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Longtime CFO and “business guy” turned working drummer with a minor case of music addiction. Coffee. Gin Martinis. Bears. White Sox. Hoosiers.
So … WHAT did the New York Times know, and WHEN did it know it?
November 12, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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Today is like one of those sports podcasts where everyone overreacts to the first 2 games of the season.
November 5, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.
October 21, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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A slice of New York today. It was a beautiful, bright day.
October 18, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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#NoKings, Madison WI
October 18, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Administrators at Indiana University baselessly fired the student media director and ordered the student paper to cease its print edition, so it'd sure be a shame if this excellent digital front page were to be widely shared today

issuu.com/idsnews/docs...
October 17, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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... and then he bought the votes of those farmers with bailouts and tax breaks. So he tanked their business AND did a wealth transfer from other ppl/programs to cover the tanking.
youtu.be/badGHJLDpP8?...
Why Farmers Voted For Trump
YouTube video by Farm to Taber
youtu.be
September 28, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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A wholesome and much needed TL cleanser.
September 17, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Oh, is the civil war canceled? I made potato salad.
September 12, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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This made me laugh
September 6, 2025 at 10:53 PM
White Sox have a SIX GAME WINNING STREAK. I must be dreaming.
September 6, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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Jules Bastien-Lepage (French painter, 1848-1884)
Going to School, 1882
Oil on canvas
80.9 x 59.8 cm
Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums, Aberdeen, Scotland
August 19, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Treated myself to a new ride cymbal! I’m literally rubbing my hands together in excitement … time to put some stick on it.
August 15, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Ok so those of you who love your jobs … more power to you.

But I’m guessing that very few people on this earth love their jobs as much as the average bumble bee. I love bumble bees, and bumble bees LOVE their jobs!
July 17, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Thinking about this (courtesy of George Conway) …. It captures so much that is so wrong with the USA right now. Lisa Murkowski unwittingly becoming the face of American malaise is … fitting.
July 3, 2025 at 1:12 PM
First bike ride in a long time this morning. I need to do this more often …
July 1, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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In fairness, killing defenseless children is kind of Elon’s brand.
June 13, 2025 at 11:32 AM
In honor of the New York Times, I plan to do a few things today that “Strain the Bounds of Propriety”, starting with lying on the couch at 9am in my pajamas.

However, my rebellious actions will not involve accepting a free jumbo jet from a foreign government. Just want to be clear about that.
May 13, 2025 at 1:49 PM
He’s a WHITE SOX fan, I’m sure of it!

We need the help!
May 8, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Wow Pacers!!!

That ending was insane.
May 7, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Our big guy.

“He is … The Most Interesting Cat In The World.”

Stay thirsty, my friends.
April 30, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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I think a lot of casual observers misunderstood that "flooding the zone with shit" was literal
April 8, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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Jair Bolsonaro, who I do not support, had every right to try to imprison me, who I also do not support.

by Glenn Greenwald
April 1, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Still amazed at how truly great this 50 year old album is.
March 30, 2025 at 12:11 AM