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Chris Scullion @scully1888.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Was looking at the Silent Hill Townfall concept art and my jaw dropped. Was back in my hometown tonight so I had to go and take a photo. There are many ways to mock my beloved Coatbridge, but “your home’s so miserable it was used as concept art for a Silent Hill game” is a new one for me

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Very mid Mike @michaelgeorgeco.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Sir Paul is wrong here. I don’t like the Beatles and would not feel compelled to sing along. There are dozens of us!

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Very mid Mike @michaelgeorgeco.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

If I was a tech CEO who thought their product was near the height of a bubble, I might warn that our industry need to slow down, too.

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Wut? WHAT? How... like... why... ... The Y Chromosone was a mistake.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Trump is so stuck in the '80s that he keeps trying the movie cliche of "we'll solve our problems by putting on a cool show!" Military parade, the "Great State Fair," a UFC fight at the White House, the Formula 1 race, etc. Except he's not the scrappy teen hero. He's the evil real estate developer.

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Comicsbeat @comicsbeat.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Image has announced it will release the new Warren Ellis book GHOST DRIVE STATION, with no acknowledgment of its previous statements about the writer's sexual misconduct.

comicsbeat.com

Image to publish new Warren Ellis book GHOST DRIVE STATION

Five years after Image said it would not publish a new Ellis comic until he made amends with victims, he has a new book coming out

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Very mid Mike @michaelgeorgeco.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

After pointing out that something was working as intended to a youth at work and that they were entering data wrong, I got a message back of “OMG bruh, sorry for wasting your time. Jesus” and I’ve never felt so old. I mean, I am old, but I’ve never felt it.

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Very mid Mike @michaelgeorgeco.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

If you are a fan of comics, literature, or queerness, you should go listen to at least 500 episodes of this podcast that just wrapped up.

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Very mid Mike @michaelgeorgeco.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

I’m having a crisis because a coworker responded to my email with “thanks…”. Why is there an ellipsis?! How am I supposed to take that?

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The Emotion Engine @emotion-engine.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Thinking about how Osprey, a publishing house almost entirely devoted to publishing military uniform/equipment fetish material disguised as dry but picture heavy non-fiction tomes, put out a book dismantling the right wing mythologization of Sparta with an absolute all-timer table of contents.

Table of Contents
Preface
List of Maps

PART I: THE MYTH OF SPARTA
Introduction

PART II: THE REALITY OF SPARTA
I. Cuckold Kings and Wolves' Work: Behind the Spartan Mirage
II. Archaic Sparta at War: Early Losses, Foreign Roots
III. The Greco-Persian War: The Thermopylae Speed Bump
IV. The Peloponnesian Wars: Floundering at Sea, Surrendering on Land
V. Masters of Greece? Sparta Squanders its Hegemony
VI. The Boeotian War: What Cannot Bend Must Break
VII. The End of Sparta: Irreformable and Irrelevant
VIII. Conclusion: The Bronze Lie

PART III: TANGLING MYTH AND REALITY
IX. The “Moron Label”: The Spartans and the Political Far Right
Appendix A. Historiography and Objectivity
Appendix B. The Fundamentals of Ancient Battle

Glossary
Bibliography
Index

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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

on this day in 1995, scientists discovered bisexuality. happy 31st birthday to all my fellow bs

cover of newsweek magazine shows three mysterious people standing together in dramatic shadows. the text reads “Bisexuality. Not gay. Not straight. A new sexual identity emerges.”

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Very mid Mike @michaelgeorgeco.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

@marketplace.org using the song “Brick” as a transition after talking about credit card debt is on the nose, but also funny as heck.

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Jay & Miles @xplainthexmen.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Guess who who just finished explaining the X-men

A selfie of two forty-something guys with glasses. One is throwing up horns.

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Linda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Ha ha I hate it here

From the New York Times:

It is a chaotic scene on the National Mall.
Several hundred people have refused to leave despite an order to evacuate because of severe inclement weather that is approaching. Some are even arguing with Secret Service agents. At one point, a crowd of people began running back toward the stage. An officer is sternly repeating the order over a bullhorn and the crowd is booing. Many have begun chanting "U.S.A., U.S.A." A federal law enforcement officer is trying to assure people that the event has not been canceled. Many are not convinced.
One man walking by blamed the situation on "liberals in the weather service," adding,
"I think this is baloney."

