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Mike Pirrotta

@psychprof85.bsky.social
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Community College Psychology professor, rock concert goer, and sad NY Giants fan pretty much sums me up

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Mike Petriello @mikepetriello.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
This is going to be one of those deep cut jokes where i will be pleased if even two people think it's funny well, they certainly are Pretending They're Dead
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Mike Pirrotta @psychprof85.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
@socio-steve.bsky.social Your "new frontiers in penis" post is the best Freud thing I've seen a student drew this "iceberg" on her test a while back
A student drawing to help them on a multiple choice test - there's a wave indicating a water-line (ego above, supergo below), and an "iceberg" in the water, but it is the world's most phallic looking iceberg.
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Stephen Nuñez @socio-steve.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Me 20 years ago: Freud is reductive psuedo science. Everything isn't penis Me now: everyday we explore new frontiers in penis
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Mike Pirrotta @psychprof85.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
One thing from Nolan's Odyssey that is sticking with me - in it, essentially, the monsters are real but the gods aren't.
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
France said un deux trois Cannescun
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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
as long as we’re on the subject of the cuts to weather data collection, here is my large story about the time I tried to simply perform all the cut government functions myself and it went about how you’d expect www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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I Tried to Be the Government. It Did Not Go Well.
My five-month quest to monitor the weather, track inflation, and inspect milk for harmful microorganisms
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Mike Pirrotta @psychprof85.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Please Please Me: A High and Dry Mystery
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Mike Pirrotta @psychprof85.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey: A No Surprises Mystery
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Toothybj @toothybj.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Dog Date
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Mike Pirrotta @psychprof85.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
@cjzero.bsky.social Did you get the shot of John Tutorro in the crowd?
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Mike Pirrotta @psychprof85.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
How is this not an 82-0? Philly AI, Pheonix KD, Miami LeBron, 80s Larry Bird, Orlando Shaq... www.82-0.com/share?id=DDM...
82-0.com
82-0
Build the ultimate NBA all-time team and see if you can go 82-0
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Roto BOOOOO-tor @rototudor.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
I get asked occasionally why me, as an older cis man, I’m so passionate about transgender rights - especially kids. One of the first out transgender people I met was a young woman who tried to take her own life, we were able to intubate and resuscitate her…
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 26/05/2026
@nycsanitation.bsky.social I’d like to report a sweep
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Mike Metcalf @mikemetcalf.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Next up: Running Up That Hill. Again.
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Alex Elizabeth Byrne McMillan @undeniablyalex.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
YOU’RE LISTENING TO SISYPHUS FM, THE HOME OF NON-STOP ROCK
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Mike Pirrotta @psychprof85.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Introduce yourself with 10 bands / musicians you’ve seen live The Who Pearl Jam Vampire Weekend (three nights in a row, and other times) Yeah Yeah Yeahs The Postal Service Black Sabbath Bruce Springsteen Paul McCartney Wet Leg The Beths
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Patrick "Inverted Vibe Curve" Blanchfield @patblanchfield.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
and IDK man but all these people talking about how the "open secret of academia" is that academics do bullshit work might want to consider all the academics - and I know plenty - who actually did do real work and quite coincidentally are now unemployed or adjuncting to the grave
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The Devil’s Re-Geoffs @geoffreykeel.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
I’ve done an inexplicable thing.
It’s the cover of Weezer’s Blue Album but I’ve replaced all their heads with Jar Jar and where it said WEEZER in the top corner now it says WEESA
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Mike Pirrotta @psychprof85.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Squirrel on Fire
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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
This is a really well written piece and is worth your time
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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
(inventing social media) we want to start releasing DLCs for the DSM-5
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Kerith Burke @kerithburke.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Wemby: “I refuse to carry the burden of having to hide my emotions.” This is amazing.

