"smokey stevenson"
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It is spring, moonless night in the small town, starless and bible-black.
It is spring, moonless night in the small town, starless and bible-black.
Pinned
grew up in Northampton, PA, just across the Lehigh River from Saquon Barkley’s hometown of Coplay
Top 1,000 MLB Players of the 2000's
#417
Brian Schneider, C
Montreal/Washington '00-'07
New York (NL) '08-'09
.251/.323/.374, 82 OPS+, 3186 PA, 247 R, 154 2B, 8 3B, 59 HR, 356 RBI, 4 SB, 7.1 bWAR, 8.3 fWAR
-Led MLB in Caught Stealing % in '03 & '04.
#417
Brian Schneider, C
Montreal/Washington '00-'07
New York (NL) '08-'09
.251/.323/.374, 82 OPS+, 3186 PA, 247 R, 154 2B, 8 3B, 59 HR, 356 RBI, 4 SB, 7.1 bWAR, 8.3 fWAR
-Led MLB in Caught Stealing % in '03 & '04.
February 17, 2026 at 9:15 PM
grew up in Northampton, PA, just across the Lehigh River from Saquon Barkley’s hometown of Coplay
Gonna have to listen to this! I once saw T-Bone turn a weak grounder into a Little League home run:
February 17, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Gonna have to listen to this! I once saw T-Bone turn a weak grounder into a Little League home run:
Walked down to Wegmans for the lunch yogurt and my collection expanded by two.
The NFL might be dead to me but I’ll still pick up the football cards somebody threw into a snowbank because cards.
The NFL might be dead to me but I’ll still pick up the football cards somebody threw into a snowbank because cards.
February 17, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Walked down to Wegmans for the lunch yogurt and my collection expanded by two.
The NFL might be dead to me but I’ll still pick up the football cards somebody threw into a snowbank because cards.
The NFL might be dead to me but I’ll still pick up the football cards somebody threw into a snowbank because cards.
I think this album, which got played a lot in my house growing up and features an exuberant introduction from the young Rev. Jesse, will be today’s commute music. Walk tall, walk tall, walk tall.
February 17, 2026 at 11:54 AM
I think this album, which got played a lot in my house growing up and features an exuberant introduction from the young Rev. Jesse, will be today’s commute music. Walk tall, walk tall, walk tall.
Thanks to the weather app for reminding me that it’s possible to have a feels-like temp that’s *warmer* than the actual temp. Unfortunately, this might only happen in Brazil.
February 17, 2026 at 11:35 AM
Thanks to the weather app for reminding me that it’s possible to have a feels-like temp that’s *warmer* than the actual temp. Unfortunately, this might only happen in Brazil.
the underhanded foul shots alone make this worth watching.
You'd think the @pirates.com would've been the region's first sports telecast. Nope. Fearing low ticket sales, they were hesitant to air TV games. So what was? Duquesne basketball vs. St. Bonaventure, 2/11/1952. While not the telecast view, here is much of the game, likely the SBU coach film.
February 11, 1952. SBU vs. Duquesne at the Olean Armory
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February 16, 2026 at 11:04 PM
the underhanded foul shots alone make this worth watching.
tell the teacher I'm surfin'
Surfin' USA
Surfin' USA
February 16, 2026 at 10:17 PM
tell the teacher I'm surfin'
Surfin' USA
Surfin' USA
listening to Rupert Holmes' "Him" (a follow-on from an earlier thread about the AT40 OTD in 1980) and wondering whether current and future generations will understand the significance of finding a pack of cigarettes that's "not my brand."
Him
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February 16, 2026 at 9:58 PM
listening to Rupert Holmes' "Him" (a follow-on from an earlier thread about the AT40 OTD in 1980) and wondering whether current and future generations will understand the significance of finding a pack of cigarettes that's "not my brand."
RIP, Frederick Wiseman.
A lasting memory from freshman year at BU: going to the BPL for a screening of "Titicut Follies," which had been banned from public showing in the state from 1967 until the previous summer.
A lasting memory from freshman year at BU: going to the BPL for a screening of "Titicut Follies," which had been banned from public showing in the state from 1967 until the previous summer.
February 16, 2026 at 9:21 PM
RIP, Frederick Wiseman.
A lasting memory from freshman year at BU: going to the BPL for a screening of "Titicut Follies," which had been banned from public showing in the state from 1967 until the previous summer.
A lasting memory from freshman year at BU: going to the BPL for a screening of "Titicut Follies," which had been banned from public showing in the state from 1967 until the previous summer.
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100% of money from each plate purchased would fund nonprofits supporting environmental sustainability and outdoor recreation in Vermont, expanding our mission of using soccer as a catalyst for good. 💚
Read more & sign the petition!
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Support the Vermont Green FC License Plate! - Vermont Green Football Club
Vermont Green FC has teamed up with Vermont State Treasurer Mike Pieciak to create a state-sponsored Vermont Green FC license plate!
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February 16, 2026 at 8:21 PM
100% of money from each plate purchased would fund nonprofits supporting environmental sustainability and outdoor recreation in Vermont, expanding our mission of using soccer as a catalyst for good. 💚
Read more & sign the petition!
