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@cardboardgerald.bsky.social

bring back the charlotte bobcats

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Latest posts by cardboardgerald.bsky.social on Bluesky

"oh my, the chair is lower!" lmao

05.12.2025 18:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

maybe i'm just washed now but when i saw the nuggets game a couple weeks ago tipped at like 9ish mountain time, i couldn't believe it

25.11.2025 16:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
MONACO IL SUPPLI
โ€ข MADElIยฎ
CHARLOTTE
FOOD AND DRINK
'They're not chasing criminals.' Manolo's
Bakery owner closes store to protect customers
Updated 5 hours ago
POLITICS & GOVERNMENT
Church members flee as federal agents arrive at east Charlotte place of worship
Updated 5 hours ago

MONACO IL SUPPLI โ€ข MADElIยฎ CHARLOTTE FOOD AND DRINK 'They're not chasing criminals.' Manolo's Bakery owner closes store to protect customers Updated 5 hours ago POLITICS & GOVERNMENT Church members flee as federal agents arrive at east Charlotte place of worship Updated 5 hours ago

LOCAL
Super G executive in Pineville describes agents dragging out teen store employee
Updated 5 hours ago
LOCAL
'Just walked up to them.' Border Patrol questions people at a Charlotte Walmart
Updated 6 hours ago
LOCAL
Federal Border Patrol sweep across
Charlotte sparks fear, closed shops and protests

LOCAL Super G executive in Pineville describes agents dragging out teen store employee Updated 5 hours ago LOCAL 'Just walked up to them.' Border Patrol questions people at a Charlotte Walmart Updated 6 hours ago LOCAL Federal Border Patrol sweep across Charlotte sparks fear, closed shops and protests

5 headlines tonight on Charlotte Observerโ€™s homepage:

โ€œManolo's Bakery closes to protect customersโ€

โ€œChurch members flee as federal agents arriveโ€

โ€œSuper G executive describes agents dragging out teen employeeโ€

โ€œBorder Patrol questions people at Walmartโ€

โ€œBorder Patrol sweep sparks fearโ€

16.11.2025 04:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2923    ๐Ÿ” 1487    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 62    ๐Ÿ“Œ 103
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Lol

16.11.2025 03:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 369    ๐Ÿ” 63    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 11

Thank you, this is just what I was looking for. The other ones I tried just didnโ€™t have it right

16.11.2025 01:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The app was already struggling enough and that was the thing that got me to look for a new one

16.11.2025 01:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Aaron Gordon does like one play a week that makes you go โ€œthis is the coolest dude in the leagueโ€

08.11.2025 04:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
08.11.2025 01:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2730    ๐Ÿ” 534    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 22    ๐Ÿ“Œ 11

ahh yeah here he comes, the big dersh himself, looks like he brought a bag pierogi lunch, smart

05.11.2025 00:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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i would like to know what has gotten into Aaron Gordon because goodness

26.10.2025 02:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 83    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

I think I need to experience one of these big tournaments in person

12.10.2025 19:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

been in the uk for like five days and now Iโ€™m a full on pro darts lad

11.10.2025 22:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I think we have to just show some patience - in a few years this could be a the best five-win program in the country

04.10.2025 17:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
04.10.2025 09:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2917    ๐Ÿ” 1483    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 18    ๐Ÿ“Œ 18
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Life is a problem that canโ€™t be solved Remembering Kaleb Horton

have been thinking about @kalebhorton.bsky.social all day. what a tremendous, incalculable loss. this, from @lukeoneil47.bsky.social, punched me in the fucking gut, but i needed it and iโ€™m thankful he did www.welcometohellworld.com/life-is-a-pr...

28.09.2025 00:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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The ballad of the Chowchilla bus kidnapping In 1976, a school bus carrying 26 children and their driver disappeared from a small California town. Forty-five years later, we revisit the story.

I never got to meet Kaleb Horton, save for a few DMs on the old site where I told him how much I treasured his work. Horton was an incredible writer who never got close to the acclaim he deserved. His work is all over Bluesky this AM. Read any of them. This story blew me away archive.ph/RrjPI

27.09.2025 20:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 50    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Gutted at the news that Kaleb Horton is gone. Kaleb was a brilliant writer, of course, but he was also a gifted photographer. Years ago I encouraged him to sell his pieces. His work was so good, I told him, and people should see it.

Here are some of his beautiful shots.

27.09.2025 13:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 859    ๐Ÿ” 176    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 12
I also have advice. Everybody loves reading advice on the computer, so I'll share it: the best thing you can do right now is log off as hard as you can. Go outside, talk to people in real life where it's actually kind of rude to talk about the news, try to actually see the friends you usually just text message. Go for a long drive and turn the phone off while you do it. Get back into your hobbies or pick one and learn it for a while. Watch one of those studio movies that reviews called "wildly miscalculated" and you haven't seen since high school. Play an album you like but find embarrassing. Go to free community events even if they sound stupid. If you take the freeway, try the surface streets. Go to a bad diner and just order some bad coffee because even bad coffee is good coffee.
You can't help anybody when you're exhausted and keep posting one million college-educated rewordings of "I would love to be dead right now" on the computer. Walk away from the thing and try out some of those normal things you hear about and if you get bored that's wonderful because we're not supposed to get bored anymore. It turns out boredom is the Cadillac of feelings.