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chelsea bridge 🩸 @secretaboutbox.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

software has gotten continually worse over the past 20 years so we trained a robot to reproduce it at a scale you can't review

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Very mid Mike @michaelgeorgeco.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

I finally got to witness the heron that lives nearby catch a fish. Feeling very lucky.

A blue heron standing in a shallow creek. A fish is sideways in its beak having just been plucked from the creek.

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The Disaster 👻 HAUNTist 🎃 @beerz4yearz.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Elon Musk has the greatest job in the world. Just get blasted off your ass on ketamine, promise everyone interdimensional unicorn-based travel by 2027, and receive free money. why am I working like some kind of peasant

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Very mid Mike @michaelgeorgeco.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

And the record for most bauble use in a pro Dota game goes to LGD. That’s… one way to win I guess?

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Very mid Mike @michaelgeorgeco.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

I’m pretty lucky that I can still get goosebumps listening to music I like.

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Ryan Estrada @ryanestrada.com · 29/05/2026

Paramount+ wanted to use the image on the left as a poster for the wrath of Khan, so they used everyone's least favorite technology to generate the rest of the image.

A close up of captain kirk getting his eyes scanned. It is cut off above the eyebrows and below his mouth.

The same image in a thumbnail for Star Trek, the wrath of Khan. But AI has painted the rest of the image so that Kirk is a balding man in a business suit.

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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Gov Jared Polis told a Colorado Sun event that his decision to give clemency to Tina Peters "will be remembered fondly." He was later interrupted by protesters carrying an enormous banner reading EAT SHIT POLIS coloradosun.com/2026/05/19/j...

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Jared Polis says his Tina Peters decision

Gov. Jared Polis made the remarks at The Colorado Sun’s annual legislative recap event, only to be drowned out by a small group of protesters

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Very mid Mike @michaelgeorgeco.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

I think maybe they are happy I’m back from vacation.

Two orange cats curled up and sleeping against a humans left leg.

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Very mid Mike @michaelgeorgeco.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

“You look like a Grimace” is low-key the best insult I’ve heard on Jeopardy

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Reminder that Florida voters passed a Constitutional amendment in 2010 banning gerrymandering with 62% of the vote and the Florida GOP just stole the courts and ignored it. By contrast retaliatory gerrymanders in CA and VA passed with the approval of voters. Yet media portrays them as equivalent.

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Very mid Mike @michaelgeorgeco.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Just learned @theautopian.bsky.social is moving TO substack and I’m more than a bit disappointed.

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Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

So much false equivalence in media on gerrymandering in Texas vs California & Virginia. California and Virginia maps approved by the voters. That's a huge difference not enough people pointing out

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

For the first time in decades, consensus broke at the UN Commission on the Status of Women. The United States cast the lone “no” vote on a document aimed at improving justice systems for women and girls worldwide. Misogyny is the official policy of the US under Trump.

healthpolicy-watch.news

Only US Votes Against Women’s Rights Document At UN Commission - Health Policy Watch

President of the UN General Assembly Annalena Baerbock told the opening of CSW that the backlash against women's rights "feels as though we are forced to

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Very mid Mike @michaelgeorgeco.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Post the best picture you have ever taken of your pet:

An orange and white cat sitting on a dark brown storage chest. Her mouth is extremely wide open, caught at the peak of a yawn. Her right hind leg is stretch off the chest pointing to the ground.

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Very mid Mike @michaelgeorgeco.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Dang, man. You have to screw up pretty bad for Ken Jennings to drag you publicly.

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Matt Brown @mattbrown.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Okay CTA. This is a good sign.

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Kir @librarytrying.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Bagel was DEEPLY invested in splashdown. I, of course, was completely chill (I was NOT chill).

An orange cat sitting on an ottoman in front of a large TV mounted over a fireplace. His head is tilted way to one side while he watches Integrity soar toward splashdown with three beautiful chutes slowing its descent.