"Wemby's too emotional." "Wemby should stop crying." "Wemby's gay."
Can we stop with the tired old clichés that treat emotions as a weakness, either in sports or in life in general?
I asked Wemby about why that is. Here's his response:
"That's a tough question. I think it's first and foremost a fear of judgment. Like this feeling that you have to act a certain way, social codes, I guess. Personally, I refuse to carry the burden of having to hide my emotions."
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
this is one of the best memes of all time
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Jesse @requiemarm.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
you shouldn’t learn about bands from shady TikTok manipulation, you should learn about bands by hanging out with a girl you like but are also extremely afraid of
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Jen @ladyjenpool.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Happy Rex Manning Day to all who observe
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a man and two women are dancing on a sandy beach .
ALT: a man and two women are dancing on a sandy beach .
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Karen Geier @karengeier.com · 31/03/2026
Your non toxic masculinity post of the evening
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Mike Pirrotta @psychprof85.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Photographic memory is not a thing.
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Dolphin Pilot @theamitie.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Can we get 10,000 RTs for this
A screenshot of a picture of a baseball
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Jason Kirk @jasonkirk.fyi · 17/03/2026
At the moment, I am no longer the author of the world's largest college football newsletter. It is currently the world's largest college basketball newsletter
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March Madness underdogs still matter, plus the main bracket-picking tip
Until Saturday is The Athletic's free college football newsletter.
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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
in honor of a certain surgeon general nominee’s hearing today, here is the story of (among other things) the time I tried to take her advice about milk www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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I Tried to Be the Government. It Did Not Go Well.
My five-month quest to monitor the weather, track inflation, and inspect milk for harmful microorganisms
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Letícia Cesarino @letcesar.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
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Mike Pirrotta @psychprof85.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
@rodger.bsky.social since you didn't preview it, I'll ask here - what are your feelings on the concept of the Figure Skating Gala?
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Sam “The Great Pumpkin” Thielman @samthielman.com · 22/01/2026
I just thought everyone should see this
Dr Kareem Carr
man: i wish to publish
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reviewer 2: your paper is no good
man: i'll do anything to improve
reviewer 2: it's simple. you must read the work of the great scientist Pagliarini
man: *bursts into tears* but i am Pagliarini
Andre Pagliarini
@apagliar
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a first: in rejecting an article I submitted to a journal, reviewer 2 noted I failed to engage the work of one Andre Pagliarini
Jan 21, 2026 • 3:47 PM UTC
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the beggars out of here getter @milesklee.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
I spoke with Martin Peterson, the philosophy professor at Texas A&M University who had to remove Plato readings from a course syllabus to comply with school policies against teaching "race and gender ideology." He says he's replaced that material with media coverage of this censorship.
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Professor Forbidden to Teach Plato Assigns Article About University Censorship Instead
Texas A&M philosophy professor Martin Peterson is using the censorship of Plato from his course syllabus to teach his students about freedom of speech
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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
if you want a long read that involves udders, a hot air balloon, and some extremely dubious data on egg prices, the story I’ve been working on for the last few months where I tried to single-handedly take on every government function myself is now online! www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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I Tried to Be the Government. It Did Not Go Well.
My five-month quest to monitor the weather, track inflation, and inspect milk for harmful microorganisms
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Delroy Lindo Appreciation Society President @tomengelsdesk.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
YOU KNOW WHAT?! THERE IS NO FINANCIER. THAT OVER THERE? THATS JUST A PEDOPHILE IN A SUIT
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Adam Harris @adamhsays.com · 17/12/2025
She was born July 4, 1956, and died seven years ago, today. She did incredible things along the way. I’m grateful to every person who shared their memories of her with me before this story published and in the years since. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/education/ar...
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The Death of an Adjunct
Thea Hunter was a promising, brilliant scholar. And then she got trapped in academia’s permanent underclass.
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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
My perhaps controversial assessment is that when you share the propaganda of your enemies to call it out or to mock it… you’re still spreading their propaganda and maybe doing exactly what they hope you’ll do.
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don't hug me I'm porksweats @porksweats.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
CHOTINER: So you asked for a Birkin bag? KOKO: Yes. Possession Bag. CHOTINER: And you had the funds to acquire this? KOKO: No, Professor Purchase Koko Gorilla CHOTINER: That doesn't sound like the funds were justifiable. KOKO: Hostility Interviewer
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sadvil 😎 @sadvil.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
BOSS: hey you’re focused on getting that report together, right? ME: ya sure MY BRAIN (on a loop): Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-basketball, gimme, gimme, gimme the ball because I'm gonna DUNK IT!
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Sunday President diarrheas on the country, Monday President bulldozes White House, Tuesday President steals $230 million, Wednesday President... fucks a horse? Let's see if he fucks a horse.
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victoria zeller🫛 (RISEBALL, summer ‘27) @dirtbagqueer.rocks · 10/10/2025
can skattebo runs like a swoop bike from KOTOR
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
never 👏 ever 👏 ever 👏 EVER 👏 bet 👏 parlays👏
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Mike Pirrotta @psychprof85.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
I just saw One Battle After Another, loved it. Anyone have links to some good articles about it to read?
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Mike Scollins @mikescollins.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Running down the best scary movies to watch this Halloween in The Scollywood Minute 🎃🎃🎃
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furby hancock @furbyhancock.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Too late, Batman. Once this Tylenol floods the city's water supply, my wiki won't run out of editors ever again
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Mike Pirrotta @psychprof85.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
I'm posting a lot about academia lately - and a school where I used to work is in the middle of a big fight over a fair contract for their adjuncts. If you support adjuncts making something closer to a living wage, please sign here - actionnetwork.org/petitions/re...
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Respect for Adjunct Professors at Brookdale Community College, NJ
Brookdale Community College has been in negotiations with AFT Local 2222, United Adjunct Faculty of New Jersey, Brookdale Chapter for several months. The college is insisting the our adjunct faculty m...
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Tim Carvell @timcarvell.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
Anthony Atamanuik getting a call from a blocked number that opens with, “Are you by any chance familiar with the film ‘Dave’?”
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