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@realtimers.bsky.social I wish Bill would stop asking rich people how they feel about taxes.
August 9, 2025 at 3:46 PM
@realtimers.bsky.social I wish Bill would stop asking rich people how they feel about taxes.
@nytimes You cant rank Tom Hanks movies and not inclide Saving Private Ryan and Philadelphia. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The Best of the Rest: A Game to Rank Your Favorite 21st-Century Genre Movies
A collaborative, live-updating reader exercise.
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July 3, 2025 at 8:57 PM
@nytimes You cant rank Tom Hanks movies and not inclide Saving Private Ryan and Philadelphia. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
@therickwilson.bsky.social Where can Walmart afford to cut? Are you serious?
May 19, 2025 at 11:42 AM
@therickwilson.bsky.social Where can Walmart afford to cut? Are you serious?
Sam Cooke. www.thatericalper.com/2025/04/10/2...
25 of the Best Opening Lyrics in Music - That Eric Alper
The first line in a song is the invitation. It sets the tone, turns the page, hits the nerve. From folk prophets to punk poets, glam rebels to soul survivors, these 25 opening lyrics became more than ...
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April 12, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Sam Cooke. www.thatericalper.com/2025/04/10/2...
@ronaldchernow.bsky.social Calling Ron Chernow to put this moment in historical context. #whcd
March 30, 2025 at 8:58 PM
@ronaldchernow.bsky.social Calling Ron Chernow to put this moment in historical context. #whcd
@governorwalz.mn.gov There is one answer. It is the long term effects of trickle down economics.
March 15, 2025 at 3:19 PM
@governorwalz.mn.gov There is one answer. It is the long term effects of trickle down economics.
Some good news. www.saucemagazine.com/places/the-s...
The Scottish Arms is reopening in the Central West End
The concept will be revived under new ownership
www.saucemagazine.com
March 5, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Some good news. www.saucemagazine.com/places/the-s...
I would have given it to Chalamet.
March 4, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I would have given it to Chalamet.
According to Goodreads, I have quite the reading list now.
March 1, 2025 at 2:19 PM
According to Goodreads, I have quite the reading list now.
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On this day in 1993, The Cranberries released their debut studio album “Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?” featuring singles "Dreams" and "Linger"
RIP Dolores
RIP Dolores
March 1, 2025 at 7:11 AM
On this day in 1993, The Cranberries released their debut studio album “Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?” featuring singles "Dreams" and "Linger"
RIP Dolores
RIP Dolores
@benstiller.redhour.com Severance is incredible. I was yelling at the TV: “It’s not you. It’s the other you.”
February 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
@benstiller.redhour.com Severance is incredible. I was yelling at the TV: “It’s not you. It’s the other you.”
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As of last month, 418 people were in Missouri jails waiting to be transferred to a state mental health bed, up from around 300 at this time last year.
The average wait time was 14 months, with some held longer than the maximum sentence for the crime for which they were charged. #moleg #mogov
The average wait time was 14 months, with some held longer than the maximum sentence for the crime for which they were charged. #moleg #mogov
Missouri lawmakers raise concerns about long waits in jail for court-ordered mental health care • Missouri Independent
Leaders of Missouri’s public defender system urged lawmakers to take action on the number of people in jails in need of mental health care.
missouriindependent.com
February 17, 2025 at 9:39 PM
You can always tell when you’re listening to an AI voice. I clicked on some story about Jack Black and the voice told me that Jack’s life was full of U-P-S and downs.
February 15, 2025 at 12:12 PM
You can always tell when you’re listening to an AI voice. I clicked on some story about Jack Black and the voice told me that Jack’s life was full of U-P-S and downs.
Caught @steveewingstl.bsky.social and Keith Brake promoting Four Years of Flavor on City Corner! Can’t wait to buy a copy. Steve has been blowing us all away with his musicianship & entrepreneurship for years.
Steve Ewing (@steveewingstl.bsky.social)
-Lead singer of The Urge
-Founder/Owner of Steve’s Hot Dogs
steveewingstl.bsky.social
February 15, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Caught @steveewingstl.bsky.social and Keith Brake promoting Four Years of Flavor on City Corner! Can’t wait to buy a copy. Steve has been blowing us all away with his musicianship & entrepreneurship for years.
