 12/07/2026

BREAKING: Lindsey Graham’s sudden death reveals everyone’s wake-up time on Sundays.

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Michelle Lyons-McFarland @biblioscholar.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Lindsey Graham was a terrible human being, and by that I mean he was terrible at being a human being. There were occasionally some faint fucking glimmers of a worthwhile person that got obliterated by his desire for power. I think he just really wanted to feel safe, and that’s the saddest thing.

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Michelle Lyons-McFarland @biblioscholar.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Holy cats. I wish Mexico had won, but what a game. England freaking earned it, and Mexico has nothing to be ashamed of — they left everything on the field.

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Michelle Lyons-McFarland @biblioscholar.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

This white American lady is all in for Mexico—love my Brits, but let’s be real.

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Snot Boogie🌲👽🇵🇸🛸🏴‍☠️ @snotboogie.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

VIVAAAA MEXICOOOOOOOO

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Michelle Lyons-McFarland @biblioscholar.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

My July 4th story is that we got back from our road trip vacation yesterday evening and proceeded to be loved on by our dogs and greeted by the stepkid, who was grateful to be relieved of dog-watching duties (and, you know, happy to see us too).

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Michelle Lyons-McFarland @biblioscholar.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Today we went to the Aquarium of the Pacific and saw sea otters and many fishies and sea lions and seals and petted a jellyfish and, in short, had a lovely day. I have also composed a sonnet about LA traffic. /bows/

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Michelle Lyons-McFarland @biblioscholar.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

At the Aquarium of the Pacific today, and I’m excited to see the fishies.

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Michelle Lyons-McFarland @biblioscholar.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

In Las Vegas. It has been a series of ups and downs and feeling veguely dissatisfied with my surroundings, but two things that were awesome today were the Mob Museum and Zombie Burlesque. Hot damn. Watch out for Mikey, he’ll eat anything.

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Michelle Lyons-McFarland @biblioscholar.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

I am on a road trip at the moment in Salt Lake City, headed eventually to LA, and I would like to say that I just had a freaking amazing meal here thanks to Felt Bar and Eatery — holy cats, so good. I feel like Violet Beuregard after she chews the forbidden gum. Roll me home, Oompaloompas.

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CousinOzzie @cousinozzie.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Happy June 4th to my CLE people who celebrate

A white plastic cup printed with "10¢ BEER NIGHT, JUNE 4, 1974, CLEVELAND, OHIO, MUNICIPAL STADIUM"

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🌈Dr. Frizzle @swilua.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Y’all need to read this GoFundMe my bff @lhistorienne.bsky.social posted because you don’t think it will get worse after the dead body, but then the building catches on fire (I know Megan from DAR and things been WILD this administration) gofund.me/3d2679850

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Donate to Help Megan, a Disabled Army Veteran, Escape a Dangerous Home, organized by Jamie Goodall

Help Megan, a Disabled Army Veteran, Escape a Dangerous Home … Jamie Goodall needs your support for Help Megan, a Disabled Army Veteran, Escape a Dangerous Home

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Michelle Lyons-McFarland @biblioscholar.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Okay, so time for a timeline cleanse. What’s your favorite classical/instrumental music to put on in the background while you do stuff (like grade or read) where lyrics aren’t really wanted? Looking to broaden my playlists and try some new stuff this summer.

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Michelle Lyons-McFarland @biblioscholar.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

I deeply, deeply hate traumaversaries. I’m like, why do I feel like everything and everyone hates me today and I suck? And then I look at the calendar, and what do you know, it’s the date of a stupid fight with my ex that changed everything. That was twenty years ago, brain! Seriously. Let it go.

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Michelle Lyons-McFarland @biblioscholar.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

I was already looking at ditching Canvas for my classes next semester given potential privacy issues, and now... argh. That being said, changing up plans on a stressed autistic teacher less than 48 hrs before grades are due results in unfortunate stress hives popping up. I'm gonna bake some cookies.

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Nate Wolff @natewolff.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Canvas is down, ye say? Aye lad hearken to me and I'll tell thee of a time when a man might say canvas was down! When the leviathan booms his bulk upon ye an' thy splintered masts surrender their sails to the foaming, merciless drink!! then, lad, ye say might say with some authority that can (1/135)

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Michelle Lyons-McFarland @biblioscholar.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Halfway back across PA and I’ve hit the “nothing at these restaurants stops looks like food” portion of the journey.

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Michelle Lyons-McFarland @biblioscholar.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

All hail the indifferent, expensive, but woefully convenient hotel breakfast.

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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

A wonderful 38ft mural of the late great KURT VONNEGUT - who left us 19yrs ago today - in his hometown of Indianapolis.

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Michelle Lyons-McFarland @biblioscholar.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

My body seems to delight in not listening to me. Here is is, 2:30 in the morning. I've been trying to sleep since 11. I have now given that up and am going to teach my body an object lesson -- if you're going to refuse to sleep, you get to grade. We both have to suffer, but that's what you get.

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Michelle Lyons-McFarland @biblioscholar.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

I have graded two papers this evening after a day of conferencing, and I think that's pretty darn good all things considered. I get a break, and then maybe a couple more before I fall over.

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Michelle Lyons-McFarland @biblioscholar.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

So not that this is super big news, but I have ASECS coming up next week and I'm really excited. I don't have a paper this year, but I am hosting a roundtable on Thursday morning and this entire thing is the highlight of my professional year. ASECS is where my people are. I can't wait.

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Michelle Lyons-McFarland @biblioscholar.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Doctorate in 18th-century Brit Lit and Composition. I can't save your life, but I can tell you why what you read matters AND how to write your own freaking email.

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