Floyd the Barberian
@scampmn.bsky.social
Head hacker. 45°N, GMT-6.
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2 years ago today
In memory, Shane Patrick MacGowan, former member of the punk band Nipple Erectors, co-founder and lead singer of the Celtic punk band The Pogues, founder of Shane MacGowan and The Popes, died of pneumonia after a long illness.
📸 Gie Knaeps
#ShaneMacGowan #punkrockhistoy
In memory, Shane Patrick MacGowan, former member of the punk band Nipple Erectors, co-founder and lead singer of the Celtic punk band The Pogues, founder of Shane MacGowan and The Popes, died of pneumonia after a long illness.
📸 Gie Knaeps
#ShaneMacGowan #punkrockhistoy
November 30, 2025 at 4:18 AM
2 years ago today
In memory, Shane Patrick MacGowan, former member of the punk band Nipple Erectors, co-founder and lead singer of the Celtic punk band The Pogues, founder of Shane MacGowan and The Popes, died of pneumonia after a long illness.
📸 Gie Knaeps
#ShaneMacGowan #punkrockhistoy
In memory, Shane Patrick MacGowan, former member of the punk band Nipple Erectors, co-founder and lead singer of the Celtic punk band The Pogues, founder of Shane MacGowan and The Popes, died of pneumonia after a long illness.
📸 Gie Knaeps
#ShaneMacGowan #punkrockhistoy
My only excuse for not only missing this, but not even hearing about it until now, is that I would have been busy at work, deep in the throes of Y2K prep at the time.
Happy anniversary to Joe Strummer and Billy Joe Armstrong stopping by the 400 Bar for a Lifter Puller show on November 11, 1999. The event was recounted in a couple of places. @chrissteller.bsky.social
www.thecurrent.org/feature/2013...
www.thecurrent.org/feature/2013...
November 11, 2025 at 9:20 PM
My only excuse for not only missing this, but not even hearing about it until now, is that I would have been busy at work, deep in the throes of Y2K prep at the time.
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designing a new timberwolves jersey after every win 🐺
record: 7-4
record: 7-4
November 11, 2025 at 4:29 AM
designing a new timberwolves jersey after every win 🐺
record: 7-4
record: 7-4
Why does receiving this email at 6PM the day before the election make me think someone got some bad polling data?
November 4, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Why does receiving this email at 6PM the day before the election make me think someone got some bad polling data?
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NEW: Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power.
Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well beyond the borders of his state.
By @dougbockclark.bsky.social
Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well beyond the borders of his state.
By @dougbockclark.bsky.social
“Biblical Justice, Equal Justice, for All”: How North Carolina’s Chief Justice Transformed His State and America
Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power. Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well be...
www.propublica.org
October 30, 2025 at 11:32 AM
NEW: Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power.
Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well beyond the borders of his state.
By @dougbockclark.bsky.social
Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well beyond the borders of his state.
By @dougbockclark.bsky.social
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Retired Army Sgt. Brian Wofford spoke to me this morning at the Oklahoma City #NoKings protest. Didn’t expect him to be carrying his DD214 so I asked some warmup questions like when he got out and whether his injury was service-related.
He paused while describing the car bomb in Iraq to say this:
He paused while describing the car bomb in Iraq to say this:
October 19, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Retired Army Sgt. Brian Wofford spoke to me this morning at the Oklahoma City #NoKings protest. Didn’t expect him to be carrying his DD214 so I asked some warmup questions like when he got out and whether his injury was service-related.
He paused while describing the car bomb in Iraq to say this:
He paused while describing the car bomb in Iraq to say this:
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I have taken
the freedom of speech
that was in
the Constitution
and which
you were probably
using
for peaceful protest
Forgive me
the courts said they were
so agitating
and so irritating
the freedom of speech
that was in
the Constitution
and which
you were probably
using
for peaceful protest
Forgive me
the courts said they were
so agitating
and so irritating
Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."
October 8, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I have taken
the freedom of speech
that was in
the Constitution
and which
you were probably
using
for peaceful protest
Forgive me
the courts said they were
so agitating
and so irritating
the freedom of speech
that was in
the Constitution
and which
you were probably
using
for peaceful protest
Forgive me
the courts said they were
so agitating
and so irritating
Lydia Millard, candidate for Minneapolis city council ward 10, rolls down the window of her Limo to briefly engage with the public:
"the best rent control is a thirty year mortgage" is a hell of a thing to say in a ward that's majority renter.
if i could buy a house, i wouldn't need rent stabilization, LYDIA.
if i could buy a house, i wouldn't need rent stabilization, LYDIA.
October 8, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Lydia Millard, candidate for Minneapolis city council ward 10, rolls down the window of her Limo to briefly engage with the public:
I have intentionally avoided all but the first three (chronologically) Star Wars movies, with the exception of Rogue One and the Christmas Special, if that counts.
Seen clips of Seinfeld, never watched it.
Inspired by a post I just saw in which someone admitted they hadn’t seen a single episode of Friends nor the film Love Actually… what cultural hole do you have that’s a bit weird for your generation?
