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Paul Erickson

@mrsidetable.bsky.social
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Minnesota, Chicago, Austin. NY, RI, Ann Arbor. Old books, gingham, Saabs, side tables. All opinions my own. RT ≠ endorsement. Director of the William L. Clements Library at the University of Michigan.

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hamiltonburglar.bsky.social @hamiltonburglar.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Katie Britt when she realizes what’s happening as Jack Smith says he went to an Iowa game.
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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I have separated the art from the artist and am now whipping the art to stiff peaks, after which I will gently fold it into the artist before baking at 350 til golden and puffed
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Paul Erickson @mrsidetable.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Look at McSchmuck there on the left with the middle part, seeing his job prospects go up in smoke. And he must have been so excited to have been picked to hold up that poster.
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Paul Erickson @mrsidetable.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Kentucky Wildcats out there in the world doing the Lord's work. You just love to see it.
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SeaTea @tierno158.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
If NFL owners want to censor who performs in stadiums, they shouldn't ask taxpayers to help build them. You can't take public subsidies for stadiums then use them as your personal editorial board. Pay for it all out of your own pocket and hold as many Kid Rock concerts as you want to.
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Paul Erickson @mrsidetable.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Oh shit: “his talents can be only calculated by one familiar with fractional arithmetic.” From an 1849 broadside by John Richmond attacking Sylvester Shearman, a congressional candidate in Rhode Island. Courtesy of www.lesserbooks.com
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Paul Erickson @mrsidetable.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Dear Costco: I have some questions…
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Paul Erickson @mrsidetable.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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Paul Erickson @mrsidetable.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
As someone whose primary college football rooting interests are Texas and Michigan, that was one hell of a Saturday.
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Paul Erickson @mrsidetable.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Get on home now to your arid pancake of a state, Sooners.
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Paul Erickson @mrsidetable.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The commercials that are running against st him right now are some of the most hateful I’ve ever seen.
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Paul Erickson @mrsidetable.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
“But if we want to make it deeper than that, man, we left Kansas bleeding again, so call it good." There aren’t enough bad things that can happen to Eli Drinkwitz.
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Paul Erickson @mrsidetable.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Couldn't be me walking around campus in Ann Arbor today shouting "Hook'em!" at visiting OU fans.
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Paul Erickson @mrsidetable.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
As a life-long Packers hater, I can say that I have never once been worried about Romeo Doubs.
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Paul Erickson @mrsidetable.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
static.klipy.com
Not Great, Bob! - Mad Men Quote
ALT: Not Great, Bob! - Mad Men Quote
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Paul Erickson @mrsidetable.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Perfect description of MTG's career trajectory.
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Paul Erickson @mrsidetable.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
"And this summer, he mounted a rock musical he wrote about Benjamin Franklin titled “The Sound of America” in Philadelphia that cast the founding father as “America’s first rock star.” It finished its debut run this month." Missed opportunity, @shearites.bsky.social
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BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL AKA PRESIDENT FOOTBALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
She did ask us to talk about basketball 🫡
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Paul Erickson @mrsidetable.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
That's how you collect those mebounds.
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Paul Erickson @mrsidetable.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
"If Jaissle is unsuccessful—and he may well be trying to shit the stable door after the horse has already bolted...—an Arsenal transfer will surely be inevitable." SI really should have kept some of those copyeditors. www.si.com/soccer/newca...
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Newcastle Left With Hail Mary to Keep Bruno Guimaraes Out of Arsenal Clutches
The Magpies are tying to keep hold of their captain after already selling Anthony Gordon and Sandro Tonali.
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Paul Erickson @mrsidetable.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Usually colleges ask alumni to donate money to them, but I guess in some cases it can work the other way around.
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Paul Erickson @mrsidetable.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Pissed-off babies of the 19th century, first in a series.
Victorian parlor scene with an aggravated looking baby in a suspended play contraption called 
the “Automatic Nurse”
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Paul Erickson @mrsidetable.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Ron Johnson at #SHEAR2026: “People want simple answers [about the Revolution]. But offering people simple answers is an injustice.”
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Paul Erickson @mrsidetable.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Well THAT was an unexpected Q&A session.
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
lmao at all the sad crusaders
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Paul Erickson @mrsidetable.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
This is who the DNC is betting on…
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Paul Erickson @mrsidetable.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
This is the most important news day of the year. www.mnstatefair.org/new/food
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New Foods for 2026
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Paul Erickson @mrsidetable.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Row that boat!
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Ritesh! @riteshwriter.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
The framing of Cleves as some well-off elite organizing an online hate mob against a poor little queer creator is really dishonest & disappointing to see, given how it erases Cleves' own reality & indeed queerness to basically pit two queer women against each other, whilst dubbing critique 'a mob'
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poop @dude3000.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Come and take it
A square flag with a white border, a red background, and a blue X stretching to each corner. The X also has a white border and 13 white stars (one in the center and three on each arm). The red space to the left of center sats "28th." and the red space to the right says "Va. Infy." both in goofy old typeface. 

