James Blake
jamesblake.bsky.social
James Blake
@jamesblake.bsky.social
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As well as books, they have DVDs of movies and TV series, periodicals and music. And computer and copier access. Some have a great streaming source, Kanopy. Some lend art, baking tools, toys, bike locks, reading glasses and carbon monoxide testers.There are classes, resume help, and so much more!
September 11, 2024 at 11:56 PM
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HES COOKED
Taylor Swift on Instagram: "I will be casting my vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz in the 2024 Presidential Election."
September 11, 2024 at 3:06 AM
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a second woman has hit the trump tower
September 11, 2024 at 3:18 AM
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I think @pfrazee.com saw my raccoon video and realized that Bluesky is not ready for more Minnesotans
September 11, 2024 at 9:54 PM
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Same here in Minneapolis
September 13, 2024 at 8:32 PM
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Dismayed that my children are growing up believing “Speedway” is a perfectly normal thing to call a SuperAmerica
September 14, 2024 at 6:08 PM
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I can’t believe I’ve never done this
September 14, 2024 at 2:14 PM
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Crawling?
Sept. 15, 1957: What the signals mean, Minneapolis Tribune
September 15, 2024 at 11:40 PM
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If there’s an award for beer mats, this must win a prize
September 14, 2024 at 8:41 PM
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This TikTok is concise but useful.

“If you’re about to be hanged and you start cracking jokes, that’s gallows humor. But if you’re in the audience and you start cracking jokes, you’re just a part of the execution.”
This is about the eating cats joke. :/ It’s having real world consequences
TikTok video by Chrysanthemum
www.tiktok.com
September 14, 2024 at 9:26 PM
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Megalomaniac
YouTube video by KMFDM - Topic
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September 15, 2024 at 10:47 AM
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Shut this bullshit down. They're cooking the planet so serve whom, exactly? Not us.
Google and Microsoft recently admitted their emissions are soaring as they build out data centers to power the AI boom.

But analysis from The Guardian suggests the data center emissions of Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Apple are 662% higher than the companies are reporting.
Data center emissions likely 662% higher than big tech claims. Can it keep up the ruse?
Emissions from in-house data centers of Google, Microsoft, Meta and Apple may be 7.62 times higher than official figures
www.theguardian.com
September 16, 2024 at 4:59 PM
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Tanya Donelly (Belly) and Bill Janovitz (Buffalo Tom) cover The Kinks’ “Better Things”

www.stereogum.com/2280098/tany...
Belly & Buffalo Tom Singers Cover The Kinks: Listen
Boston college rock veterans Belly and Buffalo Tom are playing a pair of shows together in New England this weekend, and the bands’ lead singers have promoted those shows by recording a song together....
www.stereogum.com
September 16, 2024 at 8:31 PM
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🌤️  Good morning Edinburgh. Today’s headlines: Princes Street cycle lane plan, Queensferry 'boy racers', EICC protest, Frankenstein shoot ends + £10m Hearts deal

⮑ Edinburgh’s ad-free daily local news: edinburghminute.substack.com/p/edinburgh-...

Photo by Tom Duffin.
September 17, 2024 at 6:27 AM
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During lockdown, I watched a lot of business news stations and there was one piece that I remember was some guy who was head of a property hedge fund wandering about an empty office space making the case to get back to the office. Its these people who want people back. Less offices less profit
Expert who coined presenteeism term says employers who force staff back are dinosaurs
Academic who coined the word presenteesim says ‘micromanagers’ will not attract talent and may harm productivity
www.theguardian.com
September 18, 2024 at 6:10 AM