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Mitchell Lawrence @mitchelll.bsky.social · 15h

Checking in halfway through this guy's timeline. I like our odds.

Mitchell Lawrence @mitchelll.bsky.social · 16h

"This month, Trump embarked on a monthlong, 17-state tour in mostly red states aimed at mobilizing Republican voters ahead of the midterm elections. So far, Trump has visited Oklahoma, Alabama, Ohio, Nebraska and Texas." If he's visiting OK, TN, and AL, those GOP internal polls must be 𝓦𝓲𝓵𝓭

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Mitchell Lawrence @mitchelll.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Same. Lifelong, seventh generation Tennessean myself. I definitely know better, but this does feel weird. And heck, I’m over in Cheatham county which makes Williamson look purple. Green signs outnumber Marsha even out in the sticks by the WMA. It’s really something.

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Mitchell Lawrence @mitchelll.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I’m probably wrong, but in my beet-red exurban/Rural Nashville Ring County, I’ve seen scads of @jerrigreen4tn.bsky.social yard signs and exactly 2 Marsha signs. And neither of those were actually in a yard. Seems noteworthy, idk.

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Mitchell Lawrence @mitchelll.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Highly motivated opposing party + lackluster support for the generally accepted winner is how we got Trump 1. Tennessee is one of the reddest states in the country but I don’t think they’ll be able to call the race at poll close.

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Mitchell Lawrence @mitchelll.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I think there is an infinitesimal, minuscule chance Marsha gets Hillary’ed in the TN governors race. Enough republicans think she’s a snake to stay home, assuming that her win is an inevitability. They’re probably right, BUT you don’t see this kind of defection unless that attitude already exists.

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Mitchell Lawrence @mitchelll.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Close friend told me morale is on the floor at work and management’s solution is to have a weekly meeting about it. The meetings will continue until morale improves.

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Mitchell Lawrence @mitchelll.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Every time hegseth says some new radiantly dumb stuff I think about when he was still a Fox News host and said he didn’t believe in germs. This guy is so much stupider than even informed people realize.

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Mitchell Lawrence @mitchelll.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Agree with this sentiment. There were still career bureaucrats (complimentary) attempting to hold some guardrails in place. The vaccines got made. A lot of good public health got done in spite of the President. Fauci was a household name. Now we have RFK, & DOGE cleaned out anyone with any tenure.

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Mitchell Lawrence @mitchelll.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I have met people who have the most straightforward traditional Protestant beliefs who do not refer to themselves as Christians because they don’t want to be perceived as Evangelical.

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Mitchell Lawrence @mitchelll.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I’m from the buckle of the Bible Belt. Most of the folks I grew up with in the early 2000s were in churches that would later be more widely recognized as “Evangelical”. As I’ve aged I’ve met clergy and adherents of more mainline denominations and the difference is STARK.

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Mitchell Lawrence @mitchelll.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

In my brain, “Evangelical” now lives about same distance away from “Christianity” as Mormon or Jehovahs Witness. Like, sure. Lot of the same names, books and stuff, but wildly different theology and approach to life.

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Mitchell Lawrence @mitchelll.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Ok, so even if 24k gold leaf costs $100/square foot (which it doesn’t, usually $50-70 based on some quick searches, down to just a few bucks if you use non-24k), that’s enough leaf to cover an entire football field with several thousand square ft to spare.

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Mitchell Lawrence @mitchelll.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

When I was in undergrad, my best friend’s roommate was named—and I swear I’m not making this up—“Je Suis”. Wasn’t even anglicized to something resembling Jesus or anything. Wonder what he’s up to these days.

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Mitchell Lawrence @mitchelll.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I got a follow up email today from a university I applied to in two thousand and fifteen. Ship sailed guys, but thanks for checking in.

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Mitchell Lawrence @mitchelll.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I don’t care really about the leaves or pumpkins or whatever, I just want to be outside for more than 10 minutes without risking a medical emergency

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Mitchell Lawrence @mitchelll.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Meanwhile, in the South, it has been 90°+ daily for nearly 2 months, with the humidity of a small bathroom after a hot shower. I will be experiencing outdoor temperatures below 60° for the first time in like 5 months this week and am ecstatic.

