Jim Calkins

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Fever at Carver priorities

I Club members
Fever season ticket holders
Iowa season ticket holders.

I can't confirm any of this, but we should know for sure soon since Iowa said mid-February release of details.

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YouTube video by Coldplay Coldplay - ALL MY LOVE (Official Video) (Directors' Cut)

Dick Van Dyke performs with Cold Play. Watch it any time you need to be lifted up.

youtu.be/o4OlL0OpbW8

YouTube video by The A.V. Club Screaming Females cover Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off"

I like a good cover of a song that reimagines the original. This version certainly does. youtu.be/Zm1-bVYio1k

Donald Trump holding a Flat Earth Globe

I am buying one for everyone in my cult!

Email marked URGENT: Did you get that email I just sent?

How Bluesky, Alternative to X and Facebook, Is Handling Growth The fledgling social media site has been flooded with new users since the election. It hasn’t all been easy.

This will be well shared throughout social media platforms. “Bluesky’s 20 full-time employees have been working around the clock to deal with the issues that come with hyper-growth... they have been trying to keep early users happy as new members have flooded in.”
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Kenny Brooks seems like a great coach but also a great person. I think that the Iowa coaches would be wonderful to be around, but Brooks is a close second. Good luck to Greenway unless she is playing Iowa.

YouTube video by Doc Cheatham - Topic How Deep Is The Ocean?

What I like about music (jazz in my case) is how people across a wide age range can make beautiful music together. Doc Cheatham was 91 years old when he recorded an album with 24 year old Nicholas Payton.

BlueSky homepage showing lists

What I liked about Twitter is the lists so I could focus on one of my many areas of interest. Lists on BlueSky work the same including pinning them to my homepage. Now I need to find the people I want to follow over here.

Oh. And hi, Parkman.

I think that it will entail a great deal of magic, or at least magical thinking.

BlueSky screenshot showing pinned lists

I view BlueSky on my iPad. I find that using a prowler gives me a much better experience. By building my lists and pinning some to my Home Screen, I better focus on my current needs.Thanks for asking about books, @iowanice.bsky.social.

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YouTube video by National Geographic Flight of the Starlings: Watch This Eerie but Beautiful Phenomenon | Short Film Showcase

Here’s an unedited murmuration of starlings. They can number as many as 100,000. It looks like CGI from a science fiction movie.
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The Hang on Instagram: "Michael Brecker practiced with @jameyjazz tracks….do you? • • Part 2 of our adventures @wp_jazz Jazz Archives is out today! We Hang with the head of the jazz department and liv... 2,167 likes, 52 comments - the.hangpodcast on August 29, 2024: "Michael Brecker practiced with @jameyjazz tracks….do you? • • Part 2 of our adventures @wp_jazz Jazz Archives is out today! We Hang with...

Dr. David Demsey shares a story about Michael Brecker shedding with Jamey Aebersold tracks.
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Book cover for “How to Kill an Asteroid” by Robin George Andrews

Normally I read mysteries and YA novels, but post election, I’m listening to nonfiction. I couldn’t get into my normal fare. I do have the “The Mark of Zorro” (1919) loaded up as a next possibility

Jon, I’ve started building lists on BlueSky, so I can focus on topics. I didn’t know which list to put you on, so I added you to three.

Iowa Board of Regents position for more changes to DEI programming The Iowa Board of Regents, which governs each of the state’s three public universities, is identifying new ways to assure compliance with state laws that restrict programs focused on diversity, equity...

“The law, SF 2435, was signed by Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds on May 9, and it prohibits any DEI office, employment of staff tasked with duties of a DEI office, and requiring anyone providing a DEI statement and giving preferential consideration to anyone on DEI principles.” #PushBack

A brick wall with Trump looking over it.

The Socialist Republic of Johnson County, Iowa, is going to build a wall around the county and deport all the MAGAs. We’ll make Trump pay for the wall!

AI image of a man with a coffee pot and cup at a table with two raccoons.

Friends stopped over for a cuppa. I am even more excited than I look.

People miss Cronkite & his ilk. I hear TV news voices I find less traditional, then realize I give white Midwest-accented male voices more authority. In its early days, NPR hired more women as a cost cutting measure, giving us Stamberg, Roberts, Totenberg, & Wertheimer. I need all the new voices.

Six-legged, google eyes creature with initials FSM

Supposedly, [insert ethnic group] rug makers make a design mistake because only [insert deity] can be perfect.

For you, Tom Tomorrow makes a typo because only the Flying Spaghetti Monster can be perfect.

A dog without a leash beside a man.

My Kickstarter idea: The AI Leash©. With The AI Leash©, your dog is under control without intervention. You set limits for your dog: stay within set distance of you, return to your side when others approach, & assess other dogs’ aggression to respond appropriately.

My concept of a plan. (Ha!)