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Art Cullen @artcullen.bsky.social · 3h

Here’s my latest column. Thanks for reading.

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They want Iowa Normal back - Storm Lake Times Pilot

Back and forth all over Iowa I trundle hawking my book — "Dear Marty, We Crapped In Our Nest." Everywhere I go one message emerges: We want our good old Iowa back. That is moderate, …

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Joe Pick @dadofpicks.bsky.social · 3h

When my wife appreciates me singing (poorly) the deep cuts, because there’s a Friday Night Lights episode where Landry’s garage band sings “She Don’t Use Jelly,” I know there’s still magic 😘

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The Flaming Lips - She Don't Use Jelly [Official Music Video]

YouTube video by flaminglips

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Joe Pick @dadofpicks.bsky.social · 1d

That’s Columbu.

Columbus is a structure for storing funerary urns of cremated remains

Eric @newhouse.bsky.social · 1d

No, that's a columbine.

Columbus is a late Italian bodybuilder and occasional actor (alongside his friend and colleague Arnold Schwarzenegger).

Andraste Sideyr @andraste.fuckbgp.com · 1d

that’s columbia

columbus is small perennial flower

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Joe Pick @dadofpicks.bsky.social · 1d

Penn St @ Iowa
Surely more interesting a month ago…but friends, romans, countrymen, lend me your ears.
Iowa favored, proj. Score of 25-25, with an Iowa edge of…. 0.4?
@sickoscommittee.org Might be an all timer!

Bill Connelly @espnbillc.bsky.social · 1d

WEEK 8 SP+ PICKS

ND 33, USC 30
Dawgs 27, Rebs 26
Bama 29, Vols 27
Canes 32, Cards 24
Vandy 26.1, LSU 25.7!
Utah 24.4, BYU 24.0 😳
The books are DISRESPECTING UCONN

Goodness, that's a lot of close games.

(Just ignore that UCLA-Terps projection, lol.)

Full list: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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Joe Pick @dadofpicks.bsky.social · 1d

Christopher Columbus didn’t come to any part of the present day US. He was lost in the Caribbean and then murdered and enslaved people before taking their land. Eventually he was arrested and taken back to Spain in chains. Now you can’t go to the bank today.

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Joe Pick @dadofpicks.bsky.social · 2d

Vintage Iowa drive masquerading as Jets football to start the day

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Anne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandez.bsky.social · 2d

"And when masked men grab a parent from the school car line or the corner coffee shop, all students in that school or neighborhood are subject to trauma and made to understand: The state can make people disappear. It is to be feared."

The Assault on Children

MAGA's use of kids to consolidate authoritarianism

nobody-wants-this.ghost.io

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Joe Pick @dadofpicks.bsky.social · 2d

Rule of cool says TD idc

Joe Pick @dadofpicks.bsky.social · 2d

Iowa Football social media with some epic posting

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Joe Pick @dadofpicks.bsky.social · 2d

🎶 No Beer! 🎵

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Joe Pick @dadofpicks.bsky.social · 2d

Is that what Hugh shouted

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JM =^) @jm539581.bsky.social · 2d

Hugh Freeze had a meltdown.

Joe Pick @dadofpicks.bsky.social · 2d

A feast for the eyes

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JM =^) @jm539581.bsky.social · 2d

Hugh Freeze had a meltdown.

Joe Pick @dadofpicks.bsky.social · 2d

Launched his headset into the sun!

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Joe Pick @dadofpicks.bsky.social · 2d

Like a record label hired a clown to manage Metallica and said - let’s try boy band pop.

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Joe Pick @dadofpicks.bsky.social · 2d

THICK SIX IOWA

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Joe Pick @dadofpicks.bsky.social · 2d

Winner

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Joe Pick @dadofpicks.bsky.social · 2d

Chop every single one of them down

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Joe Pick @dadofpicks.bsky.social · 2d

Cat distribution system is still up and running even in these dark times. Hope exists!

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Joe Pick @dadofpicks.bsky.social · 2d

Did you go inside, or were you…yellow

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Joe Pick @dadofpicks.bsky.social · 3d

This fits the “Everyone is 12” social theory.
“Those aren’t suits they’re mean and super scary”
“I remember last time they were mean to me, the had mean moms and ice cream and I didn’t like it”

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Joe Pick @dadofpicks.bsky.social · 5d

🤘🏻same

Joe Pick @dadofpicks.bsky.social · 5d

Being a girl dad comes with challenges - but my meat hooks have yet to be outdone by tiny knotted metal links.

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Joe Pick @dadofpicks.bsky.social · 5d

Being a girl dad comes with challenges - but my meat hooks have yet to be outdone by tiny knotted metal links.

Joe Pick @dadofpicks.bsky.social · 5d

The evolution of doc titles over the last few months has gone from “Tarheels: the Belichickmate”
To The Bill is past due.

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Joe Pick @dadofpicks.bsky.social · 5d

Creek.
IYKYK

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 5d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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