Typewriter Joe
@typewriterjoe.bsky.social
Former journalist, lover of three-speed bicycles, moka pot coffee, vinyl, typewriters and old avertisements.
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A personal platypus: the strange tale of Winston Churchill’s ‘magnificently idiotic’ wartime request
A personal platypus: the strange tale of Winston Churchill’s ‘magnificently idiotic’ wartime request
The wartime British PM was due to receive a monotreme named after him but it mysteriously died en route. German submarines were blamed – but was that the truth?
www.theguardian.com
August 6, 2025 at 2:52 PM
A personal platypus: the strange tale of Winston Churchill’s ‘magnificently idiotic’ wartime request
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50 years ago today, July 2, 1975:
TWILIGHT ZONE creator Rod Serling was laid to rest in Lake View Cemetery in Interlaken, New York. He had died four days earlier at age 50 following complications from open-heart surgery. The Serlings have had a summer cottage on nearby Cayuga Lake for generations.
TWILIGHT ZONE creator Rod Serling was laid to rest in Lake View Cemetery in Interlaken, New York. He had died four days earlier at age 50 following complications from open-heart surgery. The Serlings have had a summer cottage on nearby Cayuga Lake for generations.
July 2, 2025 at 3:04 PM
50 years ago today, July 2, 1975:
TWILIGHT ZONE creator Rod Serling was laid to rest in Lake View Cemetery in Interlaken, New York. He had died four days earlier at age 50 following complications from open-heart surgery. The Serlings have had a summer cottage on nearby Cayuga Lake for generations.
TWILIGHT ZONE creator Rod Serling was laid to rest in Lake View Cemetery in Interlaken, New York. He had died four days earlier at age 50 following complications from open-heart surgery. The Serlings have had a summer cottage on nearby Cayuga Lake for generations.
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Dwayne Wade makes a public speech about his beautiful daughter Zaya Wade, a trans model.
His poignant words will make you understand how a parent loves their child.
This unconditional love is so powerful and beautiful.
My eyes are wet. 🥹
His poignant words will make you understand how a parent loves their child.
This unconditional love is so powerful and beautiful.
My eyes are wet. 🥹
June 16, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Dwayne Wade makes a public speech about his beautiful daughter Zaya Wade, a trans model.
His poignant words will make you understand how a parent loves their child.
This unconditional love is so powerful and beautiful.
My eyes are wet. 🥹
His poignant words will make you understand how a parent loves their child.
This unconditional love is so powerful and beautiful.
My eyes are wet. 🥹
It's going to be really interesting to see how these tactics hold up in an era where anyone on the scene can document what's happening and share it for the world to see.
“A U.S. citizen!” And now he’s missing.
Adrian Martinez tried to defend a man ICE was harassing. Video shows six agents swarming him. He struggles but doesn’t lay hands on them. They take him to the ground & shove him into a CBP vehicle.
Abuse of power. Keep recording. Don’t stop.
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Adrian Martinez tried to defend a man ICE was harassing. Video shows six agents swarming him. He struggles but doesn’t lay hands on them. They take him to the ground & shove him into a CBP vehicle.
Abuse of power. Keep recording. Don’t stop.
(1 of 2)
June 18, 2025 at 2:39 PM
It's going to be really interesting to see how these tactics hold up in an era where anyone on the scene can document what's happening and share it for the world to see.
The continued and inexplicable Ghorman resistance to Imperial norms
June 10, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The continued and inexplicable Ghorman resistance to Imperial norms
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We have even forgot our own founding principles.
June 9, 2025 at 12:07 PM
We have even forgot our own founding principles.
I found a kitten in the woods once and I'll be chasing that high for the rest of my life.
June 6, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I found a kitten in the woods once and I'll be chasing that high for the rest of my life.
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Wait is the avatar on her back?
Timothy C. Roth, a member of Maryland's 'Task Force Turtle' (TFT) snapped this photo of a female common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina) emerging from brumation in a dry lake mudhole with 18 lbs of dirt & grass on her back.
TFT tag these animals with radio transmitters to track movements.
TFT tag these animals with radio transmitters to track movements.
January 29, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Wait is the avatar on her back?
