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Mike from Burke (now Cville)

@mikefrburkecville.bsky.social

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Refugee from the birdsite. Retired commercial real estate attorney. Giants and Yankees; UVA sports. Haverford College; UVA Law. Bourbon and craft beer. Commish of HMMRBL (fantasy baseball, founded 1985). Westie dad. Semi-repentant TK Little.

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Mike from Burke (now Cville) @mikefrburkecville.bsky.social · 1h

It’s as if I didn’t actually say that.

Mike from Burke (now Cville) @mikefrburkecville.bsky.social · 3h

taylor swift is wearing red lipstick and a black shirt while sitting in a chair in front of a brick wall .

Alt: taylor swift is wearing red lipstick and a black shirt while sitting in a chair in front of a brick wall .

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Mike from Burke (now Cville) @mikefrburkecville.bsky.social · 3h

Joe seems a bit tense.

Mike from Burke (now Cville) @mikefrburkecville.bsky.social · 3h

I made a Six-Cheese Mac once. Took forever, but worth it.

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Mike from Burke (now Cville) @mikefrburkecville.bsky.social · 6h

a man in a blue shirt and tie is sitting at a desk and says fair enough

Alt: a man in a blue shirt and tie is sitting at a desk and says fair enough

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Mike from Burke (now Cville) @mikefrburkecville.bsky.social · 10h

And I would like to apologize to the short people of the world on this one, in advance:

If you’re on the small side and you don’t have the verticality and physical strength to get your bag into the overhead bins, I will (as ambassador from the Tall Folk) help you, but maybe check the bag next time.

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Mike from Burke (now Cville) @mikefrburkecville.bsky.social · 10h

His doctors appear to be on his team, denying the evidence of their eyes.

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Mike from Burke (now Cville) @mikefrburkecville.bsky.social · 10h

Combined for the first time as the supergroup, “The Unemployables”!

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Mike from Burke (now Cville) @mikefrburkecville.bsky.social · 15h

RFKJr is sad, I guess.

Renée Graham 🏳️‍🌈 @rygraham.bsky.social · 15h

Last month Trump said he wanted proof that COVID vaccines are effective. Yesterday, during his "semiannual" physical, Trump received a COVID vaccine as well as a flu shot.

That's because vaccines — which Trump's administration have made harder to get — work.

Mike from Burke (now Cville) @mikefrburkecville.bsky.social · 15h

“Chrome off a trailer hitch.”

Mike from Burke (now Cville) @mikefrburkecville.bsky.social · 15h

I compare his face to a well-worn catcher’s mitt.

Mike from Burke (now Cville) @mikefrburkecville.bsky.social · 15h

In a Doonesbury long ago, when Mao died, Duke comforted Honey by telling her that, in view of how much Mao was loved, we all should be so dead.

Tom Lehrer’s voice will go on forever.

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Mike from Burke (now Cville) @mikefrburkecville.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, he’s blocking people today. Trust me.

Mike from Burke (now Cville) @mikefrburkecville.bsky.social · 1d

Did Jon Fasman just emerge from a coma?

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 2d

Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, country-music legend Johnny Cash can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength, writes Jon Fasman.

Essay | Can We Finally Give Johnny Cash His Due?

Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, the country-music legend can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength.

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Mike from Burke (now Cville) @mikefrburkecville.bsky.social · 1d

The last line is hilarious.

“They [Cash’s songs] deserve to be better known.]

How could Johnny Cash’s songs be better known?

Mike from Burke (now Cville) @mikefrburkecville.bsky.social · 1d

And completely clueless.

Mike from Burke (now Cville) @mikefrburkecville.bsky.social · 1d

So, how’s it going?

Mike from Burke (now Cville) @mikefrburkecville.bsky.social · 1d

They just want to burn it down.

Mike from Burke (now Cville) @mikefrburkecville.bsky.social · 1d

To be fair, that’s why she was hired - to turn CBS into a shattered shell of its former self.

Mike from Burke (now Cville) @mikefrburkecville.bsky.social · 1d

“Justify your existence, peasants.”

a woman in a queen costume is holding a crown and says out of my way commoner

Alt: a woman in a queen costume is holding a crown and says out of my way commoner

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Mike from Burke (now Cville) @mikefrburkecville.bsky.social · 1d

He is such an impotent dipshit.

Mike from Burke (now Cville) @mikefrburkecville.bsky.social · 1d

The armadillo is certainly more current.

Mike from Burke (now Cville) @mikefrburkecville.bsky.social · 2d

How strange, he LOOKS so nice.

WISH-TV @wishtv.com · 2d

Nicholas Yates, 20, was arrested for killing his mother, Cheryl Yates, and burning her body in a fire pit in their east central Indiana home's yard after a dispute, investigators say.

Indiana man charged with killing mother, burning body in fire pit

Investigators say a 20-year-old in Indiana confessed to killing his mother and burning her body in their backyard. He was charged with murder.

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Mike from Burke (now Cville) @mikefrburkecville.bsky.social · 2d

a man with a beard is kneeling in front of a sign that says kneel before zodi

Alt: a man with a beard is kneeling in front of a sign that says kneel before zodi

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Mike from Burke (now Cville) @mikefrburkecville.bsky.social · 2d

“I must not, shithead.”