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ᴄʏᴄʟᴏᴢ @cyclozparis.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Bicycle, inner tube and moustache

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Tom Marcinko @tommarcinko.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Other #writing advice I always liked: “There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.” —Somerset Maugham #WritingCommunity

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Paul Renfro @renfro.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Here's the flyer for my senior seminar this coming spring. 🗃️

A flyer for "The United States since 1968" featuring a photograph of Bill Clinton and Al Gore in jogging attire and holding McDonald's cups. The rest of the text on the flyer reads: "Senior Seminar; HIS 4935-1; Professor Paul Renfro; Spring 2027; Wednesdays, 3–5:45 p.m."

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James Longhurst @jameslonghurst.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

thanks buddy, you're doing great. keep it up.

a researchgate pop up asks me, ungrammatically, if I am "Interested in research on Car?
Join ResearchGate to discover and stay up-to-date with the latest research from leading experts in Car and many other scientific topics."

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James Longhurst @jameslonghurst.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

some absolute bangers in this Dario Fazzi review of Pollyanna Rhee's @hnetreviews.bsky.social of "Natural Attachments: The Domestication of American Environmentalism, 1920–1970" from @uchicagopress.bsky.social networks.h-net.org/group/review...

networks.h-net.org

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The Great Pumpkin Papers 🎃🎃🎃 @professormusgrave.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

As a professor, most of what I do is log in to things

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James Longhurst @jameslonghurst.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Sun came out for the first time in a week so I got in a quick 45 miles after my last meeting

Some slight changing leaves on trees over a gravel road. A bicycle is in the foreground

Bicycle leaning against the USAC National Championship travel van which is still stored here after gravel nats

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James Longhurst @jameslonghurst.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

what's a better phrasing, "insoluble problem" or "unsolvable problem"?

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Melissa Johnson, PhD @ladyhistorian.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

We should let people dream of something besides labor

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James Longhurst @jameslonghurst.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"A cannon-armed Spitfire subscribed for by the staff of London Transport is in active service with an R.A.F. Fighter Squadron "somewhere in England". Like LPTB's ... underground vehicles, the Spitfire carries the familiar "London Transport" sign and badge." #transport www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...

a grayscale photo with an IWM watermark shows a parked Spitfire prop-engine fighter aircraft, with a pilot posing as he climbs into the cockpit.

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World Bollard Association™️ @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Probably the greatest parallel parking you’ll ever see. #WorldBollardAssociation

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PAM! @pamtoo.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

eating the first pumpkin donut of the season through a long, low continuous growl in case you get any ideas.

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James Longhurst @jameslonghurst.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I guess the Bengals can make even Rodgers look good?

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I've struggled explaining to people: so there was this weird group that was obsessed with the idea that AI would lead to human extinction. And they were super worried about it. So to prevent that they created AI.

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James Longhurst @jameslonghurst.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

LOC having a normal one, I see. I'd assume that this is the result of bot-crawling; otherwise there's no reason there would be high demand on the LOC website mid-say on a Sunday, right?

error message from the Library of Congress says "We're swamped and our servers are down."

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James Longhurst @jameslonghurst.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

to be fair, Houston is a good choice.

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Jason O. Gilbert @gilbertjasono.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

AI EXECUTIVE (bragging about his product): Using this every day has made me incredibly stupid

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James Longhurst @jameslonghurst.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

the new Criterion Channel UX handles dubbed versions differently; rather than two different files or versions in the UX, it's a single version and then you can set the audio to one of two (or more) different tracks as it is playing. kinda the same as subs.

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James Longhurst @jameslonghurst.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Leaving Criterion Sept 30: The "Murderous Melodramas" collection, which had several new watches for me: Girl in the Red Velvet Swing, Violent Saturdy, No Down Payment, Home from the Hill. Then some repeats: Desert Fury, Niagara, Long Hot Summer, etc... www.criterionchannel.com/collections/...

criterionchannel.com

Murderous Melodramas

In its midcentury heyday, Hollywood melodrama wallowed in blazing Technicolor, operatic plot twists, gloriously bad behavior, and even foul play. These films’…

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 25/09/2026

"Well, this shit just got real, didn’t it? Felonies and gourds have one very important commonality: they’re both extremely fucking real." buff.ly/pykYN6f

buff.ly

It’s Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers

For the seventeenth year: Welcome to autumn, fuckheads.