I’ll go first: I haven’t seen Dirty Dancing.
I’ll go first: I haven’t seen Dirty Dancing.
October 6, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I have intentionally avoided all but the first three (chronologically) Star Wars movies, with the exception of Rogue One and the Christmas Special, if that counts.
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QRP your favorite B&W movie.
THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL
1951, 20th Century Fox.
THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL
1951, 20th Century Fox.
September 24, 2025 at 2:26 AM
QRP your favorite B&W movie.
THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL
1951, 20th Century Fox.
THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL
1951, 20th Century Fox.
Oh, geez, Jim done it this time:
www.startribune.com/one-of-minne...
www.startribune.com/one-of-minne...
One of Minnesota’s Hautman brothers wins the Federal Duck Stamp Art Contest again
The three wildlife painting brothers have now won the prestigious contest a total of 16 times.
www.startribune.com
September 21, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Oh, geez, Jim done it this time:
www.startribune.com/one-of-minne...
www.startribune.com/one-of-minne...
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That's all folks
September 15, 2025 at 2:37 AM
That's all folks
And remembered that there are much better things to do on a fall Sunday than watch a Vikings game.
All the uncles in MN just went outside at the reminder of the Gary Anderson game.
September 15, 2025 at 3:16 AM
And remembered that there are much better things to do on a fall Sunday than watch a Vikings game.
Age verification? RU kidding me?
September 10, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Age verification? RU kidding me?
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I fixed the Cracker Barrel logo if anyone is interested! #illustration #branding
August 22, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I fixed the Cracker Barrel logo if anyone is interested! #illustration #branding
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Sorry to see this. Loni Anderson was the calm center of the chaotic world of WKRP IN CINCINNATI, one of the greatest sitcoms of all time. I’d read her book a few years ago — sorry I never got to ask her about it. Very sad news. www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/l...
Loni Anderson, ‘WKRP in Cincinnati’ Star, Dies at 79
She received two Emmy noms for being "the smartest person in the room" on the CBS sitcom and tons of tabloid attention for her 1988-94 marriage to Burt Reynolds.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
August 3, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Sorry to see this. Loni Anderson was the calm center of the chaotic world of WKRP IN CINCINNATI, one of the greatest sitcoms of all time. I’d read her book a few years ago — sorry I never got to ask her about it. Very sad news. www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/l...
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REQUEST: If you know anything about the State Dept firings/RIFs today, including if you were impacted, reach out. I'm on Signal at crg.32
Also: If you are in another agency and get word of quick movement on RIF plans, please reach out as well.
Also: If you are in another agency and get word of quick movement on RIF plans, please reach out as well.
July 11, 2025 at 6:55 PM
REQUEST: If you know anything about the State Dept firings/RIFs today, including if you were impacted, reach out. I'm on Signal at crg.32
Also: If you are in another agency and get word of quick movement on RIF plans, please reach out as well.
Also: If you are in another agency and get word of quick movement on RIF plans, please reach out as well.
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A State Department employee shared with PBS News an image from inside the department. The image includes a piece of paper taped to a mirror with the words, "Colleagues, if you remain: RESIST FASCISM. Remember the oath you vowed to uphold."
July 11, 2025 at 10:51 PM
A State Department employee shared with PBS News an image from inside the department. The image includes a piece of paper taped to a mirror with the words, "Colleagues, if you remain: RESIST FASCISM. Remember the oath you vowed to uphold."
Aaron Brown take the buyout?
July 11, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Aaron Brown take the buyout?
Perfect!
June 15, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Perfect!
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what’s really gonna bake your noodle is
• the lone soldier is lorna bucket of the anglican marines
• lorna bucket is *actually* lt. la’an noonien singh of starfleet
• la’an is on the moon because she’s stuck in the 21st century til she can fix the timeline so lorca never mentions musk junior high
• the lone soldier is lorna bucket of the anglican marines
• lorna bucket is *actually* lt. la’an noonien singh of starfleet
• la’an is on the moon because she’s stuck in the 21st century til she can fix the timeline so lorca never mentions musk junior high
June 13, 2025 at 2:03 AM
what’s really gonna bake your noodle is
• the lone soldier is lorna bucket of the anglican marines
• lorna bucket is *actually* lt. la’an noonien singh of starfleet
• la’an is on the moon because she’s stuck in the 21st century til she can fix the timeline so lorca never mentions musk junior high
• the lone soldier is lorna bucket of the anglican marines
• lorna bucket is *actually* lt. la’an noonien singh of starfleet
• la’an is on the moon because she’s stuck in the 21st century til she can fix the timeline so lorca never mentions musk junior high
Endorse.
anyway you should probably read it if you haven’t. it’s short and unfortunately relevant.
Who Goes Nazi?, by Dorothy Thompson
harpers.org
April 30, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Endorse.
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my mom knocked on my door and said "I found a turtle and thought you'd want to see him" then put him on my floor
April 25, 2025 at 7:29 PM
my mom knocked on my door and said "I found a turtle and thought you'd want to see him" then put him on my floor