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OK, I’ve had some bad birthdays, but at least none of them involved Scotland Yard.

First dinner with @mfeustle.bsky.social she mentions having a masters in music theory. The bits and pieces I could remember of a theory class called “Bartok, Prokofiev, and Chicago” got me through the awkward pauses in the conversation.

When someone says their country executes pedophiles and you respond by claiming that they are calling for the execution of Donald Trump, you are revealing that you know Donald Trump is a pedophile.

Thank you for you attention to this matter.

Amazon dropped $75M on the Melania doc — with a big chunk going into the Trumps' pockets.

Since then, Amazon Web Services got a $580M Pentagon contract.

And this week, Pete Hegseth visited Blue Origin facilities as the DoD overhauls how it hands out defense contracts.

Always follow the money.

“.. It was laughable, if there was something to laugh about,” said one of the nurses .. “There was no way this person ran headfirst into a wall.”

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YouTube video by Nate Reiter Bruce Springsteen - Streets of Minneapolis - First Ave 260130

Holy shit. So this just happened at Minneapolis's legendary First Avenue club. That's Tom Morello introducing Springsteen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jHe...

ICE Detention Contractors Are Reaping Massive Profits The largest immigrant deportation and prison contractors in the US are expecting an epic payout this year: for every $1

"The largest immigrant deportation and prison contractors in the US are expecting an epic payout this year: for every $1 that they donated to GOP campaigns in 2024, these private companies stand to reap more than $11,000 in increased annual revenue."

The biggest signal an American human can ever receive that they are deeply and profoundly fucking up is finding themselves as the bad guy in a Bruce Springsteen song.

Swapping Bovino for Homan is like firing the arsonist and hiring the flamethrower consultant.

Breaking: Republican candidate for Minnesota Governor Chris Madel drops out of the race.

“I can’t look my daughters in the eye and say I’m running as a Republican, when they’re pulling over Hispanics and Asians because of the color of the skin... I did not sign up for that.”

Pew Research Institute (2023):

• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants

• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants

• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.

And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."

It's *not* about immigration.

I’m in the same boat. My triple case has fallen apart beyond repair. Looking into building one myself from a Pelican case. www.pelican.com/us/en/produc...

Make it viral.

YouTube video by SuperWhoopass Marvin Gaye - What's Going On

“What’s Going On” inspired by an incident of police violence. youtu.be/H-kA3UtBj4M?...

YouTube video by Traveler Into The Blue Lightnin' Hopkins-Pneumonia Blues

There are worse choices. youtu.be/c78aCS9RuHs?...

Sorry to hear what a tough year it’s been. Happy New Year & Happy New Trombones!

Millions of workers are toiling away from their families over the holidays. So thank the workers who serve you. Appreciate the workers who care for you. Respect the workers who pick up your trash. Salute the workers who get you your mail. Pay all workers a living wage.

Always more history to learn.

Looking forward to getting home tomorrow and jumping back into the current project - adapting a piece for 2 solo and 4 accidental trumpets for 2 tpts and piano.

Comfort *and* joy? In this economy?

Rubio orders return to Times New Roman font over 'wasteful' Calibri The US State Department will be required to use Times New Roman instead of Calibri for official documents, starting 10 December.

Honestly I’m surprised Trump didn’t rename it after himself. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.

The fact that TPUSA posted the entirely reasonable comments from the instructor here as coming from the “TRANS PROFESSOR” gives away the game.

They’re not defending students, they’re targeting faculty — as always

The classic Republican “I don’t care until it affects me” position.

Reading and rereading.

Speaker Mike Johnson vs Sergeant Schultz from Hogan's Heroes -- who knows less?