Bought some Joy Division albums there. He says “This is pretty gloomy stuff. You aren’t gonna listen to all of these at once, are you?” with a smile on his face. Thanks Rob - we’ll miss you.
Rob Sheeley, owner of Mill City Sound in Hopkins, dies at 69. Obit from @chrisrstrib.bsky.social:
Popular Hopkins record shop owner Rob Sheeley of Mill City Sound, 69, dies
He opened his top-ranked Mainstreet store after retiring from audio/visual businesses.
www.startribune.com
January 22, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Bought some Joy Division albums there. He says “This is pretty gloomy stuff. You aren’t gonna listen to all of these at once, are you?” with a smile on his face. Thanks Rob - we’ll miss you.
I knew someone who once wrote Jimmy Carter off as a human being because "the luggage (his own) that he carried [off of Air Force One] was empty." Or so a secret service agent said. What a petty and spiteful thing to say, given all the good the man did.
December 30, 2024 at 2:41 PM
I knew someone who once wrote Jimmy Carter off as a human being because "the luggage (his own) that he carried [off of Air Force One] was empty." Or so a secret service agent said. What a petty and spiteful thing to say, given all the good the man did.
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Retain faith in our democracy
December 19, 2024 at 6:03 AM
Retain faith in our democracy
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ME: and make mine a double
WAITER: your..your tater tots?
ME: you heard me
WAITER: your..your tater tots?
ME: you heard me
December 12, 2024 at 2:23 PM
ME: and make mine a double
WAITER: your..your tater tots?
ME: you heard me
WAITER: your..your tater tots?
ME: you heard me
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The language of all creatures
December 12, 2024 at 1:24 PM
The language of all creatures
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Reading the Far Side constantly as a 9 to 12 year old shaped much of my personality.
December 4, 2024 at 12:24 AM
Reading the Far Side constantly as a 9 to 12 year old shaped much of my personality.
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Libraries are absolutely the best places on earth.
December 1, 2024 at 1:13 PM
Libraries are absolutely the best places on earth.
The Minnesota weather pumpkin is telling us that it is cold outside this morning.
December 1, 2024 at 3:51 PM
The Minnesota weather pumpkin is telling us that it is cold outside this morning.
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Public library energy is the best energy. Like here is all the knowledge we could find, it's been meticulously organized and vetted and it will cost you nothing today, welcome to the absolute pinnacle of human civic evolution, feel free to pull up any bean bag chair you like
November 26, 2024 at 1:32 PM
Public library energy is the best energy. Like here is all the knowledge we could find, it's been meticulously organized and vetted and it will cost you nothing today, welcome to the absolute pinnacle of human civic evolution, feel free to pull up any bean bag chair you like
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Everyone In Family Claims To Be The Black Sheep
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November 25, 2024 at 4:31 PM
Everyone In Family Claims To Be The Black Sheep
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“One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.”
-Plato
-Plato
November 21, 2024 at 9:04 PM
“One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.”
-Plato
-Plato
Spent the last few days replacing the carriage of this 1935 Remington #typewriter. Why such insanity? Look closely - it has a bunch of custom math keys, including pi! Custom work and pretty rare. I wonder why it was modified like this.
November 21, 2024 at 10:02 PM
Spent the last few days replacing the carriage of this 1935 Remington #typewriter. Why such insanity? Look closely - it has a bunch of custom math keys, including pi! Custom work and pretty rare. I wonder why it was modified like this.
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Did you know that by substituting your morning coffee with green tea, you can eliminate up to 93% of what little joy you have left?
November 21, 2024 at 9:17 AM
Did you know that by substituting your morning coffee with green tea, you can eliminate up to 93% of what little joy you have left?
May as well introduce myself, right? Former journalist and part-part-time typewriter repair person. Into vinyl, old bicycles, “Star Trek/Star Wars” and adjacent sci-fi, old newspapers, etc. My happy places are thrift stores/antique stores. Here for a more positive social experience - nice so far.
November 14, 2024 at 2:37 PM
May as well introduce myself, right? Former journalist and part-part-time typewriter repair person. Into vinyl, old bicycles, “Star Trek/Star Wars” and adjacent sci-fi, old newspapers, etc. My happy places are thrift stores/antique stores. Here for a more positive social experience - nice so far.