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Justin Bates
@jb1981.bsky.social
Holding hands while the walls come tumbling down.

Fort Smith, AR b/w/o Pine Bluff
Arkansas basketball
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January 18, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Is an extreme 40-degree temperature drop over the course of a weekend an indication of a healthy climate?
January 16, 2025 at 8:48 PM
I will aimlessly doom-scroll TikTok until the United States government arrives at my home and makes me physically remove the platform from my devices.
January 16, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Sarah went to college at the same time as me at the Baptist college across the street.

Wonder if she thinks the Ouachita Baptist University professors are considered to be indoctrinating students?
Arkansas Governor, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, said college professors should be fired if they are “indoctrinating” students with “woke” teachings echoing trump’s rhetoric against institutions of higher education.

It is unclear how such a restriction would be enforced.

apnews.com/article/coll...
Arkansas governor says professors should be fired if they are 'indoctrinating' students
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders says college professors should be fired if they are “indoctrinating” students.
apnews.com
January 15, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Is it too early to fire John Calipari? (kidding)

But seriously, what the hell?
January 15, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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January 13, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Every once in a while I need to hear this song.
Pink Floyd - "Time" 1973
YouTube video by HDPinkFloyd
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January 14, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I know the prompts were ambiguous but I’m getting a lot of “circling back after the holidays” emails today and I don’t care for it.
January 13, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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COWORKER: wow that’s a big thermos, what do you keep in there

ME: hot fudge

COWORKER: haha you mean hot cocoa?

ME: [sipping] naw
January 13, 2025 at 3:49 AM
The only reason to watch Arkansas basketball at this moment is Adou Thiero, who has been as consistent as they come all season.
January 12, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Bump
I think Arkansas would be a better basketball team if they shot the ball well.
January 11, 2025 at 11:37 PM
“Happy Valentine’s Day! Here is a huge Ding Dong”
January 11, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I think Arkansas would be a better basketball team if they shot the ball well.
January 9, 2025 at 1:58 AM
OreGONE imo
January 1, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Bought this book off of a recommendation from a friend.

Seven different perspectives from men who have lost important women in their lives.

bookshop.org/p/books/men-...
Men Without Women: Stories a book by Haruki Murakami, Philip Gabriel, and Ted Goossen
NATIONAL BESTSELLER - Including the story "Drive My Car"--now an Academy Award-nominated film--this collection from the internationally acclaimed author "examines what happens to characters without im...
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December 31, 2024 at 4:41 PM
LeBron is 40. That’s some longevity.

Do you think LeBron ever loses his keys? I lost mine today and I’m 43, so I’m sure he does.
December 31, 2024 at 12:37 AM
Heat
President, humanitarian, strike thrower
December 30, 2024 at 3:07 AM
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December 30, 2024 at 2:39 AM
@slwein.bsky.social I can now also publicly admit this now that his college career is over.
He feels like the best problem solver. Fixes so many negative runs in the backfield somehow, it’s astonishing
December 30, 2024 at 2:47 AM
A surreal moment: wife are watching SNF.

Stacy is on hospice and heavily medicated on Ativan and morphine, and yet she is trying to recall some moments from Jayden Daniels’ Heisman year. Still so amazing that her mind is still there, despite the circumstances.
December 30, 2024 at 2:28 AM
Going to work on December 26.
December 26, 2024 at 3:11 PM
Was saving an indica blend for a special occasion.

A slate full of sports and no work, so today is that day.
December 25, 2024 at 6:24 PM
lol Butker
December 25, 2024 at 6:14 PM
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Remembering Lemmy Kilmister, born on this date in 1945
December 24, 2024 at 3:20 PM
The main lesson young Ralphie learns is that adults are full of shit you just have to learn how to communicate with them to navigate around their bullshit.
December 25, 2024 at 12:26 AM