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Dr. SkySkull @drskyskull.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Im ancient Egypt certain pharaohs ended up having their names chiseled off of every monument and I finally understand the motivation there

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Mitchell Lawrence @mitchelll.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Coastal elite (derogatory, unironic)

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Mitchell Lawrence @mitchelll.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I am the very model of a modern day mycologist My fungi and my shrooms are in quality the very best I know genera and family and phylum categorical And identify the species of Moss Temples Mycological

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Mitchell Lawrence @mitchelll.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Closing their set with Whipping Post. Called it

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Mitchell Lawrence @mitchelll.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

This bar band sounds like if Mark Knopfler joined the Allman Brothers

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Mitchell Lawrence @mitchelll.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

what do you mean there was someone else

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Mitchell Lawrence @mitchelll.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Today, on the anniversary of his death, we remember an American Populist struck down at the peak of influence. May his memory remind us of who we are at our worst and who we can be at our best. RIP Huey Long, August 30, 1893 – September 10, 1935

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Mitchell Lawrence @mitchelll.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

My sense of temperature is so screwed this time of year. Stepped outside and thought “oh wow it’s almost cool, this is so nice” Checked the thermometer. 89°F.

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Mitchell Lawrence @mitchelll.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Full version. Yeahhhh. Checks out.

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Mitchell Lawrence @mitchelll.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

We doin dialect maps today? Bet. Mine is very much on the money. It appears I may be incomprehensible to new Englanders.

Dialect map of the US, where the southeast and central US are deep red and orange, while the upper east coast is deep blue and Midwest is blue/light yellow

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Mitchell Lawrence @mitchelll.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

It was even Gemini specifically. LMAO

According to authorities with Siskiyou County and the U.S. Forest Service, the novice climbers, from Roseville, said they'd entrusted Google's Al tool, Gemini, to help them craft key logistics of their trip - from the best route up the mountain to the types of food they should pack and how much water they should carry with them. The county Sheriff's Office called relying on artificial intelligence tools "a critical misstep."

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Mitchell Lawrence @mitchelll.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

It was Economics though, so I’m personally conflicted on if it should count or not anyway en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_M...

en.wikipedia.org

James M. Buchanan - Wikipedia

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Mitchell Lawrence @mitchelll.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Waiting for my glorious Alma Mater MTSU to do this. “1… and counting”

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Mitchell Lawrence @mitchelll.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Igor Breakenback is a Bond Villain henchman that gets unceremoniously exploded 1/3 of the way through the climax action scenes

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Mitchell Lawrence @mitchelll.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

God forbid a candidate actually be passionate about anything

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Mitchell Lawrence @mitchelll.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Remember Rex Tillerson? I remember Rex Tillerson.

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Mitchell Lawrence @mitchelll.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Every time he poses with a row of dudes talking about something there’s always one guy up front who’s really into it and everyone else looks like their shoes are full of broken glass.

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Mitchell Lawrence @mitchelll.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

It’s not a top of the line machine or nothing, but it’s not a super budget model either. Chrome shouldn’t stutter when opening Speedtest because it loads a dozen banner ads. How does anyone do this

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Mitchell Lawrence @mitchelll.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Hooked up a new PC for my wife last night, and I forgot just how awful the internet is now for desktop browsing without an ad blocker. Good lord.

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Mitchell Lawrence @mitchelll.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Lap dog does not care that it is 100 degrees.

Black dog on my lap while I sit on our deck, green foliage glowing out of focus in the background in the low afternoon sun. Mutt dog has eyes squinted and tongue out

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Mitchell Lawrence @mitchelll.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Gemini: You’re totally right, that mushroom you ate was definitely toxic, and not the easy nutrient-dense snack I recommended. I’ll be sure to do better next time! Mr Beast: *vomiting noises*

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Mitchell Lawrence @mitchelll.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

There are absolutely 7 year olds in the Memphis metro who love Ric Flair and Hootie and the Blowfish, I guarantee it

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Thank you for so many strong essays, poems, ideas, stands, principles, examples, Wendell Berry. Thank you for loving the land, the country, the language. Thank you for living your principles. Quoted you in my talk yesterday, pulled these from my quotes collections.

nytimes.com

Wendell Berry, Writer Who Extolled America’s Agrarian Past, Dies at 92

A Kentucky farmer, he railed against agribusiness and championed small family farms and the environment, winning widespread acclaim.

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Mitchell Lawrence @mitchelll.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I’m just glad Gordon Lightfoot isn’t here to see this.

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Mitchell Lawrence @mitchelll.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Every Internet service going down due to traffic. All of them. That way there’s a good 15 minute window of pure chaos and uncertainty.

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Mitchell Lawrence @mitchelll.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Going down the Wikipedia list of people born in 1946 and starting to bite my nails. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1946?wp...

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