New Led Zeppelin documentary is really great, but it’s a cliff hanger. It ends after Led Zeppelin II. Call me crazy, but I think they could make a whole second film.
February 15, 2025 at 12:25 AM
New Led Zeppelin documentary is really great, but it’s a cliff hanger. It ends after Led Zeppelin II. Call me crazy, but I think they could make a whole second film.
IMAX here I come.
Tonight’s movie: “Becoming Led Zeppelin” (2025), directed by Bernard MacMahon
BECOMING LED ZEPPELIN | Full Length Trailer (2025)
YouTube video by Sony Pictures Classics
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February 14, 2025 at 1:19 PM
IMAX here I come.
Northern exposure. www.thestar.com/entertainmen...
‘Saturday Night Live’ turns 50: Here’s how Toronto played a huge role in shaping the comedy juggernaut
In the '70s, Lorne Michaels, the show's creator, looked to "Godspell" and the Second City to help cast his NBC show.
www.thestar.com
February 8, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Northern exposure. www.thestar.com/entertainmen...
This can’t be real. The easiest way AI can end us without having a standing AI army is gaining control of the nukes.
February 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM
This can’t be real. The easiest way AI can end us without having a standing AI army is gaining control of the nukes.
@questlove is a mashup God. youtu.be/vDxYQd51Xuk
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music | Official Preview
YouTube video by SNL Fanatic
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January 29, 2025 at 12:27 AM
@questlove is a mashup God. youtu.be/vDxYQd51Xuk
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Tonight is Burns Night, the anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns, the national poet of Scotland. This medal, made in 1859, commemorates a hundred years since his birth on January 25, 1759.
🪙 Robert Burns Centenary commemorative medal, 1859. bronze or copper alloy, 4.5 cm
🪙 Robert Burns Centenary commemorative medal, 1859. bronze or copper alloy, 4.5 cm
![The reverse of a Robert Burns Centenary commemorative medal featuring his personal seal, with two of his mottoes, one of which is "Better a wee bush than nae bield [shelter]", which pays homage to Burns' agricultural background.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rxwkugbnj55sec7w6wjlerz6/bafkreif2ybpccefpoc2iwoy3nncuk3lhxts4hd2ih4pdr4f34e3ocswmom@jpeg)
January 25, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Tonight is Burns Night, the anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns, the national poet of Scotland. This medal, made in 1859, commemorates a hundred years since his birth on January 25, 1759.
🪙 Robert Burns Centenary commemorative medal, 1859. bronze or copper alloy, 4.5 cm
🪙 Robert Burns Centenary commemorative medal, 1859. bronze or copper alloy, 4.5 cm
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"[H]ad the more equitable income distributions of the three decades following World War II (1945 through 1974) merely held steady, the aggregate annual income of Americans earning below the 90th percentile would have been $2.5 trillion higher in the year 2018 alone."
Wow.
Wow.
The Top 1% of Americans Have Taken $50 Trillion From the Bottom 90%—And That's Made the U.S. Less Secure
A report shows that a $50 trillion redistribution of income to benefit the richest has made America less healthy, resilient, and secure
time.com
January 11, 2025 at 7:38 PM
"[H]ad the more equitable income distributions of the three decades following World War II (1945 through 1974) merely held steady, the aggregate annual income of Americans earning below the 90th percentile would have been $2.5 trillion higher in the year 2018 alone."
Wow.
Wow.
My library is cutting Libby and Hoopla checkouts significantly. They blame this decision on exorbitant prices charged by publishers of audiobooks - which cost libraries up to 4x more than retail and audiobook rights must be renewed regularly - libraries purchase printed books near retail forever.
January 10, 2025 at 10:16 PM
My library is cutting Libby and Hoopla checkouts significantly. They blame this decision on exorbitant prices charged by publishers of audiobooks - which cost libraries up to 4x more than retail and audiobook rights must be renewed regularly - libraries purchase printed books near retail forever.
Team Carlsen, let the players play. lshttps://search.app/mACXM2J5GDaKJ79E6
Chess: jeans-clad Carlsen defies critics to share Blitz with Nepomniachtchi | Magnus Carlsen | The Guardian
The world No 1 withdrew from the World Rapid then came back for the Blitz, where he shared the title when Fide agreed to stop play after three games of a shootout
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January 6, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Team Carlsen, let the players play. lshttps://search.app/mACXM2J5GDaKJ79E6