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Very mid Mike @michaelgeorgeco.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

A) thankful we didn’t commit a genocide today. B) unhappy that man is still in power. C) Blucifer had a cameo in the Paradise season finale!

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Longmont Times-Call @timescall.com · 01/04/2026

Inspired by the score of “The Last of Us Part II,” Frequent Flyers’ latest production, “Light vs. the Dark,” transforms a video game soundtrack into a narrative aerial performance opening April 3 at the Dairy Arts Center.

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Boulder’s Frequent Flyers turn video game soundtrack into aerial spectacle

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Very mid Mike @michaelgeorgeco.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Saw an owl and a hawk having a turf war out the backdoor as the sun was setting. Feeling really grateful for being able to buy a house all those years ago.

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Gretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcculloch.com · 22/03/2026

I don't normally subscribe to the "German has a word for it" thing because all languages can invent and borrow new words! That said, I can't stop thinking about "hobbyless" as an insult since I saw it a few days ago, so here you go It promotes a growth mindset!! www.tumblr.com/abbiistabbii...

user abbiistabbii:
The Germans really cooked making "Hobbyless behaviour" an insult. It is both devastating, applicable to a wide range of people and behaviours, and doesn't resort to swearing.

Man ranting on the internet about the Superbowl halftime show or complaining that something is "woke"? Hobbyless Behaviour. Girls mocking another girl for not looking right? Hobbyless Behaviour. Mindless vandalism? Hobbyless Behaviour.

It is more powerful than "get a life" or the English "You're Sad" because it gets to the central point of the matter, and that is wonderful. Danke, Deutsch.

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Very mid Mike @michaelgeorgeco.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Fujinokawa with a double kinboshi? What a boss.

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Jackson O'Lantern-Brien @sprobeforebros.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Happy Gary Retrograde everyone! The next two weeks are the only two weeks out of the year when Gary Numan is older than Gary Oldman

musician Gary Numan, born March 8, 1958, aged 68

actor Gary Oldman, born March 21, 1958, aged 67

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Baturday Bat World Sanctuary

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Very mid Mike @michaelgeorgeco.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

The state of our union is fluffy and fucking adorable.

Two orange cats curled up together between a humans legs. The legs are spread and up on a grey couch.

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Brandon Bird @brandonbird.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

The internet is like home video games: ubiquitous, everyone loves it, real consumer-driven demand. A.I. is the Power Glove or the Sega CD or that robot that came with the Nintendo.

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Very mid Mike @michaelgeorgeco.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Heard annually in my house: stop trying to make JIT happen, Ken Jennings. Heard for the first time in my house this year: JIT happens.

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Ryan (Ry) Warner @ryanhasaquestion.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

HEART COCKLES WARMED Librarian Ethel Rice was a coal miner's daughter. First in her family to go to college— at Western in Gunnison, where she worked for decades. Ethel died and gave >$1 million to her alma mater, which will soon give free tuition to any Gunnison Valley high schooler. Go Ethel.

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Very mid Mike @michaelgeorgeco.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

We have to apologize daily for the lack of decent sunbeams to lay in. Soon, cats, it will be spring.

An orange and white cat sitting on tile floor. She has found the tiniest bit of sunbeam to sit in.

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Very mid Mike @michaelgeorgeco.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Probably good to live your life such that someone doesn’t say “I expected a more robust answer” while asking you a question.

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Brandon Bird @brandonbird.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

This machine yub nubs fascists.

An Ewok playing an ICE and Border Patrol drumset.

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Molly White @molly.wiki · 22/01/2026

if you can afford to spend 30 seconds chatting and trying to look nonchalant as you fumble with a gas canister, perhaps you are not in a scenario where chemical weapons are warranted

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Block instantly.

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Very mid Mike @michaelgeorgeco.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

I haven’t listened to this episode just yet, but the topics include a theoretical Orphan Black video game and I can’t stop thinking about it. Man, that show was good.

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Very mid Mike @michaelgeorgeco.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

How lucky am I that I can just see a friggin’ owl out the back door?

Slightly blurred photo of a great horned owl on a tree branch with its back to the camera

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