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Eric Pinder
@operahockeyguy.bsky.social
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Actor, director, writer, bon vivant. Artistic Director of CFVA and Opera Del Sol. Gay. Sardonic. Ironic. Not iconic
Working on the libretto for a hockey opera tentatively titled “Goaliedammerung”
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kristenwixx.bsky.social
This works especially well during the holiday season.
An Amazon box on the doorstep of a home. The text reads, "Life Hack: Replace your cat's litter box with an Amazon box. When it's full, just tape it up and put it on your doorstep so someone steals it."
November 12, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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runwithskizzers.bsky.social
Don’t cross the line buds! Solidarity with the workers!
sbworkersunited.org Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 9h
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.

Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Don't Buy Starbucks! At any location, today and beyond, while workers are on ULP strike!
November 13, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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cethanleahy.com
Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
November 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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juliusgoat.bsky.social
No one wants to work.
theguardian.com The Guardian @theguardian.com · 7d
Universe expansion may be slowing, not accelerating, study suggests
Universe expansion may be slowing, not accelerating, study suggests
Astronomers cast doubt on Nobel prize-winning theory and suggest universe could end in ‘big crunch’ Astronomers have cast doubt on a Nobel prize-winning theory that the expansion of the universe is accelerating, suggesting that instead it may be slowing down. If confirmed, this would have profound implications for the fate of the universe, raising the possibility that rather than expanding for ever, the universe could ultimately enter a reverse big bang scenario known as the big crunch. The astronomers behind the work say their observations also imply that dark energy – the mysterious force thought to be propelling the expansion of the universe – is weakening over time. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:44 PM
operahockeyguy.bsky.social
What does he recommend? A salve? A poultice? Ritual Sacrifice? I need to know now as this administration has done nothing but make my head ache
heartlandsignal.bsky.social Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 23h
JD Vance calls ibuprofen "useless medication" and implies it's not "necessary, safe and effective."
November 12, 2025 at 10:52 PM
operahockeyguy.bsky.social
Wotan on his way to stop Siegfried
November 12, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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jmritchey.bsky.social
He doesn't know how to use things that are old enough to have a period.
milesklee.bsky.social Batman or halo @milesklee.bsky.social · 23h
why could Epstein not type a sentence to save his life
November 12, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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chalza.bsky.social
I found a giant cockroach in my sandwich. That's what I get for eating in a Kafkateria.
November 12, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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johnniejohnstone.bsky.social
Yma Sumac, home recording studio, LA, 1955.
November 12, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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logophobe.bsky.social
Every regulation written in blood
radiatoryang.bsky.social Robert Yang @radiatoryang.bsky.social · 1d
environmental storytelling
November 12, 2025 at 1:37 PM
operahockeyguy.bsky.social
For folks who haven’t seen it, here is the video the Solar Bears organization sent us. The best part was we didn’t even ask them to do this. So glad they recorded it for us so that we had this beautiful memory. Plus, we get to see our moms again
Eric Pinder & Dwayne Smoot Official Wedding Video
YouTube video by Dwayne AndEric
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November 12, 2025 at 1:35 PM
operahockeyguy.bsky.social
Nine years ago, we got married before an Orlando Solar Bears game with about 100 family and friends in attendance. Many of my straight friends think this is the best wedding they went to since they could wear jeans and a hockey jersey then watch a game after. @chucklebags.bsky.social
A picture from our wedding held at what was then the Amway Center. We are on the ice before a game in Solar Bears jerseys and bow ties with Shades, the Solar Bear Mascot, in between us. The Solar Bear interns are dressed in khaki pants and purple shirts behind us, looking bored
November 12, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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writeups.org
With alt text.
