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James Hell Brooks

@kleinman.bsky.social

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I like to post and see posts. Head of Research at Heartland Signal, I am always taking pitches about what's going on in your state (DM or Signal aaron.1515)

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 6d

The need for fearless. independent journalism has never been greater. Which is why I'm excited to announce that I have accepted a job to become the Head of Research at @heartlandsignal.bsky.social. We have big things in store so check us out.

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Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 16h

AI could never invent the Bruce Springsteen ska version of the Monster Mash. This requires human creativity to sing.

timothy faust @tbone.malware-virus.biz · 16h

I'm hyperventilating www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOoz...

Monster Mash - Bruce Springsteen - Rochester, Oct. 31, 2012

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 19h

1999 Dave Chappelle: Abba Zabba you my only friend
2025 Dave Chappelle: Sheikh Abdulaziz bin Salman you my only friend

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 19h

Pete "Fight Milk" Armstrong

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 19h

I don't know if the Savannah Bananas are private equity owned but they have private equity vibes. Same goes for pickleball and Dubai chocolate.

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 19h

3/4 of the crowd at Jordan-Hare was at J6, storming the SEC offices in Birmingham is gonna be LIGHT work

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 20h

Get up, come on, get down with the Substance
Get up, come on, get down with the Substance
Get up, come on, get down with the Substance

James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 20h

Also when the hire happened everyone thought it was a coup! He was supposed to be the next head coach at Ohio State. I don't remember anyone saying he couldn't hack it in the Big Ten.

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 20h

You crazy for this one

James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 20h

Still, PARTY AT THE SHOP www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYE-...

MEMPHIS BASS PRO SHOP PYRAMID PARTY ROCK ANTHEM

YouTube video by Ryan's Shorts

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 20h

It's nicer than Luxor on the inside but still a deeply unnerving experience

James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 20h

Stayed there once, don't recommend it because the rooms face inward so there's no sunlight and you have no idea what time it is.

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 20h

Morbidly funny because it's cut off from the rest of the city by the interstate. You're calling in the national guard to defend the world's biggest highway rest stop.

ex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.social · 20h

We're sending squad-sized elements to secure the Bass Pro Shop

Screencap of an AP article

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — National Guard troops patrolled in Tennessee’s second-largest city for the first time Friday while soldiers in Illinois were engaged only in planning and training after a judge handed a loss to the Trump administration and blocked their deployment to the Chicago area.

At least nine armed Guard members began their patrol at the Bass Pro Shops located at the Pyramid, an iconic Memphis landmark, about a mile (1.6 kilometers) from historic Beale Street and FedEx Forum, where the NBA’s Grizzlies play

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Bill Hanstock @sundownmotel.bsky.social · 20h

Live footage of the Turning Point USA Halftime Show:

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 20h

But yes in law school there was a softball team where your number was what you could blow on a breathalyzer

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 20h

Hey man, congrats on 8 years of clean living

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👁🌻🦊⚙️⚓ Bob, Engineer, Pusher of Paper @navmecheng.bsky.social · 1d

> It is 2025 BC. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

Soldiers at the Bass Pro Shops pyramid in Memphis, TN.

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 20h

Oh no that's like his lifetime batting average

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 20h

Luke Fickell's been grinding tape (watching the worst YouTube videos you can think of)

Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · 20h

Yooooooooooo

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 20h

OK, so when I was a kid shitty convenience stores in Hartford had a cola that was like 0.4% alcoholic, does anyone else remember this?

incapotomus.bsky.social @incapotomus.bsky.social · 20h

N/A beer is <0.5%. My man’s blood is literally an Athletic Brewing beverage.

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 21h

Even when I was pledging I probably topped out at

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 21h

.337?

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Tim Marchman @timmarchman.bsky.social · 22h

Diane Keaton was so cool she singlehandedly turned an otherwise unwatchable Woody Allen movie about Woody Allen having sex into one of the greatest movies of all time.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

seems like a non-insignificant percentage of rage against the machine's fanbase are young republican men driving SUVs bopping their head to anti-oil, pro-immigrant songs thinking the lyrics are about how they wish their suburban parents would get off their back

Tom Morello tweets: "Fascinating that all those “don’t tread on me” posers and their AR-15’s are nowhere to be seen and government tyranny is instead being opposed by a guy in an inflatable frog suit."

Someone named Manny replies: "@grok
why do some people say Tom Morello and band mates are RAGE FOR THE MACHINE and not against ?"

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The Jarmer Fones @thefarmerjones.bsky.social · 23h

PA playing Yeah Yeah Yeahs “Heads Will Roll” during the timeout 😮

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Jason Wilson @jasonaw.bsky.social · 23h

We’re in this weird period in which everyone is afraid of people that almost everyone despises

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Witkoff tries to praise Netanyahu in Tel Aviv, but has a hard time finishing his thought because of booing

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