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Mike Janssen
@mjanssen.bsky.social
Editor @current.org, banjo noodler, on guitar at the dad jams. I like to make cocktails, coffee, pizza and other foods. W-A-S-H-I-N-G, T-O-N, baby, D-C
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January 19, 2026 at 3:42 AM
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Post a car picture you took that scared you
January 19, 2026 at 4:33 AM
Post a car picture you took
January 19, 2026 at 4:04 AM
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damn what is wrong with me, i am having the hardest time concentrating on work, i lament as i compulsively refresh live feeds of unspeakable horrors
January 17, 2026 at 7:52 PM
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it's been a year without you my man and everything has just grown worse and worse since
January 16, 2026 at 11:05 PM
well now there's some famous British person named Banjo getting attention and it is FURTHER DEGRADING my Bluesky banjo search, which is already clogged with too much fetishization of a bearlike video game character
January 16, 2026 at 11:04 PM
My new iPhone case is for your wine
January 16, 2026 at 5:07 PM
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something like clawhammer banjo, on an electric guitar.

youtu.be/K_DOnKJ232M?...
R.L. Burnside: See My Jumper Hanging On the Line (1978)
YouTube video by Lomax Film Collection
youtu.be
January 15, 2026 at 5:51 PM
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This dude is intense and correct
January 15, 2026 at 9:05 AM
My son requested that I make smash burgers for his birthday. They were very good, but my smoke alarms told me we’re never doing that again
January 11, 2026 at 1:21 AM
Watching The Simpsons from THE BEGINNING with my kids and wow at the first episode by Swartzwelder, it sure goes much harder
January 10, 2026 at 3:51 AM
sent out an email promoting a webinar with the wrong link, how's your Friday going
January 9, 2026 at 5:03 PM
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I don't like the death squads
January 8, 2026 at 6:40 PM
"He's a weird monkey. Very funky." — Bob Dylan
January 9, 2026 at 2:40 AM
this is so good, whenever I make it I have to restrain myself from eating way too much of it cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1024...
Spaghetti Stir-Fry With Chicken  Recipe
This is nowhere near a traditional Chinese stir-fry or Italian spaghetti dish Instead, it’s a recipe my amu (the Bengali term for mother) made by combining staples from her pantry and fridge to reflec...
cooking.nytimes.com
January 9, 2026 at 1:34 AM
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(Going to see a band I like) this is a cool room. I hope they start to constantly email me about every single event that goes on in here.
January 8, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Bill Ware and Marc Ribot jamming on "Caravan" — smokin'! www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXVn...
Bill Ware w/ Marc Ribot - Caravan
YouTube video by NunoRasqueiro
www.youtube.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:13 PM
if it's gonna be that kind of party I'm gonna stick my banjo in the mashed potatoes
January 8, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Seriously. What do you want to bet that Trump has not even watched the videos. So who gives a shit what he says NYT?
"Was the officer struck by the vehicle, as President Trump insists, or did the car pass by or around him?"
If we only had some trusted institution that could adjudicate between competing claims by relying on facts.
January 8, 2026 at 3:41 AM
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I refuse to stay silent while Secretary Noem breaks the rule of law and terrorizes our communities. I am introducing Articles of Impeachment against her for violating the public trust, obstructing Congress, and self-dealing. Read my full statement: robinkelly.house.gov/media-center...
Rep. Kelly announces plans to impeach Secretary Kristi Noem
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (IL-02) announced plans to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem following the fatal shooting by an ICE officer in Minneapolis.
robinkelly.house.gov
January 8, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Got a lifer yesterday when this Cooper's Hawk visited outside our bedroom window. I've probably seen many Cooper's Hawks but wasn't able to identify them at the time (most likely when I've been driving and they've been fairly distant and in silhouette)
January 6, 2026 at 9:52 PM
sometimes we discuss celebrity encounters on this website and I realized I haven't yet shared that the woman in this 1986 ad who says her Seiko is "more reliable than her husband" is a good friend of my wife's family www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSis...
Seiko ad 1986 (New Orleans)
YouTube video by jacky9br
www.youtube.com
January 5, 2026 at 2:08 AM
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all this is both foolish and unnecessary
January 4, 2026 at 9:47 PM
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these moshers better not spill my diet dr pepper
January 4, 2026 at 2:05 AM
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January 3, 2026 at 7:32 AM