I also have advice. Everybody loves reading advice on the computer, so I'll share it: the best thing you can do right now is log off as hard as you can. Go outside, talk to people in real life where it's actually kind of rude to talk about the news, try to actually see the friends you usually just text message. Go for a long drive and turn the phone off while you do it. Get back into your hobbies or pick one and learn it for a while. Watch one of those studio movies that reviews called "wildly miscalculated" and you haven't seen since high school. Play an album you like but find embarrassing. Go to free community events even if they sound stupid. If you take the freeway, try the surface streets. Go to a bad diner and just order some bad coffee because even bad coffee is good coffee. You can't help anybody when you're exhausted and keep posting one million college-educated rewordings of "I would love to be dead right now" on the computer. Walk away from the thing and try out some of those normal things you hear about and if you get bored that's wonderful because we're not supposed to get bored anymore. It turns out boredom is the Cadillac of feelings.

RIP Kaleb Horton
kalebhorton.ghost.io/2025-so-far/

27.09.2025 13:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4877    ๐Ÿ” 1795    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 39    ๐Ÿ“Œ 104

im the guy who thinks 92% of americans live in new york city, california or texas

19.09.2025 17:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Bob Waterfield?

16.09.2025 02:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Every guest gets a scented cologne ad

06.09.2025 00:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โ€œaiโ€ is a scheme by encyclopรฆdia brittanica to get everyone to buy their cd-rom box sets again

29.08.2025 15:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
While they were waiting for their division supervisor to arrive, federal law enforcement showed up around 9:30 a.m.
Federal law enforcement asked the crews to line up to check their IDs, according to the firefighters.
One of the firefighters said members of the crew were told not to take video of the incident.
"You risked your life out here to save the community," the firefighter said. "This is how they treat us."
In a FaceTime video call from the other firefighter to The Seattle Times, firefighters in their gear were seen sitting on logs in front of federal officers. Some firefighters were dismissed back to their vehicles.
One firefighter attempted to walk over to his company vehicle to get something to drink and appeared to have been called back by federal officers.
In images shared by firefighters from the scene, a U.S.
Customs and Border Protection vehicle is parked nearby.
Officers wearing "Police" vests are seen arresting a firefighter, while another appears to be restrained.
According to one of the firefighters, they were denied the chance to say goodbye to the detained crew members.
"I asked them if his (family) can say goodbye to him because they're family, and they're just ripping them away," the firefighter told the Times. "And this is what he said: 'You need to get the (expletive) out of here. I'm gonna make you leave.

While they were waiting for their division supervisor to arrive, federal law enforcement showed up around 9:30 a.m. Federal law enforcement asked the crews to line up to check their IDs, according to the firefighters. One of the firefighters said members of the crew were told not to take video of the incident. "You risked your life out here to save the community," the firefighter said. "This is how they treat us." In a FaceTime video call from the other firefighter to The Seattle Times, firefighters in their gear were seen sitting on logs in front of federal officers. Some firefighters were dismissed back to their vehicles. One firefighter attempted to walk over to his company vehicle to get something to drink and appeared to have been called back by federal officers. In images shared by firefighters from the scene, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection vehicle is parked nearby. Officers wearing "Police" vests are seen arresting a firefighter, while another appears to be restrained. According to one of the firefighters, they were denied the chance to say goodbye to the detained crew members. "I asked them if his (family) can say goodbye to him because they're family, and they're just ripping them away," the firefighter told the Times. "And this is what he said: 'You need to get the (expletive) out of here. I'm gonna make you leave.

they drove out to the middle of nowhere on the olympic peninsula to snatch up people working to contain a massive wildfire www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

28.08.2025 13:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 82    ๐Ÿ” 23    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

i could've fallen out of my chair when it said jannero pargo clocked .44%

23.08.2025 12:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I'm ashamed two of my players were above .20

23.08.2025 12:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Just 10 members of Congress have even dared to call Israel's mass murder in Gaza a genocide. Meanwhile, they're straight up murdering journalists. The gulf between what's happening and what most of our leaders will acknowledge is so remarkably vast.

11.08.2025 01:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3105    ๐Ÿ” 744    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 39    ๐Ÿ“Œ 21
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Anas al-Sharif among five Al Jazeera journalists killed by Israel in Gaza Al Jazeera staff killed in targeted Israeli attack on a tent housing journalists near al-Shifa Hospital, Gaza City.

Four Al Jazeera staff, including reporter Anas Al Sharif, were killed in an Israeli attack on a tent for journalists outside the main gate of Gaza's al-Shifa hospital aje.io/onll19

10.08.2025 23:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3776    ๐Ÿ” 2446    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 143    ๐Ÿ“Œ 303
30.07.2025 13:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3179    ๐Ÿ” 982    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 38    ๐Ÿ“Œ 14

now you say โ€œhi dadโ€

17.07.2025 21:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Loved it so much and was not expecting to think about it as much as I have after the fact. I saw someone compare it to George Miller coming back to Mad Max, which felt apt. Injected a lot of life and expanse to that world. Also Iโ€™m obsessed with the Young Fathers soundtrack

08.07.2025 03:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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