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𝙱𝚊𝚋𝚎 𝚁𝚞𝚝𝚑𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜 @unfitz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I have a type and it’s women who are smarter than me but that really doesn’t narrow things down at all.

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Dark Laughter @darklaughtertdb.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Actual Athenian politics: Alcibiades: Let's invade Sicily, we'll get rich and cut Sparta's western lifeline!" Nicias: "That seems reckless, our enemies are just waiting for us to step on a rake." Alcibiades: "What are you, a pussy?" Herald: "The vote is unanimous, the expedition is approved!"

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🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota.

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James Longhurst @jameslonghurst.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

anyway this is just a James Bond theme stuck in the middle of the Zero Dark Thirty soundtrack youtu.be/SryP7CQqP4s?...

youtu.be

Zero Dark Thirty [Soundtrack] - 07 - Seals Take Off

YouTube video by CinemanMusicLand

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James Longhurst @jameslonghurst.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

if you're in line to vote for the fat bears, STAY IN LINE to vote for the fat bears

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Endless Screaming @infinitescream.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

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Endless Screaming @infinitescream.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH

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James Longhurst @jameslonghurst.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

you know who immediately lost email notification privileges due to rampant spam abuse the *instant* I ended up on their email list? AAC&U. Just a torrent. So many email lists and I was somehow on *all of them* just from downloading a report. Madness.

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James Longhurst @jameslonghurst.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

So you’re telling me “Heart of the Beast” and “Dog Stars” are two DIFFERENT 2026 movies?

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Every time I return to Paris, I notice they've done more to reclaim streets from drivers and cars, including removing on-street parking, protecting cyclists from drivers, and prioritizing pedestrians and cyclists in shared spaces. Other cities can learn a lot from Paris.

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James Longhurst @jameslonghurst.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

oh ai got the events office or. . . is this a genuine human error?

a detail of an events poster says the event is on September 23th

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Jarrett Walker @humantransit.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Know anyone in Milwaukee, Wisconsin? Please forward them this. We need their feedback on difficult choices facing the transit system. www.ridemcts.com/programs/mct...

ridemcts.com

MCTS Forward

MCTS Forward is a collaborative effort to think about the future of public transit in Milwaukee County.

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James Longhurst @jameslonghurst.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Today’s apparently a great day for everyone to revisit classic works on immigration from John Bodnar and Oscar Handlin?

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James Longhurst @jameslonghurst.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

hello policy #skystorians 🗃️: do you know of a history of state-level governor's commissions on minority groups, possibly including Latino/a/x? I think about Hugh Graham who wrote in the 90s about presidential commissions in the civil rights era, and then there's riot/urban commissions. Any thoughts?

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Dr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Tired: STEM (Science Tech Engineering Math) Wired: STEAM (Science Tech Engineering Arts Math) On Fire: STEAM PUNK (Science Tech Engineering Arts Math+ Pyrotechnics Ukulele Ninja Klezmer)

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026

Americans: oh, look, a systemic issue. I will solve it individually

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James Longhurst @jameslonghurst.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

to my shock, incomprehension, and incredulity, this Steelers offense does not look good

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James Longhurst @jameslonghurst.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

oh man watching NFL is just wall-to-wall state and local political ads right now. Was that three in a row or four in a row, all in the same commercial break before it went to national feed? I think it was four: pro-DVO, anti-Tom-Tiffany, anti-David-Crowley, pro-Cooke. I lost track. #wi03 #wipol

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James Longhurst @jameslonghurst.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

the KOM cycling brand handlebar bike computer mount has the mounting bolt accessed from the bottom, which I just now have realized is a user experience disaster; the bolt works itself loose and then falls out the bottom and you’ll never even notice until it’s too late.

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James Longhurst @jameslonghurst.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

at a certain point, if I keep using "it made sense at the time" as an excuse, people are really going to start doubting my in-the-moment judgement skills and lack of forethought

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 15/09/2026

No New Yorker should lose their life just trying to get around our city. We refuse to accept preventable tragedy as an inevitable part of living in New York. That's why we’ve announced more than 100 policies to make our streets safer over the next 10 years.

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Richmond Eustis @reustis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Adama: It's an integrated computer network, and I will not have it aboard this ship. Roslin: I heard you're one of those people. You're actually afraid of computers. Adama: No, there are many computers on this ship. But they're not networked.

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James Longhurst @jameslonghurst.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

pray for me I have to search Outlook for an email from like nine months ago

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