More info here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/28th_Virginia_battle_flag
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Paul Erickson @mrsidetable.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Now do Leonard Leo
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Paul Erickson @mrsidetable.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
ISIDOR!!
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Names of players in this UNC-Oklahoma college baseball national championship game: Boston Brisco Caden Cayden Camden Camron Cord Dasan Dayton Deiten Folger Gunnar Jaxon (x2) Kadyn Rom Talan Uriah
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Paul Erickson @mrsidetable.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Lesson from this afternoon's conference call: don't let a good crisis go to waste.
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Paul Erickson @mrsidetable.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Well, it was good while it lasted, Dusty May.
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Paul Erickson @mrsidetable.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
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Paul Erickson @mrsidetable.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Someone went to the groomer today and is so pretty and shiny.
Happy black mixed breed dog on a blue rug.
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Paul Erickson @mrsidetable.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Big news, people! Thanks to my dedicated colleagues at @clementslibrary.bsky.social, all 139 volumes of the American Series of the Papers of General Thomas Gage are all now fully digitized and live on the University of Michigan website. Just in time for July 4th! quod.lib.umich.edu/g/gage/
quod.lib.umich.edu
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
RIP Mark Rothko. You would have loved how the hydrogen peroxide bleach is only turning the Reflecting Pool blue around the perimeter
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 14/06/2026
Curacao, a Caribbean island nation with a population of 158,006, now has scored more goals in the World Cup than China and India *combined*
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Jason Brow @jasonbrow.com · 14/06/2026
Coney Island. Knicks in five. Brooklyn is exploding. New York City!
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Absolute Fareed @fareedblackman.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Watching everything be better without you from Albania:
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Bill DiFilippo @billdifilippo.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
think i got this right, here is what the spurs win probability maxed out at in each game the knicks won according to ESPN's win probability: game 1: 94.1% game 2: 83.6% game 4: 99.6% game 5: 97.1%
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Paul Erickson @mrsidetable.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Thrilled for all the Knicks (except the horrid James Dolan), but especially happy for KAT. He gave everything he had to the Wolves, and was so great in the community. So glad to see him get a ring.
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Paul Erickson @mrsidetable.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Another great new arrival at the day job. C19 print culture is just the best.
2 pages from a catalogue advertising false facial hair.
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 10/06/2026
Haters gonna hate. www.startribune.com/minnesota-to...
startribune.com
Minnesota ranked best in country for quality of life
Several Midwestern states ranked high in the State of the Nation Project’s newest report.
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Paul Erickson @mrsidetable.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
I think at this point in the franchise's history we're finally ready for this Predator movie.
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Paul Erickson @mrsidetable.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
share.google/7Lzwm0B6Vjzq...
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Knicks 1994 Go NY Go
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Sen. Lemon Gogurt @ugarles.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
credit where credit is due, getting your cult addicted to tallow before importing screwworms is a good bit
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