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August Jackson
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Competitive Intelligence and Strategy. 🏳️‍🌈

Marconi plays the mamba. Listen to the radio. Don’t you remember? We built this city. We built this city on rock-and-roll.
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Listening to "It Happened Here." A podcast audio play starring Edi Falco, Tony Shalhoub, John Turturro, and other talented voice actors to tell the fictional story of the Weeks family as The Great Leader comes to power in America in 2024.
Screen shot from Overcast for iOS with cover art for the podcast “It Happened Here.” A podcast audio play starring Edi Falco, Tony Shalhoub, and John Turturro.
October 7, 2024 at 10:22 AM
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On The Simpsons, Lenny says of Homer, “Get ready, everybody. He’s about to do something stupid.”
August 21, 2024 at 11:17 PM
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@davekarpf.bsky.social The whole JD Vance couch thing reminds me of this Kids in the Hall short film about car fuckers. It's not the same as couch fucking, but definitely the same energy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Zu0vAMkpag
Mark McKinney of Kids in the Hall as a greasy, filthy mechanic admitting that he (and all men) fuck their cars.
July 27, 2024 at 9:14 PM
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I saw my first Cybertruck in the wild.
Moe from “The Simpsons” regards the world’s biggest cubic zirconia and declares “What an eyesore!”
May 18, 2024 at 4:12 AM
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Kentucky Mules.

#lgbtq #chicago
My adorable husband preparing to drink his Kentucky Mule. Two Kentucky Mule cups on a wooden table.
May 2, 2024 at 11:01 PM
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Halsted Street, Lakeview, Chicago. 🏳️‍🌈

#lgbtq #chicago
A Pride-themed crosswalk with a person at the far end.
May 2, 2024 at 10:13 PM
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April 25th: The Perfect Data.

Screen grabs from the movie “Miss Congeniality.” MC William Shatner asks Miss Rhode Island to “describe her perfect date.” She replies that April 25th is the perfect date because “it’s not too hot and not too cold. All you need is a light jacket.”
April 25, 2024 at 5:25 PM
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Male stripper name idea: Dutch Bitterballs.
A menu from a bar in Amsterdam offering Dutch Bitterballs.
April 16, 2024 at 8:19 PM
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My handsome and fashionable husband. #travel #amsterdam #lgbtq
Ross, looking handsome and fashionable, drinking a cocktail at a bar in Amsterdam.
April 16, 2024 at 9:19 AM
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We are off to Rome! #iad #travel
My gorgeous husband enjoying champagne in the airport lounge.
April 10, 2024 at 7:25 PM
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As I observed the maximum of today's solar eclipse, I reflected on the nature of the universe. We are the universe's means to know and reveal itself, and the profundity of this cannot be overstated.

#eclipse
The partial solar eclipse observed from Alexandria, Virginia.
April 8, 2024 at 7:32 PM
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Happy First Contact Day to all who celebrate.

#startrek #firstcontactday
James Cromwell as Zefram Cochrane shaking hands with the Vulcan captain at Earth's canonical First Contact in the Star Trek movie of the same name.
April 5, 2024 at 3:16 PM
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Just give Beyoncé all the awards now. "Cowboy Carter" is transcendent.

#beyonce #cowboycarter
Album cover for Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter. Beyoncée sitting side-saddle on a white horse, dressed in Western red, white, and blue and holding a frilled American flag.
April 3, 2024 at 12:28 PM
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"A small daily task, if it be really daily, will beat the labours of a spasmodic Hercules.”

—Anthony Trollope, An Autobiography
"A small daily task, if it be really daily, will beat the labours of a spasmodic Hercules. —Anthony Trollope, An Autobiography" (Dwight Garner, Garner's Quotations)
February 25, 2024 at 3:30 PM
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I joined my neighbors to speak at the Alexandria City Council opposing the Monumental Arena project in Potomac Yard. #monumentalmistake
Woman standing at a podium in a city council chamber giving testimony. Man standing at a podium in a city council chamber giving testimony. In the foreground citizens hold signs opposing the Monumental Arena project.
February 24, 2024 at 3:30 PM
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Happy Festivus, everyone. Let the airing of grievances commence!
A certificate picturing George Costanza of Seinfeld with the headline “Happy Festivus.” The text then says “To celebrate the holiday season a charitable donation in your name has been made to The Human Fund: Money for People.”
December 23, 2023 at 2:15 PM
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I am on Bluesky.
A scene from the Simpsons. A ham radio and the caption “I have a ham radio.”
December 19, 2023 at 3:15 AM