Read more & sign the petition!
Look at the 1970s on the run from Mother Nature
February 16, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Look at the 1970s on the run from Mother Nature
This guy so totes looks like a supporting character in a sophomoric college comedy movie
Ed Bannon (1939)
Source: Hennepin County Library
Bannon is a member of the University of Minnesota Gophers football team.
Source: Hennepin County Library
Bannon is a member of the University of Minnesota Gophers football team.
February 16, 2026 at 5:38 PM
This guy so totes looks like a supporting character in a sophomoric college comedy movie
On Presidents‘ Day I think back to the time I photographed George Washington, and to the time I photographed his baseball team.
February 16, 2026 at 3:14 PM
On Presidents‘ Day I think back to the time I photographed George Washington, and to the time I photographed his baseball team.
Since @adarowski.bsky.social has Sam
Jethroe making the rounds, here’s a “great” moment in hot stove gossip:
Clif Keane of the Boston Globe, noting in 1950 that the Jet is lonesome, suggests the Braves might trade for Jackie Robinson to keep him company.
Jethroe making the rounds, here’s a “great” moment in hot stove gossip:
Clif Keane of the Boston Globe, noting in 1950 that the Jet is lonesome, suggests the Braves might trade for Jackie Robinson to keep him company.
February 16, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Since @adarowski.bsky.social has Sam
Jethroe making the rounds, here’s a “great” moment in hot stove gossip:
Clif Keane of the Boston Globe, noting in 1950 that the Jet is lonesome, suggests the Braves might trade for Jackie Robinson to keep him company.
Jethroe making the rounds, here’s a “great” moment in hot stove gossip:
Clif Keane of the Boston Globe, noting in 1950 that the Jet is lonesome, suggests the Braves might trade for Jackie Robinson to keep him company.
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“By removing writing from reporter‘s workloads” is one hell of a thing to say.
Thinking about the many decisions that get made when you turn your notes into a draft and what that looks like when the bot is making all of those decisions, even if you get the "final say" after the decisions have been made. www.cleveland.com/news/2026/02...
February 16, 2026 at 1:14 PM
“By removing writing from reporter‘s workloads” is one hell of a thing to say.
the mass media went off track when they lost touch with the perspectives of soup-lovers.
February 16, 2026 at 1:08 PM
the mass media went off track when they lost touch with the perspectives of soup-lovers.
Meanwhile, the AT40 today in 1980 includes an Olympic theme; both of Rupert Holmes’ hits within five spots of each other; some kid called Prince; Steve Forbert; “Fool In The Rain;” and my favourite Fleetwood Nicks jam.
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February 16, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Meanwhile, the AT40 today in 1980 includes an Olympic theme; both of Rupert Holmes’ hits within five spots of each other; some kid called Prince; Steve Forbert; “Fool In The Rain;” and my favourite Fleetwood Nicks jam.
Where will you find BB King, Gordon Sinclair, the DeFranco Family, Black Oak Arkansas, Tom T. Hall, Ringo Starr and Barbra Streisand rubbing elbows?
The AT40 show OTD in 1974, of course.
(Also notable as one of the few weeks when Casey deliberately did not play a Top 40 single.)
The AT40 show OTD in 1974, of course.
(Also notable as one of the few weeks when Casey deliberately did not play a Top 40 single.)
www.charismusicgroup.com
February 16, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Where will you find BB King, Gordon Sinclair, the DeFranco Family, Black Oak Arkansas, Tom T. Hall, Ringo Starr and Barbra Streisand rubbing elbows?
The AT40 show OTD in 1974, of course.
(Also notable as one of the few weeks when Casey deliberately did not play a Top 40 single.)
The AT40 show OTD in 1974, of course.
(Also notable as one of the few weeks when Casey deliberately did not play a Top 40 single.)
Got a couple short books out of the library this trip and this was one. A torrent of two-page obits of family, friends, and influences glimpsed from afar (oh, hey, Prince.) Engagingly written, though sometimes the connections between subjects tangle up.
February 16, 2026 at 2:27 AM
Got a couple short books out of the library this trip and this was one. A torrent of two-page obits of family, friends, and influences glimpsed from afar (oh, hey, Prince.) Engagingly written, though sometimes the connections between subjects tangle up.
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really wonderful terry riley bliss-out on san francisco public television, april 1969, with the just exactly perfect visuals you might imagine for san francisco public television in april 1969. many orbs!
February 16, 2026 at 1:11 AM
really wonderful terry riley bliss-out on san francisco public television, april 1969, with the just exactly perfect visuals you might imagine for san francisco public television in april 1969. many orbs!
If you see this post a rabbit.
February 16, 2026 at 12:03 AM
If you see this post a rabbit.
Weekend (taco-)cooking music. The second half of this album kinda bites the wax tadpole but we’ll take the trip anyway.
February 15, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Weekend (taco-)cooking music. The second half of this album kinda bites the wax tadpole but we’ll take the trip anyway.
Telly, is that you?
February 15, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Telly, is that you?
New-to-me rail trail. Have to come back in the spring and summer.
February 15, 2026 at 7:38 PM
New-to-me rail trail. Have to come back in the spring and summer.