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Ray Shipley
@rayshipley.bsky.social
📍Chicago
Social media hiatus time
September 18, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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I’m not going to make US-Turkey comparisons. I’m not going to make US-Turkey comparisons. I’m not going to
Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.
September 17, 2025 at 11:13 PM
September 13, 2025 at 4:15 PM
From our pretty burr oak
September 10, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Three lessons from Taco Bell's highly confused drive-thru AI www.tiktok.com/@drewharwell...
September 5, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Chinatown = labubus and cloud cake
August 30, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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this picture of a mom shoes off sprinting to the Mpls school: www.startribune.com/minneapolis-...

By Richard Tsong-Taatarii for @startribune.com, which should be a go-to source for anyone following
August 27, 2025 at 6:38 PM
9/10 tiramisu rating @ Ala Vita Chicago
August 21, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Why are questions about US voting laws restricted by ChatGPT?
August 19, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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I don't know why this lad is building a subterranean city for cats, but I'm all for it.
August 16, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Typical Turkish bfast
August 8, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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The Americans with Disabilities Act — passed 35 years ago — was not a gift. It was the result of a powerful movement led by people who demanded to be seen, heard and treated with dignity.

The fight for equality is far from over. In fact, it is more urgent now than ever.
July 26, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Bird strike at ORD
July 18, 2025 at 3:19 AM
When your calorie counter suggests snapper. Well guess I better just whip up some snapper then.
July 13, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Concentration camp
The data suggests “scores of migrants without criminal records have been targeted in the state and federal dragnet ..”

@miamiherald.com
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
July 13, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Ken Burns for POTUS
Ken Burns’s latest epic documentary, “The American Revolution,” tackles America’s complicated creation story.

🔗: https://on.wsj.com/44kKVk4
July 10, 2025 at 1:32 AM
July 3, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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FROM SHAMS:

BREAKING: Deandre Ayton has agreed to sign with the Los Angeles Lakers, sources tell ESPN. Between Portland and L.A., Ayton will earn $34 million next season. Agents Nima Namakian of Innovate Sports and Bill Duffy of WME Sports reached the deal with Lakers president Rob Pelinka.
July 2, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Really fun to watch. Good luck at OKC
After four seasons as arguably the grittiest player on Northwestern’s team, Brooks Barnhizer is making history as the first Wildcat drafted into the NBA this century.

Barnhizer will join the reigning NBA champs in the Oklahoma City Thunder.
www.sbnation.com/e/24220862
BREAKING: Brooks Barnhizer selected No. 44 overall in NBA Draft by Oklahoma City Thunder
Barnhizer is the first Northwestern player to be drafted into the NBA since Evan Eschmeyer in 1999.
www.sbnation.com
June 27, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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We live in a world where the Pope takes part in a White Sox chant at the Vatican
June 19, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Great, now please delete my data.
Exclusive: Anne Wojcicki is poised to regain control of 23andMe, after a nonprofit she controls topped Regeneron’s bid for the DNA testing company.
Anne Wojcicki Wins Bidding for 23andMe
Regeneron is backing away from buying the DNA-testing company after a nonprofit controlled by co-founder Wojcicki made a higher bid.
on.wsj.com
June 14, 2025 at 5:32 AM
This is authoritarianism plain and simple. We’re there.
Trump: Well, we're going to have troops everywhere. 

Reporter: What’s the bar for sending in the Marines 

Trump: The bar is what I think it is.
June 8, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Get ready for the price of these collectibles to SKYROCKET.
WASHINGTON (AP) - US Mint has made its final order of penny blanks and will stop producing the coin when those run out.
May 22, 2025 at 3:49 PM
All original 2 owner 1963 Lincoln Continental
May 20, 2025 at 2:27 AM