You know a country by its values. By what a country values. And it turns out thatwhat a country values can change overtime. Sometimes, though, there's a sort of cognitive delay between the country you think you are in, and the country you've actually become. For example, you can keep selling yourself, to foreigners, as the country of William Shakespeare and Jane Austen, and luring busloads of tourists to Stratford-upon-Avon and Bath, and put a statue of George Orwell in front of the BBC, and imagine yourself a cultured and literate nation, which the rest of the world admires for its devotion to the written word - but if you then chronically underfund your cultural institutions, and treat your cultural workers with contempt, many people will suspect you of being full of it. And as the decades pass - and fewer and fewer Shakespeares and Austens and Orwells emerge from your little island - even more people will begin to suspect that in truth you do not value culture at all, and are in fact running a giant heritage museum in which the only cultural workers you respect are the dead ones.
November 12, 2025 at 8:55 AM
operahockeyguy.bsky.social
Have a bad cold and have just been lying about all day. Currently watching hockey next to my husband with Lester providing heat therapy on my lap
A flame point Siamese cat lying on my lap
November 12, 2025 at 1:43 AM
operahockeyguy.bsky.social
My favorite Barbara Stanwyck pic is Ball Of Fire or maybe The Lady Eve
danadelany.bsky.social Dana Delany @danadelany.bsky.social · 3d
It was incredibly moving to walk among the Warner’s Archives. You wouldn’t believe the riches! Thank you @tcmtv.bsky.social and @eddiemuller.bsky.social for this rare treat. I’ll talk Barbara Stanwyck any day.
Looking Back at Barbara Stanwyck’s Career (Clip) | The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of | TCM
YouTube video by Turner Classic Movies
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November 12, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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johnrain.co.uk
"And James Bond, who did NOT die"
November 11, 2025 at 12:49 PM
operahockeyguy.bsky.social
Our anniversary is in two days so this is a lovely present
November 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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andycarr.bsky.social
you can pick up two front-row seats to see Jane Krakowski in "Oh, Mary!" later this month for roughly the same price. and you'd probably leave with a better understanding of US politics and political history, tbqf.
screenshot of ticket prices for the quoted Clinton/Cox Richardson/Miranda event getting dunked on. virtual tickets with "on-demand playback of the program" are going for an unhinged $50.00 each; the two lower-priced tiers (balcony and premium balcony, for $100 and $250 each, respectively) are "Sold out!" while the orchestra pricing rapidly escalates: regular orchestra seats are priced at $500 each; "Gold Orchestra" are $1,000 a pop; "Event Host (Premium Orchestra)" are $2,500; and, finally, "Event Co-Chair" pricing is $10,000 (a cost which includes two (2) premium seats!). ticket pricing for two front-row orchestra seats at the hit Broadway show "Oh, Mary!" (Row A, seats 1 and 3): $1,112 (including fees).
November 10, 2025 at 1:52 PM
operahockeyguy.bsky.social
Some of you never had to hear “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” for like a week in November and it shows
November 10, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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dansheehan.memyon.org
On behalf of all film music aficionados I hereby declare November 10th a national holiday.
It marks the birth anniversary of four legendary film music artists:
𝄇 Carl Stalling (1891-1972)
𝄇 Ennio Morricone (1928-2020)
𝄇 Marilyn Bergman (1929-2022)
𝄇 Billy May (1916-2004)
#filmsky #moviesky #musicsky
A photo montage of four film music artists: Carl Stalling Ennio Morricone Marilyn Bergman Billy May All born on November 10th Tags happy birthday BOTD Born on this day Hollywood legend Oscar Academy Awards Grammys Golden Globes
November 9, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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ptklein.com
Having to talk about AI as if it’s a serious concern and not a money laundering scheme is taking years off my life
November 9, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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requiemarm.bsky.social
40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
November 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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leahlitman.bsky.social
HAPPY FOUR SEASONS TOTAL LANDSCAPING DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE
Rudy press conference at 4 seasons total landscaping
November 7, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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bgrueskin.bsky.social
Chris Rufo/Ron DeSantis overhauled New College and made it "the most financially inefficient school in the university system"

Degree yield is 19%, 2nd-worst in Fla.

Operating funds per student at New College: $83,207
Same category at Univ of Florida: $45,765

www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/e...
New College of Florida shows soaring expenses as state targets 'woke waste'
A report by Florida DOGE found that Sarasota's New College is the most financially inefficient school in the university system.
www.heraldtribune.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:32 PM
operahockeyguy.bsky.social
Can I wear my Krampus shirts before Thanksgiving or is that too early?
November 7, 2025 at 2:49 PM